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Fireworks in Juneau 2016 - 2017
A History
April 10, 2017
CBJ ASSEMBLY says no to
fireworks ordinance. By a 5-4 vote, the Assembly voted to
make the fireworks issue go away. The vote was held at the
Committee of the Whole meeting held tonight (April 10). The
Assembly decided that it was tired of the issue and did not want
to discuss fireworks any more. The Assembly did not want
to wait until after the 4th of July to get a full report on
fireworks from the Juneau Police Department.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFO: The motion to cancel further...
consideration of the fireworks issue was made by Assembly member
BECKER. Voting in favor of the motion was: BECKER, NANKERVIS,
KOELSCH, WHITE, and GREGORY. Voting against the motion were:
JONES, GLADZISZEWSKI,, KIEHL, and WELDON. The minutes of
this portion of the meeting should be interesting because the
discussion was disjointed and fragmented. It would be hard to
summarize the discussion for the minutes and a verbatim
transcript of the discussion of the motion could be hard to
follow.
April 5, 2017
CBJ Police Department submits a report on current fireworks policy.
November 29, 2016
CBJ ANNOUNCES:
GUIDELINES FOR FIREWORKS USE IN THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF
JUNEAU
October 31
At it's Committee of the Whole meeting on
Monday, October 31, the CBJ Assembly voted to postpone further consideration of a proposed fireworks ordinance
until April 2017. In the meantime, Juneau Police Department is directed to make a concerted effort to enforce the noise ordinance.
JPD will seek voluntary compliance with noise ordinance. Failure to voluntarily comply will result in citation.
Most days of the year, JPD will respond to complaints about fireworks after 10 pm. On Fourth of July, JPD probably would respond to fireworks after 1 am. Not sure how JPD will respond to fireworks complaints
during daylight hours.
The Assembly will review the effectiveness of the noise ordinance in April before considering the proposed firework ordinance again.
October 31
Once again, CBJ
Assembly Considers a proposed Fireworks Ordinance,
NOT!!!
Monday, October
31, Committee of the Whole
CBJ
Assembly Chambers 6 pm
No public testimony allowed.
The Assembly
is expected to give additional guidance to the Borough
attorney to draft another version of the fireworks
ordinance.
Meeting
agenda
If you have something to say about fireworks, then you will need to send an email message to members of the assembly and the city manager. Quick action is essential.
Express your views and experience with fireworks to the assembly.
View the meeting
agenda, proposed ordinance, and proposed amendments:
Agenda and Proposed Ordinance
Email Addresses for Assembly members and City Managers are:
here
October 19 and 24
Public Meetings About Fireworks
At the direction of the CBJ
Assembly, the City Manager held two meeting to take public
comment on a proposed ordinance regarding fireworks in
Juneau.
The first meeting was held in
town at the Assembly Chambers. The other meeting was
held in the Valley at the Valley Library. The meetings
were not recorded but the city clerk did take notes of the
proceedings and did collect documents submitted during the
meetings.
CBJ
Sets Long and Winding Road to Address Fireworks in Juneau
Here is the schedule of
Assembly meetings regarding fireworks:
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Assembly
Committee of the Whole Work Session
Discussion of Proposed Fireworks
Ordinance
Informal Transcript of Meeting |
Monday,
October 10, 2016, 6 – 9pm ADT |
Chambers
155 S. Seward St.
Juneau, AK 99801 |
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Downtown Public Meeting About Fireworks
More info here |
Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 6 – 8pm ADT |
Assembly Chambers
155 S. Seward St.
Juneau, AK 99801 |
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Valley
Public Meeting About Fireworks
More info here |
Monday,
October 24, 2016, 6 – 8pm ADT |
Valley Library, 3025 Dimond Park Loop, Juneau, AK 99801 |
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Assembly
Committee of the Whole Work Session
Discussion of Proposed Fireworks
Ordinance
View:
Agenda and Proposed Ordinance |
Monday,
October 31, 2016, 6 – 9pm ADT |
Chambers
155 S. Seward St.
Juneau, AK 99801 |
The Summary of the meeting
can be viewed
here.
October 10
CBJ
Assembly Considered New Fireworks Ordinance
Monday, October 10, Committee of the Whole
CBJ
Assembly Chambers
No public testimony allowed
If you have something to say about fireworks, then you will need to send an email message to members of the assembly and the city manager. Quick action is essential.
Express your views and experience with fireworks to the assembly.
Grateful Dogs of Juneau is on record as supporting a complete ban on consumer fireworks in in Juneau. GDOJ has not opposed the usual public fireworks shows on the Fourth of July and New Years.
Email Addresses for Assembly members and City Managers are: here
September 9
CBJ
PRAC Committee Adopts Recommendation on Fireworks in Parks
The CBJ Parks and
Recreation Advisory Committee adopted its recommendations for
useof fireworks in CBJ park areas at is special meeting on September 9.
The PRAC Adopted this
position on fireworks:
“The PRAC recommends to the CBJ Assembly that the use of all
fireworks on CBJ managed parklands are prohibited at all
times with the following exceptions (1) July 3rd & July 4th
(2) December 31st & January 1st, (3) and other dates
permitted by the Parks & Rec Director. During these periods
the use of consumer fireworks (1.4G) is allowable on all CBJ
parklands consistent with park open hours.”
No public testimony was
taken at this meeting.
Minutes of the meeting are
available
here .
September 6
Summary of Sept. 6, PRAC
Meeting
click here
View Empire article here
August 15
CBJ
Assembly Discussed Fireworks Ordinance.
at
Monday, August 15, meeting
At the CBJ Assembly meeting on Monday, August 15 the Assembly decided to propose a municipal ordinance regarding fireworks in Juneau. The Assembly asked the municipal attorney to draft a proposed ordinance on fireworks somewhat based on the recommendations of the city manager. (See below for discussion of the city managers proposal.)
The proposed ordinance requested by the Assembly would limit the use and possession of consumer/salable fireworks to brief periods around the Fourth of July and New Years. Fireworks could not be used during the hours of 1 am till 10 am. The fine for violating the ordinance would be $300.
The assembly did not accept the manager's proposal to ban aerial fireworks.
The proposed ordinance will not be considered by the Assembly until the October 10 Committee of the Whole meeting.
August 15
City
Manager Proposes Restrictions on Fireworks
The
city manager has proposed action in regard to consumer use of
fireworks. The proposal includes seasonal times when fireworks
are legal and restrictions on the types of fireworks that would
be permitted. The proposal outlines an enforceable strategy to
limit the use of fireworks in the community.
The proposal does not
include a ban on consumer fireworks.
View
the details of the city manager's proposal (pdf document) here:
http://packet.cbjak.org/AttachmentViewer.ashx… or
here
We do not know how the CBJ
assembly will respond to the manager's proposal.
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May 22, 2017
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