Assembly – Page 19 – City and Borough of Juneau

Assembly makes appointments to Hospital Board, Planning Commission & extends deadline for Systemic Racism Review Committee

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly, at a Special Assembly Meeting held Wednesday, December 15, 2021 via Zoom Webinar, made the following appointments to the Bartlett Regional Hospital (BRH) Board and the Planning Commission.

BRH Board

The Assembly reappointed Hal Geiger, Deborah Johnston and Dr. Lindy Jones to the BRH Board, all for terms beginning January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2024.

Planning Commission

The Assembly reappointed Travis Arndt, Nathaniel Dye and H. Erik Pedersen to the Planning Commission all to terms beginning January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2024.

Systemic Racism Review Committee

With only one applicant, the Assembly moved to extend the application period for the Systemic Racism Review Committee through January 31 2022. The applicant, as well as any additional applicants will interview at a Special Human Resources Committee meeting in February with a final date/time of meeting to-be-determined.

The Assembly would like to thank those individuals who are willing to serve and have submitted applications for consideration. CBJ has a number of boards, commissions, and committees with vacant seats on a rotational basis. A current list of CBJ board vacancies along with application forms are on the website at: https://juneau.org/clerk/boards-committees

For additional information, please contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 586-5278 or via email at [email protected].

December 16th, 2021|

More than 1,300 people took CBJ’s new City Hall survey. Here’s how they responded.

As the City and Borough of Juneau considers the development of a new City Hall, the Engineering and Public Works Department conducted a community-wide survey from mid-October to mid-November looking for public input. The survey yielded more than 1,300 responses. Read the full report on the survey results here.

CBJ offices are currently spread across five facilities downtown with annual rental costs of about $750,000. CBJ is weighing options for a new City Hall with the aim of reducing long-term operating costs and improving service to the public. CBJ contracted with McKinley Research Group to help design and analyze the survey.

Key findings:

About three-fourths (74%) of respondents said they are supportive or strongly supportive of developing a new City Hall instead of continuing to rent office space, while 18% said they are opposed or strongly opposed, and 9% don’t know.
Of the two-thirds of respondents that recommended a location, the top suggestions were the old Walmart building (32%) and “Downtown” (27%).
Respondents placed a high value on parking for the public and staff, with 73% rating it high priority.
The highest construction priority was design for a long service life, with 73% of respondents rating it high priority, followed by high energy efficiency, deemed high priority by 65%.

Read the full report on the survey results here. Read comments from the survey here.

The Assembly Public Works & Facilities Committee (PWFC) will continue to work on planning for a new City Hall. The committee will review the sites recommended in the survey at the December 20 PWFC meeting. CBJ appreciates and thanks everyone who took the time to complete the survey.

For more information, contact Engineering/Public Works Director Katie Koester at 907-586-0800 or [email protected], or go to the new City Hall webpage.

December 14th, 2021|

Juneau Assembly retreat is this Saturday, Dec. 4

During its annual retreat on Saturday, the Juneau Assembly will review its 2021 goals and discuss 2022 goals. The retreat will occur 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on December 4 at Centennial Hall. The agenda will be available here by Friday, December 3.

This will be an in-person only meeting with Assembly members and limited City and Borough of Juneau staff, and open to the public. Following current CBJ COVID-19 protocols, up to 22 seats will be available to the general public and three for media, all on a first-come, first-served basis. All retreat attendees are required to wear masks and be seated at least 6 feet apart. The Assembly retreat is a work session and no public comment will be taken.

ADA accommodations are available upon request. Please contact the Municipal Clerk’s office 36 hours prior to any meeting so arrangements can be made for sign language interpreter services. The Clerk’s office telephone number is 907-586-5278, TDD 907-586-5351, or email [email protected].

For more information, contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 907-586-5278 or [email protected].

