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Christine Woll“my intent was not to relitigate the 5-ship limit. We have heard a lot of, I think, misinformation about what this ordinance would do. It wouldn't change anything about the current policy that we have in place that is well supported. Um, so same boundaries, same number of ships.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Alicia Hughes-Skandijs“knowing that it has that strong community support for the 5-ship limit, And then by putting it in ordinance, really formalizing that local control, um, is what this is about for me.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“I heard some people say it was permanent. It's not permanent. It's an ordinance. It can be changed. It doesn't have any impact on Gold Belt's development or prevent that development.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Alicia Hughes-Skandijs“But I think for a government to do an ordinance, if that sours a relationship, then I would question personally how good the relationship was in the first place.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“The community does not trust that the industry does not want to grow beyond 5 ships. They hear some of the same things I do.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“I think that question is really about who gets to set the limits on tourism in our community. Is it Juneau? Or is it the industry?”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Greg Smith“this has been seemingly a collaborative process. We've gotten, you know, agreement with the main lines. I guess, I guess I'm just kind of curious again, like, why seemingly we are... why, I guess, why legislate and maybe kind of I guess I don't want to say sour the relationship.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“This legislation would require only one party, um, to, to make a decision.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“They've had an MOU in place for 2 years. They knew there'd be about 2 years of grace period for their MOU, which had visitor caps. And what I heard was their— the initial schedule has 23 days over their caps.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Nano Brooks“if at any point in the future our, you know, dock or harbor infrastructure wasn't able to support what we currently do, could they then use this enshrined litigation as a means to being like, no, you're going to take our ships even though you don't have the capacities or facilities to.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“Of course, we, we suggested the language, but it didn't already get sent for public hearing. It just got sent to the committee. Is that correct?”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Alicia Hughes-Skandijs“I would move that we forward the Cal Forward Ordinance, uh, 2026-39 to the full assembly, and I ask unanimous consent.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Ella Adkison“We have specifically not taken up whether to put our current limits into code or not because that is really an assembly policy decision.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Christine Woll“the answer I've had to give them always is because of the law. Because when, um, if we were to limit how much tourism we had in our community, um, we would get sued and we would lose. Um, a year ago we had the Bar Harbor decision.”

Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Aug 31, 2026

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Brooke Edwin-Orrison

“Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration, making state individual assistance available to eligible residents. If your primary residence or essential personal property was damaged by the fire, assistance may be available for housing, personal property, transportation, temporary housing, and other disaster-related needs.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 62 · Aug 31, 2026

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Brooke Edwin-Orrison

“Those impacted are encouraged to apply as soon as possible by visiting ready.alaska.gov. The deadline to apply is October 19th. Our thoughts and prayers remain with everyone impacted by the Muukluk Fire, especially the families who have lost their homes or experienced damage. We know the road to recovery will take a long time, and TCC will continue working with our partners to support the community and those affected.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 62 · Aug 31, 2026

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Robert Doehl“Our permit management system now is the equivalent of carbon paper and multiple copies that don't talk to each other. It was an over-customized system that they continued to over-customize after they brought it online in 2005. It is unwieldy. It's clunky.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Tyler Robinson“Obviously, not having to do these things is a big deal. It saves cost. It saves a ton of time. We have two developments right now that are underway because a process requirement has been suspended.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Tyler Robinson“So right now it's paused. It could come back in 2028.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“this is Raspberry Townhomes. It's a development we're doing in South Anchorage. It's It's a $20 million project, 58 townhomes.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Robert Doehl“That cost them hundreds of— actually, thousands of dollars and a 3-month delay in construction. That's why we are going forward to address where— to give the Director the authority to just deal with these de minimis variances rather than tie up the cost, the delay, the risk of missing a building season”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“in Anchorage, we have a very short little window for construction. And when it extends an extra even 3 months and it takes you past the ability to get in the ground and put a foundation in, then we've got serious issues when a permit is taking so much long. And it's easily resolvable.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“Took me 9 months to go through and get a permit. 9 Months! Like, this is crazy.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“We need to outsource it, right? This is not a hard thing. If we outsource a review, If we outsource our inspections, we have very talented people here in Anchorage that are more than capable of doing this and doing it well and quickly and under the time constraints that we currently have.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“we need a comprehensive setback analysis of our Title 21 code that's 1,000 pages.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Robert Doehl“They said— we looked at all the appendices we could adopt. So if you wanted to do something that is not normal construction, we will already have in place, if the International Code folks have looked at it, the code path you can expect. So you have predictability when you show up for your permit on how that looks.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“the fire code has got to be changed. Okay, this is Raspberry Townhomes. All right, a normal driveway is 25 feet.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“that represents 30% lot coverage ratio. 30%. Now, that's interesting because R-3, which is the zone that I'm in, allows 40%, right? So I missed out by 30%. I could have increased the number of units if I had actually been able to get to 40% just simply because of existing Title 21 setbacks and other types of regulations that they have.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Robert Doehl“So where do we as a municipality lower the cost going forward? There's basically 4 areas we look at. First one, cut red tape.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“a hotel has no design standards requirement, right? But if I want to do multifamily, I have to increase my cost by 15% in order to achieve those design standards. And so why do we have design standards for multifamily, and we really desperately need multifamily, but no design standards for hotels”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Robert Doehl“what really excites me is what we're doing now, rolling out first quarter of next year, which is a new permit management system.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Shaun Debenham“here we have 44 feet of asphalt, and that's because of the fire code on our south side. And on our north side, we have a 38-foot drive aisle All asphalt, all extremely ugly because of our fire code. Now I ask the question, why is a fire truck dictating housing policy in Anchorage, Alaska? So that fire lane access represents 7,520 square feet, which is 15 units, just because of our fire code policy.”

