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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 Joint Assembly/School Board Committee 09/10/12 12:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District on School Issues Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Animal Care & Regulation Board 09/10/12 4:00 pm Animal Care & Regulation Re: Motion to Reconsider Decision on Shelter Classroom, Level 5 Hearing, Case No. 12-02, 9470 Chanlyut Circle, Palmer Recommended Level 5 Classification of (Next to Central Landfill) “Andy”;Lonnie & Karen Fincher, Appellants Animal Care & Regulation Board 09/10/12 5:00 pm Animal Care & Regulation Shelter Classroom, 9470 Chanlyut Circle, Palmer (Next to Central Landfill) West Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 09/10/12 6:00 pm West Lakes Public Safety Building, Station 7-3 Wasilla-Lakes FSA Board of Supervisors 09/10/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Enhanced 911 Advisory Board 09/11/12 9:00 am Cottonwood Public Safety Building Assembly Special Meeting Re: Planning Session 09/11/12 2:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Joint Assembly/School Board Meeting 09/11/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Abbreviated Plat 09/12/12 8:30 am Mat-Su Borough Gym Talkeetna Sewer & Water SSA Board of 09/12/12 3:00 pm Talkeetna Public Safety Supervisors Building Borough Area Schools Site Selection Committee 09/12/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Board of Adjustment & Appeals Case 09/13/12 9:30 am Animal Care & Regulation No. 12-04, Appeal of Right of Way Acquisition Shelter Classroom for the Parks Highway, MP 43.5 to 48.8, Platting 9470 Chanlyut Circle, Palmer Board Case No. 2012-17; Kevin Baker & (Next to Central Landfill) Paul Gardner, Appellants Review Board 09/13/12 9:30 am Division of Election, North Fork Professional Building, 1700 E. Bogard Road, Building B, Suite 102, Wasilla Aviation Advisory Board Special Meeting 09/13/12 1:00 pm Wolf Lake Airport Re: Wolf Lake Airport Tour (Board members (6382 E. Beechcraft Road, to meet at the Alaska Airmen’s Memorial) Wasilla) Aviation Advisory Board 09/13/12 2:30 pm New Horizons Telecom, Inc., 901 Cope Industrial Way, Palmer Greater Talkeetna RSA Board of Supervisors 09/13/12 7:00 pm Talkeetna Public Safety Building, Willow FSA Board of Supervisors 09/13/12 7:00 pm Willow Public Safety Building Library Board CANCELLED 09/15/12 10:00 am Trapper Creek Public Library Port Commission 09/17/12 3:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Planning Commission 09/17/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Assembly Regular Meeting 09/18/12 6:00 pm Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer Talkeetna Sewer & Water SSA Board 09/19/12 3:00 pm Talkeetna Public Safety of Supervisors Building Local Emergency Planning Committee 09/19/12 7:00 pm Central Mat-Su Public Safety Building Platting Board 09/20/12 8:30 am Mat-Su Borough School District Administration Building, 501 N. Gulkana Street, Palmer MSB Fish & Wildlife Commission 09/20/12 6:00 pm Palmer Library Conference Room 655 S. Valley Way, Palmer Local Road Service Area Advisory Board 09/20/12 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 09/10/12 7:00 pm Talkeetna Elementary School Willow Area Community Organization 09/10/12 7:00 pm Willow Community Center Big Lake Community Council 09/12/12 7:00 pm Faith Bible Fellowship, 14225 W. Kluane Drive (off Hollywood), Big Lake Butte Community Council 09/12/12 7:00 pm Butte Community Hall Chickaloon Community Council 09/12/12 7:00 pm Chickaloon Community Hall, Mile 76 Glenn Highway Meadow Lakes Community Council 09/12/12 7:00 pm Meadow Lakes Senior Housing Complex, Birch Creek Villas Knik-Fairview Community Council 09/19/12 6:30 pm Knik Public Safety Building, Station 6-2 Trapper Creek Community Council 09/20/12 6:30 pm Trapper Creek Community Building South Knik River Community Council 09/20/12 7:00 pm George Steffes Public Safety Building Publish: September 7, 2012 #09-05-12 Did you know? That all cats and dogs residing in the borough need current licenses? Only $15 if the animal is spayed or neutered, $30 otherwise. You can download the application at www.matsugov.us/ animalcare under the Animal Care Forms tab. Check with the cities for their prices. MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NATURAL GAS LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTs (L.I.D.) The assembly of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will hold a public hearing during the 6:00 p.m. assembly meeting on September 18, 2012 at the Mat-Su Borough School District Admin Building located at 501 North Gulkana St Palmer, Alaska, on the ordinances for the natural gas local improvement districts listed below. The purpose of the public hearing on the ordinances is to determine whether to create the natural gas local improvement districts, approve the improvement plans, authorize the manager to proceed with the improvements and assess the total costs of the improvements against the benefited properties creating a lien on each property assessed. The estimated total cost of the improvements and estimated assessment against each property is set forth below. The estimated cost stated is subject to change. The actual cost to be assessed will be determined