Water Quality Public Education and Outreach

Public Education Activities & Community Efforts 2016 – 2017 NPDES Stormwater Report

WATER QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

The following education programs are funded by Unincorporated Chatham County and the Cities of Savannah, Bloomingdale, Pooler, and Tybee Island. The Chatham County – Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission Natural Resources Program, Chatham County, the City of Savannah Environmental Affairs Office, and the City of Savannah Stormwater Department help to administer these programs.

Newsletters

The MPC Natural Resources Program produces newsletters educating the public on water resource issues and publicizing educational opportunities offered by the program. Local events that address water issues are also listed in the newsletters. The “WaterSpout” is now available online through the www.mpcnaturalresources.org website and is distributed electronically through a list-serve agency to over 400 email addresses. The Cities of Savannah, Bloomingdale, Pooler, Tybee Island, and Chatham County are now able to link this publication to their own websites, allowing for a larger outreach. Printed copies of the newsletter are still available upon request.

Newspaper Supplements

As part of the extensive education program funded by Chatham County and the Cities of Bloomingdale, Pooler, Savannah, and Tybee Island, the MPC Natural Resources staff targets various groups and residents each year for BMP education. In 2016 the MPC and City of Savannah worked to create an insert detailing drainage, flood, water quality and conservation information to residents which was included as a supplement in the Savannah Morning News (October 9, 2016 with over 79,000 inserts) and Savannah Tribune (October 12, 2016 with 8,500 inserts).

In addition to the “WaterSpout”, the quarterly “Chatham County Connection” was produced and distributed throughout the County. These documents included various articles on flood mitigation plans, GIS mapping, water quality, and flood-proofing your home.

Water Sourcebooks

The Water Sourcebooks contain a large number of classroom activities geared towards specific levels of teaching and cover all aspects of water issues including stormwater quality issues. The books have been broken down into four age groups: grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Each contains lesson plans and activities that provide hands-on learning for water-related issues such as pollution, clean water, water conservation and more. The MPC Natural Resources Program purchased these sourcebooks from the Georgia Water Wise Council and offers the sourcebooks at no charge to all schools within Chatham County.

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MPC continues to deliver the books and CDs upon request to area school teachers within Chatham County. Delivery includes a face to face introduction to the guide and opportunities for any questions to be directly answered.

Stormwater Videos

The MPC created two educational videos entitled Before the Rain Comes – Managing Chatham’s Storm Water, and Land Use and Water Quality: Understanding the Relationship. These videos were created to inform the residents of Chatham County about stormwater issues including flooding, runoff, pollution prevention, and land use decisions with regards to impervious surfaces, etc. These videos and other videos about stormwater issues are routinely played on the Chatham County and the City of Savannah’s Public Access channels which are regularly viewed by residents of Savannah, Bloomingdale, Pooler, Tybee Island and Chatham County. These videos are also available to all citizens, groups, and schools within Chatham County and were previously distributed free of charge by the MPC to all of the area high schools within Chatham County.

Earth Day 2016 The Earth Day Savannah event was held on April 16, 2016 in Forsyth Park in Savannah with many exhibitors and numerous facets of the environmental field participating. Attendees were able to learn about water quality protection, wildlife and habitat conservation, waste recycling, and many other environmental efforts that are taking place in Chatham County and nearby areas. Many fun and educational activities were provided by Earth Day exhibitors, including the distribution of native trees and shrubs, touch tanks, solid waste exhibits, solar power education stations, and the construction of bird feeders. Some activities were targeted at just plain fun such as face painting, sea turtle toss games, and fun interaction with costume characters. Lastly, visitors were also able to buy local organic produce from the Forsyth Farmers Market.

River’s Alive 2016

The City of Savannah had to postpone the annual October Rivers Alive event due to Hurricane Matthew clean-up efforts. The event was rescheduled to take place on April 29, 2017. A filming during a previous River’s Alive Clean-Up event allowed for a short 13-minute video to become a regularly aired program on the City of Savannah and the Chatham County television broadcast channels. The video contains footage of the clean-up, as well as interviews with staff and volunteers on the importance of understanding how our trash can seriously pollute the environment.

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Recycling and E-cycling Events

The County had two events during the permit period to publicize the proper methods of waste disposal. The County is constantly striving towards trying to remove hazardous materials from the landfills in this region. In May 7th and November 12th of 2016 the County had a document recycling and electronics recycling day at the County Resource Education and Drop- off Facility. On these two days, there was a set location that residents could bring any electronic equipment that they may have had sitting at their home or office as well as bring in any documents or paper for bulk shredding.

Adopt-A-Stream

The MPC coordinates the Countywide Adopt – A- Stream program that enlists volunteer groups to both monitor the health as well as clean up local waterways for a year. Volunteer groups receive free training and equipment through the University of Georgia’s Marine Extension Regional Training Program. The MPC sends public and private schools information about this program and allows opportunities for participation each year. Promotional information is also distributed during outreach events, mailed to area schools, included in the Water Spout Newsletter and is available to the public online at www.MPCNaturalResources.org.

Coastal Georgia Adopt-A-Wetland

This volunteer monitoring program was developed by University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and the MPC Natural Resources Program to cater to groups that want to adopt coastal estuarine waterways. Adopt-A-Stream monitoring protocol was developed for freshwater monitoring and was therefore impractical for much of the Chatham County area. Volunteer groups receive free training and equipment through the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service. Public and private schools within Chatham County received information about this program. Information is also distributed during outreach events and on the www.MPCNaturalResources.org website. Currently, the Chatham County Adopt-a-Stream program also benefits from trainings and supplies offered through this program.

Countywide Storm Drain Marking Program

This program was developed and is administered by MPC Natural Resources staff to educate the public about stormwater pollution, its causes and how to prevent it. All public and private schools

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within Chatham County previously received information about this program. Information is also distributed during outreach events.

Community Partners for Clean Water

Community Partners for Clean Water is a cooperative effort between the MPC and local commercial and institutional landowners. The goal of this program is to promote BMPs that help protect local streams, canals, rivers, and estuaries from stormwater pollution. These businesses/industries receive a BMP Manual with educational information specific to their on-site activities, and information on how to develop a Water Quality Protection Plan (WQPP). Once the participant creates their WQPP, they submit it to the MPC for review. If it is accepted, the participant is then considered a “Community Partner for Clean Water” and is advertised as such. If the WQPP is not acceptable, an MPC staff member will work with the participant to improve it. The program provides incentives, such as free advertising and t-shirts to local businesses/industries for their voluntary participation. Promotional flyers were developed by the MPC and mailed to the individual municipalities’ industries/businesses listed in the jurisdictions’ databases. The promotional fliers are also distributed during outreach events.

Presentations by the MPC Natural Resources Staff and Environmental Affairs Office

The MPC Natural Resources Program, Chatham County, the City of Savannah’s Stormwater and Environmental Affairs Office, and Chatham County is available to speak about water resource protection to groups of all ages in the community such as area Rotary Clubs, high schools, elementary schools, gardening clubs as well as at seminars.

School Outreach and Education

Chatham County staff participated in GIS Day in November 2016 to educate over 450 local children on stormwater and floodplain issues with a GIS approach to learning. In addition, in April of 2017 the MPC brought Jack Golden to work with approximately 75 Savannah College of Art and Design students. The program covered topics on water conservation, quality, and composition, and recycling, pollution, and litter.

Septic System Education Program

The MPC has a display and brochures that focus on septic system education and is exhibited by staff at outreach events such as Earth Day. These events are often attended by the residents of Savannah, Bloomingdale, Garden City, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Savannah, Tybee Island, and Chatham County. Brochures are made available at all outreach events and are permanently available at each jurisdiction’s City/County/Town Hall. The Chatham County Health Department has also been provided with these brochures to distribute as appropriate as they inspect new and failing septic systems throughout the County.

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Education efforts are underway to continually identify and target neighborhoods suspected to host failing systems.

To provide a larger buffer area for septic systems, Chatham County now requires at least 1 acre lots before receiving approval for placement of a new system. Other municipalities plan to join this effort by working with the Chatham County Health Department to further identify target areas within the County.

To focus on fecal coliform levels, an educational campaign specific to septic systems is in place to educate the public on the maintenance aspect of the systems. A grant was received by the City of Savannah to specifically target the Vernonburg area of Chatham County as well as increase the public outreach and education portion of the stormwater program in regards to non-point source pollution.

Again focusing on fecal coliform issues in Chatham County’s waterways, the MPC’s Water Resources Program has teamed with the County in the hopes of educating residents on this source of nonpoint source pollution that has the potential to enter the area’s waterways and impact water quality. A targeted source of pollution for education efforts over the past year for both the MPC and the UGA Marine Extension Agency (MAREX) has been pet waste and its effects on the coastal waterways. Area Code Enforcement officers continue to enforce pet ordinances in the County’s parks where pet owners are cited when in violation of the County’s pet waste removal ordinance. The message was also covered in a television special that is aired routinely on the City of Savannah’s government channel and available for viewing by all of the County’s residents. The Water Spout newsletter distributed to area residents and available on the MPC’s website often contains articles about non-point source pollution and ways to eliminate this. In addition, UGA MAREX created and distributed copies of the Promoting Animal Waste Stewardship (P.A.W.S.) brochures to assist in this education effort.

Additionally, MPC staff works to educate area school age children on the issue of picking up pet waste buy creating several “pet poop” games to make the education process fun with the hopes that any material learned will be taken home for implementation.

Outreach Events

Natural Resources staff design displays explaining water resource protection for the average citizen. These displays are brought to various outreach events around Chatham County. Many of these events are open to the general public, which includes citizens from throughout Chatham County.

BMP Educational Seminars

BMP educational seminars were MS4 permit related in the 2016-2017 permit year. On October 12, 2016, MS4 Staff were invited to an MS4 “user group” to discuss current local stormwater issues and share operational information. The intent is for the “user group” to meet quarterly. Permit directors were invited to a roundtable discussion with EPD and staff

Public Education Activities & Community Efforts 2016 – 2017 NPDES Stormwater Report on October 24, 2016. MS4 Staff were invited to a permit training on GI LID Education/Permit Discussion between MS4 Permittees, GAWP and ARC on January 17, 2017.

Clean Coast

Clean Coast is a volunteer, non-profit group that performs monthly cleanups on the barrier islands of Georgia. Beaches in Chatham County that are regularly cleaned by this group include Tybee, Little Tybee, Wassaw and Ossabaw. MPC staff and City of Savannah staff offer assistance and encourage partnerships with this group whenever possible. Clean Coast volunteers also participate in the Coastal Georgia Adopt-A- Wetland program, Rivers Alive, Earth Day, and various clean-up events sponsored by the MPC Natural Resources program.

Rain Barrel Workshops

The MPC continues the program that targets water conservation and stormwater education through the making of rain encatchment systems also known as rain barrels. These workshops address the natural hydrological changes via construction on our built environment, pollution runoff that occurs with stormwater, as well as the need for water conservation.

A Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop, which provided participants with all the supplies needed to build their own rain barrel, was held on May 26th, 2016 at the Chatham County Resource Conservation Education Center. The event was presented by GA DNR-Coastal Management Program & Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve- Coastal Training Program.

Social Media Outlets

MPC Natural Resources has a Facebook page and Twitter account for fans all over the world to follow! With this social media outlet, all of Chatham County can now follow and learn about the fun events taking place as well as be reminded about some of the critical natural resource issues in our community.

COMMUNITY EFFORTS

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The following education programs are funded by a variety of partnerships and agencies throughout the community. The MPC Natural Resources Program staff is a partner in the hopes of expanding the reach of possibilities for water quality in and around Chatham County.

New Zoning Ordinance

The MPC Natural Resources Program remains involved in the process of updating the existing zoning ordinances for Unincorporated Chatham County and the City of Savannah. During this process increased standards on wetland and marsh buffers and the development of new standards for requiring open space that promotes green infrastructure design have been drafted. Staff remains committed to this process and will partner with the MPC New Zoning Ordinance (NewZO) staff in building educational awareness campaigns on the importance of these standards during the adoption phase. More information on this process may be found at www.newzo.org.

Savannah Urban Garden Alliance (SUGA) and City of Savannah Community Garden Initiative

The MPC Natural Resources Program partners with entities centered on transforming vacant properties into community gardens. All gardens developed through the SUGA and City of Savannah initiatives remain organic in nature and utilize neighboring structures for rainwater harvesting. The benefits of stormwater retention, filtration, and growing of local produce will continue to help raise awareness for the general public on water related issues. To date, the project has installed numerous gardens and has submitted funding requests to the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) for additional gardens which will include job training components and the potential for further education and outreach. More information may be found at www.sugacentral.org and http://www.savannahga.gov/index.aspx?NID=1209.

Coastal Commuters

The MPC Natural Resources Program continues to help the Coastal Commuters program of the Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (CORE MPO) in getting the message out about alternative options to driving cars to work. The program provides ride-sharing opportunities, as well as resources to help commuters make the most informed choice. Recognizing the impact automobiles have on our waterways, the reduction of commuter travel can provide various water quality benefits.

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The first Friday of each month offers “2Wheels2Work” a bike convoy for commuters not sure about switching from automobiles to bicycles through a partnership with the Savannah Bicycle Campaign (www.bicyclecampaign.org). Information on the Coastal Commuters program can be found online at www.coastalcommuters.org.

CORE MPO Framework Mobility Plan

The Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (CORE MPO) has adopted the framework to their Long Range Transportation Plan. The MPC Natural Resources Program has coordinated with the CORE MPO to ensure the inclusion of stormwater pollution mitigation efforts into their goals. Listed as an objective underneath the Environment and Quality of Life Goal is the implementation of green infrastructure to reduce the region’s impact on stormwater pollution and address potential impacts from a changing climate. This will be measured in their outcomes through a tool evaluating each projects level of green infrastructure.

Greenest County in Georgia Planning

MPC’s Natural Resources Program staff participated in committees with other community leaders in the Chatham Environmental Forum’s (CEF) efforts to promote the plan to make Chatham County the Greenest County in Georgia. This plan includes a section on Water Management outlining a number of recommendations to municipal and Chatham County staff for improving the quality and retaining the quantity of water resources. Staff members worked with the CEF in prior reporting years to develop the plan and continue to work on implementation. The final goals for Water Management within Chatham County include the following:

1: Efficiency in Government Specify all government facilities set the standard for effective and efficient use of water in the County.

2: Conservation Ethic Facilitate and ensure public education is strengthened to foster a water conservation ethic in the community.

3: Stormwater Runoff Reduction Reduce the quantity and improve the quality of stormwater runoff.

4: Water Resource Integrity Protect the function and form of water resources, keeping them intact and contiguous so they may serve Chatham County to the fullest extent possible. 5: Water Resource Longevity

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Facilitate a comprehensive approach to water management that includes understanding and evaluation of the built and natural water cycle to sustain the viability of the County’s drinking water sources.

A link to the plan can be found on the Natural Resources Program website at: http://chathamcounty.org/Home/Greenest-County

Chatham County - Savannah’s Comprehensive Plan and Chatham Community Blueprint 2035

In 2002 the Savannah Mayor and Aldermen and Chatham County Commissioners launched an ambitious project known as the Tricentennial Plan. This plan includes an updated and unified comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance for the city of Savannah and unincorporated Chatham County. This Plan provides a long- range community vision through 2033 and identifies our community’s goals for the following elements: Land Use; Economic Development; Housing; Historic and Cultural Resources; Natural Resources; Transportation; and, Community Facilities. Objectives have been identified for each goal and include strategies as to how each objective can be achieved. This short-term work program identifies the responsible agencies and/or departments, a time line for completion, anticipated cost and known sources of funding.

A reevaluation of the Comprehensive Plan finalized in 2013 addressed new focus areas and issues that were not as important to the community 10 years earlier such as climate change, sea level rise, brownfields, a healthy community and smart growth among others. In October of 2016, all of the jurisdictions within Chatham County updated their Comprehensive Plans to address open space preservation, natural resource protection and proper land use decisions that all relate directly to stormwater.

As a formal policy document, the Comprehensive Plan serves as a master blueprint for guiding the community. This process will help to ensure that where there is a relationship, local government plans (including land use plans), ordinances and programs (e.g., Capital Improvement Programs) should be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan to ensure that the adopted vision will be attained.

The Coastal Georgia Community Indicators Coalition developed a comprehensive strategic plan in December of 2015 for the County-- the Chatham Community Blueprint. Comprehensive Planning staff has played, and will continue to play, a vital role in the development of the strategic plan by providing assistance with research/data collection, community involvement, and professional expertise on specific subject matter. The plan can be found here: http://www.coastalgaindicators.org/content/sites/uwce/pla

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Coastal Georgia Community Indicators Coalition

The Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition is comprised of community members and advocates working together through a comprehensive, coordinated approach for planning and accountability. The purpose of the Coalition is to improve community well-being by engaging and leading the community to work collectively in its development of strategic priorities that guide policy, programs and resource allocation. The Coalition has developed a user-friendly website with more than 100 indicators with live, up-to-date, concise data across multiple areas. Comprehensive Planning staff has been a key resource and has played an integral part in data collection for the Coalition: http://www.coastalgaindicators.org.

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Comprehensive Plan Update

You might be asking yourself “What is a comprehensive plan?” and “Why is it important to me?” Simply put, a comprehensive plan is a document designed to help guide a community by providing a vision of the future. It is an all-inclusive, or “comprehensive”, approach to addressing the issue of a community’s growth in the future. The final, official document serves as a policy guide for staff, appointed officials, and elected officials in their decision making process as growth and development issues come before them. Our

local comprehensive plan should be important to each and every one of us because it will shape how our community will grow and evolve.

