Submitted By:

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Duncan Rorie Watt

City and Borough Manager

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The State of Alaska currently leases the area adjacent to the JACC and Centennial Hall for employee parking. The current lease terminates this summer. This ordinance would authorize the CBJ to continue leasing the area to the State for up to five more years.

The Lands Committee provided a motion of support to continue this lease at its meeting on May 4, 2020.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This ordinance updates the CBJ code to clarify terms, dates, and standards, so a vote by mail municipal election can be conducted fairly and efficiently. At the regular Assembly meeting on May 18, 2020, the Assembly authorized the October 2020 municipal election to be by mail.  The Human Resources Committee reviewed this topic on May 18, 2020, and recommends staff draft the necessary code changes to improve voting by mail. The changes proposed in this ordinance would apply to the municipal election on October 6, 2020.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Committee of the Whole on June 22, and set it for public hearing on June 29.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This housekeeping ordinance would appropriate $18,086 of the Affordable Housing Fund’s Fund Balance to the Land for Senior Housing CIP. The original appropriation of $1,512,000 was approved as part of the FY20 CIP Resolution. That appropriation amount was incidentally incorrect, as $1,519,000 was the purchase price agreed upon by the seller and approved by the Lands Committee. Additionally, the CIP appropriation was insufficient to pay closing costs of $11,086.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

Bartlett Regional Hospital (BRH) requests an additional appropriation of $10,000,000 for FY20 hospital operations.  After 9 months of operations, BRH has overspent its expense budget by $6.2 million.  This variance was driven by increased patient volumes and spending on additional staff and supplies necessary to provide care.

BRH has also incurred unbudgeted expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This amount currently is at $1,264,000. 

This supplemental appropriation will be funded by CARES Act funding of $7,252,838.  The remaining balance of $2,747,162 will be funded by the Hospital Fund’s Fund Balance.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

The Economic Stabilization Task Force has been developing options for the Assembly to help the local economy recover from the harm caused by COVID-19. This would provide additional funding of $8.5M for Phases 2 and 3 of the Business Sustainability Program. This topic was discussed by Assembly committees on May 20 (AFC) and June 1 (COW).

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance, refer it to the Finance Committee on June 17, and then set for public hearing on June 29 unless a Special Assembly meeting is scheduled earlier for public hearing.

The Economic Stabilization Task Force has been developing options for the Assembly to help the local economy recover from the harm caused by COVID-19. This ordinance would create an employment training program for people furloughed, unemployed, or underemployed due to COVID-19. This ordinance would provide a grant to Trail Mix, Inc., and supplemental FY21 appropriations to Eaglecrest and the Parks and Recreation Department for COVID-19 Conservation Corps programs. As of late May, Trail Mix had nearly 150 people interested in such a program.

The Assembly Finance Committee briefly discussed this topic during the budget process. The Economic Stabilization Task Force recommended the Assembly consider this program at its meeting on June 4, 2020.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next available Special Assembly meeting or regular Assembly meeting.

These funds would be used to purchase testing equipment to expand the capacity of local testing for COVID-19. A medium-complexity technology has been selected and the funds would be used to purchase a Roche 6800, 8800 or similar equipment and related supplies. A medium-complexity machine can be easily operated with the technical expertise that currently exists in Juneau. Once operational, this will allow for broad scale, high sensitivity, same day COVID-19 testing.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly introduce this ordinance and set it for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

On June 24, 2020 CBJ is scheduled to sell, via the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank (AMBB), approximately $7.3 million in general obligation bonds in order to refund/refinance bonds originally issued in June 2010. The original bonds were issued to fund a portion of the Dimond Park Aquatic Center.

The issuance of bonds was authorized by the Assembly in Ordinance 2020-19 (adopted May 18, 2020). The final Assembly action, per CBJ Charter, related to these bonds is to “prescribe” (set/accept) by resolution the interest rates and annual principal maturity payment dollar amounts.

Roger and Ann-Marie Ramsey own a landlocked parcel and are seeking a driveway and utility easement across CBJ land.  There are two similar overlapping easements on this City-owned property that provide access to other privately owned landlocked parcels. Fair market value was determined by appraisal to be $13,355.

On June 11, 2019, the Planning Commission recommended the Assembly grant this easement. On March 2, 2019, the Lands Committee recommended the Assembly grant this easement for fair market value.

This is a five-year term contract to transport Household Hazardous Waste & E-Waste from Juneau to recycling centers in Washington.  Recycling supplies will also be transported from Washington back to Juneau.  This contract will begin in FY21, effective July 1, 2020.

Bids were opened on this project on May 14, 2020.  The bid protest period ended May 19, 2020.  The following bids were received:

This will be a five-year term contract for the purchase and delivery of roadway de-icing chemicals for use in the Engineering/Public Works Department, Streets Division, and the Juneau International Airport.  Combined estimated costs are approximately $310,000 per year.  This term contract will take effect on July 1, 2020.

