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Assembly hears plan to sell 54 remote-recreation lots; manager outlines lottery, online auction and safeguards
Summary
Danny Welch, borough natural-resources manager, presented Ordinance 2026-67 to sell 54 lots in the West Chantoneka River Recreational Subdivision. The plan uses simultaneous sealed bids, an online auction and a resident-only lottery funneling unsold lots to a secondary open auction and then to over-the-counter sales.
Danny Welch, manager of the Division of Natural Resources for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, presented Ordinance 2026-67 at a March 19 Committee of the Whole meeting, outlining plans to subdivide, finish platting and sell borough-owned lots in the West Chantoneka River Recreational Subdivision.
Welch said the borough appropriated about $552,000 for the subdivision (ordinance referenced as the FY2024 appropriation). He reported the final plat and mylars were in his office and estimated final completion in late March or early April; about $55,000 remained in the project budget. The property includes roughly 54 lots ranging from 5 to 19 acres (5–7 acres most common) zoned Remote Recreation Site District to preserve recreational use rather than allow full residential development.
“The trail is pretty much right in the middle,” Welch said, describing…
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