Chase Community News

Just wanted to keep everyone informed on what the Chase Community Council has been working on.

We met with Mayor Curt Maynard on Feb 28th. We wanted his advice on how we should go about protecting our lifestyle by not having the Talkeetna River Railroad bridge walkway widened. He assured us by forming the CCC was a good step in the right direction since we would be recognized by the borough. He also suggested we contact our local representatives Mark Neuman and Charlie Huggins to let them know we did not want the walkway widened and also we don’t want them to secure any funding from the budget to fund a safety study. I have been trying to talk to Mr Neuman, he was in Wa and then Juneau…he forward a letter to me from the President of AKRR, Pat Gamble stating they won’t be widening the walkway in the future but wants the state to build a new bridge to connect to the Chase Trail.

We also met with Eileen Probasco at (planning dept) to ask about when we would be officially recognized by the borough. Hopefully by April the assembly will be able to do that. She also suggested that we review the Chase Comprensive Plan and make amendments where needed.

We also talked with another borough employee about how we reinstate the mil tax that funds our trail maintaince fund. Which we will have to address at our next meeting.