November 30th, 2021|

Items coming up for Public Hearing at the December 13 Regular Assembly Meeting

The City and Borough of Juneau Alaska Assembly will take public hearing on the following items at the December 13 Regular Assembly Meeting at 7:00pm.
This meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers, and livestreamed telephonically on Facebook and Zoom. Join online via Zoom webinar at https://juneau.zoom.us/j/91515424903 or by calling: 1-253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 915 1542 4903

Ordinance 2021-40 An Ordinance Amending Title 40 Regarding the Hospital Board of Directors Authority.
Ordinance 2021-44 An Ordinance Amending the Uniform Sales Tax Code Related to the Sale of Goods and Services Aboard Cruise Ships.
Ordinance 2021-45 An Ordinance Authorizing the Docks and Harbors Board to Lease ATS 615 in Tee Harbor to Lisa Haffner-Ritter on behalf of Donohue’s Marina LLC.
Ordinance 2021-08(b)(am)(O) An Ordinance Appropriating $5,500,000 to the Manager as Funding for the Seawalk and Statter Harbor Phase IIIC Capital Improvement Projects; Funding Provided by General Funds.
Ordinance 2021-08(b)(am)(Q) An Ordinance Appropriating $150,000 to the Manager for a Grant to the Juneau Community Foundation to Support Sheltering Operations at The Glory Hall; Funding Provided by General Funds.
Ordinance 2021-08(b)(am)(R) An Ordinance Appropriating $570,000 to the Manager for Expanded Mobile Integrated Health Services in Fiscal Year 2022; Funding Provided by State Revenue and a Private Grant.

The full agenda packet will be available at https://juneau.org/assembly/assembly-minutes-and-agendas on the business day prior to the meeting.

The Assembly will follow COVID protocols in accordance with CDC guidelines, CBJ ordinances & resolutions, and COVID mitigation strategies at the time of the meeting. Assemblymembers will be meeting in person, to the extent possible. In-person public participation will be limited on a first come, first served basis in accordance with room capacity protocols. All attendees will be required to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. Attendees in excess of the room capacity protocols may be requested to participate via Zoom webinar.

Testimony time will be limited by the Mayor based on the number of participants. Members of the public are encouraged to send their comments in advance of the meeting to [email protected]. For up to the minute meeting calendar/details with links to the Zoom webinars, check our online CBJ Meeting Calendar at https://juneau.org/calendar.

ADA accommodations available upon request: Please contact the Clerk’s office 36 hours prior to any meeting so arrangements can be made for closed captioning or sign language interpreter services depending on the meeting format. The Clerk’s office telephone number is 586-5278, TDD 586-5351, e-mail: [email protected]

November 23rd, 2021|

Unofficial results for CBJ Municipal Election (as of Oct. 8)

The City and Borough of Juneau Clerk staff, working with the Municipality of Anchorage Election team, has processed approximately 40% of the ballots to be reviewed from Tuesday’s, October 5, 2021 Regular Municipal Election. The remaining ballots will continue to be processed starting on Monday, October 11 until October 15 in Anchorage. The preliminary unofficial results so far are available on the CBJ Election page at juneau.org/elections, or see them here.

These initial results do not include totals for write-in votes cast, however, those numbers will be added to the preliminary unofficial results by Friday, October 15, if not before.

Following the October 15 final review in Anchorage, Clerk staff will return to Juneau and meet with the Canvass Review Board on Tuesday, October 19 to certify the election. Certification may be delayed on a day-to-day basis, up to three days, depending on the workload before the Canvass Review Board.

Over 300 signature cure letters have been sent out to Juneau voters and are awaiting a response before those ballots may be counted. If you have received a cure letter, please contact the CBJ Election Call Center at 907-586-5278 option 4 to ensure your ballot is counted. Additional cure letters will be sent out during the next week so please keep an eye on your mailboxes and respond as soon as possible.

Keep checking the CBJ Elections website for periodic updates during the week of October 11.

October 8th, 2021|