Last Day to Submit Your Comments | Public Domain Pictures
Last Day to Submit Your Comments | Public Domain Pictures
From March 18, 2023 post.
Today is the last day to submit your comments on the recommendations for how to allocate proceeds from cruise ship Marine Passenger Fees (MPF) in the upcoming year.
Read the draft proposal on the MPF website: bit.ly/MarinePassengerFee
Read more about the process and about how this year's budget was determined: bit.ly/3YH22HB
Submit comments on the recommendations by the end of today to CBJ Tourism Manager Alexandra Pierce by email to alexandra.pierce@juneau.gov. Please note that comments on this Facebook post will not be included.
The Tourism Manager is recommending 27 operating, grant and capital funding allocations. They include:
- Funding for Seawalk expansion- Improvements to Marine and Homestead Parks- Improvements to wastewater infrastructure- Funding to be put toward the Capital Civic Center
CBJ is also planning to use Marine Passenger Fee backed bonds to fund electrification at the municipally owned cruise ship docks.
Original source can be found here.