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UFVs and UFOs

There is a Planning Commission Meeting on April 2, 2018 and UFVs and UFOs are on the agenda. Resolution 18-09 is being introduced.  The MSB planning staff is advising the Planning Commission to adopt this resolution recommending that the MSB Assembly approve Ordinance 18-021. What is Ordinance 18-021??? An amendment/update to…

The new MSB Library Strategic Plan (Was this worth the cost?)

The MSB owns and manages five public libraries:  Sutton, Big Lake, Willow, Talkeetna, and Trapper Creek. However, the busiest public libraries in the Mat-Su Valley – the Palmer library and the Wasilla library – are owned and operated by the cities of Palmer and Wasilla. Note:  The Mat-Su Valley has…

The MSB’s Ski Chalet at GPRA (is “For me and not for thee”)

This MSB owned building cost a small fortune to build (mostly fed funds – from the Federal Transit Admin – officially it is a “bus transit station”!) and its purpose was supposed to be so that the public has a place to warm up and use the bathroom while using…