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On T he Riviera“It’s Another Great Day in Riviera Bay!”

53rd YEAR • MARCH/APRIL, 2013 ISSUE www.rbcanews.com

The single most important thing you can do right now to increase your future property values in this entire area

is to send emails ASAP urging the County Commissioners to replace the existing “Functionally deficient in need of replacement” San Martin Bridge with one that is taller, wider, longer and safer. (email addresses are provided below.) The County is right now in the preliminary design & engineering phase and this bridge is currently in the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s 5 year Design and Construction phase. City staff has suggested that Pinellas County hold public meeting(s) in the area to obtain the neighborhood’s comments and concerns regarding the bridge replacement.

As I write this, no date has been set yet for this public meeting, and it may not happen for a very long time, but the earlier we can get our “new bridge wish list” into the County, the better our chances will be. It will be paid for with 50% grant and 50% Penny for Pinellas money, and right now they are planning on spending $4,220,000 to replace that bridge, but not starting construction until 2018.

Some of my initial thoughts about points to include in your emails.

WIDEN, LENGTHEN, AND STRAIGHTEN FOR A SAFER BRIDGE:

a.) Currently it’s a very heavily traveled 2 lane bridge that connects 4th St to Gandy Blvd that has an unsafe “dog leg” and a “blind spot” feel to it heading either way over the bridge.

b.) A wider bridge would allow the Friendship trail extension to be added to continue on to Gandy Blvd and provide safer pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic.

c.) There is enough land available at both ends to lengthen & straighten that bridge as high as the ADA would allow.

d.) 83rd Ave N/ Patica / San Martin Blvd would be greatly enhanced as an evacuation route.

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: A wider channel and longer bridge with more space between the support columns would increase the tidal flow underneath, instantly raising the water quality and marine life in the area, while decreasing the amount of silt being deposited in the canals downstream.

RAISE THE BRIDGE. Raising the bridge as high as the ADA would allow the degree pitch to go would let larger, taller boats have access underneath, instantly raising all the property values downstream, and increase the tax base.

REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS. This obsolete bridge and a large water pipe running across it need constant painting and repairing. New technology and engineering would reduce that work and also put the water pipe and any utilities underground.

WE NEED EVERYBODY’S EMAILS TO ALL COUNTY COMMISIONERS

Comm. Janet C. Long - District 1 - JanetCLong@PinellasCounty.orgComm. Norm Roche - District 2 – NRoche@PinellasCounty.orgComm. Charlie Justice - District 3 - CJustice@PinellasCounty.orgComm. Susan Latvala - District 4 - SLatvala@PinellasCounty.orgComm. Karen Williams Seel – District 5 - KSeel@PinellasCounty.orgComm. John Morroni - District 6 - JMorroni@PinellasCounty.orgComm. Kenneth T. Welch - District 7 - KWelch@PinellasCounty.org

If we all work together on this, we can get the new (Hoover/Kennedy?) bridge rebuilt much safer and better than it ever was,

Prez Dave

PS: Did ya ever notice that when you put the word “THE” in front of “IRS”, you get “THEIRS”

URGENT! SAN MARTIN BRIDGE EMAILSNEEDED ASAP FROM ALL AREA RESIDENTS

NEXT GENERAL MEETING THURS, APRIL 18thSt Pete Presbyterian Church, 600 83rd Ave NE(east of 4th St to church at corner of 83rd Ave & Macoma Drive)

Social 6:30pm, Meeting starts at 7pm sharpAGENDA: EMS Response Presentation, by Asst Fire Chief Steve Knight,

Possible speakers about the “Lens” pier proposal

NEWSLETTER OF THE RIVIERA BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SINCE 1960

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2013 RBCA EVENTSUnless posted otherwise, all general meetings are held

at St Pete Presbyterian Hall, 600 83rd Ave NE. Social starting at 6:30pm, meeting at 7pm. (East of 4th St to hall at

corner of 83rd Ave NE & Macoma Dr NE)

Thurs, March 14 - Mayor’s Night Out7 pm – Shore Acres Ctr, 4230 Shore Acres Blvd N

Thurs, March 21 - RBCA Float in Grand Prix/Festival of States, Illuminated Night Parade

Thurs, March 28

Easter Egg Hunt/Ice Cream Social 6:30 pm

April 6 - Annual Canal & Area Clean-up at Boat ramp & 2nd Adopt a Mile 83rd Ave N/NE, 8:30am to noon

April 18 - RBCA General Mtg

Asst Fire Chief Steve Knight for EMS Response Changes, Possible New Pier speaker & Water Dept

speaker

June 20 - General Meeting

August 15 - General Meeting

Sat, August 17 - 3rd Adopt-A-MileClean-Up of 83rd Ave N/NE

Sept 28 - Carefest Project

Oct 1, 2, 3 - Fall Yard Sale

Oct 17 - General Meeting

Oct 19 - 4th Adopt-A-MileClean-Up 83rd Ave N/NE

Nov 21 - Thanksgiving Dinner

Dec 5 - General Meeting/Party?

