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GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA BOROUGH. CHARTER COMMISSION, 1975. Records; 1975-1976. 5.2 cu. ft.
The Greater Anchorage Area Borough Charter Commission was formed in 1975 to write a charter providing for the unification of the governments of the City of Anchorage and the Greater Anchorage Area Borough into the Municipality of Anchorage. The commission consisted of eleven elected members. A previous charter commission worked between 1969 and 1971, but the charter was defeated by the voters in 1970 and 1971 before being passed in 1975. (See the collection "Anchorage Area Charter Commission, 1970-1971").
The collection consists of the operating records of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough Charter Commission. It is divided into two main sections. Section one contains meeting minutes and notes; tapes of public meetings and hearings; operations files including drafts, budgets, memoranda, and surveys; legal files; publications; and clippings. Section two contains commission member Dick Fischer's files of meeting agendas, minutes and reports.
The collection was placed on deposit at the archives by the Anchorage Law Library in 1981. Additional materials were added in 1983 and 1984.
HMC-0438
Inventory:
SERIES LIST
PART 1. COMMISSION RECORDS.
Series 1. Minutes and Notes.
Series 2. Tapes.
Series 3. Operations File.
Series 4. Legal File.
Series 5. Publications File.
Series 6. Clippings.
PART 2. MEMBER'S PAPERS.
Series 1. Dick Fischer's File.
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
PART 1. COMMISSION RECORDS.
Box 1
Series 1. Minutes and Notes; February 20 - September 19,
1975
(See also Series 3, folder 4).
1. Minutes and Notes; February 20, 27, 1975.
2. Minutes and Notes; March 6-8, 13, 1975.
3. Minutes and Notes, Public Hearings; March 19, 20, 26-28.
4. Minutes and Notes; April 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 17, 23, 24, 29,
30, 1975.
5. Minutes and Notes; May 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, 22, 1975.
6. Notes, First Draft; May 3, 7, 1975.
7. Minutes and Notes, Public Hearings; May 27-29, 1975.
8. Minutes and Notes; June 3-5, 12, 18, 26, 1975.
9. Notes, Production Committee; June 25, 26, 1975.
10. Minutes and Notes; July 1, 8, 10, 15, 17, 18, 1975.
11. Minutes and Notes, The Final Crunch; July 19, 20, 24, 31,
1975.
12. The Charter; July 17, 1975.
13. Minutes and Notes, Commission Commentary; August 7, 20, 28.
14. Minutes and Notes; September 18, 24, 1975.
15. Minutes and Notes, Evy's Notes on Minutes; March 26 - September
19, 1975.
Box 2
Series 2. Tapes; February 20 - August 20, 1975 (127 different,
249 total).
