North Slope Borough posts Utqiagvik Zoning meeting March 12; housing, permitting

The North Slope Borough posted an event listing on its official website scheduling an Utqiagvik Zoning Commission meeting for Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., but the notice available online cuts off before identifying the commission's agenda items, leaving the meeting's topics and physical or virtual location unspecified. The posting text in the available source stops after the phrase “and identifies that the commission will,” which prevents residents and permit applicants from knowing whether housing or permitting matters will be considered.

The borough's website listing includes a full membership roster for the Utqiagvik Zoning Commission. Current regular members shown on the page are Bernadette Fischer, Seat A (ending 12/2026) - City of Utqiagvik; Joseph Leavitt, Seat B (ending 12/2025) - City of Utqiagvik; Elizabeth “Asisaun” Toovak, Seat C (ending 12/2027) - City of Utqiagvik; Doreen Fogg-Leavitt, Seat D (ending 12/2026) - North Slope Borough; and Selene Sanchez, Seat E (ending 12/2025) - North Slope Borough.

The page also lists alternates and their term endings and affiliations. Alternates shown are Tommy Leavitt, (ending 12/2025) - North Slope Borough, and Eta-Starr Edwardsen, (ending 12/2027) - City of Utqiagvik. These names and seat end dates appear on the borough's Utqiagvik Zoning Commission materials as posted on the NSB site.

The municipal code text reproduced on the page describes the commission's purpose and composition; that excerpt reads in part: “A Barrow Zoning Commission is established. The purpose of the Zoning Commission is to implement the Comprehensive Development Plan for Barrow and aid in fire prevention and the delivery of emergency medical services. The Zoning Commission shall consist of five Barrow residents. Two appointed by the Mayor and three appointed by the Barrow City Council for staggered terms of three years. One of the two appointed by the Mayor shall be the Barrow member of the Borough Planning Commission. The Mayor and Barrow City Council may each designate one alternate member of the Commission for staggered terms of three years to attend all meetings and hold full voting powers when substituting for a regular member. Alternates are appointed for three year terms and may be reappointed by the city and the”

Contact details on the same NSB page are provided for anyone seeking the full meeting notice or agenda: North Slope Borough, P.O. Box 69, Utqiagvik, AK 99723; phone 907-852-2611; email info@north-slope.org; physical street address 1274 Agvik Street. The original event posting as captured in the available source begins, verbatim: “What happened: The North Slope Borough (NSB) posted an event listing for an NSB Utqiagvik Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 2026. The event entry (on the borough’s official website) provides a meeting time — 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. — and identifies that the commission will” and then is truncated.

Because the online notice does not include a full agenda, meeting location, or details on public comment, interested parties should request the full event listing and any agenda packet from the North Slope Borough at 907-852-2611 or info@north-slope.org to confirm whether zoning items affecting housing or permitting will appear on the March 12 docket.