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“It’s Another Great Day in Riviera Bay!” 54th YEAR • SEPT / OCT, 2014 ISSUE www.rbcanews.com I love this neighborhood and our Sunshine city, but I don’t know what I’ll do if anybody else asks me “Hot enough for ya?” Hey ya’ll, I’ll put up with a few weeks of heat wave rather than months of shoveling snow any day. Everybody here just needs to realize that some people in this country actually build decks and buy boats that they can’t use year round. Go figure. Speaking about Riviera Bay, the Best Neighborhood In All Of St Pete, you wouldn’t believe some of the calls and emails I get. Some are legitimate gripes that I can help with, and some that think I alone can use some kind of mind control to make their neighbor do what they want them to do. As always, I’m a big advocate of neighbor talking to neighbor first whenever there’s a concern. Maybe you’ll find out that they already have plans to correct your concerns, or maybe they just didn’t know there was a problem. BREAKING NEWS NEWSLETTER OF THE RIVIERA BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SINCE 1960 NEXT GENERAL MEETING TUES, SEPTEMBER 16th Speaker from PSTA about “Green Light Pinellas” Holy Family School bldg, 250 78th Ave NE ( 2 story bldg behind church ) Park on south side of this bldg and enter on west side of bldg. 6:30 PM Social time - Meeting at 7PM ALERT: “Scientific Study Finds Out It’s WAY HOTTER During The Day”…. so a lot of people can’t make the outside improvements that they want and need to do during these hot months, and later in the day when it’s cool enough, your neighbors are home and you don’t want to bother them with the noise. Please consider those factors before exploding on them or calling the Codes Dept on your neighbors. Just talk to them. Really…..can’t we all just get along? We really need to set up a CURRENT e-mail “blast” in case we have to get URGENT info out to you ASAP. (see article inside) We also need as many volunteers for Carefest on Sat, Sept 27 as possible. (see article) Lastly, I really hope everybody cares about their way of life here enough to get out and vote in Nov!! See Yaaaaaaaa, Prez Dave On T he Riviera VERY IMPORTANT: Our Tues, Sept 16 meeting will be re-located back to the Holy Family School Building, 250 78th Ave NE (In the 2 story bldg behind church) Park on the south side of the building and enter the west side
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“It’s Another Great Day in Riviera Bay!”54th YEAR • SEPT / OCT, 2014 ISSUE www.rbcanews.com
I love this neighborhood and our Sunshine city,
but I don’t know what I’ll do if anybody else asks me “Hot enough for ya?” Hey ya’ll, I’ll put up with a few weeks of heat wave rather than months of shoveling snow any day. Everybody here just needs to realize that some people in this country actually build decks and buy boats that they can’t use year round. Go figure.
Speaking about Riviera Bay, the Best Neighborhood In All Of St Pete, you wouldn’t believe some of the calls and emails I get. Some are legitimate gripes that I can help with, and some that think I alone can use some kind of mind control to make their neighbor do what they want them to do. As always, I’m a big advocate of neighbor talking to neighbor first whenever there’s a concern. Maybe you’ll find out that they already have plans to correct your concerns, or maybe they just didn’t know there was a problem. BREAKING NEWS
NEWSLETTER OF THE RIVIERA BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SINCE 1960
NEXT GENERAL MEETING TUES, SEPTEMBER 16thSpeaker from PSTA about “Green Light Pinellas”
Holy Family School bldg, 250 78th Ave NE( 2 story bldg behind church ) Park on south side of this bldg and enter on west side of bldg.
6:30 PM Social time - Meeting at 7PM
ALERT: “Scientific Study Finds Out It’s WAY HOTTER During The Day”…. so a lot of people can’t make the outside improvements that they want and need to do during these hot months, and later in the day when it’s cool enough, your neighbors are home and you don’t want to bother them with the noise. Please
consider those factors before exploding on them or calling the Codes Dept on your neighbors. Just talk to them. Really…..can’t we all just get along?
We really need to set up a CURRENT e-mail “blast” in case we have to get URGENT info out to you ASAP. (see article inside)
We also need as many volunteers for Carefest on Sat, Sept 27 as possible. (see article)
Lastly, I really hope everybody cares about their way of life here enough to get out and vote in Nov!!
See Yaaaaaaaa, Prez Dave
On T he Riviera
VERY IMPORTANT:Our Tues, Sept 16 meeting wil l be re-located back to
the Holy Family School Building, 250 78th Ave NE( In the 2 story bldg behind church)
Park on the south side of the building and enter the west side
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Unless posted otherwise, all general meetings are held at Holy Family School
bldg, 250 78th Ave NESocial starting at 6:30pm, meeting at 7pm.
