“Snowpocalypse”
FRIDAY, January 20, 2012
Update from the City of Cordova

The Refuse Department are picking up all residential areas on regular schedule. The crew is trying to get to all dumpsters and are working at getting all the equipment up to 100% but they are moving ahead! Please be patient and if necessary use the extra dumpsters placed near the harbormaster’s office. 

School will be back to regular schedule Tuesday through Friday. FRIDAY which was scheduled as an in-service day will now be a makeup day.  The Tip-Off Tourney activities will be held Thursday through Saturday.

The City is hiring LOCAL ONLY shovellers to work specifically on the city buildings. Please report to city hall and sign in. Make sure you bring your identification, wear warm clothes and be prepared to shovel all day.

Have a fire hydrant near your home? Make sure it’s dug out. Our volunteer fire department has dug out 98% of them. We’re trying to make sure they have a good 4’ clearance. 

Bidarki Recreation Center is now open again. Yahoo! Get out and work any muscles you haven’t used lately!! NOON CLASSES ARE BACK CALL 424-7282 FOR MORE INFO.  The pool however will remain closed for the rest of this week and the weekend. We’ll update again on Monday (23rd)

If you have sustained damage to your property from the snowstorm – cars, boats, houses, outbuildings – please fill out an Initial Damage Assessment Form. These are available on the city’s website www.cityofcordova.net and at city hall. PLEASE TURN THESE IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN TO CITY HALL!! IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, HAVE QUESTIONS…PLEASE CALL 424-6200. WE’RE HERE TO HELP!

Take time now to check on your neighbors and friends. Some of us Cordovans are too proud (or stubborn) to ask for a little help! 

Avalanche danger is low and the Copper River Highway is open. Forecast is for clear and cold continuing the rest of the week.

Weather conditions are clear and cold, PLEASE BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ON THE ICE and snow. Wear your grippers! It is extremely slippery outside!

It’s time now for Cordovans to continue to work together to help our neighbors, friends and families. There is still much to do. Keep removing snow from your buildings and properties. With this break in the weather we have the opportunity to prepare for the next go round! Let’s do what we do best - help each other!

The City offices are open for regular business. Please understand and be patient as staff will still be dealing with emergency issues.  The Library is open!  The museum will not be open until we get heat back in that side of the building.

More information on Facebook.com; KLAM, KCDV, KCHU and www.cityofcordova.net

 

 

 

City Hall is open. Questions? Call us at 424-6200

Upcoming City Meetings

 

 

Hello all,

The last couple years we have offered a Level 1 Avalanche Fundamentals class in Cordova. If the interest is still there we would like to offer one again, preferably this February. This class is a 24 hour commitment and requires some knowledge of avalanche basics and backcountry travel. Approximately 60% of the course will be field based. Required rescue equipment for the course is an avalanche transceiver, snow probe, and shovel. You will also need backcountry travel gear either snowshoes or skis/split-boards with climbing skins. If you want more details, check out the American Avalanche Association guidelines for a Level 1 course. http://www.avalanche.org/guidelines.php.

Course cost will be $250 per person. Please understand a Level 1 course usually costs more than $350/person.

In years past we have gone with the 2 weekend option and it really worked well, giving us 2 weekends of possible weather windows.

The 2 weekend option: Consists of four, 6 hr days with a mix of field and classroom time.
February 18-19 and February 25-26. If some other 2 weekend combo would work better, let us know.

Or

4 day intensive course:
February 16-19 Thursday and Friday night, 5-9 pm and Sat and Sun, 9-5.
Or
February 23-26. Thursday and Friday night, 5-9 pm and Sat and Sun, 9-5.

If you are interested in taking this course, please let us know by email or phone what option works best for you if any. To make it worth our time we need 6 people to make the class a ‘go’ and on the other spectrum we are limiting class size to 10 people.

Thanks,
hoots
hoots@ctcak.net
424-4668