The Department of Public Lands said the International Broadcasting Bureau \u201cis very much interested in negotiating a new lease\u201d with DPL for the same property it\u2019s been leasing.<\/p>\n
Acting DPL secretary Pedro I. Itibus said this in a response letter to Rep. Stanley Torres (Ind-Saipan), who was following up on the status of the IBB lease.<\/p>\n
Torres had said DPL has been losing out on IBB’s low rental rate. <\/p>\n
Back in February, the House passed a resolution requesting DPL to \u201cofficially investigate and rectify the flawed lease agreement\u201d between DPL and IBB, and renegotiate the agreement \u201cand seek back payment for previous years of rental at a lower than appraised rental value that IBB has been paying since the lease expired in 2006.<\/p>\n
Itibus told Torres in a June 9 letter that representatives from the Broadcasting Board of Governors\/U.S. IBB \u201cpresented their proposed additions\/revisions of the first draft of the lease agreement DPL provided to the BBG\/IBB.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are still very much interested in negotiating a new lease with our department for the same property. The Department of Public Lands will ensure that all requirements are provided by BBG\/IBB prior to executing the new lease,\u201d Itibus said.<\/p>\n
Torres said yesterday he looks forward to seeing a new lease with higher rates signed between DPL and IBB. <\/p>\n
The 25-year lease deal expired in 2006, but DPL said IBB at the time \u201creluctantly refused\u201d to renegotiate with DPL’s predecessor, the Marianas Public Lands Authority.<\/p>\n
As a result, IBB continues to pay DPL $15,000 in annual lease rental even after the 25-year period expired in 2006.<\/p>\n
DPL said the $15,000 in annual lease rental was based on IBB’s own appraisal and is the rate that IBB has been paying from 2005 to 2010.<\/p>\n
House members had said DPL should renegotiate the agreement and seek back pay from since the lease expired in 2006. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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