The city Lands Committee is reviewing six proposals from groups hoping to lease or buy a city property in the Mendenhall Valley. The city previously leased the property to Juneau Youth Services for $1 a year, and may enter into a similar agreement with an applicant they feel meets an important need.
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Juneau Assembly incumbents, hopefuls spar over issues
Incumbents and hopefuls found much common ground during a forum moderated by the Juneau League of Women Voters. But there were differences in policy and philosophy.
Challengers file for three Juneau Assembly seats
Three seats on the Juneau Assembly will be contested this fall. Filing closed Monday revealing the field of challengers in Oct. 3 election.
‘Freedom of information’ costs set to rise in Juneau
The Juneau Assembly approved protocols for responding to freedom of information requests. But critics say it will make public records requests more expensive.
Juneau Assembly eyes raising hotel bed tax, sets sales tax funding plan
In vote after vote, a divided Juneau Assembly set its list of $47 million in sales tax-funded projects. Infrastructure for wastewater, drinking water, municipal buildings and airport improvements are high on the list.
Juneau’s ‘Field of Fireweed’ rezoned industrial
Landowner Spike Bicknell has applied to turn the 26 acres near the airport into a motocross park.
First Juneau officers to wear body cameras this spring
Forty JPD officers would be equipped with body cameras that would be funded by matching grants from CBJ Assembly and U.S. Department of Justice.
Sanders fan and superdelegate re-enact 100-year feud in Facebook spat
Superdelegates, typically chosen in a prior election, serve as a check on insurgencies and passions of the moment.
Assembly addresses Juneau’s growing housing problem
Much of the conversation at Monday’s Assembly meeting centered on housing and how Juneau could grow as a city.
Gastineau Apartments owners served with demolition order
Owners James and Camilla Barrett have said they plan to tear down the apartments, but progress has been slow.