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0:35
Jharrett Bryantt“I want to make sure the survey is translated into multiple languages and is accessible to as many people as possible. I expect the survey takes about 8 to 10 minutes to complete. We want to launch it after Labor Day weekend”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:34
Jharrett Bryantt“The big ask is I could really use your help to get this in front of your constituents, and I know that there's a lot of survey fatigue and reluctance to participate in these types of things”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:37
Jharrett Bryantt“the board has to navigate a $40+ million shortfall by February as we prepare to submit a balanced budget to the assembly.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:33
Jharrett Bryantt“we want to review and publish the results very transparently so we understand what the community is telling us.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:39
Jharrett Bryantt“This is a robust community engagement strategy that I'll tell you about in the coming slides.”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:40
Jharrett Bryantt“Is ASD listening early enough on some of the biggest decisions that face us? And are we explaining the difficult trade-offs clearly enough?”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re Anchorage School District Outreach and Listening Campaign ·

0:38
Sydney Scout“I would love to kind of get a peek behind the curtain there of who sets the policies. What does it take to change an internal policy at the police department if you're not police chief in 4 years, 5 years, you know, and we have this technology existing and there's somebody who is at a different place on the warrior guardian scale of policing, like, yeah, what does it take to change a policy in the police department?”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re AM 524-2026, Real Time Crime Center ·

0:34
Sydney Scout“I want to clarify that what you're talking about, these are internal APD policies, correct?”

Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re AM 524-2026, Real Time Crime Center ·

1:04
Ona Brause“So we are about 58% through the year as of this report, through the end of July. And if you look on the lower right-hand side of the first page, you see that the municipality is about 51% spent. So we are underspent.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:37
Ona Brause“part of that has to do with the fact that the overtime amounts have not been adjusted within the last few years to accommodate increased salaries. But overall their year-over-year spend is better than it was the prior year.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:10
Ona Brause“Alcohol tax, 107% spent. Yay!”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:27
Loren Crawford“Building safety actually is running hot, and we're probably going to end up something more like the 2025 actuals in the, in the $7 million area.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:27
Anna Brawley“I was curious on, in particular, public transit. I see, and I'm guessing, I don't know if that's due to vacancies, just wondering, because it is higher, but I know we need folks to run the buses.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:05
Loren Crawford“We've realized 75.8% of our revenue for the year, which is tracking on par.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:16
Erin Baldwin Day“So how— so if we were going to pay attention to what has actually gone out the door, we would be looking at the expenditures column itself.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:18
Erin Baldwin Day“So recognizing that, you know, with building safety, we're getting to the end of the building season, do we anticipate additional revenue in September and October from—”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

1:08
Ona Brause“From the pandemic forward, public transit has had real issues with having enough drivers to cover the bus routes and having to do mandatory OT specifically in order to keep the bus routes running.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

1:03
Ona Brause“It also has to do with the million dollars in the sheltering line item that was part of the 1Q budget cut, and we are still needing to move those expenses out of the alcohol tax and into the general government operating budget of the health department.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:23
Ona Brause“I think that that's a something we should dig into during the budget process with Director Rudolph to see what recommendations we bring forward and how to deal with that. But ideally, one of them will be an adjustment to staffing levels so that the overtime is manageable in the new operations.”

Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance committee-of-the-whole ·

0:27

Pamela Rager

“this is not against a person. At least for me, it is never against an individual. It's about an issue or a policy or procedure that has not been followed.”

Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 18, 2026 - 2026-08-18 17:00:00 ·

0:42
Anna Brawley“So this is 15A, AR 2026-225, a resolution of the Anchorage Assembly approving a marijuana license and special land use. Use permit for Baltazar Holdings LLC, DBA Sensimia, a marijuana retail, uh, sales establishment with license number M35490, located at, uh, 1431 Muldoon Road.”

Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 18, 2026 - 2026-08-18 17:00:00 ·

0:17

Janice Zilko

“I believe CEA can do better landscaping in this area. Between the two fences, the space is tight at the west corner, but there are very attractive, relatively fast fast-growing, ultra-compact landscape trees that are commonly used in tight spaces and anchorage.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:10

Amma Abaza

“So if we do postpone, does that mean that a second public hearing would happen and the public has a chance to comment again?”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:35
John Rodda“So the department is recommending approval of the conditional use and the two variances, um, ABC, and two conditions of approval on page 11 of your packet.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:38

Taryn Olson-Yell

“The project includes a complete replacement of the existing substation, so we are installing 2 new transformers for needed redundancy, and those 2 transformers are enclosed on 3 sides by a concrete barrier for additional visual and noise buffering.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:50

Brett McKinnon

“it shows our property adjacent to Station 17 on the east side. It shows our property line, uh, the cut line and the right-of-way line, uh, that's already been alluded to by the commissioners previously, uh, and it cuts approximately 45 feet into our parcel.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:25
Edith McKee“I don't think that we've heard enough from the community members that showed up, and the plans here don't currently reflect what will be proposed in the design, which makes it difficult.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:29

