Thea Agnew-Bemben
27:22 - 28:39
“tonight at the assembly meeting, Um, some— there were some business owners that are right next to the shelter that put in public comment about the impacts of the shelter to their business, and the assembly members for the district where Linda's Place is located put that public comment into tonight's agenda as an assembly informational memorandum. So it's not something that will be acted on in any way, but I might— my assumption is that they put it there so that they could, um, just bring it up for some discussion on the dais and get it into the public record. So it's kind of a tricky situation where Um, you know, as a community, we certainly need those beds. Um, immediate neighbors have some concerns, so that's what's going to be figured out through this process. So I think it would be, um, it would be great for the commission to just consider if you wanted to put a resolution together on that topic.”
- Speaker
- Thea Agnew-Bemben
- Timestamp
- 27:22 – 28:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
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From the transcript
And I also wanted to mention that tonight at the assembly meeting, Um, some— there were some business owners that are right next to the shelter that put in public comment about the impacts of the shelter to their business, and the assembly members for the district where Linda's Place is located put that public comment into tonight's agenda as an assembly informational memorandum. So it's not something that will be acted on in any way, but I might— my assumption is that they put it there so that they could, um, just bring it up for some discussion on the dais and get it into the public record. So it's kind of a tricky situation where Um, you know, as a community, we certainly need those beds. Um, immediate neighbors have some concerns, so that's what's going to be figured out through this process. So I think it would be, um, it would be great for the commission to just consider if you wanted to put a resolution together on that topic.
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