Re It’s once again time to review and update our existing Comprehensive Plan originally completed in 2006, with revisions made in 2009 and 2012. Now is the time to reflect on what has been completed, identify what still needs to be done, and determine if priorities have changed requiring any adjustments in the course we are headed. Please follow us on Facebook or check our website (www.thempc.org/Dept/Comp) for updates and opportunities to be involved in providing input for this important document. This document will help shape our community by identifying issues, opportunities, and priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

See page 3 for Comprehensive Plan public input opportunities

2 Water Restrictions are Still in Effect

It is important to remember that there are permanent outdoor watering Find us on the Web, restrictions for unincorporated Chatham County, the Cities of Savannah, Facebook Bloomingdale, Garden City, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Tybee Island and & Twitter!!! the Town of Thunderbolt. These restrictions will continue to remain in effect during both a declared drought and non-drought period. Find us on the Web: www.mpcnaturalresources.org The following outdoor watering schedules apply for all of Chatham www.thempc.org County:

Find us on Facebook: • may use outdoor water MPC Natural Resources Odd-numbered addresses on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays; Find us on Twitter: • Even-numbered and un-numbered addresses may use outdoor http://twitter.com/#!/MPCNatResources water on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; • The use of outdoor water is not permissible between the hours of 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and • No watering is allowed on Fridays.

Only Rain Down the Drain

Summer time in the Southeast means afternoon thunderstorms. Those rains can sometimes be a welcome reprieve from the summer heat, as they cool us down a bit and give our trees and lawns a much needed drink of water. But where does all the water go that does not make its way onto our lawns or other impervious surfaces? It goes into our storm drains, directly to our streams and rivers without any treatment to filter out the trash and other pollutants.

Check out this short video that reminds us all why we should never litter and why we should always pick up litter that we see, even if it is not ours:

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Energy Vampires 3

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average American household owns 25 consumer electronic devices. You may wonder what the relevance is of knowing that information. On its face, that Comprehensive really probably isn’t that much of a surprise when you think of all the cell phones, tablets, and other such devices that we all are tuned Plan Survey into 24 hours a day. But what about all the energy those items are using, even when you’re not activley using them? Don’t think those little things use up “that” much energy? You might be surprised to find out how much energy they are sucking up! WE NEED YOU!!!!

For example, cellphone chargers…it doesn’t seem like it would be a We need your input on how big source of wasted energy, but consider how many you have and you think we (the City, how many times you’ve left them plugged in with nothing County, and collective connected. These devices are constantly drawing power, even when nothing is connected. On average, they consume .26 watts of energy community) are doing and when not in use and 2.24 watts when a fully charged device is where we should be connected to it. Multipy that by the number of cellphones in your headed. Please take five house, plus other similar devices and they are often responsible for minutes to answer a few adding 10% or more to your monthly utility bill. questions to assist us with Another example, cable boxes that we have hooked up to each of this process: TAKE THE our TVs…even when they are powered off, they consume an average SURVEY . Tell your family of 17.83 watts. A cable box with DVR capabilities more than doubles and friends to take the that. That means that even if you simply left your cable box plugged in it is costing you money. survey too!

Thankfully the U.S. Department of Energy has come up with some You are also invited to simple suggestions that can help you “drive a stake through these attend our two Public Open energy vampires”: House meetings on this

• Unplug devices that you don’t use often. This probably topic: won’t work for items you regularly use but for those that you only use from time to time, you should unplug them • When: Thursday, July completely until the next time you need to use them. 14, 10:00 am – noon & • Use power strips. Power strips allow you to toggle the 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm power flow on and off. This will allow you to control the power usage of clusters of devices so that they’re not • Where: Chatham consuming electricity needlessly. County-Savannah • Curb idle time on devices such as computers and video Metropolitan Planning game consoles. Setting your computer to sleep mode or Commission (MPC) saving a game and powering down instead of leaving it paused for a prolonged period can actually save more than Arthur A. Mendonsa $100 a year in many cases. Hearing Room, 110 • Make smart upgrades. When it comes time to replace your East State Street, old items, consider ENERGY STAR devices. They have a lower Savannah, GA 31401 standby consumption than your average device and

generally use less energy in all their functions- a savings you

should take into account when comparing similar products.

Want to know how much energy other devices typically use? Check out this table created by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-table.html

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110 EAST STATE STREET SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401

PHONE: 912-651-1440 FAX: 912-335-5922

Thomas L. Thomson, P.E., AICP Executive Director

Jackie Jackson, LEED AP BD+C Director of Comprehensive Planning

Debbie Burke Natural Resources Planner

Find us on the Web: www.mpcnaturalresources.org www.thempc.org Forsyth Farmers’ Market

Find us on Facebook: Every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park 9 a.m. MPC Natural Resources to 1 p.m. Find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MPCNatRes ources

Support local farmers, and improve your health by shopping at the Forsyth Park Farmers Market. Select from a variety of fresh, regional produce sold by farmers, and take advantage of nutritional information and demonstrations offered at the health pavilion. EBT cards are accepted. Please visit

www.forsythfarmersmarket.org for more information.

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Comprehensive Plan Update

We would first like to thank everybody that took the time to come out to the public meetings and fill out our surveys, as well as all the individuals and organizations that helped us get the word out about the update to the Comprehensive Plan. Your input was invaluable and has assisted in the creation of a document that will help shape our community by identifying issues, opportunities, and priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

On August 30th the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission acted to adopt the Comprehensive Plan. The document is scheduled to go before City Council on September 15th and County Commission on September 23rd. The Coastal Regional Commission will review the Comprehensive Plan prior to the document submittal to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in October.

You can view the full document on the MPC website on the Comprehensive Planning page Re (http://www.thempc.org/Dept/Comp).

2 Water Restrictions are Still in Effect It is important to remember that there are permanent outdoor watering restrictions for unincorporated Chatham County, the Cities of Savannah, Find us on the Web, Bloomingdale, Garden City, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Tybee Island and Facebook the Town of Thunderbolt. These restrictions will continue to remain in & Twitter!!! effect during both a declared drought and non-drought period.

Find us on the Web: The following outdoor watering schedules apply for all of Chatham www.mpcnaturalresources.org County: www.thempc.org

 Odd-numbered addresses may use outdoor water Find us on Facebook: on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays; MPC Natural Resources  Even-numbered and un-numbered addresses may use outdoor Find us on Twitter: water on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; http://twitter.com/#!/MPCNatResources  The use of outdoor water is not permissible between the hours of 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; and  No watering is allowed on Fridays. COMING SOON!!!

Chatham County Red Zone Water Management Plan

The MPC has received a Coastal Incentive Grant to support revisions and updates to the Chatham County Comprehensive Water Management Plan (2006) to address water sustainability issues within the “Red Zone” (users in Chatham and South Effingham Counties) of the coastal Region of Georgia.

As this region continues to see unprecedented growth, it is necessary to make efforts to conserve and protect our natural resources.

The following jurisdictions are partnering in the update:

 City of Bloomingdale  City of Garden City  City of Pooler  City of Port Wentworth  Town of Thunderbolt  City of Tybee Island  City of Rincon  City of Savannah  Unincorporated Chatham County  Unincorporated Effingham County

Stay tuned for opportunities to get involved!

3 National Prescription Take-Back Day Saturday, October 22, 2016 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Grease Disposal

Medicines play an important role in treating many conditions and As you prepare to cook your diseases, but when they are no longer needed it’s important to dispose holiday meals, remember of them properly to avoid harm to others. Nearly 50% of Americans take don’t pour grease of any kind at least one prescription medication, and many more regularly use over the counter medicines. Often times unused and expired medications sit down drains or into in medicine cabinets for years. At one time, it was believed that the best stormwater inlets. While method for disposing of them was to flush them down the drain or grease or cooking oil may be toilet. We are now seeing those chemicals show up in our waterways, liquid at first, it quickly negatively impacting the animals that live there and ultimately ending hardens in pipes. Pour up in our drinking water supplies. enough and it will completely How does improperly disposed of medicine end up in our drinking block the sewer pipe. Backups water? can fill your home with raw In homes that use septic tanks, medicine flushed down the drain or sewage, pollute nearby toilet can leach into the ground and seep into ground water. In cities waterways or cause a mess and towns where residences are connected to wastewater treatment plants, medicine flushed down the drain or toilet can pass through the on your neighbor’s property, treatment system and enter our waterbodies. Water treatment plants and may require costly are generally not equipped to routinely remove medicines so it’s repairs. important to properly dispose of medicines to ensure they do not harm the environment. Place kitchen grease in a

With this in mind, we are encouraging folks to dispose of medicine container and put it in the either through a local medicine take-back program or through the trash. Or better yet, recycle it following household disposal steps: with the City of Savannah. The City works with a local 1. Take your prescription drugs out of their original containers. company to convert grease

2. Mix drugs (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an undesirable into environmentally friendly substance, such as cat litter or used coffee grounds. bio-fuel. Yellow (kitchen) grease is accepted free of 3. Put the mixture into a leak-proof disposable container with a lid or charge at the City of into a sealable plastic bag. Consider using multiple layers in order to Savannah’s President Street ensure that the container does not leak. Water Reclamation facility, 4. Conceal or remove any personal information, including Rx number, on 1400 East President Street, the empty containers by covering it with permanent marker or duct Monday through Friday tape, or by scratching it off. between the hours of 7:00-

8:00 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. 5. The sealed container with the drug mixture, and the empty drug container, can now be placed in the trash.

Medicine take-back programs for disposal are the BEST way to get rid of expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from your home and reduce the risk that someone may accidentally take the medicine or that it might negatively impact the environment.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled a National Take-Back Initiative for October22, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. To find a collection site near you, check the DEA website at: www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

4 Tybee Island Creates Georgia’s 1st Sea Level Rise Plan

Sea level rise is quickly becoming one of the most talked about issues for coastal communities around the globe due to more frequent and CHATHAM COUNTY – widespread flooding. Communities are working to figure out how to SAVANNAH METROPOLITAN protect existing structures and infrastructure and ensure that future PLANNING COMMISSION development is done in a manner so as not to be vulnerable to flooding and storm surge.

110 EAST STATE STREET SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401 Through an award provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program, the City of PHONE: 912-651-1440 Tybee Island partnered with researchers and outreach professionals FAX: 912-335-5922 from Georgia Sea Grant, UGA, and Stetson University to develop a plan that addresses the risks that Tybee faces from sea level rise over the next 50 years. On April 17, 2016, Tybee Island City Council unanimously voted to adopt the Tybee Island Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan.

The Tybee Island Plan received NOAA Sea Grant’s highest national outreach award in 2014. The project has become a regional and national model with methodologies and approaches for sea level rise planning Thomas L. Thomson, P.E., AICP developed in the process now being utilized in several other U.S. Executive Director southeast communities. Some of those communities include St. Marys, GA; Hyde County, NC; and Monroe County, FL. Nick Helmholdt, AICP

Acting Director of Comprehensive To read the full Tybee Island Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan, visit Planning https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289999590_Tybee_Island_S ea-Level_Rise_Adaptation_Plan. Stephen Fox Senior Natural Resources Planner

Debbie Burke

Natural Resources Planner Forsyth Farmers’ Market Find us on the Web: www.mpcnaturalresources.org Every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park 9 a.m. www.thempc.org to 1 p.m. Find us on Facebook: MPC Natural Resources

Find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MPCNatRes ources

Support local farmers, and improve your health by shopping at the Forsyth Park Farmers Market. Select

from a variety of fresh, regional produce sold by farmers, and take advantage of nutritional information and demonstrations offered at the health pavilion. EBT cards are accepted. Please visit

www.forsythfarmersmarket.org for more information.

Upcoming Events

CoastFest 2016, Saturday, October 1st, 10 am- 4 pm at the regional headquarters campus of the GA DNR in Brunswick, GA For more information, go to: http://www.goldenisles.com/event/coastfest-2016

Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s 8th Annual Midnight Garden Ride, Saturday, October 8th, 6-11 pm at Historic Grayson Stadium For more information, go to: http://bicyclecampaign.org/event/8th-annual-midnight-garden- ride/

Savannah Riverkeeper’s 7th Annual Savannah Roast on the River, Saturday, October 15th, 6pm at Hogan’s Marina For more information, go to: http://www.savannahriverkeeper.org/savannah-roast-on-the- river.html

Sustainativity’s 3rd Annual Mattress Dash, Sunday, October 16th, south end of Forsyth Park For more information, go to: https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Savannah/mattressdash

National Prescription Take-Back Day, Saturday, October 22nd, 10 am-2 pm For more information, go to: www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

Skidaway Marine Sciences Day, Saturday, October 24th, 12-4 pm at University of Georgia’s Skidaway Island Campus For more information, go to: http://marex.uga.edu/calendar/skidaway-marine-sciences-day/

Savannah Food Day Festival, Saturday, October 29th 11 am-5 pm at Daffin Park For more information, go to: http://wellfedsavannah.com/

C CHATHAM COUNTY – SAVANNAH METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION Winter 2016

The WaterSpout

‘Tis the Season

It’s that time of year again where we all hit the malls or, more likely, our computers to look for the perfect gift for the special people in our lives. This year in lieu of buying your friends or family something that will eventually take up space in a landfill, you should consider giving them a gift that will bring you both happiness while being kind to the environment. Some ideas to consider are:

Annual Passes are the gifts that keep on giving throughout the year. We are fortunate and have some amazing places to visit and spend time within close proximity to our area. Consider an annual pass to places such as Oatland Island Wildlife Center, Fort Pulaski, the Coastal Heritage Society, or Skidaway Island State Park (Georgia State Park annual pass). There are plenty of options to please everyone on your list!

Donate to an organization or cause that your recipient feels passionate about. Do you have an animal lover in your life? Consider donating pet food or supplies to the animal shelter in their name or Adopt a Wild Friend at Re Oatland Island. Tree lover? Check out the Savannah Tree Foundation. Somebody that feels strongly about preserving Savannah’s historic treasures? Historic Savannah Foundation would love to have their support! No matter their passion- the environment, animals, education, preservation, etc.- there are organizations out there that are in need of support.

Gift cards for a fun activity. There are so many different options in this area to consider. Treat your friend to something they’ve never done before like a dolphin cruise, kayaking, or a deep sea fishing trip or something you know they love like bowling, trampoline park, the movies, theater tickets, their favorite restaurant.

The possibilities for a unique, thoughtful, green(er) gift are endless if you just think outside the (gift)box!!!

Find us on the Web: The following outdoor watering schedules apply for all of Chatham www.mpcnaturalresources.org County: www.thempc.org

Green Resolutions 3

Another year is coming to an end, and for many of us it’s a time of reflection. We think about the last 12 months and how much Chatham County things have changed or stayed the same. We think about how ShoeBox Recycling much our kids have grown, how our careers are going, how our resolutions from last January have fared. Program

As we think about our resolutions for the upcoming year, think of “Focus on REUSE Takes Steps in the difference that it would make if everybody added just one a Greener Direction for ALL” resolution to their list that resulted in them being a little friendlier to the environment. It doesn’t take a major lifestyle The Resource Conservation overhaul to make a big difference. Little changes add up-- Education Center and ShoeBox especially if every person is making a change. On New Year’s Eve Recycling are collaborating to when you’re thinking about your resolutions for 2017, consider recycle shoes in Chatham adding one of these small changes: County. Turn Off the Lights, Televisions, Computers, Etc. Turn off lights, televisions, computers, etc. when you are done using ShoeBox Recycling bins are them or when you leave a room. Not only is this better for the located at the Recycle Drop-Off environment, but it’s better for your wallet. Center at the Resource

Use Reusable Bags Conservation Education When you go shopping, take your reusable bags with you and Center, where everyone is skip the plastic bags. These days they have a reusable bag for encouraged to discard their everybody, from football fans to fashionistas to supporters of gently used shoes. every cause, so grab the bag that suits you best. Shoes they accept: paired Recycle men’s, women’s, and children’s If you’re not recycling yet, now is the perfect time to start. Many shoes that are still usable with of Chatham County’s local jurisdictions have made it easier than no holes in the soles or wet or ever to recycle with their curbside or drop-off recycling programs. mildewed pairs. Shop Locally Nobody is suggesting that you have to buy only locally grown or Shoes they don’t accept: heavy made items, but consider buying your fruits and vegetables at the winter boots, skates, blades, Farmers’ Market (see page 4 for Forsyth Farmers’ Market details) flip-flops, slippers, and singles. instead of the grocery store. When buying a present for a friend or family member, consider buying something from a local artist ShoeBox Recycling is a for- or some local sweets they can’t get anywhere else. profit recycler of shoes. All Meatless Mondays shoes collected for reuse are Join the growing numbers of people that are going meatless one destined for reuse by those in day a week. Not only is it better for the environment and your need of affordable footwear. wallet, but this one is better for your waistline as well. From With over 300 million pairs of simple spaghetti to the more elaborate ravioli with pumpkin seed perfectly usable shoes hitting pesto, there is a recipe for all taste buds. landfills each year, ShoeBox

Ride the Bus or Your Bike, or Walk Once A Week Recycling is looking to change For some this may not be an option, but for those of you that are the way people think about their shoes and the need for fortunate enough to live in an area that you can ride the bus or reuse around the globe. your bike, or walk for some of your trips, just replacing one trip a week can make a big difference. In addition, if you ride your bike or walk you will be helping yourself accomplish the goal we all make each year- to exercise more in the New Year.

