2026-10-07 - Assembly Regular
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Continuation on October 7 of the October 6 regular meeting; see 2026-10-06 - Assembly Regular. The captions are manually created but garbled in places, especially early on.
- Chair Anna Brawley presided with 11 members present; Sydney Scout was excused. She read two supplemental documents into the record for AO 2026-85 and ruled that speakers who testified on September 15 could testify again only on the substitute version, and that people who testified the night before could not testify twice.
- AO 2026-85, the missing middle housing opportunity overlay: the public hearing resumed with roughly two dozen speakers (one by phone), some for the original, some for the substitute introduced by Janice Park (tiered density, lower heights, larger setbacks in R-1 and R-2, exclusion of seismic hazard zones 4 and 5, ten-year sunset), others critical of process, parking and infrastructure. A motion to postpone to November 4 passed 11-0 with no vote on the merits. See AO 2026-85 missing middle housing opportunity overlay.
- Rezoning ordinances, each with a public hearing and no testimony, approved 11-0: AO 2026-105 (about 1.04 acres, Schroder subdivision), AO 2026-109 (about 7.9 acres, Port of Anchorage subdivision) and AO 2026-111 (about 0.27 acres in Abbott Loop Manor, R-5 to R-2D).
- AO 2026-110, correcting implementation and oversight provisions for the 2014 Anchorage Wetlands Management Plan, was approved 11-0 with no testimony.
- AO 2026-112, a cleanup of AMC 21.07 development and design standards giving triplexes and fourplexes the same landscaping allowances as single-family homes and duplexes, was approved 11-0 on Jared Goecker's motion. See AO 2026-112 design standards cleanup.
- AO 2026-113, reauthorizing boards and commissions by amending their sunset provisions, was approved 11-0 with no testimony.
- AO 2026-117, a second amendment to a Port of Alaska land lease on Tract J, was approved 11-0; a member noted the tract matters to Government Hill residents.
- AO 2026-120, requiring the number of full-time equivalent positions for each department to be included in and capped by the annual operating budget, was postponed to November 4 without objection after a work session was requested. See AO 2026-120 full-time-equivalent position budget cap.
- AR 2026-272, appropriating about $936,157 from the Ben Boeke and Dempsey-Anderson ice arena capital reserves for boiler, dehumidifier, condenser fan and CO2 relief valve work, was approved 11-0; staff will follow up on the remaining reserve balance. See AR 2026-272 ice arena capital reserve appropriation.
- No appointments, audience participation or executive session; the meeting adjourned.
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13:17>> If all.
13:32And
14:03ways. can is so
15:23>> is
15:30>> Is
15:31>> turns me.
20:38>> Everyone we are still
20:39assembling. So we're gonna get
20:40started. A few minutes after
20:406. Thanks.
35:17Okay. We want to
35:18think we're ready to get
35:19started on. Ask members to
35:20return to the Dias members of
35:21the public. Take your seats.
35:26And government in just a
35:27second.
35:56Ok, everyone, let's
35:56call this meeting to order.
35:59Today is Wednesday, October
36:017th. This is the continued
36:02meeting of the meeting that
36:03started last night on October
36:066, regular meeting and we will
36:07go through our. Call to order
36:10site will quote, I roll call
36:12and pledge and land
36:14acknowledgement and then I'll
36:15speak a little bit to what
36:16will happen this evening and
36:17then we'll get into our
36:17business. madam Clerk, please
36:18call the roll. Handle and
36:26member Martinez, President.
36:29Understand will join us later.
36:30Yes. Member Silvers. Number
36:37president here probably hear
36:38Vice Chair of our and happy to
36:39be here for round 2 proposed
36:42Monday present. I understand
36:45member Scout is absent this
36:46evening. That's yes. She's
36:46excuse. Andrew McCormick.
36:56Member Park. Member Johnson
36:59here. all. You have a quorum.
37:06Spotted a would you please
37:07lead us in the Pledge of
37:07Allegiance? I pledge
37:11allegiance.
37:27And Mr. Johnson,
37:28would you please going to
37:29college? Yes. Chair.
37:33>> Land acknowledgment is a
37:33formal statement recognizing
37:34the indigenous people of the
37:36place. It is a public gesture
37:37of appreciation for the past
37:39and present indigenous
37:40stewardship of the lands that
37:40we now occupy. It is an
37:43actionable statement that
37:45marks or collective movement
37:45towards decolonization and
37:46equity. The Anchorage Assembly
37:49would like to acknowledge that
37:50we gather today on the
37:51traditional lands of the
37:51tonight at the Basket for
37:54thousands of years that the
37:56have been and continue to be
37:56the stewards of this land. It
37:58is with gratitude and respect
38:00that we recognize the
38:02contributions. Innovations and
38:03contemporary perspectives of
38:04the Upper Cook Inlet.
38:09>> thank note members and the
38:10public will see that we have a
38:11continued agenda. And so once
38:13again. Okay. So the clerk just
38:20confirmed again. We do not
38:20need to address everything
38:22that we did last night. So we
38:23are going to be picking up
38:23where we left off and before
38:26we reopen the public hearing
38:27or continue the public
38:28hearing, I'm going to read 2
38:31items into the record. They
38:31are supplemental for Item 13 D
38:34the first one I am a number
38:382026. subject Twenty-twenty.
38:4165 are sorry. It's resolution
38:42from a community council. 2
38:46Community council's you know,
38:482026. 85 that was received
38:49last night. We didn't have a
38:50chance to re in the record.
38:52The second one was received
38:52today. It is number 2026.
38:57transmitting additional
38:57information related to 2026.
39:0085 S Ga Sea case in 2026. 0,
39:03one resolution towards
39:04responsible development within
39:04high hazard ground failure
39:05zones and to planning
39:08department responses to
39:08questions on seismic
39:09regulation. Both of those are
39:11supplemental to the item that
39:13we are currently on. So they
39:14do not need further action.
39:15They're read into the record.
39:17Next. I will mention or
39:19explain. So we are continuing
39:20our public hearing. This is a
39:24different day on the calendar,
39:25but it is a continuation of
39:26the same meeting that started
39:27yesterday evening. So after
39:30much consultation with our
39:31attorneys and the clerk around
39:33procedure. I want to give some
39:33guidelines for folks who may
39:35be here who were here last
39:36night or were here to prior
39:38meeting. So the question has
39:39been raised. So typically we
39:41are. People testify wants on
39:47items. The exception to this
39:48is if there is a substitute
39:49version, then people can
39:51testify a second time and
39:52speak specifically to the
39:53changes in that version
39:55because this meeting is the
39:58same, essentially the same
39:59meeting as yesterday. Again,
40:00we're continuing a meeting
40:01that has already happened.
40:02There is a distinction if you
40:05testified on September 15th
40:06for the first time and you
40:07would like to come back and
40:09testify again on the
40:10substitute version. You may do
40:11so and speak only to those
40:12changes. However, if you
40:13testified last night, the
40:15substitute version was read
40:16into the record. Well, before
40:17the hearing started. And so
40:20those folks had the
40:21opportunity to speak to the
40:23substitute version some chose
40:24to do that. Some chose not to.
40:28But essentially my ruling as
40:29chair is that it would be in
40:30order to hear from someone who
40:31previously testified on
40:32September 15th and did not
40:33testify last night on this.
40:35The new version, if they've
40:37already testified, it would
40:38not be in order for somebody
40:39to testify last night again in
40:40our same meeting to speak a
40:44second time tonight on the
40:46substitute version. So as is
40:47true with most of chair
40:48rulings or maybe all of them,
40:51it can be overruled by the
40:52body. So I will note that
40:53there is an opportunity the
40:54body can over move to override
40:55my Says thank you move to
40:59appeal my ruling. And
41:02otherwise, that is how we're
41:03going to approach testimony
41:03tonight. So with that our
41:08first item of business is to
41:09jump right back into our
41:10public hearing. So I will ask
41:11folks who are here to testify
41:13on 2026. 85 and the inner the
41:17substitute version to please
41:18line up and we will open
41:20testimony. I will also note
41:21that we had a few folks that
41:22we did call last night on the
41:23phone who did not pick up my
41:25intent is to re dial. Those 3
41:29individuals that we attempted
41:30to reach and did not last
41:31night and to try one more
41:33time. So with that, I will ask
41:35folks in the room to step
41:35forward and we will reopen the
41:36hearing. Sorry, sir, if you
41:46could turn the microphone on
41:49till the light turns green
41:50they go and then state your
41:50name part of town. You'll have
41:523 minutes Chair Bradley
41:53Assembly members. My name is
41:55Jim Richardson.
41:56>> A 35 year resident of
41:58Rogers Park. I participated in
41:59to citizens groups, Rogers
42:03Park in turn again that you
42:04heard from yesterday and I
42:05concur with their positions. I
42:08also agree with the majority
42:09of the people who testified
42:12yesterday that they're not in
42:13favor of him popping, wish it
42:13would go away. I support the
42:15new S version of the ordinance
42:18as an improvement over the
42:20previous version. And I
42:22greatly appreciate my new
42:22Representative Assembly
42:23member, Janice part for her
42:26courage and responsiveness to
42:27her constituent returns as
42:29concerns. I like the inclusion
42:31of a tiered approach to Zoning
42:34R One and R 2 neighborhoods
42:35have reduced heights. Reduce
42:36lot coverage and increased
42:39setbacks. I also appreciate
42:40the 10 year Sunset Clause
42:43economic conditions could
42:43change over this period of
42:45time. The zoning change
42:46process has been torturous.
42:47From my perspective, I'd like
42:49to pass along and what an open
42:53process entails based on my 40
42:54year career as an economist, I
42:57spent a great deal of my
42:59career advising
43:00decision-making groups on the
43:01impacts and economic
43:01characteristics of decisions
43:04being considered for many
43:05energies for many entities.
43:06This was called the regulatory
43:07impact review. All right. Our
43:12I was an economist with the
43:12North Pacific Council, a
43:13contractor to the Corps of
43:15Engineers look analyzing costs
43:17and benefits and distribution
43:18effects of actions being
43:20proposed. Most of this was
43:21cart carried out under
43:24rigorous rules. The use of
43:26best and most accurate data
43:27was a requirement and
43:28supported personal opinions
43:29are not included. The analysis
43:32is needed to be clear with
43:33assumptions and calculations
43:34showing in full peer review
43:36was frequently required.
43:39Conclusions needed to be
43:40clearly based on the analysis,
43:42most times results were
43:42presented in public without
43:45with the any portion of the
43:46analysis subject to question.
43:48I believe there was a robust
43:50public process for the
43:51development of the Anchorage
43:52Twenty-twenty plan and the 24
43:55day plan. Lego land use
43:56planning should form the basis
43:57that assembly action on
43:58zoning. The municipality
44:02should look into the
44:03beneficial and adverse effects
44:04of zoning change before moving
44:05ahead. And just seeing what
44:07happens, adverse effects to a
44:09stable neighborhoods are
44:11particularly difficult to
44:12correct once it happened
44:14yesterday, you heard eye
44:16residents of Mountain View
44:17testified to that effect as an
44:20economist. I would also like
44:21it if the assembly members,
44:23we're more interested in
44:24learning about the underlying
44:26economic conditions facing
44:26both Anchorage and the state
44:29relating to future housing
44:32demand. That's my time. I
44:33thank you for this opportunity
44:34to comment. Thank you for just
44:37me. Next person. Please come
44:42forward.
44:42>> Microphone is already on
44:43state. Your name part of town.
44:44You'll have 3 minutes.
44:44>> Thank you. Chair Brawley.
44:48Good evening. My name is Eric.
44:49This a local builder business
44:51owner and residents of the
44:52Stanley District. Now I came
44:55here tonight because anchors
44:56some very real challenges when
44:56it comes to producing
44:59We have a lot of regulation in
45:01the city. And many of those
45:03were formed with well
45:04intentions and legitimate
45:05reasons. But collectively,
45:05they at costs, complexity and
45:07delay. And at the end of the
45:10day, each one of those has to
45:11get passed on to that family
45:13and that person that wants to
45:14buy or rent a home. I listen
45:18testimony last night at about
45:19till about 10:30AM, I to turn
45:21it off? I honestly sad back
45:22and I wondered, is this a city
45:23that I belong in? Is this a
45:27place that I want to continue
45:28to invest and and putting all
45:29the effort into making things
45:31better because I do care. I
45:34spent the past decade in
45:34Anchorage, building houses,
45:37volunteering hundreds if not
45:38thousands of hours for local
45:41housing associations, building
45:41codes and promoting better
45:43construction. And some of what
45:44I heard last night was
45:45discouraging. There was a lot
45:47of discussion about how big
45:48developers are going to come
45:49in and change neighborhoods
45:51and about hop was actually
45:52going increase housing,
45:52affordability. But the
45:56projects hop is most likely to
45:57unlock is not these 10200 unit
45:58developments. Their duplex is
46:03therefore plex is their small
46:05townhouse developments that
46:05your local contractor, your
46:08real estate professional, your
46:09owner builder and the small
46:10investors are going to take
46:13on. They're 1 3 million dollar
46:14projects, not these massive
46:17institutional developments.
46:18These are people that already
46:19live here. They work here.
46:20They spend their money here
46:23and they're adding a few homes
46:23to the anchors, housing
46:24supply. This is not going to
46:26transform Anchorage overnight.
46:28property has to come up for
46:29sale. It has to make sense
46:32financially. The numbers have
46:34to work. The financing has to
46:35work and somebody actually has
46:36to take out their checkbook
46:37and write that check and put
46:38on the risk for this project.
