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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Peter Micciche
“We've collected the data on approximate cost for solid waste, general government, education, roads, fire, EMS, hospitals, recreation, regulatory, municipal tasks that are requirement of AKLNG's 49 CFR Part 192 and 193 permitting, um, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Terminal Response Plans. We know there will be capital cost training like fire and EMS equipment upgrades.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“It is nearly 9 times the footprint and 13 times the production capacity of similar projects the small community has experienced in the past. It's a large project. It will require the relocation of our highway since two-thirds of the facility footprint is located on the east side of the highway, one-third on the west side of the highway, the inlet side.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“We always knew that property tax discussions had to occur. Wish they'd started earlier. They didn't. That's water under the bridge. But the original governor's bill left us woefully short on the Kenai.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“Next door neighbors and all Nokiski taxpayers pay approximately 9 mills for their homes and businesses as partners and contributors to KPB services. The LNG liquefaction facility and marine terminal is expected to cost between $23.6 and $28.4 billion. At 9 mills, AKLNG would be paying between $212 and $215 million annually.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“AB 4359-030 provides the municipalities will directly collect the tax for the portion of the project property that's located in that municipality, weighted again by the capital costs.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“As partners in the industry willing to support gas and much-needed commerce for Alaskans, we can make that work. I can look my constituents in the eye and explain with a high level of confidence that it will cover our costs in spite of the inevitable surprises we will find going forward.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“As noted by Northern Economic Study, we're by far the most proportionally affected community on the project and the only community that will be living with this giant active facility in a small town and on our coast for the next half century.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“Alaska statutes currently provide the municipalities must contribute the lesser of 2.65 mills of real and personal property or 45% of prior year basic need to schools.. And this section exempts all the property that's getting the AVT or the moratorium— tax moratorium before the AVT kicks in from that required local contribution.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“it creates Chapter 59 in Title 43. And so the next few slides will use references within Section 18 because that's a very substantive section. So the new Chapter 4359.010 provides a tax abatement, so no taxes at all until the earlier of 500 MCF of daily average throughput for a 30-day period or 5 years after the commencement of commercial operations.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“The rate for the AVT is a blend of multiple rates, weighted by the capital expenditure weight of each category. So there's a 6 cents per MCF rate for the pipeline component. That's Phase 1. And then there is a 12-cent per MCF rate for the gas treatment plant and carbon capture facility component, which is part of Phase 2, and then a 12-cent per MCF tax component for the LNG plant.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“For Phase 2, your annual AVT revenue would be 8 cents times 500,000 times 365 plus 10 cents times 2.5 million times 365, and that's $107.3 million. And so that's roughly with that higher end cost estimate, that's a mill rate of about 1.97 mills.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“The tax rate grows theoretically with CPI each year, but it can't grow less than 1% or more than 2%. So very narrowly bounded within that after that first initial year. And the payments are made monthly like the oil and gas production tax, not annually like the existing property tax.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“the total AVT collection projected by DOR in that year is $124 million. The state would receive $15 million of that on behalf of the unorganized borough. The municipalities would receive $109 million of that. Most of that is going to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, $55 million, and the North Slope Borough, $40 million”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Ken Alper
“the portion that would be attributed to the gas treatment plant would say 90% of that would be going specifically to the North Slope Borough where that's located, and 10%, a portion, would be retained by the state”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“I really appreciate the work that members have put into this bill. We've had many, many hearings, and it takes a lot of work. Obviously, there's been many disagreements along the way, but I'm proud of the work product that we're moving forward out of committee”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Ken Alper
“underlying Amendment 10 is, is new to the bill, so it's not amending any existing sections... we're working within the governing statutes of the AGDC themselves that were established back in 2013 with, with House Bill 4, which gave them a lot of autonomy ability to have confidentiality in their contracting”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Andy Josephson
“I also think that— I understand that the Kenai Borough Mayor may be in the interest of having the project may be speaking in support, but I think there's an undercurrent of concern by him. Certainly there is with the North Slope Borough”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Neal Foster
“I think it's a good effort to try to come to some kind of resolution with the North Slope, but I am persuaded by their argument that, you know, the resource comes from the region and they'd like to have more say over what they do within their region”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“it bifurcates the $80 million to a structure in which $40 million is readily available upfront and deposited in into the state's accounts to be able to administer these community impact payments. The additional $40 million that would add up to that $80 million is then available upon submission of basically proof of expense or proof of expected expense”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Neal Foster
“on a vote of 11 yeas and 0 nays, House Bill 381, which is version 34-GH2038/T, moves out of committee as amended with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Ken Alper
“from talking to him, and now I have secondhand knowledge, I don't think they're particularly thrilled, to be completely honest. They really wanted the autonomy to be able to negotiate their own way”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Ken Alper
“changes the numbers slightly from a 12, 6, and 12, and that means 12 cents on the gas treatment plant, 6 on the pipeline, 12 on the LNG facility, into a 13, 6, 13. So it's a small increment above that. And again, this is a weighted average... roughly it would work out to a 10.5 to 11 cents, per my own math, the effective volumetric tax on the average molecule going through the system”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Andy Josephson
