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Lee Collins

3:13 - 3:45

"these properties have, have been on the land disposal map for a long time as showing available. So anyone could have, if they were interested in all this time, could have, you know, shown their interest in it. That I've In my mind, it makes more sense just to go and would agree with the interested party rather than try to put out another RFP to see if other large— other parties are interested when we already have somebody here interested in purchasing it."

“these properties have, have been on the land disposal map for a long time as showing available. So anyone could have, if they were interested in all this time, could have, you know, shown their interest in it. That I've In my mind, it makes more sense just to go and would agree with the interested party rather than try to put out another RFP to see if other large— other parties are interested when we already have somebody here interested in purchasing it.”
Timestamp
3:13 – 3:45
Community
Alaska News
Location
Cordova
Captured at
September 16, 2026

From the transcript

But I guess when I read through it and look through Van's, um, interest in it, it seems to me that these properties have, have been on the land disposal map for a long time as showing available. So anyone could have, if they were interested in all this time, could have, you know, shown their interest in it. That I've In my mind, it makes more sense just to go and would agree with the interested party rather than try to put out another RFP to see if other large— other parties are interested when we already have somebody here interested in purchasing it.

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