46:41It's going to happen gradually
46:42over decades. And that's why
46:44I'm concerned about these s
46:45virgins. It's moving us
46:47backwards. We should be so
46:49afraid about what might happen
46:50in 20 years that were removed,
46:52projects that could actually
46:53get done today. That's why
46:55sports pop. But I'll be
46:58honest. I don't think it goes
46:59far enough. We should be
47:01asking ourselves how we can.
47:02We can make anchorage easier
47:03to build and less expensive to
47:05build in. Not just for
47:07builders are investors, but
47:08for the actually family
47:10members and people that are
47:11trying to build a life in
47:12Anchorage. And I'll just say
47:13that, like I think there's 99%
47:17of the population that has not
47:18come here to testify on this
47:21ordinance tonight. And those
47:22are the people that this
47:23really affects the people that
47:24are out there trying to scrape
47:26by trying to figure out how
47:27they're make gonna make a
47:27living in Anchorage and the
47:28people that actually want to
47:29stay here. We do have the
47:31opportunity do some positive
47:32for the city tonight. And I
47:33just recommend that you guys
47:34do so. Thank you. If your
47:39testimony.
47:39>> Next person, please come
47:40forward. State. Your name of a
47:44part of town you're in. You'll
47:45have 3 minutes and the
47:45microphone is already out.
47:50>> Hi, my name is James
47:54Fleishman.
47:54>> I 100 Valley Road.
47:58>> And the ordinance is at
47:59this point doesn't affect me.
48:01There. The reason I'm here is
48:03that I have 85 employees and
48:05they we have a pay for our
48:11industry. We provide health
48:11insurance. We. Have a 4, 1, K,
48:18but my employees can afford a
48:20house in Anchorage. They are
48:20paying so much in rent that
48:24they don't have enough left
48:26over. And that's even if they
48:26don't have student loans in
48:28order to get a down payment.
48:31We provided down payments for
48:32some employees to get some of
48:33our employees into housing.
48:35We'll hope to do more. in
48:39favor of this ordinance
48:40because it will help it'll be
48:44one of the things that can be
48:45done get more housing in
48:47Anchorage. It isn't enough.
48:49There's going also have to be
48:52everything from tax abatements
48:53to simplification of the
48:57building code subsidizing it
49:00and the land swap and toes.
49:01Here is a really good example
49:03of things that the city can do
49:04to help provide a place. was
49:08really devastated last night
49:09to be here and see people that
49:11I've known 45 years, friends
49:13that I've almost always been
49:14in the same side of an issue
49:18on and I respect and adore
49:20them and and yet there
49:25violently absolutely adamantly
49:26opposed to this and that that
49:29bothers me a lot. I I'd like
49:33to know more about the
49:34substitute version, but I
49:35think that this version has
49:36changed 6 times and it still
49:39hasn't been enough to appease
49:42people's fear of their
49:43neighborhood being changed
49:45drastically. I don't think
49:47that this will change things
49:49drastically. I think that the
49:50last speaker spoke to that
49:51pretty very well. And but I do
49:55think it will change Anchorage
49:56and that's because Anchorage
49:56has to change in order to not
50:00strangle the next generation
50:01in order to give them a chance
50:02to live here. We have to
50:04change things we have to make
50:06housing more housing and
50:07housing more affordable. I
50:11want to do everything in my
50:12power to help make that
50:14happen. But not at the expense
50:15of so much discord. I really
50:19want to see how we can diffuse
50:23this and make people
50:24understand that. Yes, their
50:25neighborhood will change, but
50:26if they don't, the Anchorage
50:29will change in a negative way
50:29because the people that we
50:30love that our the next
50:32generation down will leave and
50:34they are ready are leaving. So
50:37I think that was kind of a
50:39mixed message. But there you
50:39go. Thank you. richest next
50:43person. Please come forward.
50:45Mike Front is already on state
50:46your name part of town and
50:46you'll have 3 minutes.
50:50>> Hello. My name is Kolby
50:50McMichael. I live in the
50:52airport heights, Syria and I
50:53will be testifying to the best
50:53version of the ordinance
50:54today. The best version
50:57creates tear density, which is
50:59just a veiled way of keeping
51:01middle income housing out of
51:03single-family neighborhoods
51:03and on the margins of our
51:05communities and hop in its
51:06original form was already a
51:10major compromise that need a
51:11lot of concessions to single
51:12family neighborhoods in terms
51:13of design standards, looking
51:16at the s closer, it's pretty
51:18on implementable and existing
51:21neighborhoods. Kern R One man,
51:22minimum lot sizes is 6,000
51:25Square feet. The proposed is
51:283,500. So you can't even
51:29subsidize existing law and to
51:30to you proposed lot. I
51:33understand that we continue to
51:35see this urge for compromise
51:37urged to water down this
51:39already watered down version
51:40of this ordinance. This surge
51:42is motivated by fear. The fear
51:44of change and progress that
51:47the most privileged among in
51:48this room today have the
51:51neighbors who do not have the
51:52privilege to be able to come
51:53here and testify today because
51:56they do not have secure
51:57housing will have their voices
51:57go unheard. If your concern is
52:02shade in your lawn, if there
52:02will be enough parking or the
52:03aesthetics of your
52:05neighborhood while our
52:06neighbors are dying in the
52:07streets, I hope you take a
52:09good long look at yourself and
52:09ask yourself whether you're
52:10really doing the right thing.
52:12We've had enough of stalling.
52:13We've had enough of so-called
52:14compromise. Housing is urgent
52:17for those who don't have you
52:18have your home. Let us have
52:20ours. I urge this assembly to
52:22pass the original version of
52:23op. Thank you. are just many
52:29next person. Please come
52:30forward, Mr. Norris and
52:31testified on the 15 sizing
52:32you're speaking.
52:33>> That's version. And are you
52:34speaking on behalf of the
52:34council yourself myself? Thank
52:35you.
52:39>> Thank you. Could even Jason
52:40North-south, Anchorage
52:40testifying on the version. I'm
52:43sorry that my fellow
52:46economists gentleman already
52:46left because I would love to
52:47catch up with him on the
52:48doings of the Corps since he
52:50left. I did hear and wax
52:51poetic about the robust public
52:54process that he really
52:55appreciates that, which is
52:56interesting that he was in
52:58favor of a late on the table
52:59item read into the record just
53:00prior to the public hearing.
53:01Opening. And then curiously
53:04people were able to come up
53:06here and speak intimately to
53:07the details not accusing
53:09anyone of anything. But I just
53:10found that curious. Previous
53:12speaker did bring up that yes,
53:16a version is written in such a
53:17way to where it can't be
53:18implemented in our existing
53:19neighborhoods. The existing
53:21are one minimum lot size of
53:236,000 square feet. And the
53:24version single family to
53:25family. 3500 Square Feet. The
53:29math doesn't divide 6,000 by 2
53:31and it's 3,000 and that's less
53:33than what they would allow. So
53:36I think if we're going to be
53:37realistic about this being a
53:40compromise, we need to
53:41actually compromise and not
53:41write it in a way to where
53:42it's going to be unaffected by
53:43this line. And that brings me
53:44to the 10 years on said. I
53:45find it. I would say if you
53:50were to propose that in 10
53:51years we review it and we make
53:54comment or we make
53:55recommendations for
53:56improvement. And that's
53:58something that I think I could
53:59get behind. I think we should
54:00take stock of what it is that
54:00we do well in what we do not
54:03well, but to just kill
54:04something in 10 years. And
54:07less an overwhelming amount of
54:08evidence. In your favor is
54:12provided when we've already
54:14shown so much evidence and
54:15people are still opposed, just
54:16doesn't sit right with me. So
54:18I guess what I'm trying to say
54:19is if you are going to
54:20consider the U.S. version.
54:24Like seriously, they need to
54:25do some serious looking into
54:26it and how it's actually going
54:27to be effective or not. I've
54:30spoken passionately about this
54:32in the past and tonight I'm
54:33trying to keep it to the
54:33Persian, but it is. It was
54:36interesting last night to
54:37watch. The people oppose. Walk
54:42up here and look at these fine
54:42young people who have been
54:44here all 3 nights of this. And
54:48basically say, I feel, you
54:49know, it s****. And also our
54:50one. What you gonna do? And I
54:53didn't find that to be a very
54:54compelling argument. This is
54:57the 5th public been to on
54:57this. The first was before
55:02planning zoning and our oldest
55:03child just happen to be in the
55:04gallery. With me that night.
55:08And by look, our son was
55:09volunteering at the loussac
55:11Library today and he just
55:12happens to be here. Tonight's
55:13Aroldis on the first one and
55:14our youngest on the 5th.
55:16That's who I'm speaking for
55:16every single time. I before
55:17you. And all of the people
55:22like them. Because if you want
55:23to be a respected elder, you
55:24should be an older with
55:24respecting. The sacred packed
55:29is not between government and
55:30property owners. As we heard
55:31last night, as between the
55:32older generation and younger
55:34generation. So help me build a
55:35better letter instead of
55:35burning it down. Thank you.
55:39Thank U next person. Please
55:40come forward. State. Your name
55:42part of town. You'll have 3
55:45minutes.
55:45>> My name is Crush roadside
55:46live in college village. I
55:48support amendment, although
55:51neither it nor the base
55:52ordinance will make housing
55:53more affordable. Vase
55:58ordinance with the sudden
55:59massive map expansion would
56:00make radical changes to the
56:03comprehensive plan and he's
56:06proposed without proper notice
56:06to nearly 35,000 unsuspecting
56:07property owners. The S version
56:09addresses some of these
56:12conflicts in districts zoned
56:13and develop that lord in
56:14cities with reduced ice reduce
56:16lot coverage, increased
56:18setbacks while retaining the
56:19ability to provide more
56:21housing such to use duplexes
56:25and carnage courts more
56:26compatible with current land
56:26use. But in the base version R
56:31One and R 2 zoning districts
56:31and would be effectively
56:33eliminated to allow developers
56:35to build up to a 30 foot tall
56:37building 5 feet from the site.
56:38Property line and 0 feet from
56:39the front line covering up to
56:4170% of that law with no
56:44requirement for any on-street
56:47parking and developments of a
56:48to more drilling units receive
56:51long term products. Property
56:52tax abatement. Where is that
56:53money coming from? A 30 foot
56:57high building on a 6,000
56:58square-foot lot could have 12,
56:59800 square-foot dwelling
57:00units. Larger. Lots could have
57:04correspondingly more with no
57:04requirement for onsite
57:05parking. The resulting
57:08increase is an onsite parking
57:09in these established
57:11neighborhoods or cause more
57:12problems with snow removal,
57:13emergency vehicle access,
57:15solid waste pickup and we make
57:19our neighborhoods less
57:20walkable, less pike friendly
57:21and was safe for children. But
57:24the stated intent of the
57:25assembly sponsors is to reach
57:2610 cities of 36 units more per
57:28acre. The proposed
57:32justification for imposing
57:33this treatment on
57:35neighborhoods is that it could
57:36provide more housing and
57:36higher density developments,
57:38which might result in better
57:40bus service. It's more likely
57:41to result in less safe
57:42neighborhoods. It'll be
57:45interesting to see how many
57:46new buses will be funded in
57:47the upcoming municipal
57:48budgets. That is process has
57:53been a discombobulated process
57:54of at least 7 versions and has
57:57been conducted with a total
57:58lack of transparency and
58:00little respect for existing
58:01land use patterns it should be
58:04rejected or deferred pending a
58:06planning process involving the
58:07community. And plan is getting
58:11out of the office for
58:13on-the-ground review of
58:14current land use patterns and
58:16municipal capabilities rather
58:18broad brush. Quick fix
58:19notions, strong out of
58:20magazine articles based on
58:21accounts of other places with
58:24quite different climates and
58:25economies. Failing that,
58:29please replace 2026. 85 with
58:32the 85 S version. It is the
58:34lesser of 2 evils. The 3
58:40testimony next person. Please
58:42come forward. State your name
58:42a town of 3 minutes.
58:43Microphone is on.
58:45>> Hi, my name is Polly says
58:46looked in Alaska for 48 years.
58:49I am a 23 year. Homeowners
58:51Rogers Park. I have a master's
58:55degree in social work master
58:55retired from the state Alaska
58:56after 27 years. I spent 34
59:01years as a social worker in
59:02this community giving various
59:05different capacities. What I
59:06have now upon retirement as my
59:08house that I'm very proud of
59:10that put a lot effort into
59:12maintaining and upgrading over
59:13the course of the years.
59:17Anyways. I've attended a lot
59:17of special community council
59:18meetings and housing work
59:19group Sessions over the course
59:20of the past year. I have
59:22worked hard to educate myself
59:24on the previous and the
59:25current MM H O p. I came last
59:29night ready to testify, but
59:32then I found out about the s
59:32version making some of I was
59:33going to say are relevant. I'm
59:36glad to see the version
59:37because it includes some
59:39beneficial changes at the
59:40address. Some of the concerns
59:41my neighbors and I have about
59:41the MM H O p. I like the
59:45consideration is given to
59:47lower density R One and R 2
59:48neighborhoods, keeping reduced
59:49heights, reduce lot coverage
59:50and increased setbacks. I for
59:53one have room to build an and
59:54I would consider doing that.
59:56But I'm not sure at this point
59:57in time if I want invest,
1:00:00given appears that certain.
