City seeking a new batch of marine haulout proposals
Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 28, 2021
After delaying the decision for over a month, when the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (1-26-21), it took another step toward its goal to develop a marine haulout at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park. For the next two months it will be seeking a developer to privately fund the haulout project–but that now comes with a stop-gap if the developer wants to purchase city-owned property outright.
The Sitka Assembly and the industrial park board have pushed to build a marine haulout at the park over the last year. But they’ve hit some snags along the way. A haulout is necessary for Sitka’s fishing fleet, and after Halibut Point Marine announced it would soon shut down its haulout operation, many called for the city to fund a shipyard.