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Toth said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, put forward a congressional‑directed spending item recommending $1 million for the project next year. Toth said the request is moving through the committee and staff will track the appropriation process; a final determination was described as likely toward the end of the year but no date was fixed in the meeting.

Persinger and deputy manager Mark Spafford said the first RFP for a waste‑characterization study was issued and is open on the municipality’s purchasing website; it was scheduled to close Aug. 6. Staff said the RFP and the congressionally directed spending—if received—would support continuing work on design and permitting for the waste‑to‑energy project.

Toth and Persinger also invited committee members to an open house and to tour the central transfer station and landfill to better understand operations.

Ending: Staff said they will report back to the committee as procurement and appropriation steps progress and will provide a timeline when a final award or congressional appropriation decision is known.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Solid Waste Services and Anchorage Water & Wastewater staff updated the committee that Senator Lisa Murkowski has requested $1 million in congressional directed spending for the regional landfill waste‑to‑energy project, and that a waste‑characterization RFP is open and closes Aug. 6.","taxTitle","Anchorage Municipality, Alaska","taxId",2653,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6161718,"Merrill Field manager proposes staged rate increases to close projected shortfall",563,2930000,3493000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5440980-0e5f7ebfc1ede9b26ab2f9c35199b281&start=2930&end=3493","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5440980-0e5f7ebfc1ede9b26ab2f9c35199b281/thumbnail_2930000.jpg","/articles/6161718/Anchorage-Municipality/Alaska/Merrill-Field-manager-proposes-staged-rate-increases-to-close-projected-shortfall","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6161718-02201d55905e3c7ff25e726b73faf382/orig.mp4?Expires=1770494080&Signature=Ml0izdQ38dbbEmDPdQmdT29o37LBzPO65aAZyisoAnbtvTkc0v9xpt146b-P62~jCEYPU4mOZ4jv9hY9yC0VGKqBsqef7LE0WXC129V2KChmFp133GJIuElmsf2lntSnIe1bg8gSYNYoelaqBYdLuk7UR6duptl6G~xqeg8ald2d0SqGOD0Y9H23ngjBAFtTi5Tv9wtSodJSD3xMx1hPPdv70l807Dq-O48vCypUiTfujC-9xF~C2gzioFlokiV3g411Jl8ZgFFbkN6zXwSgGf41MBq7geSH8Ad0H0NixiIfwlPeMNjfqaNRC74v-rOMzcJmVY5Ssq9Lr~cUw3Wg3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Earl Malbus, Merrill Field airport manager, told the Assembly Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee on July 29 that Merrill Field will propose rate increases in the 2026 municipal budget to eliminate an anticipated shortfall and restore rates that were not raised during and after the pandemic.

Malbus said land lease rates at Merrill Field were held at 24 cents per square foot but would have been about 29 cents per square foot if they had continued to rise with CPI. He said the airport needs roughly $400,000 a year in fund balance for federal grant matching and that the proposed increases—targeting daily transient parking, aircraft tie‑downs and long‑term vehicle parking—would close the projected 2026 shortfall if combined with manager‑controlled fee adjustments.

Malbus identified the advisory commission (the Merrill Field Advisory Commission, or MAC) as having reviewed the proposal; he said a MAC subcommittee plans to forward a resolution in support. Deputy manager Amy Garcia participated in the briefing and provided the rate tables shown to the committee.

Malbus told the committee the recommended changes would raise tie‑down customers by roughly $10 per month (about an 11 percent increase in the item discussed) and that, over ten years, the proposed step would still be within historical per‑year averages. He said the airport also plans to include additional steps in 2027 and that a full airport master plan and sustainability study—forthcoming via RFP—will inform longer‑term adjustments and ensure rates align regionally.

Committee member Erin Baldende asked how Merrill Field rates compare with other municipal airports. Malbus said statewide comparisons are complicated because many large state‑run airports keep artificially low rates; among the 25 municipally sponsored airports, he said Merrill Field’s land‑lease and tie‑down rates remain competitive and that Merrill Field also provides services and central location advantages.

Malbus said the airport will propose a manager‑controlled 10 percent increase across other fees and will bring formal rate changes through the assembly as part of the 2026 budget process. He also said Merrill Field plans to issue an RFP for an airport master plan and sustainability study to support future rate decisions.

Ending: The committee received the briefing for budget planning. Staff asked that the assembly consider the rate adjustments during the 2026 budget process; MAC indicated it intends to deliver a supporting resolution.","Merrill Field officials asked the committee to support proposed rate increases for tie‑downs, daily transient parking and vehicle parking to avoid a projected 2026 budget shortfall and to recover rates paused during the pandemic.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6161723,"Port of Alaska details large dock program, multiple contracts and insurance purchases ahead of assembly votes",2618,213000,2831000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5440980-0e5f7ebfc1ede9b26ab2f9c35199b281&start=213&end=2831","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5440980-0e5f7ebfc1ede9b26ab2f9c35199b281/thumbnail_213000.jpg","/articles/6161723/Anchorage-Municipality/Alaska/Port-of-Alaska-details-large-dock-program-multiple-contracts-and-insurance-purchases-ahead-of-assembly-votes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6161723-c8674a7f3ab5ec7ec285900725119e4f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770494080&Signature=Jumdtgdx4QIm~KL0g5j6b5-xjYGeFPJTVqHwiLeWQ47qchHIWoepTBe4NUcNrSd1usW0oRmjzEv7vzF-X5Mb29gesznG-x61vmtoW0VBgrN0YgA-KiMdUIchQtAIJRaEipmpBOO4dG8w-pdHEF5GgcZl0XBvQoa9MhaPtoAdYXdBiyvjB3Gq9DV~DL9AaAFMO-ONLl6Ynvm0eFSD-0cB9t4Nfs4qkX~iB34xSeX-qcW0nFkTXHBRoQ9JFf9IYBtdi3fg-tFR3QVw4q6S5toZpZn62VrRohWYsQ1AwSomSsXHUgM9BlJmy0UElOajvQFZhJ97GvhuenXvXTbmxbyf2g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Acting Port Director Jim Jager and Port of Alaska engineers told the Assembly Infrastructure, Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee on July 29 that work tied to the Port Asset Management Program (PAMP) and related port projects will require multiple contract awards, insurance purchases and further technical studies.

