Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission › Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes › Article 13 - Procedures for Petitioning and for Other Commission Matters › 3 AAC 110.520 - Departmental public meetings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During its
				  investigation and analysis of a petition for incorporation, the department
				  shall convene at least one public meeting within the boundaries proposed for
				  incorporation. During its investigation and analysis of a petition for a change
				  other than incorporation, the department may convene at least one public
				  meeting within or near the boundaries proposed for change.
(b) Notice of the date, time, and place of
				  the public meeting under (a) of this section must be mailed, postage prepaid,
				  to the petitioner and to each respondent at least 15 days before the public
				  meeting. The department shall publish the notice at least once each week, for
				  two consecutive weeks, immediately preceding the date of the meeting, in a
				  newspaper of general circulation selected by the department to reach the people
				  and entities within or near the boundaries of the proposed change. If the
				  department determines that a newspaper of general circulation, with publication
				  at least once a week, does not circulate within or near the boundaries of the
				  proposed change, the department shall provide notice through other means
				  designed to reach the public. The petitioner shall post notice of the meeting
				  in at least three prominent locations readily accessible to the public within
				  or near the boundaries proposed for change, and at the same location where the
				  petition documents are available for review, for at least 14 days immediately
				  preceding the date of the meeting. On or before the date of the public meeting,
				  the petitioner shall submit to the department an affidavit certifying that the
				  posting requirements of this subsection have been met.
(c) Staff assigned to the commission shall
				  preside at the public meeting. If the public meeting is held within the time
				  period established under
				  3 AAC 110.640 for receiving written comments, the
				  presiding staff person shall accept written materials submitted at the public
				  meeting. However, except in extraordinary circumstances, the petitioner and the
				  respondents may not submit further written materials at the meeting. The public
				  meeting must be recorded and must be summarized in the department's preliminary
				  or final report prepared under
				  3 AAC 110.530.
(d) The department may postpone the time or
				  relocate the place of the public meeting by conspicuously posting notice of the
				  postponement or relocation at the original time and location of the public
				  meeting. If the meeting is relocated, the new location must be within the same
				  vicinity, and be rescheduled no more than 72 hours after the originally
				  scheduled time.
(e) The department
				  staff presiding at the public meeting may request that respondents with similar
				  positions coordinate their participation and use a single spokesperson to
				  present their common views or positions. The department staff presiding at the
				  public meeting may request the same coordination by commentors with similar
				  positions.
Authority:
Art. X, sec. 12,
AS 29.04.040
AS 29.05.080
AS 29.06.040
AS 29.06.090
AS 29.06.110
AS 29.06.480
AS 44.33.020
AS 44.33.812
Ak Const.
Art. X, sec. 14,
Ak Const.