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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/22/2000 1225 Main Street [] Sebastian~ Florida 32958 Telephone (561) 589-5330 [] Fax 1561) 589-5570 City Council Information Letter September 22, 2000 Florida Recreation Development Assistance Pro,qram You will notice that the September 27th City Council meeting agenda includes a recommendation from this office to submit a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) grant application to seek funding for future parks and recreation enhancements. A Fiscal Year 2001 FRDAP award is being recommended to help finance actually two potential projects. One proposal is a final acquisition of property to complete south riverfront improvements (an additional 2-acre parcel adjacent to the recently acquired former Good Guys, Inc. property). This arrangement will help to complete the overall plan as originally envisioned last year, a total 4-acre improvement, east and south of the existing Riverview Park. Acquisition arrangements will not be formally finalized until and if the City of Sebastian is successful in being awarded a grant. However, be advised that improvements will actually begin during Fiscal Year 2001, commensurate with your authorization of a grant agreement with the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND), anticipated for delivery in the coming weeks. A second proposal will be to begin a Filbert Street Passive Park development, as much interest has been expressed to implement such a program. As such however, next week's authorization is necessary, as the application deadline is October 13th. Fortunately, the City of Sebastian will have a degree of flexibility with regard to project funding. As always, I will advise City Council accordingly. Martha Winin.qer Dedication on Schumann Drive Please be advised that arrangements for the Martha Wininger Schumann Drive dedication are being made to include a ceremony via the unveiling of a plaque recently ordered per direction of City Council last month. The plaque (a memorial marker, if you will) will be situated on Schumann Drive City Council Information Letter September 22, 2000 Page 2 just west of the existing Schumann Fountain. Installation of the plaque will likely commence after the holiday season, as delivery is anticipated in about ninety days. As such, a ceremony will be scheduled just prior to final installation arrangements, well after alt improvements to the Schumann Driver thoroughfare are complete. I will keep all of you abreast as to the progress, as again, this arrangement represents a sound gesture on part of the City of Sebastian. CROP WALK Please be advised that this yeaCs annual CROP WALK will take place in Sebastian Sunday October 22nd beginning at 2:00 p.m. along County Road 512, beginning at the Sebastian Elks Lodge. All arrangements for this event have been facilitated, including respective coordination with the Police Department to provide traffic controls and other efforts to make the event both safe and successful. You may recall the purpose of CROP WALK, a Church World Service sponsored annual program positioned to raise funds for world wide hunger relief, farming and overall self-sufficiency. Also keep in mind that participants are being recruited, as necessary applications are available here in City Hall for interested parties. Enclosure(s): Profile - CROP WALK My Documents/In foLetter60 SEBASTIAN CROP WALK 1251 Fellsmere Road Sebastian, FL 32958 Connie Haynes 664-2354 or Mildred Wood 589-3310 Coordinators City of Sebastian 1225 Main Street Sebastian, FL 32968 Attn: Mr. Terrance Moore Dear Terry: The SEBASTIAN CROP WALK 2000 takes place on October 22, 2000, concurrently with the Veto Beach Walk. As you probably know, CROP's mission, under the sponsorship of Church World Service, is to wipe out global and local hunger. Last year's WALK was a great success, and we're looking for an even greater turnout this year. One of the best things about CROP is that it allows 25% of the funds that we raise in Indian River County to stay right here, divided equally among emergency feeding pantries in Roseland, Fellsmere and Veto Beach. Many churches and organizations have already joined us, but if you haven't, we are extending a special invitation to have you join us this year. I am enclosing a flyer giving all of the basic information about the WALK itself and the route it takes. Of course, there are lots of other publicity, educational, and walkers and sponsors materials that will be available on Sunday, September 17, 2 p.m. at the United Church of Sebastian, 1251 Fellsmere Road. A video tape is also accessible for showing to your congregation. The Regional Director of CROP, Bill Ringgold, will also be present at this meeting to answer any questions you may have. We hope that a representative from your Church will be present on September 17th to pick up those materials, but if that is not possible, we'd be glad to deliver them to you. We're also very enthusiastic about the work that we do with CROP, and would be very glad to meet with any group in your church. Thanks very much for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely yours, Mildred F. Wood Co-Coordinator (589-3310) SEBASTIAN CROP WALK 2000 DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2000 TIME: 2:00 P.M. PLACE: The