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

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“I'm looking forward to the planting days. That is something my family and I looked forward to every year, and we usually try to ride our bikes down.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting ·

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Tyler Boyes“what I'm hearing right now is, so what we're going to aim for is August 11th, Tuesday at 5:30, Leaf Hanson Visitor Center, maybe another spot in there.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting ·

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Mary (Airport Staff, Kenai Airport)

“I just wanted to let Grant Aviation know you'll probably be the first one coming in on that runway tomorrow morning.”

05/14/26 Airport Commission Meeting ·

0:32
Henry Knackstedt“Ordinance Number 3520-2026, amending Kenai Municipal Code Chapters 14.10, Subdivision Regulations, and amending Kenai Municipal Code Sections 18.10.030, Street Improvements, to improve— remove Road Design Standards from code and replace with Street Design Standards Manual”

05/20/2026 City Council Regular Meeting ·

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Henry Knackstedt“The state regulations on separations for private water systems to septics hasn't changed in over 60 years. I don't expect it to change”

05/20/2026 City Council Regular Meeting ·

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Mary (Airport Staff, Kenai Airport)

“Alutiiq Air sent an email and they gave notice that they're terminating service into Kenai.”

05/14/26 Airport Commission Meeting ·

0:06

Rick Allen

“seeing and hearing no objections, Resolution 2608 has been approved.”

Planning Commission Meeting - May 18th. 2026 ·

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Rick Allen

“just for clarity, so you don't see these two things as connected? Right. You see them. I think I hear you saying they are probably separate situations unless there's something big that I'm missing. They are not connected.”

Planning Commission Meeting - May 18th. 2026 ·

0:28

Rick Allen

“Resolution 26-08, a resolution of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission recommending approval of an ordinance classifying key borough-owned parcels on the shore of the Deschka River as watershed lands to protect salmon populations.”

Planning Commission Meeting - May 18th. 2026 ·

0:49
Felix Rivera“really the reason behind this commission and the— and trying to create this commission is to allow some form of municipal entity where a bridge can be created between the public and our public safety agencies.”

Worksession re AO 2026-62, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter to enact a new section 4.50.120 ·

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“unlike most other boards, this does limit the kind of— well, it limits and doesn't allow current public or municipal employees. And that is unusual on these boards, but the idea being that we truly want community members who are not within the municipality”

Worksession re AO 2026-62, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter to enact a new section 4.50.120 ·

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“this does propose term limits. So it proposes terms of 3 years, and then they would be staggered, and then there would be a limit of 3 consecutive full terms.”

Worksession re AO 2026-62, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter to enact a new section 4.50.120 ·

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“this item will be before for us on our May 26th meeting, our next regular meeting, for a public hearing, AO202662. And then I believe the sponsor's intent, as I said, is to continue that public hearing to a future meeting for the purpose of continuing to develop an S version.”

Worksession re AO 2026-62, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter to enact a new section 4.50.120 ·

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Felix Rivera“the first slate of nominees to fill these commission seats, I think, is going to really set the tone of this commission. And I would urge the Assembly that I think you need to be really introspective about who you decide to appoint.”

Worksession re AO 2026-62, amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter to enact a new section 4.50.120 ·

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Tania Harrison“there were no comments during public hearing”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

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Tania Harrison“I also went through this and it seems perfectly reasonable, um, having a place to live near a building site definitely makes things significantly easier”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

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Tania Harrison“this is a public hearing for the conditional use permit for travel trailer request on Lot 2A, Block 4, Cordova Industrial Park”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

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Tania Harrison“motion passes”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

0:22

Amanda Howard

“The temporary living quarters must be removed from the lot or vacated at the end of the 12-month period”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

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Tania Harrison“it said that they can connect to the city water and sewer there, so I'm assuming they've gone through that, whatever investigating, whatever that would take”

Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM ·

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Dora Wilson“I wanted to start with I appreciate the work that Lisa Miller did— Lisa Miller from our Communications Department did this evening, being able to celebrate all of the amazing work that our staff has done to help welcome our Western Alaska kids into the district.”

5/19/2026: School Board Meeting ·

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Dora Wilson“The video didn't convey as much of what I got to feel in that room, and the video was amazing. So really appreciate the work being done with those students and welcoming them into our district.”

