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Planning board declines to vacate 50-foot public-use easement in Davidson area amid legal and planning concerns
Summary
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Board on July 17 denied a petition to vacate a 50-foot public-use easement in the Davidson area, citing the borough’s official streets and highways plan and legal uncertainty about the easement’s validity.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Board on July 17 voted to deny a request to vacate a 50-foot public-use easement along the southern boundary of tax Parcel B3 in the Davidson area. The motion to approve the vacation failed on a roll-call vote of 2 in favor and 5 opposed.
The easement lies south of East Texel Drive, east of North Engstrom Road and north of East Wolf Creek Road; staff said the easement is recorded and the official streets and highways map identifies the corridor as a future east–west connection to Palmer Fishhook Road. Chris Kerlin, planning staff, told the board that 12 petitions were submitted, 10 verified as owners of record, and that one objection had been received after the report was written. Staff provided findings for both approval and denial.
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