Commission seeks comments on proposed boundary changes

Frontiersman.com

MAT-SU — Comments are due Jan. 16 on the state of Alaska Local Boundary Commission’s recommendations concerning the petition to incorporate a Big Lake city by local option, and the petition for annexation of land into the city of Houston.

The report recommends approval of the Houston annexation petition without amendment or condition. The report also recommends amending the proposed boundaries for Big Lake incorporation by removing:

• the territory proposed by the city of Houston annexation petition

• territory north and west of Horseshoe Lake and north of the Papoose Twins Lakes

• territory to the west of Burma Road and south of Diamond Lake,

• territory east of Stephan Lake and Anna Lake.

The territory recommended for the Big Lake incorporation is now approximately 68 square miles. The territory proposed for the Houston annexation remains approximately 2.43 square miles.

Comment deadline is 4:30 p.m., Jan. 16, 2015.

Interested persons or entities may file written comments with commission regarding the preliminary report, as well as the recommendation. Comments should also be served on the applicable petitioner(s). And comments to LBC staff should be accompanied by a statement that the comment also was provided to the applicable petitioner(s), or the commenter should notify commission staff of an inability to serve comments on the petitioner.

Send comments to LBC staff, 550 W. 7th Ave., Ste 1640, Anchorage, AK 99501-3510; Fax: 907-269-4563; or, Email LBC@alaska.gov.

Send Big Lake Incorporation Petition comments to Jim Faiks, Petitioner’s Representative, 19559 W. Bryant Road, Big Lake, AK 99652; or by email alaskalpaca@mtaonline.net.

Send Houston Annexation Petition comments to Mayor Virgie Thompson, Petitioner’s Representative, 13878 W. Armstrong, Houston AK 99694; or, by email vthompson@houston-ak.gov.

The commission has waived the requirement that people send a paper original of an electronically submitted comment. Oral comments on the recommendation for amendment may be provided at the hearing. Written comments on the recommendation must be filed on or before the same date as comments on the preliminary report.

To read the petitions, visit http://bit.ly/13A8mUx.