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Assembly weighs $50,000 for more work on commercial land-use plan as implementation delayed
Summary
Council members, planning staff and operators debated a $50,000 resource proposal to support additional analysis of a commercial land‑use plan that the assembly postponed; planning staff later submitted a replacement ordinance delaying implementation by a year.
The Sitka assembly discussed whether to include $50,000 in the FY26 initial draft to support further analysis and implementation steps for a recently considered commercial land‑use plan.
Staff member John explained the $50,000 was a reduced request from an original $150,000 submission and would support more detailed research and analysis if the assembly’s direction required it. “Based on a lot of the feedback … trying to further analyze some of the concerns that were brought forward, it’s going to require some more work,” he said.
Amy Ainsley, community development director, told the…
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