04/06/2015 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

                 HB  70-CREAMER'S FIELD REFUGE                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:26:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GIESSEL announced the consideration  of HB 70 [CSHB 70(RES)                                                               
was before the committee].                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COSTELLO moved to adopt SCS CSHB 70 ( ), version 29-                                                                    
LS0372\P, as the working document.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GIESSEL objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:27:51 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE  ADAM  WOOL,  sponsor   of  HB  70,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, introduced himself.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:28:08 PM                                                                                                                    
ED FOGELS,  Deputy Commissioner, Department of  Natural Resources                                                               
(DNR), Anchorage, Alaska, explained the  changes in version P. He                                                               
said he had the survey staff  do one more top-to-bottom scrub for                                                               
accuracy of the legal locations  and they made three corrections.                                                               
The first is  on page 2, line 1, where  "instruction" was deleted                                                               
and replaced  with "instrument".  That was  primarily due  to the                                                               
fact that  the original documents  for this tract were  very hard                                                               
to read. The survey staff realized  that they had been misread in                                                               
the original bill.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The second  change on page  3, line 2,  was for the  same reason:                                                               
the year  "1976" was  deleted and replaced  with "1978".  A third                                                               
change  was on  page 3,  lines 13-14,  where the  word "and"  was                                                               
deleted; and Mr. Jennings would explain why.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:30:16 PM                                                                                                                    
GERALD JENNINGS, Chief Surveyor,  Department of Natural Resources                                                               
(DNR), Anchorage, Alaska, explained that  the changes on lines 13                                                               
and  14  related  to  protecting  the  state's  right-of-way  for                                                               
Farmer's Loop  Road in the event  that a future survey  reveals a                                                               
couple of the aliquant parts  actually encroach slightly into the                                                               
right-of-way. Originally  the description listed two  of the four                                                               
aliquant parts  as lines  south of the  right-of-way and  two did                                                               
not  address the  right-of-way.  This version  now addresses  all                                                               
four  aliquant parcels  lying  south of  the  Farmer's Loop  Road                                                               
right-of-way.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GIESSEL  removed  her objection  and  finding  no  further                                                               
objections said  that the  Senate CS  for HB  70, version  P, was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR STOLTZE asked if this would  change the odds in the Crane                                                               
Classic.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL answered no.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DAVID  DUNSMORE, staff  to Representative  Wool, added  that this                                                               
wouldn't change any land uses  in these parcels, because they are                                                               
already managed consistent with the management plan.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MICCICHE asked if anyone has  a problem with this bill or                                                               
is  worried  about  land  in   that  area  going  into  permanent                                                               
conservation.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL  answered no;  they have  had a  few hearings                                                               
and the only comments have been about support.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GIESSEL said  that Senator  Micciche asked  why they  were                                                               
passing  this  again (it  was  passed  last  year), and  she  had                                                               
appreciated Deputy Commissioner Fogels  quadruple checking of the                                                               
property descriptions, because last year's  bill had to be vetoed                                                               
because of errors in the property descriptions.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GIESSEL said  she had  walked  many of  these trails;  the                                                               
Creamer's Field  was a dairy where  her family used to  get milk.                                                               
Finding no further discussion, she closed public testimony.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COSTELLO  moved to  report SCS CSHB  70, version  P, from                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal                                                               
note. There were no objections  and SCS CSHB 70(RES) was reported                                                               
from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.