The Denali Borough Planning Commission unanimously approved a replat of the Foresight subdivision and granted preliminary approval to the Spruce Top subdivision on Wednesday.

Borough staff reviewed both applications and recommended approval after applicants made changes requested during prior reviews. The actions create legal access across lots and record easements that will allow utilities and driveways to connect into existing poles and rights of way.

On the Foresight replat, staff noted the state had not responded to an easement request that the applicant had been pursuing for more than a year. Borough staff recommended moving beyond the unresolved state response so the applicant could obtain local access. The commission voted to approve the resolution authorizing the replat.

For the Spruce Top subdivision, staff described corrections made to lot acreages and easements based on prior commission comments. The commission discussed utility easements between several lots and confirmed that power will connect through recorded easements in Lots 4 and 5 of the Foresight subdivision to a pole in Forsyth Subdivision.

Commissioners emphasized that each lot meets the boroughone-acre minimum building standard and noted recorded owner approval pages for affected lots would be included on the final replat. After discussion commissioners moved and seconded the preliminary approval for the Spruce Top plan; the motion passed unanimously.

Both approvals carry standard conditions of final mapping and recording: final plats must show the recorded easements, signatures of affected property owners, and any required notes about utility access. Staff said the borough will record the easements and show utility connections on the final plat prior to final approval.