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Home My Public Portal About201212Newsletter.docDecember Events December 1 12 – 6 PM Fall Festival in support of 2012 Mayors’ Motorcade – American Legion Hall December 4 7 - 8 PM Citizens’ Tuesday with the City Manager – call 472-5072 to make an appointment December 7 6:30 – 9 PM Lights on for Tybee – Tybrisa/Strand business district December 8 1 – 3:30 PM Christmas Parade – from Tybrisa to the Tybee Gym December 11 10 AM Parking Committee – City Hall Auditorium December 11 11 AM Bicycle Friendly Committee – City Hall Auditorium December 11 6 – 8 PM Mayor’s Night In – call 472-5080 to make an appointment December 13 5 PM Infrastructure Committee – City Hall Auditorium December 13 6:30 PM Council Meeting - Consent agenda at 6:30, full meeting at 7 until business complete December 17 4:30 PM Community Resource Committee – City Hall Auditorium December 17 6 PM Historic Preservation Commission – City Hall Auditorium December 18 7 – 9 PM Coyote Threat Reduction Workshop – Tybee Gym December 18 7 PM Planning Commission – City Hall Auditorium December 19 7 PM Better Hometown Board – City Hall Auditorium December 20 11:30 AM Beach Task Force – City Hall Auditorium December 20 2 – 7 PM Red Cross Neighborhood Blood Drive – Old School Cafeteria December 24-25 Christmas Holiday – City Offices Closed January 1 New Year’s Day – City Offices Closed Basketball & cheerleading registration is open & practice starts week of December 3rd. Please contact the Tybee YMCA for more information 786-9622. Rising TYde Food Pantry is in need of: canned fruit, canned meat, rice, grits, soup, jelly and peanut butter. Distribution is third Tuesday each month. View the City Calendar at www.cityoftyee.org for a listing of all City and non-profit events. Tybee Puts the Holidays in a New Light The Better Hometown Program’s Promotions Committee sponsors the month-long Tybee for the Holidays celebration. During celebration events on December 3 at 6:30PM, donations will be accepted for Rising TYde Food Pantry, Toys for Tots, and the Animal Shelter. Raffle tickets will be provided for donations. The drawing will be held at the December 13 Council meeting. All the details for holiday events, tours, dining, services and more is at www.tybeefortheholidays.com! Enjoy your holiday season with peaceful beaches, shopping, dining and all the festivities on Tybee! River’s End Hosts Christmas Fun River’s End Campground & RV Park will host ‘Campground Christmas’ on Saturday, December 15th, 6–8PM at the Campround’s Pavilion. The public is invited to roast hotdogs and make S’More’s! 2012 Mayors’ Motorcade Needs Your Help Since 1958, the Mayors’ Motorcade has been providing gifts and personal items for residents of Georgia’s seven regional hospitals. This year there will be a Fall Festival at the American Legion on December 1st, noon to 6pm. Snacks, games, burgers’n’dogs, bake sale, silent auction, and raffle will be provided for participants who bring a donation of funds or an item from the gift list, found on the City’s Calendar pages for December 1st. There is also a blue barrel in the City Hall lobby to which you can bring donations any time up until December 2nd. Council and Commission Meetings Online, on demand For those of you without Comcast, we now have Council and Planning Commission Meetings online. Meetings will be uploaded to http://cityoftybee.pegcentral.com. As uploading can take several hours, each meeting will be available the next morning - sorry, no live streaming! Selected content will be made available from our cable schedule. If you have a favorite program you'd like to see in the library, please drop us an email at feedback@cityoftybee.org. Unpaid Utility Bills Will Result in Water Shutoff! The Water Department will begin strictly enforcing the cut off procedure, as of January, 2013,per current Ordinance (section 70-38), which states water service may be discontinued whenever total billing for water, sewer, and sanitation services (if included) is not paid in full at the city cashiers office on the due date. Bills are due the 20th each month, and shall be declared delinquent 25 days following the date of billing. A late charge of $15.00 will be charged. This gives a few days after the due date to pay before delinquent accounts face shut off. When service is discontinued due to delinquency, it shall not be restored until the delinquent bill is paid in full, including the late fee. A flat fee of $35.00 shall be charged when service is resumed after normal working hours: M-F, 8a-4p. Home Improvements Require Permits For the do-it-yourself remodeler, obtaining permits takes time, adds cost, and sometimes the proposed project is not allowed by Tybee’s ordinances. Remodeling by sidestepping the permit process will add more time and money, and it may cause a bigger problem later. According to the National Association of Realtors, failure to obtain a permit may complicate or prevent your home’s sale. During the home inspection or appraisal process, homeowners may have to prove that permits were obtained. If the lending bank learns that remodeling was done without a permit, it may decline the loan. Have a permitting question? Call (912) 472-5030, or visit City Hall. Coyote Threat Reduction Workshop Lynsey White Dasher, Urban Wildlife Specialist from The Humane Society of the United States will be providing a Coyote Training Workshop at the Tybee Gym on Tuesday, December 18th at 7 – 9 PM. This session will teach attendees how to prevent coyotes from becoming a nuisance by "hazing" them, how to reduce the numbers and kinds of coyote attractants, and how to minimize threats to pets and people. Remember, do not leave food out for the coyotes – doing so will make them lose their fear of humans which immediately puts everyone in danger of confrontation with and attacks by the coyotes. To learn more about coyotes now, visit: http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/coyotes/ for more information. To Address City Council …about existing agenda items, please ask to be recognized during public comments. To get on the agenda, file an Agenda Request with the City Clerk by noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to the Meeting! Council meets 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7PM, each month. Visit City Hall or our web site for a copy of the form. If you are speaking or presenting to Council, please be aware you must provide a copy of your presentation 48 hours in advance to the Clerk or to IT staff at City Hall! Other City Communications - Watch us on Comcast Public Access Channel 7 - The “City Newsletter” link on the City’s web site - Send general email to feedback@cityoftybee.org! - Look for City of Tybee on Facebook and Twitter - Sign up for “Citizens Alert” on our web page - At www.cityoftybee.org, pages and searches support RSS for automatic notification of any content updates.