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“It’s Another Great Day in Riviera Bay!”55th YEAR • MAY / JUNE, 2015 ISSUE www.rbcanews.com

D o we live in a great place or what? Our last 2 events were the AWSOMEST EVEREST! I still can’t

believe the Easter Bunny hid 402 candy filled eggs and that we had over 32 kids and who knows how many adults running around our new Riviera Bay park with Bunny Ears on enjoying themselves! I think this year’s Hunt and Ice Cream social afterwards was our largest one to date.

Our next event was our Annual Canal & Land Area cleanup, and we had at least 68 people that signed in and helped remove a (sad to say) record setting amount of trash and debris from our neighborhood and canals. By the end of our cleanup, and after we recycled, the 2 dumpsters weighed in at 2.89 tons. We even had the President of CONA, Marlene Murray, and the President of Pasadena Bear Creek, Aaron Sharpe, and his 2 sons working at our cleanup. Many thanks to residents Frank and Joanna Cristalli for bringing the only boat that participated this year picking up trash from the canoes, who also won a rain barrel in our random volunteer door prize drawing. Trey and Cole Stickland also were rain barrel winners. With all those great people working as long as they did, we had a total of 294.5 Volunteer Hours at this one event, an OUTSTANDING number for a neighborhood cleanup.

NEWSLETTER OF THE RIVIERA BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SINCE 1960

NEXT MEETING DATE: TUES, MAY 19th, 7pmSpeaker: Universal Curbside Recycling & Special Resident Recognition

(Doors Open 6:30 for Social, Meeting at 7pm)LOCATION: HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL, 250 78th AVE N.

(East on 76th Ave N, straight at stop sign to 2nd left, then right into parking lot, enter on west side of 2 story bldg.)

These events wouldn’t have happened at all without great Riviera Bay volunteers, Boy Scout Troop 263 and their canoes, Tampa Bay Estuary, Keep Pinellas Beautiful, the city of St Petersburg and the support of

local businesses. I can’t say enough great things about McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme, Subway, Chick-Fil-A, Winn Dixie, and the new Tour de Pizza for supplying a ton of breakfast and lunch food to reward all the volunteers for all their hard work. Please patronize and support them as well, and tell the Managers you appreciate their support.

I want to Thank a few of our residents that went “above & beyond” at these events; Toni

Michalove, Jim & Cathy Shelton, Kathy Crow, Toby Issacson, Sean Singh, and the Phipps, for letting us use their water and property again to stage the cleanup supplies.

It really makes me proud to live here

and humbled when everything and everybody comes together like that and we end up accomplishing so much for the kids and our environment.

At our shorter-than-normal next meeting on Tues, May 19, hear from our Police & Fire Dept, learn about the soon-to-be-mandatory curbside recycling program, and join us for a special surprise treat at 6:45pm.

See ya next time I look at ya, Prez Dave

On T he Riviera

HIDY HI THERE, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

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2015May 16, Aug 22, Sept 26

COMMUNITY GARDEN CLEAN UP

May 19 GENERAL MEETING

also: July 21, Sept 15, Nov 19

August 8, Nov 1483RD AVE ADOPT A MILE CLEAN-UP

TBDPOLICE & FIRE HERO APPRECIATION/

NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC

Sept 26 NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS

CAREFEST

Oct 2, 3, 4FALL YARD SALE

Nov 19THANKSGIVING DINNER

Dec 24CHRISTMAS EVE BOAT PARADE

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COMMUNITY GARDEN SPRUCE-UP

We are looking for volunteers to help fertilize, weed, prune the roses and re-plant some of the

butterfly plants that didn’t make it through the winter. The RBCA will supply the gloves, water, clippers, fertilizer and plants. Come join us on Saturday, May 16th at 8:30 AM at the Community Garden in Riviera Bay Park, 83rd Ave NE & Macoma Dr NE. Depending on the number of volunteers that show up, it could take less than an hour.

If you have plants you would like to donate to the garden, we are looking for ones that attract birds and butterflies, without taking over the garden. Please call Donna Hoover 727-579-3644 and let us know what you have. Hope to see you there.

by Donna Hoover

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Greetings! Thank you for the privilege to contribute to your neighborhood newsletter.

