KMC holds big spring cleanup

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  • By 86th Civil Engineer Group
  • 86th Airlift Wing
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --  Cleaning of our work areas and residences is sometimes neglected due to the busy operational tempo of the KMC. Designating time specifically for the upkeep of our facilities helps to remind us that a clean work and living area improves the working environment and the appearance of our on-base housing.

This is why the 86th Civil Engineer Group is coordinating a Spring Time Clean up event for Thursday and May 6, and is encouraging all KMC facility managers and Military Family Housing residents to participate.

Thursday is for cleaning of administrative and industrial facilities, grounds and common areas across the KMC by facility managers and building occupants. Objectives include litter collecting, weed pulling, trimming overgrown shrubs, tidying plant beds, removing tree limbs and pine cones, and raking and bagging leaves. Interior suggestions include cleaning stairwells, entries and carpets, cleaning out storage rooms, purging old files, washing windows, and perhaps even doing some minor touch-up painting. Remember the standard areas-of-responsibility extend 100 feet in all directions from buildings, to include nearby parking lots and sidewalks.

The 786th Civil Engineer Squadron will pick up tree limbs, bagged leaves and weeds at curbside for later composting. Cleanup participants should separate tree branches and shrubs into two piles at curbside -- one for small wood stems up to 4 inches in diameter, and another for larger material. Place weeds and leaves in bio-degradable bags at curbside for CES pickup, but well away from dumpsters. Non bio-degradable items should be bagged and disposed of in garbage dumpsters. Items like batteries, glass, bulk paper, and metal should be taken to the nearest recycling center: Bldg. 5146 on Ramstein, and Bldg. 2820 on Kapaun).

"The KMC Self-Help Store has a variety of equipment, tools and materials available to assist in this spring cleanup," said Holger Graf, KMC Self-Help Store manager. "We can provide grass seed for bare lawn areas and we also have biodegradable bags for your weeds and leaves. Facility managers may check-out many types of hand / power tools, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, power washers, rakes, shovels, etc. that can help facility managers get this work done."

The KMC Self-Help store is located in Bldg. 510, phone 480-5034.

May 6 will focus on cleaning military family housing exteriors. Dorm occupants are also included. Objectives include weeding, trimming, raking, bagging, etc.

"Take the time to attend to your communities, including common areas like playgrounds, walkways and areas around the underground trash containers," said Benjamin Hizon, KMC Housing Office deputy director. "Though participation is mandatory for housing residents, this is a great opportunity to team with your neighbors to foster community pride in the areas where you live and play, and model responsibility to your children."

U-fix-It stores are in Bldg 859 on Ramstein, phone 06371-46-39520; in Bldg. 1049 on Vogelweh, phone 0631-357-90915; and in Bldg. 3748 on Landstuhl, phone 06371-46-39510.