Elections, 2014 Planning

Dec 24 - Christmas Eve Candle Display& Boat Parade

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Council Member Kennedy’s CornerThank you for the privilege to contribute to your quarterly newsletter.

Rio Vista Park UpdateThe City of St. Petersburg has officially started demol-

ishing the old Rio Vista Elementary School to build a park. The demolition started earlier this year and is about 70 percent complete. A post demolition survey will be com-pleted by mid April which will allow us to complete the Civil Engineering, Electrical and the remaining park de-velopment plans by late April. Construction bids are ex-pected to be advertised in May with Council approval of award by July. If all remain on schedule, construction is slated to begin either in August or September. The City of St. Petersburg would like to thank you for your patience, support, and vision to this worthwhile asset in the District 2 community.

San Martin Bridge North Bay TrailPinellas County has determined the San Martin Bridge

over Riviera Bay is functionally obsolete and is need of replacement. The County is in the process of seeking grants to assist with the funding. Currently, the recom-mended funding for construction is slated to begin in 2018 depending on grant requirements, right-of-way and per-mitting. The County will hold a public meeting to obtain comments and concerns regarding the bridge replacement.

I will keep you abreast as new de-velopments occur and will work to ensure the Riviera Bay Civic Asso-ciation is contacted regarding the meeting notice.

Dates to RememberIf you have any ideas, interest or

concerns regarding the vision for our city, please come out to one of the meetings below:

• Mayor’s Night Out, March 14 - 6:00 pm. Shore Acres Center, 4230 Shore Acres Blvd.

• Breakfast with the Mayor, March 27 - 7:00 am, Munch’s, 3920 - 6th Street South

• Mayor’s Night Out, April 11 - 6:00 pm. Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive N.E.

• Breakfast with the Mayor, April 24 - 7:00 am, The Reef, USF Student Center, 200 6th Ave South

If l can be of assistance, please feel free to call me at 727-893-7117.

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1st 2013 Cleanup For “Adopt-A-

Mile” Follow-Up

Seven great people showed up on Sat, Feb 23rd to

pick up trash along 83rd Ave from 4th St to the San Martin bridge. I’d like to Thank Toni Michalove, Pete & Lynne Boyle, Don Steer, Dave & Donna Hoover, & Donna’s Dad Marty Fairbank, who was visiting from Maryland. It was especially heart-

warming to me that almost everybody there expressed their sympathies to my Father-in-law for having to put up with me as his son-in-law. We sent 3 people toward the bridge and 4 people toward 4th St, and we were done in about an hour and half. We collected a total of 59.7 lbs of trash & debris, then I separated and recycled 3.4 lbs of alum, 4.5 lbs of plastic, 12 lbs of glass and 13.2 lbs of steel, keeping over half of the total weight, 33.1 lbs, out of the landfill and only leaving 26.6 lbs of actual trash to be thrown away. Recycling is a great thing that I wish everybody did more of. Hope to see more of you at our next cleanup on April 6th.

by Prez Dave

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Brief Recap From Our Feb 21St Meeting

Free pizza was donated by Pai-sano’s Pizza. Police Ofc Cory

Crawford gave area crime report and tips/warnings about criminal activity in our area. New area Codes inspector Thaddeus Mitchell intro-duced himself and gave very helpful tips about code enforcement.

Fossil Park Fire Dept gave area service report and a “heads up” about St Pete’s EMS changes – (full presentation at our April 18 meet-ing) – followed by a very informa-tive Power Point presentation from St Pete’s Housing Authority by Audra Butler and RBCA resident Robyn Adams.

