Winterfest on the Hill set for January 28

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1 M I C H I G A N THE CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS I N F O R M A T I V E WINTER 2017 Witerfest o the Hi set for Jauary 28 A traditio i Grosse Poite Farms is the aua Witerfest o The Hi. This year s istamet wi take pace o Saturday, Jauary 28, of 131 Kercheva. If you are iterested i eterig the Soup Chaege, pease sed a emai to meickhorst@grossepoitefarms. org. Iserted ito this Iformative Bueti is the City s Popuar Aua Fiacia Report for the year eded Jue 30, This free famiy evet features a fu assortmet of famiy fu ad activities, icudig the Soup Chaege. Residets are ivited to show off their cuiary taets with their specia soup recipes. There wi be a three- judge vote ad a pubic vote uti the first batch of soup is goe. The evet wi be hed o the ower eve The street outside wi be fied with activity. These activities icude ive ice carvig demostratios, food ad refreshmets, music, cookie decoratig for the kids, face paitig, DIA Away (the Detroit Istitute of Arts mobie iteractive cassroom), s mores statios, a putt-putt gof course ad chidre s skis games. CONTENTS Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio...2 Stormwater Poutio Prevetio...2 Sow Remova Procedure...3 Pubic Safety Tips...3 Parks & Recreatio Iformatio...4 Ope Skate Hours...5 Patform Teis Iformatio...5 Adut Recreatio Programs...6 Youth Recreatio Programs...7 City Directory...8 Automatic Water Bi Paymet Kerby Road

2 CITY NEWS M I C H I G A N DOG PARK INFORMATION Dog Park Passes cost $20.00 ad paymet must be received with the Appicatio. Dog Park Passes expire o Apri 30 of each year. Pease DO NOT throw away the Pass; as og as it is reewed every year, the same Pass wi be used. A residets appyig for ad/or reewig their Dog Park Pass must show proof of their dog(s) havig the foowig: curret GPF Dog Licese ad curret Rabies, DHPP, Bordetea vacciatios. Without this iformatio, your Dog Park Pass Appicatio caot be processed. I order to reew your Pass for the foowig year, you must pay $20.00 ad provide proof of shots ad a curret GPF Licese before May 1 at the Parks & Recreatio Office. Pease famiiarize yoursef with the Dog Park Rues. A Repacemet Dog Park Passes ca be appied for at the Parks & Recreatio Office for a fee of $ To register or reew for a Dog Park Pass pease visit City Ha. The Dog Park Pass appicatio is avaiabe oie at grossepoitefarms.org. Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio Sice 1981, the Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio has bee committed to makig our commuity a better pace to ive by cotiuay fudig projects that raise our quaity of ife ad meet the evovig eeds of our specia commuity. As residets expectatios of the commuity evove, it s importat for us to stay ahead of the curve ad offer ew ad excitig thigs for a to ejoy ad experiece. Last year, the Fire ad Shade appea brought a ew fire pit to the skatig rik area ad ew shade caopies to the poo area at Pier Park. This year, the appea focuses o creatig a ew famiy gazebo at Kerby Fied. The gazebo wi be situated where the three baseba diamods outfieds coverge. It wi be a tremedous ew ameity, especiay for die-hard baseba ad softba fas as we as for famiies watchig their youg stars i actio. The gazebo wi compemet the may other sigificat ehacemets the Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio has fuded at Kerby Fied i recet years, icudig the payscape, the Dog Park ad the Orte Fied House. The Kerby Fied Project ad a those that preceded it are ot possibe without the support from idividuas ad foudatios from the commuity. The Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio is a 501(c)(3) corporatio, aowig a cotributios to be 100% tax deductibe. To ear more ad/or make a oie doatio through Pay Pa, visit grossepoitefarms.org. Hep Prevet Stormwater Poutio This Witer As you are cearig sow ad ice this witer, remember what you put o the groud coud evetuay make its way to Lake St. Cair. Hep keep our beautifu ake cea by foowig a few simpe suggestios: If you use a deicer, utiize a cacium magesium acetate (CMA) product. CMA is o-corrosive ad has fewer adverse effects o the eviromet. Use as itte of the deicer as possibe because over-appicatio wi ot make the ice met faster. By reducig the amout of deicer used, you wi save moey ad hep the eviromet. 2

