Juneau: October 26, 2026 Regular Assembly Meeting

Yes, yes, yes.

Test. Okay.

We will bring the regular assembly meeting to order for October 26, 2026.

Miss Wall, would you lead us in the flag salute?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Ms. Wall. Ms. Hughes-Skandijs, would you read the land acknowledgement, please? Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor. We would like to acknowledge that the city and borough of Juneau is on unceded Tlingit land and wish to honor the indigenous people of this land. For more than 10,000 years, Alaska Native people have been and continue to be integral to the well-being of our community.

We are grateful to be in this place, a part of this community, and to honor the culture, traditions, and resilience of the Glingit people. Gunalchéesh. Thank you. Madam Clerk, will you call roll, please? Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Deputy Mayor Smith. Present. Mr. Kelly. Here. Miss Adkison.

Here. Mr. Steininger. Here. Miss Hall. Here.

Mr. Brooks? Here. Miss Wall? Present. Miss Hughes-Skandijs?

Here. Madam Mayor? Here. You have quorum. Thank you for that.

So first we start with a special order of business. So could I have the exchange students come up, please?

Get up and bring— you can come.

Thank you for coming. I'll let you guys introduce yourselves and where you're from, but in the meantime, I'll hand this to Mr. Smith to hang on.

Thank you. Uh, Nicholas, we'll start with you. Uh, what's your name and where you're from, and what's surprised you so far? Um, yeah, I'm Niklas. Um, I'm from Germany.

I'm from the west of Germany. Um, and yeah, I'm 16 years old. And so far in America surprised me the amount of food, the big cars, everybody has a truck, and, um, the people are more friendly than Germans most of the time.

Hello everybody, my name is Georgi. I'm an exchange student from Georgia, the country, not the state. I'm participating in the FLEX program and it's— I'm really grateful to be in Juneau because I think it's one of them, one, a really unique place to be and it's pretty different from the rest of the U.S. and one thing that surprised me I would say is The food, definitely. And because when I was in Georgia, it's like we usually just had Georgian dishes. And when you guys, when people here want to have dinner, they usually ask, do we want Mexican food, Asian food?

And it's, it surprised me because I was expecting to be met with a lot more American cuisine. But yeah, and also the people. Seem to be really nice even if they don't know you. And when you pass them on the street, they may just say hello and how you're doing. And yeah, I'll say that.

Um, hello everybody, I'm Theresa. I'm also from Germany. I'm from a very— I'm from a little bit different part from Germany. I'm from Bavaria, so it's more in the south, like more down. And I'm also a Rotary Youth Exchange student And I was very surprised here of the nature because it's so unbelievable beautiful.

This weekend especially, I thought I have seen everything. It was like from the weather-wise, and then this weekend came in and it was unbelievable beautiful. And also the like variety of like the animals. I think I saw here in half an hour a deer, a bear, and an eagle, which is just unbelievable. And I'm also very thankful that I can be here, especially in Juneau.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. So let's give them a round of applause for being brave.

All right, next we have two members that we need to kick off. Um, we will start with Christine Woll since, uh, Ms. Hughes-Skandijs is senior to you. Um, so the first thing we'll have is, is there any member of the assembly that wants to say anything to Ms. Woll? Mr. Kelly?

Um, I just wanted to thank Christine for being a good example of an assembly member. I think the entire time I've been on the assembly, you've been on the finance— the chair of the Finance Committee. Um, and when I first chaired the Human Resources Committee, I, I felt like you took the time to, to mentor me a little bit, and you're always available to answer any questions I had. And I kind of saw a lot of the, a lot of the things that you suggested to kind of exemplified in your chairmanship. I think one piece of advice advice that I'll, I'll never forget, and I'm kind of paraphrasing here, but, um, you had kind of said like the, the job, the job of the, uh, the chair is not really to, to bring forward their own, own agenda, but it's to bring forward the, the agenda of the committee.

And so I, I appreciate that advice and all the other advice you've given me. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else on the assembly? Mr. Smith.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, I used to, and will still do, call call Ms. Wall the best student in class.

She was just prepared, had always done her homework, but was also just very thoughtful in her decisions, grounded in values, and just always appreciated her perspective, even if, even when we differed. Also appreciated that she was, you know, focused on process. I think not to be nitpicky or anything, but just because she knew that how we do things really affects, like, where we go and, and what we do. So, um, just a few things I appreciate about her amongst many, many, um, good characters of Ms. Wallen. I will miss her on the assembly very much.

Thank you, Ms. Atkisson. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, Ms. Wallen, I would just say that, uh, The Assembly, I think, as a whole will miss you very much, and you were such an incredible example of an Assembly member for me to look at when I first came on to the Assembly, and I'm really going to miss that because you continue to be a role model and example. And also, maybe don't read some news headlines for the next couple weeks after you leave because I think we are going to crash and burn without you, and you don't deserve to see that.

So, anybody else? Ms. Hughes-Skandijs. Thanks, Madam Mayor. It's, um, it's funny, you know, you said I'm senior to Ms. Wall, and I feel like when I think of, uh, Ms. Wall's time on the assembly, for a lot of us that first year, there's a lot getting thrown at you, and it takes a little bit to get your feet under you, and then we really see what that person is capable of. And I feel like when you started, Christine, you just immediately— it was like you had been on the assembly for years and were reminding us of things that we should know and, and making good suggestions during meetings for how we could not get ourselves into trouble.

And throughout your entire tenure, I have just always looked at you as a role model of what a good assembly member looks like and listening to the community and Not being afraid to stand by your guns when that was the appropriate measure. Not being afraid to be super humble in listening to an idea that changes your mind and is better than your own. You've been an amazing friend throughout this process, and really, truly, I could go on and on. So I'll—. I imagine whatever you do next, You are an example of what I want to be when I grow up.

Uh, Ms. Hall. Yeah, and I am senior to you, but only in age, and I just felt, um, you know, you were just a wonderful mentor, and I, uh, what everyone else has said here this evening I totally agree with, but also your mentorship of new members was very helpful and always available. So thank you. Anybody else? Mr. Burks.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Mr. Steininger, I can't tell if you're waving your hand or stroking your chin.

Mr. Burks. Thank you. And, um, you know, I, I could say this to both of you. I was more than pleasantly surprised by some of the constructive conversations we had on topics that I thought we might not agree on, and Uh, you know, even though my time serving with you guys was short, I know that you guys really care about the community and really love Juneau, and it was apparent in the effort that you put in, and I just want to thank you a lot.

Mr. Steininger, thank you. Um, see, it's been a short time serving with you, just 2 years, um, but I've been so impressed by how calmly you've led us through very challenging, especially in this last year on finance. And, you know, watching your ability to move us forward as a body through your chairmanship has been impressive. And I think we all can learn a lot from what you've done here. And I wish you great things to come and come back and tell us what you think over time.

All right, is anybody from the staff that wants to say anything?

That's all right.

And for those of you in the audience don't know, if an assembly member leaves in good standing, of course, um, I write a little poem for them, so take it for what it's worth.

So we have some gifts for you. Now it's time. Come on up.

And any, any member of your family can come up too.

Of course.

You can't run away yet. Would you like to say a few words?

Yeah.

Pandalupam. I'd like to be able to look at you guys' faces.

Thank you for those kind words. I definitely think this has been like a privilege of a lifetime to get to do this. If there's anyone in the audience who ever thinks they might want to, let me tell you, do it. It is really rewarding. I think it's easy when you read the news and go on the internet to feel like the fabric of our society is falling apart.

And, and I feel like my time in this room gives me optimism about, like, what we can do as a community, from people who show up for the first time ever to participate and testify, or amazing staff that work tirelessly without much credit, and to have gotten to serve with you all and the folks who have been here before you. It's just, it's, it's really inspiring to see so many people who may not agree on things want to come to the table every day to work with each other to find solutions, and I think that takes courage, and I just encourage you all to continue to have that courage to look for solutions first as you move forward. Thanks.

Next we have Ms. Hughes-Skandijs. Is there any member of the assembly would like to speak, to say something about Ms. Hughes-Skandijs? Mr. Kelly. Thank you. Some of you may be surprised to learn this is not the first elected body I've served on with Alicia.

This is also not the second elected body I've served on with Alicia. This is at least the third, depending on if you count— anyway, depending on how you count them. But yeah, I first met Alicia serving on our union's executive board for our local chapter. And then we also served on the contract negotiating committee together, also, also with the union. And so by the time she started getting, you know, very interested in municipal politics and Jesse Keele was leaving the assembly, becoming a senator, and I was on the school board at the time.

And when she applied, I was like, oh, this is, this is great. She's going to be great on the assembly. I immediately submitted like a little letter of recommendation and then she called me and she's like, can you submit a letter of recommendation? Well, already did.

One of the memories I'll always have of Alicia that is kind of personal. So for those of you who don't know, including our recently engaged member on the assembly, there are— any elected official in Alaska can officiate at a wedding. And Alicia— so I did my wedding by Robert's Rules. Alicia was both chair of my wedding and the officiant. And she did a great job.

So that's a memory I will have with me the rest of my life. I really valued all of the times that I've served with you, and thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Kelly. Ms. Atkisson. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Alicia, I will miss you terribly on the assembly. I remember when I first decided to run and I was a candidate, we were at the same event, and a friend of mine was like, you have to go talk to her.

