The City and Borough of Juneau should relax its planning and zoning regulations and implement tax incentives to encourage more home building.
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Assembly to schedule public hearing on water system plan
The Juneau Assembly has given its tentative blessing to a Municipal Drinking Walter Supply Plan.
Assembly tweaks ordinance to allow private gun ranges
Ranges exempted from quarter-mile shooting prohibition.
Juneau Assembly declines to get involved in Auke Bay speed limit issue
The Juneau Assembly this week decided not to request lower speed limits as part of an Alaska Department of Transportation project in the Auke Bay area. That means the section of Glacier Highway from Auke Lake to the intersection with Back Loop Road will continue to be designed for a 40 mile per hour speed…
CBJ, Juneau Community Foundation to team up on ice rink study
Juneau Parks and Recreation Director Brent Fischer says the city cannot afford to operate an ice rink at Dimond Park in the Mendenhall Valley. In a presentation to the Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole Monday, Fischer cited declining use at the city’s only current indoor ice facility – Treadwell Arena – plus the cost…
Juneau Assembly makes progress on “big picture” goals list
Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford says the CBJ Assembly made good progress Saturday at its annual goal setting retreat. But he expects at least one more meeting before the annual list of Assembly and staff priorities for the coming year is finalized. “I think we got a bunch of different topics addressed out there,” Sanford said.…
Juneau Assembly to set goals for next year at Saturday retreat
By the end of the day, the Assembly and city staff will have a list of new of priorities to work on.
Different standard for Assembly members and CBJ staff?
Elected officials should be held to a higher standard when it comes to conflicts of interest, says newly elected Assembly member Loren Jones.
Sanford calls for Juneau to lead in Southeast Alaska
Juneau’s new mayor says the Capital City needs to take on a bigger leadership role in Southeast Alaska. Just after being sworn-in Monday night, Merrill Sanford urged his fellow Assembly members to reach out to other communities in the state, especially Southeast. “Join with them in their celebrations, in their sad times, and bond as…
Sanford, Jones sworn-in to CBJ Assembly as Botelho, Stone depart
For the first time in nine years Alaska’s Capital City has a new mayor.