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Ports and Harbors committee backs 95% design for Letnikov/Lutak float replacement
Summary
The Haines Borough ports and harbors advisory committee voted to recommend approval of the 95% design for the Letnikov/Lutak float replacement, after engineer Charles Balzarini said final surveys will be done before construction and the harbormaster warned the project lost a $4 million cruise-line offer.
The Haines Borough ports and harbors advisory committee voted to recommend approval of the 95% design for the Letnikov/Lutak float replacement and will forward the packet to the planning commission for review.
Harbormaster Henry said American Cruise Line has withdrawn a previously reported $4,000,000 offer, and the borough is pursuing other funding sources as the project moves toward construction. "American Cruise Line has pulled their $4,000,000 offer, and so I'm moving forward with seeking other funding sources," Henry said during the meeting.
Engineer Charles Balzarini, working with the borough on the design, told the committee the plans rely on earlier survey data and include a contractor pre-construction survey to verify elevations and bathymetry. "We've included a provision in the plans and specifications for the contractor to do a pre-construction survey," Charles said, adding that the step is intended to avoid construction errors tied to older data.
John Norton, a citizen who reviewed the packet, raised concerns that some drawings label mean lower low water incorrectly near the parking lot and said that could shift contour depths by roughly a dozen to 20 feet in some places. Charles and other staff agreed to recheck the drawings and correct any typographical or contour errors before the documents move forward. "We'll scour the set and make sure we have those correct everywhere we show them," Charles said.
The committee discussed trestle height, gangway length and accessibility standards; Charles noted ADA and gangway-length considerations and said lowering a landing platform would likely be treated as a change order in construction and could require crane and barge work. Henry said the packet includes 95% design documents for ports and harbors review, and that the planning commission will also vet designs before permit decisions.
Chair moved the recommendation to approve the 95% design and the committee approved it by voice vote; members present indicated assent and the committee will forward the recommendation to the planning commission. The committee also agreed to verify bathymetry labels in the design set and to incorporate any corrections before bidding.
Next steps: staff will finalize the design packet, correct any contour or typographic errors identified in the drawings, and submit the recommendation to planning for the next review stage.