She was on the Assembly. You should, you should say hi. And I was absolutely terrified. And you're nothing but sweet and kind and welcoming, and it made everything feel much better. And as I got to know you on the Assembly, you know, you always ask the best questions.

I was just so in awe. But I think your real superpower is knowing when to be this Assembly's rock and knowing when to rock the boat. And I hope to channel that going forward because it's brought this assembly to so many places I don't think we would have gotten without you, and, uh, will be very missed. Thank you, Miss Adkison. Miss— Mr. Smith first, he raises him first, then Miss Wall.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, one thing I'd say about Miss Euskandijs is just, I think in our 6 or 7 years serving together, her adherence to her incredibly strong values was, I mean, just a huge source of respect for her, even though there were so many times, or just times I was like, come on, just like bend just a little bit for this. I don't know if you ever did, which was frustrating to me, but at the same time, I very much respect your determination and your adherence to your values. Not afraid ever to take a stand or just push for an issue that you really believed in. I think we can all, you know, look to and strive to have that courage.

I guess just to, you know, say some things about both you and Ms. Wall. Again, you two voted for just what you truly believed was the best way forward. You did it. You led with grace. You supplemented things with humor, and then you also had compassion and understanding for, you know, just sometimes just the challenging and difficult choices we have to make up here.

We've gone through some big things together, and that definitely was a gift, and I'm very grateful to have done that with you too.

Thanks for your leadership, your camaraderie in service, and I'll miss you both very much.

Thank you. Ms. Wall.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I feel like, um, Greg said some of the things I wanted to say that I was thinking about if you had ever been inconsistent in your decision-making, and I couldn't come up with a time. People talk about like leaders as people who are visionary, and I've always maybe not loved that word because I think about like somebody walking around talking about a vision. Sure, that's fine, but like if you can't do it every day, then it's— you're not really a visionary leader. You are such a visionary leader.

You have an amazing vision for Juneau. It's a Juneau I want to live in, and all— everything you've done up here has always been in service to that vision, and we're so lucky to have you doing that for our community.

Ms. Hall, before I knew Alicia, I knew her wonderful mother over at Harborview Elementary, Agra, who is in, in the audience now. And, um, when I learned that I'd be serving with her daughter, I thought, oh, I, I— it's going to be great, you know. And so, um, I've appreciated— I, I think of you as the social justice warrior of the assembly and, and hope to carry that forward. I, I really appreciate your care for especially the more vulnerable folks in our community.

So it's been an honor, and I, I know that you two are still going to be right here in town and available to consult with. Yeah, thank you. Mr. Steininger, saying you're, you're going to be missed on the assembly over the last 2 years more than can anybody else in this body. Listening to you speak and explain your thought process behind things, or when we sat down and got coffee, more than anyone else, you've made me kind of rethink my approach to things in a positive way.

And I've really appreciated that. I've really appreciated the times that we've disagreed and talked about it and talked about it civilly and understood that we both are, you know, trying to make Juneau better. And the passion that you have for that has been impressive these last 2 years. So again, just like with Ms. Woll, I want to see you guys come back here and tell us what you think in the future and help us rethink things differently. Thank you.

Mr. Brooks. Thank you, Madam Mayor. And, you know, once again, to resonate what I was saying with Christine is not only do I just greatly appreciate every type of conversation we've had But you're also one of the kindest people I've ever met and one of the most genuine too. Both of you are extremely kind. And I know that in these days people think that in the world of politics, you know, as we're a bunch of soulless creatures up here, but you guys are extremely genuine, extremely kind, and have very beautiful souls.

And thank you again for everything you've done for the community.

Any member of staff? All right, are you ready?

We have some gifts for you.

Any member of her family can come up if you so desire.

Hope you liked it. I was like, she's not gonna put the cousin.

You want to say a few words?

I'm going to steal Christine's good idea and move out of the awkward corner.

Um, yeah, I just— I want to start by saying I really do feel so lucky to have gotten to do this. It has been one of the biggest honors of my lifetime to get to serve the community in this way, and I feel like it's one of those things that I wish that everybody in Juneau could do, because it gives you such a better understanding of our community and the people in it and the passion that the community has for the community and for one another. The understanding it would give everybody of our city and what an amazing staff we have and how hard they're working. And when I— I'm looking over here at, you know, we're looking at the staff that we see the most, but I'm thinking of everybody out there plowing the streets and the firefighters and the cops and the people doing the permits. And you really appreciate in this job that how much they all care for the city and how hard they work and what an amazing operation we have here.

So it has been an honor to sit in this seat, but also to get that firsthand bird's-eye view into that. So I feel very, very grateful. It's actually been 7 years and 10 months, so I'm rounding up to 8-ish years. And in that time, I'm looking at you all, but I'm thinking of all the others I served with as well. And I feel incredibly lucky to say that every single person— it's incredible to get emotional like this, but we spend so many hours here together, like hundreds and hundreds of hours, you know.

And we see each other more than we see our families. Sometimes the families come and get to hold the flowers, and now we get to go back to them. But you really do, you know, create bonds with one another and with the staff. But I feel so lucky to say that every single person that I have served with, regardless of how much I have disagreed with them, I've never doubted for a second that they were doing what they thought was the right thing to make Juneau a better place. And there is no one I served with that we couldn't have an agreeable coffee and laugh.

And there were always— the best part about local government is you can always find something that you do agree on. Local government is really the best form of government, and it does give you a lot of a lot of hope, I think, and optimism for our world. So my biggest hope for you all is that while you're in this room making these hard decisions, you think of everybody who's not in this room, because that's who you're making decisions for. It's all the other folks who are outside of this room who elected you to make the decisions. And, um, and for us, it's to remember and have patience and grace and remember that it's just 9 of our neighbors and however many staff we have.

It's just 300 of our neighbors, and, uh, everyone's doing their best. So thank you so much. That I had to take advantage since from now on I only have 2 minutes.

This is not a good way to do it.

That's right. Yeah. We're going to take a 5-minute at ease, so in case anybody in the audience wants to say goodbye to our ladies. And ladies, there is cake in the room.

We'll bring us back to order. Our next item is swearing of the new assembly members, so I could have Ms. Cosgrove and Ms. Niven and Mr. Kelly join the attorney and I up front.

And we have Kathy and Michael on the screen. Hello, good evening.

Oh, sorry, David. All right, are you ready?

Okay. I state my name, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Alaska —of Alaska, and the laws of the City and Borough of Juneau and the State of Alaska, and that I will faithfully, honestly, and promptly perform the duties of the office of assembly member.

Congratulations.

Do they do a full—. Do they do a full— yeah, do a full thing, of course.

Madam Clerk, will you call roll?

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Deputy Mayor Smith. Here. Mr. Kelly. Here.

Miss Adkison. Here. Mr. Steininger? Here. Miss Hall?

Here. Mr. Brooks? Here. Miss Cosgrove? Here.

Miss Niven? Here. Madam Mayor? Here.

You have quorum. Thank you. Um, next item is the election of Deputy Mayor. Miss Adkison? Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I'd like to nominate Greg Smith for Deputy Mayor. Uh, thank you, Miss Atkason. Is there any other nominations?

Uh, seeing none, um, are there any objections to Mr. Smith as Deputy Mayor?

She got you on that one. Uh, seeing none, uh, Mr. Smith retains, uh, office of Deputy Mayor. So, uh, with that, we will just go down the list if I can find it.

Um, it was up here somewhere. Here it is, I got it. So Mr. Smith, you're staying there. Mr. Kelly, choose your seat. I'm going to steal Miss Crawford's seat.

This is our, uh, reorganization, and they choose their seat, sorry, by seniority. Uh, Miss Atkison, choose your seat.

Mr. Steininger, you're staying there. Ms. Hall, choose your seat. Stay in there. Mr. Brooks, choose your seat. Ms. Cosgrove, choose your seat.

Uh, you're in charge of your name tag. Everybody's in charge of their own name tag.

Miss Niven, choose your seat.

Is it even? All right, uh, thank you for that. So we will move on to our agenda. Approval of minutes. Mr. Kelly.

I move that we approve the September 14th, 2026 regular assembly meeting minutes and ask for unanimous consent. Any objection? See none. Those minutes are approved. Next, we have a manager's request for agenda changes.

Madam Manager, you have a couple changes. Thank you, Mayor Weldon. I do. Under resolutions, I would like to pull item number 1, Resolution 4064A, authorizing the manager to submit a State of Alaska Multi-Use Trail Program grant for a clerical error. I would also like to pull item 3 under resolutions, Resolution 4070, authorizing the manager to apply for a DEC revolving loan fund loan up to $10 million, uh, both to correct a small grammatical error and then explain a couple of items on that.

Those are my two requests for agenda changes. Uh, thank you, Madam Manager. Uh, next we have public participation on non-agenda items, um, and first we'll go to Zoom, and please bring over Ms. Fritz.

Please state your name and area of town you live in the record— for the record, and you have 2 minutes. Thank you, Mayor. Catherine Fritz. I live in the Highlands, downtown Juneau. Congratulations to the new assembly members and best wishes to you all as you begin a new cycle of governance.

I'm here to talk about Telephone Hill and urge you to use this opportunity of new members to reconsider current directions. It is prudent for the Assembly to refresh its understanding of project assumptions that were made several years ago by one, revisiting economic conditions that have changed, such as inflation, interest rates, and the cost of construction, and review CBJ's capacity for public subsidy. How much can we afford to subsidize any privately owned housing project given the community's extensive financial needs? Two, revisiting our community's progress over the last 5 years on gaining housing units, especially understanding the location, size, and type of units. This should include projects that are underway, such as the Gross Alaska Apartments and the Bergman Hotel rehab, as well as projects being actively studied, like rehab of St. Ann's for senior housing.

