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Planning commission backs 2026 hazard mitigation plan update adding tsunami and permafrost‑thaw landslide risks
Summary
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission on Dec. 15 recommended assembly adoption of the borough's 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, adding tsunami and permafrost‑thaw landslide instability as recognized hazards and preserving grant eligibility for FEMA and HUD funding.
On Dec. 15, 2025, the Matanuska‑Susitna Borough Planning Commission voted to approve a resolution recommending that the borough assembly adopt the 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, an abbreviated five‑year cycle update that adds tsunami and permafrost‑thaw landslide instability to the borough's recognized hazards.
Tawny Boothby, the borough floodplain administrator and current planner, presented the update and told the commission the abbreviated approach was necessary to preserve eligibility for mitigation funding from FEMA and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Boothby said the borough has received "nearly $37,000,000 in mitigation grant funding" since 2004 and described this update as a way to maintain access to…
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