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Public Works committee asks staff for design and remediation cost estimates for proposed consolidated fleet yard
Summary
The Skagway Municipality Public Works Committee voted to request staff prepare a design cost estimate for a consolidated Fleet and Maintenance Building and separate cost estimates for teardown and remediation of three in-town sites, so the project can be evaluated in next year’s budget cycle.
The Public Works Committee of Skagway Municipality voted to request staff prepare a design cost estimate for a consolidated Public Works Fleet and Maintenance Building and separate cost estimates for demolition and remediation of three in-town properties: the Alaska Street lots, the current public workshop on 5th Avenue, and the old Fire Hall.
Committee Chair said the principal benefit of the consolidation is to free “easily developed lots in town” and put those parcels back on the market or into development. “To me, there’s really no reason to move public works if it’s going to have if we’re gonna leave the lots sitting with public works stuff still on it… the value is freeing up this land,” the Chair said.
Hanson, who said he authored Resolution 23 10 R that set the intended use for the five-acre port laydown parcel, told the committee the resolution clarified the assembly’s intent when the municipality purchased the 5-acre parcel for $1,500,000 and that it has been used for port laydown and small-boat harbor support. “I authored that resolution,” Hanson said, explaining the historical rationale for the parcel’s designation.
Staff said including demolition and remediation in the design-phase contract would produce construction-phase cost estimates that would inform later budget decisions, though Tyson, the public works director, cautioned that adding demolition to design scope would increase the construction estimate more than design fees. Tyson also reported site work already under way: monitoring wells have been installed and samples sent to labs while a property-management plan (including institutional controls) is being finalized so parcels can remain in place until development triggers remediation.
Hanson moved that staff prepare a cost estimate for a new Public Works Fleet and Maintenance Building (design) and a cost estimate for teardown and remediation for the Alaska Street lots, the existing Public Works building on 5th Avenue, and the old Fire Hall; the motion was seconded and the committee voted in favor. The transcript records affirmative responses (“Aye”) but does not record a complete roll-call in the vote segment.
The committee directed staff to fold the estimates into the next budget cycle and return with numbers and scope recommendations so the assembly and the public can see potential trade-offs between design-only work and adding demolition/remediation to the project scope.
