Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation Continues to Enhance Community

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1 MIC HIG AN MIC H IG A N THE CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS I N F O R M A T I V E I N F O R M A T I V E WINTER 2018 Witerfest Returs to Pier Park A traditio i Grosse Poite Farms, Witerfest returs o Saturday, February 3, 2018 startig at 1 p.m. ice skatig, putt-putt golf course ad a demostratio by the Public Safety Departmet s K-9 team. Joi us to ejoy all the witer activities that Pier Park has to offer. The evet will also iclude a heated tet with bads, beverages ad a chili (soup) cook-off. The evet will feature a wide variety of activities that icludes live ice carvig, marshmallow roastig, food trucks, Please view page 2 to lear more about the Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio s Aual Appeal. CONTENTS CONTENTS If you would like to participate i the chili (soup) cook-off or would like additioal iformatio, please cotact parksadrec@ grossepoitefarms.org. Residets who are iterested i attedig this evet should visit grossepoitefarms. org to view the evet schedule whe it becomes available. CONTENTS Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio...2 Sow Removal Procedure...3 Public Safety Tips...3 Parks & Recreatio Iformatio...4 Ope Skate Hours...5 Platform Teis Iformatio...5 Adult Recreatio Programs...6 Youth Recreatio Programs...7 City Directory...8 Do t forget to like us o Facebook, follow us at Twitter, Do t forget to like o Facebook, follow us at Twitter, ad check out our Flickruspage! ad check out our Flickr page! Kerby Road l l 90 Kerby Road l l

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 Applicatio. Dog Park Passes expire o April 30 of each year. Please DO NOT throw away the Pass; as log as it is reewed every year, the same Pass will be used. All residets applyig for ad/or reewig their Dog Park Pass must show proof of their dog(s) havig the followig: curret GPF Dog Licese ad curret Rabies, DHPP, Bordetella vacciatios. Without this iformatio, your Dog Park Pass Applicatio caot be processed. I order to reew your Pass for the followig year, you must pay $20.00 ad provide proof of shots ad a curret GPF Licese before May 1 at the Parks & Recreatio Office. Please familiarize yourself with the Dog Park Rules. All Replacemet Dog Park Passes ca be applied for at the Parks & Recreatio Office for a fee of $ To register or reew for a Dog Park Pass please visit City Hall. The Dog Park Pass applicatio is available olie at grossepoitefarms.org. 2 l Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio Cotiues to Ehace Commuity Without questio, the quality of life we ejoy as Grosse Poite Farms residets is uparalleled. We boast outstadig city services, pletiful parks ad recreatio opportuities, traquil ad peaceful tree-lied streets ad tremedous vistas of our majestic lake. For more tha 35 years, the Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio has supported our city i sustaiig ad ehacig these abudat assets. Please cosider visitig our ew website, grossepoitefarmsfoudatio.org, which highlights our work thus far. Ad, as a 501(C)(3) corporatio, tax-deductible doatios from geerous residets have facilitated this missio. Goig forward, the ew website allows for olie ad recurrig mothly givig to complemet traditioal doatios. The 2017 Appeal will augmet what we have completed thus far. At Kerby Field, we will remove the overgrow evergrees alog Kerby Road ad istall hadsome orametal fecig supported by brick colum moumets. I additio, we will erect a flagpole ear the ewly completed family gazebo at the field, allowig the stars ad stripes to fly proudly over our youg ball players. Our third project will be costructio of a ew bus shelter at the corer of Mack ad Moross. The structure will be traditioal i desig, utilizig a copper-style roof to match the existig gazebos at Kerby Field ad the Farms Dog Park. The Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio Board of Trustees, Mayor ad City Coucil are very excited about the positive impact of the 2017 Appeal o our commuity. As always, we greatly appreciate your thoughtful cosideratio ad geerous support. Sicerely, Jeffrey Hueber Chairma Edward Wujeck, II Vice-Chair Doate olie at grossepoitefarmsfoudatio.org or by sedig a check to the Grosse Poite Farms Foudatio at 90 Kerby Road, Grosse Poite Farms, MI

