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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] 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 Animal Care & Regulation Board 02/13/12 5:00 pm Assembly Chambers West Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 02/13/12 6:00 pm West Lakes Public Safety Building, Station 7-3 Wasilla-Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 02/13/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Enhanced 911 Advisory Board 02/14/12 9:00 am Lower Level Conference Room Wastewater & Septage Advisory Board 02/14/12 2:00 pm Assembly Chambers Local Emergency Planning Committee 02/15/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Platting Board 02/16/12 8:30 am Assembly Chambers Greater Palmer Consolidated FSA 02/16/12 1:00 pm Palmer Fire Training Center, Board of Supervisors 645 Cope Industrial Way, Palmer Port Commission 02/16/12 3:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Assembly Special Meeting 02/16/12 4:00 pm Assembly Chambers Re: Ordinance Serial No. 11-022 (Ethics Code) Local Road Service Area Advisory Board 02/16/12 6:30 pm MASCOT, 225 W. Riley, Wasilla MSB Fish & Wildlife Commission 02/16/12 7:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room Library Board 02/18/12 10:00 am Wasilla Public Library Assembly Work Session Re: 1) Presentation by 02/21/12 3:30 pm Assembly Chambers Neil Fried on Borough Economy & Demography; 2) Transit Services; and 3) Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects Presentation by Larry Persily Assembly Regular Meeting 02/21/12 6:00 pm Assembly Chambers Fairview RSA Board of Supervisors 02/21/12 6:30 pm Snowshoe Elementary School Transportation Advisory Board 02/22/12 2:30 pm Assembly Chambers National Heritage Area Task Force 02/23/12 6:00 pm Lower Level Conference Room 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) Willow Area Community Organization 02/13/12 7:00 pm Willow Community Center Sutton Community Council Special Meeting 02/15/12 6:00 pm Sutton Elementary School Re: Public Hearing on Mat-Su Borough Ordinance Serial No. 11-157 (Definition of Community Councils) Knik-Fairview Community Council 02/15/12 6:30 pm Knik Public Safety Building, Station 6-2 South Knik River Community Council 02/16/12 7:00 pm George Steffes Public Safety Building Trapper Creek Community Council 02/16/12 7:30pm Trapper Creek Community Building Glacier View Community Council 02/23/12 6:00 pm Glacier View School North Lakes Community Council 02/23/12 7:00 pm Mat-Su Boys & Girls Club, 3700 E. Bogard Road, Wasilla Publish: February 10, 2012 #02-08-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE Type: Lease (MSB006595) Tax ID: 14N04W20A001 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB), Land Management Division, has received an application from TriMetal International, LLC, (TMI) to lease property in the Port MacKenzie area to operate a shredder facility to export scrap. TMI is working with Harris Equipment, a company that builds facilities in several U.S. states, to construct a facility able to shred automobiles, appliances, and other metals, which would be exported from Port MacKenzie and by rail during winter months. Additional information is available with the web public notice. The complete case file is available for public inspection during normal business hours on the 2nd floor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough building in the Land Management Division. Public comment is invited on this request. If you have any comments please mail or deliver them to the borough offices located at 350 East Dahlia Ave. Palmer, AK 99645, no later than March 3, 2012. If you have questions about this request, call Glenda at 745-9864, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or you can send an e-mail to: [email protected] (PLEASE REFER TO MSB006595 WHEN SUBMITTING COMMENTS). For assistance with your property location, tax or assessment matters please call 745-4801. *This public notice & request for comments is in compliance with MSB Code 23.05.025 Public Notice. Publish: February 7 &10, 2012 #02-06-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE Type: Lease (MSB006636) Tax ID: 17N02W27A002 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB), Land Management Division, has received a request from Verizon Wireless to place a 130-foot tower in the Northwest corner of MSB property at 6350 West Hollywood Boulevard, Wasilla, AK. The initial installation will include 3 panel antennas and up to four microwave dishes, with anticipated build out in the Spring of 2013. Application and supplemental information as well as site simulations are available for review on the MSB website with the website public notice. The complete case file is available for public inspection during normal business hours on the 2nd floor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough building in the Land Management Division. Public comment is invited on this request. If you have any comments please mail or deliver them to the borough offices located at 350 East Dahlia Ave, Palmer, AK, 99645, no later than March 1, 2012. If you have questions about this request, call Glenda at 745-9864 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or you can send an e-mail to: [email protected] (PLEASE REFER TO MSB006636 WHEN SUBMITTING COMMENTS). For assistance with your property location, tax or assessment matters please call 745-4801. *This public notice & request for comments is in compliance with MSB Code 23.05.025 Public Notice. Publish: February 7 &10, 2012 #02-03-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE Type: Lease (MSB006643) Tax ID: 18N03W22D002 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB), Land Management Division, has received a request from Verizon Wireless to place a 130-foot tower on a wooded section of Little Susitna River Campground, on MSB property, at 13660 West Armstrong Road, Houston, AK. The initial installation will include 3 panel antennas and up to four microwave dishes, with anticipated build out