Minutes of Public Hearing

Denali Borough Assembly

Tri-Valley Community Center

Sugarloaf Room, Healy, Alaska

August 12, 2001

CALL TO Presiding Officer Jerry Mueller called the public hearing to order at 3:03

ORDER p.m.

ROLL CALL Assembly members present were: Sid Michaels, Jim Caswell, Teresa Hall, Carol Shields, Jerry Mueller, Teresa Usibelli, Jim Payne, Scott Stowell, Gerald Pollock and Mayor Gonzales.

1.) Ordinance 96-22, version G, Providing for subdivision planning and platting within the Denali Borough.

There were no comments.

2.) Ordinance 01-05, Version D, an ordinance amending Ordinance 96-04 regarding the initial zoning of the Borough.

Will Forsberg, Healy resident, suggested changing the wording to “resident registered voters” to clarify who is allowed to vote in the area. He said he looked at the voter list and he found that just as many people that claimed to live there compared to the people that actually do live there. He stated that the Clerk is having a hard time determining which are actually resident voters.

Steve Jones, McKinley Village resident, spoke in favor of Forsberg’s suggestion.

3.) Ordinance 01-06, version D, an ordinance amending Denali Borough Code of Ordinances, Chapter 24, Section 6, concerning management of Borough Real property.

There were no public comments.

4.) Ordinance 01-07, Version A, an ordinance adding Chapter 22, pertaining to Business Licenses to the Denali Borough Code of Ordinances.

William Bailey, Healy resident, asked if the business license ordinance is linked to the excursion tax, and questioned the name of the tax. He said he would support a tax that would that would start giving support to the Fire and EMS Departments.

Forsberg said that he would be in favor of this ordinance after the bugs are worked out, like who has to obtain this license.

ADJOURNMENT MUELLER declared the Work Session adjourned at 3:07 p.m.

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