CALL TO ACTION:
Public Testimony and Support STILL Needed To Increase Homeless Services

• Share your voice with the Anchorage Assembly TODAY, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in one of the three following ways:
  1. Email your support for AO 2020-66 to the Anchorage Assembly at [email protected] by TODAY, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. You are welcome to use the template below by clicking [email protected] for a pre populated email and are highly encouraged to add your own comments.
     • Dear Anchorage Assembly Members,
     • Thank you for extending the public comment period on AO 2020-66. I support this ordinance and the Municipality of Anchorage addressing the public safety and well-being of our community by caring for our vulnerable. Homelessness negatively impacts the housed and the unhoused alike - and the evidence-based, cost-effective solutions benefit all members of the Anchorage community. AO 2020-66 would help Anchorage address shelter and housing gaps in our existing system and help us get much-needed housing ready to support the new homelessness we expect to see as a result of COVID-19’s economic impacts. Please vote yes on AO 2020-66.  
  2. Attend the Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Assembly meeting TONIGHT and provide testimony in-person at Loussac Library starting at 5:00 p.m. Capacity is limited in the Assembly Chambers so please consider arriving at the beginning of the meeting and don’t forget to check the Assembly website at www.muni.org/Assembly to learn about the protocols on testifying in-person.
  3. Provide phone testimony during the Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Assembly meeting TONIGHT. Sign up for phone testimony by emailing [email protected] by 2:00 p.m. TODAY, Wednesday, July 22, 2020 . 
     • Click [email protected] for a pre populated email with the following:
       • Subject line: Phone Testimony - Item 14.B, Ordinance No. AO 2020-66
       • Your name
       • Phone number
       • The item you wish to testify on: Item 14.B, Ordinance No. AO 2020-66
     • The Clerk will call you at the number you have provided during the public comment period, and you will have up to 3 minutes to provide testimony. This is first-come, first-serve and the calls can come as late as 11:00 p.m. or close to midnight, until the Assembly calls the meeting to an end.
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