4 Don’t Forget to Winterize Your Home

The winter months can be a drain on your wallet as the temperatures go down and your electricity bills go up. Winterizing your home doesn’t have to cost a lot of money and much you can do yourself. Here are some helpful tips on how to make small, CHATHAM COUNTY – inexpensive improvements that will help keep your home warm and SAVANNAH METROPOLITAN toasty throughout winter: PLANNING COMMISSION 1. Change your furnace filters monthly during heating season. 110 EAST STATE STREET 2. Run fans on reverse to help circulate warm air…remember SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401 heat rises. PHONE: 912-651-1440 3. Turn down your water heater. FAX: 912-335-5922 4. Cover any door drafts…leaving a drafty door uncovered is literally letting money go out the door. 5. Tune-up your heating system to make sure it is operating at its optimum level. 6. Caulk and weather strip your windows to stop energy from flying away. 7. Insulate your pipes and water heater. 8. Lower your thermostat when you’re not home and/or are

sleeping. Nick Helmholdt, AICP Acting Director of Comprehensive For a more comprehensive list and additional information and ideas, Planning check out this article in Popular Mechanics: Stephen Fox http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/interior-projects/how- Senior Natural Resources Planner to/g52/winterize-home-tips-energy-461008/

Debbie Burke Natural Resources Planner

Find us on the Web: Forsyth Farmers’ Market www.mpcnaturalresources.org www.thempc.org Every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park 9 a.m.

Find us on Facebook: to 1 p.m. MPC Natural Resources

Find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MPCNatRes ources

Support local farmers, and improve your health by shopping at the Forsyth Park Farmers Market. Select

from a variety of fresh, regional produce sold by farmers, and take advantage of nutritional information and demonstrations offered at the health pavilion. EBT cards are accepted. Please visit

www.forsythfarmersmarket.org for more information.

Upcoming Events

Earth Day Savannah, Saturday, April 15th 11 am- 5 pm at Forsyth Park, rain or shine For more information, go to: http://www.earthdaysavannah.org/

Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, April 17, 2016 CHATHAM COUNTY

April 17, 2016

Al Scott Helen Stone James Holmes - Tony Center Patrick Farrell Yusuf Shabazz Lori Brady Dean Kicklighter Priscilla Thomas Chairman District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8

For more information on the current district lines visit: http://www.chathamcounty.org/Government/BoardofCommissioners/CommissionDistrictMaps.aspx

Message From THE CHAIRMAN

the last 4 years. Leveraging local In the current Commission’s are restrooms, a pavilion and offic- SPLOST dollars to work with the tenure, over $8 million was spent es for Marine Patrol. Additionally, Georgia Department of Trans- to protect the public by design- two new libraries were built, one portation (GDOT) results in local ing and constructing multiple in Garden City and the other on dollars going farther. The return drainage projects. Some of the Whitemarsh Island. These librar- is at least $4 to every $1 spent. projects completed were Pipemak- ies greatly expand services to the This partnership has built projects ers Canal, Phase 2, replacement public and provide more comput- like the completion of the Tru- of gates on the Pipemakers Canal ers for research. At the Anderson- man Parkway and widening three tidegates, and the LaRoche Avenue Cohen Weightlifting Center an GDOT routes: Whitefield Avenue, culvert replacement. County staff expansion that offers more train- Bay Street and Dean Forest Road. also improved drainage in various ing space for our award winning SPLOST is funding the design neighborhoods to eliminate local athletes was completed. These on projects such as the Jimmy flooding. All these projects have construction projects alone amount DeLoach Parkway extension, resulted in improved drainage that to over $17 million in investment interchange at US 80, interchange is recognized by the Federal Emer- for the use of our citizens. Al Scott, Chairman improvements at Dean Forest gency Management Agency. New Road and I-16 and the replacement flood maps are scheduled to be Future SPLOST projects include a of the Islands Expressway Bridge. approved next year based partly new police precinct at Whitefield Spring is blooming and while you GDOT will be responsible for the on these improvements and will Avenue and Truman Parkway, the are out enjoying our wonderful construction of all these projects result in reduced flood insurance replacement of Memorial Stadium weather you will notice many with SPLOST funding only the rates for many citizens. and an expansion of the Jennifer improvements to our roadways, design. Ross Soccer Complex. bridges, canals, boat ramps and SPLOST also funds many of the buildings. The Special Purpose Lo- Locally, SPLOST is funding the facilities that have been completed Keep your eyes open as the cal Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) that design of Quacco Road, Little Neck in the last few years. The Carver Chatham County Board of Com- voters have continued to approve Road and Benton Boulevard. An- Heights, Cloverdale, Tatemville missioners continues to support for over 30 years has made these other priority is the resurfacing of and Liberty City Community Cen- SPLOST projects on our citizens’ improvements possible. roads. In 2016 alone, over 18 miles ters were constructed or improved behalf. You will see many projects of roads are scheduled to be resur- with input from citizens of those under construction in the coming Getting to where we want to go faced. This trend will continue as communities. Improvements at months. • is important to everyone and that we bring neighborhood roads to Turner’s Creek Boat Ramp pro- is why over $25 million in trans- the level citizens deserve. vided two new ramps, additional portation funding was spent over parking and soon to be complete

Summer Bonanza Chatham County Youth Partnership Program Commission The Summer Bonanza the development and youth ages 7 to 14. Each Partnership Program enrichment of youth week is an enjoyable Visits U.S. Supreme Court, Meets With is designed to help our in helping to prepare program appropriate for young people become at-risk youth ages 7 this age group. Summer Justice Thomas During 2016 Annual Trip knowledgeable about to 14 in all academic Bonanza meets once their community, its disciplines through per week on Saturday people and places, mornings from 10 am - 1 as well as learning pm at the Moses Jackson See Page 2 discipline, good Center. The program fee citizenship, manners, is $20 per child. To self-pride and submit an application determination. please visit our All are qualities website at www. that supply summerbonanza. them with com or call (912) much-needed 663-4528 to request confidence someone to email to succeed the application or in school and attend the orientation throughout their session on June 4, lives. This program 2016. Applications must is a local effort that has be turned in on June 4, been replicated in over 2016, at Moses Jackson 50 cities in the United summer development and Center, 1410B Richards States. Our outreach enrichment programs Street, Savannah, GA program is a part of as well as a year round 31415. the SBP, Inc., but is technology center and administered separately. tutorial program in The goals for the Summer Bonanza Chatham County. To date Summer Bonanza Partnership, Inc., was Summer Bonanza has Program are as follows: founded in 1991 by Dr. touched the lives of some Priscilla D. Thomas, 4,700 youths as well • Encourage and Vice Chair – District 8 as parents, community support academic Representative Chatham volunteers, corporate excellence at all County Commission. partners and business educational levels Dr. Thomas is also a supporters. • Encourage and retired educator. Her The program utilizes develop wholesome goal was to provide an the summer months to interpersonal and opportunity for the local strengthen academic social skills business community and development while Members of the Chatham County Youth Commission stand in front of the US Capitol the government to come providing safe, structured, continued on p. 3 together as partners in and fun activities for Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, April 17, 2016

Chatham County Youth Commission Visits U.S. Supreme Court, Meets With Justice Thomas During 2016 Annual Trip The Chatham County Youth Commission had a two hour private meeting with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during their 2016 Annual Legislative Tour to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York City. The Youth Commission was joined by 4 members of the Housing Authority of Savannah’s Youth Advisory Council. On Sunday, February 21, 2016, the Youth Commission Youth Commissioners members in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY Youth Commissioner members with Justice Clarence Thomas visited the National Postal Museum, National Portrait Museum, and the Lincoln & Commission toured the newly is directed by Van R. Johnson, King Memorials in Washington, opened 9/11 Memorial Museum, II. This program has been DC. The next day, February 22, the One World Observatory ( replicated in Fulton County the Youth Commission toured at 1,776 feet, now the tallest (Atlanta), GA, Alachua County the US Capitol and met with skyscraper in the United States) (Gainesville), FL, Savannah, staffers from Congressman and took in the Broadway GA (Savannah Youth Council), Buddy Carter’s Office. Later, production of Aladdin before Prince George’s County, MD, they met at the United States visiting NBC’s Today Show and Cass County (Fargo), ND, Supreme Court with Savannah ABC’s Good Morning America Dougherty County, (Albany), native and Supreme Court and returning back to Savannah. GA, Riverdale, GA, Newnan, Justice Clarence Thomas and GA, Miami-Dade County, FL, learned about the purpose and ABOUT THE DeKalb County, GA and Jasper function of the Supreme Court. CHATHAM COUNTY County, SC. Justice Thomas encouraged For more information them to take full advantage of YOUTH COMMISSION on the Chatham Youth their opportunities and to seek Commission, visit their website, truth. The Chatham County Youth ChathamYouth.com or their Youth Commission Officers (L-R) Isis Howard, Mohammed In New York, on February Commission was founded by Dr. sites on Facebook, Twitter or Abdallah, Lindsey Mitchell & Caylen Johnson with Supreme 22, 2016, the Youth Priscilla D. Thomas in 1992 and Instagram. Court Justice Clarence Thomas Zika Virus: What You Need to Know travel/page/zika-travel- and yard that could hold pools), use larvicides of April to clean up around EPA-registered insect information water, get rid of them! One such as mosquito dunks their homes and yards. repellents containing 20%- Anyone traveling to an of the most effective ways or mosquito torpedoes Adult mosquitoes 30% DEET or a product area where Zika Virus is to control the mosquito (they will not hurt birds or live inside and outside such as oil of lemon circulating should take the population is to eliminate animals). so it’s important to keep eucalyptus will reduce following precautions: standing water. After Trimming vegetation mosquitoes out of your exposure to mosquitoes. every rainfall and at least and cutting tall grass can home. Use screens on Controlling the Spring is under way • Wear long-sleeved once a week, Tip ‘n Toss. help reduce the number windows and doors, mosquito population will and as more people make shirts, long pants, and Dump out standing water of adult mosquito resting making sure they are in take all of us – working their way outside for socks in flowerpots and planters, places. Community clean good repair and fit tightly. together as neighbors, activities, Coastal Health • Use EPA-registered children’s toys, or trash up campaigns, including Use air conditioning when united in a common cause District officials want containers. Do not allow free landfill or dump it’s available. Mosquitoes – to prevent the spread of to remind residents to insect repellents containing DEET, water to accumulate in old days or free trash pick-up are not strong fliers, so Zika Virus in Georgia. take precautions to avoid tires, rain gutters, or piles days, encourage residents using fans on porches and mosquitoes. Mosquitoes picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), or of leaves or natural holes to clean up around their patios can also help reduce For more information are annoying but can also in vegetation. Tightly cover homes and are very mosquito exposure. about Zika Virus, visit dph. carry diseases such as West IR3535 (during travel and for three weeks water storage containers effective in eliminating It is important to use ga.gov/zika or cdc.gov/ Nile Virus, chikungunya, (buckets, cisterns, rain places for mosquitoes personal protection to zika. or Zika Virus. after returning home) barrels) so that mosquitoes to lay their eggs. The avoid mosquito bites There are ongoing Zika cannot get inside to lay Georgia Department when engaging in outdoor outbreaks in nearly 40 • Use permethrin- eggs. For containers of Public Health is activities. Wear lightweight countries and territories in treated clothing and without lids and too big to encouraging all Georgians long-sleeve shirts, long the Americas, Caribbean, gear (such as boots, Tip ‘N Toss (bird baths, to use the first two weeks pants and socks. Using Pacific Islands and Mexico. pants, socks, and tents) So far there are no reports • Stay and sleep in of locally transmitted screened-in or air- Zika cases in Georgia or conditioned rooms Mosquito Bite anywhere in the United or sleep under a States, but cases have mosquito net been reported in returning Prevention (United States) travelers. • Upon returning home Zika virus is transmitted from travel to Zika- primarily through the bite affected countries, Not all mosquitoes are the same. Different mosquitoes spread of infected Aedes species individuals should different viruses and bite at different times of the day. mosquitoes, which can continue to use EPA-registered insect be found in Georgia. Zika Type of Mosquito Viruses spread Biting habits virus is passed from an repellents for three weeks and follow infected person to another Aedes aegypti, Chikungunya, Daytime mosquito through mosquito precautions to prevent Aedes albopictus Dengue, Zika bites. An infected mosquito additional mosquito can then transmit the virus bites. to other people. Sexual Dusk (evening) to transmission of Zika has Culex species West Nile Reducing the dawn (morning) also been documented. Mosquito While most people Population in who get Zika Virus may Georgia not even know they have it, there is a link between Protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites So how can the spread Zika and birth defects and of Zika virus infection because of that, the Centers Use insect repellent be prevented in Georgia? for Disease Control and It begins at home – both Use an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellent with one of the following active Prevention (CDC) is inside and outside. ingredients. All EPA-registered insect repellents are evaluated for safety and effectiveness. advising pregnant women Female mosquitoes * not to travel to areas Active ingredient Some brand name examples lay several hundred eggs where Zika is circulating. on the walls of water- Higher percentages of active Pregnant women or women filled containers - even ingredient provide longer protection trying to get pregnant who a container as small as must travel to a Zika- a bottle cap is a perfect DEET Off!, Cutter, Sawyer, Ultrathon affected area should talk to breeding ground for their healthcare providers mosquitoes. When water Picaridin, also known as KBR 3023, Cutter Advanced, Skin So Soft Bug prior to travel. covers the eggs, they hatch Bayrepel, and icaridin Guard Plus, Autan (outside the United States) and become adults in about Oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) Travel to Zika- a week to 10 days. They Repel or para-menthane-diol (PMD) Impacted Areas bite primarily during the day and at dusk. A few CDC continues to infected mosquitoes can IR3535 Skin So Soft Bug Guard Plus Expedition, SkinSmart update a list of countries produce large outbreaks where Zika is known to in a community and * Insect repellent brand names are provided for your information only. The Centers for be circulating. Travel put families at risk of Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cannot recommend or endorse any name brand products. notices regarding Zika becoming sick. Virus can be found by If you have things in going to wwwnc.cdc.gov/ and around your home CS258143A January 12, 2016 Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, April 17, 2016 Garden to Table: Community Gardening Gardening is a One community a variety of nutritious about L. Scott Stell rewarding hobby and garden opportunity fruits and vegetables, Park visit: http://parks. a great way to get in Chatham County, and even flowers; the chathamcounty.org/ outdoors and incorporate which is made available possibilities are endless. Parks/Community- some physical activity through the Chatham Gardening can be Parks/L-Scott-Stell and into your day. Now County Parks and a great activity for for more information that spring is here, you Recreation Department, families, and if you about gardening visit may consider starting a is located at L. Scott have a garden plot at http://extension.uga.edu/ garden of your own. Stell Park (195 Scott L. Scott Stell Park, you garden/garden-fruits- Have you been Stell Community Park, can also take advantage vegetables/index.cfm thinking about starting Savannah, GA 31419). of other park amenities If you are interested a garden, but just don’t Each garden plot while you are there. in learning how to have the space? That’s at the park is provided Take a stroll around preserve food using the Yukon gold potato plant growth 3 weeks apart. where community free of charge, water the 1-mile paved track water bath canner join gardens come into play. is available to use as a family, enjoy a Family & Consumer Community garden plots at no cost, and park picnic lunch by the Science Agent, Jackie range in size and may employees will even playground, or even Ogden, for a hands-on or may not require a plow the land for you bring your furry friend water bath canning food small fee to use the land to use prior to your first to the dog-exercise area. preservation workshop provided. planting. You can grow For more information April 21st. The cost is $10 and pre-registration is required. Register by email at An overview of the Badding garden. [email protected] or by Summer Bonanza phone (912) 652-7981. continued from p. 1 Photos from the Spring • Develop a sense of pride, self- philanthropic spirit in today’s youth 2016 Melanie Badding family community garden worth, self-discipline and high • Let youth experience the arts morals plot located at L. Scott Stell through mentoring and exposure Park. • Promote values that support healthy • To teach the core values of life family and community relationships • To teach our children about financial management

• To help protect the environment Silver Queen white corn growth 3 weeks apart. • To give youth marketable skills academically • To include hands-on work skill development • Promote civic responsibility and a Summer Bonanza 2016 Schedule of Events Join us to learn how to preserve your harvest. June 4 Youth & Parent Orientation 10AM - 1PM Kick-Off and registration; Parent University Enrollment Facilitated by Dr. Thomas and Mike O’Neal at the Moses Jackson Center.

