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0:54
Elizabeth Appleby
“I'm almost leaning towards wanting to just respond to the questions on the data and bring back a revised draft where I know I've gotten at least some kind of legal counsel as well so that I can more accurately depict what I think is possible for changing this or or what our advice from them is.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:34
Elizabeth Appleby
“if you're a single-family owner, it's $710 to come for a public hearing here”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:16
Speaker A
“Case 2026-0076 is postponed to a date uncertain.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:49
Elizabeth Appleby
“this would be a future public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Planning and Zoning Commission would make a recommendation to the Assembly as to the adoption of the AO.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:37
Jason Norris
“I'm also trying to find what is, what is the threshold that really matters? Where, where is it worth the time and effort to bring it before the body? And, and the money, you know, is significant for a lot of people.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:27
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
0:52
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
0:37
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
0:36
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
0:29
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
0:50
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
0:43
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
0:43
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
0:58
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
0:38
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
0:21
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
0:23
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
0:19
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
0:21
Trevor Storrs
“to be honest, the philanthropy and corporate, they're also strained. There isn't some magic relationship that's going to give us $2 million to do. So us hoping, uh, we're obviously always want to do that. I absolutely agree with Kevin, but usually that is one-time funding.”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:55
Speaker A
“us being able to conduct that community needs assessment is really important to prioritize. That is where it opens the door for the partnerships to, you know, once we have data and can share that, that will open the door to see who's interested”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:40
Jessica Simonson
“Is there any way if we say we can only just say, example, we can only give ASD $1 million so they can keep the other programs are important. Is there any way for that other million to come out of a different pocket”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:33
Kevin Berry
“if a teacher leaves the sector or a kid gets kicked out of pre-K, that's a pretty permanent change. And we also then don't get data on what would have happened if they'd stayed in that program”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:45
Trevor Storrs
“how are you as an administration prioritizing prevention over tertiary? The homeless work is not prevention, it's tertiary. And the work that ASD and what we're doing actually hopefully will lessen the individuals that will find themselves in mental health distress, physical distress that then leads to homelessness and other issues.”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
1:01
Speaker A
“it funded 8 different schools with a high-quality pre-K classroom. Students were selected by lottery based on the risk factors. So this is an area where we were really serving vulnerable populations”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
1:00
Trevor Storrs
“asking the ASD if they could present a budget and showing if they had— because right now it's $2 million, and I'd have to give this greater thought, but you get the concept. If you received $150— $1.5 million or $1.75 million, how would that impact the budget? What would be lost”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:54
Trevor Storrs
“if we fund ASD, that leaves us— and I'm just working off of $5 million, uh, give or take That leaves $3 million, which greatly changes how we put money out. Or we don't fund ASD, they don't have funding to fill that in. That's 8 classrooms with 100-plus, maybe 200-plus, I don't know, kids that would then lose that preschool.”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
0:39
Speaker C
“98% of the staff who participated said they were more likely to remain in the field, which is a high—”Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026 05 20 Meeting Recording · Jun 9, 2026
1:05
Speaker C
“In 2021, when we had started our homeless and rental and rental and utility assistance program, when we first— that night when we first brought it to the community, I mean, the hall was full of people, and I didn't know that I know that we do need that service, but I didn't know how many families needed it. But when we went to sleep that night, I only— we woke up the next day, we had 15 applications, but our program can only accept 2 first applications that we receive per month because we don't have enough funding for it to help everybody.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:32
Speaker C
“I'm looking for funding for any of those programs. You know, if you can fund me for the rental assistance program and utilities to keep people from getting evicted from their home, and that's what our program is for, for that, is to keep them from not evicting from their house.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:40
