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Big Game Fishing tenant seeks assurance on lease deadline as utility issues slow build-out
Summary
Big Game Fishing (correspondence from "Miss Fowler") told the commission Pacific Power utility relocation and permitting practicalities have delayed construction; staff said they will meet regularly with the tenant and would return with a recommendation if deadlines cannot be met.
The commission reviewed correspondence from Big Game Fishing (introduced as Miss Fowler), who requested assurances the tenant would not lose the lease if construction ran late. The city manager said staff believed remaining inspections and approvals could be completed "fairly quickly" — within 30 to 60 days — and that staff would meet regularly with the tenant; if the project neared the contract's September deadline staff would return to the commission with a recommendation on an extension.
Miss Fowler described several practical obstacles to finishing construction, particularly Pacific Power's need to relocate a power pole and the requirement for an easement, which she said could add roughly two months to the schedule. "The Pacific Power guy said they have to have an easement. They would have to move it," Fowler said, describing how the pole relocation affects the build plan. The commission voiced support for staff working closely with the tenant; no formal extension was granted at the meeting.