1:00:05The version still allows for
1:00:07duplexes ad isn't Qaeda's
1:00:09course. I think that is good
1:00:10and will provide additional
1:00:11time to see how about zoning
1:00:12change that took place a
1:00:13couple of years ago. One
1:00:14packed housing needs longer
1:00:15term. I think one aspect of
1:00:19the M M H a P that has me
1:00:20myself and others particularly
1:00:23concerned was no requirement
1:00:25for onsite parking. I live in
1:00:26Rogers Park see what happens
1:00:28on cars are left on the street
1:00:28and the snow plows come. new
1:00:34this is addressed by having
1:00:37the 10 year Sunset Clause if
1:00:38it turns out if it's just not
1:00:41working at live on the east
1:00:42side, a Rogers Park when
1:00:43society's the condominium
1:00:44complex. That has some pretty
1:00:46serious homeowners association
1:00:47regulations they have a habit
1:00:51of parking their money coming
1:00:53in the Rogers Park parking
1:00:55their motor homes during the
1:00:56summer on our streets taking
1:00:56up on street parking. So we
1:00:58already have an issue with
1:00:59that. I still have some
1:01:04concerns that still exists
1:01:05even with the introduction of
1:01:06the version. One main concern
1:01:08for me is the current
1:01:11infrastructure would would be
1:01:12able to handle some unknown
1:01:14increase in housing
1:01:16development and densities. I
1:01:17think that's a real concern,
1:01:19especially since I just watch
1:01:19my neighbor replaces sewer
1:01:20line this past summer without
1:01:21a permit. There really needs
1:01:25to be some solid answers to
1:01:27the question about
1:01:28infrastructure before
1:01:29developers are allowed to come
1:01:29in and build unconstrained
1:01:31manner. If the development
1:01:34does happen infrastructure
1:01:35turns out to be inadequate.
1:01:36What happens then? I guess I'm
1:01:39concerned because, you know,
1:01:40some of these developers would
1:01:42be given a property tax
1:01:43exemption for 25 to 28 years.
1:01:45And he's really going to be
1:01:45ending up. Footing the bill.
1:01:49just me. Thank you. Next
1:01:52person, please come forward
1:01:53state improve town. You'll
1:01:54have 3 minutes in the
1:01:54microphone is on.
1:01:56>> Hello, my name's Kate ties.
1:01:59The room resident downtown
1:02:00Anchorage who has experience
1:02:01with housing insecurity. I
1:02:04think that hop ordinance is
1:02:04important to it. It's an
1:02:06important thing to implement
1:02:08and encourage. It's important
1:02:09to get more people housing and
1:02:13doing the best for us to do
1:02:14the best we can to get more
1:02:16people off the streets and
1:02:16into their own warm homes. I
1:02:20believe that the ordinance is
1:02:21moving us in a good direction,
1:02:22giving us a chance to get more
1:02:23people housing despite the
1:02:25fact. But this won't fix the
1:02:26rising costs. Rental costs and
1:02:31prices. We still need to get
1:02:32on to building more homes.
1:02:35Living downtown and traveling
1:02:36around Anchorage. I see a lot
1:02:37of they can and unclaimed
1:02:40buildings around and right
1:02:41next to them. Our house. our
1:02:47unhoused neighbors cold and
1:02:48struggling or trying to sleep.
1:02:52The stress the shelters can
1:02:53take up enough people and even
1:02:56with shelters, I believe we
1:02:57People should live in homes.
1:03:00We need people in homes, not
1:03:02in shelters. If Mitt, if the
1:03:04municipality wants people to
1:03:05live and thrive in Anchorage,
1:03:06I encourage us to work towards
1:03:09a future where people have
1:03:11stable housing and improve
1:03:12living expecially. If you guys
1:03:14aren't wanting the part the
1:03:15huge population of homeless
1:03:16people constantly building
1:03:17camps, sleeping on a bus, stop
1:03:20benches and then sleeping on
1:03:22private property. I encourage
1:03:23us to do the best we can to
1:03:24help the citizens of
1:03:24Anchorage. Thank you.
1:03:32>> Thank next person. Please
1:03:33come forward. Microphone is on
1:03:33state. Your name a town do
1:03:34have 3 minutes.
1:03:36>> Hi, my name is under it and
1:03:37I'm 19 and I live in the half.
1:03:38Men on Maui area. I'd like to
1:03:40speak in support pop. You've
1:03:42already heard about the
1:03:42essential nature of housing
1:03:45for the sake of everyone who
1:03:46can't afford a home struggled
1:03:47struggling under the weight of
1:03:48rent or forced to leave
1:03:50Anchorage. You've also heard
1:03:51from people who already own
1:03:53homes who are concerned about
1:03:55potential inconveniences. If
1:03:56the people have spoken before
1:03:58me haven't convinced you of
1:03:59the moral imperative to ensure
1:04:00that everyone has access to
1:04:02housing, then maybe a listen.
1:04:04When I argue that combating
1:04:05the housing crisis hop
1:04:05benefits, everyone in
1:04:07Anchorage, even families like
1:04:09mine who are privileged enough
1:04:09to own homes of low-density
1:04:10neighborhoods. The fact that
1:04:12young people can't afford to
1:04:14build lives in Anchorage is
1:04:14not just a problem for young
1:04:15people. An aging community is
1:04:16a dying community and economy
1:04:20can't be sustained without new
1:04:21generations. Not to mention
1:04:22the loss of cultural vibrancy
1:04:23and human connection that
1:04:24comes from everyone who grew
1:04:25up here being forced to leave.
1:04:28Plus more affordable housing,
1:04:29meaning less of every paycheck
1:04:30on to rent inherently
1:04:30strengthens the local economy.
1:04:33Higher density housing in
1:04:34already developed areas would
1:04:35also be more efficient for the
1:04:37city's resources, meaning less
1:04:38potential need to raise taxes
1:04:38to maintain basic public
1:04:39infrastructure. And any effort
1:04:43to combat the housing crisis,
1:04:43even limited ones like this
1:04:45will contribute to more
1:04:46affordable housing across the
1:04:47board and alleviating the
1:04:49homelessness crisis. If again,
1:04:51the need to make sure everyone
1:04:52has a home isn't enough. If
1:04:53you can't find that basic
1:04:54sympathy for the most
1:04:56vulnerable, then I'll point
1:04:58out that every homeless person
1:04:59costs the taxpayer, tens of
1:04:59thousands of dollars in
1:05:00additional public services
1:05:00from living on the street.
1:05:03Everyone pays the cost of the
1:05:05continued housing crisis and
1:05:06it cannot continue to go
1:05:07unaddressed and pop will be a
1:05:08great first step towards
1:05:09making encourage a better
1:05:10city. Encourage a better city
1:05:12for everyone. But I agree with
1:05:13the people before me have said
1:05:14that it's not nearly enough.
1:05:14Thank you. You just may next
1:05:20person come forward state,
1:05:21your name part of town. You'll
1:05:21have 3 minutes.
1:05:23>> He was Max's no blackout.
1:05:24government Hill area. I was
1:05:27raised in a family where was
1:05:28not difficult to afford
1:05:28housing or even afford or
1:05:29necessities living lot more
1:05:30than what we had. But on the
1:05:32side of life, it was the
1:05:33people who are struggling to
1:05:34afford these things and always
1:05:36sacrificing some other aspect
1:05:36of life for another that I
1:05:37considered normal. That were
1:05:41utterly more vivid than people
1:05:41of the same wealth class. I
1:05:43spent in spend most of my
1:05:44youth around people who have
1:05:45less than I and not for any
1:05:45extra reason. other my choice
1:05:47of friends. But as the cycle
1:05:49continues, I realize of
1:05:52certainly that is becoming
1:05:52everyone around was such a
1:05:53struggle because he's not a
1:05:54working problem. This is a
1:05:58community problem of building
1:05:59consuming more than we need.
1:06:02There's the arguments and
1:06:02needing more parking for the
1:06:03vehicles of working people
1:06:04with ordinance of M Up. If we
1:06:07used public transportation as
1:06:08the benefit is for our city,
1:06:08we can resolve and then that
1:06:11people will not live in places
1:06:13where there's block light
1:06:14around the city but affordable
1:06:14living get so drastic. There
1:06:15will be no choice. I would
1:06:18rather have more housing for
1:06:20people with the constant state
1:06:21of a home unless housing and
1:06:22counseling down of the sun and
1:06:23watch those less fortunate
1:06:24suffer and what is hidden
1:06:27behind all these arguments is
1:06:29better money. Everson,
1:06:29consumerism. I see the
1:06:30multitude of Roger Tickle in
1:06:31Davis Islands and we must has
1:06:31why are we not spreading these
1:06:32in the homes? The designs for
1:06:35new shopping malls, a new
1:06:37office unions. Well, they're
1:06:38less and less state funding
1:06:38housing projects because of
1:06:39the cost of building of these
1:06:40projects. On the side. These
1:06:42are working Alaskans where for
1:06:43beating from living. And you
1:06:44have to say that playing in
1:06:45question it because that what
1:06:46the state is surely one hold,
1:06:48we are precious enough by
1:06:49rates of crime, rape, an
1:06:50injustice. We should not be
1:06:52another foul party to reading
1:06:53people's homes to live because
1:06:54we want to make room for more
1:06:55business that we don't need
1:06:58take away the Raspberry Pi
1:06:59project and build housing
1:07:00units built with the station
1:07:01for public transportation cut
1:07:02costs, a new office buildings
1:07:04in Calais, shopping malls that
1:07:05only bring in more money chain
1:07:07businesses give this shows
1:07:08where even said want to look
1:07:09at it was upon is ridiculous
1:07:10that in a state where we have
1:07:10one of the lows populations,
1:07:12we have problem with how slow
1:07:13and expenses for the latter. I
1:07:15would love to stay in the
1:07:16state, but as I proceed in
1:07:18age, I cannot find a paying
1:07:18job that coincides with being
1:07:19able to live here any longer.
1:07:21I have not been alive for very
1:07:22long, but seeing happen in
1:07:23such a relatively quick manner
1:07:25is worrying about next decade.
1:07:27If we don't solve this
1:07:28problem, it will be your
1:07:28family out there on the street
1:07:29because we didn't do anything
1:07:30about it. Now there's so many
1:07:32ways on this issue and take
1:07:32time and consideration.
1:07:34Obviously we could have a
1:07:34community without that in a
1:07:36state where we are so locally
1:07:37tight-knit, this need not to
1:07:38be an issue to go through. The
1:07:42same happened largely going
1:07:42for 70% rather current 40 will
1:07:43be nothing short of braces for
1:07:45lower-income communities and
1:07:46our general community and a
1:07:47whole. Offering housing
1:07:51incomes without it being the
1:07:52cookie cutter sacrifice, more
1:07:54diversity, more options for
1:07:54houses. We build a more
1:07:56comfortable environment and it
1:07:57would be the Joyce told we
1:07:59could perhaps see everyday
1:08:00implement this and see a
1:08:03better choice, Alaska ignore
1:08:04the so we we will suffer by
1:08:05regret and poverty.
1:08:11>> Next person, please come
1:08:11forward state. Your name part
1:08:12of town. 3 minutes microphone
1:08:15is on.
1:08:16>> My name is restrains. from
1:08:17the South Edition, but I grew
1:08:20up in South Anchorage and Pars
1:08:23Valley. Miami family's well
1:08:24off. But a lot of my friends
1:08:25are not and it hurts me to see
1:08:31people's say that this issue
1:08:32is not urgent one of my dear
1:08:37friends, she works full time
1:08:39job and works hard. She lives
1:08:42in a trailer on Diamond and
1:08:46and quite honestly, dangerous
1:08:50situation. She is forced to do
1:08:50so she can afford to live
1:08:52anywhere else. I have friends
1:08:54who I've talked to about how
1:08:59your housing should be. 30 1%
1:08:59of your income and their
1:09:01mates. It's it's just not that
1:09:03way. I want to acknowledge
1:09:09that I'm here because I can
1:09:09afford to be and many of us
1:09:12are here because we can afford
1:09:13to be. But there are many that
1:09:16aren't here. Who will be
1:09:17affected by this. That can't
1:09:19be because there working or
1:09:22they're getting the rest of
1:09:22they can work I I wonder why
1:09:28people. And are so set on
1:09:34neighborhood's keeping their
1:09:35character. I don't know what
1:09:38that means. Character. I don't
1:09:42understand why I don't fit
1:09:42into your neighborhood's
1:09:45character. Well, my friends
1:09:45don't fit into your
1:09:46neighborhood character and it.
1:09:51It frustrates me that. Called
1:09:56divisive for calling people
1:09:57nimbys and being frustrated
1:09:59that you don't want us in your
1:10:00backyards, but the real
1:10:04divisive thing is you
1:10:05advocating us for not
1:10:07advocating press not be in
1:10:08your neighborhood? Want to
1:10:11live in Anchorage. Hop in its
1:10:15original state is how that
1:10:16will happen. Thank you. Thanks
1:10:20to person. Please come forward
1:10:23state. Your name part of town.
1:10:24You have 3 minutes camera me
1:10:25if you testified before.
1:10:26>> Okay. Thank you. Hi, my
1:10:30name's Ash Ty'rel. I'm
1:10:32represented by the Mountain
1:10:33View Community Council.
1:10:36>> Like I said, I have
1:10:37testified on the previous
1:10:38versions will be testifying on
1:10:39the aspiration of them hop.
1:10:44appears to me that the tiered
1:10:46design of proposed asked
1:10:49version essentially keeps
1:10:53density in more developed
1:10:54areas. And I fear keep middle
1:10:56income housing at of single
1:10:56family areas. Potentially
1:11:00perpetuating the history of
1:11:01alienating marginalized folks
1:11:02from the suburbs.
