Leisnoi, Inc, an Alaska Native village corporation, is the primary applicant in collaboration with Tangirnaq Native Village and Koniag, Inc, an Alaska Native Corporation. The three entities are seeking to use a portion of Leisnoi's property located around milepost 25 of the Chiniak Highway to build a cultural center, which would be called the Katurgwik Center. Sargent is the executive director and vice president for the Tangirnaq Native Village, also known as the Woody Island Tribal Council. So the applicants, Leisnoi, Tangirnaq Native Village and Koniag, asked the planning and zoning commission to allow them to treat the proposed cultural center like a church. Now that the commission has approved the similar use request, Leisnoi, Tangirnaq Native Village and Koniag must apply for a permit to build the cultural center, which will have to be approved by the borough’s community development department.