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Anacortes OKs ground lease with Puget Sound Energy for Mount Eerie telecom site
Summary
Council authorized a ground lease with Puget Sound Energy for the Mount Eerie summit, approving a five‑year term (plus a five‑year extension), a guaranteed minimum payment of $72,000/year and a one‑time $100,000 payment to the city (payable in four installments). The agreement includes transparency and sublease oversight provisions to protect park use.
After years of negotiation, Anacortes City Council on Dec. 15 authorized a ground lease with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for a telecommunication site at the Mount Eerie summit.
Staff explained the site was deeded to the city by the Anacortes Kiwanis Club in 1951 for park purposes and that PSE constructed towers and equipment under an original lease. The existing lease was in holdover status since 2011.…
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