And third, revisiting current projected housing needs by type and location to make responsible future projections throughout Juneau. We know there is continued demand for housing, but detailed nuance is critical to determine whether or not specific housing project might be effective. We need thoughtful consideration now before a developer is selected, before the assets are demolished, and before more public money is spent. I realize there's a reluctance to ask staff to do more work, but this can be offset by using a project committee like other capital projects. Informed individuals consider a myriad of issues, then bring studied recommendations to the decision-making body.

A Telephone Hill working group could evaluate many of the community's good ideas that aren't even being considered because the assembly has directed only one specific idea that is not fully thought through. Please make this, this assembly the one that will consider all of the possibilities for increasing density of the neighborhood while retaining the historic value. Don't be risky and bold, be thoughtful and responsible. Thank you very much.

Sorry, thank you for your testimony. Any questions for Ms. Fritz? Uh, seeing none, thank you for your testimony. Uh, next we have Brock Tabor.

Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes.

There we go. Hi, Brock Tabor, downtown Juneau. Um, you maybe remember me, I've been up here a few times, but I'd like to speak as one of the sponsors of Ballot Initiative C. Um, of course, we'd like to extend our sincere thanks to the Juneau community for its support in this past election. We strongly believe that recreation serves as a catalyst in attracting and retaining families and businesses to Southeast Alaska. And the votes of the community demonstrate a shared commitment to investing in our community's future.

We would like to extend a sincere thanks and gratitude to the staff at CBJ for helping us navigate the ballot initiative process, all of those who help facilitate the 26th election, and finally all the volunteers who help collect signatures, wave signs, and write letters of support in for the ballot initiative. What began as a conversation between two individuals resulted in a long-term community investment in Juneau's well-being, and we thank everyone who's made this possible. Going forward, we'd like to see CBJ provide a transparent account of how that funding is collected as a result of the 1% seasonal sales tax and how those funds will be distributed during the annual budget process. During our campaign, we noted a significant number of questions about how the assembly would, would respect the language that was included in there, you know, in directing those funds towards recreation. We hope to see that happen.

Finally, with this in mind, we hope the proceeds of the seasonal sales tax will contribute to the well-being of our community by ensuring CBJ recreational facilities will continue to be affordable to residents. The condition of CBJ recreational facilities will be safe and inviting, And finally, recreational opportunities in our community will continue to prosper. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mr. Tabor. Any questions?

Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Tabor. Mr. Tabor, do you know how many people were involved with the effort from gathering signatures, waving signs, you know, campaign? I mean, just rough number of—.

It's a little bit hard to gauge because the two, both ballot initiative 2 and 3, merged resources, um, you know, with that there were many people of volunteers. I can count no less than 20 people standing on corners with me waving signs. We had well over 20 people collecting signatures, and that was really just for C. When you combine both of those, I'd say there was probably closer to 100 people that had a stake you know, in some, in some way or form. So thanks to you and thanks to them. Thank you.

You're welcome. Any other questions? All right, any other questions? Thank you for your testimony. Thank you.

Uh, next we have Carol Bookless.

Please state your name and area, town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes.

Carol Bookless, and I live in Douglas. I'm here to talk about Telephone Hill. Our houses are in jail right now. Yep, they're behind chain-link fences, locked up. It's really sad, but I'm super grateful that the mayor, um, I guess said on a— online that she's looking for new directions for how to spend money, because I think locking up our houses is not the best way to save to spend our money.

If you, um, right now the RFQ, the, the request for qualifications is coming up due. And for you who don't know about it, basically they're saying here's Plan C, who, what builders can build that. So, um, it kind of counts out most of the local builders because what they're asking for in C is, um, 65-foot buildings that, um, and then they're building on top of the parking garage, which they say is, is not feasible. If you look at the place guide— well, actually, I'm going to ask what I tell you what I do want in qualifications. I want people who are qualified to build in a northern climate, people who are qualified to build in a rainforest climate, people who are qualified to deal with heritage.

People who are qualified to do net-zero construction, people who know about the local workforce and employ local people. That's what I want to see in RFQ. So I also would like the place guide values to be important. And what were those values? Housing, social, ecological, and historical.

And the three words that were chosen: historic, was the first, green space was the second, and opportunity was the third. I'd like us to stick to those values that we looked for and look at different options than Plan C, which knocks down everything and puts up concrete. Thank you.

Thank you. Any questions for Ms. Bookless? Thank you for your testimony tonight. Uh, next we have Mike Cole.

Nope. Other—. Mike Cole, not you quite yet.

Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes. All right, yeah, my name is Michael Cole and I am from Lemon Creek.

Before you go, Ms. Gilmore, you're still on the list to testify, but we moved you to public hearing. That's why I haven't called you yet. I see that it's been recommended to pass anyway and you don't need my story. Thank you. Exactly.

Go ahead, Mr. Cole. Sorry. So yes, I just wanted to, uh, extend, uh, some gratitude to the city and borough of Juneau, uh, that helped us with the seasonal sales tax walking through and getting it, the language put in, and then helping us with navigating the whole collecting ballots and/or signatures and whatnot. That was really appreciated.

I also like the idea of right now that we knew you guys do have a new tool that's been given to you by our community. And I really do hope that it is used appropriately and that it is used to keep Juneau being the fabulous community that we are and keeping it so that it's very attractive for families to stay here. You know, Juneau is beautiful. It's a hard place to live. It's dark, it's cold, windy, wet during the wintertime, and You know, you start taking out stuff for people to do, life, life gets tough.

And I think for mental health reasons and everything else, it's, uh, this is gonna hopefully help out really well. Um, so with that, uh, yeah, I hope I'm out of the, the game of, uh, democracy for a while. Right. Thank you. Uh, thank you.

Any questions for Mr. Cole? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony, and we have an election every year, Mr. Cole. Next we have Casey Krueger.

Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes.

Uh, Casey Krueger. I'm living in Juneau over by, uh, Costco. Uh, sorry to beat a dead horse, but I'm still on Eagle Crest. The year Black Bear broke down, management received a couple hundred K for maintenance from a local man. It's a will.

I'm filing records to request the amount and who.

I hold CBJ HR I told the manager at the time it wasn't being maintained and was told to shut the fuck up by Dave Scanlan. Blackware wasn't being maintained. The maintenance man would come over 2 to 10 times a day and reset the lift with a safety pin.

I have 20+ years of building experience in multiple states. I knew the lift wasn't being maintained. I did everything I could and told everyone I could months before it broke down, and they fired me.

It's very upsetting. I enjoyed that lift, and I know a lot of the locals did also. It's upsetting to me that they haven't been honest for years. I've been facing retaliation for whistleblowing and writing a 2-page list to CVJ HR of things that needed fixed, serious things.

Todd the maintenance man The first year I worked at Eagle Crest, I ran the Porcupine lift. Was very experienced and very knowledgeable about the lifts. He told me the gondola project was a pipe dream that would never happen. The second year I was—. Unfortunately, you're out of time, so thank you for your testimony.

Um, any questions for Mr. Krueger? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony tonight.

Yes, you can.

Not on the assembly testimony.

So, um, next we have Michael Whalen.

Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes. Uh, Michael Whalen, and I live in downtown Juneau. I'm here to thank you all for also adding me to the agenda item, or adding me to the public speaking. Anyway, I'm here to raise a public safety concern. Currently, there's a project going on on the Third Street and Harris stairs, which I know is a pretty small community, and I really appreciate the city putting in the time and the effort to redo those stairs.

And redoing the stairs The engineers have identified an area of embankment that is in desperate need of repair since a 1986 landslide, and I hadn't gotten down there to check it out myself until recently, and it is— it's really rotten out. It not only affects my property but the neighboring properties, the properties down the hill as well. And currently There was discussion initially with city engineers and with the contractor as well to engage in sort of like, how are we going to do this? Where are the stairs going to go? How can we manage this project and take care of this issue?

However, currently the direction has been much more— the city is not interested in fixing the damaged portion of the embankment and is proceeding with stairs. And I'm worried that they're going to construct stairs above the damaged embankment. Uh, which would then put pressure on the part of the stairs which is badly damaged, potentially causing some sort of issue, which would also cause an issue for your doctrine of lateral support, correct? And that might make the city liable as well. So I'm asking for some support to maybe halt that portion of the project to reassess how money could be appropriated to at least address the damaged portion of the retaining wall.

Thank you. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Whalen? Seeing none, thank you for your test. Thank you.

Go ahead, Mr. Smith. Thank you. Mr. Whalen, if you have not already, would you email us or me with some details and, and things? And anyway, so we can get your contact information or, or something would be helpful. Okay.

I have been in contact with the director of engineering and sorting out the history of this, this area. Yes, but the project is slated to move forward with the stairs in the spring. So hoping we can come to some sort of discussion and agreement over the winter. Very good. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. All right, that concludes our non-agenda items.

So we'll move to the consent agenda.

Is there any public requests for consent agenda changes other than ordinances for introduction?

