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www.matsugov.us Warren Keogh, #1 745-1161 [email protected] Vern Halter, #7 355-1328 [email protected] Jim Colver, #6 746-5300 [email protected] Darcie K. Salmon, #5 232-8080 [email protected] Steve Colligan, #4 373-1502 [email protected] Ronald Arvin, #3 373-6685 [email protected] Noel Woods, #2 745-3027 [email protected] Larry DeVilbiss, Mayor 745-9682 [email protected] To see a complete listing of all boards and commissions, please go to http://www.matsugov.us/Clerk/boards-commission and scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on membership. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS All meetings of recognized boards, committees, and commissions of the Borough are open to the public and are held at Borough offices, 350 E. Dahlia Ave., Palmer, AK, unless specified otherwise. Three or more Assembly Members may be present at advertised public meetings of federal, state, and local governments or other entities. Meetings are scheduled as follows: BOARD DATE TIME LOCATION West Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 07/09/12 6:00 pm West Lakes Public Safety Building, Station 7-3 Wasilla-Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 07/09/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Enhanced 911 Advisory Board 07/10/12 9:00 am Cottonwood Public Safety Building, Station 6-5 Wastewater & Septage CANCELLED 07/10/12 2:00 pm New Horizons Telecom, Advisory Board 901 Cope Industrial Way, Palmer Abbreviated Plat 07/11/12 8:30 am Mat-Su Borough Gym Talkeetna Sewer & Water SSA Board of 07/11/12 3:00 pm Talkeetna Fire Hall Supervisors Circle View & Stampede Estates Flood & 07/11/12 7:00 pm Butte Public Safety Building Water Erosion Control SSA Board of Supervisors Aviation Advisory Board 07/12/12 2:30 pm New Horizons Telecom, 901 Cope Industrial Way, Palmer Greater Butte RSA Board of Supervisors 07/12/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough Operations & Maintenance Building Joint Aviation Advisory Board/Parks, 07/12/12 6:00 pm Matanuska Telephone Recreation & Trails Advisory Board Meeting Association, 480 Commercial Drive, Palmer Greater Talkeetna RSA Board of Supervisors 07/12/12 7:00 pm Talkeetna Public Safety Building Willow FSA Board of Supervisors 07/12/12 7:00 pm Willow Public Safety Building Office of Administrative Hearings 07/13/12 10:30am Animal Care & Regulation Re: Case No. 12-01, Appeal the Forfeiture Shelter Classroom, of “Throttle”; Leta Belardi, Appellant 9470 E. Chanlyut Circle, Palmer (Next to Landfill) Port Commission 07/16/12 3:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Planning Commission 07/16/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Transportation Advisory Board 07/17/12 2:30 pm New Horizons Telecom, Work Session Re: CIP 901 Cope Industrial Way, (Previously scheduled 07/09/12) Palmer Assembly Special Meeting Re: Annual 07/17/12 4:30 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Evaluation of the Borough Clerk Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Assembly Regular Meeting 07/17/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Abbreviated Plat 07/18/12 8:30 am Mat-Su Borough Gym Local Emergency Planning Committee 07/18/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Platting Board 07/19/12 8:30 am Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Local Road Service Area Advisory Board 07/19/12 6:30 pm MASCOT, 225 W. Riley, Wasilla If you would like further information on any of these meetings or are interested in serving on any of the advisory boards, please call the Borough Clerk’s Office at 745-9683, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Borough Website is: http://www.matsugov.us. Disabled persons needing reasonable accommodation in order to participate at a Borough Board/ Commission meeting should contact the Borough ADA Coordinator at 746-7432 at least one week in advance of the meeting. The Planning Team meetings scheduled are: (Planning teams consist of Planning staff and members of the public who are appointed by the Planning Commission to work on community comprehensive plans and special land use districts, and community planning meetings.) None The Community Council meetings scheduled are: (Community Councils are not agencies or subgroups of the Borough) Big Lake Community Council 07/11/12 7:00 pm Big Lake Elementary School Butte Community Council 07/11/12 7:00 pm Butte Community Hall Chickaloon Community Council 07/11/12 7:00 pm Chickaloon Community Hall, Mile 76, Glenn Highway Meadow Lakes Community Council 07/11/12 7:00 pm Meadow Lakes Senior Housing Complex, Birch Creek Villas Knik-Fairview Community Council 07/18/12 6:30 pm Knik Public Safety Building, Station 6-2 Chase Community Council 07/19/12 6:30 pm Alaska Railroad Gravel Pit, Mile 232, Alaska Railroad Trapper Creek Community Council 07/19/12 6:30 pm Trapper Creek Community Building Publish: July 06, 2012 #07-05-12 PUBLIC HEARING The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing concerning the following application for an Interim Materials District (IMD) on Monday, August 20, 2012, at 6:15 in the MSB School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer, Alaska: The Planning Commission will address the update to the Kopczenski Pit Interim Materials District (IMD) application due to changes to MSB 17.28 Interim Materials District. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the IMD on December 5, 2011 and passed Resolution 11-34(AM) recommending approval of the IMD with conditions. On December 20, 2012 the MSB Assembly amended MSB Chapters 17.28 and 17.30. The applicant (QAP) has provided additional information regarding these changes. The site is located on MSB Parcel# 21N04W19A001; 67541 S. Parks Highway; within Township 21 North, Range 4 West, Section 19, Seward Meridian. The updated Interim Materials District application material will be introduced for public hearing at the August 6, 2012 Planning Commission meeting. The Planning Commission members may submit questions to the Planning Commission Clerk concerning the matter or request for more information from the applicant at the time of introduction. All questions and requests submitted by the Commission shall be in writing and copies will be provided to the applicant and made available to all interested parties and the public upon request. Answers to questions and additional material requests will be addressed in the staff report for the public hearing. Commission members may not receive or engage in ex-parte contact with the applicant, other parties interested in the application, or members of the public concerning the application or issues presented in the application. Application material may be reviewed online at ww1.matsugov.us/planning by moving your mouse over ‘Permits, Districts, and Variances’ and clicking on ‘Proposed Districts’. Application materials may be reviewed in the Borough Permit Center, 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645. You may fax comments to 745-9876 or e-mail to [email protected]. Comments received prior to August 8, 2012 will be included in the Planning Commission packet for the Commissioner’s review and information. Comments received after that date will be provided as handouts to the Commission. For additional information please contact Susan Lee, Planner II, at 745-9862. In order to be eligible to file an appeal from a decision of the Planning Commission, a person must be designated an “interested party”. See MSB 15.39.010 for definition of “interested party”. The procedures governing appeals to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals are contained in MSB 15.39.010-350, which is available on the Borough internet home page: (http://ww1.matsugov.us), in the Borough Clerk’s office, or at various libraries within the borough. Publish: July 6, 2012 #07-03-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE The Hatcher Pass/Goverment Peak Recreational Area Access project clearing has begun. Correction: Timber that is cleared from the site will be made available to the public mid to late July. A $25 permit is required from the Land Management Division at the Mat-Su Borough Administration building at the Dorothy Swanda Jones Building, 350 E. Dahlia Avvenie, Palmer, upstairs. The cost for each cord of wood is an additional $25 with a maximum of three cords per family. Call Glenda at 745- 9864 with questions. Locations and dates for removal will be posted on the Hatcher Pass Recreation Area’s Facebook page and on the Mat-Su Borough’s project website. Matanuska-Susitna Borough October 2, 2012, Regular Election NOTICE OF VACANCIES IN OFFICE AND CANDIDATE FILING Candidates for elective office must file, under oath, a fully executed Declaration of Candidacy form and an Alaska State Financial Disclosure Statement during the candidate filing period. Declarations of candidacy shall be submitted in original form and are not accepted electronically or via facsimile. Financial Disclosure Statements must be e-filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission with a hard copy provided to the Clerk’s Office at the time of filing for candidacy. The candidate filing period for the October 2, 2012, regular election opens on Monday, July 16 at 8 a.m. and closes on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 5 p.m. Candidate filing packets, containing the declaration of candidacy, are available during the candidate filing period from the Borough Clerk’s Office, 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, or you may request a copy by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. The