June 11 Health & Fitness Fun Day 10AM - 1PM “Let’s Kick It” Facilitated by Brittany Norman-Kirkland Farmers Market Forsyth Park June 18 Savannah Chapter of the Links** 10AM - 1PM Moses Jackson Center June 25 Chatham County Jail Presentation 10AM - 1PM The Law & You - Building Healthy Relationships Facilitated by Cpl. Ron Robinson & Prevention Ed. By RCC Chatham County Sheriff Complex, Chatham Parkway July 9 Community Service Project** 10AM - 1PM Packaging Emergency Food Boxes Facilitated by Katrina Walters 2nd Harvest Food Bank 2501 E. President Street July 16 Chatham County Cooperative Extension 10AM - 1PM Financial Literacy Facilitated by Jackie Ogden Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens July 23 Presentation of Youth Projects 10AM - 1PM Barnes Restaurant Facilitated by Reginald Stepherson

July 29 - 30 Out of Town STEMs Focused Trip 5AM TBA Departure from Walmart on Hwy 17 July 31 AIM & The Arts Special Presentation 11AM -1 PM Overcoming by Faith Ministries Aug 6 Annual Awards Reception 12 NOON Candler Hospital’s Marsh Auditorium

*Lunch is provided at each event **Parent University Workshop Held at Moses Jackson for Summer Bonanza Parents Chatham County Yard Waste Weight Limit

Equivalent of lifting 50 15 lbs 900 Maximum weight limit of Amount of yard waste yard waste per container bags one Chatham hippos if every household Injuries are frequent if workers County employee can pick up household yard waste County Ordinance § 21-403 has 50 pounds of yard waste have in one day exceeding 50 pounds

Please be considerate of Chatham County employees and do not exceed the 50 pound weight limit of yard waste. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, April 17, 2016 Staff at the Aquatic Center Provide Swimming Lessons for Children With Disabilities Chatham County is committed to Staff at the Aquatic Center provide providing services to all residents of swimming lessons for children with Chatham County including those with disabilities. Most children love to swim disabilities. In fact, by law we are required and it is important to teach basic safety to provide the same services to people skills as well as swim skills to children, with disabilities as we do to every other including those with disabilities. Our citizen of Chatham County. Sometimes facility has staff who are trained and that means making physical changes to certified Adapted Aquatics Instructors a building while other times it means who work either in group settings or changing the way we offer our programs. privately to meet the needs of the student. Because of that, we are continually Children with disabilities should not let the bathroom. This allows a mother with their making improvements to our programs disability prohibit them from learning to son or a father with a daughter a place to and facilities to better serve our citizens swim and interacting with their peers. change without the awkwardness of taking with disabilities. An example of one Chatham County has also provided the child into a changing room that is not place that we have made both types of pool lifts for swimmers in wheelchairs of their own sex. The changing room is improvements is Chatham County’s or those that have trouble using the steps fully wheelchair accessible and has a full Aquatic Center located at 7240 Sallie to get in and out of the pool. Wheelchair bathroom including a shower. It also has Mood Drive. users or mobility impaired swimmers can a changing table large enough for adults County Connection for more examples of transfer to the lift seat and then Aquatic to use. This new changing room has been our efforts. Center staff can lower the individual extremely popular with the families that If you need an accommodation to smoothly and safely into the pool. When use the aquatic center. In fact, patrons are access any of Chatham County’s buildings they are ready to leave the pool, they often lined up awaiting use of the room. or services, or know someone who does, swim to the submerged seat, and the pool The Aquatic Center is only one please contact James Aberson, ADA lift is used to safely return them to their example of Chatham County’s Coordinator. He can be reached by phone wheelchair or the pool deck. commitment to providing access to all at (912) 652-7937 during business hours, A recent addition to the aquatic center of our services to each and every citizen. or by email at jeaberson@chathamcounty. is an accessible family changing room/ Watch future issues of the Chatham org. Do you need help getting into a building or accessing a service? Chatham County complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act but sometimes we miss something. If you or anyone you know needs help, because of a disability, accessing any service the county provides please contact James Aberson the Chatham County ADA Coordinator. He can be reached by phone at (912) 652-7937 or email at [email protected].

Every community We are back again for the 2nd Annual Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Jailbreak Mud Challenge. This year we are needs Heroes! bigger and better than ever, with a 5 mile course and over 50 A lot of Heroes and If you have already had obstacles! All proceeds from the Southside Emergency CPR and AED training you Jailbreak Challenge go to the Medical Service is can install the app right Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes. dedicated to enabling now on your phone. Select Come out June 11th and chal- Citizen Superheroes with the agency “SSFD” and lenge yourself for a good cause. every tool we can. you’re set. If you haven’t As technology is ever been trained, Southside You must make your escape increasing in our world, EMS offers FREE training through 50 obstacles and emergency medicine is for everyone, young, fast, extremely tough terrain. working hard to keep up. and the use of an AED slow and experienced. A If you make it, you earn your your chances of surviving freedom. In November of 2015 one hour training class is Registration info sudden cardiac death can We are back again for the 2nd Annual Chatham County Sheriff's Office Jailbreak Mud Southside Emergency all it takes and you can be You may register as an individual, 2 runner chain gang, or 4 This is a challenge not to be Challenge. This year we are bigger and better than ever, with a 5 mile course and over be 80% higher than before. runner chain gang. Register online or in person at Fleet Feet Medical Service took on a well on your way to being taken on by the faint of heart.50 obstacles! All proceeds from the Jailbreak Challenge go to the Georgia Sheriffs' This solution is simple Youth Homes.Sports Come located out Junein Savannah 11th and challengeat 3405 Waters yourself Avenue. for a good You cause. must new initiative to work with secure in knowing you can This event is designed to push and effective. Rapidly be at least 13 years-old to register for the Jailbreak Challenge, PulsePoint, Inc., to bring make a difference…..and participants to their limits bothYou must andmake runners your escape under through 18 years-old 50 obstacles must and have extremely parental tough consent. terrain. rapid community involved starting hands-only CPR did we mention it’s FREE. physically and mentally. It is A waiver mustIf you bemake completed it, you earn by your each freedom. runner, and turned in at once sudden cardiac death packet pick up. One member of a chain gang may turn in the help to cardiac arrest Southside EMS not a family fun run, you WILL This is a challenge not to be taken on by the faint of heart. has occurred, attaching waiver for other teammates. You can download the waiver at patients. also has partners. Dan be pushed to the extreme. YOUThis event is designedjailbreakmudchallenge.com, to push participants to their or fill limits one both out physically at packet and pick-up. mentally. the patient to an AED HAVE BEEN WARNED!! It is not a family fun run, you WILL be pushed to the extreme. The PulsePoint Vaden, Thomas Sheehan Pricing Last day to register is June 9th at midnight. foundation was started in and calling 911. That’s it. Insurance, Gamble Funeral YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! All proceeds go to benefit the 2009 as a 501C4 non-profit However, knowing these Home, Colonial Oil and AllR egistratioproceeds go to nbenefit Type the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes steps isn’t quite enough. Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes Individual www.georgiasheriffsyouth.org$60.00 organization that had a now the Chatham County 2 Runner Chain Gang $110.00 You have to know about georgiasheriffsyouth.org Visit the official website at jailbreakmudchallenge.com mission to bring faster help Commissioners and their 4 Runner Chain Gang $210.00 to cardiac arrest victims the event first and that’s employees have joined. where PulsePoint helps. by using community Chatham County is Visit the official website at jailbreakmudchallenge.com involvement with training PulsePoint is a simple training employees in CPR and Automatic External smart phone application and AED use. This large Defibrillators (AED). that works on Droid and undertaking is just one of Their success has been iPhones to alert trained the ways Team Chatham phenomenal. Heart disease civilians that a person is working to improve our is has been the number near you needs CPR. community. This is where 1 cause of death in the When a call is received Heroes start! United States for many in the Southside EMS 24 For more information years. When a person stops hour dispatch center it on PulsePoint and breathing, time is critical to automatically alerts the Southside EMS you can restore the heart function system of an event. This go to pulsepoint.org or and breathing. At 6 minutes happens within seconds. call Southside Emergency after your heart stops, If your phone, using GPS, Medical Service at 912- brain damage can start. At senses you are close by 354-1011. We need all the 8 minutes there is a loss (within 4 square blocks), Heroes we can get. of brain tissue that can’t you will receive an alert. be healed. Every second A map will open on your counts. phone and show you your Now the technology. location, the victim’s With quick action, Cardio location and the closest Pulmonary Resuscitation AED to you. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, July 24, 2016 CHATHAM COUNTY

July 24, 2016

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hold property tax rates steady to taxpayers. Building on the railroad crossings, Benton despite rising operating costs. zero-based budgeting strategy, Boulevard Extension, con- this year the County Manager struction of the Whitefield The Board adopts budgets expanded the internal budget Avenue Police Precinct, ex- and tax rates each year for its review process for evaluating pansion of the Juvenile Court County-wide and unincor- requests. Balancing a level facility, Jennifer Ross Soccer porated area operations. The millage rate with increasing complex improvements and Board approved a budget of service needs and rising costs $45 million that will be passed $175.8 million for County- created some prioritization through to area municipalities wide operations with a cor- challenges. Some of these for their SPLOST projects. responding tax rate of 11.543 challenges included increased mills. The approved budget detention center medical costs, The budget process is now for unincorporated area opera- increased recreational services, tied to the need of the citizens Al Scott, Chairman tions was $30.7 million funded public defender restructur- and businesses based on the by a tax rate of 4.13 mills. Most ing, competitive salary levels, County Blueprint, a long term of the remaining $299 million strategic plan authorized by Every spring County staff higher technology costs and budget outlines the capital the Board of Commissioners, are hard at work preparing the maintenance of aging in- projects funded by the voter- covering areas such as eco- the budget for the next fiscal frastructure and facilities. approved Special Purpose Lo- nomic development, health, year which starts on July 1 cal Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) Some of the major projects in education, and quality of life. every year. On June 24, 2016, penny. this year’s SPLOST fund bud- Visioning and planning for the the Chatham County Board gets include replacement of future of our County is para- of Commissioners approved The County-wide millage Memorial Stadium, roadway mount in setting proper direc- the County’s fiscal year 2017 rate of 11.543 includes the resurfacing, road improve- tion for budget, community budget of $505 million and decrease in property taxes ments on Skidaway Road, programs and capital projects also adopted annual prop- first generated in 2014 when drainage improvements over such as recreation, roads, etc. erty tax rates. I am pleased to repurposed SPLOST funds Pipemaker’s Canal at State for our community. • report that for the third year of $4 million were returned Route 21 & 25 as well as two in a row the Board was able to

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Polls Open 7AM - 7PM You might be asking yourself 2016 ELECTION “What is a comprehensive DATES plan?” and “Why is it Precincts Eligible important to me?” Simply July 26: General primary, put, a comprehensive plan to Vote in this Runoff nonpartisan runoff is a document designed to Online Election Date: July 26, 2016 Oct. 11: Deadline to register to vote in General Election; help guide a community by Voter Registration 5-02 Senior Citizens Center local, state and federal 5-03 Butler Presbyterian runoffs providing a vision of the future. 5-06 Seed Church General Election Must have a GA Driver’s License or Nov. 8: It is an all-inclusive, or “comprehensive,” approach State ID to register online. 5-08 Savannah Primitive Baptist Church Dec. 6: Runoffs for local, state 5-10 Jonesville Baptist Church offices to addressing the issue of a community’s growth in • Go to the GA Secretary of State 5-11 Largo Tibet School Jan. 10, 2017: Runoffs for the future. The final, official document serves as a website: www.sos.ga.gov 7-09 Southwest Baptist Church federal offices policy guide for staff, appointed officials, and elected • Click Elections • Click the red box: Register to Vote 7-10 Progressive Recreation officials in their decision making process as growth 8-03 Silk Hope Baptist Chatham County Voter and development issues come before them. Mobile App 8-06 Mary Fournoy Golden Age Center Registration Office • Available to use to update voter 8-12 Beach High School 1117 Eisenhower Drive Our local comprehensive plan should be important to registration Suite E, each and every one of us because it will shape how • Search: GA Votes in App Store If you voted Democratic or non partisan in the Savannah, GA 31406 our community will grow and evolve. May 24 election or did note vote but were regis- MAIL: P.O. Box 13757, tered by April 26, 2016, you are eligible to vote on Savannah, GA 31416 It’s once again time to review and update our July 26. PHONE: 912-790-1520 existing Comprehensive Plan originally completed FAX 912-790-1519 Email: voter@ in 2006, with revisions made in 2009 and 2012. Now If you do not live in the 5th Commission District or is the time to reflect on what has been completed, you voted Republican in the May 24 election you chathamcounty.org Website: identify what still needs to be done, and determine if Log in to will not be eligible to vote in this runoff election. www.sos.ga.gov voter.chathamcounty.org priorities have changed requiring any adjustments in the course we are headed.

Locations aDDREss Hours Please follow us on Facebook or check our website Voter Reg Main Office 1117 Eisenhower Dr, Suite E 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (M,W,F) (thempc.org) for updates and opportunities to be Voter Reg Main Office 1117 Eisenhower Dr, Suite E 8:00 am – 7:00 pm (T, TH) involved in providing input for this important document. This document will help shape our Civic Center 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (M-F) community by identifying issues, opportunities, and Mosquito Control 65 Billy B. Hair Dr 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (M-F) priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

Islands Library 125 Wilmington Island Rd 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F) The Survey is available at www.thempc.org Southwest Library (Sav Mall) 14097 Abercorn St 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (T-F) Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, July 24, 2016 Hurricane Preparedness Although Georgia hasn’t weathered them with you! Most will not survive if a major hurricane in recent years, left behind. Georgia’s coast remains at risk for hurricanes that form in the southern Check Your Insurance! Hurricanes Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and can produce high winds that add to a Gulf of Mexico. Now is the time for all storm’s destructive power. Hurricane- Georgians to prepare and recognize the force winds can easily destroy poorly risks and potential dangers of hurricanes constructed buildings and mobile and what to do before, during and after homes. Winds can stay above hurricane a storm. Use this list as a guide to start strength well inland. In addition to important conversations with your destructive winds, hurricanes also can family and friends. Don’t wait until the spawn dozens of tornadoes. Call your storm comes. Plan now! insurance company or agent and ask for an insurance check-up to make sure you Know Your Risks! Because of our low have enough homeowners insurance elevation and geographical makeup, to repair or even replace your home. Chatham County is especially vulnerable Don’t forget coverage for your car or Strengthen Your Home! Hurricanes family stays weather ready. to storm surge. Storm surge is an boat. Remember, standard homeowners are vicious storms. Adding some extra abnormal rise of water generated by a insurance doesn’t cover flooding. protection to your home could save you Have a Plan After the Storm! Local storm’s winds that can reach heights time and money later. Have the proper authorities may not be able to provide over 10 feet and flood nearly all of Build an Emergency Kit! You’re going plywood, steel or aluminum panels information about what is happening in Georgia’s coastal counties. Believe it or to need supplies not just to get through to board up the windows and doors. your area. Listen to a NOAA Weather not, storm surge is responsible for the the storm but for the potentially lengthy Remember, the garage door is the most Radio, watch TV, listen to the radio or greatest number of hurricane fatalities. In and unpleasant aftermath. Have enough vulnerable part of the home, so it must monitor the Internet for official news and a category 3 hurricane, about 75 percent non-perishable food, water and medicine be able to withstand the winds. Yard instructions as they become available. of Chatham County would be under 17 to last each person in your family a furniture can become deadly missiles to 23 feet of water! minimum of one week. We recommend To help residents prepare for hurricanes in a hurricane’s high winds. Bring one gallon of water per person, per and other emergencies, CEMA provides them indoors or properly secure before Develop an Evacuation Plan! Use day. Electricity and water could be online tools to make a disaster supply evacuation. this time to figure out where you are out for at least that long. You’ll need kit, develop a tailored communications going to go and how you will get there extra cash, a battery-powered radio and Stay In The Know! Where will you turn plan and stay informed about potential if an evacuation was ordered. Do you flashlights. Check out our emergency for trusted information? You can sign up threats. Visit ChathamEmergency.org to have family or friends far away from kit checklist by downloading the for CEMA’s Emergency Alerts and have find helpful information on how protect the storm that you can stay with for an ChathamEMA mobile app. A customized them sent directly to your phone via your pets, elderly or disabled family extended period of time? If so, go there! communications plan and Ready kit text. Just text “follow ChathamEMA” to members, and tips on preparing for Shelters will be cramped and should checklist can be created and shared 40404. NOAA Weather Radios are also severe weather. be your last option. Plus, most shelters through the app. The best part? It’s free an invaluable resource to ensure your don’t accept pets. Make sure you take for Apple and Android users! When Emergency Situations Occur, Stay Informed!

