<\/a>The city-owned boat launch at Amalga Harbor on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t
When or how some of those goals might happen will need to be worked out, said CBJ Port Maser Carl Uchytil.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The ultimately successful motion was made by board member Dave McCasland, and it passed by a 6-1 vote. Board member Bob Janes was the lone vote against it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I don’t think we’re ready for it,” Janes said of the project before the vote. “I think we have a lot of studies to do.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
[Live: Docks & Harbors Board makes an Amalga Harbor decision<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Initially the float extension was envisioned as a fish cleaning float that would contain multiple fish cleaning tables. However, over the course of multiple months of meetings, Amalga Harbor Road residents and their neighbors sent pages of public comments and provided hours of public testimony against that aspect of the project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t They said fish waste created unpleasant sights and smells and was attracting dangerous, hungry bears.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “I think adding more cleaning stations will add more fish waste,” said Denise Chase. “But what I really wanted to tell you is it was my dog that was killed last year by a food conditioned bear.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Her voice welled with emotion while speaking.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “That bear was seen fishing at the weir, he was seen eating fish carcasses in the tide flats, and he came over Huffman Harbor,” Chase said. “He attacked my dog in my front yard, I was there. Bears are unpredictable. Why I didn’t get hurt, I don’t know, but my dog died. Please don’t make it any worse.”<\/p>\n It wasn’t quite a full house, but there were about two dozen people in attendance at Thursday’s City and Borough of Juneau Docks & Harbors Board meeting. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/a>