202:58 - 203:57
“I do believe it is in the best interest of the public that we dispose of land that cannot be developed in any other way, given the slope, given the hydrology, uh, given the quality of the soils, uh, to do exactly the thing we've told the public we want them to do, and that is to be buried in a sanctioned space.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 202:58 – 203:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 10, 2026
From the transcript
We've created a demand structure by which people are required to be buried in a certain fashion. And we haven't necessarily solved how that happens because the cemetery that we currently own and operate is, as many have stated tonight, nearing capacity, if not already there. So I do believe it is in the best interest of the public that we dispose of land that cannot be developed in any other way, given the slope, given the hydrology, uh, given the quality of the soils, uh, to do exactly the thing we've told the public we want them to do, and that is to be buried in a sanctioned space. So I'm delighted to approve, uh, to vote to approve this particular ordinance, and I, um, and I hope that, that we find other creative ways to attend to the needs of our residents after they are no longer alive. This strikes me as a really really fantastic use of public assets.
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