upon completion of construction. The assembly, for the natural gas improvement district, may proceed with the improvements if owners of properties within the district bearing more than fifty percent of the estimated total cost of the improvements, return ballots marked “yes” to the Finance Department, attention Michael Newman, prior to 5 p.m. on September 7, 2012. Natural Gas LOCAL LID ESTIMATED PER PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT NUMBER TOTAL COSTS COST DISTRICT NAME Rose Glenn Estates 477 $124,343.00 $4,144.77 Further information concerning the listed natural gas improvements may be obtained by contacting the finance department at 745-9632. The Borough Offices location and mailing address is 350 East Dahlia, Palmer, Alaska 99645. Publish: September 7, 2012 #08-37-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA MSB School District Administration Building REGULAR MEETING 6:00 p.m. September 17, 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 August 20, 2012, regular meeting minutes *B. INTRODUCTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING: QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS *C. INTRODUCTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING: LEGISLATIVE MATTERS 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 12-14, A resolution recommending Assembly approval of an ordinance adopting MSB 17.66, Tall Structures, including Telecommunication Facilities, Wind Energy Conversion Systems, and Other Tall Structures, and amending MSB 17.125, Definitions. Public Hearing Date: (Staff, Alex Strawn) XI. CORRESPONDENCE & INFORMATION XII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Resolution 12-21, A resolution recommending the Assembly repeal MSB 17.73, Multifamily Development Design Standards. (Staff, Lauren Driscoll) XIII. NEW BUSINESS XIV. COMMISSION BUSINESS A. Upcoming Planning Commission Agenda Items (Staff, Lauren Driscoll) 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: September 7, 2012 #09-04-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2012, REGULAR ELECTION Absentee By-Mail. You may vote by mail prior to Election Day. Absentee By-Mail ballot request applications are available online at www.matsugov.us/election or you may request an application by calling 907-745-9683. In order to process your request, applications must be received by the Clerk’s Office no later than Sept. 25, 2012. Absentee In-Person. You may vote in person prior to Election Day at any of the following absentee voting locations: • Division of Elections Office in Wasilla 1700 E. Bogard Rd. (North Fork Professional Bldg. B, Suite 102) September 17 – October 1, 2012 Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All ballot types are available at this location. • Borough Gym in Palmer 350 E. Dahlia Avenue September 17 – October 2, 2012 Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All ballot types are available at this location, except that city ballots (Houston, Palmer and Wasilla) will not be available on October 2. Additionally, absentee-in person voting will take place September 17 – October 1, 2012, at City Hall in the cities of Houston, Palmer, and Wasilla, as well as the Talkeetna and Trapper Creek public libraries, during established business hours. Ballots types are limited in each location and are specific to the voting district. If you have any questions about the upcoming election, please contact the Borough Clerks Office at 907-745-9683. Publish: September 7, 2012 #09-06-12 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NATURAL GAS LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTs (L.I.D.) The assembly of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will hold a public hearing during the 6:00 p.m. assembly meeting on October 16, 2012 at the Mat-Su Borough School District Admin Building located at 501 North Gulkana St Palmer, Alaska, on the ordinances for the natural gas local improvement districts listed below. The purpose of the public hearing on the ordinances is to determine whether to create the natural gas local improvement districts, approve the improvement plans, authorize the manager to proceed with the improvements and assess the total costs of the improvements against the benefited properties creating a lien on each property assessed. The estimated total cost of the improvements and estimated assessment against each property is set forth below. The estimated cost stated is subject to change. The actual cost to be assessed will be determined upon completion of construction. The assembly, for the natural gas improvement district, may proceed with the improvements if owners of properties within the district bearing more than fifty percent of the estimated total cost of the improvements, return ballots marked “yes” to the Finance Department, attention Michael Newman, prior to 5 p.m. on September 21, 2012. Natural Gas LOCAL LID ESTIMATED PER PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT NUMBER TOTAL COSTS COST DISTRICT NAME West Caroline’s Cir 494 $17,899.00 $4,474.75 Further information concerning the listed natural gas improvements may be obtained by contacting the finance department at 745-9632. The Borough Offices location and mailing address is 350 East Dahlia, Palmer, Alaska 99645. Publish: September 7, 2012 #09-09-12
