Kimberly Rash
26:14 - 27:11
“One of the other things that we didn't mention but we talked about in the first round, there was a state task force on child care and they had done two sets of recommendations and one of the recommendations was looking at code and making sure that we could align with them in that we could open up more spots within our community. So really that was the first round was the most impactful for the homes and centers. And then this is just some additional cleanup of either language or ability to still increase capacity and reduce barriers.”
- Speaker
- Kimberly Rash
- Timestamp
- 26:14 – 27:11
- Transcript
- Worksession re AO 2026-69, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 16.55 Anchorage Child Care...
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- Alaska News
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- Anchorage, AK, USA
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From the transcript
The really, the what remains in code is our variance process, the ability for administrative hearings, but everything else really higher level, the most impactful to the community, is with our— is now state-aligned, or will be if this AO passes. One of the other things that we didn't mention but we talked about in the first round, there was a state task force on child care and they had done two sets of recommendations and one of the recommendations was looking at code and making sure that we could align with them in that we could open up more spots within our community. So really that was the first round was the most impactful for the homes and centers. And then this is just some additional cleanup of either language or ability to still increase capacity and reduce barriers.
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