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 | |||||
January 21, 2025
Regular Meeting
Assembly Chambers
Loussac Library
3600 Denali, Room 108
5:00 p.m. Business Meeting
5:15 p.m. Appearance Requests
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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.D.1. | Assembly Memorandum No. AM 78-2025, Municipal Airports Aviation Advisory Commission appointment (David Frazier), Mayor’s Office. |
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10.F.1. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 11-2025, Annual Bar Safety Hour Permit Report, Assembly Chair Constant. |
10.F.2. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 12-2025, Contracts Awarded between $50,000.00 and $150,000.00 through formal competitive processes for the month of December 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.3. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 13-2025, Sole Source Procurement Report for the month of December 2024, Purchasing Department. |
10.F.4. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 15-2025, Executive Compensation 2024 Annual Report & 2024 4th Quarter Report, Human Resources Department. |
10.F.5. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 16-2025, Feasibility Report on Manufactured Home Communities. Planning Department. (Addendum.) |
10.F.6. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 17-2025, Requirements to achieve full parity between new Cargo Terminal 1 and 2. Municipal Manager’s Office. (Addendum.) |
10.F.8. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 19-2025, Public Testimony for January 7 and January 21, 2025 Meetings. Assembly Chair Constant. (Addendum.) |
10.F.9. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 20-2025, 2024 Assembly Housing Action Plan Progress Report. Assembly Members Brawley and Rivera. (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. | Resolution No. AR 2024-323, a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly establishing and adopting a policy to align proportional spending in the 6-year Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvement Budget, as it relates to Municipal Parks and other communal amenities, with density of population. Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Member Volland. (ACTION WAS POSTPONED TO 10-22-2024. NO MOTION PENDING.) 11.A.1. Resolution No. AR 2024-323(S), a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly establishing and adopting a policy to update scoring criteria for [align proportional spending in] the 6-year Capital Improvement Program and the Capital Improvement Budget, as it relates to Municipal Parks and other communal amenities, to include [with] density of population. Assembly Vice-Chair Zaletel and Assembly Member Volland. (Addendum.) |
11.B. | Information Memorandum No. AIM 167-2024, Internal Audit Report 2024-06 annual municipal procurement card review, Purchasing Department. (ACTION WAS POSTPONED FROM 10-22-2024 AND 11-19-2024. NO MOTION PENDING.) |
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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. |
12.A. | CLERK’S NOTE: The Clerk’s Office has been advised there may be motions made to amend something previously adopted on items 12.A. and 12.B. Ordinance No. AO 2024-131, an ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the Anchorage Metropolitan Police Service Area (AMPSA) in Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska at the election to be held in the municipality on April 1, 2025, the question of whether to approve a special tax levy dedicated to payment of the costs of acquiring police vehicles, Mayor LaFrance and Assembly Chair Constant. 12.A.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 1031-2024. 12.A.3. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 99-2025. |
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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.A. | Ordinance No. AO 2024-114, an ordinance adopting the Girdwood Comprehensive Plan to update the Girdwood Area Plan, and amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21, Land Use Planning, Section 21.01.080B.1., Table 21.01-1: Comprehensive Plan Elements. (Girdwood Board of Supervisors) (Planning and Zoning Commission Case 2024-0074), Planning Department. 13.A.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 932-2024. 13.A.2. Ordinance No. AO 2024-114(S), an ordinance adopting the Girdwood Comprehensive Plan to update the Girdwood Area Plan, and amending Anchorage Municipal Code Title 21, Land Use Planning, Section 21.01.080B.1., Table 21.01-1: Comprehensive Plan Elements. (Girdwood Board of Supervisors) (Planning and Zoning Commission Case 2024-0074), Assembly Member Johnson. 13.A.3. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 1034-2024. (CONTINUED FROM 12-17-2024.) |
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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.C. | Ordinance No. AO 2025-18, an ordinance of the Anchorage Assembly submitting to the qualified voters of the Municipality of Anchorage a ballot proposition amending the Home Rule Charter to update the charter text with corrections for grammar and legal rulings and ensure efficient government. Assembly Vice Chair Zaletel. 14.C.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 71-2025. 14.C.3. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 97-2025. |
14.J. | Ordinance No. AO 2025-13, an ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the question of the issuance of not to exceed six million eight hundred thousand dollars ($6,800,000) of general obligation bonds of the Municipality of Anchorage to pay the costs of community facilities capital improvement projects at the election to be held in the Municipality on April 1, 2025. Finance Department. 14.J.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 58-2025. 14.J.2. Summary of Economic Effects. 14.J.4. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 94-2025. 14.J.5. Summary of Economic Effects. |
14.K. | Ordinance No. AO 2025-14, an ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the question of the issuance of not to exceed five million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000) of general obligation bonds of the Municipality of Anchorage to pay the costs of areawide public safety improvements, and the question of an increase in the Municipal Tax Cap Limitation to pay associated operations and maintenance costs areawide, at the election to be held in the Municipality on April 1, 2025. Finance Department. 14.K.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 59-2025. 14.K.2. Summary of Economic Effects. 14.K.4. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 95-2025. 14.K.5. Summary of Economic Effects. |
14.M. | Ordinance No. AO 2025-16, an ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the Municipality Of Anchorage, Alaska, the question of the issuance of not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of General Obligation Bonds of the Municipality of Anchorage to pay the costs of access improvements in the Chugach State Park Access Service Area at the election to be held in the Municipality on April 1, 2025. Finance Department. 14.M.1. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 65-2025. 14.M.2. Summary of Economic Effects. 14.M.3. Ordinance No. AO 2025-16(S), an ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified voters of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, the question of the issuance of not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000)[three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)] of General Obligation Bonds of the Municipality of Anchorage to pay the costs of access improvements in the Chugach State Park Access Service Area at the election to be held in the Municipality on April 1, 2025, and approving an increased bond amount for the Basher Trailhead Parking Lot Project in the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget. Assembly Members Bronga, Johnson, and Sulte. 14.M.4. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 69-2025. 14.M.5. Summary of Economic Effects. 14.M.6. Information Memorandum No. AIM 14-2025. 14.M.7. Assembly Memorandum No. AM 101-2025. (Addendum.) |
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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. |
15.B. | CLERK’S NOTE: It is the intent of the Chair to ask for a motion to postpone the public hearing before it is opened and to refer this AR to a special meeting of CEDC on January 30th subject to Assembly passage. The public hearing will be moved to a subsequent special Assembly meeting. Resolution No. AR 2025-24, A resolution of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly regarding the renewal of Municipal marijuana cultivation license #M10237 for AlaskaSense, LLC DBA AlaskaSense; and authorizing the Municipal Clerk to take certain action, (Midtown Community Council), Assembly Chair Constant. |
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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 |
Original AO |
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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