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Planning commission recommends classifying borough land as potential shooting range after neighborhood opposition
Summary
The Mat-Su Borough Planning Commission voted to recommend Resolution 25-30, classifying a borough parcel as a potential future shooting range. Neighbors cited inadequate notice, safety, noise, and lead contamination concerns; commissioners emphasized the classification is only a planning label and any development would require assembly approval and further public process.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission voted to recommend Resolution 25-30, designating a borough-owned parcel as "reserved use — shooting range" for potential future development, after an extended public hearing that drew several nearby residents who urged the commission to reject the classification.
The commission chair opened the public hearing on the parcel selected under assembly direction; Peter Burton of Land Management briefed commissioners that the action is a long-term planning designation only, with no current design, funding, or immediate development planned. Burton said the parcel was selected after evaluation of borough-owned parcels in District 7 and that the assembly member Bernier will sponsor the legislation to be considered by the assembly.
Neighbors were the…
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