1:11:06Additionally, as previous
1:11:07speakers have noted in the
1:11:08version makes implementation
1:11:09are one neighborhoods and
1:11:10probable. I also want to
1:11:14recognize that there are many
1:11:14voices are not heard here
1:11:15today. And I want to honor
1:11:20those who are living without
1:11:22homes or working 3 jobs to
1:11:22make ends meet ends meet or
1:11:25simply do not have the ability
1:11:27to come to this meeting.
1:11:33Housing is a human right. And
1:11:33I think Gingrich needs a
1:11:34solution. Now. So I urge our
1:11:37assembly members to support
1:11:38the original version of them
1:11:39hop. Next person. Please come
1:11:45forward state. Your name print
1:11:46on. You'll have 3 minutes.
1:11:51>> Good evening. My name is
1:11:54Janice. See Jake and I am Park
1:11:58homeowner and I want to
1:11:59acknowledge that. Many, many
1:12:01problems. cities really quick.
1:12:09>> Yeah, it's a Florida Bill.
1:12:10Simon, if you pause for second
1:12:12with your point order, testify
1:12:14last night.
1:12:15>> I am testifying on the S.
1:12:18>> So I may be that the chair
1:12:18could explain again her ruling
1:12:19at the beginning of the
1:12:22meeting.
1:12:22>> Oh, I'm so sorry. know.
1:12:23It's always that. Yeah, no,
1:12:24it's it's been confusing. So
1:12:25so essentially, if someone has
1:12:25testified at the prior
1:12:27meetings, so it's September
1:12:2915th, they could speak again
1:12:31to the s version, which that's
1:12:31the folks who have spoken so
1:12:33far have if someone testified
1:12:34last night were technically
1:12:35still in the same meeting. And
1:12:37so it's it's essentially the
1:12:38same as if you came up again,
1:12:40you know, got back in line.
1:12:42And so so I do encourage
1:12:43anybody in the situation to
1:12:44please email us. Your
1:12:45comments, but I'm afraid we
1:12:47can't let you testify for a
1:12:47second time. Thank you.
1:12:49Understood. Thank you. Sorry I
1:12:50was late and you had to read.
1:12:51No, it's okay. Thank you.
1:12:55Yeah. Just reminder for folks
1:12:56in line. I don't remember
1:12:56everybody say so I will try
1:12:59Thank you. So next person,
1:13:00please come forward state.
1:13:01Your name part of town for 3
1:13:01minutes.
1:13:04>> My name is Marilyn Stack.
1:13:05I'm a northwest. Encourage
1:13:07good evening assembly members.
1:13:09They're look friends and
1:13:10staff. I'm here tonight to ask
1:13:15your support for the as for
1:13:17Jean, that has been introduced
1:13:19by Assembly member Janice
1:13:21Park. This new. As for Jean
1:13:24gets a lot, gets us a lot
1:13:25closer to a compromise on the
1:13:26housing. I've been listening
1:13:31to testimony over the last
1:13:32couple weeks. It is clear that
1:13:34everyone who has testified
1:13:36season need for more housing.
1:13:40The question now is how we get
1:13:42there. The best version also
1:13:45removes seismic zones, 4, 5,
1:13:48from areas that are slated for
1:13:48high-density housing. To have
1:13:51the city promoting not only
1:13:55building in these areas and
1:13:56providing tax incentives to
1:13:57builders. Just flat does not
1:14:00seem right to me. Safety is a
1:14:01huge consideration. And Still
1:14:07pushes dimensional changes
1:14:08that are extravagant. There's
1:14:11plenty of room to dial it down
1:14:13and be more responsive to
1:14:13neighborhoods. Multifamily
1:14:17development should stay long.
1:14:19Main corridors, areas that
1:14:20have already been designated
1:14:23for multifamily or mixed use
1:14:26and not encroach into R one
1:14:28and R 2 neighborhoods. So the
1:14:30last point I would like to
1:14:31stress. Are the 2040, up land
1:14:37use plan and community
1:14:41goodwill. First, the 24 TL up.
1:14:44As you have heard from others
1:14:45who have testified is an
1:14:48award-winning plan that was
1:14:51passed by the same body of
1:14:53government in 2017. is meant
1:14:57to be our North star. I would
1:15:00like to thank everyone who was
1:15:02involved with putting that
1:15:04together because it took a lot
1:15:05of effort and time. And so in
1:15:14terms of community goodwill,
1:15:17listening to enacting on
1:15:19neighborhood concerns, we'll
1:15:21go a long way to helping
1:15:21goodwill in this community.
1:15:25Many feel that the frame look
1:15:27at has been so structured
1:15:29inflexible that willingness to
1:15:30incorporate neighborhood
1:15:32suggestions have has been
1:15:34largely ignored over the past
1:15:35year. This is the lead. To a
1:15:39divided community. So I would
1:15:42suggest you. Involve the
1:15:44community. Read that 2040 plan
1:15:49if you haven't and follow it.
1:15:55Again, please vote for version
1:15:58the the best version. To half
1:16:01ordinance. Thank you.
1:16:06>> If you next person, please
1:16:06come forward state. Your name
1:16:07it on your 3 minutes. And I
1:16:10believe he did testify in the
1:16:1115th. So speaking to the thank
1:16:11you. sorry. But I believe
1:16:16remember, you testified at the
1:16:17September 15th meeting just
1:16:19need to speak to the version.
1:16:21If you can testify again.
1:16:22Thank you. Yes, that's
1:16:23correct. Good evening.
1:16:25Anchorage assembly members,
1:16:26Mayor France.
1:16:30>> Community members Muni's
1:16:31members of the Muni staff and
1:16:32all those here interested in a
1:16:33better Anchorage. My name is
1:16:35David Hanson spin our
1:16:37Community Council, licensed
1:16:38architect here in Anchorage.
1:16:40And I'm here to speak in
1:16:40support of the version of up.
1:16:43Last time I spoke a raised
1:16:45concerns about the economics
1:16:46of the proposed 40 foot height
1:16:47limit and what that could mean
1:16:48for existing neighborhoods. As
1:16:51an architect. I spend a lot if
1:16:52not most of my time thinking
1:16:54about what makes a building
1:16:54economical to construct. Moore
1:16:57Square footage. More volume
1:16:58and more complexity generally
1:16:59means higher costs. A 30 foot
1:17:03height limit is not a barrier
1:17:04to building housing with 8
1:17:05foot ceilings are reasonable
1:17:07floor assembly. You can
1:17:09comfortably accommodate 3
1:17:10stories or 3 units within 30
1:17:10foot height limit. That's room
1:17:14enough for duplexes Triplexes.
1:17:174 plex is townhomes and other
1:17:18small-scale residential
1:17:19development. These are real
1:17:23buildable opportunities, not
1:17:24just theoretical once. I
1:17:27appreciate what I preach about
1:17:29version is that it recognizes
1:17:31we don't need the same
1:17:32development standards
1:17:32everywhere to create more
1:17:34housing. It allows for
1:17:36small-scale medium scale in
1:17:37fields with existing
1:17:39neighborhoods while directing
1:17:39taller denser development
1:17:40towards transit corridors and
1:17:43commercial centers. That's
1:17:44where the growth makes most
1:17:45sense in my neighborhood and
1:17:47spin art. We still have
1:17:47existing homes that provide
1:17:49relative Lee affordable
1:17:51opportunities for those people
1:17:52looking to enter the housing
1:17:53market. We should be careful
1:17:55not to create incentives that
1:17:58encourage demolishing those
1:17:58homes simply to maximize
1:18:00potential development. The
1:18:01U.S. version strikes a better
1:18:02balance. And creates
1:18:07opportunities for additional
1:18:09housing without unnecessarily
1:18:10changing the scale or
1:18:11economics of the established
1:18:13neighborhoods. And
1:18:13importantly, it aligns with
1:18:15the Anchorage 2040 land use
1:18:17plans approach to neighborhood
1:18:17compatible info. We can
1:18:21increase housing
1:18:22opportunities. We can preserve
1:18:23existing housing and respect
1:18:25neighborhood character. Those
1:18:25goals are not mutually
1:18:27exclusive. I encourage the
1:18:29assembly to support the S
1:18:29version of the M Hop. You have
1:18:34email. You're welcome to email
1:18:36me. If you have any questions
1:18:37or ideas for creative thinking
1:18:37and again, thank you for your
1:18:39time and you work towards a
1:18:40better Anchorage future.
1:18:45>> Next person, please come
1:18:46forward state. Your part of
1:18:46have 3 minutes.
1:18:48>> Jason Katz, Brown. I live
1:18:49in North star. Personally. I
1:18:55recently bought a condo and
1:18:56it's really great. Those after
1:18:585 years living in a Kurdish,
1:18:59that's what improvements and
1:18:59not finding good. Like pecan
1:19:01economically. Good apartment
1:19:05or house. It's a buy. I would
1:19:08love to see more housing and
1:19:08more affordable apartments.
1:19:12And they most want to speak to
1:19:14the sympathy. I feel to my
1:19:16neighbors makers that have her
1:19:17testify against him hop and my
1:19:18sympathy members who are in
1:19:19tough spot here. First it was
1:19:22really it. a lot. When I heard
1:19:28the neighbor who was talking
1:19:29about her neighbor, who is not
1:19:31a permanent like opposing or
1:19:33lines, that's really s****.
1:19:33And in that situation, you
1:19:34feel so powerless. And that is
1:19:38really not question that
1:19:39that's a separate discussion.
1:19:40But that feeling makes a lot
1:19:42of sense. And the fear of like
1:19:44the worst. And we know that in
1:19:46next That's the really feel
1:19:48that most sympathetic to
1:19:49everybody has felt that. But
1:19:50of course, when we got a
1:19:51neighbor, I think. Just the
1:19:55way the math for us out, but
1:19:56probably be better than the
1:19:57Every note. That's why the
1:19:57worst. Every knows this. The
1:19:58worst. And I think research,
1:20:02first from the nurses, Chicago
1:20:03constantly shows that. We're
1:20:04always afraid of meeting new
1:20:06people. And we kind of fear a
1:20:08lot of things that many people
1:20:10have after the fact we
1:20:11generally feel that grateful
1:20:12we got to meet them and we
1:20:14feel happier. often of his
1:20:15parents of waking up in the
1:20:16morning for coffee of some of
1:20:16these restocks to meet. I wake
1:20:17up in the morning. I did not
1:20:18want to be that person. I feel
1:20:20tired and have looking up at
1:20:21it and when we've gotten
1:20:24coffee, had really good full
1:20:25better mood. And repeats day
1:20:30after day when new new
1:20:31neighbors move in to
1:20:31Anchorage. Same goes for
1:20:35crime. Researches consolation
1:20:37that be fair, a lot of crime
1:20:40when this new development or
1:20:41new buildings and the research
1:20:42shows that doesn't play out
1:20:43and usually 10 years on, for
1:20:44example, in Mount Laurel, they
1:20:45felt a big department. But the
1:20:48apartment complex that years
1:20:50before and then 10 years after
1:20:50the show that like neighbors
1:20:52for a super fan new
1:20:53development, bring crime and
1:20:53other public safety says not
1:20:56only did not materialize, but
1:20:5710 years later, nobody even
1:20:58remember they had that fair or
1:21:00remembered even. But that
1:21:01building was. that speaks to
1:21:05why I want to encourage
1:21:06members who are on the fence
1:21:07to vote for him hop as
1:21:08originally proposed. you're
1:21:13going to be up for election in
1:21:14the year 2 and then it says
1:21:16definitely housing and anchors
1:21:16will continue to be an issue
1:21:17that and and our the testifier
1:21:18from this or construction
1:21:22talked about it here, too,
1:21:23there will be very few new If
1:21:24anything, the issue will be
1:21:25just as bad. And it takes
1:21:29years and years. So much
1:21:29planning to build houses and
1:21:30Lake. Anything that people
1:21:34could be a front of. So I want
1:21:36to encourage tough, strengthen
1:21:36voting for this. And because
1:21:39just one 5 women and without
1:21:40thanks much.
1:21:45>> Next person, please come
1:21:46forward. And I know you
1:21:47testified on the 15 so you'll
1:21:48be speaking to the estrogen.
1:21:50Thank
1:21:50>> Good evening. My name is
1:21:51where Walker and islands
1:21:53Bernard. I think that's
1:21:55version has some significant
1:21:57unintended consequences that
1:21:59actually undermine the Eagles.
1:21:59Both of version and the
1:22:01original version
1:22:02significantly. I think that
1:22:05Sunset clause has real
1:22:06negative effects, especially
1:22:07because the thought with a
1:22:09sunset clause is that the
1:22:12overlay expires and this has
1:22:13here that those anything
1:22:17develop that would then become
1:22:18a lawful nonconforming use,
1:22:19which we haven't actually
1:22:20suffer my understanding on
1:22:21that possibility of financing
1:22:22those types of construction,
1:22:26especially for multi-family,
1:22:29also doesn't really have clear
1:22:29standards for what will be
1:22:31evaluated and doesn't put the
1:22:33onus or require. The study is
1:22:37that it wants to have. And so
1:22:38I think those have real big
1:22:39issues down the line that
1:22:41really undermine the projects.
