08/18/2000 01:00 PM House EDT

         HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                                                                        
                           AND TOURISM                                                                                          
                        Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                       
                         August 18, 2000                                                                                        
                            1:00 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Overview on the rural affordable  housing project sponsored by The                                                              
Northern   Forum   involving   AHFC    [Alaska   Housing   Finance                                                              
Corporation],   HUD  [U.S.   Department  of   Housing  and   Urban                                                              
Development],  and   the  Northwest  Territories   Housing  group.                                                              
Project  discussed  will  be elder  housing  5-plex  in  Stebbins,                                                              
Alaska                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 00-8, SIDE A                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Because  of lack  of  a quorum,  the  House Special  Committee  on                                                              
Economic  Development  and  Tourism  was  not  formally  convened.                                                              
Instead,  the  overview  was held  as  a  round-table  discussion.                                                              
Participating telephonically  were Representatives Fred  Dyson and                                                              
Beth Kerttula.  Legislative staff members also attended.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
A  round-table   discussion  was   held  on  the   Arctic  housing                                                              
development  project and  the Stebbins senior  housing project  to                                                              
explain the cooperative efforts between  the Northwest Territories                                                              
Housing  Corporation  (NTHC)  and  HUD.   The  following  speakers                                                              
participated:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JOHN DOYLE, Executive Director, The Northern Forum                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ROSS   BOWRING,    Manager,   Business   Development,    Northwest                                                              
Territories Housing Corporation                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MARSHALL WILSON, Director, Operations  West, Northwest Territories                                                              
Housing Corporation                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PAUL JOHNSON,  Community Builder,  U.S. Department of  Housing and                                                              
Urban Development                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:  The  meeting was recorded but  no log notes were  taken.  A                                                              
copy of the  tape may be obtained  by contacting House  Records at                                                              
129 6th Street,  Suite 229, Juneau, Alaska 99801,  (907) 465-2214,                                                              
and after  adjournment of the  second session of  the Twenty-first                                                              
Alaska State Legislature, by contacting  the Legislative Reference                                                              
Library at 129 6th Street, Suite 102, Juneau, Alaska 99801, (907)                                                               
465-3808.