3 CITY NEWS WINTER 2018 Remember Sow Removal Procedures Witer is here, ad that meas sow will be fallig throughout the City. Residets ca help make the streets ad sidewalks safer by followig a few rules: If you hire a cotractor for sow removal, please specifically 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 complaits from adjacet property owers regardig where that sow is placed. Follow up by the City persoel is required for each oe of these complaits. May of these complaits ad icoveieces of havig sow placed i the wrog place could be avoided if the residet simply 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, please make sure the moud of sow is completely out of the street ad ot blockig a eighbor s driveway or cocealig a fire hydrat. Do ot plow sow ito the street or sidewalk. Sow throw back ito the street for the traffic to melt oly creates a sow pack that turs ito ice, creatig a hazardous coditio. Do ot allow childre to play o the sow piles ear the street. Those larger piles may be fu, but it puts them i extreme dager from passig vehicles. Whe a sow evet occurs, please move vehicles out of the street. Sow plows have to maeuver aroud parked cars ad sow gets moved i places that ca create additioal icoveieces for you ad your eighbors. O occasio, the City will declare a sow emergecy. I the evet of a sow emergecy, there is o o-street parkig. Vehicles o the street durig this time may be towed or ticketed. Please remember that these measures are for the safety of all our residets sice these efforts esure emergecy access throughout the City. Ladscapers ad sow removal cotractors must be permitted to operate i the city. PUBLIC SAFETY TIPS Did you kow the City offers free mobile alerts ad a vacatio safety check program to residets? Nixle: Sig up to receive importat mobile text alerts from Grosse Poite Farms Public Safety Departmet istatly o your phoe. It s quick, easy ad secure. Nixle users receive the latest iformatio regardig public safety, sow emergecies ad much more. To sig up for alerts, please visit ixle.com. Vacatio Safety Check Program: It s importat to have a pla to esure your home s safety whe you are goe. To avoid the telltale sigs you re ot home follow these tips: Put a hold o your mail ad ewspapers. Have someoe shovel the driveway while you re goe. Try automatic timig lights ad a radio i differet rooms to create the appearace of movemet. Call for a Vacatio Safety Check at (313) Please try to give us at least three days otice. 90 Kerby Road l l

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 April 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 April 30 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Note: If there is ice skatig, the park will be ope util ice skatig closes for the ight. See ice skatig hours o page 5. Parks & Recreatio Witer 2018 Iformatio Recreatio Program Registratio Guidelies Walk-i ad olie registratios are the most efficiet way to register. All Recreatio Programs require pre-registratio. Please register by the date oted i each descriptio. Waitig util the last miute could result i the program beig caceled. Recreatio Program Refud Policy Requests must be made i writig ad submitted to the Parks ad Recreatio Office. No refuds will be made after the start date of each Program. Programs will ot be prorated. Full refuds will be made for ay Program that is caceled by the City. Pier Park Voluteer Opportuity The Pier Park offers may family evets. These evets have grow greatly through the years. To make every evet a success, we are lookig for voluteers from our commuity. If you are iterested i beig added to our list of voluteers, please call Park Passes Park Pass Applicatios are available at the City Offices, Parks ad Recreatio Office, or olie, begiig November 1, for the followig year. Park Passes are issued to all residets, 8 ad older. All Park Passes expire o December 31. All iformatio must be complete i order to have your ew Passes processed. Curret residets, childre 18 ad over livig at home, ad o-married residets 18 ad over, must show a valid driver s licese, i perso, ad sig for their Residet Park Passes. Exceptios will be give to husbads ad wives pickig up each other s ad their childre s, if uder 18. If you would like to request a Temporary No-Residet Park Pass, Caregiver Park Pass or Dog Park Pass, please complete a Applicatio two weeks before the Pass is eeded. Pier Park Harbor Remiders All boat well deposits with moorig agreemets were due December 1. The remaiig balace is due March 31. If you are iterested i receivig harbor ivoices ad cotracts by , please sed a request to meickhorst@grossepoitefarms.org. 4 l