The presentations covered a proposed five-year extension of Jacobs Engineering’s program-management contract with a not-to-exceed amount of about $63 million, a sole-source training contract for Safeguard Marine LLC (roughly $120,000), an awarded $25,646,000 contract for an electrical substation, planned insurance purchases for the Terminal 1 construction program and a forthcoming condition assessment of POL 2 dock structure.

The matters matter because Terminal 1 is a multihundred‑million-dollar construction program with an August 15 convergence date for new ship-to-shore cranes. The committee heard that schedule, insurance and contractor-management decisions affect risk on the construction critical path and the municipality’s potential exposure.

John Daly, PAMP engineering manager for the port, described the Jacobs extension as a five‑year, September‑to‑September period of performance intended to cover construction administration, permitting and design support. Daly said the extension is a not‑to‑exceed contract “up to $63,000,000” and that construction‑administration costs are expected to fall in the industry typical range of 4 to 6 percent of construction costs.

Eric Adams, Jacobs’ program manager on the PAMP support team, outlined a separate request for a sole‑source contract to Safeguard Marine LLC to provide pilot‑vessel training during construction phasing. Adams said the period of performance would run roughly July/August 2025 through March 2026 and that the cost is “about 120,000,” with the port planning to put the sole‑source award on the July 29 assembly agenda for approval.

The committee was told that the electrical substation work—separated from the Terminal 1 construction contract—was awarded to Electrical Power Constructors (EPC) for $25,646,000; that contract was executed in June and issued a notice to proceed in early July, with long‑lead procurement already under way.

On insurance, port staff said they will ask the assembly on July 29 to approve two construction‑period policies: a builder’s‑risk policy and an owners’ interest (gap) liability policy. Adams summarized the builder’s‑risk items presented to the committee, saying the policy would begin Aug. 1, 2025 and run through March 2, 2030. He reported a builder’s‑risk premium figure presented in the meeting as roughly $5.8 million and said total coverage figures were also discussed in the briefing. The owners’ interest policy was described as a 52‑month policy with a premium the presentation listed as $1.3 million and coverage up to $35 million.

Port staff also briefed the committee on several smaller or supporting projects that are already in procurement or will come to the assembly: replacement of the port security checkpoint (federally funded), Bluff Drive fence and camera upgrades (FEMA port security grant), recurring dock fender repairs (estimated at about $293,000 for T1/T2 fenders), a port maintenance complex (sprung structure), a battery energy storage first phase with procurement expected to be complete in late July/early August, and an EPA Clean Ports grant of $2 million that will fund an energy‑services contractor to act as project developer.

Contract amendments and studies discussed included a pending $191,000 request to amend a Yutelhoven contract originally about $475,000 to add valves and piping for petroleum system commissioning; a Moffett Nickel transportation‑optimization study that began as a $239,250 2023 contract and for which an additional amendment amount was said to be forthcoming; and selection of a vendor to deliver a 35% design for Terminal 2, which staff said they plan to bring before the assembly in September.

The committee was also notified that port staff discovered structural problems at POL 2 when ice melted this spring. Staff said they will perform a condition assessment and load rating in the coming weeks to identify whether repairs or operational restrictions are needed. Port staff told the committee they do not believe the POL 2 condition is likely to jeopardize the Terminal 1 crane schedule but said the inspection results could affect later phases of PAMP and some maintenance activities.

Committee members asked about year‑to‑year burn rates under the Jacobs extension (staff said current annual spending under Jacobs is “a little bit over $7,000,000 a year” and that the extension would average higher levels during peak construction seasons) and whether the port budget will absorb the 2025 work (staff said most current 2025 work is funded but acknowledged financing challenges remain for Terminal 1).

Looking ahead, staff said they expect the assembly to consider the listed contract awards and insurance purchases at the July 29 and Aug. 12 assembly meetings, will bring a PAMP surcharge update to the August committee meeting, and will return with the POL 2 condition assessment once the inspections are complete.

“It's one of those decisions that we're going to make a decision, and nobody is going to be completely happy with it,” Jager said of some PAMP tradeoffs; he urged that thorough studies and user buy‑in guide decisions.

Ending: Committee members signaled they will devote significant time at the August meeting to the PAMP surcharge and the Terminal 2 35% design, and staff repeated that the POL 2 assessment and several contract amendments will be brought back to the assembly as soon as analyses and purchasing steps are complete.","Port of Alaska officials briefed the Assembly committee on construction, contracting and insurance steps tied to the Port Asset Management Program, including a proposed five-year extension of Jacobs’ program-management contract, a sole-source pilot-training contract and insurance buys scheduled for assembly approval.","actionData","errors"]

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