Petersburg’s plan to form a borough is drawing opposition from several surrounding communities. While Juneau, Kake and Kupreanof say they don’t oppose a Petersburg borough, they are concerned about its boundaries. Petersburg is on Mitkof Island, where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound. Its proposed borough would be about 4-thousand 347 square miles – both…
Government
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…
Municipal election sample ballot available online
Are Juneau shoppers willing to pay 15 cents for each plastic shopping bag they carry home from the store? Voters will have a chance to answer that question in the October municipal election. Grocery, hardware, sundry and liquor stores with total annual sales of at least 15-million dollars over the last five years would collect…
Docks and Harbors can’t agree on memorial move
On Monday, the Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole is scheduled to discuss relocating the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial to Marine Park. But it will do so without a recommendation from the city’s Docks and Harbors Board. When the assembly approved a floating cruise ship berth to be built in front of the memorial, it…