(in 2 story bldg behind church) Park on south side of this bldg and enter west side of bldg
2014 RBCA EVENTS
Tues, Sept 16RBCA GENERAL MEETING
Speaker from“Green Light Pinellas”
Sat, Sept 27
CAREFEST PROjECTNeed Volunteers
Oct 3, 4, 5
FALL YARd SALEMap deadline - Tues, Oct 1
Oct, Nov, dec???POLICE & FIRE HERO PICNIC
VEHICLE SHOW
Sat, Nov 8AdOPT-A-MILE
83rd Ave N/NE Clean-upNEEd VOLUNTEERS
THURS, NOV 20
Thanksgiving dinner
WEd, dEC 24Candle Luminaries &
Boat Parade
Why can’t you trust atoms?Because they make up everything.
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Thank you for the privilege to contribute to your neighborhood newsletter. In this issue. I have thefollowing updates. The City will be resurfacing the following roads as part of the FY15 Citywide Road Resurfacing Program:
The resurfacing is expected to begin in September and should be completed by the end of November.
If you have any questions, or if l can be of assistance, please feel free to call me at 727-893-7117.
Council Member Kennedy’s Corner
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It’s time once again for our “WORLD FAMOUS RIVIERA
BAY YARD SALE”, where strangers buy what you don’t want and block the streets by parking their vehicles anywhere they want to.
To have your location marked on the 500+ maps we distribute and have your street marked with a sign on 4th St and/or 83rd Ave, you can either email Donna Hoover at [email protected] or call 579-3644 before Oct 1st and leave your name, contact number and address of sale. Since RBCA funds are being spent to advertise & print, you must be a current RBCA member to get marked on
RBCA FALL YARD SALE Fri, October 3rd Thru Sun, October 5th
Deadline to have your location on map is Tues, Oct 1st
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Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The Ceremony wasn’t much,
but the reception was excellent.
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the map. Membership is only $10 per household and runs from Jan-Dec. A convenient membership form is printed on the back page of this newsletter for you to mail in with your $10 check, made out to the RBCA.
The RBCA places ads in the Tampa Bay Times, St Pete Patch, The Flyer and our Face book page. The ad reads Fri-Sun 8AM-2PM and that dates and times may vary for each location. You are welcome to set your own days and hours for that weekend. If we get rained out 2 of the 3 days we will put the signs out for the following weekend, but we won’t have time for the advertising.
The RBCA will also put up the large “Neighborhood Yard Sale Signs” along 4th Street & 83rd Avenue on Thursday evening. We place these signs based on the people who contact us for the map. If you don’t call or email, your street may not be marked with one of the large sign. We also have a few smaller signs that we can place inside the neighborhood if we have time, but all other signage directing people to your location is up to you. Please be a good neighbor and remove any signs that you have posted when your sale is finished. We will pick-up all of the RBCA signs by Sun night, and remember, junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away just before you need it.
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Next 83rd Ave Adopt-A-Mile Clean-Up, Nov 8th, 9am
Mark your calendars and meet us at the St Pete
Presbyterian Church, 600 83rd Ave NE, in the west parking lot. The number of volunteers determines how much time it will take to walk from 4th Street N, east to San Martin Bridge. It’s never taken over an hour. If we get enough volunteers, we will also pick up around Riviera Bay Park as well.
I want to Thank Toni Michalove, Randi Langas, Dave Kandz and Donna Hoover for helping on Aug 9th for our 3rd out of 4 Clean-ups this year. They collected 26,2 Lbs, which kept 3.6 Lbs of Plastic, 2.2 Lbs of Aluminum, 3.8 Lbs of Glass & 1.3 Lbs of Misc Metal out of the landfill. Every little bit helps.
Boy Scout Troop 263 “Scouting For Food” Drive - Sat, Nov 8 at 9am
Holy Family’s Boy Scout Troop #263 has always helped us whenever we’ve asked, so let’s all
get together and help them on Nov 8th. Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement and its dedication to do a good deed daily.
On Sat, Nov 1, a week before pickup, the Scouts will be placing grocery bags on your doors. Please fill the bags with non-perishable food items and place it back on your doorstep on Saturday, November 8 by 9 am. Last year they filled a pickup truck, just from our neighborhood. Let’s fill 2 trucks this year. Clean out those closets and buy non-perishable food to give if you can. For more information, please contact Troop 263 Scoutmaster Chuck Charzan at [email protected] or 727-563-0641.
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To alert you ASAP of important info that
would affect your way of life here, the neighborhood needs to set up an email blast. For instance, there has been a rash of car break-ins and burglaries going on in the RBHOA neighborhood to our east, and I could only warn about 10 houses in that area. We tried to set up an email blast before, but a lot of the emails that were supplied with membership forms came back as undeliverable.
