The mayor’s resolution can be reintroduced at a later meeting but without Assembly approval, there will be no capacity increase at the Sullivan Arena for now.
Alaska’s News Source reached out to the Bronson administration regarding the Assembly’s decision, which responded by criticizing the action by the Assembly.
“Tonight, the Assembly chose to keep nearly 160 people sleeping on the cold, concrete floor of the Sullivan Arena,” the statement read. “This decision is immoral and wrong. They had the opportunity to provide these individuals a semblance of human dignity by giving them a cot and warm place to sleep during the cold winter month, and they chose otherwise.
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