The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
CITY COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION ON
 IMPORTANT ISSUES
Government School Not 10 Operate : Dock Sale,
 Garbage Discussed

the coming year Dy the hlaSke Native Service, Executive Director Don Foster told the City Counci last night.
 Foster explained that cuts ir the ANS budget totalling almost one million dollars, and rising op- , erating costs, were forcing drastic reductions in his agency's pro- lgram.
 Besides the Juneau school. about 30 other schools in the Territory will be closed for lack of funds this year. This will include all ANS schools in incorporated communities, and several others.
 We are not trying to impose upon the Territory or on the City of Juneau" said Foster, adding that the ANS is simply in tough situation.
 Speaking for the Juneau School Board, Dr. J. O. Rude stated that the boards objections to the clos ing of the Government School are not based upon any racial consid- erations, as eventually the Native population will be absorbed.
 What the School Board objects Ito, Dr. Rude said, is having 40 youngsters dumped on us" after 1 the program and budget for the year has all been worked out The public schools have been crowded for the past six years, he said, and already construction of a new school in the Waynor tract has been considered. ! The problem was referred for study to the School Committee of the City Council, which will meet with the School Board in an at tempt to work out some solution { to taking care of the Native chil- dren
 City Dock Quest-cn A letter from E. s. Hawkins, pres ident of the Juneau Spruce Cor poration, was read, asking to pur- chase the City Dork from the City at a price set by an assessor. The dock is now contracted for under an agreement with Northland Transportation Company. City Attorney Howard Stabler explained that the agreement on the dock was drawn up in 1940 for a five year period and renewed in 1 1945.
 There is no provision in the 1 contract that the City can sell the dock, but Stabler said that upon study of the agreement, he has reached the tentative decision that | the people of Juneau can vote to sell the dock.
 | Stabler was asked to look furtn- , CT into the contract and it's back ground. The City Properties Con- mittee, consisting of Councilmen Larsen, Sully and Nielsen. will work with him.
 Councilman Nielsen suggested that if the City sells the dock the proceeds should be used for i construction of a new pier He stated his opinion that Juneau will never grow so long as she continues living under this noun tain,' and urged that new dock be constructed away from the present congested waterfront.
 Low Cost Housing
 Wendell P. Kay, executive direct or of the Alaska Housing Author ity appeared at the Council meet ing to explain the possible courses open to Juneau as concerns the Channel Apartments.
 The emergency housing project built and owned by the Feder- al Public Housing Authority, is now up for disposal; and Kay explained that the City can acquire the bene- fits of the project in two ways.
 The multiple-unit apartments could be purchased by the City outright, when they are placed on sale at public bid. Or the City could ask that the AHA take over title to the project from the FTP IA, and operate them as low cost housing units.
 The deadline for disposal of the Channel Apartments by the FPHA is November 1 of this year. ano Kay stated that if Juneau wish ed to enter a low cost housing project with the AHA, two steps would be necessary.
 First, an ordinance would have to be passed, approving low-cost housing; and second, the FPHA would have to be petitioned to turr over the property to the AHA for operation on that basis.
 Since the AHA cannot pay tax es on property, if the Channe Apartments were operated al low-cost housing units, payments would be made on the basis of a percentage of the rents in lieu 0, taxes. These might amount, saic Kay, to about s1 800 per year.
 Want City Fire Protection
 Howard Dilge appeared at the Council meeting to ask that some proposition be made residents oi 1.-the Highlands in order to gair lprotection for their homes by the Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart