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The utilities said they made “substantive revisions to the program,” but it still drew blowback from groups that wanted water restored to the full length of the river.
Attorneys for the Assembly on Wednesday also appealed a decision by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska that has left the municipality without voting rights over the plan to restore the river.
The rezone will allow the land to be developed into high-density multifamily housing, such as apartments, along with some commercial uses.
The Assembly on Tuesday certified the results of the April regular city election.
John Snelson, chief of code enforcement for the municipality, said the incident was not politically motivated.
Also, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, which regulates utilities, denied the Anchorage Assembly’s request to reinstate the municipality’s voting power as a majority owner of the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project.
During a Thursday special meeting, Assembly members also voted down Mayor Dave Bronson’s push to revive a mass homeless shelter in East Anchorage.
As the debate over restoring the Eklutna River has intensified, the story has also gotten more complicated. Here’s what you need to know to follow the issue.
Ballots in the runoff race are scheduled to be mailed to voters on April 30. The final day to vote is May 14, according to the city’s election calendar.
Bronson also called for the Assembly to immediately pass a measure that would pay for shipping the city’s prefabricated Sprung Structure tent to Anchorage from out of state. The Assembly rejected the request to consider it Tuesday, asking the mayor to put it on an upcoming agenda.
After a heated back-and-forth with Bronson officials, Assembly members reaffirmed a resolution giving the chair the power to subpoena the administration for documents that could govern the city’s rights and access to drinking water for the next 25 years.
Bianca Cross, who currently serves as captain over the Detective Division, brings “a wealth of knowledge, expertise and a deep commitment to community policing,” Mayor Dave Bronson said.
The funding could provide shelter to 200 people through the summer.
Broadly, the latest version of the ordinance proposes limiting the size of encampments to 50 tents and makeshift shelter structures. It also would ban camping within 10 blocks or 1 mile of any licensed homeless shelter.
With just about six weeks to sway voters, both the Bronson and the LaFrance campaigns are anticipating a competitive and expensive contest.