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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Derek Fowler

“I can definitely see, you know, the concern with out-of-state investors buying up properties and doing the similar— a similar thing, because I see what the rentals are these days.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:27

Bob Malloy

“There is a, a domino effect of precedent. What happened on Angler Drive with guide, uh, businesses, uh, may happen on Ash Avenue with Airbnbs.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:19

Christine Schmidt

“what I've seen the city of Kenai do, except for a few years in the early 2000s, is just basically year after year make less public notice, less transparency, and less public outreach. And this is just another example.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “The question before the Commission with this action approval is, does this commission— does the commission recommends Kenai City Council enact the ordinance?”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Bob Malloy

“I do need to say that, uh, that I've never taken any photos of their children. That's a flat-out lie.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “So if you're walking by, you can snap a picture, but also you have the URL so you can jot it down if you don't have your phone.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Shayla Fowler

“We have a large family. We have 7 kids with 2 of us. I do believe that traffic is worse when we are home in the wintertime rather than when there's people coming and staying. We do have very good guests.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “this, this ordinance as presented to council does not eliminate any of that. So the only thing we took out with this was the publication in the newspaper, um, but make sure that it's published in at least 3 places publicly, um, bulletin board, which we would do anyways right now, and at 2 other public places.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “Reduce costs. Public funds could be directed towards methods of notification that provide broad and convenient public access while reducing reliance on increasingly costly publication requirements, which have nearly doubled in the past 2 years.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “Has this ordinance gone past the city attorney's desk? Yes, he, he has reviewed the ordinance as it's presented.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:50

Christine Schmidt

“There's actually an order from the Kenai Superior Court bench quite a few years ago that the city had to publish it in the newspaper because at the time all they did was post a copy of the agenda on the downstairs here at the clerk's office, and there was a lawsuit and the court— the city was ordered to— this— the judge said that's not enough.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Christine Schmidt

“the newspaper has really saved us in many cases because of their publishing deadline. It's pushed the notice period back a little so we might have a day or two to actually provide— to get notice.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Derek Fowler

“I'm Derek Fowler. I live at the residence 1123 Walnut Avenue. I've lived there since 2017. Um, with the conditional use permit is something new to us. It was something we were unaware of when we did sign up for the Airbnb program.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:36

Bob Malloy

“Resolution 32 states the commission's preference for the new business land use of a single-family dwelling as an Airbnb by non-resident investors to be preferred over the current and historical land use of a single-family dwelling as a resident— as a residence by homeowners or tenants for their families in our Part 1 neighborhood, and especially Ash Avenue. Please deny this application.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “A key component of the proposed changes is development and implementation of a dedicated public noticing webpage on the city's existing website.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Stephanie Lanzini-LeBaron

“just that the, the house is, um, better maintained and well maintained since having no long-term rentals— renters there, and the action and plan moving forward for a short-term rental gives us better access to the property between occupants so we can maintain the property better inside and out.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “we could get into a contract potentially with the radio. Um, we do— city does have a standing contract with, uh, I believe the KSRM Group that does a lot of other notifications”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:28

Christine Schmidt

“What this requires you to do is go to the city's website. This is not outreach, it's requiring people to go to the city's website and, you know, and figure out when such notices will happen.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:23

Christine Schmidt

“We're asking you to deny this permit because this business use, transient lodging, is incompatible with our neighborhood's single-family residential use and exclusive use, which has been in effect since the late 1960s.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:35

Bob Malloy

“I oppose Resolution 32.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:12

Christine Schmidt

“To our knowledge, there are no other legal short-term rentals in the subdivision. Prior illegal use should not be used as precedent to approve this CUP.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:48

Bob Malloy

“If this CUP is approved, investors may want to buy and use those vacant properties as investments for Airbnbs, and families will lose the opportunity to buy or rent these properties.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Derek Fowler

“If 6 people is the maximum, we will follow that. Whatever rules are put through, I have no problem with that.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “we're also looking at possibly putting a QR code that would take them.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:20

Stephanie Lanzini-LeBaron

“if they were to be disruptive, she would know promptly. And at that point, I have the legal right to call the police, which is what I would, I would do if their behavior is disruptive.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Bob Malloy

“This would be the first Airbnb in our Part 1 neighborhood. If there are other Airbnbs in other neighborhoods that are unpermitted, that's illegal and shouldn't be justification for this.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Shayla Fowler

“I know that people have tried to get Airbnb accounts and they've had a DUI years previous, and they are not allowed to have an Airbnb account. So there's, there's a vetting process that they do do through the company of Airbnb.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Kevin Buettner “the way we understood it for the longest time is if you did not subscribe to the paper, finding the legal— you could find the classifieds, but the legal notices would not be in the classified section.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:43

Stephanie Lanzini-LeBaron

“we had to make the decision to move for the safety and protection of our children, which is why the daycare was closed. However, we do love the city of Kenai, and we do want to be able to come back there”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:18

Christine Schmidt

“the city makes a big deal about supporting local economic development, but then decides— here decides to take away business from our local newspaper. Publication costs are a tiny part of the city budget and should be paid for by applicants anyway.”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:27

Bruce Ladd

“My concerns is the transient people, not knowing who these people are coming and going. What is their requirements as far as people coming and going into their home? Do they have to do a background check?”