Seeing none, is there any assembly request for consent agenda changes? Seeing none, we'll go to assembly action. Remember, it's amended. Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I move the consent agenda with the amendments made by the city manager and ask for unanimous consent. Any objection? Seeing none, so moved. Next, we go to public hearing, and our first item will be Resolution 4064A. Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Resolution 4064, a resolution authorizing the manager to submit a State of Alaska Multi-Use Trails Program grant application to assist with the improvements to the Christopher Trail. Uh, thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager. Thank you.

This resolution supports our Parks Department applying for a $300,000 grant to install that bridge that we've all seen in Cote Park waiting for installation to complete the Christopher Trail. Um, the reason why we asked for it to be pulled is the resolution itself, uh, in one sentence just references the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is not the correct program. Most of the resolution references the correct name, but in one spot it does not. And so we need to have that amended. Uh, thank you, Madam Manager.

And there was no member of the public to sign up for this trail except for Sheila Burke. Um, so we will move it to the assembly. Mr. Kelly, I move that the assembly adopt Resolution 4064 with the following amendment: that Section 1—. Um, standby, I think we have to have objection and then put amendment in there, correct?

I would be able to move it as one motion.

It would be cleaner if you removed it, if you did an amendment. Sorry. All right.

I move that the Assembly adopt Resolution 4064 and object for purposes of amendment. Go ahead with your amendment. I move to amend Section 1. To change— to delete Land and Water Conservation Fund and insert multi-use trails. All right, any objection to the amendment?

Seeing none, the amendment passes. Is there any objection to the resolution as amended? Mr. Brooks. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just an objection for the purpose of a question.

As part of this grant application, is this just using a You know, would whatever match necessary be used from existing Parks and Rec funds, or is this trying to allocate additional funding for that grant application? Madam Manager, the value of the existing bridge will meet the 10% local match requirement.

Uh, follow-up. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Is it—. Will that be from Parks and Rec funds or general fund? From what I understand, it's an in-kind match because the bridge— we, we have the bridge.

We actually took the bridge from Montana Creek Trail, so we own the bridge. Okay, Mr. Smith. Oh, I thought you raised your hand. Sorry, never mind. You guys are all moving here.

Keep your hands down. Is there any objection? Oh, sorry, Mr. Brooks, do you remove your objection? I'll remove my objection. Thank you.

Uh, objection to the resolution as amended. Seeing none, that resolution passes. So item 3 from the consent resolution, 4070. Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Resolution 4070, a resolution authorizing the manager to apply for and enter into a loan agreement up to $10 million with the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation State Revolving Fund for the design and construction of Glacier Highway Ross Way Salmon Creek water main replacement project. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager. Thank you. This resolution authorizes, uh, the city to apply for a DEC, uh, low-interest loan.

Uh, this is unfortunately not a forgivable loan. It is a, a DEC low-interest loan for the Ross Way project. Ross Way is a state road, uh, that will be rehabilitated by the state, and we want to get in and do our underground utility work before that work happens. Because it's going to be the most efficient way to do it. This project is particularly expensive.

It's a $13 million price tag because not only is it a large chunk of road, it also— we will also be upsizing the infrastructure, the water main, and this will be really good for redundancy and serving our valley customers. So when we have low water moments, like when Salmon Creek Reservoir is low, we start to get nervous about being able to serve the valley when Salmon Creek goes offline, like happens and will continue to happen with repairs to the penstock by AL&P. We are using Last Chance Basin to serve the valley, and so this will— this is a valuable project and a more expensive project for that reason. I want to take this opportunity to explain the change from when the Public Works and Facilities Committee saw it. They saw an application to apply for a $1.7 million loan for this project.

The reason why this number is, is different and is much larger is because at that time we were just applying for design of the project, and the DEC timeline has moved up to 2029. So we will be applying for design and construction. So I wanted to give an opportunity to explain that because that's different than what the Public Works and Facilities Committee said. And also, there's a clerical error just referring to the clean water loan instead of the drinking water loan. So I normally don't talk this much on my MRS.

Thank you for indulging me and letting me recommend the assembly take public testimony and adopt this resolution. All right, thank you. There was no member signed up to testify this, so we'll go to the assembly. Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I move that the assembly adopt Resolution 4070. And I object for the purposes of amendment. Mr. Smith, members should have it in your packets. It's a cleanup amendment, you know, running it for staff here. The manager mentioned just the name of the correct name of the fund.

So the first 2 items of the amendment correct the name of the fund on page 1, line 39 and 40. And page 2, lines 42 and 43. And then the third piece of the amendment strikes the word amendment from a submit a loan amendment application from page 2, line 58, because it is actually just an original application, is my understanding. So just some cleanup there. Um, and I'd ask for unanimous consent.

Is there any objection to the amendments? Seeing none, the amendment passed. Is there any objection to the resolution as amended? Seeing none, that resolution passes. So that brings us back to public hearing item number 1.

Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-41, an ordinance amending Title 67 to add prohibitions related to electric bicycles in parks and recreation areas and providing for a penalty. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager.

Thank you. This ordinance is the result of a lot of work at PRAC to try and regulate electric bicycle use in CBJ trails and on Eagle Crest trails. However, when the assembly discussed this ordinance at their last Committee of the Whole meeting, the body really decided that instead of trying to target electric bike use just on CBJ trails, trails, they would try to take a more— you all would take a more holistic approach to e-bikes and regulating them citywide, specifically e-motos. So you have an ordinance that is— was introduced tonight on the consent agenda, Ordinance 2026-45, that takes that, uh, that holistic approach. And because of that, I recommend you take public testimony on this ordinance and then table Ordinance 2026-41.

Uh, thank you, Madam Manager. Um, there are a few people that signed up for this ordinance, so first we'll bring from Zoom Alexandra Reich. I hope I'm saying that correctly.

Hello, can you hear me? Uh, we can. Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes. Uh, thank you. Um, my name is Alexandra Reich and I currently live in the Valley.

Thank you, Assembly, for your time and for all the hard work that you do. So I'm on the board of the Juneau Mountain Bike Alliance, and I wanted to make a statement against e-motos. I looked up the stats today. The lightest and slowest one is 130 pounds and goes 50 miles per hour, which is like insane. There's a group of 12 to 14-year-olds in the valley that are riding these bikes around on— in non-motorized areas, on non-motorized trails.

Both paved and unpaved, and they've done a good bit of damage in the Under Thunder Bike Park, which the city has put, I think, hundreds of thousands of dollars into. And just please, please get these things off our trails. Also, these, these e-motos, the cheapest one is $5,000. They go up to $10,000. So the penalty for 12-year-olds riding these.

Like, I know they're like 12, but their parents bought them a $5,000 toy, so it should be more than a slap on the wrist. But yeah, this is a real problem and it's unsafe for us to work on our trails right now with these teenagers riding around. So thank you for your time and have a good rest of your meeting. Thank you. Any questions for Ms. Reich?

Seeing none, thank you for your testimony. Next we have Carol Bookless.

Please state your name and area of town you live in again for the record, and you have 2 minutes. Um, Carol Bookless, I live in Douglas. I'm an e-bike owner. I'm 70 years old. I've had both my hips replaced, both my knees replaced.

I biked around the world on a regular bike, literally, and I love biking. And I like— love my e-bike, although it weighs a lot. And right now I haven't been riding it just because my hips are very stiff. What I'd like the assembly to do is to make a committee on this topic because there's more to it than just what's happening now. I agree with the person that somebody little kids should not be driving these bikes that go so fast, do wheelies down the middle of the road and like that.

But these, these suggestions you have are not going to end that. Um, I think you also need to look at what your place guide for Telephone Hill says, because it's saying that you should have Lyft— not Lyft, um, what was it called? It's called— there are a couple of these scooter companies that rent out scooters. They're saying you're not going to get bikes. I mean, you're not going to park cars up on Telephone Hill, so you should have these companies come in and rent out scooters and rent out all kinds of different electric things.

And if you're going to do that, then you're going to have to have some regulations for that. So, um, this also, this, these regulations probably affect businesses like Cycle Alaska. They should be on a committee to look at this. You could look at things like having a disability placard. I would probably qualify for that, and people with a disability placard could ride the, their e-bikes.

Um, the definition you have for Class 1 is a little bit unclear. A Class 2 e-bike, which is what I have, which does not go over 20 miles an hour, but it does have a throttle if I should get exhausted and I need to use it.

Um, and just like they say, um, gun— one more thing— guns don't kill people, people kill people. So it's not the, the e-bike that's happened— the problem, it's the driver. So we need to look at rules to regulate the driver, not the bike. Thank you. Any questions for Ms. Bookless?

Mr. Kelly? Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. I was curious, so would your position be then that it sounds like you want more comprehensive regulation on this? Would your position be that, that we table this as the manager suggested and that we pursue something a little more comprehensive at our next meeting?

And then, and then you're also suggesting it sounds like a committee. Yeah, that sounds about right. All right, thank you. Okay, any further questions? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony.

Uh, next we have George Uttermole.

Good evening, my name is George Uttermole. I'm here on behalf of Grateful Dogs of Juneau. Our interest in this subject matter approaches it from the perspective of the pedestrian.

We're in approaching this particular legislation you have before you. We're asking 3 things. One, do not ignore or disregard the content of this resolution, or that's gonna be this proposed ordinance. The content in this ordinance is not addressed in the proposed bill that you have going to have adopted this evening.

