Assembly members agreed on Wednesday to absorb this year’s $6.4 million revenue shortfall using interest earnings from last fiscal year. They opted against implementing any broad service reductions — for now.
Local Government
Telephone Hill tenants file lawsuit as city plans next steps for redevelopment project
The city’s Nov. 1st eviction date for Telephone Hill tenants has come and gone, and now, the city is laying out the plan for what lies ahead for the neighborhood.
Haines and Skagway both oppose Cascade Point ferry terminal. Juneau hasn’t taken a stance.
The new ferry terminal would be located beyond where the road ends in Juneau on land owned by Goldbelt Incorporated, a local Alaska Native Corporation. The project is slated to cost tens of millions of dollars.
Juneau Assembly weighs cost of buyout for View Drive residents in flood zone
The Juneau Assembly is hoping to avoid paying a portion of the cost for a federal program that would offer buyouts to residents of the street hardest-hit by Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods.
Army Corps agrees to pay for HESCO barrier expansion, expedites long-term outburst flood solution
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pay the full cost to extend and repair Juneau’s temporary levee meant to protect the Mendenhall Valley, and it will expedite its process to choose a long-term solution.
Telephone Hill tenants must vacate homes by Saturday ahead of demolition plans
The evictions come after outcry by local advocates, who asked the city to halt them until it produces a clearer redevelopment plan. Right now, a developer has not signed on to the project.