The public comment period for the Draft Blueprint Downtown Juneau Area Plan has been extended to September 12, 2022. We want to hear from everyone in the community to make Blueprint Downtown the best it can be – and now you have more time to share your feedback.

Blueprint Downtown will establish a 20-year vision, goals, priorities and action strategies to help guide future downtown development. The draft plan is ready for public review and can be found online at the Blueprint Downtown website. Hard copies of the plan are available at all Juneau Public Libraries, the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall, or the Community Development Department office in the Marine View building.

After the public comment period, the Steering Committee will meet to address all public comments received. The plan will then proceed to the Planning Commission and the Juneau Assembly – and associated public hearings – before it is finalized.

Anyone may comment, whether you live, work, shop, play or learn in Downtown.

Comments are due by September 12 and may be submitted in writing to [email protected] or CBJ Community Development Dept., Attn: Blueprint Downtown, 155 S. Seward Street, Juneau, AK 99801.

The Regular Planning Commission meets August 23, 2022, at 7 P.M. This meeting will be a hybrid meeting held both in person and via Zoom, and will be to review a property acquisition and disposal and a Conditional Use Permit modification for Juneau Youth Services.

This hybrid meeting will be held in person and by remote participation. Join the virtual meeting online https://juneau.zoom.us/j/82017306873 or call: 1-346-248-7799  and enter Webinar ID: 820 1730 6873. If you’re giving public comment, you’ll be asked to state your name, place of residence, and will be asked to stay on the phone after your testimony to answer any questions from the Commission. For more information about the procedure, contact the Community Development Department at 907-586-0715.

The public is encouraged to submit written comments to [email protected] by 12 noon, August 19, or testify at the meeting. Read the Planning Commission Meeting agenda here.

A property acquisition and disposal review of land by the City & Borough of Juneau (PAD2022 0002)

The application is seeking to sell 105,347 square feet of land to the CBJ and purchase 140,394 square feet of land from the CBJ. This land swap is being proposed as a means of creating additional buildable lots within the CBJ, in conformity with the 2013 CBJ Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the land being conveyed to CBJ would be included in the existing designated stream buffer to extend protection of Grant Creek, an anadromous water body. This effort is also in conformity with the 2013 Comprehensive Plan.

A Conditional Use Permit modification for Juneau Youth Services (USE2022 0010)

Juneau Youth Services (JYS) is proposing to convert seven dorm rooms in the currently vacant Montana Creek House into office spaces for JYS staff. This will allow JYS to move staff and programs from their secondary location on Jordan Avenue to the JYS residential treatment campus. This consolidation will allow JYS to provide on-site support services directly related to the existing residential treatment uses, as well as complementary programs run by JYS.