Alaska's Housing Shortage: The Factors That Cause It & The Levers We Control - 8/27/26 · Aug 28, 2026

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Katie Bryson“I think Phil covered it very well, but I'm happy to answer any questions about our RHCP projects.”

Petersburg Borough: PMC Hospital Board Meeting August 28, 2026 · Aug 28, 2026

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“HFC's mission is to provide Alaskans with access to safe and affordable housing, and HLB, of course, is to benefit future residents, promote orderly development, and to achieve the goals of the comprehensive plan. So this work aligns with our public interest, our public assets, and we're trying to keep each agency sort of in its lane and operating in the direction that intended. So the Block 102 former Tozier tract presents a two-for-one housing opportunity.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“So you are in control of allowing us to continue that work. I want to talk next about mission alignment because I think that's important. We're trying to align these public assets for public purpose. ACDA's mission, as we talked about a little bit earlier, was to serve as a catalyst, which is why we're here.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“We are not here for changing the comp plan. We are not here for rezoning. We are not here to approve a development agreement or a lot of other things that will be sussed out before you see a single shovel full of dirt moved on these properties. This is the big— this is the first step, though, in terms of posturing these properties for development in a better alignment than they have right now.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“So this is the beginning of the process. This is not the end. The first step for us to be able to finish negotiations, to finish arranging for this, the development agreements, as Bob said, that this is— we need your support to be able to do that. Doesn't make any sense at all for us to move forward in any discussions or talks without having Assembly support for the— for affecting a trade. If this will allow us to complete our due diligence, finalize all our terms and conditions, and move the exchange forward to execution.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“It's located downtown, and the idea here is for us to exchange these two properties. And each property won't be developed identically because they're different parcels and they're in different places, but the result is that we're going to We hope to unlock two housing opportunities in Anchorage, as I said, one in downtown and one in Midtown, where we, we have badly needed demand for housing.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“We want to move these properties to the agencies that are sort of best suited to help us get them developed for housing.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“This is a multi— this is somewhat complex in terms of basically 4 different entities involved, but really it comes down to a simple idea of bringing more housing to Anchorage and addressing 2 lots that are currently not being exercised in the process.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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“we're here to talk about the exchange of two viable parcels in the municipality that we can activate and to use to help us with our housing needs. The idea is pretty simple.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Block 102 – Tozier Track trade with Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) · Aug 28, 2026

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Frank Koshykatas

“And Rosita shared some of the stories and some of the ideas that she had— she just shared with you right now, and about bringing this story to life and seeing it on stage and sung, you know, with the power of opera. And I can't remember, it was probably 10 years ago”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Ed Littlefield“the process for this was Kuné gave— Vera gave Kuné language. Kuné translated it and then double translated it, got it back to Vera.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Rosita Worl“Sealaska Heritage Institute really believes in traditional ownership of clan-owned property. We have been willing to go to the courts. We have filed suits against the largest corporations in the United States, England, and Europe, and Italy to protect our intellectual property.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Jerrick Hope-Lang“the choice to narrate a story that is clan-owned doesn't necessarily sit well with all people. And I'm— I want to be clear that I'm here in support of what you're all doing. In the future, if this opera does continue, how do you see Klan-owned stories and the consultation and care that will need to go with those?”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Vera Starbard“8 And a half years later is still pretty quick for an opera”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Ed Littlefield“While it doesn't have 100% Tlingit melodies, it is— at its core, it is Tlingit.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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Rosita Worl“in the discussions that we had, we came to the conclusion that since all of our clans and the Haidas united to battle the the Russians in 1802, we believed that this story was owned by all of the clans and the Haidas.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: A Panel Discussion with the Tlingit Opera Creative Team | Sealaska Heritage · Aug 28, 2026

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