Chugiak-Eagle River Site-Specific Land Use Study

Project Date: 2007 to present
Project Manager:Tanya Iden and Chris Beck
Location: Eagle River

Agnew::Beck is preparing a site-specific land use plan for four parcels in Eagle River owned by the Heritage Land Bank.

The land use plan will recommend future uses and management of these parcels to serve Heritage Land Bank's mission, the community's interests and the Municipality of Anchorage.

Planning steps have included assembling an overview of past planning efforts and projects in progress, compiling information regarding land use and market trends in Eagle River, and preparing a set of environmental maps and data on the parcels. A community workshop was held in September 2007 to allow community members to review environmental information and offer impressions about site opportunities and constraints.

An informal work session took place in November 2007 to review a conceptual site plan and suggest revisions and refinements to this conceptual plan. On February 6th, members of the community gathered again to review changes to the conceptual site plan and provide feedback on preliminary plan recommendations.

On Thursday, March 6th, a fourth public event to review the draft land use plan took place. See the Public Participation section below for more details, including meeting notes, background documents and the draft plan.

The community will have further input when the plan is presented for public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Anchorage Assembly.

Preliminary Project Map

A printable Project Map is also available.

Public Participation

Previous Workshops and Meetings:

Public Workshop
Thursday, March 6, 2008

A public workshop was held from 7-9pm at the Fire Lake Elementary School to review the draft plan. This workshop provided an opportunity for the community to review the full Draft Plan and suggest any changes before it goes through the formal review process by the HLB commission, Planning & Zoning Commission and the Anchorage Assembly. Meeting notes are available.

If you were unable to attend but would like to share your thoughts, please complete the comment form and e-mail or send it in. Comments will be accepted until April 1st.

Public Work Session and Open House
Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A work session and open house was held to review refinements and changes to the conceptual site plan. Meeting notes are now available. If you were unable to attend but would like to share your thoughts, please complete the comment form and e-mail or send it in. Comments will be accepted until February 18th.

• The conceptual site design map is available here. (909 KB)
• And the summary of recommendations that were discussed at the meeting are available here. (587 KB)

Informal Work Session
Thursday, November 8, 2007

An informal work session was held to review a first draft of the conceptual site plan and hear comments from community members. Members of the Planning Team were available to answer questions and hear thoughts about the project. Meeting notes are now available.

Public Workshop
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Meeting notes and the presentation given at the September public workshop are now available. Consultants from Agnew::Beck gave a brief presentation of the preliminary physical data regarding these sites. Local residents were asked for ideas about the opportunities and constraints for these sites.

Read the Background, Issues and Options Report that was discussed at the meeting.

If you would like more information on this project, please contact Tanya Iden.