Municipality of Anchorage Thank you, you came here |
Christopher Constant Chair Anna Brawley Karen Bronga Zac Johnson Mark Littlefield George Martinez |
Dave Bronson Mayor
| Meg Zaletel Vice–Chair Scott Myers Kameron Perez-Verdia Felix Rivera Randy Sulte Daniel Volland
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Assembly Agenda | |||||
June 25, 2024
Regular Meeting
Assembly Chambers
Loussac Library
3600 Denali, Room 108
5:00 p.m. Business Meeting
5:15 p.m. Appearance Requests
Live Streaming and Archived meetings/Podcasts at http://www.muni.org/watchnow
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Clerk’s Note: Please see the end of the agenda for information on legislative drafting.
How to Testify: The Assembly receives public comments during Final Audience Participation, as well as public testimony on all open Public Hearing items. Final Audience Participation (Agenda Section 16) lasts, as time allows, until adjournment.
The public may submit written comments at www.muni.org/testimony and may also participate (1) in-person, or (2) by phone. If you would like to provide comments or testimony over the phone, please sign up online at this link www.muni.org/testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. There is no sign-up list for in-person testimony – the Chair will invite the public to speak on a first come basis. Please do not sign up to provide phone testimony if you plan to attend in person.
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| A land acknowledgement is a formal statement recognizing the Indigenous people of a place. It is a public gesture of appreciation for the past and present Indigenous stewardship of the lands that we now occupy. It is an actionable statement that marks our collective movement towards decolonization and equity.
The Anchorage Assembly would like to acknowledge that we gather today on the traditional lands of the Dena’ina Athabascans. For thousands of years the Dena’ina have been and continue to be the stewards of this land. It is with gratefulness and respect that we recognize the contributions, innovations, and contemporary perspectives of the upper Cook Inlet Dena’ina. |
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| The Assembly Committees and members are listed on the Assembly website at http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/Committees and Liaisons.aspx. The Assembly Committee meeting schedule can be found on the Municipal website at http://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Events/Pages/default.aspx. |
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| The Addendum includes items to be added to the agenda and is prepared the Friday before the Assembly meeting. The Assembly formally does this through a motion to “incorporate” the addendum, as well as possible “laid on the table” items consistent with the Assembly rules of procedure. |
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| (SHALL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 5:15 P.M. AND TESTIMONY BY THE LAST PERSON SHALL BEGIN NO LATER THAN 6:00 P.M.) |
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| Consent agenda items numbered 10.A. through 10.F. are typically routine items such as bid awards, new business, and information and reports. Under the Assembly rules of procedure, items in 10.A. through 10.F. are not required to be set for public hearing. |
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10.A.1. | Resolution No. AR 2024-195, a resolution of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly recognizing Fireweed as the 2024 Alaska Plant of the Year, Assembly Member Brawley. |
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10.D.1. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 527-2024, Municipal Airports Aviation Advisory Commission (Chet Harris), Mayor’s Office. |
10.D.2. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 528-2024, Police and Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees (Paul Honeman), Mayor’s Office. |
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10.F.1. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 91-2024, Boards and Commissions Membership, Mayor’s Office. |
10.F.2. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 92-2024, Pre-Funding Investment Board Annual Reporting - 2023 Year in Review to the Assembly from the Pre-Funding Investment Fund Board. Finance Department. |
10.F.3. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 93-2024, 49th State Angel Fund Program Status. |
10.F.4. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 94-2024, Sole Source Procurement Report for the Month of May 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.5. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 95-2024, Contracts Awarded Between $50,000 and $150,000 Through Formal Competitive Processes for the Month of May 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.6. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 96-2024, Board of Ethics Annual Report, Assembly Chair Constant. (Addendum) |
10.F.7. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 98-2024, Public Testimony for June 11 and June 25, 2024 Meetings, Assembly Chair Constant. (Addendum) |
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11. | UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND UNFINISHED ACTION ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS |
| – Agenda items in this category are typically previous public hearing agenda items for which the public hearing was closed and the Assembly “postponed” Assembly action, including debate and discussion, until a future date. |
11.A. | Ordinance No. AO 2024-46, an ordinance of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly directing the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility to decouple the Municipality’s access to drinking water from the 1991 Eklutna Fish and Wildlife Agreement, Assembly Chair Constant and Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel. (PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED 5-7-2024. ACTION WAS POSTPONED FROM 5-7-2024 AND 6-11-2024 NO MOTION PENDING.) |
11.B. | Resolution No. AR 2024-182, a resolution of the Municipality of Anchorage submitting public comment on the Fish and Wildlife Program for the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project as transmitted to the Governor, Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Chair Constant. (PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED 6-11-2024. NO MOTION PENDING.) 11.B.1. Resolution No. AR 2024-182(S), a resolution of the Municipality of Anchorage submitting public comment on the proposed final Fish and Wildlife Program for the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project as transmitted to the Governor, Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Chair Constant. (Addendum) |
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| Items in this agenda category are NOT public hearing items and may involve applications for a liquor or marijuana license and/or a special land use permit for alcohol or marijuana for which the public hearing was closed. This category may also include administrative matters that are NOT public hearing items based on the municipal code. |
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| (SHALL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:00 P.M., AND SHALL BE TAKEN UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF OLD BUSINESS AND UNFINISHED ACTION ON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS) – Agenda items in this category are typically previous public hearing agenda items for which the public hearing was NOT closed and the Assembly “continued” the public hearing. Persons who previously testified may not testify a second time unless the testimony is on the differences in a substitute version (S version) of an ordinance. In addition, if a previous Assembly meeting ended before all public hearing items were completed, those items would be “carried over” to this agenda category. |
13.B. | Ordinance No. AO 2023-87, an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly adopting the “Housing Opportunities in the Municipality for Everyone” (HOME) Initiative by amending and repealing portions of Anchorage Municipal Code Chapters 21.04, 21.05, 21.06 and 21.07 to realign the residential zoning districts throughout the Anchorage Bowl with the stated goals and intents of the Comprehensive Plan and Anchorage 2040 Land Use Plan, providing for staggered effective dates for changes to groups of residential zoning districts, and waiving Planning and Zoning Commission review of this ordinance, Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel, Assembly Members Volland and Brawley. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 662-2023. Information Memorandum No. AIM 190-2023, Rogers Park Community Council Resolution opposing the proposed zoning change that would allow duplexes in RPCC R 1 areas, Assembly Member Rivera. Ordinance No. AO 2023-87(S), an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly adopting the “Housing Opportunities in the Municipality for Everyone” (HOME) Initiative by amending and repealing portions of Anchorage Municipal Code Chapters 21.04, 21.05, 21.06 and 21.07 to realign the residential zoning districts throughout the Anchorage Bowl with the stated goals and intents of the Comprehensive Plan and Anchorage 2040 Land Use Plan, and providing for staggered effective dates for changes to groups of residential zoning districts[, and waiving Planning and Zoning Commission review of this ordinance], Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Members Volland and Brawley. (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION 9-26-2023. PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONTINUED FROM 9-26-2023 AND 6-11-2024.) Ordinance No. AO 2023-87(S-1), an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly adopting the “Housing Opportunities in the Municipality for Everyone” (HOME) Initiative by amending and repealing portions of Anchorage Municipal Code Chapters 21.04, 21.05, and 21.06 [and 21.07] to realign the residential zoning districts throughout the Anchorage Bowl with the stated goals and intents of the Comprehensive Plan and Anchorage 2040 Land Use Plan[, and providing for staggered effective dates for changes to groups of residential zoning districts][, and waiving Planning and Zoning Commission review of this ordinance], Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Members Volland and Brawley. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 524-2024. Information Memorandum No. AIM 90-2024. Information Memorandum No. AIM 97-2024, Community Engagement Information: AO 2023-87(S-1), Assembly Vice Chair Zaletel, Members Brawley and Volland. (Addendum) Information Memorandum No. AIM 99-2024, Summary of Community Feedback on the HOME Initiative: AO 2023-87(S-1), Assembly Vice Chair Zaletel, Members Brawley and Volland. |
