C.O.N.A. of South Pinellas County

FESTIVALS & FUN

May 14, 2000

FRONT PAGE CONA MAY NEWSLETTER


May 20th at 10:00AM
Neighborhood Festival 2000 will take place at Lakewood
Soccer Field 2000 Country Club Way St. Petersburg.
Events will include Miss Lakewood Estates Pageant,
Dunk a cop tank, Pony rides, St. Anthony's health
screening, American Red Cross, K9 demonstration,
Bicycle rodeo and registration, Police Mobil Resource
Center Bus, SPIFFS, Rescue Wildlife and rehab, SPCA,
Food and entertainment, Antique car show, DARE,
Lots more! For more information Contact: Officer Richard Grimberg


Pinellas County Millennium Celebration
May 20 at 3:00 PM at The Science Center
7701 22nd Avenue North, St. Petersburg
Another Pinellas County Millennium Celebration exhibits
include: Space Shuttle exhibit, Radio Controlled Airplanes,
Tampa Bay Line Flyers, Captain Tom McClelland, Moon
Rock Display, Model Rocket launches all FREE.
Planetarium Shows on the hour from 3:00 to 8:00 admission:
$1.00. Laser Shows 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 admission: $2.00
For more information contact: Cindy Paquin 384-0027

JUNETEENTH FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL
June 17 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Multi-generational and mlti-ethnic celebration,
Entertainment, music, dance, arts & crafts,
Children's Activities, and much more

COMPUTERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
CONA, in partnership with an impressive list of other organ-
izations throughout our city, has developed a project to
collect and recycle used computers. COMPUTERS FOR
OUR COMMUNITY (CFOC) has collected hundreds of
donated used computers and is currently refurbishing these
machines. The machines will be distributed to individuals
and organizations who otherwise would not have access to
a computer. As part of the distribution process, we are pro-
viding training so that recipients of these machines will be
able to use them effectively. This is a growing and exciting
project that will produce very tangible benefits for St. Peter-
sburg. If you would like to get involved in this project
as a Donor, a recipient or a volunteer, please contact:


TASTE OF PINELLAS
June 2nd to 4th
All Children's Hospital presents TASTE OF PINELLAS with 60
restaurant vendors, chef specialties, kids activities, and
concerts. Free admission. Vinoy Park, 7th Ave. NE & North
Shore Drive NE. For more information please call 892-4193.

ESPN XTRIALS
May 19 to 21
Come see international athletes in alternative sports compete
in aggressive in-line skating, bicycle stunt & skateboarding.
Qualifiers are for ESPN XGames. The Pier & Spa Beach Park,
800 2nd Ave. NE. For more information please call 821-6164.


Dome District BLOCK PARTY
May 19 from 5 to 9 p.m.
On Central Avenue from 11th to 13th Streets.
Monthly free concert, Local bands to be announced
For more information please call 822-4562.




Presidents Report

Dear Neighbors,

CONA?’s first Town Meeting for 2000 was held on May 3rd. At this meeting City Council Members answering questions from the audience and it turned out to be a great success. The Council Members answered all question but two that were asked of them. The two questions that were not answered could not be answered do to the Sunshine Law. The first question and probability the most important one asked was "Did the City Council Members give any weight to a Neighborhood Associations even though most associations represent less than 10% of the residents in any given area." All the Council Members answer YES, which goes to show you we do make an impact. The Council Members were thanked for coming out and sharing their time and views with everyone.

I would like to give special thanks to the Membership Committee for doing a great job on short notice. I learned that one of our neighborhood associations was thinking about disbanding and was having probability, they?’re last meeting. The Membership Committee, on short notice, attended the meeting and persuaded the association to continue. This committee could use some more members, if you are available please see Charlie Miller at the Next Board meeting.

We now have two CONA Vision meetings going at the same time. The meeting with Mike Dove is at city hall, on the first Tuesday of every month and starts at 5:30. Tim Clemmons group also meets once a month and the meetings are posted on the website.

The Police Department has a new way of informing the Neighborhood Associations on what is going on in their neighborhoods. At the May Board meeting the Police Department will present this new program to us all.

Have you looked at the CONA website lately? We have doubled our hits in the past couple of months. Conrad has been busy making it more interesting and more information each month. We now post most neighborhood meetings and any events going on in the city.

Have a nice month and we will see you on the 17th.

Your neighbor, Jim Biggerstaff

City Boards & Committees Vacancies
CONA and The City Needs Your Help Filling These Vacancies!
Committee to Advocate for Persons w/Impairments (CAPI)
1 Regular Member; 2 Alternate Members - (Terms expire 12/31/01)
City Beautiful Commission
5 Regular Members - (1 Term expires 12/31/01; 4 Terms expire 12/31/00)
Civil Service Board
3 Alternate Members - (Terms expire 6/30/01 and 6/30/02(2))
Environmental Development Commission
1 Regular Member Builder/Developer Category - (Term expires 6/30/02)
Housing Roundtable
1 Regular Member Homebuilder/Developer Category - (Term expires 12/31/02)
Human Relations Review Board
1 Regular Member (Disabled Category) - (Term expires 9/30/99)
International Relations Committee
1 Regular Member - (Term expires 6/30/02)
Nuisance Abatement Board
1 Alternate Member - (Term expires 8/31/99)
Planning/Historic Preservation Commission (Engineer category)
1 Alternate Member and 1 Regular Member (Terms expire 6/30/02)