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

53rd YEAR • JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2013 ISSUE www.rbcanews.com

Donna & I had an absolutely wonderful

holiday visit up north with both families and we wouldn’t have missed it for the world, but we were both very glad to get back home to Riviera Bay, still the Bestest Place Ever. We returned from the frozen tundra with everybody in both families still talking to each other, so it was also a successful trip….this time.

We weren’t here, but we heard that the boat parade and candle luminaries were great again this year, and we also got a few phone calls and e-mails concerning New Year’s Eve fireworks in the neighborhood. (see “Neighborhood Concerns” article inside)

2013 is shaping up to be another fantastic year for our neighborhood and I just can’t wait to welcome

all the volunteers that want to help us make it an even better-er place for your entire family.

If you have an idea for an event or an idea to improve your quality of life here in Riviera Bay, or want to offer your help, shoot me an email, give

me a call, or attend one of our general meetings, and I’ll try my best to get back to you asap.

Like my brother used to say, “Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something, even if it’s just to serve as a bad example like you do.”

I hope to see you on Thurs, Feb 21th for great pizza from Paisano’s....oh, and I guess we’ll work in some neighborhood business when we get a chance.

Prez Dave

HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALLOF OUR FELLOW RIVIERA BAY’INITES!

NEXT GENERAL MEETING THURS, FEB 21stSt Pete Presbyterian Church, 600 83rd Ave NE

(east of 4th St to church at corner of 83rd Ave & Macoma)Social 6:30pm, Meeting starts at 7pm sharp

AGENDA: Elections, Neighborhood Email “Blast”, Park Update, 2013 Events, Open Forum

NEWSLETTER OF THE RIVIERA BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SINCE 1960

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2013 RBCA EVENTSUnless posted otherwise, all gen-eral 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)

Feb 7 - 6 Pm - Mayors Night OutWillis S Johns Ctr (Fossil Park)

6635 9th Str N

Feb 21 - RBCA General MeetingElection, 2013 Planning

Sat, Feb 23 - Adopt-A-Mile

83rd Ave N/NE Clean-up

March 1,2,3 - Spring Yard Sale

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

4230 Shore Acres Blvd N

Thurs, March 21RBCA Enters Float in Grand Prix

Illuminated Night Parade

Thurs, March 28Easter Egg Hunt/Ice Cream Social

March/April???Annual Canal & Area Clean-up

April 18??? - RBCA General Mtg

June 20??? - General Meeting

August 15??? - General Meeting

Sat, August 17 - Adopt-A-Mile83rd Ave N/NE Clean-up

Sept 28 - Carefest Project

Sept ?? - Neighborhood Picnic/

Coincide with park opening??

Oct 4, 5 & 6 - Fall Yard Sale

Oct 17?? - General Meeting

Oct 19 - Adopt-A-Mile83rd Ave N/NE Clean-up

Nov 21 - Thanksgiving Dinner

Dec 5 - General Meeting

Dec 24 - Candle Luminaries

& Boat Parade

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The following is the current and forecasted status of the Rio

Vista Elementary School park proj-ect. The award of the demolition contract was approved to Samsula Inc. last October. A pre-demolition meeting was held on December 13th and the Notice to Proceed to commence with demolition was is-sued for Monday, January 7th. The contractor is required to give the County a ten day notice for inspec-tion prior to commencement of the demolition, therefore work may not begin until the following week. In the meantime, the contractor has installed tree protection and City forces have begun disassembling the old playground.

Illustrated here is a plan showing the revisions to the concept result-ing from the last public input meet-ing. As you can see the basketball court moved westward and is now located next to the tennis courts. Also, we are designing an area west of the original 1926 school build-ing to locate a historic marker de-picting the old school. We are also planning on keeping portions of the western most building corners as mementoes to the old building.

We anticipate the demolition to be completed by early March. The construction plans for the new park improvements are expected to be complete by end of February. We anticipate completing the permit-ting, bid solicitation and award of the construction contract for the new park by late Spring and start construction on the new park by early Summer. The City will han-dle the procurement of the play equipment, the picnic shelters and the fitness equipment. If all goes

New Riviera Bay Park Update

By Raul Quintana, AIA

according to plan, the new park im-provements should be complete by mid to late Fall 2013.

Raul Quintana, AIA, City Archi-

tect, Engineering & Capital Im-provements

One 4th Street N., St. Petersburg, FL 33701; (727) 893-7913

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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.

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REBUILD YOUR ROOF

Don’t just re-shingle . . . . . . RE-ROOF!