WALK begins and ends at the Sebastian Elks Lodge at the intersection of Fellsmere Road (C.R. 512).and Fleming Street. ROUTE: 2.6 miles - west on Fellsmere Road to Roseland Road, cross and return on south side of Fellsmere Road COMMUNITY GOAL: $8,000 EACH WALKER GOAL: $80 CROP WALK RECII~IENTS: 75% - World Hunger projects and disaster relief 25% - of tolal money raised will stay locally and be used at food panlries in Ruseland, Fellsmere and Vero Beach WHAT TO WEAR: Comfortable clothes and shoes for walking. Rain gear, if necessary. WEATHER: The CROP WALK will be held rain or shine. SAFETY: Please slay on the route and follow the directions of the WALK Arrangement Committee representatives. For your safety, NO bicycles, roller blades, skateboards, etc. are allowed. REST STOPS: There will be a rest stop with water and rest room facilities available at the WinnDixie (1.3 miles). A United Church of Sebastian bus will be there to pick up walkers who need a ride back to the Elks Lodge. WHAT EACH WALKER MUST DO BEFORE YOU WALK: Get sponsors!l! Relatives, friends, neighbors, business associates - anyone who agrees to pay any amount they wish. The goal is for each Walker to raise at least $80. Checks should be made payable to CWS/CROP, INSURANCE WAIVER: SIGN THE INSURANCE WAIVER ON THE FRONT OF YOUR ENVELOPE!! ~ REGISTRATION: Register by turning in the sponsor record envelope and ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE RAISED. ON THE WALK DAY: WALK!! This is a visible wimess to the entire community that you care about hungry people. QUESTIONS: Call Connie Haynes CROP WALK Coordinator - 664-2354 or Mildred Wood - 589-3310 SEBASTIAN CROP WALK ROUTE I I ~ l ROSELAND ROAD FLEMING ST. for updates on Church World Service emergency response and programs Hotline for the week of July 31, 2000 (also at http://www.churchworldservice.org ): n Middle East peace talks resume · Tornado hits south-central Minnesota n Assistance to flood-affected families continues in Madagascar ® CWS assists economically-distressed Armenians $ Indigenous Nicaraguans receive health assistance Middle East Peace -- Though the Camp David summit between Israel's Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has ended without a hoped-for agreement, we join with people of faith around the world to pray that these intensive negotiations will prove to be a vital stepping stone to peace as both leaders resume talks on July 30 at the border of the Gaza Strip. Minnesota -- On July 25, a tornado hk the south-central Minnesota community of Granite Falls, killing at least one person, and damaging or destroy/ng as many as Palestinian children play with marbles in Shatee refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters 350 homes and businesses. The priority for this town of 3,000 is to get families back into their homes as cleanup efforts go forward. CWS Regional Director Perri Graham, who is working with CWS Emergency Facilitator Ellis Wykstra, is conducting an initial assessment of needs. Wykstra will visit the community in mid-August to determine long-term needs. Madagascar -- Ivan DeKam, CWS International Disaster Response Consultant, reports that local coordination committees, which are responsible for identi .f.f.fy/ng families to receive health kits and seed inputs, are at work in 20 locales in Madagascar where distributions are ongoing. Madagascar was affected earlier this year by cyclones, heavy, rains, and floods that struck several Southern African countries, causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose their homes, belongings and crops. Health clinics in several communities are also being rehabilitated through the Food for Work component of the program. CWS is providing 3,000 families with Housing Rehabilitation Kits and Rural Resettlement Kits, which are designed specifically for needs in Madagascar. Thus far, CWS has provided $793,000 for flood relief and recovery efforts in Mozambique, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe. Armenia -- CWS start-up grants and other assistance are helping to promote small-scale agricultural projects in Armenia, where the economy has suffered extreme setbacks since the fall of the Soviet Union. The situation is exacerbated by the displacement of thousands of Armenians by the conflict with Azerbaijan. Government services such as medical care, agricultural support, employment, housing and heating have almost disappeared, and the food production system has not recovered from the demise of the Soviet-era collective farms. Besides providing grants for small-scale agricultural projects, CWS assistance will help to train project participants in accounting and project reporting, and will help to engage church leaders in social selwl ce ministries. Nicaragua -- CWS is assisting Christian Medical Action (CMA), which works in 71 remote, rural communities along Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast, where there is littIe or no existing health care. In response to the situation, CMA is promoting preventative health care to some 30,000 indigenous people fi.om five ethnic groups living in the region. CWS assistance focuses on one community in Rama Cay, San Francisco de los Caries, where CMA's Child Health Project provides health training to benefit more than l,I00 children, from infants through school age. Training in various