Erin Baldwin Day
1:22 - 2:20
“this is a follow-on piece of legislation from the Transit Supportive Development Overlay, or TSDO, which was introduced last fall, and it was paused pending additional community dialogue. You'll see lots of references to TSDO in the materials before you for this reason. Again, this builds on the work of TSDO, and I want to be very clear about that.”
- Speaker
- Erin Baldwin Day
- Timestamp
- 1:22 – 2:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
Our previous planning director and planning staff inked a memo with respect to the initial version of this proposal, and particularly on page 2, they had some interesting recommendations which reflect where we've actually— close to where we've actually landed with this ultimate version of an overlay that actually addresses our transit corridors and our need for missing middle housing. You'll notice that Member Martinez is the only member that is listed as a sponsor in that memo from Planning, and that is because I was not Even running for office yet, I was still working with the Anchorage Housing Club and organizing support for pro-housing initiatives. So as most of you are aware, this is a follow-on piece of legislation from the Transit Supportive Development Overlay, or TSDO, which was introduced last fall, and it was paused pending additional community dialogue. You'll see lots of references to TSDO in the materials before you for this reason. Again, this builds on the work of TSDO, and I want to be very clear about that.
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