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April 2018 cprv.net Civic League Meeng: Monday, April 9, 2018 6:30 p.m. Eggleston’s (110 Lavalee Ave) All CPRV Civic League meengs are now on YouTube! hps://nyurl.com/cprv-video Guest Speakers: Candidates for Norfolk City Council Ward 2: Courtney R. Doyle Donald R. Robey, Jr. Thomas R. Warburton IV and the Norfolk Fire Department LET’S TALK TRASH Part I By T. Serafim Pung the trash out on trash day seems like a sim- ple task, yet so many people seem to get it wrong. You have to ask: do they not know the rules or are they simply advocates of garbage anarchy? Do they think things like trash placement are leſt to personal preference? Fortu- nately, the City of Norfolk, like most cies, has promulgated regulaon aſter regulaon defining trash, the trash can and how they work together. One can certainly learn on what day trash is collected by watching one’s neighbors, but what about the finer points? What about bulk waste? Or recyclables? How about yard waste? Perhaps I can shed a lile light on the subject. Let’s start with the basics: Trash pick-up in Riverview and Colonial Place is on Thursdays. The big green cans should be placed at the curb between 5 pm on Wednesday and 7 am on Thursday. Too early on Wednesday is unsight- ly and too late on Thursday morning risks missing pick-up. Now lest you think you can just wheel that bulky can down to the curb and place it willy-nilly wherever the spirit moves you, let’s look at the rules. The City is very specific about how and where you deposit their big, green cans: the cans must be posioned at least 6 feet from cars, poles or other obstrucons (seriously, 6 FEET); the metal bar should be facing the street and the wheels facing your residence; and the lid must be closed. Prey simple. Once your trash can has been emped you must remove it from the street no later than 11:30 pm that same Thursday. Those green re- ceptacles must be stored at least 5 feet behind the building line of your home or screened from view. Unsightly, re- member. (connued on page 6)
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April 2018 cprv.net
Civic League Meeting:
Monday, April 9, 2018
6:30 p.m. Eggleston’s
(110 Lavalette Ave)
All CPRV Civic League meetings are now on
YouTube!
https://tinyurl.com/cprv-video
Guest Speakers:
Candidates for Norfolk City Council Ward 2:
Courtney R. Doyle Donald R. Robey, Jr.
Thomas R. Warburton IV
and the
Norfolk Fire Department
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LET’S TALK TRASH
Part I By T. Serafim
Putting the trash out on trash day seems like a sim-ple task, yet so many people seem to get it wrong. You have to ask: do they not know the rules or are they simply advocates of garbage anarchy? Do they think things like trash placement are left to personal preference? Fortu-nately, the City of Norfolk, like most cities, has promulgated regulation after regulation defining trash, the trash can and how they work together. One can certainly learn on what day trash is collected by watching one’s neighbors, but what about the finer points? What about bulk waste? Or recyclables? How about yard waste? Perhaps I can shed a little light on the subject.
Let’s start with the basics: Trash pick-up in Riverview and Colonial Place is on Thursdays. The big green cans should be placed at the curb between 5 pm on Wednesday and 7 am on Thursday. Too early on Wednesday is unsight-ly and too late on Thursday morning risks missing pick-up. Now lest you think you can just wheel that bulky can down to the curb and place it willy-nilly wherever the spirit moves you, let’s look at the rules. The City is very specific about how and where you deposit their big, green cans: the cans must be positioned at least 6 feet from cars, poles or other obstructions (seriously, 6 FEET); the metal bar should be facing the street and the wheels facing your residence; and the lid must be closed. Pretty simple. Once your trash can has been emptied you must remove it from the street no later than 11:30 pm that same Thursday. Those green re-ceptacles must be stored at least 5 feet behind the building line of your home or screened from view. Unsightly, re-member.
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Street Sweeping Schedule
Colonial Place Tuesday, April 10 (Even Addresses)
Wednesday, April 11 (Odd Addresses)
Riverview Wednesday, April 18
Colonial Place/Riverview Curbside Recycling Schedule
Thursday, April 12 Thursday, April 26
Colonial Place/Riverview Community Newsletter
The official publication of the Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League
Norfolk, Virginia
Published 12 times per year.
Circulation: Colonial Place/Riverview - Approximately 1600 residences.