Insurance-eligible discounts when weadd HURRICANE FASTENERS,

Sheet the ENTIRE roof with roof-grade OSB Then we add a Secondary Water Barrier.

CALL TODAY!

(CBC1255115) (727) 224-1900

RBCA SPRING YARD SALEFri, March 1st Thru Sun, March 3rd

Deadline To Have Your Location On MapIs Mon, Feb 25th

It’s time once again to trade your unused stuff taking up

your space for somebody else’s unused stuff that takes up even more of your space.

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, either email Donna Hoover at daybugme2@yahoo.com or call 579-3644 before Feb 25th and leave your name, contact number and address of sale, and since RBCA funds are being spent to advertise & print, you must be a current RBCA member to get marked on 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.

We advertise all 3 days, 8 am-2 pm in the Tampa Bay Times, St Pete Patch, The Flyer and our Face book

page, but you are welcome to set your own days and hours for that weekend. If we get rained on 2 out of the 3 days we will put the signs out for the following weekend, but we won’t have time for the advertising. 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. Be a good neighbor and remove

any signs that you have posted when your sale is fin-ished. 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 three weeks before you need it.

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CHRISTMAS EVE BOAT PARADEBeautiful Night! Beautiful Parade!

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We had a little rain early on, on Christmas Eve but by the time we put the candles out it had cleared.

They looked beautiful. We drove through the neighbor-hood and enjoyed then throughout. The decorations were beautiful also. We ran into a few traffic jams where there were parties and other gawkers. Our candle distributors did a wonder-ful job again and we thank our new recruits for volunteering. Delivering candles is not an easy job and very time consuming. Please thank them for their hard work when you see them in the neighborhood. With all this nice stuff, we do have a small avenue off 4th st. on the naughty list and your distributor will no longer be going on your street. Slamming doors and making rude com-ments are just unacceptable.

Our thanks and appreciation go out to all our distrib-utors: Marc & Carrie Plotnick, Nancy Haines, Heather

Green and her helpers, Terri Hammer, Debby & Lance Obst, Sheryl & Mathew Spencers, Karen Smith, Kenny Turcotte, Kim Triplette, Sandy Mitchell, Mark & Julie O’Brien, Wayne & Ingrid Busselle, Denise Spornraft &

Diane Croft, Mike & Mary Reed, Don Steer, Judy Can-non, Susa Hanks, and our (5) New Volunteers this year - Kathy Crow, Sean & Sarah, Dave & Bill.

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLE THANK YOUBy Jean Tyack

Hal and Terri Hammer

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I received a few calls and emails concerning the neigh-borhood fireworks on New Year’s Eve, so I called

around the neighborhood to get a general consensus. Some people were very positive, that “They were great this year,” and some were very negative, “They went until 4 am and I couldn’t sleep.” I would like to take this opportunity to remind every resident that your associa-tion cannot and does not “regulate” any of our residents. All I can do is put an article in the newsletter if we have the space available, and say, “Please be considerate of your neighbor” or “Do onto others as you would have them do unto you”.

My first suggestion on any complaint (not just fire-works) is to just try to talk to your neighbor or the household that you have an issue with and let them

know your concerns. Nine out of ten times they may not have realized they were causing a problem and are willing to change, compromise or correct the issue. If that doesn’t work or isn’t possible, call the non-emer-gency police number or contact the Codes Dept if it is a codes issue, and they can follow up with you person-ally if they have any questions or need further info, All pertinent info is on the back of this newsletter or can be found at www.stpete.org

Just as an example, some of the other issues we get calls on that should go to the Police and/or Codes dept: speeding, yard parking/multiple cars parked at one resi-dence, barking dogs, people not picking up after their dogs, people throwing anything in the canals, yard maintenance, seawall repair, mangrove removal, etc.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS By Prez Dave

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Adopt-A-Mile 83rd Ave Cleanup

Volunteers Needed! On Saturday, February 23rd from 8AM – 10AM, we will be walking 83rd Ave-

nue N, NE from 4th Street N to San Martin Bridge pick-ing up trash for the 1st of our 2nd 2-year commitment to Keep Pinellas Beautiful’ s Adopt-A-Mile Program. We will meet at St Pete Presbyterian Church parking Lot 600 83rd Ave NE and the RBCA will supply trash bags,

gloves, pickers and water. This normally takes about an hour or 2, depending on the number of volunteers we get that day. Come joins us, meet some more of your neighbors, get a little bit of exercise and help us Keep our Neighborhood Beautiful. Any questions, please call Donna Hoover at 727-579-3644.