Connor Eshelman

“so right now we are, uh, coming to you with our 65% level design. We are looking to start our right-of-way process, uh, which will take approximately 2 years, putting us into construction, uh, in 2029 or 2030.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:50

James Michael

“No apparent meaningful work has been done to factor in a connection to Jamie Avenue and further into Bear Valley, and this seems to conflict with the purpose of a federal grant. As currently there is only one means of access to Bear Valley via Clark's Road, a connection to Jamie would open up a second route and could easily be the difference between life and death for residents in the valley in the event of a wildfire.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:17
Edith McKee“Commissioner McKee, could, could we propose to postpone approval until we can see an updated 65% design showing the modified typical section and reduced footprint. Is that something we could propose?”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

1:02
John Rodda“On appeal of the case, of the conditional use cases from the Southport Masters Association, the Municipal Board of Adjustment decided to remand both conditional use cases back to the Planning and Zoning Commission due to an insufficient community meeting early this year. Chugach started the project over from the beginning because of the remand and hired a different consultant to assist with a new public outreach process. Um, Chugach dropped from the project the conditional use request for the telecommunications tower, so there's no tower with this new application. Chugach replaced the 11.5-foot-tall block wall, with a 10.5-foot tall decorative fence with the blue band at the top.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:37

James Michael

“I would strongly encourage this body to further push for clear answers regarding the ultimate goal of this project, for whom the road access is actually intended to benefit, and what the long-term impacts of the current alignment will be.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:18

Taryn Olson-Yell

“So we're asking for 6 additional inches to allow us to have 1 foot of that protective security wire on the top, and we have a 9.5-foot wooden fence that is a match as best as we can with the adjacent fences in the neighborhood.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:13
John Rodda“The— and approved a variance from landscaping requirements along Southport Drive to replace required buffer landscaping trees with more— substituting more shrubs.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:19

Brett McKinnon

“we think it would be more cost efficient to the municipality as well, uh, for the right-of-way acquisition, for the cost to cure as well as the remainder damages during the right-of-way acquisition, because it would require relocation of our well and it would take away the only usable yard on our property.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:27
John Rodda“Chugach Electric Association is requesting conditional use approval to upgrade the existing Campbell Lake substation at 1000 Southport Drive. In the R-1 zoning district. Um, Chugach is also requesting variances from landscaping and fence height requirements.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:22
Edith McKee“I move in case 2026-0095 to postpone approval of the context-sensitive solutions transportation project review plans in hand for AMATS Mountain Air Drive extension until after a updated 65% design is submitted.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:55
Edith McKee“this is the cut line that, that the residents have shared shows the cut line literally going right up to the front of their property. And the DOT process would typically require that you acquire a right-of-way that encompasses your total project footprint, so your cut and fill limits would have to be acquired.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:56

Chelsea Bailey

“The addition of the 7-foot buffer and an 8-foot multi-use path paired with a 2-to-1 drainage ditch and back slope requires a significant right-of-way acquisition and will have a disproportionate impact to our property.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:51

Janice Zilko

“This design places the burden of the CEA rebuild disproportionately on the family next door when additional, additional options appear feasible. We don't believe this design meets standards of Criteria 4 nor 7 for CUP approval, nor does it meet the standard for variances, which states approval will not adversely affect the use of adjacent property.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:20

Taryn Olson-Yell

“Uh, following the public meetings, we did have additional meetings with the adjacent property owner, and we have since incorporated 6 additional evergreen trees in between their residential fence and Chugach's proposed ornamental security fence.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:38

Taryn Olson-Yell

“When it was originally constructed in 1976, the facility served roughly 1,400 properties. Today it serves approximately 4,600 properties, which is over 3 times the customer base.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:44
Edith McKee“I intend to support the motion, um, because the, the conditions as presented in staff packet have been met. Additionally, I feel that the, the petitioner has made significant efforts with the community to reach a compromise and incorporate their design considerations.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:10
Andres Spinelli“I also intend to support the motion. I think taking time on this project in particular would be beneficial.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:19
Edith McKee“I think that they've made a really concerted effort to work with the community and reduce the visual impacts to create a facility that blends with the community. I think the removal of the tower is a tremendous improvement over the original design that was proposed.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:32

Bruce Schulte

“Having been involved with the initial appeal of the previous project, I will say that this, this reiteration, both the process and the design, are very much improved. The CHUH-GAAT did do away with the, the elements of the original design that were most concerning.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

1:22

Brett McKinnon

“one of the proposals that we would like to see in place is that the design does not necessarily get approved and move forward until we see that survey with the existing structures already plotted out to depict the right-of-way impacts, to those existing structures”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

0:36

James Michael

“The understanding that I and many members of the public have had based on public meetings with project staff and published documentation regarding the federal grant for this project was that it was intended for, quote, emergency access and egress. However, the project only appears to access a single neighborhood.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - August 10, 2026 - 2026-08-10 18:30:00 ·

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