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Departments brief committee on staffing, capital projects and ACDA micro‑unit contract; member flags downtown meter fees
Summary
Building Services, Public Works and ACDA provided operational updates: building services reported staffing and permit valuations, Public Works described ongoing surfacing and the West Anchorage snow‑site Phase 2, and ACDA confirmed a contract with Visser Construction for a micro‑unit project; an Assembly member said downtown parking meter fees charged appear higher than approved and ACDA agreed to follow up.
The Community & Economic Development Committee heard a series of department and agency updates on Sept. 4 covering staffing, capital projects, nuisance‑abatement funding and ACDA development activity.
Greg Soule of Building Services reported recent hires that bring plan review closer to full staffing and said the department expects to finish the year with about $600 million in construction valuation. Soule also discussed a third‑party plan review report due Oct. 1 and preliminary usage rates (for example, about 62% of new residential buildings have used third‑party review). He said the Assembly’s…
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