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Kim Pearson, municipal manager, told the Assembly Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee that the municipality has passed the RFP deadline and received bids but remains in the evaluation phase and is constrained by “Title 7” confidentiality rules on bidder information. Pearson said the compressed timetable is intended to preserve the May 7 limited notice-to-proceed deadline in the revised construction schedule.

Eric Adams, program manager for Jacobs, described the procurement scoring and contract structure: the solicitation combined qualifications and cost with 40 points allotted to technical qualifications and 60 points to cost. “The contract is made of two parts, which is a lump sum part and allowances,” Adams said, explaining that allowances cover uncertain items (for example, standby time for beluga whale-related work or contaminated soils) that would otherwise trigger change orders if exceeded.

Adams said the evaluation committee expects to complete proposal review next week and that the administration’s goal is to have all required Assembly actions on Terminal 1 completed no later than April 16. Staff said they plan to introduce items on April 8, including an Assembly ordinance (AO) to increase bonding authority; that AO will require public notice and a hearing, which informs the April scheduling.

Adams also reviewed contract incentives to protect schedule: the procurement includes liquidated damages tied to two major completion milestones. Adams said the first liquidated-damages phase is a payment “of $18,500,000 coming back to the city” for failure to complete the first scope in time, and the second phase includes a daily penalty of up to $85,000 per day for failure to complete the second scope of work on schedule.

On finance, staff previewed a follow-up item to marry the existing port bonding authority with a plan of finance for terminals 1 and 2. Staff recalled that AO 2024-11s previously authorized $453 million in bonding authority and said the administration will propose matching plan-of-finance documentation and additional budget authority to cover Terminal 1 and the planned Terminal 2 design work; staff said a final request would be presented after procurement items are ready.

The committee also received an update on two agreements with Matson: a crane purchase agreement and a crane use agreement. Staff said negotiations continue to limit municipal exposure if contractor delays cause Matson damages and to preserve municipal optionality for limited noncommercial uses (for example, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, or FEMA operations) and for defined transient uses. Staff said the current negotiating goals include the municipality’s option to acquire cranes at cost if delays or other issues make purchase preferable.

Pearson and staff emphasized that specifics of the crane agreements and certain damage obligations remain subject to redline reviews as part of the open RFP process; they said final language will be shared when the procurement review concludes. Staff also noted that dredging related to the project will be a 24-hour activity starting mid-April and that the contractor is expected on site in mid-April.

Assembly members asked procedural questions about timing and special meetings. Staff said the administration will ask that terminal-related items be introduced by April 8 so the Assembly can meet no later than April 16 (or at a special meeting in that week) and allow sufficient time for contract signature and municipal processing before the May 7 limited notice to proceed.

No formal Assembly votes or contract awards were taken at the briefing; staff said they will return with final documents and any requested executive-session materials once the evaluation process permits public release.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Municipal staff and the program manager said the Terminal 1 construction procurement is in active review and that the administration will seek Assembly actions in April to meet a May 7 limited notice-to-proceed deadline.","taxTitle","Anchorage Municipality, Alaska","taxId",2653,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6101396,"Anchorage to pilot free woodlots this year to speed wildfire mitigation after windstorms, beetle kill",844,116000,960000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2809301-f93185f637460cb475a8cace0b27a1e0&start=116&end=960","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2809301-f93185f637460cb475a8cace0b27a1e0/thumbnail_116000.jpg","/articles/6101396/Anchorage-Municipality/Alaska/Anchorage-to-pilot-free-woodlots-this-year-to-speed-wildfire-mitigation-after-windstorms-beetle-kill","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6101396-df670bbef49bfccf820220e7010e632a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139838&Signature=Kgu7QOZKTv6YRReCGhip8gBckZ~143Aw~gb~nlAEWXhACstloiZIDM9IdXnWrDSKOofgBeQcilO9JrZZhIGpgsSRRsjXf7mWw4mEfgqKRVkm6RSV6FdocaO6otSS3fiO5AmWOCv4Wv3mcPX3UWAs4VJFqiEDGBhvn5MnEQHxVV9lsTFHq9vp3kdEI-f6Y6xvbYzjpxLNtw55OhaLgAA0aF4lKRRaNpj4QPbaMAJbjlljbcaMLvIhC8YMLqEN5kfP43BzwRZ0BtKvm8m5LAAQCkUGM3qfmtIV3-44tcuS136dgJVQRtrhAjiP~8saPhkhhzOagb65S0IshOARDVxn9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Solid Waste Services said the municipality will pilot free woodlot access at both the Anchorage Regional Landfill and the central South-Central site in 2025 to encourage residents to remove storm-damaged and beetle-killed wood.

The pilot was announced during a March committee briefing of the Assembly Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee. Kelly Toth, director of Solid Waste Services, said the city and the Anchorage Fire Department will issue a joint press release and that the move is intended to reduce wildfire fuel after recent windstorms and beetle-kill damage.

The pilot follows a 2024 soft opening at a new central woodlot near the old central transfer station. “This isn’t gonna be always free, but this year because of the windstorms and because of the beetle kill, we wanna really make a dent in making wildfire mitigation a real thing,” Kelly Toth said. Toth said staff recorded about 1,400 loads of wood and brush from June through October 2024 when the central site was open three days a week. Staff time for last year’s effort was recorded as about 455 hours.

Toth outlined the program’s finances: the public was charged $20 per load last year (an $18 refuse fee plus a $2 recycling surcharge), and the recycling surcharge subsidized diversion efforts. Toth said a wildfire grant from the Anchorage Fire Department helped close much of the gap between revenue and operating expense; she said the remaining difference was covered by Solid Waste Services’ equity.

Under the announced pilot schedule, the landfill woodlot will become free to Anchorage residents beginning March 29 and run through Sept. 30, operating Monday through Saturday. The central woodlot is planned to open May 1; staff said they hope to mobilize earlier if staffing allows. Staff emphasized that the sites are intended for wildfire mitigation materials only and that building lumber or materials with screws or nails will be prohibited and will be refused at the gate.

Committee members asked how the 2025 operating costs will be covered. Toth said the fire department will provide some wildfire mitigation funding and that part of the subsidy comes from the existing $2 recycling fee charged on municipal refuse disposals. She said other costs will come from Solid Waste Services’ operating equity.

Members also pressed staff on related safety and diversion work. Committee members raised concerns about batteries and other hazardous items causing fires when mixed with wood piles; Toth said household hazardous waste facilities at the landfill central transfer station and the Girdwood Transfer Station are set up to accept batteries and store them safely for disposal, and that the department will rely on periodic collection events rather than unsupervised, unmanned drop-off buckets.

The department said other steps are planned to reduce landfill airspace use: an appropriation for a new shredder is in place and staff will pilot aerated/static hot piles for composting so some wood material can be reused rather than landfilled.

The committee closed the woodlot item after members asked that signage and outreach clearly state the restriction against lumber and fasteners. Toth said staff will make the prohibition clear so residents are not turned away unexpectedly.

A joint press release and additional outreach were planned ahead of the free-period openings.","Solid Waste Services announced a one-year pilot to open two woodlots free to Anchorage residents in 2025 to accelerate removal of storm- and beetle-damaged wood. Staff described last year’s usage and costs, said the program will be subsidized by a wildfire grant and recycling surcharge, and noted plans to use some wood in compost/shredder pilots.","actionData","errors"]

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Terminal 1 procurement review underway; assembly actions targeted in April as crane agreements with Matson remain under negotiation

Anchorage to pilot free woodlots this year to speed wildfire mitigation after windstorms, beetle kill