health-related topics is provided to teachers and students at elementary schools, and members of health committees, community organizations, women's groups, women health promoters, and midwives. CMA's health projects include components in agriculture, horticulture, livestock-raising, the training of midwives and health promoters, and construction of meeting centers, wells, and latrines. Health instruction in the schools includes training in washing hands, brushing teeth, and trimming nails. The children also receive vitamins, along with fluoride and lice Your Ixay ers and ~ppo ri make possible these and other life sustaining programs. GilLs ma:, be made through your local zhurch, or directly to Church World Service. P.O Box 908. Elkhart, IN 46515. To make a credit card contribution, please call 1-800-297- t 516. ext. 222, or visit the CWS ~ebsite al ss~sv~.church~ orlds~ r~ ice. o rg For in ferrnation abuut CWS/C ROP community es ents in .~ om' area. [~ease all your reg~Orml office at 1-888-297-2767. For for updates on Church World Service emergency response and programs Hotline for the week of August 14, 2000 (also at http://www, churchworldservice, org ): · U.S. Wildtires blaze through I 1 states · CWS to assist families displaced by violence in Indonesia · Hunger ih the Horn of Africa · Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in Bosnia · Building homes in Venezuela U.S. Wildfires -- At least 65 wildfires continue to burn tkroughout 11 western states. Some 8 million acres of land have been closed to public use. The total area burned this year in the western U.S. is approximately 4.3 million acres, making this the worst fire season in nearly halfa century. CWS Regional Disaster Facilitator Nell Molenaar is working with the Washington Association of Churches to respond to unmet needs in that area. Indonesia -- Violence between Christians and Muslims in parts of Indonesia has left more than 2,500 people dead and 5,000 injured since January 1999. Apprordmately 450,000 are internally displaced in the provinces of North Maluku, South Maluku (Ambon), North Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and South Sulawesi -- all part of the chain of islands known as the Maluku Islands. Tensions have risen since the independence of Indonesia, when the Maluku Island population significantly increased, primarily due to the arrival of thousands of predominantly Muslim migrants fi.om other areas of the country.. The economic crisis of 1997-1998 exacerbated the situation among some native Ambenese, who felt they were being marginalized in political life and had less access to resources. CWS is planning to assist some 3,300 internally displaced persons in Buton and Kupang. The program v-ill be distributing food packages and non-food items (such as tarps, bedding, mosquito netting, cooking equipment, and kerosene) to families in need. In addition, approximately 20 health and nutrition specialists will be monitoring nutritional concerns of the families. Itorn of.M'fica -- "Like other families... Bali Dadi and his wife have tried their luck combining cattle hold with growing maize," reports Nils Carstensen, of ACT International. "But the persistent drought that has upset the livelihood of people across a great swathe of Ethiopia, Eritrea. Somalia and Kenya, has hit this t~mily, ton." Drought and resulting food shortages continue to plague parts of the Horn of Afl'ica. In Ethiopia alone, some million individuals are in need of food aid. CWS is responding in Ethiopia through the relief efforts of ACT and the Joint CommaniO/members await the arrival of relief sssistance in drought-ptagned Harawa. Ethiopia. Photo by Mike KolIOff~I/ACT lntemalienaL Relief Partnership, which are providing assistance to 755,000 people this year. CWS has also provided $30,000 for blankets and sleeping mats for 2,500 Eritrean families, uprooted by the border war with Ethiopia, which has exacerbated the food shortage situation. In Kenya, CWS is seeking funds to purchase 443 metric tons of beans to distribute to more than 65,000 people through Kenyan partner, the Community, Resource Initiative (CPI). Bosnia -- CWS is helping people in Bosnia to regain their livelihoods. While unemployment remains high, at about 80%, "It's incredible to see how fast these people recover, how fast they are going ahead," says Dzevad Avdagi& who coordinates CWS agricultural and micro- ~ . enterprise initiatives with returnees and others in Bosnia. In one of CWS's many recovery, projects, some 368 displaced farming families in the Mostar Canton of Bosnia are rebuilding their lives as they return to their homes. CWS is assisting these families by providing two tractors with anachments to the villages of Hodbina, Gubavica and Pijesci, and helpihg to increase food production and household income through the cultivation of 160 hectares (395 acres). The project will also foster ceoperation and communication within the villages and the region through the shared use of the farm machinery.. Venezuela -- The Ecumenical Committee for the Emergency. and the Reconstruction of Venezuela (CEER), with the help of CWS and others, has developed a project for the consWaction of S0 homes ih the city. of Santa B~bara del Tuy. The project will assist survivors uprooted by flooding and mudslides last December who have not received government assistance.