Publisher: CPRV Civic League
Media Chair: David Spriggs
Editor: Lynn Sanders-Carter
Membership Renewal
In accordance with the Civic League Bylaws, all memberships expired on December 31st, 2017. Now is the time to renew your membership or to join, if you are not already a member. You may renew or join at the meeting on April 9th or by com-pleting and mailing the form provid-ed at the bottom of the last page of this newsletter. Our membership numbers enhance our influence with City officials , so do not delay.
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Thank you for your support!
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CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING DATES FOR 2018-2019
(SECOND MONDAY)
APRIL 9
MAY 14
JUNE 11—ANNUAL MEETING; ELECTIONS
JULY 9
AUGUST 13
SEPTEMBER 10
OCTOBER 8
NOVEMBER 12
DECEMBER 10
JANUARY 14
FEBRUARY 11
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Your Civic League is staffed completely by volunteers, who give generously of their time
for the benefit of all of us. From time to time, vacant positions need to be filled, and we
need your help. The following positions are in need of volunteers. We hope that you can
help us.
1. Newsletter Deliverers: Contact David Spriggs (757-409-2799)
a. 3900 through 4400 blocks of Gosnold Ave.(23)
b. 400 and 500 blocks of Delaware Ave. (30)
3. Co-Chairperson, Crime Prevention Committee: Contact President Tobie Serafim (757-
635-1853)
4. EARNN Representatives (Two volunteers preferred): Contact Audrey Webb (757-623-
1197)
The EARNN Representative is a member of the Environmental Committee. EARNN
stands for Environmental Awards for Recycling in Norfolk Neighborhoods. The EARNN pro-
gram is sponsored by the City of Norfolk and Keep Norfolk Beautiful to encourage responsi-
ble environmental stewardship throughout the City. This is a very important position, as it is
a source of annual monetary awards to the Civic League. Details of the EARNN Program may
be seen at this web location: https://www.norfolk.gov/index.aspx?NID=3522
ANNUAL CIVIC LEAGUE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The annual election of officers of the Civic League will take place at the June 2018 meeting.
These officers are President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, and Neighborhood Repre-
sentative (if required). Members interested in becoming a candidate for any of these offices
are invited to contact President Tobie Serafim (757-635-1853). The slate of candidates will be
published in the June 2018 newsletter.
FROM THE MEDIA COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON
Please join me in welcoming long-time Colonial Place resident, David Claflin, who has
volunteered to head up the Newsletter Distribution Sub-Committee. Mary Hormell has held
this job for many years. More about this in the May 2018 Newsletter.
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LET’S TALK TRASH, Part I
(continued from page 1)
In the Can or Not?
Now, what can you put in your trash can? Trash, obviously. But is it that simple? Again, we must
look to the rules. Household garbage and trash are allowed in your trash can; the following are not:
yard waste
furniture and appliances
doors and windows
tires
electronics
household hazardous wastes
recycling
Yard Waste – Let’s Be Clear
Don’t despair, there is a way to dispose of all of these forbidden items. Yard waste (leaves, grass clip-
pings, branches, dead plants, etc.) can be put at the curb on your regular trash day. Yard waste must be
placed in clear plastic bags or 30-gallon containers and limbs and branches must be tied into bundles no more
than 4 feet long and no more than 18 inches in diameter. Waste Management will take up to 20 clear plastic
bags/bundles at a time. They are not inclined to pick up bags of leaves if they are in anything other than clear
plastic bags, so save yourself a headache and use the correct bags.
Bulk Waste – Do You Have A Reservation?
Bulk waste is another trash day mystery and is defined as those large items that cannot go in your
trash can. It includes:
tires (up to 4 tires per household per month)
wooden and glass doors and windows
bicycles, large toys
furniture and appliances
household items
Bulk Waste is picked up on your regular trash day (Thursday) and you have to schedule a pick-up. To ar-
range for a collection of bulk waste, either call 664-6510, send an email to healthyneighbor-
[email protected] or complete an online request at https://www.norfolk.gov/requesttracker.aspx (you will
find numerous useful forms on this page). Your request must be submitted no later than 3:00 pm the day be-
fore your regularly scheduled trash pick-up (so for the CPRV, no later than 3:00 Wednesday afternoon). Of
course, when you see that your neighbor has put a recliner out on the curb, don’t assume that since they
scheduled a bulk pick-up on your street, you don’t need to schedule a bulk pick-up for the stack of tires you
are piling next to the curb. Waste Management will only pick-up items that have been scheduled. Imagine
the problems if they picked up all the bulky items left at the curb, whether requested or not. All it would take
is one incident of “Where is my grandmother’s antique rocker? I left it at the curb for only a minute, my
daughter is coming to pick it up!” to justify limiting pick-ups to only those things requested and scheduled!