Bids were opened on this project on May 20, 2020.  The following bids were received:

The protest period ended June 3, 2020.

These liquor license actions are before the Assembly to either protest or waive its right to protest the license action.

Liquor License New Applications

License Type: Distillery License, License #5901

Name: Alaskan Brewing, LLC d/b/a Alaskan Distilling Co.

Location: 5366 Commercial Blvd., Juneau

License Type: Distillery License, License #5905

Name: Alaskan Brewing, LLC d/b/a Alaskan Distilling Co.

Location: 5433 Shaune Dr., Juneau

Liquor License Transfer of Ownership & Location

License Type: Beverage Dispensary, License #772

Transfer From:

NYT, Inc d/b/a Rendezvous at 184 S. Franklin St. Juneau

Transfer To:
AK Grizzly Bar, LLC d/b/a AK Grizzly Bar at 210 Admiral Way, Juneau

Staff from the Police, Finance, Fire, Public Works (Utilities), and Community Development departments have reviewed the above licenses and recommend the Assembly waive its right to protest the applications.  Copies of the documents associated with these licenses are available in hardcopy upon request to the Clerk’s office.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly waive its right to protest the above-listed new liquor license applications and the liquor license transfer.

Property tax is due every year. State law (AS 29.45.290-500) prescribes a multi-year process to foreclose on property with unpaid property tax. The property at 12280 Glacier Highway has had unpaid property tax since 2017. In November 2019, the CBJ received a Clerk’s Deed for the property.

There is an unoccupied house on the property, and the owner of record (Steven Baker) has not responded to multiple attempts to cure the property tax debt. Staff has reached out to other family members who said the owner left the state and has not been reachable for some time. The property has been the subject of multiple nuisance complaints.

State law authorizes a municipality to retain foreclosed property or dispose of foreclosed property when there is no public purpose for it. Staff does not see a public purpose to retain the property except a small public utility easement along Glacier Highway.

The Lands Committee recommended selling this property at its meeting on February 10, 2020.

This ordinance would amend the CBJ Procurement Code to allow on-line advertising of solicitations and electronic submission of bids and proposals. This change is intended to promote public competition, reduce administrative processing, and lower procurement costs.

Version (b) reflects the newspaper publication changes recommended by the Assembly Finance Committee on May 6, 2020. 

The Economic Stabilization Task Force has been developing options for the Assembly to help the local economy recover from the harm caused by COVID-19. This ordinance incorporates two of the Task Force’s recommendations into a business sustainability grant program: (1) a $2.2M rent/lease and long-term debt cost program and (2) a $1.3M utility cost program.

On May 20, the Assembly Finance Committee recommended an ordinance be drafted for the $2.2M program. There was additional discussion that staff should evaluate the $1.3M utility cost program idea. After working with the co-chairs of the Task Force, this ordinance combines the two programs, which provides a simplified and efficient mechanism to provide grants to businesses that are suffering interruptions caused by COVID-19.

On June 1, 2020, the Committee of the Whole made amendments that are reflected in version (b) of this ordinance.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this ordinance.

 This ordinance establishes the mill rates for property taxes for 2020, which funds a significant portion of the City and Borough of Juneau’s FY21 operating budget. The Charter requires the Assembly to adopt, by ordinance, the tax levies necessary to fund the budget before June 15.

An opportunity for public comment was provided at a Special Assembly meeting on April 22, 2020. The AFC reviewed the mill rate ordinance at its meetings on April 22 and May 27, referring the amended ordinance to the full Assembly for adoption.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this ordinance as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.

This ordinance appropriates $385,686,000 in expenditure authority for the City and Borough of Juneau’s FY21 operating budget, excluding the School District. The Charter requires adoption of the FY21 operating budget by June 15.

It is necessary to appropriate all transfers between funds that support operations, debt service and capital projects, as well as the associated expenditures within the funds themselves. These transfers account for $103,686,200 of the FY21 operating budget. The total appropriated expenditure authorization, net of inter-fund transfers, is $281,999,800. This ordinance also recognizes $365,495,800 of projected revenue and transfers-in, and decreases fund balances, across all funds, by $20,190,200. The revenue and fund balance draw are sufficient to fund the budgeted expenditures.

The original ordinance was introduced at the April 1, 2020 Special Assembly meeting and referred to the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC) for deliberation. An opportunity for public comment was provided at a Special Assembly meeting on April 22, 2020. The AFC referred the amended budget ordinance to the full Assembly for adoption at the May 27, 2020 AFC meeting.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this ordinance, as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.

This resolution adopts the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for fiscal years 2021 through 2026, as required by Charter Section 9.4, and lists the capital projects that will be initially appropriated by ordinance in FY21. This resolution authorizes $34.5 million for capital improvement projects and $0.8 million for operating budget activities.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee (PWFC) reviewed the preliminary CIP resolution at its meeting on March 2, 2020 and forwarded the plan to the Assembly.

The City Manager recommends the Assembly adopt this resolution, as amended by the Assembly Finance Committee.