Legislature(1995 - 1996)

04/26/1996 01:37 PM Senate CRA

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         SENATE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                         
                         April 26, 1996                                        
                           1:37 p.m.                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
 Senator John Torgerson, Chairman                                              
 Senator Randy Phillips, Vice Chairman                                         
 Senator Tim Kelly                                                             
 Senator Fred Zharoff                                                          
 Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                         
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
 All members present                                                           
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
 CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 26(FIN) am                             
 Relating to creation of the Public Inebriate Task Force.                      
                                                                               
 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 192(FIN) am                                             
 "An Act relating to housing assistance provided by the Alaska                 
 Housing Finance Corporation and to its rural housing programs, to             
 the corporation's supplemental housing development grants to                  
 regional housing authorities, and to housing programs of regional             
 housing authorities; permitting regional housing authorities to               
 make, originate, and service loans for the purchase and development           
 of residential housing; and amending the definitions of `rural' and           
 `small community' as applied in various housing programs."                    
                                                                               
  PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                             
                                                                               
 HCR 26 - No previous action to record.                                        
                                                                               
 HB 192 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/96 and Community &              
      Regional Affairs minutes dated 4/22/96.                                  
                                                                               
  WITNESS REGISTER                                                             
                                                                               
 John Bittney                                                                  
 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation                                            
 P.O. Box 101020                                                               
 Anchorage, AK 99510-1020                                                      
  POSITION STATEMENT:   AHFC neutral on HB 192                                 
                                                                               
 Bryce Edgmon, Staff to Representative Richard Foster                          
 State Capitol                                                                 
 Juneau, AK 99801-1182                                                         
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Sponsor supports amendment to HB 192                   
                                                                               
 Tom Wright, Staff to Represenative Ivan Ivan                                  
 State Capitol                                                                 
 Juneau, AK 99801-1182                                                         
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Offered information on HCR 26                          
                                                                               
  ACTION NARRATIVE                                                             
 TAPE 96-23, SIDE A                                                            
                                                                               
 Number 001                                                                    
                                                                               
              CSHB 192(FIN) am AHFC HOUSING LOANS                             
                                                                              
   CHAIRMAN TORGERSON  called the Senate Community & Regional Affairs          
 Committee meeting to order at 1:37 p.m., and brought CSHB 192(FIN)            
 am back before the committee as the first order of business.  He              
 directed atention to an amendment being proposed by Senator Kelly.            
                                                                               
 SENATOR KELLY, in addressing the proposed amendment, stated a                 
 conflict of interest.  He said the amendment would affect the                 
 Chester Park Condominium group in Anchorage and his in-laws own a             
 unit there.                                                                   
                                                                               
 Explaining the amendment, Senator Kelly noted the Senate State                
 Affairs Committee changed the age limit for senior housing in                 
 Alaska from 60 years down to 55 years, however, that amendment                
 faces serious opposition in the House and might kill the bill.  He            
 pointed out the Chester Park residential cooperative is a senior              
 condominium project that is privately financed in Alaska.  The                
 cooperative has a full-term taxable loan from AHFC, but receives no           
 subsidy from them.  By restricting this for persons 55 years of age           
 or older in residential cooperatives organized under AS 10.15 or AS           
 34.08, it only relates to the Chester Park cooperative and leaves             
 the age at 60 for other facilities.                                           
                                                                               
 SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS also stated a conflict of interest.                    
                                                                               
 Number 112                                                                    
                                                                               
 JOHN BITTNEY, representing Alaska Housing Finance Corporation,                
 stated AHFC's position on legislation is neutral, but by narrowing            
 the definition it will narrow down a lot of the impact that it                
 could potentially have and alleviate some of the concerns that have           
 come up.                                                                      
                                                                               
 Number 140                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moved the following amendment to CSHB
 194(FIN) am:                                                                  
                                                                              
 Amendment No. 1                                                              
                                                                               
 Page 8, line 16-22:  Delete all material and insert:                          
                                                                               
  "(A) means construction or improvement undertaken primarily to               
 provide dwelling accommodations                                               
   (i)  for persons 55 years of age or older in residential                   
 cooperatives organized under AS 10.15 or AS 34.08; and                       
   (ii)  for persons 60 years of age or older in [,                        
 INCLUDING] conventional housing, housing for frail elderly, group             
 homes, congregate housing, residential horizontal property regimes            
 organized under AS 34.07, [RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVES ORGANIZED UNDER           
 as 10.15 or as 34.08,] residential condominiums organized under AS            
 34.08, and other housing that meets special needs of the elderly;"            
                                                                               
 Page 8, line 29:  Delete "55" [60] years of age or older."                  
                   Insert "of the age set by law to qualify for               
 senior housing[60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER]."                                   
                                                                               
 Hearing no objection, the Chairman stated the amendment was                 
 adopted.                                                                      
                                                                               
 Number 145                                                                    
                                                                               
 BRYCE EDGMON, staff to Representative Richard Foster who is prime             
 sponsor of HB 192, stated the sponsor supports the amendment.                 
                                                                               
 Number 149                                                                    
                                                                               
 There being no further testimony on CSHB 192(FIN) am, SENATOR                 
 TORGERSON asked for the pleasure of the committee.                            
                                                                               
 SENATOR KELLY moved that SCS CSHB 192(CRA) be passed out of                   
 committee with individual recommendations.  Hearing no objection,             
 it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                               
          CSHCR 26(FIN) am PUBLIC INEBRIATE TASK FORCE                        
                                                                              
 Number 180                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR TORGERSON brought CSHCR 26(FIN) am before the committee as            
 the final order of business.                                                  
                                                                               
 TOM WRIGHT, staff to Representative Ivan Ivan who is prime sponsor            
 of HCR 26, explained the resolution was introduced to address a               
 problem that most of the hub communities throughout the state are             
 forced to deal with, and that's public inebriate.  The resolution             
 establishes a task force to develop and recommend to the                      
 legislature a plan to minimize use of protective custody provisions           
 of Title 47, identify methods that may be implemented to maximize             
 opportunity for treatment, evaluate policy that will organize and             
 allow state departments to work together to help solve this                   
 problem, and also to evaluate and determine methods to utilize                
 community solutions, especially in light of dwindling revenues.               
                                                                               
 Mr. Wright noted there have been other task forces that have looked           
 at alcohol problems, per se, but none that have really dealt solely           
 on the public inebriate problem.                                              
                                                                               
 There being no further testimony, SENATOR TORGERSON stated he would           
 entertain a motion on the resolution.                                         
                                                                               
 SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moved that CSHCR 26(FIN) am be passed out of           
 committee with individual recommendations.  Hearing no objection,             
 it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                               
 There being no further business to come before the committee, the             
 meeting was adjourned at 1:52 p.m.                                            
                                                                               

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