Ridgeside Services Directory July 2012

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1 Ridgeside Services Directory July 2012 POLICE PROTECTION East Ridge Police Dept EMERGENCY Fire -- Police -- Ambulance 911 NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE Memorial Hospital - EMS BEFORE YOU DIG One Call Center 811 BRUSH PICK-UP Dallas Dunagan SEWERS Waste Water Treatment Authority Nights and Weekends TRASH & RECYCLING Allied Waste Services WEBSITE FACEBOOK PAGE GROUP Ridgeside-Shepherd Hills Ridgeside@googlegroups.com 1

2 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July POLICE PROTECTION East Ridge Police Department EMERGENCY Fire -- Police -- Ambulance Non-Emergency Ambulance is Memorial Hospital... EMS Please ensure that your house number is visible to emergency vehicles. GARBAGE/RECYCLING: SATURDAYS Allied Waste Services BRUSH PICKUP: TUESDAYS Dallas Dunagan COMMISSIONERS Candice Poole, Mayor... ridgesidemayor@gmail.com fax Hugh Moore... HMoore@cbslawfirm.com Sonny Sanders... sonnysanders@comcast.net New commissioners will be elected November, 2014, and serve a four-year term. TOWN MEETINGS Regular town meetings are held on the third Tuesday of January, April, July, and October. Meetings are held at the Greater Emmanuel Apostolic Church at 400 Tunnel Boulevard and begin at 7:00 pm. All residents are encouraged to attend. Notices of these meetings are printed in the Chattanooga Times / Free Press and posted on the website ( and Facebook Page: Ridgeside- Shepherd Hills. All residents are encouraged to attend. COMMUNICATION Google Groups - All residents are encouraged to sign up for the Google Groups mailing list, the main line of communication within our city, by sending an to Ridgeside+subscribe@googlegroups.com. The message will come to the administrator for approval. Facebook - Announcements are also made Ridgeside s Facebook page The group is a closed group; therefore, in order to join, please click the Join Group tab at the top right corner of the Facebook page. Members of the group may post messages either directly on the page, or by sending an to ridgeside@groups.facebook.com.

3 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July VOTING PLACE Pool office is used on all regular voting days. Please register and vote in Ridgeside. Voting days are announced in the Chattanooga Times/Free Press. TENNESSEE INCOME TAXES BRUSH LAWNS Ridgeside receives a share of Tennessee Income taxes paid on interest from investments, etc. The code 334 should be used when filing your Tennessee State Income Tax Form (especially significant for new residents or first time filers). All brush to be picked up by Dallas Dunagan ( ) must be less than 6 feet long in order for it to fit in the truck bed. Excessive quantities or larger items will be taken care of at a rate set by maintenance. Please stack brush at the street for pickup. Residents are expected to keep lawns cut and neat, including the grass strip between the sidewalk and the street, all of which adds to the attractive appearance of Ridgeside. Please, stand back and look at your property with a critical eye. The better we look the more our property is worth. If you own an extra lot, be sure that you give it the attention that you give your yard. Full cooperation is what makes Ridgeside a great place to live. Thanks! BUILDING PERMITS Building permits are required for any new, alteration, addition or repair to your home. This includes construction, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and gas. The commission will report to the Hamilton County Building and Zoning Department activity without a permit. For more information, call the Building and Zoning Department at OPEN BURNING DOGS Burning is allowed in Hamilton County between October 1 and April 30 with the appropriate permits. The burning status is determined by the predicted daily air quality. Call the Air Pollution Control Bureau at for more information. When dogs are outside, please ensure that they are fenced or on a leash at ALL times. Please be neighborly and control barking dogs. Cleaning up after your dog while walking is expected. City ordinances will be enforced.

4 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July STREET PARKING Please do not park your car on the street. Cars parked on the street obstruct vision, detract from the beauty of our neighborhood, and are a traffic hazard/danger to children. Please park in your driveway or garage. STREET GATE The combination to the gate at North Seminole is C NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Report suspicious activity or crimes immediately to the police. Emergency: 911 East Ridge Police: Ridgeside@googlegroups.com

5 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July CRIME DETERRENTS Every house should have a light at the curb. Please have your lawn gas lights repaired and in good working order. Please also lock all cars and do not leave valuables in your cars. Cars parked on the street are most susceptible, so please park in your driveway or garage. Please report suspicious activities and cars to the East Ridge Police at This is one of the best deterrents to crime in our neighborhood. Report any theft to Mayor Candice SECURITY ALARMS Two false alarms are allowed, and then a $25 fine per incident, if East Ridge Police Department has to respond.

