KMTA Summer Programs!
Click here for information and booking!
Sarah Schuh
sarahschuh@kmtacorridor.org
Flower and vegetables starts
Looking forward to a beautiful summer
I do have plants available again this year. I have lots of Cherry tomatoes (. Red, chocolate, orange and yellow). I also have tumbler and Red Robin bush tomatoes. I do not have many Red Slicers, I do have a few heirloom purple dark red slicers. Also a half dozen Siberian which will produce on south facing porch.
My slicer cucumbers are all spoken for, but I do have some Asian and English left.
I do have Zucchini. Cabbage , Cauliflower, Broccoli and kohlrabi are small but will be ready for the garden by the first week in June
On a happier note: I have lots and lots of flower starts.
Black eyed Susan’s, Calendula, African Daisies, lots of Petunias ( regular, wave and doubles) verbena, lots of pansies, mixed colors, dahlias, cosmos,, Gerben’s Coleus, impatiens, silva, bells of Ireland, Borge.
Then I have some Perennials:
Purple Columbine, pink and blue Delphiniums. Veronica, Dianthus .
Call or text. Sharon: 907-599-0066
Worth Your Time
The following could mean money or support for our community. Please take the surveys.
Safe Streets for All (SS4A), Comprehensive Safety Plan borough-wide. Click on the survey button.
https://kpb-ss4a-comprehensive-safety-plan-kpb.hub.arcgis.com
ALSO
Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is reviewing their Hazard Mitigation Plan. Please take the survey.
https://hazard-mitigation-plan-KPB.hub.arcgis.com
If you’d like more information, read below:
SS4A
The borough is working on a program called the Safe Streets For All initiative. This is for all roads (State, Borough, Cities). Consideration is given for vehicles for sure, but also includes pedestrians, bicycles, ATVs and school ingress and egress. Potential suggestions for improvements can be construction, maintenance, enforcement, lighting – really anything that would reduce serious accidents.
There is a virtual meeting on 5/22 during the work day from 11:30 to 12:30 (The meeting link will be posted on the webpage soon).
We all use the roads and this has the potential to lead to good changes in the future.
https://kpb-ss4a-comprehensive-safety-plan-kpb.hub.arcgis.com
Local Concerns?
How do you feel about…
- The state of the existing Sterling Highway roadway?
- The lack of shoulders on the Sterling Highway MP 45-56? Why?
- The sloughing bluff at MP 50 that slides and blocks the highway?
- Are the steep roadside grades of the Sterling Highway roadway of concern? Why?
- Do the curves allow line of site to safely negotiate the roadway?
- Do you want to safely travel the Sterling Hwy or other corridor by foot, bike, or pushing a wheelchair or stroller? Do you have a business that would benefit from that kind of safe access for guests? What specifically blocks this? Would a separated pathway infrastructure help?
- Do you feel safe walking or biking the bridges at Cooper Creek or Schooner Bend? Any other bridges in our area need attention? Why?
- Are you and your kids comfortable walking or riding a bike on a highway shoulder next to vehicles? How about on Bean Creek Road?
- Are you concerned about roads in Cooper Landing other than the Sterling Highway?
- See attached pdf for a listing of features by milepost on the Sterling Highway.
Pins
- The survey will ask you to drop three pins on a map to identify problem areas. If the problem you are highlighting with one pin exists for a segment of roadway, list the mileposts for the whole segment. For example, Sterling Hwy MP 45-56 lacks shoulders.
- When dropping pins, try to give MP (milepost) notation when you can. This sheet lists mileposts for the Sterling Highway MP 45-60.
- Be specific in what you feel the danger or concern is. Why do you hold your concern?
- If a bridge problem is the same or similar for another bridge you can name them both with one pin.
OEM Mitigation Plan
See survey button on https://kpb-ss4a-comprehensive-safety-plan-kpb.hub.arcgis.com/
- Having concerns included in the Mitigation Plan makes it easier to seek grant funding to resolve the problems.
- List your concerns for hazards in our area. You can offer solutions as well.
- Are you concerned about the landslide at MP 50 and the harm it does to Cooper Creek as well as blocking the highway?
- We face seasonal floods. You can share details where a particular problem exists.
- Do you have concerns about worsening rain events and those that happen in the winter due to cryosphere (climate) change? What problems do you see with how those rains run-off?
- Do you feel our cellular and internet system allows efficient and consistent notifications regarding emergencies in progress? Where do we need improvement?
- Is our community ready for the next earthquake? How might the borough support better preparedness?
- Do you wish to support CLES in a particular way? We need a well and pump system to efficiently fill tanker trucks for fire-fighting. Any other needs that KPB could support?
- Read about other hazards on the CLAPC website to prompt your thinking. Click on the first support document for the May 8th meeting: https://www.kpb.us/planning-dept/planning-commissions/cooper-landing-apc
Thank you for taking the time to enter your concerns with KPB through these surveys.
Softball 2024 Update
It’s that time of year again so get those muscles loosened up and ready to run! If not, there’s always tiger balm! The softball tournament starts Thursday May 30 and ends Saturday June 8. We presently have 6 teams signed up but are hoping to have at least 8 for this years tournament. I will need to know if you are interested in having a team by Wednesday May 22 as the Captains Meeting will be held Friday May 24 at 7:00 PM at the ball field. If you are interested in playing but presently not on a team, please let me know and I will try and place you on a team. If you have a team and are in need of players, also let me know. Watch the crier for more updates. Thanks Dan Michels 907-598-1012
Community Potluck-Soup and Salad!
Plan on a night out with your community on June 28th!
7 Saturdays of Summer Women’s Bible Study
Please come when you can… All women of the community are welcome to attend! 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, beginning June 1 at 3PM, at Kenai Lake Baptist Church.
Crystal Nelson
crystallisanelson@icloud.com
UPDATE ON CHUGACH TREE DEBRIS REMOVAL
Friday morning, two Board members from CLCC met with the Chugach Electric Assn. project manager for downed-tree removal from the power line easements in Cooper Landing. The meeting didn’t unfold as envisioned as we were hoping to accompany the representative to specific sites, but only managed to have a discussion with him in the parking lot at the Community Hall. The outcome was that we are asked as a community to be patient as they figure out how to proceed and that this is a big job with a big price tag. The tree-falling and subsequent clean up was not in their budget, but it was indicated that they are going to do what they can. It is a fluid process and they are here and working on it. It will be nice to see positive improvements throughout the summer; if we don’t, we need to speak up. In the meantime, it is highly recommended to help yourselves to the cut, beautifully stacked, bucked up dry piles of wood for firewood or building things! Please be mindful of private property and make sure you have permission to remove wood from the property owners first and be careful where you park while loading up trucks and trailers; perhaps use orange safety cones? Let’s all do what we can to help remove the debris ourselves to clean up the Landing ~ every little bit helps!
Your concerns and comments are important and will be passed on to Chugach.
Contact: officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held at the Baptist Church annex Saturday mornings 9:00 and Wednesday nights 7:00. This is an open 12 step meeting. If you are curious or think you might have an issue with drinking or other addictions, come join us! The church is located at the corner of Snug Harbor Road and the Sterling Highway, next to the CL Emergency Services building. For more information, call (907)299-2855.