It's, um, it, it, it needs to be addressed whether it's in this ordinance or another. And, uh, so be sure to pay attention to the content of this, this proposed ordinance, and if necessary, put it into the new ordinance. Uh, the other thing that ask is that in either case, um, no matter how you approach it, that you broaden the scope. This, uh, ordinance before you deals only with e-bikes. The issue is not e-bikes on trails.

The issue is electric— electrified vehicles on bikes, or I'm shooting sidewalks, trails, paths. I mean, Brotherhood Bridge, Twin Lakes Path, Mendenhall Road bike path. All those are affected by e-bikes and electric vehicles.

Um, also, the scope should include electric bikes, electric scooters, tricycles, skateboards, hoverboards, and including Segways.

Also, um, all these personal electric, electric vehicles need to be made subject to the provisions of the bicycle code. Bringing them into compliance with the rules of the road that apply to bicycles. All of them need to be cognizant of other people, other users, make sure not to run over them, not to— to take care when passing them, and other rules of the road apply to bicycles. Thank you. Thank you.

Any question for Mr. Edermold? Mr. Brooks. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, thank you for your testimony. Is—.

And I've— I'm hearing what you're saying. Is it—. Would you like, uh, to see something that's more along the lines of a general view that's just any motorized vehicle that hits a certain speed threshold? Or is, you know, is it a weight threshold, you know, for the inertia of an item traveling at a certain or, you know, what, what's the more crucial aspect in your view? It's actually a combination of all those factors you talk about.

I mean, the, I mean, the skills of the driver, the power of the vehicle, the, the weight of the vehicle. All those things come into effect and have a great effect upon pedestrians on the road and on the trails.

Any further questions? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony tonight. Next we have Neil Atkinson.

Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes. My name is Neil Atkinson and I live on the back loop. Um, I didn't come to really speak on this tonight, but seeing it on the agenda Um, I think this— the assembly basically is the reason we have this problem. Over the course of my 55 years living in this town, the assembly and its actions have taken— have taken away the areas anywhere close to being able to have kids that can recreate in this type of manner. And in the ordinance it says, well, you can go to 35 Mile.

Yeah, how's a kid going to get to the 35 Mile? It's not one of those things you need to have something that they can do besides sitting inside and playing on a computer. They're— it's obvious that they have a desire to go out and recreate, and you've taken that away over the years. And I think with maybe with— excuse me— with the passage of this last tax issue. Supposedly there's money for recreation.

Put that— some of that money into putting something available to the youth of this community to do in an organized area. That may take away some stuff, but it doesn't stop the parents from being involved— I mean, from being responsible for their kids— but it puts it into something that's positive as opposed to something negative. I know in years past there's a There was an issue at the airport, but nobody is paying $150. Nobody's getting ticketed for the $150 for parking in the wrong spot. So let's change the code to say right now it's $300, but they still haven't put anything out there.

And that's what you're doing with this penalty system, is it's just— it's forcing them to do something. But there's no— if there's no enforcement, what happens? It's still going to be the same crap going on. So that's all I have to say. Thank you.

Any questions for Mr. Atkinson? Mr. Brooks. Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you for the testimony. Do you have any idea or recommendation of what you think would be a good enforcing measure to try and, you know, hold accountability if we were to make any type of regulation? I think the enforcing part of it would be from the city.

Is to say, hey, let's put it out so that they have a place to go and look at that first. And if it's not solving the problem, then look at an enforcement that will handle it. I mean, it's— I don't have a solution for that. It's just a matter of providing the kids or whoever is riding the vehicles, providing them with an outlet, because if they don't have an outlet, they're going to screw up. You know, that's Kids' nature, and you've got to provide something so that there's a— there is a legal outlet and a safe outlet for them to recreate.

Any further questions, Mr. Kelly? Thank you, Mr. Atkinson. Would you have any recommended location for a potential site that would be accessible to children? I don't, because all the— all the sites— I mean, when I first got here, Dredge Lake was an accessible area. But then for whatever reasons it's shut down and now you can't have any motorized vehicles, but find something that's available.

I mean, it, it, it's a tough thing with, with the way the properties are and, and land is today. I mean, at first it was gonna be out at, there was something gonna be at close to Eagle Crest, but that's out, that's way out North Douglas. Then it was this 35 Mile, that's way out there. So I mean, it's, it takes something else and it's, it's not like a skate, you put a skate park, the skate park, it's out there right now in, in the middle of the valley or in at the top end. That skate park is used by a lot of people, but it's not— it's the same thing.

That's an outlet for a certain group of kids that are people that can use it. We need to find something somewhere that it will work in that matter. I mean, something— I have no clue.

So any further questions? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony tonight. Okay, that's the last person we have to testify on this. Um, we will bring it back to the assembly, and since it's a little trickier, we'll start with you, Mr. Kelly.

One moment.

I move that the assembly reject Ordinance 2026-41.

Mr. Kelly, typically we have a motion that is positive, not negative, so I think the words you're looking for is to table it. I actually looked up the rules for this one. Rule 4B does allow us to move to reject. I consulted with the attorney as well. This is debatable and it actually kills it immediately.

All right, we'll do it that way then. Um, Any objections to Mr. Kelly's motion? Seeing none, that motion passes. Uh, for those who testified on this topic, um, we do have an ordinance coming that was introduced tonight, 2026-45. That will be at the November, uh, assembly meeting.

So item number 2, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-42, an ordinance amending CBJ Code 57.05.022 2, disposition of state subventions by removing the state shared revenue from the raw fish tax. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager.

Thank you. During the FY27 budget cycle, the Assembly directed the manager to look under all the rocks and all the couch cushions for potential funds. And as part of this review, we recognized that the state shared fisheries business tax, also known as the raw fish tax, is eligible for general government services. So the FY27 budget appropriated approximately $400,000 of fish tax revenue as general fund expenditures. There is a section of city code that says that fish tax revenue will be used for harbor purposes, and so this ordinance is aligning assembly practice— aligning city code with assembly practice.

I will note that our Port Director Yucatel and Docks and Harbors Chair Suter are both in the audience tonight, and I recommend the assembly take public testimony and adopt this ordinance. Uh, thank you, Madam Manager. Uh, we have Mr. Suter, although he's acting as an individual, he tells me, uh, tonight to, uh, testify. Please state your name and area of town you live in for the record, and you have 2 minutes. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Shem Suter, River Road. Um, congratulations to the 2 new assembly members and Mr. Kelly on his reelection. Thank you. Um, Knowing that the budget cycle last year was what it was, I can understand why things, why things went the way they did. But I'm just here tonight to ask you to take a good hard look at where the fish tax goes and see if we can continue to send that towards the docks and harbors.

Thank you. Thank you for that. Any questions for Mr. Souter? Mr. Brooks and Mr. Smith.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. And, you know, maybe just, uh, for the new members and then people tuning in online, uh, you know, can you give us just a rough idea of some of the magnitude of projects you're looking at in the near future here? We've got the recapitalization of the Statter Harbor breakwater that's probably the most pressing. We've got some stuff out in North Douglas that we're looking at, the boat launch ramp, we're just getting that teed up, it's in its infancy.

And then we've also got the recapitalization of the existing float system at Statter Harbor. So that's pretty significant. There's a planned expansion as well.

Um, our Aurora Harbor office needs to be recapitalized. That's a very, very old office, and it was originally a— they tell me a garage. So those are a couple of the highlights. There's quite a bit more, but we'll keep it at that for now. That's probably $300-400 million worth.

Mr. Smith. I'm good. Thank you, Madam Mayor. All right, any further questions? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony.

Thank you, Ronald.

And Mr. Souter was the only one to sign up for this, but we do have the port director. You could tell, as the staff said, if we have any questions.

Um, and so, um, Ms. Nevin, you want to move this one?

I move that the assembly approve Ordinance 2026-42. Uh, thank you, Ms. Nevin. Is there any objections? Uh, Mr. Brooks— and actually, I'm going to change this a little bit, so, um, I'm going to hand the mic because I know what I'm doing.

So, oh, hand the gavel, not the mic, to Mr. Smith because I'm going to object for purposes of an amendment, and maybe I'll pick you guys up.

Very good. We have a motion and an objection. Madam Mayor, thank you. So, um, Docks and Harbors, uh, wrote us a memo, and, um, Mr. Sutter did a fine line of staying as an individual even though he's speaking, even though he's a board member. So, um, we know that we can take this as needed for general fund purposes, but, uh, and I'm speaking to my amendment, by the way, um, and it's in your packet.

I should say that first. It's in your red folder and My amendment would be add an Item C, unless otherwise directed by the assembly due to extenuating fiscal circumstances, state shared revenue from the raw fish tax shall be deposited in the harbor fund to be used for harbor purposes. So, and the purpose of this one is a little bit weird. And yes, I do have a history of fishing, but typically not always. And there's many communities that use it for other things, but it stays within the harbor.

And I would imagine if you ask most fishermen, they would agree with that. And it's a little different from user fees in my opinion, because we also— boats also have to pay harbor fees, so that would be their user fee. So with that, that is my amendment. If anybody has questions—. We've heard the amendment.

Any objection to the amendment? Miss Atkason and then Mr. Kelly. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just objection for the purpose of a question, probably to the attorney.

Wondering what our definition of extenuating fiscal circumstances would be. Would that just be basically the assembly decides we want that money, or is there a specific threshold or what have you? Thank you for that question. There is no specific threshold for that. What I would anticipate is if you were to invoke this, you would need to discuss what you believe at the time is extenuating fiscal circumstances.

