Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.060 - Alaska regional development organization designation process

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An
				application for designation of a regional organization as an Alaska regional
				development organization shall be filed with the department. The application
				material must contain a map delineating boundaries; a description of the
				proposed Alaska regional development organization, its board representation,
				and its bylaws; formal resolutions supporting the application from
				three-fourths of the organized communities in the region (in the case of an
				unincorporated community, the resolution must be from the traditional governing
				body); and formal resolutions supporting the application from three-fourths of
				the nonprofit organizations in the region that are, as outlined in their
				articles of incorporation, directly involved in community or regional economic
				development activities. An application for funding the proposed Alaska regional
				development organization may accompany the application for
				designation.
(b) Within 10 working
				days of its receipt, the department will review an application for designation
				and make a determination as to whether it is in compliance with the
				requirements in
				3 AAC 57.030,
				3 AAC 57.040, and
				3 AAC 57.050.
(c) If the department determines that the
				application does not meet the requirements in (b) of this section, it will be
				returned to the applicant with an explanation of its deficiency and further
				processing will be suspended until the deficiency is addressed.
(d) If the department determines that the
				application meets the requirements in (b) of the section, it will publish a
				public notice of the department's intent to designate the applicant an Alaska
				regional development organization. The public notice will describe the
				application of the proposed Alaska regional development organization, its
				boundaries, and board make-up; will state that the application is available for
				inspection; and will provide 30 days for submission of comments regarding the
				proposal to the department. A copy of the public notice will be given to any
				person who has requested it in writing. The public notice will be published
				through conspicuous advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the
				region, and on radio and tv stations in the region. To the extent practicable,
				notice will be posted by the department in villages and municipalities in the
				region.
(e) If, at the end of the
				comment period, there are no unresolved conflicts or major areas of concern,
				the department will designate the applicant an Alaska regional development
				organization.
(f) If substantive
				objections are received during the comment period, or if a competing
				application is submitted before the end of the comment period which meets
				program requirements in
				3 AAC 57.030,
				3 AAC 57.040 and
				3 AAC 57.050 and (a) of this section, the department
				will suspend any action concerning designation of an Alaska regional
				development organization in that region. The department will provide written
				notification of the suspension to the applicant and all persons who commented
				on the application. The department will also provide a copy of all written
				comments to the applicant. A suspended application is subject to (g) of this
				section.
(g) The department will
				not mediate conflicts. Conflicts arising from substantive objections or
				competing applications for designation of an Alaska regional development
				organization must be resolved by the given region. An application will not be
				reconsidered until that region can provide proof that general agreement has
				been reached by a majority of parties on record who expressed a substantive
				objection during the public comment period or submitted a competing application
				before the end of the comment period.
(h) When the substantive objections are
				addressed to the satisfaction of the department, or, in the case of competing
				applications, when a resolution that is acceptable to the department is
				reached, the application will be processed in accordance with (e) of this
				section.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026