Universal Curbside Recycling ProgramIf you have not had the opportunity to attend one of

the Public Education and Awareness Orientation’s on the Curbside Recycling Program for residential customers there is still time. The last and final meeting will be on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 pm at Gladden Park Recreation Center, located at 3901- 30th Avenue North. At this meeting you will get information on how to recycle glass, aluminum, steel and some plastics. Food must be rinsed and free of food particles. For more information, please try to attend this very important meeting or visit www.stpete.org/

SeeCiickFixDo you have a suggestion or an issue to report? On

SeeClickFix you can report problems, such as potholes, graffiti, broken sidewalks, storm drain issues, traffic signal/sign problems, special pick-up of dumped items, codes violations, etc. The Mayor’s Action Center will acknowledge newly submitted issues and forward them to the appropriate City departments to take care of the requests. Users will receive email updates and can go back to check the status of their submitted issues. For more information on SeeClickFix please visit www.stpete.org/ You can also download this app on your android or iphone.

San Martin/83rd Avenue NE BridgeSince my last newsletter there has been

a “change of date” regarding County staff presenting the 83rd Ave NE Bridge Project schedule and scope of work to City Council. They are slated to present this information at the May 21 City Council Meeting at 3:00 pm. Please try to attend or watch this very important meeting.

SportsOn Saturday, April 11 the Rowdies home opener was Sold

Out at the newly renovated AlLang Stadium, 230 First Street South. Please visit www.

rowdiessoccer.com for tickets anddetails on future game dates. Also, please come out and

support our Tampa Bay Rays atTropicana Field. You can find more information on their

schedule at www.raysbaseball.com/

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Easter Egg Hunt & Ice Cream Social

We would like to thank all the volunteers who turned out to help the Easter Bunny make this

Egg Hunt and Ice Cream Social in our new park a huge success. We helped hide 402 candy-filled eggs before 32 children and their parents put their bunny ears on and started hopping and hunting around for their dozen or so eggs they could pickup. Please check out our Facebook page for more photos. Prez Dave and I, and the Easter Bunny, couldn’t have made this event such a success

without the help from Jim & Cathy Shelton (Happy Birthday Cathy), Toni Michalove who is always a big help at all our events, Toby Isaccson was a big help checking people in, and Sean Singh helped dish out all the ice cream afterwards. Thankfully, we also had a lot of helpers cleaning up after the event. Thank you all for making this year’s hunt a huge success.

Prez Dave adds: That’s what it’s all about for me. Making people happy and making their kids bounce off the walls all night with their sugar highs.

By Donna Hoover

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Live music is scheduled to be non-stop, beginning about 1:00 P.M. and going until around 4:30 P.M.,

weather and tides permitting.All Star Entertainment Lineup: Hal Hammer, JR &

The Cross Creek Blues Band, including Chris Hiatt & Cold Shot, Ken Keller, and Sweet Pea.

The Concert is FREE and is always held at the sandbar in “P” Channel, between Weedon Island and the Tanglewood neighborhood. This is NOT a Weedon Island event and there is NO ACCESS to the concert through the Weedon Island Preserve. You MUST come to the concert by boat, canoe, kayak, or some sort of floating water conveyance.

This is a family-style event, with kids and dogs welcome. In

the entire history of the event, we have never had an altercation or incident of any kind. This FREE concert is all about lots of friends and neighbors cooperating to have a really fun, safe outing.

Contact Info: SouthernStarCD@aol.com

Memorial Day Weekend – FREE CONCERTThe 8th Annual Memorial Weekend, Sunday May 24th

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I’m going to go into a little more detail than I did on the cover. We had another spectacular Clean-Up on April

11th. We had a total of 68 people show up this year to help pick-up trash from 99th Ave N south to 78th Ave N and the waterway in Sunlit Cove and Riviera Bay. We also completed our 2nd 83rd Avenue N/NE “Adopt A Mile” during this cleanup as well. After everything was brought back to the boat ramp dumpsters, we recycled 59.6 lbs. of Glass, 15.9 lbs. of Plastic, 8.9 lbs. of Aluminum and 275 lbs. of various metals. As after every cleanup, our residents are welcome to throw in non-hazardous materials until pickup on Monday. The 2 dumpsters ended up weighing 2.89 Tons.