Under the current code, under state law, you, you can take this money. This adds additional bookends, so I would just ask you to explain your reasoning at the time. Thank you. I'll remove my objection. You miss Addison.

Mr. Kelly. Thank you. Also objecting for the purposes of a question to the attorney. So I, I read this amendment to say that it would be assembly direction. We usually give direction through motions, resolutions, or ordinances.

Is there—. Would—. I guess, what threshold of direction would you interpret this amendment as requiring? Uh, thank you for the question. So the reason that the word directed was chosen is because you would address this through your budget meetings.

And so during your AFC meetings, You would make a motion at that meeting, but it would be general direction as to whether this money would be moved and where it would be moved, all done through the budget process. Thank you. I remove my objection. Mr. Brooks.

I remove my objection.

Thank you. We have an amendment.

Is there any objection? With no objection, is there any objection to the amendment? Seeing none, that mo— that amendment is adopted.

Thank you, Mr. Smith. Um, Mr. Steininger. I will object for the purposes of amendment. Um, should also be in your red folder. Um, this amendment addresses subsection B 3.

While we've got this section of code open, we might as well do a little, little bit of housekeeping. The state changed the name of this program about a decade ago, so it's changing from Community Revenue Sharing to the Community Assistance Program. Thank you. Ask for unanimous consent. Is there any objection to this amendment?

Seeing none, that amendment passes. So now we, now we have an ordinance as amended twice. Any objection, Mr. Brooks?

Um, can I do an objection for a brief statement and then remove the objection?

Not normally, but I'll humor you tonight. You're showing poor form in front of our new members. Thank you. Can we suspend Robert's rules?

Um, I, uh, just want to say, like, um, if we go ahead and pass this, I just want us all to be cognizant that, um, the docks and harbors do have a lot of major needs, and, uh, I don't want to see us getting in a habit of, um, you know, taking unnecessarily from them. So just want to, um, Just want to bring that to light a little bit and make sure that we're being considerate of all the work that they need to do and with the limited resources that they have as well. Thank you. I have removed my objection. Okay, any objection?

Seeing none, that ordinance as amended has passed. And thank you, gentlemen, for being here tonight. Um, next we have item number 3. Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Ordinance 2026-43, an ordinance repealing CBJ Code 57.05. -27, Sustainability Fund in its entirety. Uh, thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager, thank you. This is a housekeeping ordinance that repeals a section of code that we have not used in over 20 years.

We do not use, uh, the Sustainability Fund to fund sustainability projects. We fund those both through our deferred maintenance program and, uh, named capital projects. Uh, so I recommend the assembly take public testimony and adopt this ordinance. I thank you, Madam Manager, and no one has signed up to testify on this, so we'll bring it to the assembly. Mr. Brooks.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh, I move that we pass Ordinance 2026-43 and ask for unanimous consent. Is there any objection? Seeing none, that ordinance passes. Item number 4, Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-01, lowercase b, uppercase J, an ordinance appropriating $80,000 to the manager for the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, regranting programs funding provided by general funds. Thank you, Madam Manager. Madam— excuse me, thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager.

Thank you. Every year through the Assembly grant process, the Assembly funds the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. Part of that funding goes to regranting for individual artists, rental costs, and major grants. This year at your September Committee the Whole, the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council came to you due to their own extenuating fiscal circumstances and asked for a one-time deviation from that practice. Because they needed to retain those funds in order to cover their own operating costs.

The Assembly agreed to that and then went a step further and directed an ordinance be introduced to appropriate $80,000 so they could continue that regranting program. I recommend the Assembly take public testimony and adopt this ordinance. Thank you, Madam Manager. There is nobody signed up to testify on this ordinance, so we'll go to the Assembly. Ms. Cosgrove.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, I move Ordinance 2026-01BJ for assembly action. Any objection? Uh, Ms. Nevin.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. My objection is not to the JAC but to the process. During the last budget process—. Ms. Nevin, first you say I object, and then I say would you like to speak to your objection? Go ahead.

I object. Would you like to speak to your objection? I would. Go ahead. My objection is not to the, to the JAC, but to the process.

During the last budgeting process, we made several cuts to various programs, and I feel if we have more funds available that we should maybe consider all of the projects that are the programs that got cut along with any new requests and evaluate and prioritize where funding should go. Um, also, I want to make sure that we are addressing our reserve situation, making sure that's covered. Um, and I just want to make sure we're treating all of our programs fairly. Thank you for that. Any other objection?

Mr. Kelly, you want to wish to speak to your objection? Yes, I, I did vote to, uh, I believe I did vote to put this ordinance forward today. I think it was in the hopes that both, uh, Propositions B and C would pass. Proposition C passed, and but that money is primarily— has the intention of being directed for recreation uses. Being as I'm not sure about what fiscal situation we're going to be in with our, with our other revenue measures, I don't believe it would be responsible to to pass this at this time.

I might be amenable to supplying additional grants to the JAC at the— during the upcoming budget cycle to maybe help care for some of the other projects if we discover that our revenue options have— other revenue options have performed better than expected. But until I can see that clearly and have that data, I will object to passing the this ordinance at this time. Thank you, Mr. Kelly. Would anybody else like to speak to this ordinance? And for our new people, this would be a time that you'd like to— you would say something in favor if you so wish.

Mr. Steininger? I'm going to speak in favor of this ordinance. During our budget process, you know, we, we give the JAC money on an annual basis to regrant out to the arts community, much like we, we do for our social services grants. We you know, we put something in the budget and then we have another entity go and regrant that out. The JAC came to us and requested that they take a portion of that money that normally will get regranted to the arts community, which I believe was the purpose of what we had appropriated in the budget before, and asked if they could use it to fill holes within their operating needs.

We allowed them to do that. I would have preferred to have seen a process where we added the additional money to pay for those operating needs that they were asking us for. Um, but based on the timing of what the JAC needed and, and, you know, the challenges that they were confronting, we went in this route of appropriating money to backfill the grants after the fact to ensure that the JAC could continue operations, you know, and face those needs. You know, I think it is not necessarily good practice for us to take money from these small grantees to satisfy a challenge that one of our partner agencies has. You know, I think that's a challenge that we need to confront, you know, separately.

Process-wise, this is just the way that we got here. You know, I don't think that we should harm our grantees just in order to, you know, solve an operational challenge happening at the JAC. So I support— I know we're in tight fiscal times, but I support this because it keeps true to what I believe our commitment was when we passed the, the budget back a couple of months ago. So I'm going to be supporting this ordinance. Thank you.

Thank you. Anybody else to speak? Mr. Brooks. Sorry. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Um, I'll object to this, um, for similar reasons that Assemblymember Nivens had mentioned. Um, the original ask from the JAC was to appropriate funds that were awarded for grants for operational purposes, like Assemblymember Steininger had mentioned. And the, you know, we very much are not in a financial situation where we can, you know, keep, you know, just pumping things into things, into organizations that we've already allocated funding for, for the year. But the original ask to fill those operational holes is very much, I would believe, a good use of the money, even if it wasn't originally intended for artist grants, because if the JAC isn't there and isn't in operation, it'd be a lot harder to get any of these types of art grants out or have any facilities that can support the arts and creators within the community. So if they needed to use some grant money to make sure that they could stay open just so they have the ability to do it in the future, I think that's a very a just cause of reorganizing the funds that they'd have already had received.

So, and then until we get a better understanding of where we're at financially with the new initiatives passing, I think that we can, we can do this, this backfill later if necessary after we have a more comprehensive view of all the other organizations as well. So for that reason, I'll be objecting. Uh, thank you, Mr. Brooks. Ms. Cosgrove. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

I'd like to speak in favor of this, uh, for many of the reasons that Mr. Steininger said. I'm generally somebody who appreciates process, and so I appreciate the comments made by the folks who have objected to, to the motion. Um, I think the JAC has been a very good partner agency, and I do think that when we redirected and allowed them to use the funds, that left some of the smaller arts organizations in the community maybe without some funding that they would normally rely on. And I think this is a reasonable amount to put on the table, and I would be in favor of that. Thank you.

Thank you. Anything further? Seeing none, we have a motion and we have objection. Madam Clerk, we call roll. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Mr. Steininger? Yes.

Miss Adkison? Yes. Mr. Kelly? No. Miss Cosgrove?

Yes. Miss Niven? No. Mr. Brooks? No.

Miss Hall? Yes. Deputy Mayor Smith? Yes. Madam Mayor?

No. Motion carries with 5 yeas and 4 nays. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Um, let's take— do we need 5 or 10? 5-Minute break.

Right out of the gate, the first one.

Yes, you know, soon they got that to me to give me a taste. It's not bread, it has— at least they told you, you know.

No, today.

Sorry, sorry.

We'll bring us back to order.

Item number 5, Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-01, lowercase b uppercase I, an ordinance appropriating $11,150,002 to the manager for the Aurora Harbor Drive Down Float Capital Improvement Project. Grant funding provided by the United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program, PIADP.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager, thank you. This ordinance appropriates just over $11 million of grant funding from the Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program, known known as MARAD, for a drive-down float at Aurora Harbor and 2 float-mounted electric cranes. Docks and Harbors should be very proud of receiving this highly competitive grant that will really improve services for our harbor users. The ordinance has a number of funding sources for the required local match.

I recommend the Assembly take public testimony and adopt this ordinance. I thank you, Madam Manager, and congrats to the Docks and Harbors board and port director who are still here. If we have questions on this, um, nobody has signed up for this testimony, so we'll bring it back to the assembly. Miss Hall, am I on you? Go ahead.