1. Tape 1; February 20, 1975 (2 copies).
2. Tape 1; February 27, 1975 (2 copies).
3. Tapes 1-3; March 6, 1975 (2 copies).
4. Tapes 1-3; March 13, 1975 (2 copies).
5. Tapes 1 and 2; March 19, 1975 (2 copies).
6. Tapes 1-3; March 20, 1975 (2 copies).
7. Tapes 1-3; March 27, 1975 (single copy)
8. Tapes 1 and 2; March 28, 1975 (2 copies).
9. Tapes 1 and 2; March 31, 1975 (2 copies).
10. Tape 2 (1 is missing); April 1, 1975 (2 copies).
11. Tape 1 (noon), Tapes 1 and 2 (pm); April 2, 1975 (2 copies).
12. Tapes 1 and 2; April 3, 1975 (2 copies).
13. Tape 1 April 8, 1975 (2 copies).
14. Tapes 1 and 2; April 9, 1975 (2 copies).
15. Tapes 1-3; April 10, 1975 (2 copies).
16. Tape 1; April 11, 1975 (2 copies).
17. Tapes 1-3; April 15, 1975 (2 copies).
18. Tapes 1 and 2; April 17, 1975 (2 copies).
19. Tapes 1-3; April 23, 1975 (2 copies).
20. Tapes 1-3; April 24, 1975 (2 copies).
21. Tapes 1 and 2; April 29, 1975 (2 copies).
22. Tapes 1-3; April 30, 1975 (2 copies).
23. Tapes 1 and 2; May 1, 1975 (2 copies).
24. Tape 1; May 2, 1975 (2 copies).
25. Tapes 1-3; May 3, 1975 (2 copies).
26. Tapes 1 and 3 (2 is missing); May 7, 1975 (2 copies).
27. Tape 1 (am), Tapes 1 and 2 (pm); May 8, 1975 (2 copies).
28. Tapes 1 and 2; May 12, 1975 (2 copies).
29. Tapes 1 and 2; May 15, 1975 (2 copies).
Box 3
30. Tapes 1-3; May 22, 1975 (2 copies).
31. Tapes 1 and 2; May 27, 1975 (2 copies).
32. Tapes 1-4; May 28, 1975 (2 copies).
33. Tapes 1-3; May 29, 1975 (2 copies).
34. Tapes 1 and 2; May 30, 1975 (2 copies),
35. Tapes 1-3; June 3, 1975 (2 copies).
36. Tapes 1 and 2; June 4, 1975 (2 copies).
37. Tapes 1 and 2; June 5, 1975 (2 copies-Tape 1 only).
38. Tapes 1 and 2; June 12, 1975 (2 copies).
39. Tapes 1 and 2; June 16, 1975. (2 copies-3 copies of Tape
2).
40. Tapes 1 and 2 (noon) and Tapes 1-4 (pm); June 18, 1975. (2
copies-no Tape 2 (pm)).
41. Tapes 1-4; June 26, 1975 (2 copies).
42. Tapes 1-3; July 1, 1975 (2 copies).
43. Tapes 1 and 2; July 8, 1975 (2 copies-third Tape 1 copy).
44. Tapes 1 and 2; July 10, 1975 (2 copies).
45. Tapes 1 and 2; July 15, 1975 (2 copies).
46. Tapes 1 and 2; July 17, 1975 (2 copies-Tape 1 only).
47. Tapes 1-3; July 18, 1972 (single copy).
48. Tapes 1-4; July 19, 1975 (2 copies).
49. Tape 1; July 20, 1975 (2 copies).
50. Tape 1; July 24, 1975 (2 copies).
51. Tapes 1-3; July 31, 1975 (2 copies).
52. Tapes 1 and 2; August 7, 1975 (2 copies).
53. Tapes 1 and 2; August 20, 1975 (2 copies).
Box 4
Duplicate Tapes (February 20 - May 15, 1975)
Box 5
Duplicate Tapes (May 22 - Aug. 20, 1975)
Box 6
Series 3. Operations File.