CEMA encourages everyone who Dial 912.644.8811 to get WTOC and the Chatham Emergency lives, works and plays in Savannah and Management Agency have teamed up to weather and emergency make sure you stay ahead of the storms and Chatham County to sign up to receive information, as well as other emergencies. You can get weather and emergency and community notifications seasonal tips. emergency information by simply picking on their cell phones. up the phone. Just dial 912.644.8811 to get calls to specific people or areas in the weather and emergency information, as well SwiftReach allows us to send as seasonal tips. emergency and community notifications event of an emergency or for sharing to alert the public to missing persons, important information. This year, CEMA took a long hard look at the word “Recommended” and severe weather, evacuation orders, and “Voluntary” when it came to evacuations. The words implies there is a other urgent public safety scenarios. All listed landline phone numbers choice; however, if a major storm threatens Chatham County, residents have already been programmed into must evacuate the county. Starting this season, CEMA will no longer Subscribers can also sign up to receive the system, but since many people no use the term ”Recommended” or “Voluntary” Evacuation, instead we notifications in other areas: where longer have a home phone or primarily will use “Early” or “Mandatory” Evacuation. This change is to reflect they work, where their children attend use their mobile devices, CEMA the dangers residents will surely face should they stay behind. school, etc. And they can sign up for encourages citizens to register their cell non-emergency notifications such as phone with SwiftReach. road closures, neighborhood watch meetings, and more. SwiftReach will make up to two When Emergency attempts to reach each number in the Evacuation Situations Occur: Registration is free and all alerts will system and will leave a message if the Stay Informed! Visit: be clearly identified as originating from call is routed to voicemail. Addtionally, Transportation chathamemergency. SCMPD, City of Savannah, Chatham subscribers can sign up to receive text org/register-for- County or Chatham Emergency messages and/or e-mails. When an evacuation is imminent, the safety of all alerts.php Management Agency officials. The Chatham County residents is of utmost importance. system is designed to make phone The system can make thousands of calls For those without transportation, help is available at in a minute to convey vital information. the Evacuation Assembly Area (EAA). CEMA initiates evacuation operations at the local level utilizing all available resources to assure effective response. State Hurricanes and Storm Surge assistance is supplementary to local activation of resources and is made available in response to local It is no secret that Chatham County can be devastating. It is important of anywhere between 17-23 feet. requests for assistance. is vulnerable to the threat of tropical to note that the stronger and larger In Chatham County, a Category storms and hurricanes. With our low the size of the hurricane and the 1 hurricane would leave Tybee Activation of the EAA will be situation dependent, and elevations and significant flooding shallower the offshore water, the Island and just about all of coastal contingent on the CEMA Director’s recommendation potential, the storm surge from a higher the surge will be. Storm Chatham under water. With a and the approval of the Command Policy Group. major hurricane making landfall on surge is by far the greatest threat to Category 3 storm, areas inland like Current planning calls for the Savannah Civic Center our coast could have catastrophic life and property along the Georgia Garden City and Pooler would be to be utilized as the primary EAA facility/location. consequences. Likewise the winds coast. In the past, large death tolls covered in water. The entire county Activating the EAA will require all scheduled events from one of these systems could have resulted from the rise of the would be inundated with water with at the Civic Center to be postponed and/or cancelled, create millions of cubic yards ocean associated with many of the a Category 5 hurricane. and the facilities prepared for EAA activities. As of debris clogging our streets major hurricanes that have made evacuation orders are considered, local Emergency The Storm Tide is the combination and highways and damaging or landfall. Hurricane Katrina (2005) Support Function (ESF) partners having responsibilities of the storm surge and the destroying property on an enormous is a prime example of the damage at the EAA will be notified and will meet to review astronomical tide (normal daily scale. and devastation that can be caused procedures, determine or update resource requirements, tide). If the storm surge arrives at by surge. At least 1500 persons lost identify possible issues, and resolve other shortcomings. Storm surge happens when the high tide, the water height will be their lives during Katrina and many Evacuees may walk to the EAA, or be dropped off surface of the sea rises due to the even greater. For example, as a of those deaths occurred directly, or by family or friends however; it is anticipated that the force of the hurricane’s winds hurricane moves ashore, a 15-foot indirectly, as a result of storm surge. majority of the evacuees will arrive at the EAA utilizing spiraling in towards the center of surge added to the 2-foot high wind Chatham Area Transit buses. the storm. Storm surge can reach For Chatham County, the effects driven waves creates a storm tide of heights of more than 30 feet near of storm surge can be catastrophic. 17 feet. The mass of water, topped Upon arrival at the EAA, citizens will be directed to the center of a Category 5 hurricane. Storm surge estimates are higher for by battering waves, can travel miles one of two designated Registration Areas. Passengers In very large hurricanes, the surge our area due to unique geographical and miles inland from the coast, without pets will be directed into the Civic Center can horizontally fan out over features, like shallow waters submerging everything in its path. Arena. Passengers arriving at the EAA accompanied several hundred miles of coastline, offshore and a slow sloping shelf. The combination of storm surge, by pets will be directed to a sign-in area staffed gradually diminishing well away For instance, a typical Category battering waves, and high winds can and prepared to address pet issues. EAA staff will from the center. The surge of high 3 hurricane in our area could be be deadly as well as cause massive be available to answer questions and to help those water topped by battering waves expected to result in a storm surge property damage. passengers requiring assistance. Passengers with service animals will not be required to register their pets and may go through general check-in.

After completing the registration process, evacuees, pets and baggage will be loaded on school buses and trucks. Next stop is Augusta where they will be provided temporary housing. Once public safety issues within the County have been mitigated and the area is determined safe, the Chatham County Command Policy Group will call for the return of the area’s population. Evacuees from Chatham County that utilized public transportation during the evacuation process will be afforded the opportunity to utilize public transportation to return to Chatham County. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, July 24, 2016 Job Training Program Do Your Part in Chatham Can Change Lives County to Help Control

The Chatham Apprentice Program (CAP) CAP is a four week employability-skills trained 100 Chatham County residents and training that includes professionalism, Mosquito Population assisted 60 with job placements for the resume’ writing, interview skills, and Chatham County Health fiscal year 2016, which ended June 30th. customer service; plus, basic reading, Department officials are Residents are always CAP also supported 31 participants in writing, and math skills. Classes are urging residents to clean encouraged to remember the 5 D’s of Prevention: obtaining their forklift safety certification offered at least six times a year. Upon up around their homes, and seven individuals get a TWIC card. completion of the program CAP staff assist yards and communities 1 Dusk/Dawn – Mosquitoes usually bite successful graduates with job placement and get rid of unnecessary at dusk and dawn, so avoid or limit CAP is a workforce training program that and follow up with the participants from items that can hold water outdoor activity at these times. helps unemployed and under-employed six months to a year. The average pay rate and turn into mosquito Chatham County residents find or create Dress – Wear loose-fitting, long for successful graduates is $10.24 per hour. breeding grounds. After 2 sleeved shirts and pants to reduce the career paths that offer opportunities for In addition, CAP staff offers individual every rainfall, tip out water amount of exposed. advancement. “case management” consultations for those in flowerpots, planters, who cannot enroll in the full-time program DEET – Cover exposed skin with an “My lack of experience and a GED or children’s toys and wading insect repellent containing the DEET, but are motivated to change jobs and 3 high school diploma have kept me from pools, and buckets. If which is the most effective repellent advance in their chosen field. acquiring a job,” said Andrew Bags, a it holds water and you against mosquito bites. don’t need it (old tires, recent CAP graduate. “I have the ability 2015-16 Highlights Drain - Empty any containers holding to do any job that I put my mind to but bottles, cans), toss it out. 4 standing water because they are without the proper education and skill set I The Chatham Apprentice Program held several Mosquitoes can cause excellent breeding grounds for virus- classes for special populations last fiscal year. Last am unable to achieve my goals. disease such as West Nile carrying mosquitoes. August it held a class for single mothers at the Virus, Eastern Equine Wesley Community Center. CAP provided childcare Encephalitis, and Zika Doors – Make sure doors and windows and transportation passes to reduce barriers for 5 are in good repair and fit tightly, and attendance. virus. fix torn or damaged screens to keep mosquitoes out of the house. In January, CAP held a class at the Georgia One of the most effective Department of Labor and partnered with Savannah ways of preventing the Technical College to offer a forklift safety spread of mosquito-borne Homeowners associations can lessen the risk of certification to all 20 participants. This class had a job viruses is controlling the and neighborhoods, getting mosquito-borne Forklift Safety Certification placement rate of 60% with an average hourly wage of $11.24. mosquito population by along with city and diseases.” eliminating standing water county governments, are This spring, CAP partnered with the Coastal around the home and in encouraged to sponsor It is also important to Transitional Center and Dismas Charities to the yard. In addition, clean community cleanup days. protect yourself from offer a class for 18 returning citizens. Several of out gutters, remove piles of mosquito bites. Use the participants also earned their forklift safety “Controlling the EPA-registered insect certification through Savannah Technical College. leaves, and keep vegetation Eleven of 18 of the participants have obtained cut low to prevent landing mosquito population repellents containing 20%- employment with pay ranging from $8.00 to $10.00 has to be a community- 30% DEET, Picaridin, Wesley Single Mom CAP Class sites for adult mosquitoes. per hour. For containers without lids wide effort,” said Dr. IR3535, or Oil of Lemon Diane Weems, District Eucalyptus. Wear light The Chatham Apprentice Program, managed by Step or that are too big to tip Up Savannah, is funded by Chatham County with over or toss out (bird baths, Health Director for the colored clothing with support from the United Way of the Coastal Empire. garden pools), use larvicides Coastal Health District. long sleeves, long pants Services are open to all residents of Chatham County such as Mosquito Dunks “If we all do our part and socks to help prevent who are 18 and older. or Pre-Strike Mosquito to remove places where mosquito bites. Torpedoes and follow mosquitoes can breed Reentry Class UPCOMING the label instructions. and take precautions to These larvicides will not prevent getting bitten CAP CLASSES: harm birds or animals. by mosquitoes then we “With the help of the Chatham Apprentice Program I have gained confidence and a Recruitment and To learn more about Tip ‘n Toss or mosquito-borne viruses sense of direction. I’ve learned work force information session etiquette and skills in the program. For including Zika, go to gachd.org/tip-n-toss or dph.ga.gov Department of Labor 9/19 to 10/13/2016 example, I did not have any knowledge of resumes and resume building. I learned West Broad YMCA 11/7 to 12/6/2016 that I need to create a budget so that I CONTROL MOSQUITOES can stay on track with my finances. I Recruitment and information sessions Mosquitoes breed in standing water. To reduce the mosquito population TIP ’n TOSS around your home and property, eliminate all standing water and debris. encourage everyone to go through the will run from 7/1 – 9/1/2016. Please call Chatham Apprentice Program. It changed (912) 401-0672 or (912) 656-4339 or 1 2 3 4 5 my life, and I think it will change other’s (912) 656-4079 for more information. lives as well.”

Pool cover that collects water, Birdbath (change water weekly) Any toy, garden equipment, Flat roof with Clogged rain gutter neglected swimming pool and garden pond or container that standing water (home and street) or child’s wading pool (stock with fish) can hold water

Summer Scorcher at Lake Mayer Park Friday July 15 thru Sunday July 17 4 1 5 7 6

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Yoga on the ILLUSTRATIONS ADAPTED FOR USE WITH PERMISSION FROM THE S.C. DHEC Tybee Pier 6 7 8 9 10 Saturday, July 16 at 8am Trash and old tires; Drill drain Tree rot hole, hollow stump Repair missing, damaged, or Uncovered boat or boat cover Leaky faucet (repair) or pet holes in bottom of tire swings or rain puddle improperly installed screens that collects water bowl (change water daily) Youth Football Indoor Garage Coaches Sale at the Meeting Frank G. Murray Find out what it takes to stop Zika Thursday, July 24 Community Center Please visit dph.georgia.gov/zika at 6pm Saturday, July 9 Administrative Office 9am - 12pm

Little League Youth All-Star For More Tournaments Friday July 8 thru Information Sunday July 10 and Friday July 22 Call 912-652-6784 thru Sunday July 24 in North Georgia

Just imagine, on a warm summer Savannah Location: Tybee Island Pier & Pavilion Chatham County morning: you just spent an entire hour Start Date: Sat, 06/04/2016 Start Time: 8:00am - focusing on your breathing, stretching those 9:00am hamstrings, opening up your hips, and strengthening your core. You’re lying flat on Parking: You will need to pay the parking meters on Yard Waste Weight Limit Tybee. Tybee Island meters need to be paid 7 days a your back, arms out at a 45 degree angle, week, 8am - 8pm. Equivalent of lifting and eyes closed in a deep relaxed shavasana. You’re sinking into the foam mat beneath you, Registration Fees: $8 Pre-Registration / $15 50 15 your mind clears and the salty breeze brushes morning of or register for all 4 classes for only $28. lbs 900 your forehead. The ripples in the water are Proceeds Benefit the Fresh Air Home on Tybee - a Maximum weight limit of Amount of yard waste gently splashing against the pylons then summer camp for children from the Savannah and yard waste per container bags one Chatham hippos if every household Injuries are frequent if workers surrounding area who wouldn’t otherwise be able to County employee can pick up household yard waste washing to shore. This puts you in a state of County Ordinance § 21-403 has 50 pounds of yard waste have in one day exceeding 50 pounds mind you want to forever stay in. From head attend a camp. to toe your body thanks you for its treatment Yoga on the Pier is sponsored by: the Please be considerate of Chatham County employees and do not …Namaste. OK – back to reality… this will be Chatham County Parks & Recreation you very soon on the Tybee Island Pier! Department exceed the 50 pound weight limit of yard waste. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, July 24, 2016 Back-to-school Brings Opportunities to Sign Up for Children’s Health Coverage

Bull Street Public Library “Enrollment Assistance for PeachCare for Kids, Medicaid and SNAP Health insurance is essential for children to thrive benefits available the second Tuesday of each at school and in life. National research has shown month at the Bull Street that children with health coverage who visit a doctor Public Library. Walk- regularly are more likely to complete high school and ins on a first come, first graduate college compared with their peers who don’t served basis. have access to care. Fortunately, there are free and low-cost health insurance options available in the community through Medicaid Our Enrollment Assistance Partners… and PeachCare for Kids. These programs offer a broad set of benefits, including doctor visits, dental care, In Chatham County, in-person assistance for signing up or renewing coverage is immunizations, prescriptions, mental health services, available from the Campaign for Healthy Kids enrollment partners: and more. Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids provide quality Bull Street Public Library health coverage for working families with children and 2002 Bull Street, Savannah Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council Details: 2nd Tuesday of each month Chatham County Health Department teens; a family of four earning up to $59,904 a year may Hours: 5pm-8pm 1395 Eisenhower Drive, Savannah qualify. For those already enrolled, it’s important to Next events: August 9th & September 13th. 912-356-2887 renew each year to ensure continuous coverage. Hours: Monday 9am-1pm and Wednesday 1pm-5pm St. Mary’s Community Center Individuals who need assistance finding a pediatrician 812 W. 36th Street, Savannah Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Center or family practitioner may call the Chatham County 912-447-0578 • (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) Care Coordinator at 912-356-2887. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9am-3pm 106 E. Broad Street, Savannah 912-527-1000 Unexpected illness or accidents can happen at any time. Centro Hispano de Savannah Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8am-5pm, Get some peace of mind: Get your children enrolled and First Hispanic Baptist Church Tuesday & Thursday 8am-7pm, Saturday 9am-2pm keep them enrolled in health coverage. (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) 1 Gamble Road, Savannah Moses Jackson Advancement Center 912-777-8955 1410B Richard Street, Savannah Questions? Visit Hours: Tuesday 6pm-9pm, Thursday 9am-4pm, 6pm- 912-525-2166 healthykidssavannah.org 9pm Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-2pm or call 912-661-3040. Centro Hispano de Savannah Step Up Savannah St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 428 Bull Street, Savannah (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) 912-232-6747 Get your children the health 1802 Abercorn St, Savannah Hours: coverage they deserve and have 912-232-0274 one less thing to worry about. Hours: Mondays 6pm-9pm Get Excited and Move (GEM)

One of the many ways that coaches or cheerleaders. Rather, the Cohen and his staff. As of June 10, Chatham County provides services caregivers, like the PwP’s, become there are 88 participants signed up to the disabled community is active, vital athletes, working from throughout Chatham County, through the Anderson/ Cohen towards the goal of strengthening and living at a variety of economic Weight Lifting Center located their bodies and encouraging levels. Each day brings new success at 7230 Varnedoe Drive, next to overall health. to the participants and to the GEM Memorial Stadium. They provide program, and growth shows no weight lifting coaching for people GEM was developed at the request signs of slowing down. SPSG/Team with disabilities through the of Sarah Bernzott, Director of Savannah leaders anticipate more Abilities Unlimited Program. Savannah Parkinson Support than 200 participants in a variety Abilities Unlimited also coaches the Group (SPSG), an area 501(c)(3) of movement disorders (PD, ALS, award winning Special Olympics supporting and enhancing the lives MS, Essential Tremor, Huntington’s Weight Lifting Team. and families of those touched by disease, Dystonia, etc.) by Parkinson’s disease, which is both December, 2016. But there is a recent addition debilitating and progressive. to services for citizens with Additionally, a number of disabilities. GEM (Get Excited With more than 150 people on caregivers and PwP’s have decided and Move) is a multi-dimensional the support group roster, and with to continue to work outside of exercise program designed by Parkinson’s disease and other the regularly scheduled classes Olympic Coach Michael Cohen, movement disorders diagnoses and are training as Elite Masters and is just one more example of growing, it became necessary to Level Athletes, utilizing training how Chatham County is helping create a program, utilizing both by Coach Cohen and his Team people with disabilities in our aerobic and anaerobic exercise, Savannah staff. These people, just community. The program, which that could be modified to help each a few short months ago, had little utilizes the most appropriate skills diagnosed person, regardless of age hope of any cure for Parkinson’s and activities from a variety of or level of degeneration. disease. There is still no cure. sports (Olympic weight lifting, floor However, they have repeatedly been GEM began in late February with work, stretching, agility training, told to exercise, exercise, exercise 23 participants as a pilot program and boxing) is designed specifically by their physicians and families; If you want more information about any of these approved by Chatham County for People with Parkinson’s and now, they have the opportunity programs, or if you need an accommodation to access Parks and Recreation. It is funded disease (PwP’s) and other to do that, in a safe environment, any of Chatham County’s buildings or services, or know totally by non-profit, except for movement disorders. In addition, and can focus on activities and someone who does, please contact James Aberson, ADA the reduction of fee ($10 rather like no other group remedial or skills designed with a degenerative Coordinator. He can be reached by phone at (912) 652- than $20) allowed to people with therapeutic program in the US, condition in mind. 7937 during business hours, or by email at jeaberson@ disabilities at the Anderson Cohen GEM encourages the caregivers to chathamcounty.org. Gym and the support of Coach participate. They do not serve as 2016 Chatham County Parks Three Chatham County All-Star Little League & Recreation Department Teams Participated at District and State Levels

the district and state levels. Our 7-8 year olds went to Warner Robins June 20th - 21st to vie in the district tournament. The 9-10 year old team will travel to Marietta on July 9th and the 11-12 year old group to Peachtree City July 22nd to compete against other All Star teams at the state level. We wish all these teams the very best!