Don’t worry, we won’t fill your inbox with numerous emails. Hopefully we may only have to send you one email a month, but we would never send you more than one email a week, unless it was really urgent news you and your family needed to know asap. Your email won’t be sold to anyone and you’ll be able to opt-out whenever you wanted to.
For now, please send us the current email you’d like us to use to [email protected]
EMAIL BLASTEMAIL BLAST Neighbors!Make sure you LIKE us on
FaceBook! You can see what your neighbors are up to, post pictures, events, etc. Type in: Riviera Bay Civic
Association, Saint Petersburg, FL
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Calling all VolunteersSat, Sept 27th
We will be meeting in the St Pete Presbyterian Church parking lot, 600 83rd Ave NE at 8AM.
We will be revisiting our past CareFest house on 84th & Tobay to get the scrubs under control and re-mulch and depending on the number of volunteers, we would like
to work in the Riviera Bay Park “Community Garden” re-mulching, weeding and dead-head the roses, also pick up around the park. If interested in helping, email [email protected] for details.
The city invites everyone who participated to come back to Lake Vista Rec Center at 1401 62nd Ave
S for volunteer recognition by the Mayor, lunch and entertainment starting 11:30 am. (Directions: 275 south to exit 16, left onto Pinellas Point Drive S/SR687E for 1.7 miles, Lake Vista Park is on the left (about 25 minute drive time).
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SCHOOL BUS STOP CHANGE Pinellas County Schools has decided to relocate the Riverside Drive NE bus stops back to the area by Riviera Bay Park, stopping on Macoma Dr NE & 82nd Ave NE Any questions, contact Jack Pisecco - Route & Safety Pinellas County Schools - (727)547-7100 ext 4778 - [email protected]
NEED ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLE DISTRIBUTORS Christmas Eve will be here before you know it. We have had several of our long time candle distributors move out of the area and some of our other volunteers cover a large area and could use a helper. Please consider becoming a volunteer in this long standing RBCA tradition. Please call Jean Tyack for details 727-576-9300.
THE UKRANIAN CHURCH HALL AT 434 9OTH AVE N IS HAVING A HUGE RUMMAGE SALE ON SEPT 12 & 13, 8am to 2pm The entire hall where most of us go to vote will be full of reasonably priced items. Everything from clothing, books, towels, plates, furniture, games, jewelry, DVD/CDs, tapes, etc. They also take donations so please consider them after your yard sale.
UNLICENSED/UNINSURED WORKERS Some folks have been coming around our neighborhood, asking for jobs trimming trees and hedges or doing other yard maintenance tasks. While it may seem harmless to let these folks do some odd jobs, be aware that you are not dealing with a licensed/insured company, so you would be responsible for any injuries that these persons might incur while performing work for you. It’s your decision, but carefully weigh the risks vs. the perceived benefit. The Police have also said that this is how some criminals “case the neighborhood” to see who’s home, who has a dog, work schedules, etc.
STOLEN SHOPPING CARTS I thought the problem with stolen shopping carts being left in the neighborhood had been eliminated after we identified the people responsible and we had the Police talk to them. But it is starting to happen again. If you see someone stealing/pushing a shopping cart inside the neighborhood, please call the non-emergency Police line at 893-7780 and report it. The store will pick their carts up if you call them, but it may take a week or longer before they actually pick them up. If we can identify the person responsible, the association, or me personally, will buy them a fold-up cart of their own that they can take home and use for the same purpose.
RIVIERA BAY PARK Because of residents- feedback, the tennis court benches have been repaired and the city is considering shading the workout equipment area. Supporting emails can be sent to Councilman Kennedy at [email protected]. Also, please be considerate of others in the park, discard your cigarette butts in the trash containers. Several people have voiced their concerns about the amount of cigarette butts around the kids play areas.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
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The “You Too Can Recycle Cigarette Butts” Program is a program to collect and recycle Cigarette Butts
in Pinellas County. The following are the reasons why we all should be involved in this recycling effort . 1. Cigarette Butts are the number one litter item in Pinellas County. They are on our beaches, in our parking lots, at our bus stops and most of all in the middle of our street at left hand turn lanes. 2. Rains wash them into our coastal waters where the young marine life consume them and die. 3. Some Cigarette Butts end up in our landfill when birds consume them and die/ 4. Based on a recent study, it cost $ 4.17 (value of volunteer Time) for every cigarette removed during a cleanup of the beach. The program motto is “Please don’t Flick It, recycle it!” The program is to encourage everyone to collect cigarette butts for recycling and Keep Pinellas Beautiful will pick them up and deliver them to the Recycler (NO More Butts).