Kenai: 2026-10-14 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Chris Noel “In the last cycle, we know that Denali Borough was funded a temporary position to help us coordinate this effort over the next 5 years. We also just recently learned that 2 other projects that were submitted by the Alaska Municipal League as part of a bundle were funded, including a new ambulance for Cantwell. And a new medium rescue truck for Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Dominic Canale “I want to extend a welcome to Nate as our Emergency Services Manager, and really appreciate you, Nate, for jumping in to help facilitate solutions for maintaining our Cantwell EMS and fire protective services.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Chris Noel “moving to emergency planning, I guess I'll just start by welcoming our new emergency manager, um, Nate Grimes.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:28

Chris Noel “we would be applying each cycle to extend this throughout the 5 years, hopefully, and that's right, continue that, that's the plan. That's the plan. And as has been mentioned, there's a current opening application period open for up to $75 million of the total. Annual of $272 million with a deadline of October 28th.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Chris Noel “Just adding on to what Nate mentioned on the Rural Health Transformation Program, there's another, the first cycle of year 2 of this $272 million opportunity is open. And so we're targeting that for both EMS.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:28

Nathanael Grimes

“We didn't come up with an exact date on the, the next meeting, but roughly every other week at least to make sure we're all on the same page. All of the emergency responders in the borough are very well aware of the need, and we're working solutions. We're actively having that conversation to see what that looks like, at least for the winter. And then at the same time, thinking long term, trying to utilize the Rural Health Care Transformation Project, utilize those grant funds to to aid that.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:32

Nathanael Grimes

“we're going to be closing Closing up on a couple applications this week, actually, for the Rural Healthcare Transformation Project with the state. We have a lot of really good applications that are going out, and it's just all in preparation for trying to transform essentially the emergency services, especially on the healthcare side, the model, the footprint that we have in the Denali Borough.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

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Chris Noel “$337,000 For Camwell, $698,000 for Tri-Valley. So two, you know, key pieces of equipment that will come at no cost, no local dollar cost. So that's huge. And we're in the thick of it. The deadline for this cycle is October 28th.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:24

Nathanael Grimes

“I think we're really kind of at the, really kind of at the verge of seeing a radical change in what access to healthcare and especially emergency healthcare is going to look like in our area within the next 3 to 5 years.”

Denali Borough: October 14, 2026 Assembly Meeting · Oct 14, 2026

0:41

Zoe Kaplan

“25 to 40 miles per hour sustained winds anticipated across much of the Panhandle, with winds in some of our stronger areas around Clarence Strait and out Icy Strait corridor and Cross Sound expecting closer to 45 miles per hour, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour expected for some of these land areas. So wind advisories have also, also been issued for parts of the southern Panhandle. And this is also indicating the possibility of isolated landslides for parts of the southern Panhandle.”

NWS Juneau: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Thursday | October 14th, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026

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Zoe Kaplan

“we're expecting heavy rainfall starting late Wednesday night for the far southern Panhandle and moving north to northeastward into the rest of the Panhandle through Thursday morning, and that will continue into Friday morning. So flood watches have been issued for this time frame for parts of the southern and central Panhandle.”

NWS Juneau: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Thursday | October 14th, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026

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Zoe Kaplan

“we are expecting this heavy rainfall from, uh, on Thursday morning around 6 AM to 10 AM timeframe, and that is going to persist into the evening, but that is the timeframe of the heaviest rainfall that we're expecting. And these rain rates could exceed 0.3 inches per hour during this timeframe. And this is our wind advisory that we have out. This is for much of the southern Panhandle as well as for Juneau and parts of the outer coast.”

NWS Juneau: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Thursday | October 14th, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026

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Zoe Kaplan

“this is also why we have been looking into the possibility of isolated landslides, and so we will continue messaging this possibility as we as we get closer to the event and we learn a little more. And so you can continue to check back at our forecast at weather.gov/juno, and we will try to update you within, within the next few hours.”

NWS Juneau: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Thursday | October 14th, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026

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Daniel Volland “having a codified retention limit, how long data can be stored if it is not, you know, pertinent to an active investigation.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-108 amending Anchorage Municipal Code Section 7.15.040 to clarify... · Oct 14, 2026

0:37

Anna Brawley “adding that to the list of things that are prohibited for municipal use and also limiting the the extent to which it can be used for evidence.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-108 amending Anchorage Municipal Code Section 7.15.040 to clarify... · Oct 14, 2026

0:52

Daniel Volland “removal of the language in the S version, knowingly and willingly, that, that be a sort of a predicate to allow suspension of the system when there is a violation. We believe that language, that qualifying language, is a little bit too high of a barrier for the Assembly to say, hey, let's take a pause on this if there is a misuse or a violation of this technology.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-108 amending Anchorage Municipal Code Section 7.15.040 to clarify... · Oct 14, 2026

1:06

Keith McCormick “This adds a layer of adding the charter amendment so that these are further added to the charter, can't be changed by just a future body or future mayor, police chief. It adds in the requirement for a warrant being required to track a person over time from the surveillance data. It prohibits the city from joining outside surveillance networks or purchasing bulk data.”

Anchorage Assembly: Second Worksession re AO 2026-108 amending Anchorage Municipal Code Section 7.15.040 to clarify... · Oct 14, 2026

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