By Dave Hoover

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Thank you to Toni Michalove, Kathy Crow, and Marlene Murray for helping us set up the tents, equipment, drinks, and for picking up the food. Thanks to the Phipps family for allowing us to use their property to stage the equipment and use their water. We couldn’t have done this without the help of Holy Family Boy Scout Troop #263 and their canoes, Keep Pinellas Beautiful for T-shirts, pickers and buckets, and Tampa Bay Estuary who once again gave us a grant to help with the expenses and the give-away Rain Barrels. The City of St Pete also supplied the 2 commercial dumpsters.

The president of CONA, Marlene Murray was there

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helping, as well as the president of Pasadena Bear Creek, Aaron Sharpe, who along with his sons Ben and Sam, really went “above and beyond” by working all day and then wrestling back a piece of half-buried steel that weighed almost 200 lbs. That’s dedication to the cause! Thanks guys!! All together a total of 294.5 Volunteer Hours.

2 Rain Barrel WinnersFRANK CRISTALLI & TERRY STICKLAND

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Coyotes, Cats And Collars

We may be losing some of our cats that are out at night to the Coyotes roaming the neighborhood,

but there is also the possibility that they just got spooked

by something and ran off to somewhere unfamiliar, or maybe was found by a neighbor and is sitting in their house. It goes without saying that your chances of getting your pet back are much better if they have your contact info on their collar. (and I know everybody has a collar on even their inside cats, right) If anyone finds a stray cat without any contact info on the collar, they’re either going to call the local Humane Society or the city’s Animal Control dept, take it to a shelter, or take it to one of the nearby Animal Care facilities along 4th St or to the Animal Hospital at Gandy Blvd and San Martin. You should ask your neighbors right away and check everywhere you can first before you go to the trouble of putting up signs.

Florida Do Not Call List

Several years ago the government created the Federal Do Not Call list. In theory, if you registered your

land-line and cell phone numbers then the scourge of unwanted phone calls would stop. As we found out, that bit of whimsy didn’t work.

Here’s the answer and it works. The State of Florida has created a Do Not Call program that is effective. First, register your phone numbers at www. fldnc.com/This, in itself, slows the calls dramatically. When the unwanted calls invariably arrive it’s incumbent on you to write down as much information as possible. Callers name, phone number, time of call, business name, etc. Then file the complaint. Here’s how: go to www. fldnc.com/ click on File a Complaint and follow directions.

Electronically sign and date the pages as instructed, then send. It’s a pain but it works because, when the state receives this complaint, they get in touch with the offending caller, advise there has been a formal, legal complaint filed and the state WILL pursue this complaint if the calls don’t stop.

How to handle robo calls? If your phone displays the number, google it and supply what information you have gleaned when you file the complaint.

In the past all we would do upon receiving a nuisance call was to hang up. This action doesn’t solve your problem. We’ve found we had to make an effort to stop this garbage and filing the complaint works. Nothing will stop the calls completely but I’d estimate it reduces the annoyance by about 75%.

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UNIVERSAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING

You can learn all about this new program at our next general meeting on Tues, May 19 and find

out what your pickup schedule will be. Sometime in May, single-stream Universal Curbside Recycling is coming to St. Petersburg. Blue 95-gallon recycling containers will be delivered to single-and multi-family (up to four units) residences. With single-stream recycling, there is no need to separate items. All items, except for hazardous material and yard waste, may be placed in the bin for bi-weekly curbside pickup, as

long as they are free of food particles.Items that may be recycled include:• Glass Containers (all colors)• Aluminum & Steel cans, steel jar lids• Milk & Juice cartons, drink boxes• Plastics #1-7 (containers with numbered triangles)• Newspapers, magazines, mail, shopping ads, windowed envelopes• Mixed Paper/CardboardAll recyclables must be rinsed or free of food particles (no yard waste or regular garbage.)