in the Spring of 2012. Application and supplemental information are available for review on the MSB website with the website public notice. The complete case file is available for public inspection during normal business hours on the 2nd floor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough building in the Land Management Division. Public comment is invited on this request. If you have any comments please mail or deliver them to the borough offices located at 350 East Dahlia Ave, Palmer, AK, 99645, no later than March 1, 2012. If you have questions about this request: call Glenda at 745-9864 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or you can send an e-mail to: [email protected] (PLEASE REFER TO MSB006643 WHEN SUBMITTING COMMENTS). For assistance with your property location, tax or assessment matters please call 745-4801. *This public notice & request for comments is in compliance with MSB Code 23.05.025 Public Notice. Publish: February 7 &10, 2012 #02-04-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PUBLIC NOTICE Type: Lease (MSB006588) Tax ID: 14N04W21A001 The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB), Land Management Division, has received an application from QAP to lease property in the Port MacKenzie area to operate an equipment storage yard and hot plant storage. Additional information is available with the web public notice. The complete case file is available for public inspection during normal business hours on the 2nd floor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough building in the Land Management Division. Public comment is invited on this request. If you have any comments please mail or deliver them to the borough offices at the address indicated above, no later than March 3, 2012. If you have questions about this request: call Glenda at 745-9864 between 8:00 and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or you can send an e-mail to: [email protected] (PLEASE REFER TO MSB006588 WHEN SUBMITTING COMMENTS). For assistance with your property location, tax or assessment matters please call 745-4801. *This public notice & request for comments is in compliance with MSB Code 23.05.025 Public Notice. Publish: February 7 &10, 2012 #02-05-12 PUBLIC NOTICE DID YOU KNOW... That if you sell a vehicle in the State of Alaska, you as the seller must notify the State of Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles that the sale has taken place. Alaska Vehicle Titles have a tear off portion at the bottom of the title that must be filled out completely, signed and sent in. If you do not do this, YOU can be held legally liable for that vehicle I would also be advisable to write out a bill of sale for you records that include the name and address of the buyer and all pertinent information about the vehicle. ASSEMBLY AGENDA ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS 350 E. DAHLIA AVENUE, PALMER SPECIAL MEETING 4 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. ITEMS OF BUSINESS A. Ordinance Serial No. 11-022: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING MSB 2.70 AND ADOPTING MSB 2.71, CODE OF ETHICS. 1. IM No. 11-036 VI. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION VII. MAYOR, ASSEMBLY, AND STAFF COMMENTS VIII. 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: February 10, 2012 #02-10-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PLATTING DIVISION ROAD NAME CHANGE REQUEST A request has been received from the majority of the property owners adjacent to W. Tulin Road within Sevenmile Ridge to change the road name to W. Kokomo Road pursuant to MSB 11.20.120(A)(1)(b) Street Name Change. The name now conflicts with a private road name in the nearby area and creates a hazardous situation for the public and emergency services. The road is located in the NE ¼ SW ¼ Section 22, Township 16 North, Range 04 East, Seward Meridian, AK, lying east of S. Ridge Road. The effective date is February 21, 2012. Located in the Big Lake Community Council Area. Assembly District 5, Darcie Salmon. If you would like to send comments regarding the proposed action, please mail to MSB, Platting Division, 350 E. Dahlia Ave, Palmer, AK 99645 or fax to 746-7407. In order to be eligible to file an appeal from a decision of the Platting Officer, a person must be designated an interested party pursuant to MSB 15.39.010. 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 located at (http://www.matsugov.us), or at various libraries within the borough. Publish: January 20, 27, February 3 &10, 2012 #02-10-12 ATTENTION MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assessor’s office mailed the 2012 Business Inventory Assessment Returns on December 01, 2011. Business Inventory is exempt from borough taxation to a limit of $250,000 in value, per Borough Code 3.15.035(c). Any business owner receiving a return must respond in order for this office to determine the appropriate exemption. All persons who own and/or have control of taxable business inventory within the borough are required by Alaska Statute 29.45.120 to file such a return with the Borough Assessor’s Office. The filing deadline is March 15, 2012. All returns postmarked or received after that date are subject to a fifteen percent (15%) penalty (MSB 3.15.130 & MSB 3.15.150). Failure to file a return could result in a fine of not more than $1000 and/or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days. The completed return should indicate the exact location of the business property so that the proper mill rate may be applied. Please list the correct subdivision name, block & lot; or township, range, and section; or street address. Any property owner with questions, or who desires assistance, should call 745-9637 or visit the Assessment Division at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough office in Palmer, Alaska. Additional returns are available at this office. It is the property owner’s responsibility to obtain a return if one is not received by mail. Publish: January 13, February 10 & March 09 2012 #01-09-12