1:22:44Second, I think percent open
1:22:47to the high transitions. But I
1:22:48think that it also could have
1:22:51unintended consequences. My
1:22:52understanding is that the high
1:22:55transitions are based off of
1:22:55the underlying land use plan
1:22:59map designations, much pop and
1:23:03this is based off of kind
1:23:05geographic area and kind of
1:23:06underlings owns. And I don't
1:23:07know how that interfaces
1:23:09really then considered much
1:23:10done with 24 hours. I don't
1:23:10think really had much time to
1:23:13think through consequences of
1:23:14how those interface kind of
1:23:16how undermine trying to have
1:23:19development and these
1:23:21corridors 3rd, the surgeon
1:23:25kind of separates into 5
1:23:29overlay categories. I think
1:23:30that adds unnecessary
1:23:30complexity, especially because
1:23:31this middle zones don't really
1:23:34differ that much from each
1:23:36other and ultimately from the
1:23:37original version and so I
1:23:41think the add additional
1:23:42complexity without much
1:23:43benefit. And I think some for
1:23:44here can more useful. Another
1:23:48issue with the high
1:23:49transitions. I think there's a
1:23:50drafting year on and section
1:23:54for that been high
1:23:56residential. And there's next
1:23:59mixed residential are next.
1:24:00Come back low. So I think
1:24:03minimum that should be fixed
1:24:06also think there's an issue
1:24:07with on the whereas clauses or
1:24:09potential down the line issues
1:24:11that basically the one on Page
1:24:143 line 10, the basics as a
1:24:15default that, you know, the
1:24:18zones or that the basic
1:24:22prioritizes neighborhood
1:24:23character, whatever that might
1:24:23be over kind trans U.S. part
1:24:26of development, which I think
1:24:28I have implications on line
1:24:29for everyone to look at all
1:24:32the concerns. I've heard her
1:24:33loss. She meetings have been
1:24:34relate to the facts on the
1:24:35neighborhood. So I think
1:24:36things that could be
1:24:39incorporated into some sort
1:24:40the net on the original
1:24:41version would relate to what
1:24:43do those kind of neighborhood?
1:24:43What about incorporating
1:24:45neighborhood overly category
1:24:47to incorporate something back
1:24:48in protect something closer to
1:24:51the existing building envelope
1:24:53thank you, D*** richest men.
1:24:57>> Next person, please come
1:24:57forward. State. Your name a
1:24:58town. You'll have 3 minutes.
1:25:00>> My name is Skyler. Quinn SK
1:25:02while are to you, I and I'm
1:25:04the president, the Acreage
1:25:04Home Builders Association. And
1:25:09we at Hba we support them off
1:25:10as currently written. We do
1:25:11not support the version of the
1:25:13sale. I'd like to echo a lot
1:25:15of the comments of the
1:25:16previous speaker. He clearly
1:25:17did some research and made a
1:25:17lot of strong arguments.
1:25:20Something I want to point out
1:25:22is as written the s version
1:25:23does not just affect seismic
1:25:26zone. 4, 5, effects zone. 3.
1:25:28The side like maps are
1:25:29currently being updated as we
1:25:30speak. So if you're a builder,
1:25:31if you're a developer, you're
1:25:35not going to buy anything in
1:25:36zone. 3 looking to try to
1:25:37build on it. If there's this
1:25:39lingering potential that when
1:25:41these these updated maps came
1:25:43out, it gets kicked up to a 4
1:25:46zone threes dead in the water
1:25:47out of the gate on this thing.
1:25:48If it passes, I just think
1:25:50that that's a point
1:25:50mentioning. Additionally, when
1:25:56you get a structural engineer
1:25:57to design a house there,
1:25:57they're designing it her the
1:26:01the zone that the law does. so
1:26:03we're already accounting for
1:26:04these. The zones, as is we've
1:26:07been building successfully now
1:26:08for decades. And this last
1:26:08earthquake. The new
1:26:11construction houses held up
1:26:11really well. So we we don't
1:26:14like the S version. The 5
1:26:17additional overlays is just
1:26:21it's muddying the waters. It's
1:26:21making things more
1:26:23complicated. We've been
1:26:25advocating for zoning, simple
1:26:26vacations. This is kind of
1:26:26moving in the opposite
1:26:27direction. The Sunset Clause
1:26:288. I I will just say that this
1:26:33thing just sunsets and 10
1:26:35years because with all the
1:26:36restrictions put on this, I
1:26:36just don't really see it. Not
1:26:38sunsetting. So we don't like
1:26:38that as well. So we would urge
1:26:43your support for Emhoff has
1:26:44written and not the U.S.
1:26:44version. Thank you.
1:26:48>> before you book with
1:26:49there's couple folks in the
1:26:49queue with the questions, Mr.
1:26:50Volland. Thank you. put myself
1:26:52in the queue. I think before
1:26:54you sort of got to this in
1:26:55your testimony, but talked
1:26:59about there. There has been
1:27:01development and seismic for
1:27:03seismic 5. Do you have any
1:27:05experience building and in
1:27:06those zones or could you just
1:27:07may be? Tell me a little bit
1:27:09about your experience?
1:27:12>> I personally don't have
1:27:13experience building and 4, 5,
1:27:14zones. I know others that
1:27:17deal. And I know that when you
1:27:18build any piece of land, the
1:27:21structural engineer, they look
1:27:22at the when chart they go. The
1:27:24seismic chart, they look up
1:27:25all those loadings on Put that
1:27:28into equation when they're
1:27:29trying to design the building.
1:27:31>> That's helpful. Thank you.
1:27:32Appreciate One. Thank you. And
1:27:34also miss others. Please go
1:27:35ahead. Thanks. Yeah. I had
1:27:41another question about this. A
1:27:42seismic zone, 4, 5,
1:27:45>> Is your experience or do
1:27:46you know if every single
1:27:50parcel within a zone for a
1:27:51zone? 5 has seismic risk. that
1:27:53something you have to
1:27:57determine parcel by parcel
1:27:59through soils testing and
1:27:59other types of testing that
1:28:01actually determines if a
1:28:02parcel within those zones
1:28:03carries risks.
1:28:07>> My understanding is if
1:28:08you're building a house, they
1:28:10just go from the maps and they
1:28:11they use that zone for his own
1:28:115. I'm not a structural
1:28:12engineer. I will say that. if
1:28:15you're doing a larger
1:28:16development that I think that
1:28:16they do study the need to do
1:28:18your job heart. Then they kind
1:28:22of get into the zone for 5
1:28:24specific s'more. But I'm not
1:28:24I'm not a structural engineer.
1:28:30Thank you. That was the only
1:28:30questions. Thank you.
1:28:35>> Next person come forward.
1:28:36Micron starting on state, your
1:28:37name part of town. You'll have
1:28:373 minutes. Good evening. My
1:28:41name is Rob Rachel. I'm 19
1:28:43years old and a resident of
1:28:45the Huffman O'Malley area. I'm
1:28:45here to speak in support of
1:28:47the missing middle housing
1:28:48opportunity overlay.
1:28:49>> Encourage does not have
1:28:51enough housing and this is an
1:28:53issue that has been very
1:28:54personal for me and my family
1:28:56for a long time now in 2021,
1:28:57we moved here from Fairbanks
1:29:01and plan to temporarily stay
1:29:01with my grandparents in south
1:29:02Anchorage. What we found a
1:29:03home of her own. 5 years
1:29:05later, we are still living
1:29:07with my grandparents because
1:29:08there has not been affordable.
1:29:09Accessible homes available on
1:29:11the market. Both of my parents
1:29:14work and study full-time. My
1:29:15father's worked for the state
1:29:15for 14 years. My younger
1:29:19brother, younger brother and I
1:29:21have been students during this
1:29:22time and my family has had to
1:29:23deal with crowded
1:29:25multigenerational household
1:29:25because we can't afford. To
1:29:28have our own home. The options
1:29:29are so limited. The experience
1:29:32of seeing my parents, friends
1:29:33and neighbors struggle to
1:29:34afford a home here has left me
1:29:38perpetually scared not only
1:29:39for my future here, but for
1:29:39the future of Anchorage is a
1:29:40whole. The opportunity. And
1:29:43the S clause, the aspiration
1:29:47to create needed duplexes
1:29:48Triplexes 4 plex is townhomes,
1:29:50et cetera. In the lower
1:29:51density areas of town is
1:29:52something that I valuable
1:29:54about this version allowing
1:29:58more housing long. These
1:29:59transit corridors and places
1:30:00where infrastructure
1:30:01transportation already exist
1:30:02is a great first step. It's a
1:30:04first step. It's not enough. I
1:30:09any previous testimony on how
1:30:10the version is restricting
1:30:11actual implementation of this
1:30:13overlay? The 10 year Sunset
1:30:14Clause should be adjusted to.
1:30:17Perhaps collect data on how
1:30:18and how works in that real
1:30:20time to ensure that we have a
1:30:21plan to adjust the overlay at
1:30:22that 10 year Mark, instead of
1:30:23just cutting it. A successful
1:30:26city needs, thoughtful,
1:30:29educated community oriented
1:30:29infrastructure in
1:30:30implementation. I urge you to
1:30:34continue developing ordinance.
1:30:35I-85 and future plans like get
1:30:37we need more flexibility, more
1:30:39housing options and to
1:30:41continue creating
1:30:42opportunities for working
1:30:42families and young people to
1:30:44continue living and for our
1:30:46city. I hope the assembly
1:30:48considers families like mine
1:30:48who already live here and for
1:30:50the young people who need
1:30:51housing, they go when they
1:30:51leave the nest. I hope you
1:30:53take my words to heart. Thank
1:30:54you. Thanks. Thanks, person.
1:30:59Please come forward. And can
1:31:00of you testified before?
1:31:03Hello? My name is Carol. on
1:31:03the West side of Anchorage.
1:31:06>> I commend the group who
1:31:07worked to draft the version,
1:31:09but I do not support it trying
1:31:12to fix so that it might
1:31:13aligned with the comp plan as
1:31:15required, implying can
1:31:18retroactively fix the problems
1:31:18with public notice isn't good
1:31:20policy. You are public
1:31:22officials expected to follow
1:31:24the laws and then in the
1:31:25process of making new laws.
1:31:28Last night, Publix testimony
1:31:29was really lovely if one
1:31:32actively Dustin, which is hard
1:31:32to win, it gets late. There
1:31:35was consensus on the real need
1:31:37for housing. articulation
1:31:40challenges. Questions about
1:31:40processees and lots of ideas.
1:31:43I love the few recommends
1:31:44slowing down and doing some
1:31:44trials. That's because some
1:31:48trials are ready. Look at the
1:31:50Muni website and I quote,
1:31:52Spenard corridor plan
1:31:56September 16th Twenty-twenty
1:31:57to encourage Metropolitan
1:31:58area. Transportation mats and
1:32:01the municipality of Anchorage
1:32:02Planning Department initiated
1:32:05the public involvement process
1:32:06in 2016 for the Spin Art
1:32:06Corridor plan. Sep a transit
1:32:10oriented development plan
1:32:10intended to establish a
1:32:11comprehensive long-term vision
1:32:14for the spin ART Corridor from
1:32:15International Airport. Road to
1:32:17Hillcrest Drive, encourage
1:32:19Twenty-twenty, encourage full
1:32:21comprehensive plan identified
1:32:22spin as one of Anchorage's key
1:32:23transit supported development
1:32:25corridors. These corridors
1:32:27generally run between
1:32:29employment centers, commercial
1:32:30centers and residential areas
1:32:31as an implementation step of
1:32:32the Anchorage Twenty-twenty
1:32:34the SEP becomes encourages
1:32:36first transit supported
1:32:36development quarter planning
1:32:38document. This plan presents
1:32:41area profile goals and
1:32:42objectives for the corridor
1:32:43and it links recommendations
1:32:44for land use multi-modal
1:32:48transportation and
1:32:49connectivity. Future road
1:32:49upgrades in transit. In a
1:32:51single document. The planning
1:32:53Department contracted with
1:32:55Winter and company whose term
1:32:57team comprise national experts
1:32:58and local firms with transit
1:32:59corridor. Redevelopment
1:33:01expertise the planning process
1:33:03for the ACP involve public
1:33:06involvement, efforts and
1:33:07community engagement in
1:33:10Spenard area. The project team
1:33:10performed a Spenard Activity
1:33:11Committee to get input on the
1:33:12project continues on to talk
1:33:13about that approval process. I
1:33:16think Transit's Port of
1:33:17development is a good thing.
1:33:19I'm just learning about in an
1:33:21age. What I read there are
1:33:22challenges in implementation.
1:33:252024 Harvard grad School of
1:33:27design study noted the MHS
1:33:28difficulty getting
1:33:30underwriting. They found a one
1:33:30percent premium on lending.
1:33:32The other thing, it doesn't
1:33:34seem to that MH outlined is
1:33:36going to stimulate building
1:33:38homes that can be afforded by
1:33:38the Libyan people that we've
1:33:39heard. Regardless of the need
1:33:43for housing. I'm not
1:33:45supportive of this because it
1:33:46doesn't follow the laws and
1:33:47policies. I wonder why this
1:33:50test version does not ask for
1:33:51the use of 21. 0, 3, 1, 60 l
1:33:55to integrate the neighborhood
1:33:56plan maps into the official
1:33:57zoning plan. I wonder why on
1:34:02Page 4, we still have legacy
1:34:04zoning from times of
1:34:05unification. The crew just
1:34:11Next person. Please come
1:34:13forward us to name town.
1:34:14You'll have 3 I there in front
1:34:16us later.
1:34:17>> I live down a bit later.
1:34:18Cold. You need to from my last
1:34:21name. Okay. No. Thank you. So
1:34:25I am not here necessarily to
1:34:27speak to either vehicle. I'm
1:34:31just want to say that I bought
1:34:33my home into adjoining lots.
1:34:35About 5 years ago. The home
1:34:39down on stole right. And it's
1:34:41a right at the very end of of
1:34:439th in Laker Cove and then
1:34:45behind it has 2 lots that I
1:34:48bought the property 3, lots
1:34:49with intention of building
1:34:51departments someday its our 3.
