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Ridgeside
Services Directory
July 2012
POLICE PROTECTION East Ridge Police Dept. 622-1725
EMERGENCY Fire -- Police -- Ambulance 911
NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
Memorial Hospital - EMS 495-3677
BEFORE YOU DIG One Call Center 811
BRUSH PICK-UP Dallas Dunagan 598-2811
SEWERS Waste Water Treatment Authority
209-7842
Nights and Weekends 209-6408
TRASH & RECYCLING Allied Waste Services 867-4650 www.recycleitchattanooga.com
WEBSITE www.Ridgeside.net
FACEBOOK PAGE Ridgeside-Shepherd Hills
POLICE PROTECTION
East Ridge Police Department ... 622-1725 EMERGENCY
Fire -- Police -- Ambulance ... 911 Non-Emergency Ambulance is Memorial Hospital ... EMS 495-3677 Please ensure that your house number is visible to emergency vehicles. GARBAGE/RECYCLING: SATURDAYS
Allied Waste Services ... 867-4650 BRUSH PICKUP: TUESDAYS
Dallas Dunagan ... 598-2811 COMMISSIONERS
Candice Poole, Mayor ... [email protected] 622-2613 fax 622-5693 Hugh Moore ... [email protected] 624-3085 Sonny Sanders ... [email protected] 629-7208
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 (www.Ridgeside.net 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 email to
[email protected]. The message will come to the administrator for approval.
Facebook - Announcements are also made Ridgeside’s Facebook page
www.facebook.com/groups/ridgeside. 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 email to [email protected].
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
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).
BRUSH
All brush to be picked up by Dallas Dunagan (598-2811) 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.
LAWNS
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 209-7860.
OPEN BURNING
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 643-5970 for more information. DOGS
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.
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 C84326. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
• Report suspicious activity or crimes immediately to the police.
Emergency: 911 East Ridge Police: 622-1725
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 622-1725. This is one of the best deterrents to crime in our neighborhood.
Report any theft to Mayor Candice Poole @ 622-2613. SECURITY ALARMS
Two false alarms are allowed, and then a $25 fine per incident, if East Ridge Police Department has to respond.
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 867-4650 for more information.
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
2012-13 RIDGESIDE POOL AND PARK BOARD
Current officers and hours are listed below. For more information and a listing of actvities, please visit www.ridgeside.net/pool/index.html .
Andy Fitzsimmons, co-chair ... [email protected] / 488-2105 Gabe Thompson, co-chair ... [email protected] / 838-2400 Ed Snodgrass, Pool Manager ... [email protected] / 605-1832 Will Cox ... [email protected] / 883-1969 Kimberly Stone ... [email protected] / 309-7357 City Comm. Liaison – Hugh [email protected] 624-3085 POOL PHONE (from May 15 to Sept 15) ... 698-2324
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
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 http://swimridge.weebly.com , or contact Kerry Blohm at 624-5011 /
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 2012-2013 are $20.00.
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.
2012-2013 COMMUNITY CLUB OFFICERS
Candice Thompson, President ... ... [email protected] /508-8118 Anne Curtis, Recording Secretary . [email protected] /629-9585 Doris Schonhoff, Corresponding Sec’y ... [email protected]/629-1002 Barbara Walton, Treasurer ... [email protected] / 622-8938 Sandra Standefer, Devotional Chair ... [email protected] / 698-2321 Alice Marie Clark Danks, Directory ... [email protected] /802-1772 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
WELCOME NEWCOMERS
Katy Ingvalson ... [email protected] / 624-4524 Kelly Robinson ... [email protected] / 698-8888 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 (629-1002) of serious illness or deaths so that we may be good neighbors and respond appropriately.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING (Luminaires)
Committee: ... Lori Voges and Ann WatkinsThe 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.