Chatham County Parks and Recreation’s goal is to provide kids a great experience with baseball as well as teaching them the fundamentals of the game. We

Back by popular demand, the Ages: 8–14 would also love to see Chatham County represented at Famous Hall of Fame “Gator the Little League World Series on ESPN one day! Want Rivers” 3 on a 3 Competition Site: Lake Mayer Community your child to be part of Little League Baseball? Signups Park, 1850 East Montgomery Chatham County Parks and Recreation recently finished Free Globetrotters Bookbags to Cross Road its first full season of Little League Baseball. This year will begin for players and volunteer coaches at the the 1st 8 teams beginning of 2017. Contact: Anthony D. Russell, the program expanded to include children from the ages Hamburgers and Hotdogs (912)-652-6791 or ADRussell@ of 4 to 12. while they last chathamcounty.org For more information, contact Cameron Chastain at (912) 652-6782 or by email at cjchasta@ Time: 9am–1pm, Saturday July Sponsored by Chatham Three All Star teams were selected to participate at 30, 2016 County Park Services chathamcounty.org Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, October 30, 2016 CHATHAM COUNTY

October 30, 2016

Al Scott Helen Stone James Holmes Tony Center Patrick Farrell Yusuf Shabazz Lori Brady Dean Kicklighter Priscilla Thomas Chairman District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8

For more information on the current district lines visit: http://www.chathamcounty.org/Government/BoardofCommissioners/CommissionDistrictMaps.aspx

Message From THE CHAIRMAN

cane Matthew began impacting regarding Matthew began as most current information was Chatham County on October early as September 28th with distributed. 7th and officially produced messages to emergency man- Hurricane Category 1 sus- agement partners and county Shortly following the Octo- tained winds, and Category staff announcing the need to ber 4th 11:00 AM advisory on 2 gusts on Tybee Island. Hur- monitor Matthew’s develop- Hurricane Matthew, I met with ricane Matthew became the ment. Regular information was the CEMA Director Dennis first hurricane to significantly distributed on a routine basis Jones and County Manager Lee impact Chatham County since to ensure partners and county Smith to review the dynam- Hurricane David in 1979. Lead- staff members remained aware ics of the storm and discuss ing up to the actual impact of of the developing system. On the various options available Hurricane Matthew, Chatham Monday, CEMA began distrib- to me regarding an evacua- Emergency Management uting tropical packages and tion decision. Information was Al Scott, Chairman Agency (CEMA) began moni- issuing guidance on preparing presented to discuss the evacu- toring the storm as it formed in for the storm and promoting ation process, communication methods and statistics of the In 2016, Chatham County has the Atlantic and moved toward their readiness. storm. At the time of this initial experienced several storms the Caribbean becoming a Beginning Tuesday, October 4, discussion, the majority of the resulting from a very active tropical storm on September 2016, conference calls occurred forecast models projected the tropical season. With Tropical 28, 2016. between municipal partners, storm to remain off-shore from Storm Hermine and Tropical As Tropical Storm Matthew emergency management team Chatham County. Additionally, Storm Julia, the effects were progressed northward, CEMA members, Chatham County the estimated models from the isolated and the damages were met with county and mu- officials, and the National Hurricane Center projected the contained to primarily the nicipality leaders to discuss Weather Service to discuss the storm to drop in intensity by eastern areas of the County. preparations and timelines changing predictions and path the end of the week. A few weeks later, Chatham leading up to the potential for of Hurricane Matthew. Also, as County was faced, once again, Matthew to become a major information became available, with the third tropical system hurricane. Communication the CEMA Director ensured the continued on p. 4 within a 30 day period. Hurri-

Orange Barrels will overtake Chatham County in 2017! County Partnership

The calendar year of to many of the ramps Helps Stop Hunger 2017 will see plenty and a replacement of the On Friday, September 23rd, the of construction, and bridge at State Route Chatham Emergency Management frustration, to the 307 (Dean Forest Road). Agency (CEMA) and Occupational traveling public. The Considerations for other Safety and Risk Management Georgia Department of improvements along the (Safety) teams partnered with Transportation is ramping corridor are being studied United Way HandsOn Savannah up many of the projects at this time. The intent of and America’s Second Harvest of that have been on the the project at this time is Coastal Georgia to pack boxes of drawing board for many to make it a Design / Build food for the Mobile Food Pantry. years. Most of this comes project. This method of The Mobile Food Pantry is one of from the passage of HB construction allows the Second Harvest’s Hunger Relief 170 a couple of years ago. project to be fast tracked Programs and distributes emergency The much needed change and work to begin earlier food relief to rural residents who in the transportation than traditional methods. struggle with providing enough funding for the State of Although this is a much food for their family. Over the last Georgia has solidified the needed improvement, year, Second Harvest transported amount of money that the work will make the approximately 15,000 pounds of food Georgia Department of commute even more for distribution to families in over 21 Transportation (GDOT) laborious over the next counties across Southeast Georgia. sees on an annual basis. Interstate 16. The GDOT couple of years. Work The GDOT is pushing has hired a consultant to is expected to begin in The Chatham County team spent many of the projects and do the preliminary plans calendar year 2017. two hours at the warehouse creating maintenance programs for the project. Many an assembly line to fill the boxes of forward in an attempt to Another improvement food. Each member had a specific commuters are already along this corridor is catch up on the needs of seeing surveyors on the task and worked together to fill the system. The following the construction of two and package each box. “It’s a great route. This project will fly-over ramps at the are just some of the widen the current 4 lane feeling to know two hours of work improvements that will be I-95 / I-16 interchange. helped provide meals for over 300 section to 6 lanes. Much of The clover design of seen and the construction the delay along the route families in our community,” said that is ongoing in some the interchange creates CEMA employee Randall Mathews. is due to the lack of merge many weave points that areas. capacity at the various are not ideally suited This is the first time CEMA and interchanges (I-516 / SR Interstate 95 / Interstate for the demands placed Safety have partnered together for 307 / Chatham Parkway). 16 Improvements. – Work on it. The two ramps a community service project and, The widening for the is underway to provide being considered at this due to the success of the event, will project will occur to the multiple improvements time would be for traffic partner again for similar outings in center of the corridor. to the interstate system that is south bound on the future. in Chatham County. The With the widening there will also be modifications first is the widening of continued on p. 4 Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, October 30, 2016 It’s Flu Season: Chatham County Don’t Wait to Vaccinate to Host Housing Forum

It may still feel a little like summer Some things to know about this year’s Housing is fundamental in all of our homelessness or working to ensure a broad outside but as we move into fall, flu season: communities. Chatham County hosted its range of housing options exist, Chatham something else may blow in with the first-ever forum on this important topic on County and its partners explored options change of seasons: the flu virus. Don’t • The vaccine has been updated for the August 17. An adequate supply of quality and challenged assumptions about what wait to get vaccinated against the 2016-2017 flu season so it should be affordable housing is critical to building works to build safe neighborhoods and flu. Several locations, including the a better match for flu viruses. a healthy and stable community. We make housing affordable for all residents. Chatham County Health Department, encourage your participation as we explore • Only the flu shot is recommended physician offices, and pharmacies, now options and challenge assumptions about Chatham County’s recent score (125 out this year because there are questions offer the flu vaccine. what works to build safe neighborhoods of a possible 200) is in part attributable about the effectiveness of the nasal and make housing affordable for our to lack of affordable housing options for spray form of the vaccine. Getting the flu vaccine is the best way workforce, seniors and special needs thousands of residents in our communities. to protect yourself, your family, and As a result local elected officials met • The Chatham County Health populations. your community from the flu. Every with Mr. Mangano to discuss strategies Department, located at 1395 flu season is different and we never Our featured speaker was Phillip for addressing the scarcity of affordable Eisenhower Drive, offers regular flu know how bad a flu season is going to Mangano, president and CEO at American housing in our community. In addition shots for $29 and high dose flu shots, be or how long it’s going to last which Round Table to Abolish Homelessness, participants had the opportunity to made especially for people 65 years is why it is so important to get the flu spoke of successes of the “housing first” hear about specific projects currently and older, for $50. No appointment is vaccine every year. strategy, as well as other tactics that are underway in Garden City as well as City necessary for flu shots. data-based and have been used by cities of Savannah. in Georgia and around the U.S. As former Stop the spread of germs that make you and others sick! executive director of the U.S. Interagency Recommendations from the forum that are Council on Homelessness, Mr. Mangano being considered include: The creation of was recognized for his leadership in a county-wide housing task force which housing issues by Governing magazine in would then work to revise ordinances and 2006. policies specific housing and landlords, identify and address barriers to access Participants had the opportunity to learn existing housing, and explore creative Cover about an array of services, resources and financing tools. If you are interested in your supports provided through the Georgia serving on the Chatham County Housing Department of Community Affairs as well Taskforce please contact us at housing@ as the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. chathamcounty.org Cough Whether the community is dealing with

Cover your mouth and nose with a Sit and Be Fit tissue when you cough or sneeze or cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.

Put your used tissue in the waste basket.

You may be asked to put on a surgical mask to protect others.

Clean Wash with your soap and water or In the previous issues Jodi Moody, Recreation good workout while having clean with Hands alcohol-based of Chatham County Supervisor at the Frank fun. I leave the class feeling after coughing or sneezing. hand cleaner. Connection we brought you G Murray Community so much better physically stories of how Chatham Center. Jodi has been a and I continue many of County is meeting the certified Pilates instructor the routines I’ve learned at

Minnesota Department of Health Minnesota 625 N Robert Street, PO Box 64975 Antibiotic needs of its citizens for 10 years and has been home.” – Jeanne C. St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 Resistance 651-201-5414 TDD/TTY 651-201-5797 Collaborative www.health.state.mn.us IC#141-1428 with disabilities and at the FGM Center since meeting the requirements 2007 teaching Pilates and Perhaps best of all, the of the Americans with other core conditioning program is free, so people Getting vaccinated not only protects Disabilities Act at the same classes and is dedicated on a fixed income or you, it also protects people around you time. We’ve talked about to helping people regain who may have exhausted - like babies, older people, and people accommodations at the physical activity and insurance coverage for with chronic health conditions - who Aquatic Center and the Get wellness in their lives. Physical Therapy can may be at risk from getting seriously Excited and Move program participate without any ill from the flu. The Centers for (GEM) at the Anderson/ Jodi customizes each Sit financial burden. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Cohen Weightlifting and Be Fit class based on In addition to the Sit and recommends everyone 6 months of age Center. the participants who are and older receive a yearly flu vaccine. present that day. She can Be Fit class, the Frank G. People at high risk of serious flu In this issue we want to modify the class to the Murray Community Center complications include young children, highlight the Sit and Be Fit abilities of each person has a wide variety of pregnant women, people with chronic program at the Frank G. by using a variety of programs for participants health conditions like asthma, heart Murray Community Center small apparatus “props,” of all ages. They have disease, diabetes and lung disease and on Whitemarsh Island. including Thera bands, Zumba, Line Dancing, people 65 years of age and older. mini exercise balls, hand Toddler Arts and Crafts, The Sit and Be Fit program weights, Pilates rings, Yoga, even a Friday Night It takes about two weeks after was designed for people plastic plates and more. Kid’s Movie that parents vaccination for the immune system to with a disability or that are Using the props, she can drop the kids off at and fully respond to the vaccine and provide recovering from an injury creates routines that include come back to pick them up the body protection. While getting the • Try to cough or sneeze into the or surgery and cannot stand cardiovascular, isometric, when it’s over. flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the corner of your elbow and not for long periods of time. and flexibility exercises, The Center also has a full flu, there are other things we can all do your hand or cover your nose and It is also great for those along with strength training kitchen, and is available every day to prevent getting or spreading mouth with a tissue when you who have severe weight and core conditioning. And for rent. the flu viruses and other viruses: cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue problems, or simply have to top it all off, she makes not exercised in years and • Avoid close contact with sick in the trash after you use it. exercising fun. need to ease back into a people. • Wash your hands with soap and For more information contact: routine of physical activity. One regular had this to say; Jodi L Moody, Recreation water. If soap and water are not • If you get sick with flu-like The class is held on Fridays “[The] Sit & Be Fit Class Supervisor illness, stay home for at least available, use an alcohol-based at 9 a.m. and is a well- at the community center Frank G Murray Community 24 hours after the fever is gone hand rub. rounded 45 minute class has really helped me. Jodi Center , (912) 898-3320 except to get medical care or for that takes place entirely in is an outstanding instructor 160 Whitemarsh Island Road • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, a seated position so it is who gives consideration Savannah GA 31410 other necessities. The fever should and mouth. Germs spread this be gone without the use of a fever- wheelchair friendly. to the needs and physical https://parks.chathamcounty. way. org/Parks/Community-Centers/ reducing medicine. limitations of her students. The class was created Her goal is to provide a Frank-G-Murray • Clean and disinfect surfaces and in May of this year by • While sick, limit contact with objects that may be contaminated others as much as possible to keep with germs like the flu. from infecting them. Do you need help getting into a building or accessing a service? Chatham County complies with all aspects of the Don’t let the flu get the best of you. Americans with Disabilities Act but sometimes we miss something. If you or anyone you know needs Protect yourself and your loved ones help, because of a disability, accessing any service the county provides please contact James Aberson the from flu by getting vaccinated early. Chatham County ADA Coordinator. He can be reached by phone at (912) 652-7937 or email at [email protected]. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, October 30, 2016 Get out and Walk: Walkie Talkies Returns

Chatham County Parks & Recreation… Bringing Quality to Life! Featuring the Frank G Murray Community Center & Whitemarsh Preserve Trail

Cooler weather means we are ready to get out and walk together again! Beginning October 5th, Every WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY Morning at 10:30, we depart from the Community Center and take a walk thru the YMCA trail and over to the Whitemarsh Preserve Trail.

We will have a fast group and a not-so-fast group, led by recreation leaders here at the Frank G Murray Community Center.

Walk time is approx. 1 hour

Walkie Talkies is a WEATHER PERMITTING group activity.

Route varies

Optional: Bring your WALKING POLES, for burning more calories and additional core conditioning

Coastal Campaign for Healthy Kids Offers In-Person Medicaid and PeachCare Enrollment and Renewal Assistance Introducing Our New Team Members The Campaign is pleased to introduce additions to the Campaign Team and welcome Vira Salzburn, Chloe Long and Yahira Heraldez. Vira serves as our program coordinator and Chloe and Yahira are “Mobile” Enrollment Assisters. The Mobile Enrollers will offer Children’s Health Insurance enrollment assistance at various locations, days and times throughout Chatham County and are available for individual appointments. Additionally, Yahira is bilingual and can assist helping Spanish-speaking parents/guardians. Please check with The Coastal Campaign for Healthy Kids offers coastalcampaign.org for a list of upcoming enrollment events or call for an appointment. enrollment and renewal assistance for Children’s Health Insurance Programs, Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids to families who would like to work through the application process with the help of a personal enrollment assister. Most children and teens (Ages 0-19) in Chatham County qualify for one of these free or low- cost health insurance programs. Benefits include regular check-ups, shots, doctor and dentist visits, hospital care, mental health services, prescriptions and more. Getting a child covered gives parents one less thing to worry about. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one out of three children aged 5 to 17 years missed one or more school days due Enrollment Specialist, Chloe Long Vira Salzburn is the new Program Yahira Heraldez is the Campaign’s to illness or injury. Children who have health insurance helps families enroll and renew in Coordinator for the Coastal Bilingual (Spanish-English) are better prepared to learn in school and they are less Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids Campaign for Healthy Kids Enrollment Specialist likely to miss school because they are sick To see if your child is eligible or to enroll now, Eligibility for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids is based on family size and income. Children in a family call (912) 661-3040 or visit coastalcampaign.org of four earning up to $59,904 a year may qualify. Our Enrollment Assistance Partners… In Chatham County, in-person assistance for signing up or renewing coverage is Free In Personal Enrollment available from the Campaign for Healthy Kids enrollment partners: Help for Children’s Health Locations Accepting Walk ins Locations Accepting Appointments Only Coverage at the Bull Street Bull Street Public Library Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council 2002 Bull Street, Savannah Chatham County Health Department Public Library November 8th Details: 2nd Tuesday of each month 1395 Eisenhower Drive, Savannah Hours: 5pm-8pm 912-356-2887 Next events: November 8 & December 13 Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm

Centro Hispano de Savannah Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Center First Hispanic Baptist Church (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) 2 Roberts Street, Savannah 1 Gamble Road, Savannah 912-527-1000 912-429-3803 Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8am-5pm, Hours: Tuesday, 6pm-9pm and Thursday, 9am-4pm, Tuesday & Thursday 8am-7pm, Saturday 9am-2pm 6pm-9pm Moses Jackson Advancement Center Locations Accepting Walk ins and 1410B Richard Street, Savannah Appointments 912-525-2166 Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-2pm FREE in-person, enrollment and renewal assistance for children’s health insurance St. Mary’s Community Center 812 W. 36th Street, Savannah Step Up Savannah programs, Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids, 912-447-0578 • 428 Bull Street, Savannah Pregnancy Medicaid and other public benefits Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9am-3pm 912-232-6747 (SNAP and CAPS) will be available at the Bull Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Street Public Library, 2002 Bull Street, Tuesday, Centro Hispano de Savannah November 9, 2016, from 5:00PM-8:00PM in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Coastal Campaign for Healthy Kids first floor board room (Please arrive by 7:30PM) (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) Mobile Enrollment 1802 Abercorn St, Savannah The Coastal Campaign for Healthy Kids will 912-232-0274 Call for locations. provide one-on-one enrollment assistance on a Hours: Mondays 6pm-9pm 912-661-1272 first come, first served basis. If you are unable to 912-661-1290 (SE HABLA ESPAÑOL) attend, please call Chloe Long at 912-661-1272 Hours: Monday 8:30am-4:30pm, or Yahira Heraldez (se habla Español) at 912- Saturday 10am-12:00pm 661-1290.