1:34:54and in my dream, I would be
1:34:57able to build apartments or
1:34:58condos that would help relieve
1:35:02the housing, you know, problem
1:35:04that we have for the last year
1:35:07and a half of explored
1:35:10affordable housing and I spent
1:35:12more than $100,000 putting
1:35:13together a package and
1:35:15submitted to Alaska housing to
1:35:16try get tax credits to be able
1:35:17put something together. And
1:35:21that's still an option also
1:35:23pursuing condos. The point is
1:35:26when I again, my dream. If we
1:35:29could have ability to have
1:35:33more green space, more
1:35:34setbacks. And actually, I'm a
1:35:35fan of higher rather than
1:35:38lower. So that especially my
1:35:40area. If I were to build
1:35:41something, I'd like to give
1:35:42people a little bit more than
1:35:458 feet foot ceilings. I'd like
1:35:46to give someone a 9 or 10 foot
1:35:47ceiling. That's what that
1:35:48would provide. And I'd also
1:35:49like to be able to have it.
1:35:51That would provide a little
1:35:52bit more density and I guess
1:35:56it's about it. I just it
1:35:57sounds to me like as the I
1:36:00mean, I know that there's a
1:36:03processes in place for the
1:36:05whole seismic issue. You know,
1:36:07again, down right there where
1:36:08we're talking about and I've
1:36:10already invested in major, you
1:36:16Joe work and makes me wonder
1:36:17if we're gonna take my project
1:36:19off the table, whether there's
1:36:22even a point, why would I even
1:36:24have the geo work done if we
1:36:24can't, if we're not really
1:36:25follow the science? So anyway,
1:36:26that's me. Thanks for
1:36:29testimony.
1:36:33>> Next person, please come
1:36:34forward. State. Your name a
1:36:34town. You'll have 3 minutes.
1:36:38>> Marilyn Maxwell. I live in
1:36:38West attorney. Can. This is so
1:36:46confusing. I try to follow
1:36:47this. I was here last night. I
1:36:48was here last month and
1:36:51they're just keep stuff. Keeps
1:36:53like coming in. I spend all
1:36:55day trying read everything and
1:36:57see what the changes
1:36:58happening. The process is.
1:37:02Perplexing to me. I don't see
1:37:03a process here where. We're
1:37:05involved. Other than being
1:37:08able to testify and it's a
1:37:15I've 20 years is a residential
1:37:18real estate appraiser for
1:37:18those years was in the.
1:37:22Assessor's office with the
1:37:24city of Anchorage, seeing lots
1:37:26neighborhoods, hundreds
1:37:27neighborhoods, thousands of
1:37:29homes. can tell you when I
1:37:30show up at those houses
1:37:32wearing that fluorescent muni
1:37:34Vess, there's not a lot of
1:37:35people that want to talk to
1:37:35you. And especially people who
1:37:39are. Building their own homes,
1:37:45working on their own homes.
1:37:46The first thing they think
1:37:46it's or were with permitting.
1:37:49And they Sherri us. They are.
1:37:56It is so hard for a property
1:37:57owner to get you that
1:37:58permitting process and I
1:38:02wonder I really wonder how how
1:38:03many changes have been made
1:38:06with that as as I look at this
1:38:10at these proposals, I guess or
1:38:12proposals.
1:38:13>> I think here you get to
1:38:14decide we don't get to decide.
1:38:20For example, driveways. Okay.
1:38:21We've already said we don't
1:38:23need. We've already excluded
1:38:23the need for off site.
1:38:28Parking, OK? But now we're
1:38:30limiting driveways to 20 feet.
1:38:31It doesn't say 20 feet wide 20
1:38:33feet long, but I think the
1:38:34intention is 20 feet wide.
1:38:36He's out for.
1:38:40>> One family who wants to
1:38:41falling 3, we're going to put
1:38:44for families it in a place
1:38:45with a driveway that's 20 feet
1:38:45wide.
1:38:50>> What say we have I have a
1:38:52new to you, my house and my
1:38:53tenant. Now it doesn't get a
1:38:54place to park. Yes, park on
1:38:55the street because I have a 2,
1:38:582, car white driveway for my
1:39:01family. So I'm limited. I look
1:39:03at this map. That's part of
1:39:06the that Part of the best
1:39:10version and it shows mixed use
1:39:13going along. And I look at I
1:39:17look at all the way to the
1:39:21mid-rise mixed use housing,
1:39:22which is. Very tall apartment
1:39:26buildings. And we still don't
1:39:27have any parks for these
1:39:29people. And I know somebody
1:39:30last night talked about Denali
1:39:34Street and how? Oh, my gosh,
1:39:35my time's almost up change for
1:39:41snow. Load. Where are we
1:39:42talking about that? But yeah,
1:39:44we're increasing critics
1:39:45might, you know, we do care
1:39:46about it. Thank you for money,
1:39:47man. Next person. Please come
1:39:52forward.
1:39:53>> State your name a town 3
1:39:53minutes and they believe
1:39:54testified in the 15th. Yes.
1:39:56>> Means cool. Lockard. I was
1:40:01born and raised in Rogers Park
1:40:01which is currently reside. I
1:40:05to testify last month. So here
1:40:05to testify on the version. I
1:40:07want to start by saying thank
1:40:10you for taking additional
1:40:10comments today. For all the
1:40:15work that's been put into
1:40:16this. And it's been a long
1:40:17oftentimes arduous process. I
1:40:20want to start by saying I
1:40:22agree with excluding the
1:40:24seismic hazard zones, 4, 5,
1:40:25from hop overlay. And built
1:40:27housing for the future. Based
1:40:29on the problems and trends we
1:40:32see today excluded excluding
1:40:33hazard zones, 4, 5, also looks
1:40:36to the future based on the
1:40:37knowledge and consent cern's
1:40:38we possess today. Even the
1:40:41most seismically sound
1:40:42buildings can withstand the
1:40:43land giving way beneath them.
1:40:45These goals are aligned.
1:40:47People seek to protect the
1:40:47future of Anchorage. I
1:40:51appreciate the intention
1:40:52behind the tear density
1:40:53approach as opposed to
1:40:55outright exclusion R one and R
1:40:552 neighborhoods. That said, I
1:40:59believe the original version
1:41:00of and hop is better equipped
1:41:01to increase housing supply in
1:41:03Anchorage and reduce barriers
1:41:05for people who are interested
1:41:06in finding a home they can
1:41:07afford workplace or school.
1:41:08What is the message we send
1:41:11when you say sure will will
1:41:13build housing. That is more
1:41:15financially attainable but
1:41:16only on the outskirts of our
1:41:16neighborhood. Only if the
1:41:19housing isn't built near me. I
1:41:22want to see a vibrant,
1:41:24thriving, encourage and I
1:41:24hopped leads us in that
1:41:27direction. Please amend the
1:41:28original him hop to exclude
1:41:29seismic hazard zones. 4, 5,
1:41:31and vote yes on your original
1:41:32version Pop. Thank you. 20.
1:41:38>> Next person come forward
1:41:39saying in part town, you'll
1:41:40have 3 minutes. Good evening.
1:41:45Thank you. First off, want to
1:41:46say to all of you for your
1:41:49service and he's day. I live
1:41:50in Midtown and just before. I
1:41:54want to step back a little bit
1:41:55and talk about.
1:41:59>> Your role.
1:41:59>> the leaders in our
1:42:00community and as governors.
1:42:03Your role is to help create
1:42:05and manage the public
1:42:06infrastructure and parameters
1:42:06in which we live. You're not
1:42:10enacting mandates. You're not
1:42:10the ones who are going to.
1:42:12Kerry these things out. For
1:42:16example, despite removing
1:42:17parking minimums, people are
1:42:18still building parking. And
1:42:19new developments. To drive
1:42:21that Even further. The 2040
1:42:26land use plan and the
1:42:26comprehensive plan. We're
1:42:30great documents. The plan for
1:42:30us to not be in the situation.
1:42:32When we would have housing and
1:42:33where this would not be a the
1:42:34situation that we would ever
1:42:35face. Your job is to set the
1:42:40parameters in which we live.
1:42:44Before appreciation for
1:42:45elders. We are not imagining
1:42:50or developing a community for
1:42:51baby boomers or even for my
1:42:52generation. We're responsible
1:42:56now for the Anchorage, our
1:42:56future generations don't have
1:42:57it. This is a heavy in
1:43:02significant responsibility and
1:43:03our actions speak louder than
1:43:04our words. They repeated
1:43:08mantra for the past several
1:43:09years from detractors of
1:43:09zoning reform has been we need
1:43:10more housing. Not near my
1:43:13house. That's not being a
1:43:17responsible steward order. A
1:43:18good neighbor. It's selfish.
1:43:22One of the best aspects of
1:43:24living in Alaska as our
1:43:25understanding of our
1:43:26connection to those around us.
1:43:28We are not alone. We have
1:43:31inherited this beautiful gift
1:43:34of understanding from the
1:43:35people who Stewart of these
1:43:36lands for thousands of years
1:43:38before anybody that looks like
1:43:38me showed up started arguing
1:43:40about building heights or
1:43:41setbacks. Likewise your vote
1:43:48on this ordinance. Well, not
1:43:50be the end of this
1:43:52conversation Volusia of life
1:43:52in this community. Tonight, I
1:43:55ask you. Please do not govern
1:43:59from a place of fear or
1:44:01selfishness like so many of
1:44:02the comments we've heard. Good
1:44:05policy does not come from
1:44:06places of fear or selfishness.
1:44:09For the sake of interest
1:44:10future. I encourage you to
1:44:11vote for this. And for all
1:44:14ordinances with clear
1:44:15understanding of your role and
1:44:17with our future generations
1:44:18and mine. your testimony.
1:44:27Munich switched to the phone.
1:44:28We have 3 individuals to call
1:44:29that were ascendant yesterday
1:44:30that we tried to call him did
1:44:31not pick up the first one, Mr.
1:44:32Bryan, to plummet.
1:44:41>> Hi. If you record your
1:44:46>> As we said night, I want
1:44:47folks to screening apps like
1:44:48that. We are not able to get
1:44:49through. So please call the
1:44:50next person as Nancy Peas.
1:45:13>> you can find my home phone
1:45:16That was a voicemail was
1:45:19chime. Is Janice Nyman.
1:45:41>> again. I meant.
1:45:46>> It is genus of this. Is
1:45:47your brolly calling from the
1:45:49assembly meeting where on
1:45:50public testimony for 26. 85,
1:45:54you can begin your testimony
1:45:54and you'll have 3 minutes.
1:46:01>> Hello and thank you for
1:46:02hearing my testimony. My name
1:46:05is Janice 9 and then I live in
1:46:06a condo on Westchester Lagoon.
1:46:09I was able to listen to the
1:46:11comments of last assembly
1:46:12meeting and this is what stood
1:46:14out to One. It can noted how
1:46:19developers can benefit from
1:46:24hot planning they cash in on
1:46:26years of single-family
1:46:27homeowners, property taxes,
1:46:29Lentz gate and community
1:46:30development. If adopted
1:46:35developers will tend purchase
1:46:36properties established
1:46:37neighborhood. Where they can
1:46:40have more success with sales.
1:46:42Underdeveloped or undeveloped
1:46:46areas will remain neglected. I
1:46:50know this because I recently
1:46:51moved back to that where in
1:46:56West Seattle, when shooting
1:46:57occurred in my neighborhood, I
1:46:59thought it would bring value
1:47:02my property and then my single
1:47:03family Lost value. Her clothes
1:47:06were purchased. For LAN. value
1:47:11only disregarding the House.
1:47:13Tell you and generally
1:47:14replaced with 4 story, big
1:47:18block home single-family part.
1:47:21Sewing for approximately
1:47:231 million dollars. I also
1:47:27heard the comments have been
1:47:30and the supporting the M Hot
1:47:31plan and how they were
1:47:33disappointed in the lack of
1:47:36opportunity for younger or
1:47:37moderate income. Byard who
1:47:39lives state. Neighborhood. I
1:47:42want to say. whole plan is not
1:47:48the solution and its current
1:47:52form fort coming lesions need
1:47:53to look at these factors for
1:47:54it. A solution. One economic
1:47:59construction is expensive.
1:48:02Think habitat for Humanity and
1:48:04volunteer contribution.
1:48:09Education trained more people
1:48:11and provide job in the
1:48:14building industry, HVAC
1:48:14installers and plumber
1:48:17generally have a higher income
1:48:18architect. Study Co housing
1:48:22and mixed-use housing model. 3
1:48:27community. I've heard
1:48:28architects, builders and
1:48:29planners speak. We are large
1:48:32room well, the people who can
1:48:33contribute to the area. A
1:48:37volunteer and design or
1:48:37construction training. For
1:48:41municipal and could many can
1:48:46provide support design and
1:48:47land acquisition for real
1:48:48projects. As they have shown
1:48:51that that already. Growth
1:48:55could include area right
1:48:57around library, potentially
1:48:59perfect Carter County home.
1:49:02Areas along fire. We just a
1:49:05mixed structure.
1:49:08>> Thank you. And that means
1:49:10your time has expired. Sorry
1:49:11to interrupt you. And heard
1:49:12you to send comments by
1:49:13e-mail. If you had other
1:49:13things you want to share.
1:49:14>> Okay. Thank you very much.
1:49:20>> So that concludes folks on
1:49:22the phone. So I will ask for
1:49:23more time. Is there anyone
1:49:25wishing to testify on 2026?
1:49:2685, please come forward.
1:49:27Anyone at all. Seeing hearing
1:49:33no one public hearing on this
1:49:33item is now close to about the
1:49:36body.