Oh, Mr. Steininger, sorry. I move the assembly adopt Ordinance 2026-01BI and ask unanimous consent. Thank you. Any objection? Seeing none, that passes.

Thank you, gentlemen, for being here tonight.

Item number 6, Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-01, lowercase b, uppercase G, an ordinance appropriating $302,490 to the manager for fiscal year 2027, airport operations, funding provided by airport funds.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager, thank you. This is another odd instance where I'm going to recommend that you vote down the ordinance. Um, this ordinance was introduced at your September meeting to be able to fund an airport term contract. Um, however, since that time, uh, the federal grant for it has come through, and that federal grant award can be executed with the passage of ordinance 2026-01BM, which was introduced tonight.

So, uh, no, no longer need to use airport fund balance for this because there is an FAA grant. I recommend the assembly take public testimony and not adopt this ordinance. Uh, thank you. Excuse me, Madam Manager. Um, and there's nobody signed up for this, so we will go to Ms. Hall.

Okay, I move ordinance 2026-01BG and recommend we not adopt it and ask for unanimous consent?

Madam Attorney, should we use Mr. Kelly's rejection here? You can, under Rule 4B, use a rejection. Um, the standard practice would be to make a motion, object to that, um, and go from there. I knew I was going to not quite get that right. So yeah, I move Ordinance 2026-01 B, G, and would like to object for the purpose of a motion.

Object. Okay, thank you for that. Sorry we gave you the hard one tonight. Um, this is kind of an unusual one, so we have objection. Does anybody want to speak to this motion?

Uh, seeing none, um, we will call for a vote. Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor. For Ordinance 2026-01, lowercase b, uppercase G, Miss Hall? No.

Mr. Brooks? No. Miss Cosgrove? No. Miss Niven?

No. Mr. Steininger? No. Miss Ellison? No.

Mr. Kelly? No. Deputy Mayor Smith? No. Madam Mayor?

No. Motion fails with 8 nays, 0 yays. Sure, um, apologies, motion 9 yay— 9 nays, 0 yays. There you go. Thank you.

Um, next we have item 7. Madam Clerk?

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 2026-01 lowercase b uppercase H An ordinance appropriating $75,000 to the manager for the air traffic control tower capital improvement project, funding provided by airport funds.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Manager, thank you. This, uh, $75,000 transfer from airport fund balance leverages 93.75% of federal funds through an FAA grant for the Traffic Control Tower. I recommend the assembly take public testimony and adopt this ordinance. Thank you, Madam Manager.

There's nobody from the public signed up for this ordinance, so we'll bring it back to the assembly. Ms. Atkason. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move Ordinance 2086-01, Version B, Large Letter H, and I ask for unanimous consent. Any objection?

Seeing none, that motion passes. Next, we have new business. Madam Clerk. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Hardship and senior citizen disabled veteran late-filed real property tax exemption applications.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam, Madam Attorney— no, Madam Manager, sorry. Thank you. You have in your packet 11 property owners that have requested that you, uh, approve their late-filed exemption. I recommend that you act on— consider each one of these individually and act on each one of these applications individually.

Thank you, Madam Manager. Ms. Hall? Yes, and for the late file senior and disability veterans application, um, I will note that we have reviewed these each individually. I move that the assembly direct the assessor to accept the following for review: late file senior and disability veteran exemption for Melinda McDowell, Camden Hunter Marshall, Lawrence Bueller, Jeffrey Champ Chapman, Verna Adams, Angela Lunda, Raleigh Payton Jr. And I ask for unanimous consent. Is there any objection?

Seeing none, they are approved. Okay, and for the late file senior and disabled veteran hardship exemptions, for Janet Coffin, Ruth Carol Fulweiler, Linda Buckley, Jan Marie Connance. And I ask for unanimous consent. Any objection? Seeing none, that's approved.

Next we have item number 2, notice of appeal. Madam Clerk.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Notice of appeal, USE-2026-003, a proposal for conditional use permit, CUP, to provide for the stabling of farm animals for personal use in a D3 zone. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Madam Attorney, thank you. At its regular meeting on September 8th, the Planning Commission considered Use 2026-03.

They approved this. It was for a maximum of 50 chickens and ducks, up to 100 chickens and ducks from March 1st through September 30th, 4 farm animals year round with up to 15 additional farm animals or total farm animals March 1st through September 30th. This was decided on a 7-0 basis. We then received a timely notice of appeal. In accordance with our appeal code, there's two decisions you have to make tonight.

The first one is whether you must— whether you will accept or reject the appeal, and the second is whether you will hear it yourselves or send it out to a hearing officer. So the first is liberally construed for the appellant. I have reviewed their appeal and I am recommending that you accept the appeal. In addition, in looking over the appeal, this seems like something that would be appropriate for the assembly to handle. You can make the decision to have a hearing officer, then I would hire outside hearing officers.

That hearing officer would make a decision that you then review. But in this instance, I'm recommending that you designate a presiding officer and hear this yourself.

Uh, thank you, uh, Madam Attorney. Are there any questions before we do anything on this? All right, with that, Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move that the assembly accept the appeal and ask unanimous consent.

Are there any objection? Seeing none, the appeal is accepted. Do we have any volunteers for presiding officer?

Mr. Brooks, you're the only one that volunteered, and you got shortchanged your last one, so this one's for you. So Mr. Brooks will be our presiding officer. With that, we go to staff reports. Madam Clerk, you finally get to talk.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. In your packet, we have the October 6th, 2026 CBJ Municipal Election Report to the Assembly.

And this is our statistic report that shows information such as how many voters we had, um, rejected ballots, number of jurors.

This year we had a very mild decrease in number of voters and a very mild decrease in total of accepted, accounted ballots. But our rejected ballots went down from 117 last year to 92 this year. And we had our Cures have decreased as well. Overall, we had a pretty successful election. Our election workers did a wonderful job.

Any questions about the election from— I have a question. Mr. Brooks. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I noticed on the pie chart it showed the ways that ballots were received. Is the 9% through the mail increase from the previous year?

I don't have that available. At this moment, but I can follow up with you.

I was going to ask a similar question about the vote centers, so if you could have a comparison next time, that'd be great. Anything further? See none. Uh, thank you for your report, and again, thank you to all the election workers and all the volunteers. And if you ever want to see the election in results going on.

It's pretty fascinating to go down to the, um, what do you want to call it, election center, is that what we call it, and see how they do count the votes. So, um, good for anybody.

Okay, with that, we go to our next staff report, assembly meeting calendar.

Madam Clerk, am I going to the youth for that one?

In your red folder and also in the packet, we have the Assembly Draft 2027 Calendar.

Uh, thank you for that.

A couple items to note— notice that April 10th is our finance retreat. And where are we?

Uh, December 4th is our assembly retreat next year, not this year, next year. So, Mr. Steininger, um, any chance we can move the April 10th Saturday meeting? Um, I have a potential conflict that day, not, not officially set publicly announce conflict, but that is in the running for a very important day for me.

Let's work with staff before we do anything, but that's going to be a tough one because that was a hard one to get to. But you can plead your case to, uh, our new finance chair and our finance director, Mr. Man— Ms. Manager, sorry. Madam Manager. Thank you.

We did, we did quite a bit of noodling on that particular date due to some other conflicts. Would the body be open for us to consider not doing an all-day retreat and, and going back to those Wednesday, sunny Wednesday afternoons? I'm getting some head nodding. So would the body be open to a Sunday retreat date?

Okay, we will work, uh, work within those parameters. No, we have a little time. So, um, Ms. Hall? Yeah, I guess being mindful of Easter Sunday and Folk Fest.

Uh, we weren't being mindful of Folk Fest too much because we were just running out of dates that we could do it because of people having personal obligations, just so you know. So Mr. Smith had already said that he could survive if he had to.

So anyway, this is our draft calendar, um, subject to change, but typically we stay with our calendar. Um, do we move our calendar?

Uh, Mr. Smith, other than our finance retreat, would you adopt the calendar. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move that we adopt the draft 2027 assembly meeting calendar with possible amendments in the future on the finance Saturday. Ask for unanimous consent. Any objection?

Seeing none, that motion passes.

Next, we have update from the attorney on Chilkat Vistas. Madam Attorney. Thank you. Unfortunately, Assemblymember Brooks did not get to work with me on this one because you all asked that Chilkat Vistas be sent back to the Planning Commission to try again. They were successful.

Everyone was happy with that outcome, and the appellant withdrew their appeal. So no further action needed on this.

Uh, thank you, Madam Attorney, and we're very sorry, Mr. Burks. That's why you got the next one.

So, uh, next we have the mayor's report, and the only thing I'm going to report on is in your red folder. You have our, uh, draft, um, of our committee and liaison appointments, um, and you also have a sheet of paper that shows where all the meetings are and what time they are, and Miss Cathcart has verified all of these, so it's pretty up to date. Um, and with that, um, Mr. Smith, can I get you to move the committee liaison appointments? Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move that the assembly affirm the 2027— 2026 to 2027 assembly committee and liaison appointments as Presented.

Any objection? I see none. Um, it is approved. And just for the record, for the people, so we retain Mr. Smith as, uh, our Deputy Mayor and Chair of Committee of the Whole. Ms. Atkason is now Chair of Finance.

