Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska's fastest-growing region and commuter belt for Anchorage. Home of the Iditarod headquarters, Hatcher Pass, and the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, USA
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Tyler Young
“the public use easement does not go away until final record— recordization, and final recordization does not happen unless all of the conditions of approval are met. So, if there's any other questions about that statement, I'd be happy to answer them. So there's a check and balance there to make sure that the vacation doesn't happen in it as presented.”Mat-Su Borough: Platting Board Meeting - July 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
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Tyler Young
“Staff does not recommend that Track B at that width is well over 300 feet wide, plus the existing dedication of East Hillside Drive, which is another 60 feet. Being able to build a residential collector standard road without being a civil engineer and without being able to certify it, causing that may be an undue burden towards the petitioner.”Mat-Su Borough: Platting Board Meeting - July 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
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Tyler Young
“if the easiest fix for this to protect the borough, help the petitioner, protect the future development that could come is dedicated in Track B. We got to make sure that a collector road could be built there with whatever nuances that that may come with.”Mat-Su Borough: Platting Board Meeting - July 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
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Tyler Young
“the vacation, if approved by the board, will have 30 days to go in front of the assembly for either approval or veto. That does not give the petitioner enough time, the petitioner being the State of Alaska. Enough time to make the decision over what they want to do, whether approving the— approving the full dedication of Tract B or choosing one of the other options”Mat-Su Borough: Platting Board Meeting - July 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
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Reggie Carney
“I would personally be very comfortable making sure that the appropriate road could be developed in the space being dedicated before any type of vacation. That's just how I feel on it, because I wouldn't want this to come back on the borough later to have to purchase private land or anything like that.”Mat-Su Borough: Platting Board Meeting - July 2, 2026 · Jul 2, 2026
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Kelly Allen
“the course itself has been being used more and more every year.”Mat-Su Borough: Alantra Disc Golf Course Gets Improved Wood Chips Donated · Jun 24, 2026
Mat-Su weighs a flood emergency and a tax overhaul
The Mat-Su Borough Assembly will consider a Talkeetna flood emergency declaration and a proposed November ballot measure pairing a 3% sales tax with a property tax cap.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAIMat-Su Valley, Alaska
