Municipal government of Houston, Alaska, a Matanuska-Susitna Borough city on the Parks Highway between Wasilla and Willow. City Council and commission meetings are recorded and posted publicly.
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Kevin McCabe
“A few other things, uh, I listened to Senator Rauscher talk about, um, the DNR ADA land transfer. Keep in mind that Senator Rauscher was talking about the ADA response to the public comments. All those public comments that you made, that everybody made to, uh, on this transfer, went to the DNR, and the DNR makes the decision on this, whether or not they're going to transfer it to ADA.”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
Kevin McCabe
“ADA doesn't know what business they're thinking about putting up there. Um, so there will be much public comment, there will be much public process involved if it if in fact it does happen, and I'm not convinced, like Senator Rauscher is, that it's going to happen. I think there's lots and lots of pressure on DNR.”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
Tony Woolers
“If the answer is no, then please do not grant this permit.”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
Patrick Simpson
“what that indicated to us was that contamination of the groundwater, which wasn't coming from us from any of the soil sample measurements, and was also in an area where we weren't storing any plastics, was actually coming from further upstream somewhere above us.”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
Tony Woolers
“So on my conclusion, I want to ask each one of you, if it was you in your backyard, would you want this in yours?”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
Lisa Johansen
“And overall, I think this ordinance makes everybody happy in terms of what the other council members were looking for, what I was looking for. So I think we came to a happy medium, I would say.”Houston: Regular Scheduled City Council Meeting 10.08.2026 · Oct 8, 2026
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