following offices are to be filled at the October 2, 2012, regular election: • Borough Mayor (three year term ending October 2015) • Assembly District 3 (three year term ending October 2015) • Assembly District 6 (three year term ending October 2015) • Assembly District 7 (three year term ending October 2015) • School Board, Seat A (three year term ending October 2015) • School Board, Seat B (three year term ending October 2015) If you have any questions about the upcoming election, please contact the Borough Clerk’s Office at 907-745-9683. Publish: July 6, 2012 #07-04-12 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA MSB School District Administration Building 501 North Gulkana Street, Plamer REGULAR MEETING 6 P.M. MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012 I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. CONSENT AGENDA *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission Member so request, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. *A. MINUTES 1. July 2, 2012, regular meeting minutes *B. INTRODUCTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING: QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS *C. INTRODUCTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING: LEGISLATIVE MATTERS 1. Resolution 12-15, A resolution recommending approval of an IMD for MSB Parcels 7060000L001, 21N04W31D001, 20N04W06B005, 20N04W06C004, 20N04W05C003, and 20N04W06D001. Public Hearing Date: August 6, 2012. (Staff, Susan Lee) 2. Resolution 12-13, A resolution recommending approval of the proposed name of “Cora Lake” for an unnamed lake within Section 23 of Township 27 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian. Public Hearing Date: August 6, 2012. (Staff, Fran Seager-Boss) 3. Resolution 12-19, A resolution recommending approval of the Hatcher Pass Government Peak Development & Asset Plan. Public Hearing Date: August 20, 2012. (Staff, Eileen Probasco) 4. Resolution 12-21, A resolution recommending the Assembly repeal MSB 17.73, Multi-Family Development Design Standards. Public Hearing Date: August 20, 2012. V. COMMITTEE REPORTS VI. AGENCY/STAFF REPORTS VII. LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS VIII. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (three minutes per person, for items not scheduled for public hearing) IX. PUBLIC HEARING: QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS (Public Hearing to begin at 6:15 p.m.) Commission members may not receive or engage in ex-parte contact with the applicant, other parties interested in the application, or members of the public concerning the application or issues presented in the application. The Planning Commission members may submit questions to the Planning Commission Clerk concerning the following matters or request for more information from the applicant at the time of the introduction. All questions and requests submitted by the Commission shall be in writing and copies will be provided to the applicant and made available to all interested parties and the public upon request. Answers to questions and additional material requests will be addressed in the staff report for the public hearing. X. PUBLIC HEARING: LEGISLATIVE MATTERS A. Resolution 12-16, A resolution recommending approval of the proposed name of “Emerald Lake” for an unnamed lake within Section 32 of Township 18 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. (Staff, Fran Seager-Boss) XI. CORRESPONDENCE & INFORMATION XII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS XIII. NEW BUSINESS XIV. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Upcoming Planning Commission Agenda Items (Staff, Alex Strawn) XV. DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS XVI. ADJOURNMENT (Mandatory Midnight) In order to be eligible to file an appeal from a decision of the Planning Commission, a person must be designated an interested party. See MSB 15.39.010 for definition of “Interested Party.” The procedures governing appeals to the Board of Adjustment & Appeals are contained in MSB 15.39.010-250, which is available on the borough Internet home page, http://www.matsugov.us, in the Borough Clerk’s office, or at various libraries within the borough. Publish: July 6, 2012 #07-04-12 JUST A REMINDER - - - - PERSONAL USE OF FIREWORKS IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH, Except in the City of Houston. MSB 8.35.040 - ORGANIZED EVENTS USING FIREWORKS REQUIRE SPECIAL PERMITS. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO FINES OF UP TO $500 PER OCCURRENCE. For More Information, Contact the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Code Compliance Office at (907) 745-9853, or The City of Houston (907) 892-6869. PLEASE HELP US KEEP THE VALLEY SAFE!! YOUR COOPERATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