Who knew there was so much to discuss about trash? Household hazardous wastes, electronics and RECY-
CLING will have to wait until next month. If you can’t wait (I understand, it is a fascinating topic) take your-
self to the City’s website (www.norfolk.gov) and look about. The answers to all of your questions can proba-
bly be found on the pages for Norfolk Cares and Waste Management. Until next month . . .
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Colonial Place / Riverview Civic League General Meeting Minutes
March 12, 2018; Eggleston Center
President Tobie Serafim opened the meeting at 6:36pm.
NPD Neighborhood Resource Officer Josh White presented the monthly report on crime activity. Officer White stated that the predominant issue continued to be larce-nies from vehicles. We were reminded to lock our car doors and remove valuables from our vehicles when unattended, even in our own driveways.
President Serafim introduced Charles Wickham of the Roper Home in Riverview, who spoke on the Roper Home residents’ need for a ramp at the rear of the building to al-low them to work in their gardens. He announced that a project to raise $25,000 to install a ramp would include a “Cinco de Mayo Walker Walk” on Saturday May 5th.
The Vice-President then introduced the three candidates running for the Norfolk School Board: Tanya Bhasin, Nate Kinnison and Brittany Shearer, who each spoke at length about their ideas and plans should they be elected. A number of questions were asked and answered on various related topics.
There were no minutes from the previous month as the meeting was cancelled.
Treasurer’s Report – we have a total of $16,063.55 combined in our checking and CD accounts.
The Vice-President announced that next month’s speakers will be candidates running for City Council.
The Membership committee reported a total of 67 members at present.
The Community Improvement Committee had nothing new to report.
President Serafim reminded everyone that election for new officers will be held in June. The Nominating Committee members are Tobie Serafim, Michael Langston and Jeremy Jones.
There being no further business, the President adjourned the meeting at 7:50pm.
Respectfully submitted,
John W. Robertson, Secretary
(Editor’s Note: The Roper Home “Walker Walk” has been cancelled due to City permit issues.)
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JOIN THE CPRV CIVIC LEAGUE: Make your voice count on neighborhood issues!
Name #1__________________________________ Name #2___________________________________
Address___________________________________ Phone________________ E-mail _____________________
Dues are $10 per person or $5 for
persons over 65 years of age.
Membership expires December
31st each year. Clip this coupon
and mail to:
Colonial Place-Riverview Civic
League, P.O. Box 6130, Norfolk,
VA 23508 or bring it to the next
CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS President Tobie Serafim 635-1853 [email protected]
Vice-President Michael Langston 282-1294 [email protected]
Secretary John W. Robertson 449-8814 [email protected]
Treasurer Dave Wolfe 373-6731 [email protected]
Neighborhood Representative Jeremy Jones (Riverview) - [email protected]
* Denotes Board Member
Welcome* Martha Gorman 630-9870 [email protected]
Community Improvement* &
Beautification John W. Robertson 449-8814 [email protected]
Community Garden Anna Thurmond [email protected]
Crime Prevention * Forest “Charles” Wood [email protected]
Dog Park* Raymond Curry
Sterling Hedani [email protected]
Environmental* Audrey Webb 623-1197 [email protected]
Membership & Publicity* Pete Stoll 627-1728 [email protected]
Media* & Media Advertising David Spriggs 409-2799 [email protected]
Newsletter Distribution Mary Hormell 627-2392 [email protected]
Newsletter Production Lynn Sanders-Carter [email protected]
POLICE NON-EMERGENCY: 441-5610
Officer Josh White: 322-7442 or email: [email protected]
Norfolk Cares 664-6510 (neighborhood issues)
Norfolk City Council Members serving Colonial Place & Riverview:
Terry Whibley ( [email protected] ) & Andria McClellan ( [email protected] )
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