3 CITY NEWS Remember Sow Remova Procedures Witer is here, ad that meas sow wi be faig throughout the City. Residets ca hep make the streets ad sidewaks safer by foowig a few rues: If you hire a cotractor for sow remova, pease specificay ask them to be courteous to your eighbors. Hired cotractors are a effective measure to remove sow from your driveway, but each year, the City receives compaits from adjacet property owers regardig where that sow is paced. Foow up by the City persoe is required for each oe of these compaits. May of these compaits ad icoveieces of havig sow paced i the wrog pace coud be avoided if the residet simpy requests the cotractor to be courteous about where the sow is moved to. If your cotractor moves your sow dow your driveway ad across the street, pease make sure the moud of sow is competey out of the street ad ot bockig a eighbor s driveway or coceaig a fire hydrat. Do ot pow sow ito the street or sidewak. Sow throw back ito the street for the traffic to met oy creates a sow pack that turs ito ice, creatig a hazardous coditio. Do ot aow chidre to pay o the sow pies ear the street. Those arger pies may be fu, but it puts them i extreme dager from passig vehices. Whe a sow evet occurs, pease move vehices out of the street. Sow pows have to maeuver aroud parked cars ad sow gets moved i paces that ca create additioa icoveieces for you ad your eighbors. O occasio, the City wi decare a sow emergecy. I the evet of a sow emergecy, there is o o-street parkig. Vehices o the street durig this time may be towed or ticketed. Pease remember that these measures are for the safety of a our residets sice these efforts esure emergecy access throughout the City. Ladscapers ad sow remova cotractors must be permitted to operate i the city. PUBLIC SAFETY TIPS Did you kow the City offers free mobie aerts ad a vacatio safety check program to residets? Nixe: Sig up to receive importat mobie text aerts from Grosse Poite Farms Pubic Safety Departmet istaty o your phoe. It s quick, easy ad secure. Nixe users receive the atest iformatio regardig pubic safety, sow emergecies ad much more. To sig up for aerts, pease visit ixe.com. Vacatio Safety Check Program: It s importat to have a pa to esure your home s safety whe you are goe. To avoid the tetae sigs you re ot home foow these tips: Put a hod o your mai ad ewspapers. Have someoe shove the driveway whie you re goe. Try automatic timig ights ad a radio i differet rooms to create the appearace of movemet. Ca for a Vacatio Safety Check at (313) Pease try to give us at east three days otice. 90 Kerby Road

4 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS M I C H I G A N Pier Park Iformatio Parks ad Recreatio Office Phoe Park Hours May 1 October 31 6:00 a.m. Midight November 1 Apri 30 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Parks ad Recreatio Office Hours May 1 October 31 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. November 1 Apri 30 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Note: If there is ice skatig, the park wi be ope uti ice skatig coses for the ight. See ice skatig hours o page 5. Parks & Recreatio Witer 2017 Iformatio Recreatio Program Registratio Guideies Wak-i ad oie registratios are the most efficiet way to register. A Recreatio Programs require pre-registratio. Pease register by the date oted i each descriptio. Waitig uti the ast miute coud resut i the program beig caceed. Recreatio Program Refud Poicy Requests must be made i writig ad submitted to the Parks ad Recreatio Office. No refuds wi be made after the start date of each Program. Programs wi ot be prorated. Fu refuds wi be made for ay Program that is caceed by the City. Pier Park Vouteer Opportuity The Pier Park offers may famiy evets. These evets have grow greaty through the years. To make every evet a success, we are ookig for vouteers from our commuity. If you are iterested i beig added to our ist of vouteers, pease ca Park Passes Park Pass Appicatios are avaiabe at the City Offices, Parks ad Recreatio Office, or oie, begiig November 1, for the foowig year. Park Passes are issued to a residets, 8 ad oder. A Park Passes expire o December 31. A iformatio must be compete i order to have your ew Passes processed. Curret residets, chidre 18 ad over ivig at home, ad o-married residets 18 ad over, must show a vaid driver s icese, i perso, ad sig for their Residet Park Passes. Exceptios wi be give to husbads ad wives pickig up each other s ad their chidre s, if uder 18. If you woud ike to request a Temporary No-Residet Park Pass, Caregiver Park Pass or Dog Park Pass, pease compete a Appicatio two weeks before the Pass is eeded. Pier Park Harbor Remiders A boat we deposits with moorig agreemets were due December 1. The remaiig baace is due March 31. The Parks & Recreatio Departmet is cosiderig sedig ivoices ad moorig agreemets by emai i the future. If you are iterested i receivig these documets by emai, pease sed a request to meickhorst@grossepoitefarms.org. 4

