The city’s deputy manager says the public impact is going to be significant wherever the campground is.
Local Government
City considers moving City Hall to vacant Juneau School District buildings
The city has been looking for space to put all of its employees, who are currently split among five buildings.
Juneau Assembly unlikely to move forward with Gaza ceasefire resolution
Most members expressed hesitancy about the idea at a meeting Monday night.
Anchorage Assembly rejects resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict
The Assembly voted to forgo debate and to postpone the ordinance indefinitely, effectively killing it.
City proceeds with Telephone Hill plan that would demolish houses, add apartments
In a survey of residents, a plan that would have preserved the historic homes got 13 fewer votes than the plan the city has chosen.
Hoonah is attempting to form a borough again. Juneau is opposing some of it.
A portion of the proposed borough overlaps with land that Juneau once made an effort to annex.
An appraiser told Anchorage its property was worth $3M. The city sold it to the former mayor for $2M
The sale price raises questions about whose interests were served by the transaction — as does a below-market lease that the agency previously granted to the developers.
Juneau considers moving all city staff to Alaska Permanent Fund building
The city has been looking for new office space since this fall, when voters rejected the city’s request to fund a new City Hall through a $27 million bond.
City asks Juneau drivers to move cars for Friday night snow plowing
Drivers parked in certain parts of downtown must move their cars by 8 p.m. Friday or be towed.
Unauthorized $10M steel purchase for Haines dock provokes crisis of confidence in borough
Borough officials were surprised and angered by the purchase, which represents a commitment to a design that newly elected leaders had expressed interest in changing.