For more information on the Campaign for Healthy Kids, call Campaign Manager, With the Cooler Weather Comes Fall Eva Elmer at 912-661-3040 or visit Sports, Get Covered, Get in the Game! coastalcampaign.org. As a parent, you want to do everything you can to be sure your child is We ask everyone to bring a government-issued prepared to play fall sports– including having the required physicals and ID and proof of income. emergency and specialist care for unexpected injuries. Call 912-661- 3040 to talk to an enroller today! This event is free and open to the public. Special Supplement to the Savannah Morning News, Sunday, October 30, 2016 Chairman’s Message continued from p. 1 PIECING TOGETHER THE TALENT PIPELINE On Wednesday, October 5th, after the On Sunday, October 9, 2016, Chatham An Employer Networking Event 11:00 AM advisory, I met again with County began the re-entry process the CEMA Director, County Manager for critical workforce employees and County Attorney to review the throughout the County. This process evacuation decision making process, allowed for critical workforce staff the timeline and other necessary members to return and begin the information regarding Matthew. important recovery and restoration During this meeting, the forecast steps necessary to ensuring the INFORMATION models still expected Matthew to stay County’s safety before allowing its LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY off shore and decrease in intensity. In citizens to return and assess their an evacuation decision, the Chairman personal damage. On the full return of has sole authority to issue a decision the County, citizens were cautioned for the County under the Georgia they should expect no electricity, Emergency Management Act and unknown damage and the possibility the Chatham County Emergency of water outages and contamination. Management Ordinance. Based on Citizens were warned that these the information presented, I decided conditions could possibly continue to issue an evacuation order for the for a week or longer depending on the HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING islands east of the Wilmington River damage to utility infrastructure. As and other low-lying areas. This part of the re-entry process, a county- Connecting business leaders to education and training resources evacuation order was to begin on wide curfew was put in place. The Thursday, October 6, 2016. significant power outages, downed and understanding workforce issues to better meet employer needs. trees and other damages produced an In an evacuation decision, each environment too hazardous for citizens November 3, 2016 jurisdiction has the authority to issue to move around the County during 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM additional orders for their jurisdiction nighttime hours. that are more stringent than the Savannah Technical College County’s order. Tybee Island elected This Hurricane produced enough to issue a mandatory evacuation order damage to qualify Chatham County EVENT REGISTRATION: for their community. As Chairman, I for a Full Presidential Disaster http://www.eventbrite.com/e/piecingtogetherthetalentpipelinetickets28024128924 supported their decision. This same Declaration. This allows FEMA level of authority extends to the programs to be available to Chatham State as well. The Governor’s office County in the areas of Individual has the authority to issue more strict Assistance and Public Assistance. Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, Chatham County and evacuation decisions if desired. I had Shortly after the storm, FEMA teams other local economic and workforce development partners are several discussions with the Governor arrived to assess damage to personal regarding the evacuation timing and homes and property, historical sites, planning to host an Economic/Workforce networking event on decision. The Governor asked if a public buildings and schools. In order Thursday November 3, 2016; called PIECING TOGETHER the mandatory evacuation order would be to assist as many citizens as possible, TALENT PIPELINE. reasonable, and I replied “Yes, I don’t FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance have a problem with that Governor.” Teams are working in neighborhoods The goal of the event is: To promote the community goal of building a prepared With this common understanding, offering guidance in applying for local workforce by connecting business leaders to education and training resources the Governor issued a mandatory FEMA assistance as well as working evacuation order for all coastal with CEMA to secure a site to serve as and understanding workforce issues to better meet employer needs. Proposed counties and we both issued orders a Disaster Recovery Center. outcomes: to evacuate all areas east of I-95 in Chatham County. This trigger allowed Storm recovery is an ongoing process. • Open the lines of communication between workforce development programs for all eastbound lanes of I-16 to be Debris pickup is a time consuming and businesses so that programs can better understand and meet the needs turned to westbound lanes to facilitate job that will take many months to of the employer the evacuation process. fully complete. The Public Works departments is working tirelessly to • Gain knowledge to better refer job-seekers and job-providers to appropriate Chatham County began feeling ensure that this process proceeds as organizations the impacts of Hurricane Matthew expeditiously as possible. We ask that on Friday, October 7, 2016. Those you exercise patience as our teams • Gain awareness of the services and access to the pipeline that stems from residents who remained were urged to make their way through Chatham local workforce programs shelter in place until after the storm. County collecting the debris and Hurricane Matthew’s full strength was performing routine cleaning of areas The agenda outline includes panelist of workforce development providers, the evident in the early hours of Saturday, damaged by the storm. Recovery second panel consist of employers who will share success stories. The event will October 8, 2016, as he passed within can be a long and arduous process, include a resource center staff with a variety of agencies and departments who 30 miles of Chatham County’s especially in areas with such a large have an array of services and supports for employers seeking individuals that meet coastline. tree canopy as Chatham County. industry demands. When it was safe to move around the While Chatham County does not county, Damage Assessment Teams see many hurricanes, these natural Finally, we hope this event will help providers and policy makers better understand and critical infrastructure workers disasters remain our biggest threat. the needs of employers and define ways to piece together the talent pool of began assessing the damage to It is important to remain vigilant individuals with the vacancies within our region for employment. Chatham County. Current estimates and prepared for the day if or when indicate the debris caused by Matthew Chatham County is threatened by a is about 1,278,000 cubic yards, or direct impact from a powerful storm. Event will be held at the Eckburg Auditorium roughly enough to fill the Martin Our citizens are our most important at Savannah Technical College (5717 White Bluff Road). Luther King, Jr. Arena in the Savannah asset, and I am proud of their reaction Check-in and breakfast begin at 8:00 am with program scheduled to begin at 8:30 am; wrap up by 10:00 am. Civic Center 11 times! Public Works to the evacuation process as well as in crews began clearing main roads and how they handled returning to damaged highways so that Georgia Power teams areas. Our strength is truly in how we The event is free but online pre-registration is required: could begin restoring power to the pull together in times of a crisis, and http://www.eventbrite.com/e/piecing-together-the-talent-pipeline-tickets-28024128924 entire county. Chatham County rose to the test.

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{ I-95. Instead of using a clover to merge onto I-16 east build two high span bridges similar to the structure that NEW STARTING SALARIES IN 2016! bound, traffic would enter a fly-over that would bring crosses the Wilmington River on US 80 in Thunderbolt. Salaries start at $34,518 and increase to them directly onto I-16 east bound and eliminate the Construction will be staged to keep traffic flowing but $35,208 after six months. clover and weave for this movement. The second at a restricted rate during construction. The first phase fly-over would be for traffic heading west bound on of the project will be to construct the bridge to the north I-16 that wants to get to Bryan County on south bound while traffic is maintained on the existing bridges. Once I-95. These two movements are the dominant ones opened, all traffic will be swapped to the new bridge and on the interchange and will improve the safety of the the removal of the old bridges and the construction of the interchange as a whole. Work is expected to begin in new one will occur. Obviously there will be delay once calendar year 2017. this swap occurs since there will only be one lane in each direction. The duration of this project is approximately { Another project that will be very noticeable in the 2 ½ to 3 years. And prior to that Georgia Power will coming months is the maintenance of vegetation along be relocating their facilities that are in conflict with the NEW STARTING SALARIES IN 2016! these areas. The GDOT is planning a very aggressive Salaries start at $34,518 and increase to new bridge. This will be a frustrating project over this $35,208 after six months. campaign to clear the entire rights of way along I-16 time period but once complete it will provide constant and I-516. The most noticeable area will be that within uninterrupted service over the river. the I-516 / I-16 interchange. The sight distance for these ramps is very limited. GDOT intends to clear cut the As always patience is requested when it comes to entire area and remove all trees. The goal is to provide dealing with these construction projects over the coming better sight distance and increase safety. This work could years. Many workers will be in these corridors that are begin before the end of the year. vulnerable to traffic in close proximity to their work areas. Please use caution when traveling through these Islands Expressway Bridge Replacement – The Chatham areas and remember those individuals that are working { County Department of Engineering has been designing to make your commute a safer and worry free one. If you a replacement for the old Bascule Bridges for a couple NEW STARTING SALARIES IN 2016! have any additional questions on any of these projects Salaries start at $34,518 and increase to of years. The age and reliability of the existing structure you can contact the Department of Engineering at 912- $35,208 after six months. has deteriorated and many of the parts required to keep 652-7800. the bridge operational are not available. The design is to Special Supplement Use this guide to Saving money, Being prepared Ways to greatly reduce Contact info for property for flooding our impact on assistance within learn about: and lives and hurricanes water resources Savannah & Chatham Co.

Flooding happens where you live: Savannah, Chatham County, and Surrounding Areas As a flat, low-lying coastal region, the a 24-hour period on areas of Chatham Ogeechee rivers and Springfield, Casey, the risk of structural flooding in our natural landscape of our community puts County. Since 1948, Chatham County and Placentia, Pipemakers and Harden canals community, but given our geography various locations within the County and City the surrounding municipalities have flooded have increased vulnerability to flooding. that risk will never be eliminated. at risk for flooding during any long periods more than 15 times due to storms that With such close proximity to the Atlantic Through emergency preparedness and of moderate rainfall or during high volume, produced 4 inches of rainfall or more. There Ocean, we’re also at serious risk for the responsible environmental actions, you short duration rainfalls. Local structural are more than 1,700 dwellings on record that flooding and damage caused by hurricanes. can help reduce some causes of flooding flooding during major storms dates back to flooded during those same weather events. Your City and County governments and protect your family in the event of a 1811 and as recent as July 2007. On June 29, Areas around local waterways such as have invested hundreds of millions of dangerous weather event. 1999, more than 12 inches of rain fell within the Wilmington, Vernon, Forest Grove and dollars over the past 20 years to lessen

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are You? Tips For Protecting Your Valuable Property A Guide to Help Keep You Above Water In the course of a 30-year mortgage, there is a 26% chance You Can Help Prevent Flooding in Your you might experience a flood. Take steps to protect your Own Neighborhood property from flood or Residents can help prevent leaves, trash, and other debris. hurricane damage: localized flooding by keeping Simple actions make a big • Buy flood insurance well in the ditches, culverts, and difference in how well this advance of storm season. Policies storm drains of our stormwater system functions. often have a 30-day waiting period before going into effect, making system clear of yard waste, You should always properly it essential to plan ahead for coverage. collect and dispose of yard • Keep the ditches and drains on your property clear of leaves and waste, including leaves. Raking debris. Report Blocked or blowing debris into the street • Elevate or move furniture and electric items such as TV, stereos, can contribute to flooding. and vegetation that would or local law enforcement appliances and electrical panels. Storm Drains and Litter in the street can cause impede the flow of water. agencies. People caught • Install backwater valves or plugs for drains, toilets, or other Illegal Dumping problems with drainage as It’s illegal to dump trash, dumping can face jail time and/ sewer connections to keep floodwater from entering your well. Any type of debris can home. Install a sump pump in the basement to remove seeping grass clippings, leaves or other or a fine as outlined in County and flood waters. City residents: Call 311 become entangled in culverts County residents: materials including chemicals, Code 24-708 or the City’s Code and shallow streambeds and oil, gasoline or household 4-11004 and 5-2005. Please • Schedule a flood preparation site visit from the City or County. Call (912) 652-6840 reduce drainage causing the Staff will assist property owners with issues related to flooding, products into ditches or other refer to the Point of Contacts stormwater drainage and address any site-specific flooding Online: Chatham County water to back up. Be sure to Connect App drainage systems. If you see Table on the flood map for other concerns. The service is provided free of charge. Please refer to the keep drainage ditches on your illegal dumping, report it to the communities. Point of Contacts Table on the flood map. property free of debris, foliage local public works department • Elevation certificates (EC) of newly constructed or substantially improved buildings and benchmark locations may be obtained, when requested in writing, from the Chatham County Department of Engineering. New, EC are downloadable from each community Be Prepared: Before, During, and After Flood on their Flood webpage. Please refer to the City and County Resources Table. homeowner’s insurance. It’s can sweep away heavy cars • Determine if retrofitting your property would be beneficial. affordable and easy to obtain. and trucks. Remember: Retrofitting means to alter the building to eliminate or reduce Renters can secure flood turn around, don’t drown. flood damage. There are several options to consider: elevation, damage coverage for their Drowning is the number one flood barriers, dry flood proofing, and wet flood proofing. There personal property. Know cause of flood-related deaths, are several references in the public libraries on retrofitting and what items are not covered followed by electrocution. additional documents pertaining to floodplain management topics. See the FEMA guide on retrofitting your house against flooding. and take extra steps to protect • If you are caught at home Visit www.fema.gov for more information. The library at 2002 Bull them. Coverage is limited to by rising water, move to the Street has copies of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and additional only certain items of property second floor or the roof. flood protection literature. in basement and enclosure Take your disaster supply kit • Store materials like sandbags, plywood, lumber and plastic sheeting areas. with you. in case of a serious flooding threat. These materials can help minimize the damage caused not only by flood waters, but also • Do you have questions • If evacuation is required and damage by hurricane force winds. or concerns? Evacuation you can safely do so, turn off routes and the locations of all utilities at the main power emergency shelters can be switch and close any gas found in the phonebook and valves. Stay Informed: Understanding online. Check the “Resources • Understand the flood • On the road, watch for and Before a flood or on the Web” and “Contacts” the Flood Warning System warning system and know avoid floodwaters, fallen hurricane tables inside this publication the safest route to high, safe debris and power lines. for more information. Locally, the Chatham heard on the NOAA weather • Know your flood hazard. ground. Emergency Management radio broadcast at frequency Check with the Chatham Visit Chatham Emergency After a flood Agency (CEMA) manages the 162.40. Management Agency (CEMA): www. During a flood County Department of Danger does not end when flood warning system. Once Local evacuation chathamemergency.org or call (912) Because flood water can Engineering at (912) 652- flood water recedes. CEMA receives a potentially routes can be found in 201-4500 to find out about the flood rise quickly, be prepared to 7800 or City of Savannah warning system and what evacuation dangerous warning, sirens the phone book. For evacuate before the water level Development Services at route you should use. • Return home only when will be activated as well additional information, reaches your property. (912) 651-6530 to find out • Prepare a family disaster authorities indicate it is safe. as the Local Emergency contact CEMA at 912-201- what flood zone you are in Information Network system 4500 or visit the website at: kit. Learn more at: www. • Hidden structural damage and what the Base Flood • Stay informed during a which interrupts television chathamemergency.org ready.gov may make a building unsafe. Elevation is for your lot. weather event. and radio programs to give • Prepare your home. Learn • Follow evacuation orders • Have a professional check further instructions. how to turn off the gas and Note that flood zone determination when issued. your heating, electrical With 95% of Chatham Flood Warning electricity to your house and requests are to be made in writing and system, and appliances for County’s population System: Know do so if flooding is imminent. • Move to higher ground if can be faxed to Chatham County at safety prior to using. covered by an emergency Your Terms (912) 652-7818 and (912) 651-6543 Protect your home against you can do so safely—but DO • Don’t use any food or warning siren, CEMA can for the City of Savannah. You can get high winds associated with NOT attempt to walk, drive, Flood Watch water that was exposed to activate individual siren a good idea of your flood zone and hurricanes and tropical or swim through moving Be on the lookout risk from the map included with this floodwaters. sites in the immediate area storms (install storm shutters, water or flooded areas. for flooding publication and www.sagis.org. Please Just 6 inches of fast moving • Dry your house slowly to alert individuals who refer to the Point of Contacts Table on the reinforce garage doors, etc.) Flood Warning water can knock a person but thoroughly. Pump out are not near a TV or radio. flood map for your area. • Buy flood insurance. Flood Flooding is occurring off their feet and less than 2 flooded basements slowly to Information can also be damage is not covered by feet of swiftly moving water avoid structural damage. 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( d Z Y (6)* T H (7)* WOR c Y (1)* A N D (4)* o n WEN T o i A NN H (2)* OUN T V B EE ISL l (9)* VERNON B URG Y n F T HUN D ER B OL O F F Y O F S A LE (8)* M ING DA Y O F B LOO F T Y O F Y O F P OOLER (5)* Y O F G A R D EN C I T Y O F P OR T U t own Tom McDonald, CFM McDonald, Tom Manager Permitting/Floodplain GA 31405 Savannah, Street, 5515 Abercorn 1895 Office: 912-651-6530 ext. 912-651-6543 Fax: [email protected] www.savannahga.gov CFM Michael Blakely, Manager Program Administrator/CRS Floodplain GA 31401 Room 430, Savannah, 124 Bull Street, Office: 912-652-7814 912-652-7818 Fax: [email protected] www.chathamcounty.org C I T Point of Contacts to determine your flood zone, elevation elevation zone, flood your determine to of Contacts Point and additional flood information certificates, H AM C C H AT MPA Hankins, Caroline Administrator Town GA 31404 Thunderbolt, Drive, 2821 River Office: 912-629-4650 912-354-2038 Fax: [email protected] www.ThunderboltGA.org Brian Harvey ServicesDevelopment GA 31407 Wentworth, Port Hwy, 305 S Coastal Office: 912-964-4379 912-966-7429 Fax: [email protected] www.cityofportwentworth.com C I T Diane Proudfoot Coordinator Administrator/CRS City Clerk/Zoning City of Bloomingdale GA 31302 216, Bloomingdale, Box P.O. Office: 912-748-0970 912-748-1005 Fax [email protected] www.bloomingdale-ga.com C I T Shaw George Manager Planning & Zoning GA 31328 Island, Tybee 2749, PO Box Office: 912-472-5033 or 912-472-5030 912-786-9539 Fax: [email protected] www.cityoftybee.org C I T CFM Kimberly Classen, Coordinator Administrator/CRS Zoning GA 31322 Pooler, 80 SW, 100 Highway Office: 912-748-7261 [email protected] www.pooler-ga.us C I T CFM CBO, MCP, Ron Alexander, City Garden Building Safety Director, GA 31408 City, Garden Avenue, 100 Central Office: 912-966-7777 [email protected] www.gardencity-ga.gov C I T O F T OWN Hungerpiller Jimmy Of Vernonburg Town Mayor, Office: 912- 790 7660 [email protected] (*) Jurisdiction’s Property Identification Numbers (PIN) begin with this number Numbers (PIN) begin Property Identification (*) Jurisdiction’s and the City of S County Chatham U nincorporated Rating Insurance Map (FIRM) please contact the Flood or historical based on the current Letter Determination Zone in making Ifneed assistance or need a Flood (SFHA). you this determination Area Hazard in or near a Special Flood are if you determine Review map to the attached at www.sagis.org. and benchmark of Amendment map information Letter Map zone, flood can also review You Department Services County Chatham Development (912) 652-7814 or the City at of Engineering Savannah Department chart area. (912) 651-6530. Seeyour at above for at www.savannah.gov. City’s and the at web page www.chathamcounty.org County’s page on both the Chatham Protection Flood by visiting the (FIRMettes) and at Otherwww.msc.fema.gove can be viewed maps and flood information Special Supplement What You Need to Know About Flood Insurance Does my homeowner’s insurance cover Natural Resources (DNR) continues to update flood damage? NO. The standard homeowner the maps under the Risk Map program that is or commercial policy does not cover damage currently addressing costal surge inundation for caused by flooding (rising waters). To protect thirteen counties along the Georgia coast. The your property you must buy a flood insurance new preliminary maps are currently undergoing policy. Flood insurance can cover the structure FEMA’s 90-day appeal period and scheduled alone or cover a combination of the structure and to be effective in Fall of 2017. You can view contents. Renters can buy coverage for contents, the Preliminary FIRMS on the UCC and COS even if the owner does not have structural websites or map.georgiadfirm.com. Contact your coverage. A house has a higher percentage of community’s “Point of Contact” listed in the table flooding than suffered from a fire, yet many on the full map page if you have any questions. homeowners do not complain about carrying fire insurance. There is normally a 30-day waiting What happens if my property changes from period before flood insurance goes into effect; low-risk to high-risk because of new Flood it is essential to plan ahead. Contact your local Insurance Rate Maps? With new maps, you insurance agent to get a flood insurance policy. some financial assistance is available, but to address the flood modeling and mapping will likely be required to protect your building usually for only short-term housing and not uncertainties associated with Flood Insurance and its contents with flood insurance if you How much does flood insurance cost? The repairs. Flood insurance is the only sure way to Rate Maps. Because the risk of flooding is have a mortgage. Flood insurance rates for average flood insurance premium in Georgia is be reimbursed for some of your flood losses. reduced significantly, Freeboard results in much high- risk areas are higher, but there are less than $500 per year. Contact your insurance For more information contact your community lower flood insurance premiums. Freeboard is ways to save money with the National Flood agent to determine exact cost. floodplain representative listed on the Point of required by both the flood ordinances of the City Insurance Program “Grandfather Rule”. Under Contacts Table on the flood map. of Savannah and Chatham County. NFIP administrative grandfathering, Post- If I rent my home, can I buy any form of flood FIRM buildings in the Regular Program built in insurance? YES. Renters can obtain coverage What does the City and County do to make What is the Coastal Barrier Resources Act compliance with the floodplain management for their personal belongings and the contents of flood insurance more affordable? Because (CBRA)? The Coastal Barrier Resources Act regulations in effect at the start of construction their home, even if owner of the property does the City of Savannah and Chatham County (CBRA) protects coastal areas that serve as will continue to have favorable rate treatment not insure the home itself. participate in the National Flood Insurance barriers against wind and tidal forces caused by even though higher Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) Program, subscribe to the Community Rating coastal storms, and serve as habitat for aquatic or more restrictive, greater risk zone designations If I live in a low risk area and my System program and have highly rated flood species. CBRS boundaries are established and result from Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) insurance agent says I do not need management programs, homeowners here mapped by the U.S. Department of Interior’s revisions. Buildings constructed in compliance flood insurance what should I do? Many times receive special flood insurance premium Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) which only with earlier maps or continuously covered by homeowners and renters are misinformed. discounts not available to homeowners living Congress can revise CBRS boundaries. To flood insurance stay in their original rate class Flooding can occur outside the high risk area. in neighboring jurisdictions. This means manage development, limit property damage, when maps change or properties are sold. See In Savannah, of the reported 1700 flooded that if you live within the City of Savannah and preserve wildlife and natural resources, www.FEMA.Gov for more information or contact structures, 53% of the buildings were in the or Unincorporated Chatham County, you CBRA restricts Federal financial assistance, your local insurance advocate (see point of Low risk area. Many home owners in a low- are eligible for a 25% discount on their flood including disaster relief assistance provided by contacts table on the flood map). lying coastal region like Chatham County could insurance premiums. The UCC saved 11,794 the Federal Emergency Management Agency benefit from flood insurance. flood insurance policy holders in the SFHA a (FEMA) under the Robert T. Stafford Act and the Is there any help to bring non-conforming, total of $3,004,557 on premiums last year, or an NFIP. The NFlP cannot provide flood insurance flooding structure into compliance with When is flood insurance required? Anyone can average of $255 per policy. The COS saved 2,551 coverage for structures built or substantially local ordinances? Yes. Increased Cost of buy flood insurance but it is required in certain SFHA policyholders $663,658 or an average of improved after the area is designated as a Compliance Coverage is now available through conditions. If you buy a house in a designated $260 per policy. CBRS unit (initial designations went into effect the National Flood Insurance Program and pays high-risk flood zone and receive a mortgage loan October 1, 1983). Minimum NFlP floodplain up to $30,000 to help property owners bring a from a federally regulated or insured lender, your What is Freeboard and how does it benefit management standards do not prohibit the non-compliant structure into compliance with lender is legally bound to require you to maintain me? Freeboard is a safety provision that refers rebuilding of substantially damaged buildings our Flood Damage Protection Ordinance. The flood insurance. to elevating a structure’s lowest level a few feet in CBRS units. However, such structures must structure must have flood insurance, be within above predicted flood elevations (generally 1-3 meet the community’s floodplain management the designated “High Risk” flood zone and the Will Federal disaster assistance pay for flood feet). Storm waters can and do rise higher than regulations, and NFlP coverage is not available community must declare the structure to be damage? Federal disaster assistance is available shown on Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Freeboard for such structures. Lenders should exercise substantially damaged or repetitively flooded. only if the President declares a disaster. Typically, helps protect buildings from storms larger than special care with properties in or near these Increased Cost of Compliance Coverage claims assistance is a loan that must be repaid with those that Flood Insurance Rate Maps are based areas. will only be paid on flood-damaged homes interest. Following a Federal disaster declaration on, and provides an added margin of safety and businesses, and can only be used to pay for When and why do FIRM change? Maps change costs of meeting the floodplain management as money becomes available from congress ordinance in our community. Increased Cost of Resources on the Web or a local government performs a detailed Compliance Coverage is part of the maximum Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.gov study. Developers can produce Letter of Map $250,000 payout set by the National Flood Flood Smart www.floodsmart.gov Amendments (LOMA) in the course of the Insurance Program. For more information on Georgia Environmental Protection Division www.gaepd.org permitting process. Chatham County has seen ICC coverage, call your insurance company www.gema.ga.gov Georgia Emergency Management Agency maps changes throughout the years to include or agent, or call the National Flood Insurance National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.noaa.gov 2008, 2013 and 2014. Georgia Department of Program toll-free at 1-800-427-4661. Georgia Department of Natural Resources www.gadnr.org The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension www.ugaextension.com Georgia Association of Floodplain Management www.gafloods.org U.S. Environmental Protection Agency water.epa.gov National Wetland Inventory http://www.fws.gov Critical Habitat http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab/ River Gages: USGS: http://waterdata.usgs.gov Only Rain Down the Drain!

