Normally the meetings are held at the Lazy Mountain Bible Church, but it was unavailable this time. The meeting will be held in the conference room right next to the Borough Assembly room; simply walk into the building, go to the lower level, and take a left.

As always, the meeting is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend!

You can click on Written Comments received on the draft SpUD.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Alternately, you can subscribe to the email list and be notified by email.

Bags and gloves will be provided to help volunteer clean trash off the side of the roads.

Where: At the Fire Station on Clark Rd.

When: 10:00 am to pick up bags and select spots on the roads to clean, 12:00 for Barbeque and Potluck.

Feel free to bring anything you would like to contribute to the potluck. The following volunteers have generously agreed to donate the following initial items for the barbeque:

Hotdogs & Hamburgers – Boys Center, Brad Oh

Hamburger buns – Karen Lopez

Hotdog buns – Chris Whittington-Evans

Grill – Jake Anders

Drinks – Lorri Van Diest

Condiments – Ken Klunder

Plates & utensils – David DeVilbiss

Cups – Lorene Lynn

Napkins – Jim Sykes

Dessert of some sort – Margaret Adsit

planning@matsugov.us

Or send via USPS:

Matanuska Susitna Borough
Planning and Land Use Department
Planning Division
350 East Dahlia Avenue,
Palmer, AK, 99645

Or Fax to:

(907) 745-9876

Make sure to do it no later than 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 6th, because that’s when the Borough will stop accepting comments. This will not be your last chance to either comment on the plan, or have input, but it would be very helpful if you would consider submitting them nonetheless, to aid in the process of improving the SPuD.

You can download it as a PDF document (a 2.8 mb PDF) can be downloaded here.

For more information on the SpUD and corresponding process, visit the SpUD page here.

An open house will be held by the Borough on April 21st at the Academy Charter School (click on the name for directions), which is located at 801 E. Arctic in Palmer. Members of the SpUD committee and the Borough will be present for comments or to answer questions, and the planning team will hold another meeting after the open house to incorporate comments.

• Call Meeting to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Approval of Agenda
• Reading & Approval of Minutes from 3-11-10
• Financial Report of LMCC Funds – Michael Miller
• Roads Report Update (new items since March meeting)– Pat Larabee
• Presentation: Alaska Farmland Trust – Margaret Adsit
• Reports of Special Committees
• SPUD Planning Team
• Update on the SPUD draft
• Comment period
• Open House date with the borough
• Old Business
• Mailbox update
• Lazy Mt Clean-up Planning
• May 15th is clean-up day
• Picnic time? – at the Fire Station
• Provisions – food & clean-up supplies
• New Business
• Incorporation of LMCC – Revenue Sharing for FY10
• Council discussion – no action
• Susitna Matanuska Area Plan
• Draft plan found at http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/planning
• Comments due by May 5, 2010
• Possible action by the LMCC
• Proposed Agenda Items for May 13, 2010 Meeting
• Discussion on proposed SPUD
• Adjournment

Audio file of March 11th Meeting in mp3 format

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order at 6:30 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were Tom Harmon, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald DeVilbiss, Jay Van Diest, and Karen Lopez. About 28 general members were present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Michael moved to approve agenda. Pat Larrabee seconded. Discussion: Alex Strawn asked to include the MSB tower ordinance for discussion under new business. Motion approved with change.

Approval of January 14, 2010 Minutes: Michael moved to approve the minutes and Pat Larrabee seconded. The motion passed.

Recognition was made by Lorri to Ray and Kristi for making the new LMCC meeting sign. It is a reflective metal sign and is very visible at the intersection of Clark-Wolverine and Strawn Dr. Michael Miller was also recognized for his work on the LMCC website and research and purchase of recorder for the meetings.

Finance report: Michael says we have 202.01 in checking and 335.31 in savings. $120 will be given to the Lazy Mountain Bible Church as a thank you/donation for the use of the building for meetings in 2009.

Discussion: review of voting article in the LMCC bylaws. Bylaw change from voting at the October 2009 annual meeting: Article 5 section D addition to read, “secret ballot voting may also be used.” When an issue for voting arises during meetings a member may request secret balloting. Voting for that issue will then be by secret ballot (paper and pen/pencil) and not by raising hands.

Discussion: Article 12 section C regarding agenda for meetings. Items on agenda will have a designation for voting or discussion. In an attempt to communicate clearly with the community the agenda that is posted 7 days in advance on the website will show what is to be voted on at the meeting. Items not on the posted agenda may be added for discussion but not for voting. The new item may then be added to the next month’s agenda for voting if needed. If a member has an item they wish to have included in the agenda they may contact Lorri at 775-0223 or by email which is posted on the website. At the end of each meeting will be a time for members to add an item to the next month’s agenda. Lorri stated she would like to keep the meetings to one hour if possible.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee said the amount used in January for road service was $5644. The optional maintenance account has $66,66760. Available balance as of Feb 3 for RSA in our area so far is $126,587 which is higher than the last few years’ average of around $98,000. Pat attends the general RSA supervisors meeting on the third Thursday of each month in Wasilla. Pat says there are some bridge issues currently in the MSB and the RSA sent a letter to John Duffy requesting funding for bridge improvements.

Spud report: Lorri talked with Eileen Probasco at the Borough to get an update on the SPUD process. No draft yet for public review. There may be a meeting of the SPUD committee near the end of February. When the date is known it will be posted on the website. MSB guidelines for the SPUD process are posted online also. There will be plenty of time for community to make comments and give input.

MSB communications: Lorri again presented the very large notebook from the Borough on the Natural Resource Management Units Plan (NMRU). She said people from the community can read the plan on the Borough website under the Community Development tab, select Land Management then Asset Management Plans. The comment period ends on March 15, 2010. About 540 acres near Wolverine Lake is included in this plan.

Discussed the community council acquiring a mailing address. Lorri will look into different options available.

Subdivision Review: Part of the Boroughs procedure for subdivision of land is for community councils to review the land survey and provide comments if any are made. We reviewed ‘Millers Place’ which is a 10 acre parcel being split into two parcels. No comments were made. We also reviewed ‘Backdoor Acres’ which is a 10 acre parcel being split into two parcels. No comments were made.

Discussed the new Tower Ordinance the borough has been working on for about 2 years. Alex Strawn participated in and led much of the process along with others in our community. Comments on the ordinance may be made until February 24th. Some of the main items pointed out were the amount and height of towers in the Borough. The ordinance encourages co-location of towers i.e. more than one company or user for each tower.

Jim Sykes asked to have revenue sharing added to the March agenda.

Spring clean up planning added to the March agenda also.

Helen Munoz said a meeting was scheduled for Feb 16 at the Red Beet in Palmer to discuss the downtown Palmer roads.

Pat moved to adjourn and Michael seconded.

Meeting adjourned