1:49:37>> To tent move to postpone
1:49:38this item until the meeting of
1:49:39November. 4th. Second.
1:49:42>> There's a motion by Miss to
1:49:44postpone this item to the
1:49:46meeting of a number for a
1:49:47second by MR. Bonds do want to
1:49:48speak to it for them is
1:49:48Baldwin Day. Yes, I would. So
1:49:51so we had a substitute version
1:49:55laid on the table last night
1:49:56and are asked of amendments
1:49:59and I think it's really
1:50:00important that before we take
1:50:05This discussion and debate
1:50:06that we are all on the same
1:50:08page with respect to how those
1:50:11amendments and how that is. As
1:50:12for Jean interact,
1:50:14technically, I think that is
1:50:16something that is best done.
1:50:17Not in this environment. So I
1:50:20would prefer that we haven't
1:50:22asked work session to give the
1:50:24sponsor of the U.S. for
1:50:25Shannon Opportunity to speak
1:50:26to her intent and for.
1:50:29Sponsors of amendments to be
1:50:30able to do the same. And I
1:50:33would hope that we would be
1:50:34joined by some of our
1:50:34technical experts who could
1:50:37talk to us about how all of
1:50:37those things work together and
1:50:41then come back to this
1:50:41conversation when we are all
1:50:42grounded in. What our COVID
1:50:44doesn't doesn't say. next to
1:50:50have in the queue. Mr. Handle
1:50:50and
1:50:54>> I was going to ask question
1:50:56on if we're going to have a
1:50:57work session, then it wouldn't
1:50:58let me cancel to get to the
1:50:59OK? No vote. Yes. And I will
1:51:02just say briefly that we do
1:51:06intend to I wasn't end to
1:51:07schedule, works when they're
1:51:07asked. thank next, Mr.
1:51:09Martinez. Thank you. I just
1:51:13want to encourage my
1:51:14colleagues to support the
1:51:15motion.
1:51:17>> And one thing I wanted to
1:51:18remind folks were. As one of
1:51:21the original sponsors here.
1:51:27That the originals co-sponsors
1:51:29promised to not introduce and
1:51:31that's version along the way
1:51:34to maintain the integrity of
1:51:36one version and then work
1:51:37through amendments as such.
1:51:40It's intriguing to this to
1:51:42hear that folks are there's
1:51:43and that's version and it's.
1:51:46It's and it's inviting to some
1:51:46folks. But that was a
1:51:50challenge in the past where
1:51:51folks said there's and that's
1:51:52version at the last minute.
1:51:53And so sponsors shouldn't be
1:51:54doing things like that. so we
1:51:57haven't. But I think it does.
1:51:59It does allow the opportunity
1:52:01for some additional bridge
1:52:01building but I think we've
1:52:06heard a lot of important
1:52:07testimony. I think we've heard
1:52:09lot from folks here in person,
1:52:12but this is a small and has
1:52:14been identified today. This is
1:52:15a small subset of the voices
1:52:17that we've heard from. And I
1:52:19think that's important that if
1:52:21there's at least one thing
1:52:24that I do recognize is that
1:52:25the issue is more important
1:52:30than a particular urgency of a
1:52:30one day. But there is no
1:52:35perfection in in the in the
1:52:35approach there is the
1:52:37opportunity to advance a
1:52:41thoughtful conversation. And I
1:52:42would hope that people see the
1:52:44ability for a pause. We've got
1:52:50a pause. The procedural motion
1:52:51is a but essentially an
1:52:55opportunity to have had these
1:52:58voices digested filtered in
1:52:59and then a work session to see
1:53:02how there can be additional
1:53:05bridge building toward
1:53:07advancement. And I think
1:53:08that's worth the additional
1:53:09time and so I appreciate that
1:53:12from my colleagues as well.
1:53:15Hynix have a spark. Thank you.
1:53:21Chair.
1:53:22>> I just want to say I
1:53:23appreciate the motion and
1:53:27building is my concern.
1:53:30Absolutely. I think we've
1:53:31heard from a lot of people,
1:53:32lot of concerns they deserve
1:53:33to have been hurt I'm willing
1:53:37to work with anybody. 2
1:53:41produce policy that is the
1:53:44most advantageous to the
1:53:44community. So I will be voting
1:53:47for that. Thanks next, Mr.
1:53:52Dylan, back in the queue.
1:53:56>> Yes, I just had to more
1:53:57procedural question on this as
1:53:59we kind of continue on this
1:54:02public or the process of the
1:54:03amendments and other versions
1:54:06coming forward.
1:54:07>> How does that impact the
1:54:08public process of if there is
1:54:098?
1:54:12>> Some it's substantially
1:54:13different. Is that reopen
1:54:14public testimony?
1:54:19>> Yeah, I think it's a good
1:54:20question. And I can also ask
1:54:21council to speak to a
1:54:24generally, but I the there is
1:54:25discretion to reopen the
1:54:28public hearing in a situation
1:54:29where the ordinance
1:54:32significantly changes impact.
1:54:33So and I want to speculate
1:54:33what that would look like
1:54:36here. But if it if it looks
1:54:37significantly different it did
1:54:38not look like it did before in
1:54:39a very mature away, that is
1:54:42generally an argument to
1:54:42reopen the public hearing. I
1:54:44will also say in the past,
1:54:46however, there have been many
1:54:47processees that I've seen and
1:54:48been part of where there is
1:54:51public testimony. There is
1:54:53discussion about changes.
1:54:55Maybe there's a work session
1:54:55before after that testimony is
1:54:56where the hearing is closed
1:54:57and then version is brought
1:55:01forward. That is responsive to
1:55:02those changes. So that is
1:55:04something that I think we
1:55:05haven't done a lot recently,
1:55:07but is a common practice of
1:55:08this body. And so guess that's
1:55:09the short version is it is
1:55:12something that we can do. It
1:55:13requires reopening the
1:55:15hearing, but that is an
1:55:16option. it's also true that
1:55:18that in many cases we taken in
1:55:21public testimony and then
1:55:22taken action without opening
1:55:23the hearing invite council to
1:55:25speak to that further. If if
1:55:26there's any clarity on. When
1:55:30we may or or would be required
1:55:31to reopen hearing.
1:55:35>> guess I would just
1:55:36summarize by saying that the
1:55:37body is always free to reopen
1:55:38the public hearing if they
1:55:39want to. We only advise you
1:55:42that it's it. It's likely
1:55:42necessary when the character
1:55:45of has been changed. So
1:55:47significant changes can take
1:55:48place the amendment. The S
1:55:48process without. Reopening the
1:55:52public hearing. It has to be
1:55:53so significant that the actual
1:55:54character be is changed to a
1:55:55degree that. Like the public,
1:55:58like your amending sections of
1:56:00colder titles of code that
1:56:04were included in the title or
1:56:04things like that or the entire
1:56:05purpose of has changed. Thank
1:56:09you so much. Thank you.
1:56:12>> Okay. Don't see anyone else
1:56:13in the queue and Wilson we do
1:56:14not have a youth member with
1:56:15us this evening because
1:56:18they're probably doing high
1:56:20school junior high school So
1:56:22so we won't be turning to them
1:56:23for a vote. members may
1:56:23proceed to vote.
1:56:26>> Number McCormack.
1:56:37>> On a vote of 11 to 2026. 85
1:56:40has been postponed to the
1:56:40meeting of November. 4th. So
1:56:43I'll note briefly, so we are
1:56:44back on the rest of our agenda
1:56:47and you'll see members can see
1:56:48there's a shorter version of
1:56:49the agenda. It only includes
1:56:50the items that we have not
1:56:51taken action on at this point.
1:56:53Certainly happy to entertain
1:56:55motions to change the order.
1:56:56But I think the plan right now
1:56:57is to move through our
1:56:58remaining public hearing items
1:57:01in the order that they are
1:57:02presented. So next, I'm going
1:57:03to go to item 13 E 2026. 105,
1:57:08an ordinance amending the
1:57:10zoning map and approving the
1:57:11rezoning of approximately 1.0
1:57:134 acres CB. 3 SL District, 2
1:57:17CB, 3 District, 4 lot one
1:57:18block 3 Schroder subdivision
1:57:19East to East Edition, flat
1:57:231971, to 98 public hearing on
1:57:25this item is now open. Anyone
1:57:26who wish to testify. Please
1:57:27come forward. Anyone off.
1:57:34Seeing and hearing no one
1:57:37public testimony on item is
1:57:39now closed. What's the will of
1:57:39the body move to approve?
1:57:44Motion by Mr, Handling to
1:57:44approve second by Mr. Kercher.
1:57:47Any further discussion on this
1:57:48item? Don't see anyone in the
1:57:49queue. Members may proceed to
1:57:54vote on this item. Mccormick.
1:58:06He and a vote of 11 to 0 item
1:58:09with 2026. 105 passes the body
1:58:13unanimously. Next. We're on to
1:58:15new public hearing. So the
1:58:15first of those is item 14, be
1:58:192026. 109 an ordinance
1:58:20amending the zoning map and
1:58:22approving the rezoning of
1:58:23approximately 7.9 acres for my
1:58:252 to be PR district for a
1:58:28portion of the Port of
1:58:29Anchorage subdivision.
1:58:31Addition 12 starting to shun
1:58:32to track Jay Platt 2012, 19
1:58:34public hearing on this item is
1:58:36now open. Please come forward
1:58:36if you wish to testify. Anyone
1:58:37at all. Seeing and hearing no
1:58:42one public hearing on this
1:58:43item is now closed. What's the
1:58:44will of the body? Move to
1:58:46approve second? Motion by a
1:58:50spot and a second by 2
1:58:52improvement, a second by Mr.
1:58:53Press review. Any further
1:58:54comments in poll Monday.
1:58:58Nothing for me, but happy to
1:58:59give Mr. Told her or anyone
1:59:01else from the administration
1:59:01an opportunity to discuss this
1:59:02a bit like.
1:59:05>> It would anyone else was
1:59:06make comments in
1:59:07administration will pass. I
1:59:11don't see anyone in the queue
1:59:13for this item. So members may
1:59:13proceed to vote.
1:59:15>> Member McCormick.
1:59:25>> And
1:59:25>> a vote of 11 to 0 Yeo 2026.
1:59:26109 passes the body.
1:59:30>> Next 14. See 2026 1.11, an
1:59:33ordinance amending the zoning
1:59:34map and approving the rezoning
1:59:37of approximately 0.2 7 acres
1:59:38from our 5 to R 2 D District.
1:59:414 lot to block for Abbott Loop
1:59:42Manor Subdivision, Plat P 6,
1:59:454, public hearing on this item
1:59:46is now open. Please come
1:59:48forward. If you wish to
1:59:49testify. Anyway. Seeing
1:59:55hearing no public hearing on
1:59:56this item is now closed.
1:59:56What's the willed body to
1:59:57prove? Second? Motion by Mr.
2:00:01Going to approve second by Mr.
2:00:02Press Verdia. Any further
2:00:03discussion. Spoke Monday. Yes,
2:00:10just wanted to point out that
2:00:11this is yet another.
2:00:13>> Rezone that would be
2:00:14rendered unnecessary if
2:00:16something I can in effect.
2:00:17Thank you. don't see anyone
2:00:23further in the queue. Some
2:00:24members may proceed to vote on
2:00:24this item to prove. Mccormick.
2:00:39On a motion of 11 to 0, this
2:00:41item passes. It went 1, 6, one
2:00:4211 passes. The body.
2:00:44>> Next we have item 14, 2026.
2:00:46Won 10 in ordinance
2:00:48reassigning implementation and
2:00:50oversight responsibilities for
2:00:51the 20 2014 encourage wetlands
2:00:53management plan will amending
2:00:54several sections to correct
2:00:58Tech tool air and update
2:00:59diagrams. Public hearing on
2:01:00this item is now open. Please
2:01:01come forward. If you wish to
2:01:01testify. Anyone at all. Seeing
2:01:08hearing no one public hearing
2:01:08on is now closed. What's the
2:01:09will of the body? for second.
2:01:13Motion to approve by
2:01:15misspelled and a second by Mr.
2:01:16Prisk video. Would you like to
2:01:16speak to further? Nothing for
2:01:20me. happy here from planning
2:01:21if they've got something to
2:01:21say. But otherwise, I think
2:01:22I'm good.
2:01:26>> Okay. I'll just turn to the
2:01:27ministrations. See if there's
2:01:27any comments would like to
2:01:28make. No common. It speaks for
2:01:32itself. Okay. no one else in
2:01:38the queue members may proceed
2:01:39to vote 2026. 1.10 Member
2:01:45McCormick. On a vote of 11 to
2:01:552026. 1.10 passes the body
2:01:57unanimously. Next. We have
2:02:00item 14 2026 1.12, an
2:02:03ordinance amending Anchorage
2:02:04Municipal code chapter. 21. 0,
2:02:057, development and design
2:02:07standards. Public hearing on
2:02:09this item is now open. Please
2:02:10come forward. If you wish to
2:02:10testify. Anyway. Now. Seeing
2:02:16hearing no one public hearing
2:02:17on this item is now closed.
2:02:18What's the will of the body
2:02:18look to prove second? Motion
2:02:22by Mr. Going to approve second
2:02:23by as park, Mr. Volland. I
2:02:27think for me, thank you. Thank
2:02:33you. Got myself into queue. I
2:02:34just want I just had a brief
2:02:36question. And I wanted to make
2:02:37sure that the intent was
2:02:38clear. So if I can ask
2:02:38planning staff to come up as
2:02:40they're walking up on note.
