Bob Lynn
127:14 - 127:58
“The assembly is asked to approve a letter to the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Alaska Earthquake Baker Center requesting assistance in prioritizing and conducting an updated tsunami inundation study for the Petersburg Borough. Updating updated inundating inundation mapping would provide more precise information for evacuation planning, emergency preparedness, and protection of critical waterfront infrastructure. The borough would support the effort by providing local data coordinating stakeholders, and incorporating the resulting information into emergency planning and public service efforts.”
- Speaker
- Bob Lynn
- Timestamp
- 127:14 – 127:58
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 9, 2026
From the transcript
That preparation of, of, uh, proposed zoning regulation for data centers, uh, is approved 6 to 0 with the assembly. Moving on, request for updated tsunami inundation study. The assembly is asked to approve a letter to the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Alaska Earthquake Baker Center requesting assistance in prioritizing and conducting an updated tsunami inundation study for the Petersburg Borough. Updating updated inundating inundation mapping would provide more precise information for evacuation planning, emergency preparedness, and protection of critical waterfront infrastructure. The borough would support the effort by providing local data coordinating stakeholders, and incorporating the resulting information into emergency planning and public service efforts.
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