Whelp, the MSB Parks & Recs Director (Hugh Leslie) and former MSB Assembly member Steve Colligan finally admitted what the Mat-Su Muckracker has been complaining about for the better part of two years. Yes, the MSB helped set up a Drone Park for Mr. Colligan’s non profit group. Yes, the…
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This item is on the agenda of tonight’s MSB Assembly meeting. It is an ANNOUNCEMENT not an item to be discussed and voted on. The MSB Manager & Community Development Department are announcing that they are going to allow former MSB Assembly member Stephen Colligan’s group – the Alaska…
The Seward Meridian Parkway Improvements Project (Phase II), which will soon be underway, is on the agenda of the next MSB Parks, Recs and Trails Advisory board meeting. This long-delayed project made for a lively discussion on the Mat-Su Valley News Facebook group yesterday. A former MSB employee (Bill Klebesadel)…
The MSB signed a contract with Lifetime Adventures in December of 2017 to manage the GPRA ski chalet. (Photo of high school students waxing skis during a race at GPRA this past winter.) Here is the contract: GPRA Agreement with Lifetime Adventures 2017-12-28 Has Lifetime Adventures paid the $500 per…
The Big Lake Iron Dog Trail Bridge building project has been delayed because two pieces of heavy equipment have fallen through the ice. Above is a photo of the scene out in Big Lake shared by a poster on Facebook. (Update: Apparently the dozer is undernearth the excavator!) Apparently, this…
Did the MSB ever actually build the promised Matanuska Riverfront Trails (North and South)? These two trails were included (along with other trails) as part of the 2016 $22 Recreation Bond. The Matanuska Riverfront Trail (North) is supposed to link the Old Glenn Paved pathway to the Mat River Park…
[wpvideo wJLh5G5H] Posted on Facebook’s Borough Budget Watch Group on January 8, 2019: Welp, the GPRA Chalet is once again OFF LIMITS to the hundreds of families involved in Mat-Su Jr. Nordics. This MSB building was paid for by taxpayers (primarily a federal grant.) Our property taxes are also paying…
The MSB voters, in the fall of 2016, approved a $22 million Recreation Bond. $3 million of this money was designated for trail improvements. The MSB did lot of PR for the Recreation Bond. These pages are from one of the presentations. Look at all the trails planned: The…
I sent an email to the Parks and Recs Board members and the MSB Parks and Recs staff person (Hugh Leslie) on May 21st asking a lot of questions about the proposed Drone Racing Park and proposed Management agreement. However, I did not get any response. Here are some of…
This is on the Agenda at next week’s MSB Parks and Recs Advisory Committee Meeting (to be held out in Willow – which seems like an odd place to hold this meeting considering the Jim Creek Master Plan is at issue!) This is a follow-up to my UFVs and UFOs…