Jim Anderson
143:14 - 143:40
"they made it very clear that they would like us to demo it because they were looking at a deficit building the next year's budget and, and didn't have the funds to either demo or renovate it."
“they made it very clear that they would like us to demo it because they were looking at a deficit building the next year's budget and, and didn't have the funds to either demo or renovate it.”
- Speaker
- Jim Anderson
- Timestamp
- 143:14 – 143:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
And, and we did discuss that they would like us to use that $3.96 million in order to demo the building. You know, we're the building manager. We don't actually get to determine disposition, but I think Suzanne was at that, at that meeting. We had several, but they made it very clear that they would like us to demo it because they were looking at a deficit building the next year's budget and, and didn't have the funds to either demo or renovate it. So, you know, everything in this board memo is really supporting and supportive of our discussions with the mayor's office.
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