Donald is correct: The MSB never had a plausible plan for landing on the Anchorage side (of the Inlet, not a river).  As a permitter, I saw the MSB's "plan," which was essentially to elbow other tidelands permittees at the already-tightly-packed port/Ship Creek area out of their way.  An arrogant plan, at best, ignorant at worst. Perhaps 'cause an Uncle Ted earmark funded ferry purchase, the MSB figured everyone on the Anchorage side would just bow down.  Van Dongen was their point man, who, perhaps because he was a former higher-up at the Corps of Engineers, figured he could muscle through, which is typically not the right attitude to have when  asking bureaucrats to approve something silly.  The MSB should have fired him long ago.