Juneau Assembly adopts housing plan, but excludes it from comp plan

Coogan Construction’s 24-unit Island Hills apartment complex in West Juneau as it neared completion in February 2014. (Photo by Casey Kelly/KTOO)
The Juneau Assembly has adopted its long anticipated housing action plan, albeit in a squishier form than originally intended.
The assembly adopted the plan in a 7-1 vote on Monday with a resolution crafted specifically to exclude it from the city’s comprehensive plan. Planning commissioners and professional staff use the comp plan to guide