0:54
George Martinez
36:42 - 37:36
"The starting point is very, very simple to me, that people in the past were able to identify things that they knew the city would need to have the thinking about for the future, but that they weren't ready to take on at that time. So when I got elected, I didn't make up the term Transit Supportive Development Corridor. It was already on a plan."
“The starting point is very, very simple to me, that people in the past were able to identify things that they knew the city would need to have the thinking about for the future, but that they weren't ready to take on at that time. So when I got elected, I didn't make up the term Transit Supportive Development Corridor. It was already on a plan.”
- Speaker
- George Martinez
- Timestamp
- 36:42 – 37:36
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you, Chair. Just to go back a little bit and to answer the question with respect to a little bit of origin and then also an observation with respect to where we are in the, the work process and the administration's relationship. The— from an origin perspective, The starting point is very, very simple to me, that people in the past were able to identify things that they knew the city would need to have the thinking about for the future, but that they weren't ready to take on at that time. So when, when, when I got elected, I didn't make up the term Transit Supportive Development Corridor. It was already on a plan.
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