Post by Logan on May 3, 2016 21:34:40 GMT -6
Lawmakers take first step toward buying new Anchorage offices in Spenard
JUNEAU — A legislative committee has taken its first formal step toward spending up to $12.5 million on a new office space for Anchorage lawmakers.
The Legislative Council voted 12 to 1 Monday to allow its chairman, Kodiak Republican Sen. Gary Stevens, to negotiate a deal to buy the Wells Fargo building in Spenard, near the intersection of Benson Boulevard and Minnesota Drive, at a price capped at $12.5 million.
Juneau Rep. Sam Kito, the committee’s only Democratic minority member, was the sole opposing vote.
Lawmakers said the Wells Fargo space, which was placed on the market this year, could offer them a way out of their Anchorage office dilemma. In March, an Anchorage Superior Court judge invalidated the Legislature’s 10-year lease for its existing, renovated office space on Fourth Avenue. And last month, Gov. Bill Walker said he’d veto a legislative effort to buy the building for $32.5 million.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160503/lawmakers-take-first-step-toward-buying-new-anchorage-offices-spenard
JUNEAU — A legislative committee has taken its first formal step toward spending up to $12.5 million on a new office space for Anchorage lawmakers.
The Legislative Council voted 12 to 1 Monday to allow its chairman, Kodiak Republican Sen. Gary Stevens, to negotiate a deal to buy the Wells Fargo building in Spenard, near the intersection of Benson Boulevard and Minnesota Drive, at a price capped at $12.5 million.
Juneau Rep. Sam Kito, the committee’s only Democratic minority member, was the sole opposing vote.
Lawmakers said the Wells Fargo space, which was placed on the market this year, could offer them a way out of their Anchorage office dilemma. In March, an Anchorage Superior Court judge invalidated the Legislature’s 10-year lease for its existing, renovated office space on Fourth Avenue. And last month, Gov. Bill Walker said he’d veto a legislative effort to buy the building for $32.5 million.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160503/lawmakers-take-first-step-toward-buying-new-anchorage-offices-spenard