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Clips from City of CordovaClear

Sean Den Adel “Public Works staff spoke with the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and found the septic systems were not approved by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sarah Trumblee “he was concerned about, uh, the neighbor putting white trash bags into Fleming Creek and dumping dirt on top of them, and sewage, um, coming from the septic of the cabin into the creek.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Mark Hall “it's a chicken and the egg issue. Um, we would issue a conditional use permit with nothing there, and it would require this stuff to be done before they can get the final permit. It's a conditional use, and they jumped the gun by building a building without water and sewer.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sean Den Adel “the applicant must connect to the city water and sewer services on or before November 2nd, 2026.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sarah Trumblee “up to this point, there have been enforcement actions that have already occurred and got them to submit the conditional use permit application and the building permit.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Tania Harrison “I guess we're a little bit saying it's okay to put the horse before the putting the cart before the horse, right?”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Tania Harrison “this applicant built this structure without getting a building permit, without getting a conditional use permit, and normally, you know, review of things like the septic, that all would have been caught at that time. Um, Now there is a septic system that sounds like isn't working very well. Now we have contaminated property.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Jose Gonzalez

“we videotaped him with our home ring cameras with a bucketload of white trash bags on the front of his loader, which is a full-size loader, dumping them off the cliff to Fleming Creek, down into Fleming Creek.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Tania Harrison “there sounds like there have been a number of pretty serious concerns with this property, both with the sewer and in building without a permit.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sean Den Adel “based on what the Public Works and the state are requesting to see, and I don't see the applicant here, um, I actually would not move to approve this. I would voted down.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Jose Gonzalez

“His sewage was being dumped into Fleming Creek originally when he started setting up this cabin. I contacted the city, um, they stopped him from dumping it openly into Fleming Creek and out into the water.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sarah Trumblee “they have already paid fines for this noncompliance and are trying to bring it into compliance.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Sarah Trumblee “this, if this conditional use permit gets passed, there will be, um, it will be a tool to be able to use for enforcement into the future.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Jose Gonzalez

“That is detrimental to our waterways and our community.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

Tania Harrison “I'm guessing this is going to be another Airbnb, not really the housing issue that we're trying to address.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:30 PM · Oct 13, 2026

“Our protest would hold up at Amco if she's been able to prove the few things that they need her to prove. It's only 240 hours a year.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“we might be at the tail end of our ability to protest at this point. Yeah, but we can also protest at each year So not just on the 2-year renewals.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“we have the option to protest or waive protest for renewal of liquor license number 2587, Beverage Dispensary for Copper River Northwestern Ltd., Incorporated, doing business as the Moose the Moose.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“The location was sold but not the business. But I think Susan— yeah, I don't think the, the state lease— that's a state lease land— is still in, uh, Becky's name or one of these corporations' names.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“it's not being utilized to its potential. It's open the minimum amount of days that it needs to be open to be able to continue to keep this license, and it's operated that way for a few years now. So a decade. Yeah, I have, I have an issue continuing to allow this to go forward”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“until somebody sits there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for at least a few months that she says she's open, I mean, how do we know that she's open or not? I do believe she sells enough alcohol to collect our sales tax.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“if the— if we were to protest this one and it was dissolved, it would not be in Puerto Vallarta. So it's an asset for the owner.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“she was open the correct number of hours or whatever. I think she came here and presented to us with, and also presented to the state, receipts. She collects and remits sales tax to the city.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“I still don't know what you would protest on, saying that you don't think she's open the correct number of hours, and then she would prove to us the same way she proved to the state, because we would have to present her with an opportunity to come make her case in front of us if we were to protest.”

Cordova: October 7, 2026, Council Regular Meeting · Oct 7, 2026

“In the past, the bottom line of a budget has been the bottom line. So, you know, if you go over on one.”