IDEAS FOR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS??

Car/Truck show?Derby Lane dinner night?

2 Canal Clean-ups a year?Fossil Park pool swim day(s)?

More Carefest-like neighborhood projects?

Best Christmas light display?Best yard/landscaping?Best Halloween display?

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Mayor Bill Foster invites you to “MAYOR’S NIGHT OUT,” as the city brings its full array of

services to the neighborhoods. Speak one-on-one with the mayor and other public officials, and get the ser-vices you need from City Hall. During the coming year Mayor’s Night Out will be held in each of the eight City Council Districts. You are invited to attend one or all of the Night Out events. Mark your calendars. All meet-ings start at 6 pm and go until the last person leaves.

January 17 - J.W. Cates Center – 5801 22nd Ave N

February 7 - Willis S. Johns Center/Fossil Park - 6635 9th Str. N (Closest to us)

March 14 - Shore Acres Center – 4230 Shore Acres Blvd N

April 11 - Museum of Fine Arts – 255 Beach Drive NE

Meet With The MayorAnd/Or All

City Departments

July 18 - Bay Vista Center – 7000 4th Str. SAugust 8 - Campbell Park Center – 601 14th Str. SSeptember 5 - Childs Park Center – 4301 13th

Ave SOctober 10 - Gladden Park Center – 3901 30th

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If you’re a morning person you can join Mayor Foster for breakfast and informal conversation during “BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR.” Dates and lo-cations can be viewed at www.stpete.org Bring your thoughts and ideas and support our host restaurants with a breakfast by purchase!

If you are unable to attend the Mayors Night Out or Mayors Breakfast meetings and you have an item to discuss, you can also e-mail Mayor Bill Foster at May-or@stpete.org

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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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I urge every resident to just try to talk to the offender first about your concern, but if that isn’t possible:

(from city website):

To keep St. Petersburg a great place to live, learn, work and play, report violations through the city’s web-site using www.actiononline.stpete.org/ This online service allows you to report violations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your report is forwarded electronically to a Codes Technician who opens a case in their tracking database.

Please note that when the status of an Action On-line complaint is “Closed”, if a property address was provided and the complaint is within the jurisdiction of the department, a Codes case number is provided in

Codes Compliance Assistancethe response. Use the Codes case number to Search the Codes database for case progress from this web site.

Call Codes at (727) 893-7373 to report a violation. Send a Fax (727) 892-5558.

You can also call our area Codes inspector, Thad-deus (Thad) Mitchell at 551-3171 or send in your com-plaint by mail:

Codes Compliance Assistance, P.O. Box 2842, St. Petersburg, FL 33731-2842

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety one?

Ever wonder what the speed of lightning wouldbe if it didn’t zigzag?

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In what may be the world’s largest annual pancake party fundraiser, IHOP will again host its National Pancake Day free pancake giveaway on Tuesday, February 5 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. nationwide.

The celebration offers every guest a free short stack IHOP’s signature buttermilk

pancakes as a way to thank guests for their loyal patronage. In ex-change, guests are invited to make an optional contribution to Chil-dren’s Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities. In just sev-en years, IHOP and its guests have raised more than $10 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospi-tals and other local causes.

www.ihoppancakeday.com.

Free Pancakes at IHOP Feb 5!

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Member ClassifiedHelp 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, anything 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 re-sources 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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Make ONE Call . . .We Do It ALL!

(727) 224-1900(CBC1255115)

I ’m sure you saw the “Lost Dog” flyers all over the

neighborhood and I’m glad to say the dog has been found so if you see the flyers up, please remove them.

Dave and I ran into the lady looking for the blue eyed dog and got her poster out to ev-eryone on our e-mail list, also to the surrounding neighborhood presi-dents who also e-mailed their people and our Face Book page which Debby Obst is keeping up for us. Thanks to the quick actions of sending out email blasts, posting to our Facebook page, including the dog’s picture and name, the dog was found in a few days over by the Ale House when someone called it by name and it jumped into their car. Keep us in mind, for any urgent concern, the faster you let us know so we can do an email “blast” and/or post to Facebook informing others, the better your chances are for a quick solution.

Neighborhood Face Book And E-Mails Help Find Dog

By Donna Hoover

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NEIGHBORS!Make sure you lIKE us on FaceBook! You can see what your neighbors

ware up to, post pictures, events, etc. You can find us by typing in:Riviera Bay, Saint Petersburg, Fl

Here is the direct link to the site:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Riviera-Bay-Saint-Petersburg-Fl/111115338939569?ref=hl

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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