5 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS WINTER 2018 Summer of 18 Remiders The first day to register for summer programs will be May 1. All past Swim Team ad Sychro members will receive s regardig registerig for the seaso. If you will be ew to either of these teams, please sed a to the team i which you are requestig iformatio: swimteam@grossepoitefarms.org or sychro@grossepoitefarms.org. We will post updates ad remiders o our Facebook page, so be sure to like us at facebook.com/grossepoitefarms. We begi takig applicatios for all summer positios begiig Jauary 1. Please get these i as soo as possible as we begi the hirig process very early i the year. The employmet applicatio is available o our website. Jauary 3 will be the first day we will be acceptig picic reservatios. These must be doe i perso at the Parks ad Recreatio Office. Platform Teis Courts Ope Seasoal Play Dates: October 1 April 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 olie by GPF residets, o more tha 48 hours i advace, at begiig at 6:00 a.m. If you eed assistace please call the Parks ad Recreatio Office. Up to two o-residets ca play as guests (players) of the residet who made the reservatio o oe court. Park Pass puches will be required for additioal o-residet guests (players).. A residet may oly reserve a court for 1-1/2 hours at a time. For groups larger tha six, the same residet ca reserve the secod court for the same time period. Courts are available o a first-come, first-served basis, if there are o reservatios. Reservatios may be caceled by the City if persos arrive later tha 15 miutes after the reserved time. Courts will be locked. Keys will be issued to players whe they arrive ad the players must leave their Park Pass or driver s licese 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: Daily operatio hours may vary for holidays ad due to iclemet weather. Daily Operatio Hours October November December-April 6:00 a.m. Midight 8:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. 90 Kerby Road l l

6 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS M I C H I G A N Adult Recreatio Programs Low Impact Combo This exercise class icorporates plety of resistace equipmet (body balls ad elastics) as well as use of free weights. Plety of stretchig fiishes each hour. Please brig a mat ad a bottle of water to every class. #1000 Cheryly Pellegrio 10 Weeks, Jauary 3 March 9, $ Moday/Wedesday/Friday 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Great Room, Commuity Buildig Registratio Deadlie is December 27 #1004 Cheryly Pellegrio 10 Weeks, March 12 May 18, $ Moday/Wedesday/Friday 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Great Room, Commuity Buildig Registratio Deadlie is March 8 Paddle Teis Lessos Grosse Poite Farms residets ca lear how to play this very popular cold weather sport. Participats will become familiar with the equipmet ad lear the types of grips, court positioig, basic scree play, lobs, drives, ad scorig, etc. #1003 Paula Corwall 6 Weeks, Jauary 10 February 14, $90.00 Wedesday, 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Platform Teis Court 1, Pier Park Registratio Deadlie is Jauary 14 All Poites Corhole Touramet Limited to six teams per city, you ad a fried ca joi i the All Poites Corhole Touramet! The evet will be held at Grosse Poite Farms Pier Park o Saturday, May 19, 2018 begiig at oo. The fee is $25 per team. The Registratio form ca be foud at grossepoitefarms.org ad should be tured i to the Grosse Poite Farms Parks ad Recreatio Departmet. Subs ad refreshmets will be provided. The top 3 teams will receive prizes! All participats must be 18 ad older. 6 l