5/19/2026: School Board Meeting ·

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“the bottom line is when we— this reverted back You know, what's supposed to happen is all these boats get treated the same. Anybody that pulls in there gets charged the daily electrical rate and the daily carport rate. And that's, you know, there is, um, there should be nobody getting a special rate because, you know, if this person gets it, then why is this person getting it?”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“Legally, there's not supposed to be any special rate for one person. It's supposed to all be at the daily rate.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“They actually spoke with them last year. They had a special rate that was given to them, and we don't know exactly how that was done in the past. It was a pass-through rate of some kind that should have not been given for electrical, for electrical, correct.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“motion passes.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“No, there's a, there's a set rate that they get charged. Anybody that ties up there gets a set rate based on their vessel, based on the footage, not consumption.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“The only thing that would be different is if you had, you know, you were moored, you know, for a long period of time, if you had your own slip or something like that, then you could set up your own electricity, which a lot of you folks do. But transient, they get charged the daily harbor rate and the daily electrical rate.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“if you recall, this all started when we had, uh, we had people that came and complained. Yeah, you know, and that's where this all took off from. And, uh, you know, researching, there's no lease, there's no permit, there was never anything that said Lucian Ballard could, could be here.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“That rate is set by ordinance, just so you're aware.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“Is this more of an issue on the town side or on the, the narrow side? The narrow side. The narrow side. Yeah, the narrow side, because nobody can move.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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“it would have to be brought up through engineering and so on. We— I, I don't think I would do anything without, uh, you know, talking to P&D.”

Port & Harbors Advisory Board Meeting of May 12, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“right now, as the budget stands, um, I would have us at around a 9.4 mil rate to fund everything that's in there currently. So, and we're currently at 8.91, just as a reference point.”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“Last night I sent the assembly an email just to go over some of the budget assumptions that were made when we were developing the original Level 1 budget. We had the assumption that the school district would ask for the maximum amount of local contribution, and they did. The budget was built around that.”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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Aimee Williams“Using those historical trends, our forecast would be a little over $1.2 million. If we take $37,500 off that, that gives us a better revenue estimate at $4— sorry, $700,067. $767,000.”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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Pat Griffin

“the pressure that we're feeling, right, it's state-created, it's federal policy-created with this cost of living, cost of expenses. Uh, uh, rev, uh, explosion that we've experienced this year. So, um, and I personally, I think that this is the kind of year where we look at interest income and how that we can make that, how we can make that work for taxpayers”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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Mike Litzow“If state funding had kept pace with inflation at our current enrollment, we would get $7.4 million more from the state in this fiscal year. And critically, the local contribution scales with state aid. If the state aid had kept up with inflation, um, the cap for the local contribution would be $1.7 million higher.”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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Pat Griffin

“Fully funding the school request, um Some of you are interested in reducing pressure on the mill rate. We need to protect borough operations and staff and, of course, avoid maintenance deferrals.”

Assembly Work Session of May 14, 2026 ·

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“I think balancing the budget, going to the own reserves, figuring out what the long-range plan is for our capital interest spread over a longer period of time, levelize the capital outlay for capital projects, and make sure that we're efficient in our operating budget.”

Special Meeting May 14, 2026 ·

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“The discussion in regards to this interview will be taken up at the next executive session on the 21st.”

Special Meeting May 14, 2026 ·

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Beth Weldon“I was one of the votes that voted for the gondola, but the 5 of us, because it was a 5-4 split, saw the handwriting on the wall with Eagle Crest. And here we are with Eagle Crest that we saw more and more general fund going into more and more subsidy.”

May 18, 2026 Regular Assembly Meeting ·

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“The process the assembly has used to address the revenue shortfall has been divisive between user groups. I feel all of the facilities make Juneau livable and are needed and should be supported.”

May 18, 2026 Regular Assembly Meeting ·

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“Without year-round recreation, decent public schools, and the sense of community these things bring Why would you stay if you have the means? That is why I support recreation and affordable housing grants.”

May 18, 2026 Regular Assembly Meeting ·

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“I'm looking at the, you know, item in our packet from our most recent Assembly Finance Committee that shows our unrestricted projected unrestricted balance of our general fund at almost negative $1 million at the end of fiscal year '27.”

May 18, 2026 Regular Assembly Meeting ·

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“in August, we will be working between mental health student supports and our PE teachers to start out with making sure our PE teachers understand where SEL is, as well as some of our environmental science and our other pieces.”

5/19/2026: School Board Work Session ·

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“Social-emotional learning, or SEL, integration is also part of everyday life for our students. So our ASD adopted curriculum in most of our schools, it's Second Step. We also have Connected and Respected as our other approved curriculum. Those two curriculum pieces will continue within K-5. All of our teachers are being— will continue to teach a 30-minute SEL-directed block and to prioritize that within their day.”

5/19/2026: School Board Work Session ·

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“Reading from the board policy 5041 and abbreviating it, we have said for health curriculum or for health education that it is not the piecemeal teaching of scientific facts and risk cautions and stuff. The word piecemeal stands out to something that we gave to the administration back in 2024.”

5/19/2026: School Board Work Session ·

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“I appreciate the slides on implementation, and frankly, if I was in the curriculum team, I would have a lot of heartburn having to implement something so fast. With so little backend support. And so hats off to you guys and your teams for taking on an impossible task. Um, and I, I hope the board understands we, we took money for away and, and had to replace it with something that wasn't yet built.”

5/19/2026: School Board Work Session ·

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