Um, Mr. Kelly is Chair of Public Works. Mr. Steininger is Chair of Lands, Resources, and Economic Development. And Ms. Hall is chair of Human Resources, and Mr. Steininger remains chair of our joint facilities meeting with the school board. So, and it's in our packet for all the, um, boards that were anxious to see who your liaisons were going to be. And just a reminder for everybody, liaison is a liaison, it is not an advocate.

You're just passing information back and forth. So One of the other things that I've heard from several boards is they're concerned with lack of attendance sometimes by liaisons. So if you can't make it, please let somebody else know that potentially could make it. And even if you have to do it at the end of the assembly meeting or something, because you can see ahead, because some of us will try and make it then. So with that, we will go to committee reports.

Mr. Smith.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. We, at a— whoa, pardon me— at our September 21st Committee of the Whole, we discussed e-bike and e-moto regulations. We worked on those ordinances tonight. One was introduced, the other was rejected. We worked on peer-to-peer vehicle sharing within a designated zone downtown.

Expect that ordinance to come back to the assembly for introduction. That was, you know, assessing a fee or a tax on peer-to-peer vehicle sharing in that area. We had a View Drive status update.

Which we will then just flag we will be taking action on at the November 30th Committee of the Whole. That's what I had for Committee of the Whole, Madam Mayor. All right, and our next meeting is November 2nd following the Joint Airport Board meeting. All right, um, we— uh, Ms. Atkinson, you probably don't have too much to report as Chair of Finance, but our next meeting will be November 4th following the Docks and Harbors Joint board meeting. So, uh, Ms. Huskani was Lands Chair, but now we have Mr. Steininger.

So imagine again, you don't have much to report there. Mr. Kelly, do you have anything to report about Human Resources since we last met? We have not. Human Resources Committee has not met since the assembly has lasted, and we will look forward to you being Chair of Public Works. So, um, with that, we will go to liaison reports and comments and questions.

Mr. Kelly, you want to start? Thank you. I will apologize for not being brief in, in mind. So the Southeast Alaska Solid Waste Authority, SESSWA, last met during Southeast Conference. Early next meeting will be in early November.

I had the clerk send all of you a draft of a regional study that was conducted by RESPEC, and that contract Director is expecting any sort of comments by the 31st, so you should have that information as well. The Downtown Business Association last met on October 19th. They do have— they're rolling out a new procedure where they have received the liaison reports, ask questions of the liaison, and then all the liaisons are excused, which gave me time to to go vote because that was also the first day of voting for the statewide and federal elections. So I encourage everybody to get out there and vote. The Juneau Commission on Aging met the day after that, met on the 20th.

They are excited about the AARP Caregiver Conference in Centennial Hall on November 4th. They will have a booth there.

Chair Craig also raised continued concern on the performance of our contractor for Capital Access.

Before starting that meeting, I did reach out to staff because I— because this has been a topic of discussion for a few meetings, and they are asking that if anybody has any complaints on that service to be reaching out to Capital Transit. That, and that we will be— I was able to report to them that we will be conducting a compliance audit of the contract, and Chair Craig expressed approval of that but also interest in knowing the timeline for that. That concludes my report. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Niven. Welcome.

Thank you. I don't have any comments at this time. I'm just happy to be here. We're happy to have you. Mr. Brooks.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. The Juneau Commission on Sustainability's last meeting was discussing actions related to, you know, potential avenues for getting benefits from some of the new proposed mining operations out the road. They're— I, at the last local emergency planning committee meeting, they were discussing program and process implementation and then just refinement of how these services and resources are made available to the community, you know, in between the flood periods and then also during them. For the school board.

I just wanted to, um, highlight one specific thing. They were talking about, um, the HVAC control upgrade grant, and then we've discussed that a couple times, uh, um, through this body as well too. And, um, the last meeting that they had, it was the first time mentioned that they needed over $1 million for match on that grant. And, um, it was reminiscent to some members and myself of the, uh, situation that we're dealing with when it came to the inflated cost of doing the DZ playground. And at the last joint facilities meeting, we had some direction for staff to identify those issues and bring it back to the body so that we could discuss it.

And we haven't had that update, but it looks like we might be heading down that path again. So just wanted to make sure that, uh, that's on everyone's radar and, uh, we, um, we, uh, address it in the best way possible. Thank you. And for the Juneau members, that's our HVAC system. Um, Mr. Steininger doesn't know this yet, but, uh, um, Ms. Brigitte Haywood and I met and we would like a, uh, joint facilities meeting in December.

You get on that, Mr. Steiner.

All right, thank you. Um, Miss Cosgrove, welcome. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Nothing to report other than I'm happy to be here, and I appreciated everybody that got out and voted in the municipal election, and, uh, hoping we have a fabulous turnout, uh, for the upcoming election that's just around the corner. Thank you for that.

Mr. Steininger. Um, thank you. I don't have anything to report. I was one of those, um, bad people that missed their last meeting. I had a travel conflict with Eagle Crest board meeting, and don't be like me, send an alternate.

I forgot to do so beforehand. But also just want to say welcome to our two new members. Really happy to have new folks on board and looking forward to working with you guys. Thank you, Mr. Steininger. Mrs. Hall?

Yeah, again, welcome to our new members. And, um, let's see, since we last met, I did— uh, Bartlett's, uh, Finance and Audit Committee meeting had been canceled due to lack of a quorum, and they're meeting tomorrow night, which will conflict with our, uh, Planning Commission meeting that is happening right Tomorrow? I thought that was— okay, tomorrow night. I thought it was Wednesday. I thought it was Wednesday.

Yeah. So, um, Docks and Harbor, um, I was out of town for their last, uh, regular meeting, and I did not get a substitute. But, um, I did attend the ops meeting on the 14th. And, um, Passenger for Hire Fee, our ordinance that we took up this evening, was was also really topic of conversation, and the North Douglas project is getting underway, and also discussed their FY28 capital improvement plan process. And then JEDC, I attended the Innovation Summit, and also the Rural Health Transformation Funds came through for the St. Ann's project.

So that's a big, big project that they'll be working on getting those funds out and, and moving that project along. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Hall. Miss Atqasuk. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

The Visitor Industry Task Force has had quite a few meetings and work sessions, as Mr. Steininger is aware, since we last met as Assembly. The important things to highlight are we have a list of our draft recommendations, I believe, coming out if they are not already out. Staff is working on, you know, cleaning up the chart and getting all the notes aligned. We are having our public testimony meeting on November 5th at the Mendenhall Valley Library. We really want to hear what the public has to say about those draft recommendations before we finalize them on our November 12th meeting, I believe.

So, hoping we get a good turnout for that and we're getting towards the end of this visitor industry task force. Yep. If you have the time, now would be the time to join the visitor industry task force either in person or Zoom too, because they're talking about their recommendations. And email. We have a way of making sure that all of written comments get out to all members of the task force.

Perfect. So Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, at the September 22nd Planning Commission, the commission approved a conditional use permit amendment, um, about occupancy at a second commercial unit on Clinton Drive at Vintage Park. They also approved a preliminary plat for the Chilkat Vistas Phase 4.

Um, that was what the basis— it was a previous appeal that we accepted state and They have— the applicant has withdrawn. On the October 13th Planning Commission meeting, they discussed the FY28 legislative priority list. So we'll see their priority projects at some point. The Alaska Committee met recently. Just to flag for everyone, the Juneau legislative reception will be the first day of session in 2027, which is Tuesday, January 19th.

Juneau on the 16th, and then also they are looking at dates for possible governor inaugural events as well. Tomorrow— excuse me, on Wednesday, the Title 49 Advisory Committee will meet at noon. We are—. We have new— a new contractor who is going to be supporting that process. So kind of re— not reforming, but I guess refiring up that committee and looking forward to making headway there.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Kelly, did you forget something? I did, and, um, I think both you and Mr. Steininger's comments helped remind me. Um, I am the new liaison to the Public Works, uh, Advisory Committee.

Um, that next meeting is going to be on Election Day. I am also a precinct captain, so I could get away if I absolutely had to because I'll be making the schedule, but it would be much easier if I could ask ask another member of the assembly to sub in for me at that meeting. It'll be at 5:30 on November 3rd.

All right, let's—. Prac— oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you said Public Works too, and so, okay. So if anybody wants to cover for him, please let Mr. Kelly know. Mr. Brooks looks like he's got it.

So thank you, Mr. Brooks. All right, presiding officer reports. Mr. Brooks, you don't have anything to report because that one left and you have a new one. Mr. Kelly, do you have one outstanding? Uh, yes.

Um, on September 22nd, ALNP and CBJ jointly requested a 60-day stay to explore settlement. I granted the stay and the parties must report on the negotiations by November 20th. All right, thank you for that. Um, and then we don't have any public participation on non-agenda items signed up, so we will go into our executive session. Mr. Smith.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move that this— I move the assembly into executive session to discuss pending CBJ litigation Specifically, a candid discussion of the facts and litigation strategies with the municipal attorney.

Any objection to moving into executive session? Uh, seeing none, we'll move into executive session in 2 minutes, and we will be returning when we're done.

Test, test. There we go.

Thank you, Mr. Smith. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move us back into regular session after we had discussed pending CBJ litigation, discussion of facts and litigation strategies with the municipal attorney in executive session. Uh, thank you, Mr. Smith. Um, and then the only other item we had is during our break, uh, Madam Clerk found the answer to our questions.

If she could give us her answers.