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This commission is charged with conducting a needs assessment on the unorganized borough of Alaska. Crafting legislative solutions that will efficaciously address both short-term and long-term sustainability issues will be dependent upon these efforts. Link to our enabling legislation, SCR 14.

Final Report:

• Final Report (PDF - 8 page(s) - 102 KB)

Meetings:

January 6-7, 2006: Room 519, Capitol Building, Juneau
     6th: 8:30 am - 12:00 and 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
     7th: 12:00 noon - 4:30 pm.

• Draft Agenda (PDF - 1 page(s) - 108 KB)
• Scott Brandt-Erichsen Amendments Overview (PDF - 1 page(s) - 60 KB)
• Proposed Forest Receipts Allocation Legislation (PDF - 3 page(s) - 84 KB)
• Proposed Land Entitlement Amendment (PDF - 1 page(s) - 59 KB)
• Proposed Transitional Assistance for Boroughs Annexing Additional Territory Amendment (PDF - 1 page(s) - 58 KB)
• DCED's Comments on Draft Borough Legislation (PDF - 11 page(s) - 178 KB)
• Alaska Taxable 2005 Summary (PDF - 85 page(s) - 574 KB)

November 9-10, 2005: Anchorage Legislative Information Office, 716 W 4th Avenue.
     9th: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
   10th: 8:30 am - 12:00 and 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm.

• Draft Agenda (PDF - 1 page(s) - 116 KB)
• 1980 Bill Draft - Multiple Unorganized Boroughs (PDF - 16 page - 90 KB)
• AML's Community Dividend Bill Concepts (PDF - 4 page(s) - 105 KB)
• Conceptual Guidelines for Administrative Boroughs (PDF - 6 page(s) - 76 KB)

October 21, 2005: Fairbanks Legislative Information Office, 119 Cushman Street, Suite 101 at 8:30 am - 12:00 and 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm.

• Minutes (PDF - 17 page - 158 KB)
• Agenda (PDF - 1 page - 104 KB)
• Delta PILT agreement (PDF - 9 page(s) - 523 KB)
• Local Governance Commission Ideas - Scott Brandt-Erichsen - October 21, 2005 (PDF - 2 page(s) - 55 KB)
• New Borough Option - AK Dept. of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; Division of Community Advocacy - October 2005 (PDF - 5 page(s) - 30 KB)
• Outline of Delta Area Borough Project - October 12, 2005 (PDF - 2 page(s) - 22 KB)
• Council on Economic Policy for Rural Alaska, speech by Bill Allen - September 26th - 28th, 2005 (PDF - 11 page(s) - 106 KB)

September 1, 2005: The first organizational meeting was held in the Anchorage Legislative Information Office room 220 at 11:00 am.

• Agenda (PDF - 1 page - 21 KB)
• Minutes (PDF - 9 page - 136 KB)
• Audio (MP3 - 4+ hours - 320 MB)
• Alaska Municipal League Background Report - Status of Distress in Small Communities (PDF - 8 page(s) - 192 KB)
• Kevin Ritchie, Alaska Municipal League - Local Government Study 1979 (updated) (PDF - 30 page(s) - 363 KB)
• Mike Black, Director Division of Community Advocacy - Overview: Incentives and Disincentives to the Formation and Sustainability of Local and Regional Governments (PDF - 1 page(s) - 61 KB)
• DCCED Information for Advisory Commission on Local Government (PDF - 15 page(s) - 510 KB)
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  (lt-rt) Sen. Gary Stevens, Sen. Stedman, Sen. Wagoner, Director Lisa Von Bargen, Rep. Joule sitting at meeting table

Membership:

• Sen. Gary Stevens, Chair
  
  
• Rep. Bill Thomas, Vice-Chair
  
  
• Sen. Bert Stedman
  
  
• Rep. John Coghill
  
  
• Sen. Tom Wagoner
  
  
• Rep. Woodie Salmon
  
  
• Ms. Lisa Von Bargen
  Director, Community and Economic Development
  City of Valdez
  PO Box 307
  Valdez, AK 99686
  
  
• Mr. Marvin Yoder
  City Manager City of Galena
  PO Box 98
  Galena, AK 99741
  
  
• Mr. Scott Brandt-Erichsen
  Borough Attorney Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  344 Front Street
  Ketchikan, AK 99901
  
  

Staff Contact:

• Melanie Lesh, Aide
  Senator Gary Stevens
  State Capitol, Room 103
  Juneau, Alaska 99801
  phone: 465-4925
  fax: 465-3517
  e-mail:
  
  

Miscellanious Reports

• Task Force on Governmental Roles Final Report; by Brad Pierce, Task Force Staff - July 10, 1992
  (PDF - 33 page(s) - 1.7 MB)
• Local Government Symposium; Senator Arliss Sturguiewski and Representative Bill Parker - August 4-5, 1979
  (PDF - 50 page(s) - 1.8 MB)
• Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission
  
• Donna M. Williams - Managing the Alaska Commons - Hardrock Minerals and Alaska's Tax Policy
  (PDF - 35 page(s) - 626 KB)
• Wally Hickel - Mining Industry Needs to Pay its Share
  (PDF - 2 page(s) - 84 KB)
• Our Choices, Our Future - Analysis of the Status of Alaska Natives Report 2004
  (PDF - 139 page(s) - 2.4 MB)
• Alaska Municipal League Background Report - Status of Distress in Small Communities
  (PDF - 8 page(s) - 192 KB)
• Local Boundary Commission Report: Legislative Directive for Unorganized Borough Review, February 19, 2003

SW Regional Economic Development Organization Reports

• SWAMC: Southwest Alaska Quality of Life Index
  (PDF - 58 page(s) - 953 KB)
• SWAMC: Economic Geography of Southwest Alaska
  (PDF - 76 page(s) - 5.6 MB)
• SWAMC: Southwest Alaska Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
  (PDF - 134 page(s) - 930 KB)
• SWAMC Resolution 05-12: State Data Sources
  (PDF - 1 page(s) - 53 KB)
• SWAMC Resolution 05-21: Southwest Alaska Rural Energy Project
  (PDF - 2 page(s) - 57 KB)