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| (SHALL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:00 P.M. AND END NO LATER THAN 11:00 P.M. AND SHALL BE TAKEN UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS) – Agenda items in this category are typically NEW public hearing agenda items or certain items that require two public hearings (i.e. budget). Ordinances in this category, except emergency ordinances, must be introduced at a previous meeting. Resolutions in this category may be introduced at a previous meeting, but some resolutions by code are automatically set for a public hearing |
14.D. | Ordinance No. AO 2024-44, an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly amending the Comprehensive Plan and Anchorage 2040 Land Use Plan to allow implementation of the HOME Initiative including text amendments to Title 21 (Planning and Zoning Commission Case No. 2024-0006), Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel, Assembly Members Brawley and Volland. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 389-2024. Resolution No. AR 2024-201, a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly requesting and petitioning the Administration to complete a targeted plan review, as defined in Anchorage Municipal Code section 21.03.070B., of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan, 2040 Land Use Plan, and associated comprehensive plan elements, Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel, Assembly Members Brawley and Volland. (Addendum) |
14.E. | Ordinance No. AO 2024-61, an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 4.60 to add a new section, amending AMC Title 16 to add a new chapter, and amending AMC sections 1.35.010, 3.20.010, 3.30.012 and 3.30.172 to establish the Accountability Board for Child Care and Early Education and the principal executive officer for the Child Care and Early Education Fund, to implement Charter § 6.06, Assembly Members Brawley and Perez-Verdia. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 483-2024. Ordinance No. AO 2024-61(S), an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 4.60 to add a new section, amending AMC Title 16 to add a new chapter, and amending AMC sections 1.35.010, 3.20.010, 3.30.012, and 3.30.172 to establish the Accountability Board for Child Care and Early Education and the principal executive officer for the Child Care and Early Education Fund, to implement Charter § 6.06, Assembly Members Brawley and Perez-Verdia. (Addendum) Assembly Memorandum No. AM 542-2024. |
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| Items in this agenda category typically involve applications for a liquor or marijuana license and/or a special land use permit for alcohol or marijuana. These items are typically public hearing items.
Administrative matters in this category may include Election Certification or Assembly reorganization and are NOT public hearing items based on the municipal code. A Clerk’s Note may identify certain items as non-public hearing items. |
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| (SHALL BE PROMPTLY AT 11:00 P.M. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE ASSEMBLY, ADJOURNMENT AND BUSINESS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY MAY BE CONTINUED PAST 11:00 P.M. UNTIL 12:00 MIDNIGHT) |
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Clerk’s Note: In Sections 11-15 of the Assembly Agenda, Assembly Ordinances (AOs) may propose to change municipal law, Anchorage Municipal Code (AMC) or Anchorage Municipal Code of Regulations (AMCR). Ordinances may use “legislative formatting” to show the changes or “amendments” to the current code as required by AMC 1.05.050. The purpose of legislative formatting is to provide an easy means for the Assembly and public to clearly understand current code language versus proposed changes.
Legislative formatting includes underlining new language and [PLACING DELETED LANGUAGE IN CAPITAL LETTERS WITHIN BRACKETS]. Substitute versions of ordinances are characterized by bolded text. Second substitute versions by italics. Omitting current text of a code section is indicated by three series of three asterisks (* * * x3). Legislative formatting is not necessary when enacting entirely new sections.
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New words are underlined
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Deletion of current code language: [DELETED WORDS FROM CURRENT CODE ARE BRACKETED AND CAPITALIZED]
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AO (S)
(Substitute for the original AO)
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New words are bolded and underlined |
Deletion of current code language: [DELETED WORDS ARE BOLDED, BRACKETED, AND CAPITALIZED]
Deletion of new language in AO: [Deleted words proposed by AO are struck out, bolded, underlined, and bracketed]
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AO (S-1)
(2nd substitute for the original AO) |
New words are italicized and underlined
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Deletion of current code language: [DELETED WORDS ARE ITALICIZED, IN BRACKETED, AND CAPITALIZED]
Deletion of new language in AO or AO(S): [Deleted words proposed by AO or AO(S) are italicized, struck out, underlined and bracketed]
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