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When: Feb 6, 2023 12:00 PM Alaska
Topic: February 6, 2023 Assembly Meeting
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Brian Wilson, Executive Director of the Alaska Coalition of Housing and Homelessness, and at the request of the Housing Task Force, will give a presentation on the impacts of homelessness in Alaska and how other communities address homelessness.
Housing Task Force Member Aulbach will report on the concept of a Land Trust in Petersburg
Housing Task Force Chair and Assembly Member Kensinger will report on the idea to prepare lots for sale that can easily be hooked up to utilities.
Housing Task Force Member Holmgrain will report on the idea of zoning/developing an area for manufactured homes.
The Elks Lounge has applied with the Alaska Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office for a liquor license renewal. The Assembly may support or protest the application. A protest may not be arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable.
PMC CEO Hofstetter will provide an update of medical center activities.
District Ranger Born will provide an update on Forest Service activities.
If adopted, this ordinance will link the basic care per day assisted living service rates for self-pay residents to the amounts permitted by the federal government for Medicaid Residential Supported Living and will increase the rate for basic cable TV at the facility to account for the increased cost of the service incurred by the Borough. Ordinance #2023-01 was unanimously approved in its first and second readings.
The Planning Commission recommends rezone of Borough parcel #01-006-431 from Open Space-Recreation to Commercial-1. The Petersburg Indian Association has filed an application to purchase the parcel irf the rezone is approved by the Assembly. Ordinance #2023-02 was unanimously approved in its first and second readings.
Resolution #2023-01 revises Resolution #2022-14 to update the Borough's intention to obtain the uplands through the Public and Charitable Use program rather than the Municipal Entitlement program, as directed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
The Assembly received a request from a local commercial power troller and board member of the Alaska Trollers Association to entertain a resolution in support of the Southeast Alaska Troll Fishery's Chinook fishing season.
The Housing Task Force is looking for direction from the Assembly to investigate the potential of developing a Land Trust in Petersburg. To see and example of a successful Land Trust, see Sitka's Community Land Trust at https://www.sitkaclt.org/.
The Housing Task Force is requesting the Assembly, through Manager Giesbrecht, direct Utility Director Hagerman to identify existing residentially zoned, wooded Borough lots that can be easily connected to water, sewer and electric services and bring them forward to the Assembly to consider offering for public sale.
The Housing Task Force is looking for Assembly direction to investigate and propose to the Planning Commission to develop an area specifically for manufactured homes in Petersburg.
The Assembly will prioritize the list of Petersburg's top federal projects approved at the October 3, 2022 Assembly meeting.
The Assembly will need to decide 1) who will accompany Mayor Jensen to Washington, D.C., as approved at the January 17, 2023 Assembly meeting, and 2) what dates will work best for the trip. Our Federal Lobbyist, Seb O'Kelly, has suggested the following dates for meetings with our Alaska Delegation and various federal agencies:
February 27 - March 1
March 23 - 24
April 26 - 27
Harbormaster Wollen is seeking approval of a letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers requesting they initiate a study to construct a harbor basin, breakwater and all navigation features needed for a future harbor in Scow Bay.
Mayor Jensen and Vice Mayor Lynn will both be attending the Alaska Municipal League's Winter Legislative Conference in Juneau and will not be available for the February 21, 2023 Assembly meeting. Clerk Thompson requests the Assembly choose a Mayor Pro Tem to chair the meeting.
Due to the October 3, 2023 Municipal Election, the Clerk's office requests the October 2, 2023 noon Assembly meeting be moved to either Friday, October 6 or Monday, October 9, at noon. The certification of the election results could take place at the same meeting.
The Assembly will adjourn to Executive Session to discuss Borough Manager Giesbrecht's 2022 performance evaluation.