
Stanton Gregor
67:36 - 67:59
"I do support this amendment. As those who are listening at the last meeting when we discussed this ordinance, that was my primary reason of voting no. I didn't feel like going through a full amendment process during that meeting. My time— my thinking at the time was to either have Planning and Zoning looking at— look at it, or legal counsel. So, um, uh, I feel like this is an important amendment for the very specific reasons Member Newman mentioned."
“I do support this amendment. As those who are listening at the last meeting when we discussed this ordinance, that was my primary reason of voting no. I didn't feel like going through a full amendment process during that meeting. My time— my thinking at the time was to either have Planning and Zoning looking at— look at it, or legal counsel. So, um, uh, I feel like this is an important amendment for the very specific reasons Member Newman mentioned.”
Just briefly, I, I do support this amendment. As those who are listening at the last meeting when we discussed this ordinance, that was my primary reason of voting no. I didn't feel like going through a full amendment process during that meeting. My time— my thinking at the time was to either have Planning and Zoning looking at— look at it, or legal counsel. So, um, uh, I feel like this is an important amendment for the very specific reasons Member Newman mentioned.
The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously passed the first reading of Ordinance 2026-14 on June 15 after cutting the sensitive-area setback from 1,500 feet to 500 feet, a change driven by members' concerns the original draft could violate federal telecommunications law and leave carriers no viable sites.

The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 6-0 Monday to sell a 0.23-acre borough parcel to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, doing business as Tidal Network, after the same resolution failed 2-4 at the June 1 meeting, with members citing public safety benefits and the site's distance from sensitive areas.
