Emily Goodykoontz

During the April 1 municipal election, six of 12 Anchorage Assembly seats are up, along with two school board seats and numerous bonds and propositions.

Around 1,000 Anchorage households are at an immediate risk of eviction, according to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness.

The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday unanimously confirmed three executive appointments from Mayor Suzanne LaFrance.

The board directed administrators to reverse most cuts if the Alaska Legislature increases per-student funding for public schools by at least $1,000.

School board members and district administrators say that they intend to revisit the budget after Tuesday and restore cuts, depending on what funding increase comes through.

Some positions and programs could be restored if the state adds funding. But the Anchorage School Board president warned that the longer it takes to sort out a funding package, the more difficult it becomes to reverse some of the cuts.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska, which has been operating the center, had stopped giving kids transportation, ended its before-school program and announced it would begin charging membership fees.

Ideas include additional lighting and opening up lines of sight into the downtown park by removing some of the vegetation and reducing heights of the mounds that contour the area.

Aiming to spur more housing, the Assembly approved a three-year pause on many design rules.

Local developers say a portion of city code frequently adds onerous costs, and that requirements for elements like building facades and landscaping don’t necessarily make sense for the living spaces they’re trying to build.