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Assembly introduces Ketchikan Gateway Borough 2035 comprehensive plan, schedules work session and hearings
Summary
After a lengthy staff presentation and public comments, the assembly introduced Ordinance 20-94 adopting the borough’s 2035 comprehensive plan, set a work session and a second public hearing for Jan. 5, 2026, and discussed potential amendments to implementation language; an amendment limiting borough social-services expansion pending voter approval failed.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Dec. 15 introduced Ordinance 20-94 to adopt the borough’s 2035 comprehensive plan and amend Title 18, setting a work session and a second public hearing on Jan. 5, 2026.
Planning Director Frank Maloney described a multi-year outreach process and key community priorities identified in the plan — increased affordable housing, K–12 funding stability, balancing residents' needs with tourism, historic preservation and food security. Maloney emphasized the comprehensive plan is advisory (not regulatory), intended to…
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