
Vice Chair, Anchorage Assembly · Anchorage Assembly · District 3
11 articles · 20 transcripts · 17 clips
Planner, project manager, and small consulting firm owner. Background in history and urban planning. Former Anchorage Budget Advisory Commission chair. Lives in Turnagain. Term expires 2026.
“this policy has been written into the plan for 25 years. And so the question I keep asking the community is, if not this, then what?”
“$2,500,000 to the Anchorage Fire SA CIP fund. $38,450,000 to the Anchorage Roads and Drainage Service Area CIP fund.”
“This is going to be certainly a topic of discussion”
“the intent of the sponsors is to bring a substitute version”
“On a vote of 9 to 3 AR2026 144 passes the body.”
“we have a public hearing on that that will come up on our May 26th meeting”
“as we look at these big long-term funds, it's kind of like a bathtub. You got to think about how much you're filling it up, how much is draining out, and ideally you're keeping the bathwater in there enough that it can cover those costs.”
“I'm glad we have yet another billion-dollar liability. We keep adding them up.”
“On a vote of 12 to 0, this item has passed the body unanimously.”
“we basically have a type of housing where the structure and the land are legally distinct, right? So, I mean, and I think there's the issue of the asset and this asset that you have, but it's fundamentally not attached to the land unless you happen to also own the land.”
“I would also request, and again, not amending, but in the analysis to look at potential for an area-wide, meaning the entire municipality, in addition to kind of looking at the different service areas.”