Denali
Borough Issues
Background
The
Denali Borough, founded in 1990, surrounds Denali National Park
on three sides. The borough's population of roughly 2000 people
lives along the Alaska Railroad on the eastern side of the park
in the communities of Healy, Denali Park, Cantwell, Anderson and
Clear. The borough is a "home rule" borough, founded
to administer local tax support for Tri Valley School, located
in Healy. The State of Alaska manages most other public services
in the area, including police and highway maintenance. The borough
operates a landfill near Anderson, and has cooperative agreements
with the State of Alaska on clean water and safety projects. Individual
water and sewer services are handled by homeowners, who have wells,
haul their own water or contract for services.
The
borough levies two types of taxes, a severance tax on minerals
and a bed tax on hotel accommodations. Proceeds from the taxes
support the school and basic borough administration. Borough administration
is handled by a part time Mayor and a nine member Assembly, elected
for three year terms. The Assembly doubles as the Borough Planning
Commission. A citizen committee, the Land Use Planning Committe,
is nominated by the Assembly. The LUPC meets regularly and makes
recommendations to the Borough Assembly.
Borough
Demographics
Borough
Government
Website
Chamber
of Commerce
Website
Land Classification
At
present the Denali Borough has no zoning ordinances. Individual
groups of land owners may develop SubArea Land Use plans, such as
the one developed near McKinley Village. In addition, the Assembly
passed a Land Classification Ordinance in 2003, which provided some
guidelines for general classification of borough lands. To read
this ordinance, go to the Borough Government website.
Very
little land has been classified as yet in the Denali Borough.
Alaska
Travel Adventures Jeep Tour Comments Due January 30, 2004
Comments are due to DNR in Fairbanks
Comments on Alaska Travel Adventures
permit asking for permission to run Jeep tours to mile 11 of Stampede
Road are due Jan. 30. The permit asks for authorization to park
the Jeeps at mile 11 of Stampede Road and have a turnaround spot
as well as a campfire ring and 2 temporary wall tents to be set
up for the summer.
All
questions about the permit should be directed to hal_meyer@dnr.state.ak.us
To read more, log on to the Alaska Travel Adventures website
www.alaskaadventures.com
Jeep
Tour Comments sent to DNR
Comments on Alaska Travel Adventures permit application to run Jeep
tours to mile 11 of Stampede Road were due Jan. 30, 2004. The permit
asks for the ability to drive the Jeeps to mile 11 of Stampede Road
and have a turnaround spot as well as a campfire ring and 2 temporary
wall tents to be set up for the summer. To
read more about the proposed tours, log on to the company's website
www.alaskaadventures.com
To read DCC's comments click here.
According to Hal Meyer at the Fairbanks DNR office, a decision on
this permit will be fairly timely, in the next couple of weeks.
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