In response to a press release issued by Mayor Bronson during the Regular Assembly Meeting today, Assembly Housing & Homelessness Committee Chair Felix Rivera issued the following statement:
“After nearly three years of attending our meetings as mayor, Mayor Bronson has yet again demonstrated his willful ignorance when it comes to the legislative process.
“This afternoon, the Administration distributed a resolution to be laid-on-the-table at tonight's meeting, which means that the legislation was not submitted by the regular or addendum deadlines to be included on our agenda and made available for public review. The resolution would appropriate $240,000 to ship a Sprung structure to Anchorage. The rationale given for laying this item on the table was for budgetary reasons only, which was rejected by a 9-2 vote. Members encouraged the administration to meet either the regular or addendum deadlines for the April 23 meeting to properly submit this item.
"Legislative process aside, the item brought before us today was not a plan or solution being presented to the Assembly. It was simply the appropriation of funds to ship the Sprung structure up to Alaska. If the administration has a plan to address the rise in unsheltered homelessness once Emergency Cold Weather Shelter closes, I look forward to seeing that in the future."
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CONTACT
Felix Rivera | Assembly Housing & Homelessness Committee Chair, felix.rivera@anchorageak.gov