The Juneau Assembly has repealed a controversial zone change on a small parcel of residential land in the Mendenhall Valley. The Assembly last month overrode the Planning Commission and CBJ Community Development staff and zoned the area light commercial. Then the city attorney said it was illegal. The heavily wooded corner of Atlin Drive and…
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CBJ Remains in Tongass Futures Roundtable
The City and Borough of Juneau will remain part of the Tongass Futures Roundtable. A resolution to repeal CBJ support for the group failed on a tie vote at last night’s (Monday) Assembly meeting. Mayor Bruce Botelho recused himself from the discussion and vote, because he currently serves as facilitator of the group. Earlier this…
CBJ reviewing HEARTS child care program
The City and Borough of Juneau is considering a program that could increase the quality and availability of child care in the community. The lack of child care in Juneau is notorious, says JEDC’s Meilani Schijvens. “There’s a joke here in Juneau that if you wait until you think you might be pregnant you’re probably…
Assembly settles fishermen’s memorial issue
The location of the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial has been laid to rest by the Juneau Assembly. The panel Monday determined the memorial should stay where it is on Juneau’s working waterfront, even though a floating cruise ship berth will be built in front of it in the next couple of years. The memorial board…
Atlin rezone illegal, city attorney says
The recent rezoning of a parcel of land at the corner of Atlin Drive and Mendenhall Loop Road is illegal, according to Juneau’s city attorney. Earlier this month the Juneau Assembly changed the two-plus acres from residential to light commercial — against the recommendation of area neighbors, CBJ Community Development staff and the Planning Commission.…
Assembly to discuss fishermen’s memorial, childcare
The Juneau Assembly will meet tonight (Monday) as Committee of the Whole, as members try to decide what to do with the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial, now that a floating cruise ship dock is to be built in front of it. The assembly asked the city’s Docks and Harbors Board to work with the memorial’s…