Municipality of Anchorage Thank you, you came here |
Christopher Constant Chair Anna Brawley Karen Bronga Zac Johnson Mark Littlefield George Martinez |
Suzanne LaFrance Mayor
| Meg Zaletel Vice–Chair Scott Myers Kameron Perez-Verdia Felix Rivera Randy Sulte Daniel Volland
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Assembly Agenda | |||||
August 27, 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.2. | Resolution No. AR 2024-251, a resolution of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly recognizing September 2024 as National Preparedness Month, Mayor LaFrance. |
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10.B.5. | Resolution No. AR 2024-263, a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly approving the recruitment of Dennis Wheeler as Municipal Prosecutor at an above-grade salary, Department of Law. (Addendum) |
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10.D.1. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 654-2024, Executive Appointment - Confirmation Hearing (Ona Brause Management and Budget Director), Human Resources Department. |
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10.F.2. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 121-2024, Sole Source Procurement Report for the Month of July 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.3. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 122-2024, Contracts Awarded Between $50,000 and $150,000 through Formal Competitive Processes for the Month of July 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.4. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 123-2024, Sole Source Procurement Report for the Month of July 2024, Purchasing Department. (Addendum) |
10.F.6. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 125-2024, Public Testimony for August 13 and August 27, 2024 Meetings, Assembly Chair Constant. (Addendum) |
10.F.7. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 126-2024, Governor’s Letter Regarding the Final Proposed Fish and Wildlife Program, Eklutna Hydro Project, 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. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 626-2024, Executive Appointment – Confirmation Hearing (Earl Malpass, Merrill Field Manager). (ACTION WAS POSTPONED FROM 8-13-2024. NO MOTION PENDING,) |
11.B. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 575-2024, Recommendation of Award to STG Pacific, LLC for design/build services for Warm Storage Building, POA Project No. 22-03 for the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA), Port of Alaska (POA), (RFP 2024P012) ($3,415,300.00). (ACTION WAS POSTPONED FROM 7-16-2024 AND 7-30-2024. NO MOTION PENDING.) |
11.D. | Resolution No. AR 2024-234, a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly calling for a robust education campaign and investment in signage to inform residents of regulations and encourage trail and sidewalk etiquette, Assembly Members Martinez and Volland. (ACTION WAS POSTPONED FROM 7-30-2024. MR. VOLLAND MOVED TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY MR. MARTINEZ. MOTION TO APPROVE IS ON THE FLOOR.) |
11.E. | 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, 6-11-2024, 6-25-2024, 7-16-2024 AND 7-30-2024. NO MOTION PENDING.) |
11.F. | MOTION TO RECONSIDER: Resolution No. AR 2024-244, a resolution of the Municipality of Anchorage appropriating Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($18,500) from Chugiak Eagle River Chamber of Commerce as a restricted contribution to the Eagle River/Chugiak Parks & Recreation Service Area Capital Improvement Project Fund (462800) for capital improvements at the Harry J McDonald Center. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 637-2024. (APPROVED 8-13-2024. A MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS GIVEN BY MR. LITTLEFIELD, SECONDED BY MR. MYERS ON 8-14-2024.) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
ALL DOCUMENTS LISTED ON THIS AGENDA EXCEPT LAID ON THE TABLE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE www.muni.org/watchnow AND IN THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE, 632 WEST 6TH AVENUE, SUITE 250, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TELEPHONE (907) 343-4311. LAID ON THE TABLE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING.
FOR AUXILIARY AIDS, SERVICES, OR SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK’S OFFICE 48 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING TO REQUEST REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AT (907) 343-4311 OR wwmasmc@anchorageak.gov.
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.
Ordinance Version | New Language | Deleted Language |
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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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