At a special meeting Monday, Assembly members fast-tracked new measures intended to secure an additional 270 shelter beds, primarily by using rooms in a Spenard hotel and the city-owned Golden Lion building in Midtown.
Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance, second from left, speaks during a special meeting held at City Hall to address the emergency shelter plan items on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
“As of this morning, we have 103 people,” said Bronson administration homeless coordinator Alexis Johnson of the emergency shelter inside the Sullivan. “The remaining people at Centennial have expressed they will not be going to the Sullivan Arena.” Assembly members set three new measures in motion. The most straightforward was adopting a provision that allows Sullivan Arena to increase its current capacity limit from 150 up to 200 beds under certain criteria, if demand for emergency shelter surges this winter. Another measure secures 50 double-occupancy rooms at the Alex Hotel and Suites in Spenard, though officials delayed appropriating funds to pay for a third-party operator until a contractor can be identified and vetted.
“I feel that I don’t know what the plan is,” said member Austin Quinn-Davidson. “Genuinely. I don’t know what your plan is.” Municipal Manager Amy Demboski answers a question during a special assembly meeting held at City Hall on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, to address the emergency shelter plan. Acting Municipal Attorney Blair Christensen is at left, and Adam Trombley, Director of Office of Economic & Community Development, is at right.
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