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

0:44

Khalil Withen

“If we propose a contingency budget, will it make it easy for— easier for decision makers to just go to the contingency budget? I know that's not the goal, but that's just a concern.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:16
Trevor Storrs“we need to turn in our proposed budget to the mayor September— by September 2nd. So this is our final meeting to finalize it.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:03

Georgina Broke

“As far as A&C goes, I think that makes sense, the 75%.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:22
Kevin Berry“I also agree, zero is a really powerful number for message, right?”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:07
Trevor Storrs“Okay, let's look at the alternative budget. This is where it gets tough.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:11
Mildred Parker“I was just saying I agree with what Kevin just stated. Where are these children going to go? So I agree, I support the 75%.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:08
Kevin Berry“I know this sucks. But you're right, it's a high-quality program. Where else are these kids going to go?”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:23
Kevin Berry“if there's so little money that the pool is tiny and nobody's going to be funded, we're actually putting a burden on programs to apply. And we're— if anything, we might be hurting them”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:15

Christina Hulquist

“operational assistance came out in both our recommended budget and the contingency budget as the number 1. Worker subsidy followed in both as well. And then pilot capital.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:28
Trevor Storrs“Hearing none, passes unanimous. Actually, that was easier than I thought in that sense.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:19

Christina Hulquist

“So we put the survey out for 21 days. We had 58 responses.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:10

Georgina Broke

“I'll make the motion to approve the contingency budget as is and have any rollover money go to operational grants.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

0:31

Jamar Hill

“I'd like to see funds go to demo of properties. I'd like to see programmatic funds Demo Pride community facilities.”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:28

Jamar Hill

“I think that like, Blighted Properties, and I'd like to talk about, like, brownfield remediation, because something that's unique to Mountain View specifically is that they've had that Circle K gas station in the, like, adjacent to the park, which is highly unusual for a neighborhood park”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:17

Jamar Hill

“we just had a community council meeting last week for the old Circle K gas station, which is problematic. There was a couple homicides there and assaults, and it was voted unanimously like that needs to be community asset for the park”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:07

Dawn Morse

“I live in Mountain View and have for the last 4 and a half years.”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:11

Dawn Morse

“I have a little different perspective on the derelict, blighted buildings. Glad you brought that up. I'd like to spawn clean.”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:07

Jamar Hill

“my name is Jamar Hill. I run a youth sports program that has its home in Mountain View.”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:05

Deborah Allen

“I don't think that Circle K is going back to that Mountain View property that worked for them.”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:12

Jamar Hill

“I know that that is something that the community really values, that would like to see turned into a community space”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:29

Dawn Morse

“I hope for the city to get 2 terrible buildings removed. And now they're like fields of flowers, which is very peaceful and lovely. And we need more fields of flowers in Mountain View and not boarded up buildings that are filled with asbestos and other unsafe things”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:24

Jamar Hill

“our current facility is next to, like, a very notorious meth house, and then it was able to be demoed by the city, and it really, as a result, made the park safer. And what I find is that these places tend to get foreclosed by out-of-state banks”

Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting September 2026 · Sep 14, 2026

0:06

Kimberly Ovsepyan

“I think I'm leaning more towards the Huffman for number 1.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:26

Tammalivvis Salanoa

“my ranking As of right now, in this moment, as of 6:53. Yes. I want to say Huffman, Suleyman O'Malley Community Council, one, and then the Seed Lab, the Anchorage Seed Lab, and then the third one would be the Cook Inlet Housing Authority, and then the fourth one would be the Girdwood.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:22
“I think end of May is when ACDA and the mayor's office is, um, is planning— is when they're planning to meet, and this is what I will submit as your recommendation”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:07

Eiden Pospisil

“My top 3 were Huffman, Cook Inlet Housing, and then actually ADT.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:18

Tammalivvis Salanoa

“this is the, um, Commission's pending rankings of the Beyond the Beige applications going forward to the Mayor's Office for their upcoming meeting with ACDA.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:21

Tammalivvis Salanoa

“we have about 8 or 9 applicants that we are going to be reviewing today for the Beyond the Beige grant”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:13