2:02:44One minor piece of discussion
2:02:46was that this is a very broad
2:02:47title and in the actual scope
2:02:50of it is very small. So
2:02:50anybody who read would be very
2:02:52surprised to see that it is
2:02:53not changing the probably over
2:02:56100 pages of design standards.
2:02:57It is allowing very specific
2:03:01thing. So I wonder I was going
2:03:01to ask our planning director
2:03:02to briefly speak to not just
2:03:04what this does, but why why
2:03:05we're seeing this. Thank you.
2:03:09Of course. Thank you, chair
2:03:10probably and thank you for
2:03:11clarifying to that. This is a
2:03:12very minor change.
2:03:14>> And the reason behind the
2:03:15change was because we are
2:03:16trying to at 8 those tiny
2:03:19little pieces of code that are
2:03:21related to the 3, 4, tax
2:03:22reform that happened a couple
2:03:23of years ago just to make sure
2:03:25that we are all of those left
2:03:29are pieces of code that
2:03:30weren't touched during that
2:03:31reform process. Our meet the
2:03:35intent of those changes and
2:03:37this particular change was
2:03:38just a minor tweak that 3, 4,
2:03:44Texas the same allowances when
2:03:45it comes to landscaping you
2:03:47know, I'm no landscaping
2:03:50single family and due to
2:03:53family president says enjoy
2:03:54the moment so that us the back
2:03:56story on that. I hope that.
2:03:58Clarified what you're doing
2:03:59here. Yeah, I think, you know,
2:04:02additional questions for me
2:04:05the last mentioned before I
2:04:07will turn back to others is
2:04:10I've said this, I believe in
2:04:12in other payment, informal
2:04:13meetings. But I want to put
2:04:13the intention there because it
2:04:15is within this title, not
2:04:19certainly within the scope of
2:04:20this ordinance. One is that we
2:04:22have paused certain design
2:04:24standards. so that was done
2:04:25in. I think it was February
2:04:272025. that is live until
2:04:29January 2028, my intention is
2:04:31to put forward an ordinance to
2:04:33extend those and also to
2:04:36really take up the bigger
2:04:37longer question of what should
2:04:38our design standards in our
2:04:39code look like. And so I just
2:04:42want to again, no, this is not
2:04:43that is not at all with this
2:04:43ordinance is doing. It is much
2:04:44narrower in scope. But I think
2:04:48the bigger question still
2:04:48needs to be answered. And of
2:04:49course, that is tied to our
2:04:51comprehensive plan because so
2:04:52much of our plan, both the
2:04:542020 2020 2040, plans call for
2:04:57standards there. So I just
2:04:59wanted to broadcast that out
2:05:01into the world. That is not
2:05:02something that will happen
2:05:04quickly. But in the meantime,
2:05:04we have been seeing some
2:05:05results from that pause. So
2:05:09beyond that, I will save that
2:05:10discussion for another time
2:05:11but wanted to make that note
2:05:12here. So next, we'll turn to
2:05:15Mr. Volland.
2:05:16>> Thank Said nothing for me.
2:05:18I guess I will just say I
2:05:20really support this work. I
2:05:21think it's a good follow too.
2:05:24The triplets and 4 plex reform
2:05:25that we didn't and big part of
2:05:26those conversations that we
2:05:27had. As part of that, I think
2:05:28it was a 6 month working group
2:05:31process. With Planning
2:05:35Department building Department
2:05:36fire inspectors traffic
2:05:38different apartment, something
2:05:41numbers. a big thrust of what
2:05:42we're trying to do. With that
2:05:45work is say how can we treat
2:05:49triplex and 4 plex development
2:05:49more similarly too.
2:05:53Single-family homes and
2:05:55duplexes. And so looking at
2:05:57the dimensional standards,
2:05:58looking at the building code.
2:05:59And so to me is one more of
2:06:00those checkmarks or we can
2:06:01make it easier to build to
2:06:03build missing middle and to
2:06:07small multifamily similar to
2:06:11how we treat single-family
2:06:12home. So I think it's a good
2:06:13step in the right direction.
2:06:13Thank
2:06:19>> think, know, one further in
2:06:20the queue, some members may
2:06:21per to proceed to vote on this
2:06:21item. Number McCormick. On a
2:06:36vote of 11 to 0. That item
2:06:37passes the body unanimously.
2:06:41Next. We have item and I
2:06:41should say I misspoke about
2:06:43the design centers possible.
2:06:43Just correct myself. On the
2:06:44record, the pause until May
2:06:4631st. 2028. So I misspoke. Not
2:06:47January 2028. next. We have
2:06:532026 1.13, an ordinance of the
2:06:54Anchorage Municipal Assembly
2:06:55to reauthorize certain boards
2:06:57and commissions by amending
2:06:58the sunset provisions in
2:06:59Anchorage Municipal Code
2:06:59sections. Fordham, 9, 0, 1, 0,
2:07:040, 1, 0, 4, not 5, 0, 1, 1, 0
2:07:074.6, 0, 3, 5, public hearing
2:07:09on this item is now open.
2:07:10Please come forward. If you
2:07:10wish to testify. Anyone at
2:07:12all. Seeing hearing no one
2:07:16public hearing on this item is
2:07:17now closed. What's the will of
2:07:18the body? Move to approve
2:07:19second? Motion by Mr. Vaughan
2:07:24to approve second by miss
2:07:24part, which like to speak to
2:07:25it for on. don't see anyone
2:07:33else in the queue. So members
2:07:33may proceed to vote. Member
2:07:37McCormick. On a vote of 11 to
2:07:490 2026. 1.13 passes the body
2:07:51unanimously. Next. We have
2:07:53item 14 2026. 1.17, an
2:07:56ordinance authorizing a Second
2:07:58Amendment to a land lease
2:08:00located on a portion of track
2:08:01J port of Anchorage Edition.
2:08:02Number 2, according to Platts
2:08:04number 2012, 19 between John
2:08:05Young Port of Alaska, an
2:08:07Alaska make public hearing on
2:08:09this item is now open. Please
2:08:10come forward. If you wish to
2:08:10testify. Anyone at all. no
2:08:17public hearing on this item is
2:08:19now closed. What's the both
2:08:20the body move to approve
2:08:20second? Motion by Mr. Vaughan
2:08:24to approve second by Miss Any
2:08:25further comments, Mr. Bond.
2:08:32>> Yeah, just say I don't have
2:08:33know that com. We are. Pasta,
2:08:39truck J item earlier this
2:08:40evening. And truck chase been
2:08:42sort of a subject of
2:08:42conversation with my
2:08:43constituents. Very important
2:08:45to government Hill community.
2:08:46I don't have any concerns
2:08:47about this and can go ahead
2:08:47and approve Think.
2:08:52>> I don't have anyone further
2:08:53in the queue. Some members may
2:08:54proceed to vote on item.
2:08:56Number McCormick. Chair, does
2:09:07your computer work? On a vote
2:09:15of 11 to 0 2026. So one 17
2:09:19passes the body unanimously.
2:09:22Next. We'll move on to item
2:09:2514. 2026 1.20, an ordinance of
2:09:26the Anchorage Municipal
2:09:28Assembly, amending Anchorage
2:09:30Municipal Code, chapter 3, 3,
2:09:320, personnel rules, part 2 and
2:09:34chapter 6.1 0 to require that
2:09:36number of full-time equivalent
2:09:38positions for each municipal
2:09:39Department office, an agency
2:09:41excluding utilities and
2:09:42enterprises to be included in
2:09:44approved in the annual general
2:09:45government government
2:09:45operating budget and
2:09:46establishes an upper limit.
2:09:47Public hearing on this item is
2:09:49now open. Please come forward.
2:09:50If you wish to testify. Seeing
2:10:00and hearing anyone off seeing
2:10:04hearing no one public
2:10:04testimony on this item is now
2:10:05closed. But some of the body.
2:10:09>> Move to approve NUM case
2:10:10move to postpone to the
2:10:11beating of November. 4th.
2:10:14Second.
2:10:15>> Motion by Mr. Barker to
2:10:16postpone this item to the
2:10:18meeting of November 4th.
2:10:18Second by Miss Bowman Day,
2:10:19which like to speak to that
2:10:21for this.
2:10:21>> Yeah, we just haven't. We
2:10:22have a lot of work. Sessions
2:10:23piled up in the next couple
2:10:24weeks. So we thought we'd give
2:10:25ourselves a little more
2:10:26breathing room. So not all.
2:10:28Thank Budget stuff. Thanks.
2:10:33>> Any further comments on
2:10:33this. And I note request for a
2:10:39work session has been hurt and
2:10:39we will work on scheduling
2:10:40offline. Is there any
2:10:43objection to postponement of
2:10:44this item? To the meeting in
2:10:45November? 4th? Seeing hearing
2:10:50none. This item was postponed.
2:10:51Many of number forth and last
2:10:54on our agenda this evening in
2:10:54terms of public hearings,
2:10:58resolution AR 2026 to 72 a
2:11:00resolution of the municipality
2:11:01of Anchorage appropriating and
2:11:02amount not to exceed $936,000.
2:11:05Then $6,157 of been Bo Kyi and
2:11:07MCI, Sir. Dempsey. Anderson
2:11:11ICE Arena capital reserves
2:11:12within Anchorage part parks
2:11:14and recreation service area
2:11:15capital improvements projects
2:11:16fund for 6, 1, 8, 100 for the
2:11:19Dempsey. Anderson ICE Arena,
2:11:20boiler replacement been bulky
2:11:21ice Arena dehumidifier
2:11:23placement Dempsey Anderson ICE
2:11:24Arena condenser fanned
2:11:27replacement Dempsey, do
2:11:30dehumidifier repair and spend
2:11:31b*****. And MC Anderson Ice
2:11:33Arena Co 2 pressure about
2:11:34really for placement projects.
2:11:34It was my fault public hearing
2:11:37on this item is now open.
2:11:38Please come forward. If you
2:11:39wish to testify. Anyone know.
2:11:44Seeing hearing none public
2:11:44hearing on this item is now
2:11:45close. What's the will of the
2:11:46body? To prove segment? Motion
2:11:53to approve by Mr. Bowen second
2:11:55by Mister Move, Mr. President,
2:11:56you would like to speak to it
2:11:57for on to. You see one person
2:12:01in the spoke Monday. Yeah,
2:12:02thank you. I'm trees. forgive
2:12:07me if I missed it in the
2:12:09>> In memorandum, what does
2:12:12the remaining balance? once
2:12:16we've once we've really
2:12:18Appropriated all of these.
2:12:20What's the remaining balance
2:12:21in the cap? A Reserve Fund
2:12:23Inc.
2:12:30>> I threw the chair revolving
2:12:31Don't believe that it's in the
2:12:33memorandum itself thing and
2:12:34make able to fish that out of
2:12:36e-mail. But it will take me a
2:12:37minute. It's possible just
2:12:38have get back to you.
2:12:39>> That's that's totally fine.
2:12:43is not going to affect my vote
2:12:43on this one way or the other.
2:12:44But I I I am interested to
2:12:46sort of see just what is the
2:12:48balance. But we have left in
2:12:48capital reserves. how does the
2:12:53total here comport with some
2:12:53sort of the overall? Pot of
2:12:55money in the Kitty? thank you.
2:13:00Okay. Some those a follow-up
2:13:03for offline.
2:13:03>> I don't see any other
2:13:04members in the queue. So
2:13:05members may proceed to vote on
2:13:05this item.
2:13:09>> member McCormick's. versus
2:13:17your computer On a vote of 11
2:13:26to 0. This item passes the
2:13:28body unanimously. That takes
2:13:29us through all of our public
2:13:30hearing item. So last in our
2:13:31agenda is audience
2:13:33participation. Anyone in the
2:13:35audience would like to put
2:13:36speak. Please come forward
2:13:36full. Okay. Seeing and hearing
2:13:44none. Then we will dew
2:13:45assembly and I so we're not
2:13:46going to executive session. So
2:13:48some comments and start this
2:13:49evening that Mr. Handle it.
2:13:53>> I always appreciate spend
2:13:54another evening with my 11
2:13:55best friends of here. Everyone
2:13:57have a good evening Mr.
2:14:00Emptiness. No additional
2:14:04comments, Mr. Kirchner's
2:14:05Notional comments, Silvers. No
2:14:08comments. Thank Mr. President.
2:14:09No comments, Mr. Volland. No
2:14:11comments Monday. For my
2:14:17colleagues awareness. I will
2:14:19>> Out of time until next
2:14:20Thursday. And so don't get
2:14:23back to you via email or text.
2:14:24Please don't take it
2:14:26personally. It's because I'm
2:14:27trying to unplug a little bit.
2:14:29So thank you And thank you for
2:14:30your over the last couple of
2:14:33days, this has been really
2:14:34intense and I appreciate all
2:14:36of you and the work that you
2:14:37Thanks. Next, Mr. Mccormick.
2:14:44Okay. I'm a spark. Thank you.
2:14:50Chair.
2:14:50>> We seem to have got the
2:14:51same memo to get out of town.
2:14:53I also will checking my
2:14:57messages from afar and please
2:15:00reach out if you need Mr.
2:15:05Johnson, no comments,
2:15:09>> Thank Alessio note, thank
2:15:09you, everybody. I know it is
2:15:11hard to slide in an extra
2:15:13meeting a few more hours of
2:15:14your day. Some glad we were
2:15:15able to end early and we will
2:15:18little bit of a break. A
2:15:20reminder, no work sessions on
2:15:21Friday. We have some meetings
2:15:22tomorrow and then I hope
2:15:23everyone has a year. Good
2:15:25holiday weekend on Monday as
2:15:26well. So I think everybody we
2:15:28are adjourned.