Speaking Of Clean-Up Efforts……

On Feb 21st, Prez Dave & Donna received a plaque from “Keep Pinellas Beautiful”, presented by Pinellas County Commissioners Karen Seel, Charlie Justice, John Morroni and Norm Roche. It reads, “Director’s

Award presented to David & Donna Hoover - In recognition and sincere appreciation for your leadership and ef-forts in support of Community cleanups for 7 years in the Riviera Bay area. These community cleanups were a success because of your devotion and personal commitment to improving the quality of life in Pinellas County.

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For the past 4 years the Suncoasters have invited St Pete neighborhood associations to enter a float in

the Grand Prix/Festival of States Illuminated Night Pa-rade. The RBCA has won 1st prize every year. Last year they had 2 categories, best illumined and best overall, and we won both with the Rocket Ship Car we rented (rocketshipcar.com – also parade on youtube.com). We

Grand Prix/Festival Of States Illuminated Night ParadeRBCA Float Ideas? - March 21st

are looking for something different this year. Maybe a live band on a lit-up pontoon boat…. or a lit-up band on a live pontoon boat?

If you have any ideas or would like to participate, even just walking around our float handing or throw-ing out beads, please contact us at 727-579-3644 or at daybugme2@yahoo.com or just come down along the route and cheer us on if you can.

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Volunteer At The Grand Prix – March 22, 23, 24

Lizz Singh a RBCA Resident is organizing a fund raising project for Jamerson School PTA and is looking for Volunteers to help sell food and beverages at

the Grand Prix in downtown St. Petersburg. All volunteers need to be 18 or over. You will be required to wear a Jamerson t-shirt and hat that will be provided for

you. The PTA gets a percentage of the sales and you get to see the races for free! Thanks for helping Jamerson PTA! Invite your friends and family to help out too. If you have any questions, email me at lizzsingh@gmail.com

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7th Annual Pre-Easter Egg Hunt & Ice Cream SocialThurs, March 28Th – Doors Open 6:15Pm – Hunt At 6:30pmNew Location – St Pete Presbyterian Church – 600 83Rd Ave Ne.

The Easter Bunny will be hiding plenty of goody filled eggs inside the hall for

us again this year and all you need to bring to join the hunt is your own Easter basket or something to collect your eggs in. The number of eggs you get to collect will de-pend on the number of kids that will be hunting, AND, you get to keep the Bunny ears we give you.

The Hunt will be followed again this year by our Ice Cream social with Chocolate and Vanilla Haagen Dazs ice cream generously donated by RBCA residents Christine & Mark Prendagast. The RBCA will provide all the fix’ins so all ya gotta do is have a sweet tooth.

All we require is you be a RBCA mem-ber to participate, so if you aren’t already a member, pay the $10/family yearly dues that night or you can mail in $10 to 163 87th Ave. N., St Petersburg, FL 33702 before that night.

Prez Dave adds; Please come out and join us as we promote this “More Cavities & Extra Calories” event.

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On April 6th, around 8:15-8:30 am, WE NEED AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS WE CAN GET to

meet at the boat ramp on Sunlit Cove Drive NE to sign in, pick up supplies, and pick a location to clean-up. COFFEE, DONUTS & BREAKFAST SANDWICHES will be supplied to get the day off to a great start and LUNCH will be provided around noon after the event. We usually have a great turnout for this event and we

have collected “Keep Pinellas Beautiful” record break-ing amounts of trash in the past.

The city drops off 2 industrial dumpsters on both sides of the ramp entrance on Fri and after our Cleanup event on Sat, if there is still room available in either dumpster, Riviera Bay residents are welcome to throw in any trash, old furniture, wood, etc they may have ly-ing around. During the Cleanup, we also separate all the aluminum, plastic, glass & steel recyclables, so if you have anything metal for disposal, please call Prez Dave at 579-3644 before you throw it in the dumpster.

Everyone is welcome, and anyone with a boat or pick-up truck is especially encouraged to participate. We need volunteers for:

• Cleaning the canals of debris and bringing it back to the boat ramp – we need to report trash weight col-lected.

• Cleaning the area at the 83rd Ave/San Martin Bridge.

• Posting signs on storm drains.

• Land clean-up along 4th Street N between 98th and 78th Ave N., Rio Vista Park, George Hedke Park, area behind Starbucks, area at the end of 92nd Ave N, area north of 98th Ave N & 2nd Str., area around the stores on 4th Str. N. and our Adopt A Mile 83rd Ave N/NE from 4th Str to San Martin Bridge.

• We will have dumpsters, bags, gloves, etc, every-thing needed for a productive day.

• Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops welcome. • Great for high school community service hours!Hope to see you there!!!We also need someone to go around and take pictures

of this event or if you have a group, please feel free to take any pertinent pictures yourselves to submit to us. Some of them will definitely end up in our newsletter!!

MAIN REQUIREMENT: You don’t need a power-boat, canoe, kayak, paddleboat, or even an inner tube to help, just bring along a desire to help the neighborhood become a better place for everybody to live.

This year we applied for and received a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary to add “Removal of Invasive Plants”. Each year we try to add or improve our ap-proach to the clean-up. We are looking for a local li-censed Arborist or tree removal business.

Last year we had more Boy Scouts and Represen-tatives from Brighton Preparatory School than we had neighborhood people. Please come out and help us clean-up YOUR neighborhood.

ANNUAL RBCA CANAL CLEAN UPApril 6 – 8:30am To 12 noon

“Operation Healthy Water III & Water Conservation”

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Riviera Bay Park Update

Site should be cleared in about 30 days or no later than the end of March. A post demolition survey

will be completed by mid April which will then allow us to complete the Civil Engineering, Electrical, and the remaining park development plans by late April. Plans will then be submitted to Permitting by late April or early May. We ex-pect to have the construction bids advertised in May and anticipate taking the award of the construc-tion contract to City Council by July and start construction either Aug or Sept.

From the city: The center en-trance arch of the Rio Vista School building has been carefully sal-vaged from the demolition of the former school building. The de-molition contractor was asked to selectively demolish around the arch so that we could further ana-lyze the feasibility of retaining this element.

This photo was taken from the demolition site. The foundation of the arch will still need to cut out from the foundation and slab of the building which it is tied to. While salvage of the arch is technically feasible, please consider the follow-ing:

• Despite the quality or condition of the remaining arch my primary concern would be for structural integ-rity against wind load

• An unbraced masonry structure would need struc-tural reinforcing, and this would be costly and may be

simply unrealistic from an engineering perspective (we did not budget for this in the plans for the park).

• The stand alone arch could detract from the other-wise passive nature of the park and it may become an attractive nuisance with regard to climbing

• Regrading around the arch may not be consistent

with the final intended grades of the park We believe there is a clear cut, cost effective way to

pay homage to the old school by saving the two west corners, cutting them down to bench height and cap-ping them with a stone coping. We would also con-struct a small plaza near the location of the arch and install a graphic story board of the building and the site.

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Curb Side Recycling

Waste Pro, Inc. is now offering recycling services for residents of St. Petersburg at a cost of $3.75

per month, paid annually ($45). Residents who sign up will be able to place newspapers, cardboard, metal and aluminum cans, glass and plastic at the curb for weekly recycling. Containers will be supplied by Waste Pro. For information, call Waste Pro at 727-873-0800. Resi-dents who had previously contracted with WSI must call Waste Pro to continue their service and receive new recycling bins.

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Your Neighborhood Church

Welcomes You!

600 83rd Ave. NE,St. Petersburg, FL 33702

727-329-6346www.stpetepca.org

Pastor Dave Harding

Worship on Sunday mornings at 10:15 a.m. Classes for all ages begin at 9:00 a.m.

Childcare provided in our excellent nursery facility for infants and toddlers.

• Never dump anything down the storm drains• Sweep up driveways, sidewalks and roads• Don’t blow leaves into the street or storm drains• Wash your car on the lawn instead of roads and driveways• Check your car for leaks and dis-pose of waste oil properly• Pick up after your pets• Use fertilizers and pesticides spar-ingly• Do not throw cigarette butts on the ground

Unfortunately, litter in our water-ways and on our beaches lasts a long time, often years. Litter, espe-cially plastics, takes many decades to several hundred years to break

down, thereby threatening wildlife and public health for generations. Consider how long it takes for items commonly found in our waterways to breakdown:

• Cardboard box, 2 weeks• Orange peel, 2-5 weeks• Banana Peel, 2-5 weeks• Newspaper, 6 weeks• Apple core, 2 months• Wool sock, 1-5 years• Cigarette filter, 1-5 years

• Plastic bag, 10-20 years• Tin can, 50 years• Foam plastic cup, 50 years• Aluminum can, 80-200 years• Disposable diaper, 450 years• Plastic bottle, 450 years• Fishing line, 500 years• Glass, I million years• Rubber tire, infinity

As you can see, the natural items take a shorter time to decompose, and the manmade items (often the more pervasive and abundant) take much longer.• Recycle Your Old BatteriesDon’t just throw your old batteries in the trash to end up in our landfills. We will have a collection bucket at each RBCA General Meeting to collect old batteries for recycling.

