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Ona Brause

31:29 - 31:56

"I think that's— I mean, that's the service area model, if you will. If there's a service you would like, then you sort of have to pay into the kitty for the service you want. I don't know the legal structure of how that would have to work out because police service area versus the actual downtown district you might be talking about. I don't know if that's within the DID or any— I don't know how we work that out, but that's an option."

“I think that's— I mean, that's the service area model, if you will. If there's a service you would like, then you sort of have to pay into the kitty for the service you want. I don't know the legal structure of how that would have to work out because police service area versus the actual downtown district you might be talking about. I don't know if that's within the DID or any— I don't know how we work that out, but that's an option.”
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Ona Brause
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Alaska News
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Anchorage
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October 15, 2026

From the transcript

Could we do a special levy? Through the Chair, I think that's— I mean, that's the service area model, if you will. If there's a service you would like, then you sort of have to pay into the kitty for the service you want. I don't know the legal structure of how that would have to work out because police service area versus the actual downtown district you might be talking about. I don't know if that's within the DID or any— I don't know how we work that out, but that's an option.

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