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Home My Public Portal About201509Newsletter.docxSeptember Events August 31 – September 3 File qualifying declarations of candidacy with the City Clerk, Jan LeViner, at 403 Butler Ave September 7 Labor Day Holiday – City offices closed September 8 11 AM Bicycle/Pedestrian Friendly Committee – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn September 8 6 - 8 PM Mayor’s Night In – Call 472-5080 for an appointment September 10 5:30 - 6:30 PM Infrastructure Committee Meeting – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn September 10 6:30 PM Council Meeting – New Courtroom - Consent agenda at 6:30, full meeting at 7 September 16 6 – 7 PM TI Development Authority Main Street Board – City Hall Auditorium September 17 12 – 1:30 PM Beach Task Force – City Hall Auditorium September 19 10 AM – 2:00 PM Tybee Youth Council Car Wash – TI Fire Department, Jones at Fifth September 21 4 - 5 PM Community Resource Committee – City Hall Auditorium September 21 6 - 7 PM Historic Preservation Commission – City Hall Auditorium September 21 7 PM Planning Commission – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn September 24 10 AM Public Safety Committee – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn September 24 6:30 PM Council Meeting – New Courtroom - Consent agenda at 6:30, full meeting at 7 September 25 5:30 – 7 PM Third Thursdays on Tybee – Tybrisa/Strand Roundabout - September 27 1 - 5 PM Community Day – Memorial Park (Gym if rain) September 28 11 AM TIPD VIP Luncheon – Old School Cafeteria – people helping people – you’re invited! Rising TYde Food Pantry, in Old School Cafeteria, needs: canned fruit & meat, rice, grits, soup, jelly, peanut butter. Distributions: Third Tuesday monthly. View updated City Calendar at www.cityoftyee.org for a listing of all City & non-profit events. Please click the Waste & Recycling link at the top of the home page, or call 843-645-4100, to register any problems with your waste or recycling services! Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Plastic bag recycling containers have been placed at: City Hall, IGA, YMCA, Campground, Visitor's Center and Chu's Department Store. Please bring your clean plastic bags and similar packaging, like bread bags, dry cleaning bags, air pillows, paper products (from toilet paper and paper towels) plastic packaging, and similar plastic film to recycle at these locations. Stay Informed About Emergencies As we prepare this month’s newsletter, Tropical Storm Erika threatens to turn into the first hurricane of the year with any real potential to reach Tybee. Don’t be left out! Your safety is our top concern – that’s why the City of Tybee Island uses the Citizen Alert system powered by Everbridge to make sure you know about issues that may affect you. Effective August 26th, we have upgraded Citizen Alert to have better security and to give us all more choices in what events to send and receiving notifications. This system allows us to contact thousands of residents in seconds to inform everyone about an emergency right away. The process begins when the city issues a message about a potential safety hazard or concern. Next, Citizen Alert sends a message through your primary contact path. If you don't confirm receipt of the message, the system will try to reach your second contact path and will continue trying to reach you until you confirm receipt. The success of this service relies on YOU. Having your latest contact information is the only way to ensure that we can contact you in an emergency. Please sign up. If you have already signed up for the Citizen Alert service, please login within the next few weeks to update your information – make sure your contact information is up-to-date, and review the new, expanded set of notification choices you have. Weather notices will be forwarded directly from NOAA, and the new system will allow us to notify you of meetings and keep utility outages such as water main breaks confined to effect areas. We’ve created a shortened URL for your convenience: type bit.ly/CitizenAlerts into the address bar of your browser – it only takes about a minute to enroll! The City of Tybee will never share or distribute your personal information, unless required to do so by law, and will never use Citizen Alert information for any purpose other than to send emergency notifications or information pertaining to city business, events or emergencies. If you need any assistance with the process of signing up, don’t hesitate to call our IT Department’s Michael Bodine at 912.472.5112 for help! Declarations of Candidacy Due Individuals intending to run for City Council positions need to file qualifying paperwork with the City Clerk, Jan LeViner, between 8AM Aug 31 and 4:30PM Sept 3. Forms can be found online on the City Clerk page or picked up in person at the clerk’s office. To Address City Council …about agenda items, please speak 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 to obtain the form. If you are presenting to Council, you must provide your presentation no less than 48 hours in advance to Clerk or IT staff! Other City Communications Watch us on Comcast Public Access Channel 7 – if you don’t get this channel, call COMCAST at 800-COMCAST during business hours, M-F, and ask them to fix your MAP CODE to Tybee! 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 “Citizen Alert” on our home page. Get notified of severe weather, traffic issues, utility outages, and more! Choose how to be contacted and for what events. Meetings can be streamed from our video-on-demand service at cityoftybee.pegcentral.com At www.cityoftybee.org, pages and searches support RSS to provide you with automatic notification of any and all content updates. Click the little orange “Subscribe to this feed” icon at the top of any page.