The Assembly directed the citizen naming panel for the port to hold another public hearing and to vote again on a recommendation for the Assembly to vote on in December.
The bulk carrier Key West, the first ship to dock at the new Petroleum and Cement Terminal at the Port of Alaska, offloads a shipment of Portland cement from Bukpyung, South Korea at the Alaska Basic Industries storage dome in Anchorage on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. to rename the Port of Alaska as the Don Young Port of Anchorage.
Several Assembly members said the citizen naming panel that recommended the new name did not follow city code. It failed to give proper notice to the public in order to gather input from residents during the panel’s June meeting, when it voted on what name to recommend, the Assembly members said. “Practically speaking, the public hearing wasn’t properly noticed,” Assembly Chair Christopher Constant said. “Therefore, it effectively didn’t happen.”At Tuesday’s meeting, in a 9-3 vote, Assembly members put off their vote on a recommendation to an upcoming Assembly meeting on Dec. 19. They also directed the four-person citizen naming panel to hold another public hearing and to then vote again on their recommendation for the Assembly’s consideration at the December meeting.
Mayor Dave Bronson initially proposed renaming the port in remembrance of late U.S. Rep. Don Young after the longtime Alaska congressmanBronson and former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance then each appointed two members to a citizen naming panel. In June, the panel
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