Bronson vetoes Anchorage Assembly subpoena effort in fight over Eklutna River restoration

a resolution from the Anchorage Assembly that seeks to unlock a document that has been kept confidential from the public, and which could govern the city’s rights and access to drinking water from Eklutna Lake for the next quarter century.on March 27, allowing Assembly Chair Christopher Constant to subpoena the Bronson administration and three Southcentral Alaska utilities for a copy of the term sheet.

Assembly members reviewed the binding term sheet during a February closed-door session. But they have called for the administration and utilities to make the document public, a step that has not been taken. They have proposed restoring water flow to most of the Eklutna River northeast of Anchorage, but leaving one mile of the river dry just below the hydroelectric project’s earthen dam.that proposal, which would use the city’s existing water supply infrastructure to replenish the river’s flow via a portal valve.

“The Municipality agreed in 2017 that no party would have the authority to waive any privilege or defense on behalf of any other party without the consent from the other parties,” the veto said. “Chugach and MEA have not waived their rights under the Common Interest Agreement.”“The Eklutna Project owners have no comment at this time,” Julie Hasquet, with Chugach Electric Association, said in an emailed statement.

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