Cordova: Parks and Rec Commission Meeting 9.29.2026 · Sep 28, 2026

“we've looked to sell properties in the past, but with this, consistency is, is great, but also, you know, that just makes the project, the process longer. And at this stage of the game, I think, because it's been open for so long, I would go by the way with consistency, and I think happy— happy to, to go with number 1 as well.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

“the motion is negotiate an agreement with the party who submitted the letter of interest to lease or purchase the property.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

“The ordinance is already being worked on.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

Lee Collins “Madam Chair, I move to dispose of Lot 1, Block 26, serviceable townsite, approximately 6,740 square feet in size, as outlined in the Cordova Municipal Code 7.40.060B.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

Lee Collins “By nego— by negotiating agreement with the party who submitted a letter of interest to lease or purchase the property.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

“4-0. Motion passes.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

Lee Collins “these properties have, have been on the land disposal map for a long time as showing available. So anyone could have, if they were interested in all this time, could have, you know, shown their interest in it. That I've In my mind, it makes more sense just to go and would agree with the interested party rather than try to put out another RFP to see if other large— other parties are interested when we already have somebody here interested in purchasing it.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

“I think, um, that the draft ordinance, um, moving forward with that is a great plan, we need to just make sure that our safety officers, um, have the ability to keep us safe. Um, we don't certainly don't want to limit their actions. And, um, I think that having, uh, having this issue come forward, um, kind of showed that our ordinance was a little out of touch with, uh, what they can and cannot do with the safety of the community members. So I'm excited that that's already happening.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

Lee Collins “the comments from the Planning Commission were that the that an RFP should be put out for that property, or bid for it.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

“on the recommendation to dispose of Lot 1, Block 26, approximately 6,740 square feet in size. Outlined in Puerto Rico Municipal Code 7.40.060.”

Cordova: Sept 16, 2026 City Council Public Hearing and Regular Meeting · Sep 16, 2026

Kris Ranney “I am generally in favor of development again, but tax on property is better than no tax at all. And if it goes to proposals, if someone has some magical ideas, they can put in a proposal.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Michael Shum

“my intention with the property is to to, um, just kind of preserve it more than anything because it's a— it's part of this, the history of the town.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Michael Shum

“I'm not quite sure where any access into those lots of disposal would come from, except for through my property. And my neighbor, Bod Moore, as well, where we have an easement together. So it just kind of makes sense to me that, um, that, that block, it's only one lot, would be completed and, um, would just be absorbed, I guess, into my property”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Michael Shum

“I own the new build at 305 Davis Avenue, which— and I'm the one who put in for this proposal for the bid for the lot for disposal through the City of Cordova.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “it's the only applicable piece because it's too— it's a substandard lot size, can't be used. And the only person that can use it would be the applicant.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “I move to recommend the City Council dispose of Lot 1, Block 26, original town site, approximately 6,740 square feet in size, as outlined in COB Municipal Code 7.40.060.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Kris Ranney “all those in favor of, um, the motion to dispose of Lot 1, Block 26, um, original town site by Option 4, sealed proposals, lease or purchase the property”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “I move to recommend the city council dispose of the requested portion of ATS 2020, approximately 1,116.2 square feet in size, is outlined in Municipal Code 7.40.060.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “Is that the main reason to go to proposals? Is it gives public notice, and it's just this— the city got in trouble years ago, and they didn't do it, and there wasn't a good reason not to. And so this gives other people a chance to say, hey, wait a minute, I want— well, I can do this and they can do it.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “Anybody else would be just there to annoy the applicant, you know, to just block that, and that's all it would do. So I don't see any reason to go through proposals.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Mark Hall “this one I'm going to go with, uh, negotiate an agreement with the party who submitted the letter of interest.”

Cordova: Planning Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 08, 2026, at 6:30 pm · Sep 8, 2026

Craig Tarraga

“No, no, there's— yeah, we don't have another vessel that we could crew and to come up and help. So then we wouldn't have service in January.”

Cordova: August 10, 2026, Council Work Session · Aug 10, 2026

Kristin Smith “So it's sounding like splitting the difference with 2 on the front and 2 on the back might be the safest bet.”

Cordova: August 10, 2026, Council Work Session · Aug 10, 2026