To make this recycling program work and include all sources for cigarette butts, Keep Pinellas will be providing the following three basic components, as needed to support the program. 1. Cigarette Butt Receptacles – also called Ash/Waste receptacles We have designed an inexpensive Cigarette Butt disposals containers for businesses (outside collection) Beach participates will like them because they can easily be secured to wood walkways to the beach.Click here for more information... 2. Cigarette Butt Disposal Container – This item was designed for inside collection of cigarette butts from businesses. It has the same base as the Cigarette Butt Receptacles. Click here for more information... 3. Cigarette Butt Collection Container. This Cigarette Butt Collection Container will be place throughout Pinellas County at various public businesses. A listing of those locations will be on the web site (www.Mykpb.com) under Recycling, then click on “You Too Can Recycle”. This listing will be
call 727-579-3644 with a picture and/or description, and your contact info and we will try to reunite it with its owner.
LOST: Silver colored medical ID brace-let in the vicinity of 97th, 1st St, 98th or 2nd St. Please call Jessica Bess 727-244-2745.
LOST: Logan - a 15 year old Schip-perke dog. Deaf and almost blind. From Sun Isle Dr yard off the grand canal. Please call 727-403-0042
FOR SALE: 24 foot Cierra Express Baylinar 5L 220HP Mercury I/O low hours on engine.Boat covers and enclosure for aft area. Well maintained on lift, Contact Wayne Obst at 618-779-4298 or 727-576 -6472.
I WILL REMOVE ANYTHING METAL YOU HAVE FOR FREE
Appliances, old car parts, window frames, any kind of wire, cans, anything metal. Email Prez Dave at [email protected] or leave message at 727-579-3644.
Member Classifiedby Zip Code and updated weekly. They are attempting to have a minimum of 50 collection locations. FOR THE RESPONSIBLE SMOKER 1. Please empty your ash trays into a sealable container. Note: We recommend a 2 lb Coffee Can w/sealable lid or any other plastic container with a screw or snap-on lid. 2. When reasonably full, please put your email address or phone number on a piece of paper, put it in the container and secure the lid. Note: Your email address or phone number will be entered into a drawing contest for several nice prizes. Details and drawing times will be listed on the web site (www.Mykpb.com) once the program is 3 months old. 3. Take your container of Cigarette Butts to one of the collection locations and deposit it in the “You Too Can Recycle” Black collection bin. CIGARETTE BUTT DROP-OFF COLLECTION LOCATION This is the heart of the You Too Can Recycle Program. Keep Pinellas Beautiful will be attempting to set up a minimum of 50 well know locations in Pinellas County with drop-off collection bins. The drop-off collection bin will be a 36 gal capacity, black plastic container. All Collection “drop off” locations will be listed on the Web Site (www.Mykpb.com) This being the first known program of it’s kind, there are sure to be questions, therefore there is a special email account for questions, suggestions and anyone wishing to donate to this specific program. [email protected]
USEFUL WEBSITES
Please send us your favorites!1. stpete.org – answers to almost anything about St Pete2. AccentOnTampaBayMagazine.com – current events & shows3. Groupon.com – Discount deals4. Dailysale.com – Discounted items5. Youtube.com – Vast amount of instructional videos6. CouponNetwork.com, CouponPal.com,CouponsForChange.com, CouponCabin.com,Coupons.com – Discount coupons7. FreeShipping.org – Get free shipping from over 4,000 companies 8. petfinder.com/ - Find your forever pet pal.
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OFFICERSPRESIDENT: David Hoover ............................. 579-3644 / [email protected] PRESIDENT: VacantSECRETARY: Lori Intravichit ......................................................................576-2903TREASURER: Donna Hoover .............................579-3644 / [email protected] OF THE BOARDSean Singh .................................570-8458 - [email protected] MEMBERS:Jenny Healy ...........................................................................576-2765 Dave Kandz ......................................... 642-8567 / [email protected] Smith ............. 813-453-3407 / [email protected]: Donna Hoover .............................579-3644 / [email protected] EDITOR: Missy Martino ............................... 577-5500 / [email protected] ADVERTISING:Al Martino ...................................... 577-5500 / [email protected] DELIVERY: David Hoover .............................579-3644 / [email protected] REP: David & Donna Hoover .............579-3644 / [email protected]
ENTERTAINMENT:Jenny Healy ..........................................................................576-2765Donna & David Hoover .............579-3644 / [email protected]
CHRISTMAS EVE LUMINARIES:Jean Tyack, Chairperson ......................................................576-9300 CHRISTMAS EVE BOAT PARADE:Hal Hammer ................................ 576-5257 / [email protected]
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 Rick Kriseman ...................... [email protected] / 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 always appreciated) 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