Floodplains Benefit Everyone Natural floodplains ecosystems. By making wise building exceeds 50% of the generally include marsh areas land use decisions in the buildings value, the activity and low lying areas along canals development and management is considered a “substantial and rivers. Floodplains provide of floodplains, beneficial improvement.” This may fish and wildlife habitat, fertile functions can be protected require that the building be STOP Yard clippings, tree limbs and trash can soil for plant growth and act and negative impacts to the considered new construction It’s Against clog up the storm drains and ditches like reservoirs, storing excess quality of the environment can and be brought up to current the Law! causing street and yard flooding (even rainfall and runoff. Open be reduced. See Water Quality floodplain development with moderate rainfall). parks such as the Henderson, topic on how to protect these standards. Additional Wilmington and Bacon Park. natural habitats. County and City floodplain Golf Courses also act requirements may apply. Please as natural floodplains. Building and Developing see the last question in Flood Polluted Waters Can Cause: Chatham County and the in Floodplains Insurance Frequently Asked City of Savannah also have Most activities in the Questions section above for barrier islands such as Little floodplain—such as grading, additional information. Tybee, Ossabaw, Cabbage and placing fill, building a new Wassaw Islands that serve as structure/addition, or natural protective barriers to repairing/ remodeling an Report Illegal incoming hurricane forces existing structure—require a Development such as wave attacks, and permit. serve to reduce tidal and wind Development within a City residents: Call 311 energies in addition to acting floodplain has the potential County residents: as natural aquatic habitats, to impact flood levels. If not Call Dept of Public Works • Closed recreation areas and beaches due to wetlands, marshes and properly designed, it may (912) 652-6840 Enterococci and E. coli levels estuaries. Continued filling in make flooding worse on your Online: Chatham County • Tainted seafood due to algae blooms of these areas for development property and your neighbor’s Connect App coupled with environmental property. All new construction • Oily film or foul smelling wetlands from coast is vital to a healthy and contamination incidences, must be built to current For more information or to obtain leaking boats and cars such as the fire and gas release productive community. The City and County floodplain a building permit within Chatham • Sick or declining bird populations due to in April 1995 at the Powell natural floodplains that make development standards. County, contact your building official Duffryn Terminals, Inc. site, the up much of our county protect The National Flood at the Chatham County Department of improperly used insecticides sewage spills into the Savannah human life and property from Insurance Program (NFIP) Building Safety and Regulatory Services • Fish dying from sediment clogged gills at 1117 Eisenhower Drive, or phone River, and the February 2008 flood damage in the event and City andCounty code of a storm. The beautiful, them at (912)201-4300. For the City of • Aquatic invertebrates fleeing or dying due to Dixie Crystal (Imperial) Sugar require that if the cost of Savannah, contact the Development plant explosion have crippling functioning wetlands, riparian reconstruction, accumulated Service Department at 5515 Abercorn increased salt levels impacts in these conservation buffers and marshlands offer over a five year period, due to Street or (912) 651-6530. For additional • Car wash detergents increase nitrate levels, zones. Maintaining adequate economic and health benefits any type of damage, addition or contacts, please refer to the Point of Contacts Table on the flood map. promoting the rapid overgrowth of algae flood control along the as well as their rich and diverse other renovations to an existing Special Supplement City and County Resources For other Chatham County municipalities contacts, see Flood Zone Boundaries map. Service Chatham County City of Savannah

Stormwater Site Visit 912-652-7800 www.engineering.chathamcounty.org 912-650-7855 www.savannahga.gov/index.aspx?nid=508 Flood Insurance: 912-652-7814 www.chathamcounty.org 912-651-6530 ext 1895 www.savannahga.gov Determination Michael Blakely Tom McDonald & Elevation Certificates Structural Flood Visit 912-652-7814 Michael Blakely 912-651-6530 ext 1895 Tom McDonald

Clogged Storm Pipe or Ditch 912-652-6840 www.publicworks.chathamcounty.org 311 www.savannah.gov (search word 311)

Grease Separator Inspection 912-652-7800 www.engineering.chathamcounty.org 912-651-6620

Soil Erosion Guidelines 912-652-7800 www.engineering.chathamcounty.org 912-651-6530 www.savannahga.gov/index.aspx?NID=375

Chatham County Emergency Management (CEMA) 912-652-7800 www.chathamemergency.org 912-201-4500 www.chathamemergency.org

Stormwater Quality 912-652-7800 www.engineering.chathamcounty.org 912-650-7855 www.mpcnaturalresources.org www.savannahga.gov/index.aspx?nid=508 www.savannahga.gov

Septic Tanks (Health Depart.) 912-356-2441 www.gachd.org 912-356-2441 www.gachd.org

Recycling Center 912-652-6856 www.chathamcountyrecycles.com 912-652-6856 www.savannahga.gov

Watering Restrictions 912-651-2221 www.savannahga.gov 912-651-2221 www.savannahga.gov

Water Wise Landscaping 912-652-7981 www.bamboo.caes.uga.edu/xeriscape1.html 912-651-2221 Laura Walker (Xeriscape) [email protected]

Water Resources Education 912-651-2221 912-651-2221 Laura Walker & Tours [email protected]

Join the fun! Where’s Your Watershed? Our annual river clean up is every October. The 2016 When rain falls in Savannah it goes one of date is Saturday, October 15th at 8:30 AM at Rivers End two places. It either flows to the Savannah boat ramp. Kayaks are provided. River or the Ogeechee River. Did you know that most of the City of Savannah lies within the Ogeechee River Watershed? That’s why the City and the Ogeechee Riverkeeper recently began installing signs that inform citizens of just that. The signs promote the close connection we have on the land with this important river. In this watershed, each stormdrain, ditch, and canal leads to the Ogeechee River and her tributaries like the Vernon River.

Saturday, October 15th For more information go to ogeecheeriverkeeper.org 8:30-11:00 AM River’s End Boat Ramp

Kayaks Provided savannahga.gov

Let’s all do our part! It is easy to help our waterways stay clean and healthy for everyone.

Healthy water resources are important to the economy and quality of life in Chatham County. Here are 3 easy ways YOU can help keep our water clean 1 Pick Up Pet Waste 2 Collect Rain Water 3 Create Backyard Habitats

Picking up your pet’s waste is How many of us are gardening can increase. By providing not just a common courtesy, it NOTE: The best way to these days? How many of us other places for food, water, is a health necessity. Picking up dispose of your pet’s have created special spaces and shelter wildlife can spread after your pet helps reduce the waste is in the toilet. The in backyards, courtyards, out and away from the water. likelihood of its waste ending up most common way is patios and balconies? While So think about adding a plant in our waterways. Considering using a special pet waste these spaces bring us personal in your outdoor space that pet feces are common carriers bag or plastic grocery bag There are so many ways to rewards they can also help attracts wildlife. Why not add catch rain to use for your NOTE: You can purchase a of nasty things like heartworms, that you put in your trash. protect our waterways. All a water source that provides garden and indoor plants. It is rain barrel from your local whipworms, parvovirus, and E. Composting pet waste is wildlife needs habitat with fresh, clean water free of coli, it’s important to do your the best and it is free! But did garden store or learn how food, water, and shelter. When mosquitoes. You can find the tricky business and not duty! If left on the ground the you know that collecting rain to make your own www. the only habitat is close to perfect plants at your local rain will carry the feces to the recommended for the helps reduce pollution in our savannahga.gov the waterway, wildlife will nursery but please make note nearest stormdrain which goes average city home owner. waterways? When you capture congregate and fecal pollution of these important tips: straight to a waterway. rain on your property you keep it from flowing into the street • It is always best to stick with native plants. Visit your local How does that impact 160,000! When a waterway stormwater drains. When it garden center or www.coastscapes.org for selections. everyone in Chatham exceeds the average the State flows to the drain it will carry County? The State and the requires the City and County to with it things left on the ground • Check to be certain your plants do not contain any insecticides Environmental Protection test the water. They also require like fertilizer, oil, gas, litter and that may be harmful to wildlife like neonicotinoids. Agency requires Georgia’s new codes to restrict certain any other pollutants. So not only • Read the label carefully to ensure your plant(s) will thrive in coastal waterways to average activities until the waterway can you feel good about giving your space. less than 200 counts of fecal returns to normal. Both testing your plants nutritious rain you bacteria in a water sample. Pet and new regulations cost money can feel great about protecting for all citizens. our waterways too! If you want great step by step instructions on how to make wildlife habitats at home waste can have counts above visit the National Wildlife Federation website and the Garden for Wildlife page. Special Supplement

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1 - Build‐Your‐Own Rain Barrel Workshop May 26th, 2016 10am‐12pm @ The Resource Conservation Education Center‐ Savannah Presented by GA DNR‐ Coastal Management Program & Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve –Coastal Training Program

Why Rain Barrels? Placed under one of your downspouts, rain barrels conveniently collect rainwater that you can use to water gardens and lawns, wash cars or even fill birdbaths and ponds. A 1000 square foot roof yields about 600 gallons per inch of rainfall, so that’s a lot of water (and money) to be saved. We’ve even seen them hooked up to a soaker hose for easy and free garden watering. At the Workshop There will be a brief presentation on the benefits of rain barrels and overall water conservation. We will then go over in detail how to construct your rain barrel and assist with installation. Registration includes the barrel and kit to connect it to your gutter downspout. All necessary tools and equipment will be provided. If you do not have gutters and downspouts we will assist you with adapting your rain barrel to an open top system. Register for this workshop at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SavMay26 For more information contact: Kelly.o’[email protected] [email protected]

This program is made possible by The Coca-Cola Company and coordinated by select local watershed conservation groups, such as River Network and Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Drums used in these workshops are donated by the Jacksonville Coca-Cola Plant. Funding for this program also provided by NOAA through the Georgia Coastal Management Program DID YOU KNOW THAT STORM DRAINS AND ROADSIDE DITCHES LEAD DIRECTLY

TO OUR WATERWAYS? SO, ANY TRASH, FERTILIZER, PET WASTE-EVEN YARD

CLIPPINGS THAT ENTER THE STORM DRAIN GOES DIRECTLY INTO OUR RIVERS

AND MARSHES. REMEMBER STORMDRAINS ARE ONLY FOR STORMWATER. FOR

MORE INFO VISIT M-P-C NATURAL RESOURCES DOT O-R-G.