In an election featuring four Assembly candidates vying for four seats and a four-candidate, two-seat school board race, it’s a trio of ballot measures that have attracted the most discussion and online comments.<\/p>\n
Three ballot measures<\/a> before voters in this year’s municipal election come down to one question: Should the City and Borough of Juneau spend millions on upgrading two downtown events venues?<\/p>\n The public will be able to weigh in on whether the city should increase hotel-motel tax from 7 to 9 percent until 2035 (Proposition 1), issue up to $7 million in general obligation bonds to renovate a downtown conference venue (Proposition 2) and provide a $4.5 million grant to a proposed arts and culture center (Proposition 3).<\/p>\n [Home Sweet Home: Once-controversial housing program now seems like a success<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n Each one of those propositions is connected to a proposed New Juneau Arts & Culture center.<\/p>\n For the better part of the decade, the New JACC has been a project seeking funding to raze and replace the former National Guard armory that serves as the JACC.<\/p>\n The project comes with a projected price tag of $26.4 million, according to the New JACC<\/a>, about 21 percent of that has been raised so far. The $4.5 million and signal of city support that the passage of Prop 3 would represent would be a major boost for the project.<\/p>\n