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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 Transportation Advisory Board Work 05/07/12 10:00 am Assembly Chambers Session Re: Off Road Issues in the Mat-Su Borough Joint Assembly/School Board Committee on 05/07/12 12:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District School Issues Administration Building Assembly Special Meeting Re: Budget 05/07/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Deliberations and Possible Adoption Planning Commission CANCELLED 05/07/12 6:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Enhanced 911 Advisory Board 05/08/12 9:00 am Cottonwood Public Safety Building, Station 6-5 Wastewater & Septage Advisory Board 05/08/12 2:00 pm Assembly Chambers Board of Equalization 05/08/12 5:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Assembly Special Meeting Re: Budget 05/08/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Deliberations and Possible Adoption Abbreviated Plat 05/09/12 8:30 am Assembly Chambers Board of Equalization 05/09/12 5:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Trapper Creek RSA Board of Supervisors 05/09/12 5:30 pm Trapper Creek Library Assembly Special Meeting Re: Budget 05/09/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Deliberations and Possible Adoption South Colony RSA Board of Supervisors 05/09/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough Operations & Maintenance Building Caswell FSA Board of Supervisors 05/09/12 6:30 pm Gigglewood Lakeside Inn, 48976 S. Rainbow Ridge Drive Aviation Advisory Board CANCELLED 05/10/12 3:00 pm Assembly Chambers Joint Transportation Advisory Board/Anchorage 05/10/12 5:30 pm Eagle River Town Center Public Transit Authority Board Meeting Building, 12001 Business Boulevard, Sutie 170, Eagle River Board of Equalization 05/10/12 5:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Big Lake RSA Board of Supervisors 05/10/12 7:00 pm Big Lake Library Greater Talkeetna RSA Board of Supervisors 05/10/12 7:00 pm Talkeetna Public Safety Building Willow FSA Board of Supervisors 05/10/12 7:00 pm Willow Public Safety Building Board of Equalization CANCELLED 05/11/12 5:00 pm Assembly Chambers Office of Administrative Hearing, Case No. 12-01, 06/14/12 8:00 am Assembly Chambers Appeal of Forfeiture of Dogs; Brian & Terry Pearl, Appellants Assembly Work Session Re: Joint Pacific 05/14/12 2:30 pm Assembly Chambers Alaska Range Complex Project (JPARC) Presentation Board of Equalization 05/14/12 5:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Assembly Special Meeting Re: Budget 05/14/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Deliberations and Possible Adoption (Tentative) Joint Wasilla-Lakes/West Lakes/Greater 05/14/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Palmer FSA Board of Supervisors Building Assembly Regular Meeting 05/15/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Fairview RSA Board of Supervisors 05/15/12 6:30 pm Snowshoe Elementary School Abbreviated Plat 05/16/12 8:30 am Assembly Chambers Board of Equalization 05/16/12 5:00 pm Assembly Chambers Local Emergency Planning Committee 05/16/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Platting Board 05/17/12 8:30 am Assembly Chambers Board of Equalization 05/17/12 5:00 pm Assembly Chambers MSB Fish & Wildlife Commission 05/17/12 6:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Local Road Service Area Advisory Board 05/17/12 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) Talkeetna Community Council 05/07/12 7:00 pm Talkeetna Elementary School Willow Area Community Organization 05/07/12 7:00 pm Willow Community Center Big Lake Community Council 05/09/12 7:00 pm Big Lake Elementary School Butte Community Council 05/09/12 7:00 pm Butte Community Hall Chickaloon Community Council 05/09/12 7:00 pm Chickaloon Community Hall, Mile 76 Glenn Highway Meadow Lakes Community Council 05/09/12 7:00 pm Meadow Lakes Senior Housing Complex, Birch Creek Villas Knik-Fairview Community Council 05/16/12 6:30 pm Knik Public Safety Building South Knik River Community Council 05/17/12 7:00 pm George Steffes Public Safety Building Trapper Creek Community Council 05/17/12 7:30 pm Trapper Creek Community Building Publish: May 4, 2012 #05-07-12 ASSEMBLY AGENDA ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS 350 E. DAHLIA AVENUE, PALMER SPECIAL MEETING 6 P.M. MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. ITEMS OF BUSINESS A. DELIBERATIONS AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET 1. Ordinance Serial No. 12-012: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONIES FROM THE CENTRAL TREASURY FOR THE BOROUGH OPERATING FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, EDUCATION OPERATING FUND, AND CAPITAL FUNDS AND ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF LEVY FOR ALL BOROUGH FUNCTIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013. VI. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION VII. VETO A. MOTION TO OVERRIDE ANY POSSIBLE MAYORAL VETO ON FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET ITEMS (ORDINANCE SERIAL NO. 12-012) VIII. MAYOR, ASSEMBLY, AND STAFF COMMENTS IX. ADJOURNMENT Disabled persons needing reasonable accommodation in order to participate at an Assembly meeting should contact the Borough ADA Coordinator at 746-7432 at least one week in advance of the meeting. Publish: May 4, 2012 #05-08-12 ASSEMBLY AGENDA ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS 350 E. DAHLIA AVENUE, PALMER SPECIAL MEETING 6 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. ITEMS OF BUSINESS A. INTRODUCTIONS (For public hearing – 05/15/12, Borough Assembly Chambers) 1. Ordinance Serial No. 12-067: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,697,945 FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE RESERVE, FUND 100, AND REAPPROPRIATING $18,637 FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN FUND 405, AND $289,024 FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN FUND 425, TO FUND 435, PROJECT NO. 10063, FOR DOROTHY SWANDA JONES BUILDING ADDITION CONSTRUCTION. a. Resolution Serial No. 12-051: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED BUDGETS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN FUND 405, FUND 425, AND FUND 435, AND APPROVING THE AMENDED SCOPE OF WORK FOR PROJECT NO. 10063, FOR DOROTHY SWANDA JONES BUILDING ADDITION CONSTRUCTION. (1) IM No. 12-101 B. DELIBERATIONS AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET 1. Ordinance Serial No. 12-012: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONIES FROM THE CENTRAL TREASURY FOR THE BOROUGH OPERATING FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, EDUCATION OPERATING FUND, AND CAPITAL FUNDS AND ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF LEVY FOR ALL BOROUGH FUNCTIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013. VI. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION VII. VETO A. MOTION TO OVERRIDE ANY POSSIBLE MAYORAL VETO ON FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET ITEMS (ORDINANCE SERIAL NO. 12-012) VIII. MAYOR, ASSEMBLY, AND STAFF COMMENTS IX. ADJOURNMENT Disabled persons needing reasonable accommodation in order to participate at an Assembly meeting should contact the Borough ADA Coordinator at 746-7432 at least one week in advance of the meeting. Publish: May 4, 2012 #05-09-12 PUBLIC REVIEW NOTICE – DRAFT PLAN APRIL, 2012 The Draft Hatcher Pass–Government Peak Unit: Development and Asset Management Plan public review period is open March 30 through May 31. 2012. The Asset plan will provide the foundation for present and future decisions on how the Government Peak Unit will be managed and developed, and must be consistent with the Hatcher Pas s Management Plan. The draft plan is available for review on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s web site at: http://www.matsugov.us/projects/hatcherpass/plans-and-documents A hard copy of the draft plan is available to review at the borough and city libraries, or at the borough’s offices in Palmer at the Planning and Land Use Division office, 350 E. Dahlia, Palmer, AK 99645. Comments may be mailed to the address listed above, emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (907) 745-9876. Comments are due by May 31, 2012. Please contact Eileen Probasco with questions at 745-9851, or by email at eprobasco@ matsugov.us. Publish: May 4, 2012 #05-01-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE The Hatcher Pass/Government Peak Recreational Area Access project clearing has begun. Correction: Timber that is cleared front the site will be made available to the public. A $25 permit is required for the Land Management Division at the Mat-Su Borough Administration building at the Dorothy Swanda Jones Building, 350 E. Dahlia Avenue, 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 date for removal will be posted on the Hatcher Pass Recreation Area’s Facebook page and the project website: http://ww.matsugov.us/ projects/hatcherpass/ MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PROPERTY OWNERS NOTICE Applications for Farm Use Assessment are now available in the Assessment Division of the Matanuska- Susitna Borough in Palmer. Applications for Farm Use Assessment must be filed each year to qualify for tax deferral. The deadline for filing the application is on or before May 15, 2012. The Assessment Division will be glad to answer any questions regarding the applications, including filing, subject to income verification. Phone: (907) 745-9645 Address: 350 East Dahlia Ave, Palmer Alaska Publish: March 23, April 13, May 4, 2012 #03-21-12 FY13 HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-PROFIT AGENCIES Beginning on May 1, 2012, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will be soliciting applications from non-profit agencies for the FY13 Human Services Community Matching Grant Program. The application for FY13 funding will be significantly different than in previous years. The primary change is the application will be an electronic submission through the United Way’s Grant portal. The Borough anticipates receiving fund- ing from the State of Alaska in the amount of $318,299. The award of grant funds is subject to receipt of funding from the State of Alaska and acceptance and appropriation by the Borough Assembly. Allocation of grant funds will also depend upon the number and quality of proposals received. The amount that may be requested for this program is limited to $35,000 per agency. Applicants should be prepared to accept fewer dollars than requested. The goal of the HSMG program is to provide high quality, cost efficient and community-driven health and human services to residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Grant funds may only be used for services which are necessary to prevent or alleviate serious mental or physi- cal hardship. All grant funds must be expended before June 30, 2013. The FY13 application will be an electronic submission through the United Way’s Grant portal accessed here: https://agency.e-cimpact.com/login.aspx?org=02030F Proposals must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2012. For additional information please contact the Planning Division at (907) 745-9833; by fax at (907) 745- 9876; or by email at [email protected]. Publish: May 4, 18, 25 & June 1, 2012 #05-06-12