Tammalivvis Salanoa

“the one that I like is the Huffman and O'Malley Community Council. One. That one's sticking out to me because I'm trying to think, like, what's in Huffman?”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:35
“they have done research. To see how they've connected with the Department of Transportation to see what kind of permissions they would need to do this art. And they found out that the state really doesn't have rules on how to do it, and they are welcome to just working out a memorandum of understanding or agreement with the municipality”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:14

Tammalivvis Salanoa

“it looks like the Huffman and O'Malley Community Council, uh, one is also a mural.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:20
“I have a spreadsheet if everybody wants to just give me their ranking and we'll see how we compare. If there's one that really is a standout as far as where you all agree should be first, second, or third choice.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:49
“it looks like an overwhelming majority has picked the Huffman and O'Malley as number 1, so I feel comfortable with ranking that number 1 as the commission's number 1 as it stands right now until Rebecca and Young were able to submit theirs.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:39

Kimberly Ovsepyan

“I felt like that was kind of the downside to the Keys to Life is not having that permission.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:16

Eiden Pospisil

“we have some variation in the answer to the question about do they have permission from the owner of the, the surface of the area. And to me, that feels like a big question mark when it comes to timeline.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:27
“Last year we didn't put a cap on for an application, but this year we did say cap is $50,000 for an application and we had a lot of them put in $50,000, which is not going to be possible.”

Anchorage Assembly: ONLINE ONLY Arts Advisory Commission Meeting 2026-05-04 · Sep 14, 2026

0:32

Maria Halverson

“Yeah, but you know, keeping in mind culture exchange, business, something economic for our both our economic benefits. Education. So those are the areas that sister cities focus on. So what are the products that we'd like to see here?”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:41

Maria Halverson

“So I think if you two can get together, discuss, and also if anyone else has ideas of what we could do with Darwin, There's not really, you know, they just said for projects to work on together for the potential mutual benefits.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:30

Maria Halverson

“Yeah, so I will, uh, remind you, send you and Kelsey copy, uh, an email inviting both of you so we can start discussion. And again, everybody just email me for any ideas you'd like to pass on to Kelsey and Claudia to include.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:30

Maria Halverson

“So basically they are— what was the original email from? It's from the City of Darwin, their manager, International Relations and Sponsorship. So they would like— they invited you all to submit one or two proposed programs, initiatives, or project ideas that you would like City of Darwin to deliver for our two cities to work on together for 2026-2030.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:03

Kelsey Schober

“And Kelsey. I'm also assigned to it.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:31

Kelsey Schober

“Marie, were there— sorry to just jump in— were there any guidelines included in that email? I didn't see them around like what they would like to see in a proposal beyond kind of the things outlined in our agreement, but like length of proposal, anything in terms of of what might be helpful for actually writing something, putting pen to paper? No, not at all.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:25

Maria Halverson

“So they are developing their 2026-2030 Sister and Friendship Cities Action Plan. So they want to emphasize that this is a call for ideas and not project proposals. It was due August 30th, but since you're not meeting till today, they gave us a deadline of up to September 30th.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:09

Maria Halverson

“So who is assigned to Darwin? I would— Claudia. Claudia. Claudia. I don't know who else is with me.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:27

Maria Halverson

“So, oh, it says we encourage proposals that align with the key areas of cooperation outlined in our sister city agreement.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:23

Kelsey Schober

“I was just going to say, I'm happy, Marie, I can reach out to you to coordinate a time for Claudia and I to talk, and then we can plan to have a proposal for the September 23rd meeting. And then if anyone else passes along any ideas to you over email, if you could share those with us, then we could work those in and talk through them further if we need to.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:09

Hiroko Harada

“Yeah, that was our children's artwork exchanges.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission Meeting 2026-08-26 · Sep 14, 2026

0:38
Anna Vernaya“I think it's good if we don't take the summer 2 months off from our activity. Even if we haven't been very active before, but to prepare that meeting in August when we return back to work.”

Anchorage Assembly: Sister Cities Commission 2026-05-20 · Sep 14, 2026

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