“What this amendment does— just a little more background— there was a municipal group called the Municipal Advisory Group in the mid-teens. They negotiated with producers and I'm told had a— came to the conclusion that as much as $800 million was needed in community impact aid. The current version of the Senate resources bill cut that down to $200 million. In the House resources The amount was raised from $30 to $40 million”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Will Stapp
“it takes the structure of volumetric tax, 12, 6, and 12, under the current pipeline and the gas treatment plant and the export facility, and it puts it in line with what's been discussed”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Alyse Galvin
“it's tricky for us as legislators wanting to make sure that our fiduciary duty is being done when we can't get in there into every confidential conversation and deal up until a certain point... it was also enlightening for me to learn from AGDC, the work that they have pulled together to help us better understand how they are at the table as one of Alaska's arms”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Will Stapp
“it removes municipalities' ability to negotiate their own separate tax structure from the volumetric structure of the bill”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“I'm doing what I can to try and enable this project and give it a fighting chance while still protecting the state's interest. I think this amendment moves a significant way in that direction”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Ken Alper
“This would be, you know, once you do the weighted averages, probably the equivalent of a 2 or 3-cent AVT on the gas treatment plant. So it's less, if it's just about dollars. They would prefer more, obviously”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker C
“I move and ask unanimous consent that the House stand at adjournment until Friday, June 12th at 10:30 AM for a regular session.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 10, 2026 11:00am · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“Will the clerk please note those members present. Representatives Johnson, Story, Stutes, and Speaker Edgeman.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 10, 2026 11:00am · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker C
“Tender Float 3 safety improvements, that also was brought up with the Aleutian Ballad.”Ketchikan: Port & Harbors Advisory Board June 2026 Meeting · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“allowing temporary measures such as cones, stanchions, removable barriers during loading and unloading, provided they do not block access or vessel operations. Any operator could also consider using a short gangway ramp or boarding aid from their vessel to provide a more controlled transition for passengers.”Ketchikan: Port & Harbors Advisory Board June 2026 Meeting · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“I do know that they have been slowly moving vehicles out. And I will make sure that I make a note of, of that vehicle for you.”Ketchikan: Port & Harbors Advisory Board June 2026 Meeting · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“the borough does have that enforcement where they can come and take, take vehicles away, but we also do that, and they're slowly working on that.”Ketchikan: Port & Harbors Advisory Board June 2026 Meeting · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker C
“Derelict cars in our limited parking For the harbor, I think that's, that's borough responsibility. And I think they're removing the derelict cars. We've had one there at that little lot next to Kate.”Ketchikan: Port & Harbors Advisory Board June 2026 Meeting · Jun 9, 2026
Speaker A
“Within the last 10 years, the Real Estate Department performed an analysis to determine whether this area was usable for residential development, and it was found that it would be extremely expensive and, um, and not suitable for residential development.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker B
“The, the business plan sounds great. There's, you know, 300 plots per acre, about 10 acres, $5,000, looking at close to $15 million. You have a lot of people interested. So why Do we need to give away this land for free?”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“On a vote of 11 to 1, item AO2026.72 passes the body.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“I do believe it is in the best interest of the public that we dispose of land that cannot be developed in any other way, given the slope, given the hydrology, uh, given the quality of the soils, uh, to do exactly the thing we've told the public we want them to do, and that is to be buried in a sanctioned space.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker B
“natural burial was kind of a new, uh, prospect for me, something I hadn't considered or really heard of. Sounds very interesting. It sounds like you guys have a lot of people interested in support in that, but this— that's not what this ordinance is about. This ordinance is about disposing of these 10 acres to a nonprofit for free.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker B
“It's more important that this is done right than it's done fast. So I really want to go back and to— right now we have, let's see, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 amendments, 4 of which are about who's on this commission, 2 are about the powers of the commission, 2 are about how it's staffed, and one is, is, is a sunset amendment.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker B
“I think that I've heard enough from the public that if either of the versions that have been before us were to go forward, the preferred version, at least from the input that I'm receiving, is that original version.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“Creation of the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission, AO 2026-62S, is on the agenda for the assembly's consideration. This ordinance would create a modern version of the Public Safety Advisory Commission that existed for many years. This commission would be a forum for the community and our public safety agencies to work together and come up with solutions to help make Anchorage a safer place for everyone to live.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“the motion on the floor is to reopen the public hearing and continue this item to the meeting of July 21st with the intent of holding a work session in that interim time.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“I will not support the motion that's on the floor. I don't believe it's respectful to the dozens of people who have showed up tonight and spoken out and made real requests over many, many months of deliberation.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“The second thing to say is, in terms of having a work session in the future, I think the assumption would not be that we are picking one version or the other. I know my co-sponsor and I have talked about potentially bringing forward another version, but not before we've had some sense from the body what direction you'd like to go”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“There is also an S version establishing the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission. Public hearing on this item was continued from the meeting of May 26th, so folks who would like to testify, I will also remind folks that if you have previously testified, you are welcome to testify again, but you must keep your comments limited to the changes in the new substitute version.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026
Speaker A
“the mission again of the HLB land? To manage lands consistent with the comp plan and to benefit future and resident citizens of the municipality.”Assembly Regular - June 9, 2026 - 2026-06-09 17:00:00 · Jun 10, 2026