The Department of Education and Early Development, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, is soliciting bids for the sale of the Stratton Library Building located at 831 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska. It is on the upland side of Lincoln Street on the former campus of the Sheldon Jackson College. Legal Description: Lot 3, of the Sheldon Jackson Campus Subdivision, according to Plat 2009-8, a re-subdivision of Lots 1, 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B of the SJC-Lincoln Subdivision, according to Plat 2005-20 and 2008-9, situated in the Sitka Recording District, First Judicial District, State of Alaska. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) does not have statutory authority to transfer real property to an entity that is not a federal agency, state agency, or political subdivision of the state. Therefore, DEED proposes to sell the Stratton Library to a federal or state agency or political subdivision, subject to the following conditions: 1. The sale is approved by the State Board of Education and Early Development. 2. Title remains with DEED if property is not sold. 3. DEED must sell the parcel to a federal or state agency or political subdivision for fair market value, plus any administrative costs, survey costs, appraisal costs, or other costs statutorily required to conduct a sale. The property is conveyed under “as-is, where-is” conditions, inclusive of known or unknown contaminations. 4. Sale of the property from DEED must occur in a fiscal year where appropriation language provides sale proceeds are to be appropriated to DEED to support the Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAM) and renovation of the Sheldon Jackson Museum. 5. Title document requires parcel to maintain a public purpose. If DEED does not dispose of the property to a federal or state agency or political subdivision, the property will remain with DEED under management of LAM for their continued management or future disposition.