5 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS Summer of 17 Remiders The first day to register for summer programs wi be Moday, May 1. A past Swim Team ad Sychro members wi receive emais regardig registerig for the teams. If you wi be ew to either of these teams pease sed a emai to the team i which you are requestig iformatio to swimteam@grossepoitefarms.org or sychro@grossepoitefarms. org. We wi post updates ad remiders o our Facebook page, so be sure to ike us at facebook.com/grossepoitefarms. We begi takig appicatios for a summer positios begiig Jauary 1. Pease get these i as soo as possibe as we begi the hirig process very eary i the year. The empoymet appicatio is avaiabe o our website. Jauary 3 wi be the first day we wi be acceptig picic reservatios. These must be doe i perso at the Parks ad Recreatio Office. Patform Teis Courts Ope Seasoa Pay Dates: October 1 Apri 30. Skatig & Fire Pit Hours The Refrigerated Ice Skatig Rik ad Fire Pit at Pier Park are ope, weather permittig. This rik is for ope skatig; hockey is prohibited. Skatig hours are: Reservatios must be made oie by GPF residets, o more tha 48 hours i advace, at begiig at 6:00 a.m. If you eed assistace pease ca the Parks ad Recreatio Office. Up to two o-residets ca pay as guests (payers) of the residet who made the reservatio o oe court. Park Pass puches wi be required for additioa o-residet guests (payers).. A residet may oy reserve a court for 1-1/2 hours at a time. For groups arger tha six, the same residet ca reserve the secod court for the same time period. Courts are avaiabe o a first-come, first-served basis, if there are o reservatios. Reservatios may be caceed by the City if persos arrive ater tha 15 miutes after the reserved time. Courts wi be ocked. Keys wi be issued to payers whe they arrive ad the payers must eave their Park Pass or driver s icese i exchage for the key. Suday 10:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Moday Thursday 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Friday 4:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m. Note: Daiy operatio hours may vary for hoidays ad due to icemet weather. Daiy Operatio Hours October November December-Apri 6:00 a.m. Midight 8:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. 90 Kerby Road

6 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS M I C H I G A N Adut Recreatio Programs Low Impact Combo This exercise cass icorporates pety of resistace equipmet (body bas ad eastics) as we as use of free weights. Pety of stretchig fiishes each hour. Pease brig a mat ad a botte of water to every cass. #1002 Cheryy Peegrio 10 Weeks, Jauary 2 March 10, $ Moday/Wedesday/Friday 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 27 #1007 Cheryy Peegrio 10 Weeks, March 20 May 26, $ Moday/Wedesday/Friday 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is March 8 Wome s Sef Defese This cass for wome ages 14 ad oder wi focus o basic physica fitess, sef-defese hods ad escapes. Master Ash has his fourthdegree back bet i Tae Kwo Do ad a firstdegree back bet i Hapki Do. #1003 Master Ashraf Soheim 6 Weeks, Jauary 11 February 17, $ Wedesday/Friday, 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is Jauary 5 Padde Teis Lessos Grosse Poite Farms residets ca ear how to pay this very popuar cod weather sport. Participats wi become famiiar with the equipmet ad ear the types of grips, court positioig, basic scree pay, obs, drives, ad scorig, etc. #1005 Paua Corwa 6 Weeks, Jauary 14 February 18, $90.00 Saturday, 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Patform Teis Court 1, Pier Park Registratio Deadie is Jauary 14 #1006 Paua Corwa 6 Weeks, Jauary 11 February 15, $90.00 Wedesday, 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Patform Teis Court 1, Pier Park Registratio Deadie is Jauary 11 Stregth Traiig Boot Camp Body weight stregth traiig i a circuit format resutig i a fu body bur whie keepig your heart rate up to improve cardiovascuar edurace. Strog focus o form ad cotroed rage of motio to maximize resuts. Pease brig a mat ad a botte of water to cass. NOTE: This ewsetter wet to prit after the start date of Boot Camp; if iterested i joiig, pease ca the Parks ad Recreatio Office. # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $ Tuesday/Thursday, 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7 6 # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $ Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7