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RBCA CAR & MOTORCYCLE

SHOWby Gary West

The focus of this article is to gauge interest in a RBCA car

and motorcycle show both from a participant and spectator point of view. Many of us have cars and motorcycles in which we take great pride, have restored/have kept in pristine shape and enjoy driving, riding and showing.

Prez Dave & I have discussed this topic on occasion. With the new park completed and a long road next to the entire park area we think this would be an excellent location for a neighborhood car show (usually called a Show and Shine or a Cars and Coffee). No prizes, no admission, no classes, just show up and enjoy.

If you’re reading this and we have piqued your interest as either an entrant or spectator, PLEASE let me know. E-mail me at:

westech8383@gmail.com Details will follow pending

e-mail results. If any of you need further prodding, I can tell you that there are some VERY interesting internal combustion powered things hidden away around here that will be glad to reveal themselves to an appreciative audience.

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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 daybugme2@yahoo.com or leave message at 727-579-3644.

1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SPORT MINIVAN. Runs great. Cold AC. Dark Green/Grey interior. 139,700K. $1,800. 727-577-5500. missy333@aol.com

Member ClassifiedPinellas County Extension Plant Clinic at Weedon Island

There is a Free Plant Clinic being held at our very own Weedon Island thru the summer. It is supported

by Pinellas County Master Gardeners, trained by the University of Florida Extension Program. It is held in the Lobby of the Education Building.

The Master Gardeners can help you identify problems with your lawn, vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees, landscape issues. They can identify yard and household pests, and help problem solve. There is always a horticulturalist available for more difficult issues.

If you have a grass issue, cut out a 12”x12” section showing the living grass and die-off. You can return it to your yard when done.

If you have a plant, shrub or tree issue, cut off a portion of branch with leaves showing symptoms. Bring a picture of large trees too.

Please Remember, dead grass or leaves don’t tell a story. Dig up and put a small shrub in a bag for analysis of the roots.

The Summer hours are from 9am-1pm on the following Fridays: May 1, 22; June 5, 19; July 17, 31; August 14, 28; September 11, 25.

Florida Style Landscaping Workshop Series Free Classes

Free Workshops, offered by St. Pete.’s water conservation office and Pinellas County Extension,

are scheduled to begin May 14 at the Water Resources Department’s green administration building.

Classes on different topics last from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday.

Activities include presentations by area environmental landscaping specialists, hands-on exercises, displays, publications, and tours of a Florida-Friendly Demonstration Garden.

Pre-Registration is strongly suggested as seating is limited. 727-892-5688. www.floridastyle.eventbrite.com.

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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:Shawn Hannan ..........................542-7988 / Shannan160@yahoo.comJenny Healy ...........................................................................576-2765 Toby Issacson .......................................................................................Dave Kandz .........................................642-8567 / dave@rbdigital.bizToni Michalove .....................727-492-5682 / reddogs02@gmail.comChristian Rodgers ............812-243-9568 / crodgers4077@gmail.comAndrew Smith ............. 813-453-3407 / andrewacs@tampabay.rr.com

MEMBERSHIP: 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.comRoy O’Neil ......................................576-8754 / royoneil@verizon.netGRANTS: Donna & David Hoover ..............579-3644 / donna.rbca@yahoo.comDebby Obst ......................................... 578-9718 - dobst@verizon.netCANAL:Dave Kandz .........................................642-8567 / dave@rbdigital.bizRoy O'Neil ......................................576-8754 / royoneil@verizon.netAndrew Smith ......................... 813-453-3407 / andrewacs@msn.com

ENTERTAINMENT:Jenny Healy ..........................................................................576-2765Donna & David Hoover .............579-3644 / daybugme2@yahoo.comCHRISTMAS EVE LUMINARIES:Jean Tyack, Chairperson ......................................................576-9300 CHRISTMAS EVE BOAT PARADE:Jim Williams .....................................Jimmy.B.Williams@gmail.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 Rick Kriseman ...................... 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 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