PUBLIC NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL MEETING REGARDING THE XUNAA BOROUGH INCORPORATION AND DISSOLUTION OF CITY OF HOONAH

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

7 p.m.  Council Chambers, Hoonah City Hall

Hoonah, Alaska

The meeting will also be available via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87371877963?pwd=Z2s0Wlg4aEZ5ZnVuYlVXWFBSOWc1dz09

Meeting ID: 873 7187 7963
Passcode: 567270

Local Boundary Commission staff will conduct a public informational meeting concerning the Xunaa Borough Incorporation petition at the date, time and place noted above. If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Jedediah.Smith@alaska.gov or (907) 269-4559 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.

A local action petition to incorporate a non-unified home rule borough and dissolve the City of Hoonah has been filed with the Local Boundary Commission (LBC). The petitioner is the City of Hoonah, in accordance with 3 AAC 110.410(a)(4). The petitioner’s representative is City of Hoonah administrator Dennis H. Gray Jr. The territory proposed by the city for incorporation consists of approximately 10,403 square miles (approximately 4,246 square miles of land, and 6,157 square miles of water) and includes the City of Hoonah and neighboring communities of Game Creek, Elfin Cove, Glacier Bay and Funter Bay. The cities of Gustavus, Pelican and Tenakee Springs are excluded from the proposed borough.

At the informational meeting, LBC staff will address standards and procedures for borough incorporation. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions concerning the pending incorporation proposal. The January 9 meeting is not a public hearing. The Local Boundary Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposal at a later date.

The petition and related documents are available for public review at Hoonah City Hall and the Hoonah Indian Association. The petition is also available on the Local Boundary Commission’s website and the City of Hoonah’s website.