Carbondale Communique' 4 Outdoor Warning Sirens Tested Monthly Au gust/September 2012 City of Carbondale, Illinois www.explorecarbondale.com Outdoor warning sirens are tested on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. During inclement weather, sirens will not be tested. If a siren is sounded other than during a scheduled test, City O cials and Sta Extend A Warm this alarm indicates an actual emergency. Remember that a watch From the Mayor Welcome to New Students and Residents means that conditions are favorable for severe weather to develop and a warning means that severe weather is occurring and you Wednesday at noon, they sponsor center, which will be an exciting new Welcome all new residents and students to Carbondale. Carbondale should take shelter immediately. a free Brown Bag Concert by local development for the community. offers the luxuries people expect in a large city while maintaining the musicians. Bring your own lunch And, the Buckminister Fuller Dome comforts and charm of a small town. (and a chair) or pick up something group is getting close to renovating In Carbondale you will find abundant housing options for students new from a downtown restaurant. Bucky’s Dome which should draw through retirement living, state of the art medical, technical and August The Following Meetings will be held at the Carbondale Civic Center, Every Friday evening from 6:00 to people from around the country. professional services and facilities, excellent schools and churches, and 200 South Illinois Avenue, and Televised LIVE on CityVision 16 9:00, come out for Main Street’s Carbondale has the most diverse outstanding social and cultural activities sponsored by the community Date Meeting Time Friday Night Fair featuring live population of any place I’ve lived and University. The City has an expansive retail district, more than 100 Tues/7th & 21st Carbondale City Council 7:00 p.m. music, locally grown produce, and and, if you haven’t noticed by restaurant options, unique specialty shops in a historic Downtown District, handmade products. now, Carbondale is a very unique as well as attractive parks and recreational facilities, all nestled amid the Wed/1st & 15th Planning Commission 7:00 p.m. 2012 has been a year of Silver town. Carbondale has some pretty natural beauty of Southern Illinois. Mon/13th Carbondale Park District Board 6:00 p.m. Anniversaries for a number of unique restaurants and businesses, We invite you to get acquainted with your City and all of the services prominent Carbondale institutions unique people, and, of course, available to you as residents of Carbondale. Through this newsletter, Other Scheduled Meetings at the Carbondale Civic Center, 200 South Illinois Avenue The Carbondale Farmer’s Market operates at the Westown Shopping Center April through November on Saturday mornings. This seasonal open-air market offers locally grown vegetables and fruit as they come in season as well Mayor Joel Fritzler including Carbondale Community unique concerns. To deal with these City staff are dedicated to providing municipal news to residents of the Thurs/2nd Liquor Advisory Board 5:30 p.m. as locally grown herbs, annuals, perennials and a variety of crafts. Arts, Keep Carbondale Beautiful, concerns, over a hundred residents community. In every issue you will find information on services available, Mon/6th Human Relations Commission 6:30 p.m. and Hunan Restaurant. At about serve on a variety of boards and as well as announcements and upcoming events. We also encourage you Thurs/16th Sustainability Commission 6:00 p.m. For those of you returning to 6:00 pm on August 8, Hunan will commissions that advise the city to visit the Carbondale Web site explorecarbondale.com for news and CARBONDALE PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS INVITES YOU TO... Carbondale from your summer celebrate their 25th Anniversary council and staff on various issues. information pertaining to all areas of City government, as well as links to area Scheduled Meetings at Other Locations jaunts, “Welcome back.” If you are with a Chinese Dragon Dance The involvement and volunteerism organizations and the abundant resources available in Southern Illinois. THE new to Carbondale then, “Welcome and firecrackers, so come out for of these people really adds to the From the governmental perspective, Carbondale strives to have an Wed/8th Library Board of Trustees 4:30 p.m. to the Cultural Capital of Southern the festivities and stay for some uniqueness of Carbondale. Conference Room, 405 West Main Street open platform for its citizenry, where the voices of all residents are heard Illinois.” Whether you are here to great food. There are many ways for Carbondale High School and respected. Regular City Council meetings are held on the lst and 3rd Thurs/16th 7:00 