Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is hoping to open Sullivan Arena to 300 homeless residents, twice the amount allowed in city code. The Assembly is suggesting an alternate path.
Mayor Dave Bronson is pushing to open Sullivan Arena to shelter 300 homeless residents, rather than the 150 allowed in city code and in an emergency shelter planthis week. Administration officials are arguing the city-owned former Golden Lion Hotel needs repairs before it can be used to house unsheltered people, and that using the hotel also presents legal challenges.
The Assembly’s initial plan for emergency winter shelter included using the Sullivan to shelter 150 people and leasing 85 rooms in the city-owned former Golden Lion Hotel in Midtown, which would house about 120 people or more. In the letter, homeless coordinator Alexis Johnson listed several issues that would delay using the former Midtown hotel for more than a week, at the least. Johnson said she needs “immediate guidance from the administration on a path forward to ensure stability and continuity for our city’s most vulnerable population.”
About 40 toilets need repairs, doors need to be rekeyed and the city must ensure all fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are working before the Golden Lion building can pass the required fire inspection, Johnson said. “This creates barriers for people wishing to access emergency cold weather shelter. If the capacity cannot be increased, my concern is we will not have adequate low-barrier shelter. This decision could result in loss of life when temperatures drop below freezing,” Johnson said.
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