7 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $65.00 Tuesday, 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7 # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $65.00 Tuesday, 6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7 # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $65.00 Thursday, 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7 Youth Recreatio Programs Ice Skatig Lessos Have fu earig the basics of skatig or improvig curret skis. Cass time wi be spit ito 20 miutes of istructio ad 10 miutes of free time. A casses wi be taught by istructors from the St. Cair Shores Schoo of Skatig. A participats wi be spit up ito groups based o their abiities. A abiities are wecome!! Hemet are required, goves ad warm cothes suggested. #1000 Tiy Tots (ages 3 to 6) 6 Weeks, Jauary 14 February 18, $66.00 Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Pier Park Ice Rik Registratio Deadie is Jauary 11 #1001 Youth Adut (ages 7 Adut) 6 Weeks, Jauary 14 February 18, $66.00 Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Pier Park Ice Rik Registratio Deadie is Jauary 11 Hoiday Movie Day The Hoiday break ca get very og. Break it up by comig dow to Pier Park ad watchig a movie. Brig a piow, baket, ad cuddy compaio, etc. Popcor wi be provided. #1003 Wedesday, Jauary 4, 1:00 p.m. Free. Movie is to be determied, check our Facebook page ad website for updates # Weeks, December 13 February 2, $65.00 Thursday, 6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. No Cass December 20, Jauary 3 & 5 Great Room, Commuity Buidig Registratio Deadie is December 7 Daddy-Daughter Dace It promises to be a eveig they wi og remember, as Grosse Poite girs, age 12 ad uder, twist ad twir with their best beau Daddy at the A-Poites Daddy-Daughter Dace. It s a semi-forma affair, compete with a wrist corsage for each youg ady. Ad, just ike a grow-up party, there wi be friy decoratios, ad ots of yummy appetizers ad sacks with the additio of everyoe s favorite tues, keepig the party movig o the dace foor. Most importaty, Dads are ecouraged to brig their cameras to capture the memories of this magica ight. Reservatios for the Daddy-Daughter Dace ca be made begiig February 1. If you kow of ayoe i oe of the other Grosse Poites who woud ike to atted, pease have them cotact their oca Parks ad Recreatio Departmet to register. #1010 Saturday, March 25, $8.00/perso 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Grosse Poite South s Mai Gym Registratio Deadie is March 17 Easter Egg Hut Rai, Shie or Sow, brig your Easter basket or bag to Pier Park ad hut for cady fied eggs. Do t forget your camera for pictures with the Easter Buy!! Saturday, Apri 8, 10:00 a.m. Free. 90 Kerby Road

8 C I I H M C H I GI GA AN THE CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS Couci Members James Couci C. Members Farquhar, Mayor James C. Farquhar, Lev Wood, Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Therese Joseph Therese Joseph Joe Ricci Joe Ricci Louis Theros Louis Theros Peter W. Wadmeir Peter W. Wadmeir Marti F. West Marti F. West Lev Wood City Maager Shae City Maager Reeside Shae Reeside N CITY NEWS City Directory City of Grosse Poite Farms 90 Kerby Road Grosse Poite Farms, MI web: e-mai: citycerk@grossepoitefarms.org Admiistratio Eectios ad registratios, couci meetigs, ordiaces, birth ad death certificates, taxes ad tax rates, assessmets, coectios ad water bis, accouts ad fiace, recycig ad refuse disposa. Pubic Service Buidig permits, egieerig, ispectios, pest cotro, reguatios, sidewaks, streets, tree service, saitary ad storm sewers ad zoig. Parks ad Recreatio Parks Pier Park, ad Recreatio Pier Park Gate House, Kerby Pier Fied, Park, Maria, Pier Park cass Gate schedues, House, Commuity Kerby Fied, Buidig Maria, reta cass ad schedues, picic ad Commuity Buidig reta ad picic ad temporary park permits. temporary Muicipa park Court permits Muicipa Pubic Safety Court (Poice & Fire) Services for Oder Citizes Pubic Safety (Poice & Fire) Ambuace & Emergecies 911 Ambuace Poiso Cotro ad Emergecies Poiso Services Cotro for Oder Citizes Grosse Poite War Memoria Automatic Water Bi Paymet Pay your water bis automaticay! The Grosse Poite Farms Water Departmet is ow ready to sig up a water customers with ACH debit paymet for payig your water bi. This service wi aow you to have the City s water departmet deduct the baace of your water bi from your bak accout o the due date. A you eed to do is fi out the form beow ad retur it, aog with a voided check, to the Grosse Poite Farms Water Departmet. Never pay a ate fee, worry about your maied check arrivig or chagig your maiig address whe you are out of tow. Customer s Auto Draft Iformatio Name: Address: Phoe Number: hereby agree to aow the City of Grosse Poite Farms to deduct from my checkig accout, I hereby agree to aow the City of Grosse Poite Farms to deduct from my checkig accout, the baace owed o my water bi o its due date. the baace owed o my water bi o its quartery due date. Sigature: 8 Pease retur with a voided check to: Grosse Poite Farms Water Departmet, 90 Kerby Road, Grosse Poite Farms, MI