Speaker C
“there's a need out there and there's work that nobody can see, only us. You know, and I want to share with you all, if you ever see my application come in at some point, somehow, you know, you think about what I, you know, what I do or what we do. We don't have any paid staff at all, not like other organizations that pay their staff.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:35
Speaker C
“I used to work for the state of Alaska. I retired after 27 years with the state, and, um, I said I'm going to put my time into my nonprofit because I want to help my community. But then working with my community, it's not just my community that I see the need It's more than just Pacific Island community.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:34
Speaker C
“This last May, we just completed our 21 years since we started our Asian and Pacific Island Heritage Month, and we did that down at the Park Strip last Saturday, even though it was cold, but It was a lot of people there. I think people were just dying to get out of the house, but it was a lot of people, about 1,500 people.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:08
Speaker C
“We don't have employees. We have 21 members. Okay, we have members.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:22
Speaker C
“all of us are volunteers through our community, through our organization. None of us are paid staff. We volunteer our services to the community.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:41
Speaker C
“a lot of times that we do a project, we fundraise for that project, and if we don't have enough our board member will come in and say, okay, let's do another fundraising, or let's donate in to try to get this program going”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:44
Speaker C
“PAWS scholarship and awards, 2021 to current, we awarded 16 students, received education scholarship of total of $19,200.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:21
Speaker C
“390 Individuals, 42 families from 2 members to 10 members in the household. Rentals, 25 families. Electricity and gas, 16 families.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:42
Speaker C
“up to now, we still have— we just helped 2 families last month on their electricity and their gas, but we still looking for funding to help the community.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:35
Speaker C
“during COVID we also, not just my community, but we do peer leader navigator through ALP, and we have a lot of calls from a lot of other communities, not just specific Latin communities.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:51
Speaker C
“right now we're close to about 35,000 of our Pacific Islander all over Alaska, and most of them, 75% or 80%, are here in Anchorage.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
1:13
Speaker C
“PAL also, um, through their education We started Pacific Island Education Scholarship in 2021, and currently we have 18 students that's already awarded for this scholarship, and that's about $21,600”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:26
Speaker C
“my name is Lucy Hansen. I'm the CEO of the Polynesian Association of Alaska”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:46
Speaker C
“its mission is to seize empower and educate individuals and families, and most of all, we promote pride and acceptance of all cultures.”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:59
Speaker C
“Polynesian Association of Alaska started back in 2004 in a small office down here on the Thompson Building on 3rd Avenue”Anchorage Assembly: HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2026 · Jun 9, 2026
0:18
Edith McKee
“in the packet, it, it kind of— it says that if we don't grant the variance, then the expectation would be they would have to demolish part of the garage. Yes, demolish portion to get the permit approved, the project approved.”Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - June 8, 2026 - 2026-06-08 18:30:00 · Jun 8, 2026
0:38
Jared Gardner
“we didn't receive any public testimony this evening, but there were 2 letters included with the application from what I take to be neighbors., supporting the requested variance, and as well that there are photos that I think further emphasize both how the property, including the garage, is offset, not easily visible or at all visible maybe from the road, and that when facing both structures, the garage, um, looks much smaller than the house the way that they're oriented.”Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - June 8, 2026 - 2026-06-08 18:30:00 · Jun 8, 2026
0:37
Jonathan Lang
“The owners intend to develop the property and retain ownership, so they're not going to build it and sell it. And as owners of a greenhouse, they understand, understand landscaping and the importance of natural spaces. It is their intention to landscape the property and to keep it as green as possible”Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - June 8, 2026 - 2026-06-08 18:30:00 · Jun 8, 2026
0:59
Speaker C
“This is a request for a design variance from— to allow an accessory garage to exceed the gross floor area of the principal single-family residential residence, 21507 Twin Peaks Drive in Chugiak. The 1,426 square foot detached garage exceeds the gross floor area of the principal residence by 235 feet, an average of 19.7%. The property is zoned CE-R12SL, low-density residential, alpine slope, and is 4.6 acres in size.”Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - June 8, 2026 - 2026-06-08 18:30:00 · Jun 8, 2026