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Home My Public Portal About200911Newsletter (2).docNovember Events November 3 7AM – 7PM ELECTION DAY – Vote for Mayor, Council at the Guard House and Cafeteria November 8 9 AM Tybee to Savannah Bike Ride – bicyclecampaign.org November 10 10 – 11 AM Better Home Town Board – meets in Old School TEMA Room 6 – 8 PM Mayor’s Night In – call City Clerk Vivian Woods at 786-4573 x103 for an appointment November 11 Veterans’ Day – City Offices closed November 12 6:30 PM Council Meeting - Consent agenda begins at 6:30, full meeting at 7 until business complete November 17 7 PM Planning Commission November 20 10AM – 12n Beach Shower Design – City/SCAD design partnership, public input meeting 6 – 9 PM Y Skate Night – Tybee Gym November 26-28 Thanksgiving Holiday – City Offices closed Thursday thru Saturday The Mayors’ Motorcade is on December 9th, carrying donations from municipalities to seven different Georgia institutional hospitals. Please bring your donations to City Hall this month and place them in the donation barrel in the lobby. Your gifts will make a difference this Christmas season! Lock Your Vehicles and Homes Theft from unattended vehicles and homes has become more of a problem on Tybee in recent months, as Chief Price has warned in his recent articles in the Breeze. Make sure to lock your car or truck and do not leave valuables in plain sight. A simple locked door makes a vehicle or home a far less attractive target. Neighborly Behaviors Tybee is a small community, and small acts can have big effects on our friends and neighbors. Although ordinances are in place to impose fines on people who leave their trash cans at the curb or who do not pick up after their pets, good neighbors take care of such items as a matter of course. Your trash cans cannot be placed at curbside more than 24 hours before the scheduled trash pickup and must be removed from curbside within 24 hours after trash pickup. Dog waste needs to be picked up and disposed of properly in trash containers immediately. As fecal contamination can cause disease and quickly affect water quality, you need to pick up pet waste even in your own yard to help keep Tybee’s status as the nation’s healthiest beach! Utility Bill Reminder Don’t forget utility bills are due the 20th of each month! City Offices Closures City offices will be closed for two holiday periods this month. The first will be November 11th for Veterans’ Day, and the second will be for the entire weekend of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, including both Friday and Saturday that weekend! Water bills are due a week prior to these dates, so we hope this will not provide too much of an inconvenience! Spring Tides Again This Month November 4th and December 3rd both present 8.5’ high tides, representing some risk of flooding on Highway 80. Please don’t drive into water covering the road. It doesn’t take much water to represent serious danger! You risk not only your own person and belongings, but also you put the lives of any rescuers at risk who may have to come pull you out of flooded areas! Election Information Don’t forget to vote! Election day is November 3rd. Visit the Secretary of State online to verify your polling place as the Guard House on Van Horne or Old School Cafeteria: http://sos.georgia.gov/el ections/polllocator/PollLocator.aspx Permits Reminders from Economic Development Remember that permits are required from the City before you begin almost any kind of construction, renovation, demolition, or tree removal, such as: accessory structure or shed or carport, deck or patio, demolition, dock, driveway, electrical, fence, fire alarm or fire sprinkler, infrastructure, irrigation, land disturbing activity or buffer activity, mechanical / heating and air conditioning, new construction, plumbing, relocation of structure, renovation or repair of a structure, roof repair or replacement, sewer stub , shallow well, sign, swimming pool, tree removal or relocation, water tap, and, window repair or replacement. Construction equipment may only be operated during the hours of 7a – 8p on weekdays, and from 10a – 8p on weekends. Call Economic Development at 786-4573, x114, for inspections, forms, and questions relating to such projects. City Communications City staff are working to keep you notified of important events on the island. During an evacuation, you can contact the toll-free hotline for evacuation and return instructions at (877) 615-3277. The outdoor emergency warning sirens will provide verbal information in the event of weather, ocean, or other emergencies. The City Twitter feed provides updates on traffic, infrastructure outages, and events of general interest. Comcast Cable Public Access Channel 7 provides recorded and live coverage of Council and Planning Commission meetings as well as public presentations and events of both serious and celebratory nature. And, as always, you can visit www.cityoftybee.org for the latest news on City business, government, weather and emergency alerts, events, and more. 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