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Alex moves to advance Skagway welcome garden design, removing fountain and gravel pathway alternates
Summary
At a municipal committee meeting, citizens and members reviewed conceptual plans for a long‑planned welcome garden. The committee voted to recommend the 35% design proceed without two alternates — a fountain and a gravel pathway — and asked that the design preserve the 'welcome' language in Resolution 17‑16R.
Alex moved on behalf of the committee to recommend the assembly approve the Skagway welcome garden conceptual plans at the 35% design stage without the two alternate features — a fountain (Alt 1) and a gravel pathway (Alt 2) — and to retain the project’s original "welcome" theme, members said.
The motion followed public comment and an extended committee discussion about cost, local identity and long‑standing project intent. "The Municipality of Skagway will work with the Skagway Organic Gardening Society to establish a welcome garden," Kathy Carr said while reading language from Resolution 17‑16R. Carr identified…
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