KEEP TAMPA BAY BLUEOur canals and bays are a part of St. Petersburg for all to enjoy. By doing our

part to minimize our impact, they will remain healthy and productive.Help Keep Our Bays and Waters Clean!

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Community Service Hours

Our canal cleanup is the perfect opportunity for a lot of kids to work alongside their

friends and family to get those Community Ser-vice hours needed to graduate while actually seeing the positive difference they make in their community. We are also looking for Boy Scout, Cub Scout and Girl Scout Troops that may want to participate.

If you can’t participate at the canal clean-up and still

need community service hours, please call me at 579-3644 we can always find volun-teer help. Whether it’s walking the streets picking up trash in the neighborhood, help-ing to deliver newsletters or flyers, helping

stuff Easter eggs, helping at a neighborhood event, re-searching the history of the neighborhood, or even pro-viding help for one of our Christmas candle distribu-tors, we’ll find something for them to do to earn those hours.

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New Fossil Park Fire Station Captain

Fire Captain Robert Nugent has been reassigned from Fossil

Park Fire Station # 7 to Station # 11. It has been a pleasure working with Captain Nugent and we wish him well at his new station.

Our new Fossil Park Captain is Brett Ciskoski. He has been very active in the associations at his past station and sounds like a great guy that will be a fantastic addition to the Fossil Park station. We’ll see if we can get him to our April 18th meeting to introduce himself.

County To Add Fluoride March 1, 2013

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners ap-

proved the addition of fluoride to the county water system beginning March 1, 2013. The level of fluoride will be adjust-ed to 0.7 parts per million, a level recommended for optimal dental health. The 0.7 ppm concentration can reduce the amount of cavities in children’s baby teeth by as much as 60% and tooth decay in adults by nearly 35%. Water fluoridation is listed by the Center for Disease Control and the Surgeon General as

one of the top ten greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. The e q u i p m e n t for fluoridat-ing Pinellas

County’s water supply is already in place. The annual cost of $150,000 for chemicals, equipment, mainte-nance and repair will be absorbed into current operating costs—an average of 25 cents per person per year—and will not require a water rate increase.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

New Water Restrictions

Effective March 13th until the end of July, Pinellas residents

will be restricted to watering lawns one day a week and only before 8 am or after 6 pm on that day. The last number of street addresses de-termines which day to water on the new schedule. In addition, cars cannot be washed more than once a week and fountains can not oper-ate more than 4 hrs a day. For more info, visit swfwmd.state.fl.us./con-servation/restrictions/TBphase3.php

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Help me to continue working for you and volunteering as your Prez Dave. I WILL REMOVE ANYTHING METAL YOU HAVE FOR FREE. Appliances, old car parts, window frames, any kind of wire, cans, any-thing metal. No, I’m not getting rich at $7 for 100 lbs of steel every month, but its gas money and it makes me feel good that I personally have kept at least 2 tons out of the landfill over the years and also preserved natural resources in the process….and it’s also a great workout. Email Prez Dave at daybugme2@yahoo.com or leave message at 727-579-3644.

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Anonymous EmailFrom Resident

The pace of life today demands we all be in a hurry; it's the nature of the beast. This hurried lifestyle that drives us is unfortunately creating a poten-tially dangerous situation in some of our neighborhoods. We speak of speed-ing. We're not talking 4 laps of Daytona qualifying speed, just that 5 miles over the limit stuff. Speed that's just fast enough that you can't react in time to the little kid, pet, walker, jogger, cy-clist that suddenly is RIGHT THERE. In our neighborhood, we have many households with young children. These kids, operating within the comfort zone of their own yard and neighborhood, sometimes let their guard down when it comes to traffic. Some are riding bikes, have those little battery-powered scooters, are walking their dogs, play-ing in their driveway, doing things that kids do. Mix that with a speeding car and we have a recipe for a large bucket of disaster. Nobody wants to be respon-sible for any form of accident least one involving a child. The speed limit sign around the corner says 25 MPH. Good enough for me... if I wanna go 130 I just drive over the bridge. The Gandy Grand Prix we call it.