7 PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAMS WINTER 2018 Youth Recreatio Programs Ice Skatig Lessos Have fu learig the basics of skatig or improvig curret skills. Class time will be split ito 20 miutes of istructio ad 10 miutes of free time. All classes will be taught by istructors from the St. Clair Shores School of Skatig. All participats will be split up ito groups based o their abilities. All abilities are welcome!! Helmet are required, gloves ad warm clothes suggested. #1001 Tiy Tots (ages 3 to 6) 6 Weeks, Jauary 13 February 24, $70.00 Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Pier Park Ice Rik Registratio Deadlie is Jauary 11 #1002 Youth Adult (ages 7 Adult) 6 Weeks, Jauary 13 February 24, $70.00 Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Pier Park Ice Rik Registratio Deadlie is Jauary 11 Daddy-Daughter Dace It promises to be a eveig they will log remember, as Grosse Poite girls, age 12 ad uder, twist ad twirl with their best beau Daddy at the All-Poites Daddy-Daughter Dace. It s a semi-formal affair, complete with a wrist corsage for each youg lady. Ad, just like a grow-up party, there will be frilly decoratios, ad lots of yummy appetizers ad sacks with the additio of everyoe s favorite tues, keepig the party movig o the dace floor. Most importatly, Dads are ecouraged to brig their cameras to capture the memories of this magical 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 would like to atted, please have them cotact their local Parks ad Recreatio Departmet to register. #1010 Saturday, March 10, $8.00/perso 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Grosse Poite South s Mai Gym Registratio Deadlie is March 2 Easter Egg Hut Rai, Shie or Sow, brig your Easter basket or bag to Pier Park ad hut for cady filled eggs. Do t forget your camera for pictures with the Easter Buy!! Saturday, March 24, 10:00 a.m. Free. 90 Kerby Road l l

8 C H I I M C H I GI GA AN THE CITY OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS Coucil Members Louis Coucil Theros Members Mayor James C. Farquhar, James MayorC. Farquhar, Mayor Pro Tem Therese Joseph Joh J. Gillooly Joe Ricci Therese Joseph Louis Theros Joe Ricci Peter W. Waldmeir Peter W. Waldmeir Marti F. West Lev Wood 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 MI web: cityclerk@grossepoitefarms.org Admiistratio Admiistratio Electios ad registratios, coucil Electios meetigs, ad taxes registratios, ad tax rates, coucil assessmets, meetigs, collectios ordiaces, ad water birth bills, ad death accouts certificates, fiace, taxes recyclig ad tax ad rates, refuse assessmets, disposal. ad collectios Public Service ad water bills, accouts ad fiace, Buildig recyclig permits, egieerig, ad refuse disposal. ispectios, Public pest cotrol, Service regulatios, sidewalks, streets, tree service, saitary ad storm sewers, Buildig zoig ad permits, ordiaces. egieerig, ispectios, pest cotrol, regulatios, sidewalks, streets, tree service, saitary ad storm sewers ad zoig. Parks ad Recreatio Parks Pier Park, ad Recreatio Pier Park Gate House, Kerby Pier Field, Park, Maria, Pier Park class Gate schedules, House, Commuity Kerby Field, Buildig Maria, retal class ad schedules, picic ad Commuity park Buildig permits. retal ad picic ad temporary temporary Muicipal park Court permits Muicipal Public Safety Court (Police & Fire) Services for Older Citizes Public Safety (Police & Fire) Ambulace & Emergecies 911 Ambulace ad Emergecies 911 Grosse Poite War Memorial Poiso Cotrol Permaet Absetee Voter Request Automatic Water Bill Paymet For your coveiece, please cosider beig placed o the abset voter list if you qualify. Pursuat to Electio Law, if you meet oe of these requiremets, you may vote absetee : 1) Age 60 years old or older: 2) Uable to vote without assistace at the polls 3) Expectig to be out of tow o Electio Day; 4) I jail awaitig arraigmet or trial; 5) Uable to atted the polls due to religious reasos; 6) Appoited to work as a electio ispector i a precict outside of your precict of residece Whe o this list, you will automatically receive a abset voter applicatio for every electio. If you choose to retur that applicatio, we will sed you a ballot. No lies, o hassle! If this would appeal to you, please complete, detach ad retur this form to the City Clerk s Office, 90 Kerby Rd., Grosse Poite Farms, MI, so that we ca add you to the Permaet Abset Voter List. PERMANENT ABSENTEE VOTER LIST REQUEST By sigig this form, I am verifyig that I meet the requiremets to vote by absetee ballot ad would like to be placed o the Permaet Abset Voter List. I ackowledge that I will ow receive a absetee ballot applicatio for every electio from this date forward. VOTER S NAME: ADDRESS: BIRTHDATE: SIGNATURE: DATE: 8 l