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The Public Transportation Department is soliciting public input on two proposed options for reducing the frequency of bus service.
Housing in Anchorage last year was the least affordable in two decades, state data shows. The statewide average mortgage payment has risen 52% since 2018, and rents have climbed 24%.
Mayor LaFrance and Assembly leaders said the appointment of Mark Corsentino to the role was a critical step toward reinstating the city’s voting rights within the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project owners group.
LaFrance’s appointments include former Municipal Clerk Barbara Jones as deputy chief of staff, and former Anchorage Downtown Partnership executive director Amanda Moser as external affairs director.
During an inauguration address in Town Square Park on Monday, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she’s focused on building “good government,” transparency and accountability.
Officials say Anchorage likely now has more latitude to clear any encampments that it deems problematic and unsafe, even without shelter beds to offer homeless campers.
Virginia McClure led the city’s libraries after a tumultuous period for the institution under Mayor Dave Bronson.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has through Friday to issue any vetoes of state budget items, including $4 million the Legislature included to keep Anchorage’s 200-bed homeless shelter open.
The change doesn’t apply to Girdwood and Eagle River.
The city is conducting an online public survey to find out what residents think about public restrooms and where they should be built.
After pushback from residents on their proposed zoning overhaul, three Assembly members have put forward a new version that would allow duplexes in single-family residential zones throughout the Anchorage Bowl.
LaFrance will appoint Bill Falsey as chief administrative officer and Eva Gardner as municipal attorney.
The city must open the Alaska Center for Treatment by October 2025 or it could lose up to $15 million under the Municipal Light & Power sale agreement with Chugach Electric Association.
The 18-member team will report to the LaFrance administration on three priorities — “good government,” “safe streets and trails” and “building our future.”
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday voted unanimously to name a West Anchorage street Grimmauld Place, a name straight out of author J.K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter fiction.