p.m. live and work, or to attend SIU, On Saturday, Aug. 25 at 7:00 you to get involved, whether by Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Civic Center at 200 South Illinois District #165 you have made the right choice. pm, the Carbondale Chamber of volunteering at The Women’s Avenue. The meetings are also televised live on the City's governmental CCHS Cafeteria, 1301 East Walnut Street OUTDOOR AQUATIC CENTER I’m celebrating my 16th year as a Commerce is hosting Carbondale Center, the Boys & Girls Club, cable channel CityVision 16, which may be found on Mediacom Channel Thurs/16th Carbondale Elementary School 7:00 p.m. Carbondalean, but I’ve also lived in Community Day at the Southern the I Can Read Program, or one Items from St. Louis' 16. City Council recordings are also available on the City's Web site. District #95 Appetizers & Buffet Indiana, Oregon, Botswana, Malawi Illinois Miners’ baseball game at of Carbondale’s other community The Mayor, City Council and City staff are here to serve you and look Administration Center, 925 South Giant City Road and Albania so, I can truly say this Rent One Park in Marion. Several organizations. In any case, the best forward to making your acquaintance. For information about all of the about Carbondale, “There is no fun events are being planned for the way to feel that you are a part of a services available to you through the City of Carbondale, contact the Sameem Afghan Restaurantery place quite like this place.” evening, but at least come out to see community is to become part of the Carbondale City Hall at 549-5302 or stop by and visit us at 200 South The Following Meetings will be held at the Carbondale Civic Center, ouis' French Bak Thursday, August 2, 2012 6-9PM September Dessert from St. L Fall is my favorite time of year to if I bean one of the Miners’ mascots community, and we want you to be Illinois Avenue. 200 South Illinois Avenue, and Televised LIVE on CityVision 16 Carbondale Civic Center, 200 S. Illinois Ave. be in Southern Illinois as the weather when I throw out the first pitch. part of this community. Date Meeting Time $40 Per Guest or $300 Table of Eight. is perfect to get out to enjoy various Besides the countless events, If you ever have any questions La Bonne Bouchee activities organized by groups festivals, and concerts for which about the City, feel free to contact City Council Approves Study for Downtown Tues/11th & 25th Carbondale City Council 7:00 p.m. Thanks to our Generous Sponsors 100% of the ticket price throughout the region. On every Southern Illinois is known, there me at [email protected] Tax Increment Financing District Wed/5th & 9th Planning Commission 7:00 p.m. will go towards the building of the Super Splash Park. Wednesday and Friday in Aug. and are a number of organizations in the or 457-3229. Mon/10th Carbondale Park District Board 6:00 p.m. Sept., come downtown to the Town region that are working on a variety In June the Carbondale City Council approved a measure to enter into Square Pavilion to enjoy live music of projects that may be of interest to Have a great fall, a contract with Peoria-based Ruyle Hullinger and Associates to study Other Scheduled Meetings at the Carbondale Civic Center, 200 South Illinois Avenue and local food at two of Carbondale you. The Carbondale Park District the feasibility of a Tax Increment Financing District for Downtown Mon/6th Liquor Advisory Board 5:30 p.m. Main Street’s famous events. Every is working on a new outdoor aquatic Joel Fritzler, Mayor Carbondale. Tax Increment Financing Districts allow municipalities to Jackson County Voter Registration Information capture the tax generated by the increased value of properties located Mon/10th Human Relations Commission 6:30 p.m. within the specified area. The City and a developer negotiate and enter To be eligible to register to vote, include the person’s name. the Carbondale City Clerk’s Office Mon/17th Preservation Commission 7:00 p.m. into a redevelopment agreement which allows the City to reimburse a person must (1) live in Illinois A person who changes their name located at 200 South Illinois Avenue a developer for certain development costs including land acquisition, Thurs/20th Sustainability Commission 6:00 p.m. at least 28 days prior to the next (i.e. gets married) must completely in Carbondale, the Jackson County demolition, building renovation, architectural and engineering costs and election, and (2) be at least 18 re-register in order to be eligible Clerk’s Office located in the Jackson Scheduled Meetings at Other Locations any necessary environmental cleanup. years of age by the date of the to vote. A person who is already County Courthouse in Murphysboro, The City is in communication with at least two developers and land Wed/12th Library Board of Trustees 4:30 p.m.