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OFFICERSPRESIDENT: David Hoover ............................. 579-3644 / daybugme2@yahoo.comVICE PRESIDENT: VacantSECRETARY: Lori Intravichit ......................................................................576-2903TREASURER: Donna Hoover .............................579-3644 / donna.rbca@yahoo.comCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDSean Singh .................................570-8458 - seanbsingh@gmail.comBOARD MEMBERS:Pauline Foster ........................................................................576-1468Jenny Healy ...........................................................................576-2765 Dave Kandz ......................................... 642-8567 / dave@rbdigital.bizAndrew Smith ............. 813-453-3407 / andrewacs@tampabay.rr.comMEMBERSHIP: Donna Hoover .............................579-3644 / donna.rbca@yahoo.comNEWSLETTER EDITOR: Missy Martino ............................... 577-5500 / RBCAnews@aol.comNEWSLETTER ADVERTISING:Al Martino ...................................... 577-5500 / RBCAnews@aol.comNEWSLETTER DELIVERY: David Hoover .............................579-3644 / daybugme2@yahoo.comCONA REP: David & Donna Hoover .............579-3644 / daybugme2@yahoo.com

COMMITTEES83rd AVE/SAN MARTIN BRIDGE: Lance Obst .......................................... 578-9718 - dobst@verizon.netAndrew Smith ................ 813-453-3407 / andrewacs@tapabay.rr.comJason Touchton ......... 576-8443 / captainjason@seafarichartersfl.comGRANTS: Donna & David Hoover ..............579-3644 / donna.rbca@yahoo.comDebby Obst ......................................... 578-9718 - dobst@verizon.netDREDGING:Dave Kandz ......................................... 642-8567 / dave@rbdigital.bizRoy O'Neil ......................................576-8754 / royoneil@verizon.netAndrew Smith ......................... 813-453-3407 / andrewacs@msn.com

ENTERTAINMENT:Pauline Foster .......................................................................576-1468Jenny Healy ..........................................................................576-2765

Donna & David Hoover .............579-3644 / daybugme2@yahoo.comCHRISTMAS EVE LUMINARIES:Jean Tyack, Chairperson ......................................................576-9300 CHRISTMAS EVE BOAT PARADE:Hal Hammer ................................ 576-5257 / hammer8314@aol.com

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERSMAYOR'S ACTION LINE .................................................893-7111(locate any dept and phone number in the city)NON-EMERGENCY POLICE ..........................................893-7780COMMUNITY POLICE SERVICE SQUAD ..................551-3182(For ongoing problems and response within 24 hours)Mayor Bill Foster .............................. Mayor@stpete.org / 893-7201District 2 Councilman Jim Kennedy .....................................893-7117council@stpete.orgPublic Service Rep Debbie Larson ....................................893-4138deborah.larson@stpete.orgPOLICE CONFIDENTIAL TIP LINE .............................893-4138ST PETE MARINE PATROL ............................................892-5247FL STATE MARINE PATROL ................................. 888-404-3922Animal Control ....................................................................582-2600Chamber of Commerce ........................................................821-4069CODES INSPECTOR: Thaddeus (Thad) Mitchell ............551-3171Codes Compliance ................................................................893-7373Curb, Street, Sidewalk Repair ...............................................551-3151Neighborhood Partnership ....................................................892-5141Public Utilities ......................................................................893-7761Reclaimed Water ...................................................................892-5111Sanitation ..............................................................................893-7398Sewer Repair .........................................................................893-7261Street Light Outage ....................................................... 800-228-8485Street Signs/Traffic Signals ...................................................893-7421Water Resources: ext. 0 ........................................................893-7261Water and Navigation ...........................................................453-3385(Dock permits, report Mangrove cutting, etc.)Weedon Island Preserve ........................................................453-6500

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Membership Renewal InfoWe are your neighborhood civic association and we work for you to maintain and improve your neighborhood. If

you have not joined or renewed your membership in the Riviera Bay Civic Association, please take a moment to fill out this membership form and bring it to the next meeting or send your dues to the address below. Please show your support by sending in at least $10.00. (A larger amount would be appreciated!) One association membership per household includes your spouse and children, to be purchased each calendar year.

I would like to join/rejoin the Riviera Bay Civic Association. Enclosed please find at least $10.00 (more is appreci-ated) association dues for our family for January through December.Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Phone: ___________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________Please make checks payable to: Riviera Bay Civic AssociationMail to: Riviera Bay Civic Association, 163 87th Ave. North, St Pete, FL 33702 (727) 579-3644