1. Resolution Calling for a Charter Election.
2. Charter Commission Agendas.
3. Schedules for Charter Commission.
4. Minutes (complete set).
5. First Draft Print-out.
6. Public Hearing Notes First Series.
7. Advertising Information.
8. Attorney's Information.
9. Budget and Projections.
10. Correspondence - Outgoing.
11. Correspondence - In-Coming.
12. Executive Secretary Information.
13. Home Rule and Laws.
14. Public Information and Media Releases.
15. Reapportionment Plans.
16. Rules of Procedure.
17. Charter Commission Public Hearings.
18. Charter Commission Comments.
19. First Draft.
20. Charter Production.
21. Service Areas - Assessment District.
22. Education.
23. Planning.
24. Municipal Borrowing Taxation.
25. Finance.
26. Legislative.
27. Elections.
28. Community Councils.
29. Executive.
30. Utilities.
31. Legislation.
32. Name.
33. Charter Commission Memos.
34. Memos - Rick Garnett.
35. Memos - Public Information.
36. Commission Correspondence
37. Unification Reports
38. Charter Commission Lawsuits
39. Alaska Statutes Title 29.
40. Chapter 03-18.
41. Chapter 23-33.
42. Chapter 38-48.
43. Chapter 53-58.
44. Chapter 63-78.
45. Index (Title 29)
46. Charter - Article I.
47. Charter - Article II.
48. Charter - Article III.
49. Charter - Article IV.
50. Charter - Article V.
51. Charter - Article VI.
52. Charter - Article VII.
53. Charter - Article VIII.
54. Charter - Article IX.
55. Charter - Article X.
56. Charter - Article XI.
57. Charter - Article XII.
58. Charter - Article XIII.
59. Charter - Article XIV.
60. Charter - Community Councils
61. Charter - Ombudsman
62. Charter production - Notes
63. Second and Final Draft.
64. Working Drafts.
65. Working Drafts.
66. Anchorage Charter and Brochure.
67. Resolution for Election.
68. Election Results.
Box 7
69. Proposed Anchorage Charters 1970, 1971.
70. Opposition Advertising.
71. Dittman and Associates Survey.
72. Rowan and Associations.
73. Rowan Group Survey
73A. Rowan Group Report.
74. Urban Observatory.
75. Vote Analysis.
Box 8
Series 4. Legal File.
1. Eagle River Borough Suit.
2. Summary of Alaska Cases.
Box 9
Series 5. Publications File.
1. Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
2. Alaska Statutes Title 29, Municipal Government.
3. Alternative Approaches to Government Reorganization.
4. Anchorage Municipal Charter.
5. Building Codes.
6. The Challenge of Local Government Reorganization.
7. Charter - City of Jacksonville.
8. City - Borough Unification.
9. City - County Consolidation.
10. City of Juneau - Charter.
11. Efficiency and Economy - Arguments for Metropolitan Reorganization.
12. Factors Affecting Voter Reactions.
13. Federalism in 1970.
14. Forms of Municipal Government.
15. Government Functions and Processes.
16. GAAB Annual Financial Report; 1973-1974.
17. GAAB Areawide Planning Ordinance.
18. GAAB Budget; 1974-1975.
19. GAAB Budget; 1975-1976.
20. GAAB Land Development Manual.
21. GAAB Preliminary Capital Improvements Program.
22. Guiding Metropolitan Growth.
23. Hearings on Substate Regionalism.
24. Home Rule as of Now.
25. Home Rule Charter - Fairbanks.
26. Home Rule Charter - King County, Washington.
27. Home Rule Charter - North Slope Borough.
28. Home Rule or Home Ruin?
29. How Shall We Organize Our Counties?
30. Intergovernmental Responsibility for Water Supply.
31. Local Government - Congressional Records.
32. Local Government - Newsletters and Reprints.
33. Local Government Reform.
34. Local Government Reorganization in England.
35. A Look at the North.
36. Model County Charter.
37. Modernizing Local Government.
38. New County, U.S.A.
39. New St. Louis County Charter.
40. Northern Kentucky's Future.
41. Our City Parish Government.
42. Performance of Urban Functions.
Box 10
43. Plan of Government - Parish of Baton Rouge.
44. Problem of Special Districts in American Government.
45. Proposed Charter City and County of Sacramento.
46. Proposed Charter - Nashville, Tennessee.
47. Proposed Home Rule Charter - Anchorage.
48. Proposed Home Rule Charter - Fairbanks North Star Borough.
49. Public Opinion Poll; 1974.
50. Report on Anchorage Municipal Utility Systems.
51. Report on the Techniques Employed for a Planning-Programming-Budgeting
System in Montgomery County.
52. Report to the Board Southcentral Alaska Chapter of the American
Society of Public Administration.
53. State and Local Finances.
54. Supercity/Hometown USA.
55. Survey of opinions Concerning Unification.
56. Urban Land.
Series 6. Clippng File.
1. Charter Summary and Evaluation.
PART 2. COMMISSION MEMBERS PAPERS.
Box 11
Series 1. Dick Fischer's Files.
1. March, 1975.
2. April, 1975.
3. May, 1975.
4. June, 1975.