6 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July GARBAGE and RECYCLING Pickup is on Saturday mornings. PLEASE BAG AND TIE ALL GARBAGE. Pickup is at the front of the house. Two bins are provided by Allied Waste Services, one for recycle and one for regular trash. Recycle items are picked up bi-weekly. Contact Allied Waste Services at for more information.

7 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July PARK AMENITY Our neighborhood park is located between Ridgeside and Hilldale, and includes tennis courts and a playground. Please enjoy the amenity as much as possible. POOL AND PARK RIDGESIDE POOL AND PARK BOARD Current officers and hours are listed below. For more information and a listing of actvities, please visit Andy Fitzsimmons, co-chair... finneg1@yahoo.com / Gabe Thompson, co-chair... gabrieltvol@gmail.com / Ed Snodgrass, Pool Manager... esnodgra@mccallie.org / Will Cox... will.cox.iv@gmail.com / Kimberly Stone... suitespace@yahoo.com / City Comm. Liaison Hugh MooreHMoore@cbslawfirm.com POOL PHONE (from May 15 to Sept 15) To schedule parties, etc., contact the chair. Hours and charges for the year are announced at the beginning of May. For Summer 2012, the hours are as follows: May 26 August 19, 2012 Sunday Monday Tues Thurs Friday Saturday 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm 10:00 am - 6:30 pm 10:00 am - 9:00 pm 10:00 am - 9:00 pm August 20 September 3, 2012 Sunday Mon-Wed Thurs Friday Saturday 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm CLOSED 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm 10:00 am - 9:00 pm RIDGESIDE DOLPHINS SWIM TEAM The Ridgeside Dolphins swim team competes locally in the Chattanooga Area Swim League. CASL sponsors competitive swimming events for Chattanooga and surrounding area pools and organizations. The goal of the program is to stimulate an interest in competitive swimming and to provide a means through

8 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July which youth may learn leadership, good sportsmanship and values of physical fitness. Watch for information distributed each Spring to register for the Ridgeside Dolphins at or contact Kerry Blohm at / KBlohm1@epbfi.com. COMMUNITY CLUB All Shepherd Hills and Crescent Park residents are welcome. Meetings are held on the first Friday of February, May, October, and December. A Featured Speaker is always included. Notices will be distributed for each meeting. New officers are selected in May and take office June 1st. Dues for are $ Dues pay for community items such as printing Ridgeside directory; supplies for the picnic and other socials; bags, sand, and candles for the Christmas lighting COMMUNITY CLUB OFFICERS Candice Thompson, President candice_bobadilla@hotmail.com / Anne Curtis, Recording Secretary. annecurtis@comcast.net / Doris Schonhoff, Corresponding Sec y... jgarrigan@aol.com/ Barbara Walton, Treasurer... BAWalton@gmail.com / Sandra Standefer, Devotional Chair... sbstan@bellsouth.net / Alice Marie Clark Danks, Directory... adanks@epbfi.com / Street Captains for Neighborhood Flyers: Brookwood... Nancy Bane Crescent park... TBA Hilldale... Lori Voges Lynncrest... Candice Thompson N.Lynncrest... Priscilla McLaughlin Ridgeside... Kelly Robinson Windmere... TBA

9 Ridgeside Community Service Directory July WELCOME NEWCOMERS Katy Ingvalson... katy.ingvalson@comcast.net / Kelly Robinson... kleerobi@gmail.com / Please notify of any changes in residency on your street. We want to make all newcomers feel welcome and to assist them in any way we can. The Annual July Ice Cream Social recognizes all new neighbors that have moved in to the neighborhood in the last year. Please also advise Doris Schonhoff ( ) of serious illness or deaths so that we may be good neighbors and respond appropriately. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING (Luminaires) Committee:... Lori Voges and Ann Watkins The traditional luminaries are usually placed the Monday and Tuesday before Christmas. White paper bags distributed to you by your street chairman are placed approximately 15 feet apart, down both sides of the streets between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM on these two nights. In case of rain or snow at 2:30 the day of the lighting, the lighting will not be carried out that evening. Sand is provided by the Community Club to serve as an anchor to keep candles in place within the sacks and to keep the sacks from blowing over. Sand is usually placed at the pool parking area for residents to pick up. Inventive folks use bricks with holes as candleholders or votive candles set down in tuna cans filled with sand. Whatever works for you is great! We appreciate all residents cooperation in carrying on this tradition. If you are unable to participate because of ill health or out-of-town plans, please notify your chairman at the time the bags are distributed so arrangements can be made for someone to light and tend your candles. Maintenance will pick up all bags and candles the Wednesday after the lighting, unless you have picked them up to save. On nights of lighting, no cars should be parked on the streets at all. Please note the open houses will be held on Monday night only.