Information
about City of Vestavia Hills Committees
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in December 2000, the purpose of this committee is to provide recommendations
to the City Council on requests for annexation of properties into
the City of Vestavia Hills. The committee helps to provide a consistent
process for the evaluation of annexation requests and uses a process
that involves all stakeholders (Board of Education, Police, Fire,
Engineering and Public Safety) to bring about improved accountability
to the public for the quality of decisions made. The committee meets
on a quarterly basis and reviews each annexation petition for minimum
tax assessed values, school system impact, fire and police protection
issues and engineering and public safety issues and then passes
an affirmative or negative recommendation to the City Council for
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The
purpose of this committee is to assist in meeting the needs of
those people who serve as caregivers and volunteers in our community
and others who need assistance from their neighbors through recommendations
and referrals to currently available Care Teams. Many people who
are older need assistance and rather than have one individual
attempt to provide assistance to that individual, it has been
demonstrated that it is better to have a group of people (5 or
6) who have been well trained to assist in helping their neighbors
deal with adversities.
By encouraging care teams, we feel we can be of great assistance
to these individuals within our community who need care and help.
The
committee also publishes articles that recognize, celebrate and
encourage any caring volunteer activity through the Vestavia Hills
Community Newsletter.
The committee meets once a month (one hour) to bring ideas and
brainstorm about future VH Newsletter articles and activities
that can be done to promote caring activity through volunteerism.
Articles are written by committee individuals and edited within
the committee, prior to submission for publication.
Multigenerational caring activities continue to be the highest
priority. Referral(s) and advise to inquiring individuals who
may need assistance or those who may want to volunteer, by giving
resources and opportunities.
The
committee is open to fresh ideas for article topics that suggest
more ways to foster this caring activity. Any interested citizen
may join our band of volunteer Care team Leadership Committee.
For more information e-mail
Betsy
Frazer
or call the VH Care Team Info Line: 978-0218.
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| This
committee was appointed in an attempt to encourage people with different
cultural backgrounds to become more involved in the activities of
the city. This committee includes some individuals who were born
in other countries and then immigrated to the United States and
settled in Vestavia Hills. We are pleased that the Diversity Committee
planned an International Food Festival this past spring which was
extremely successful. Foods from ten nations were featured and it
is hoped to expand this event next year to include not only the
presentation of foods of other countries but the sharing of various
aspects of the culture of these countries. |
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Economic
Development Committee
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Economic Development Committee is a joint committee between the
City of Vestavia Hills and the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce.
The responsibility of this committee is to identify the type of
businesses needed in Vestavia Hills and then work with the Chamber
of Commerce and City in helping to attract businesses to our city.
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committee meets for the purpose of discussing legislation at the
state and national level that has an impact on the Vestavia Hills
schools. The committee is also charged with the responsibility
of informing other citizens in the community about these issues
and what we can do as a community to have an influence on the lack
of adequate funding for our schools in Vestavia Hills. The
committee also discusses what proactive steps might be taken for
the enhancement of education in Vestavia Hills and the state. |
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Financial
Advisory Committee
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committee provides assistance to the City Finance Director, the
Mayor and the Council in the development of a long-range fiscal
plan for the city. This includes the issuing of warrants, bonds,
and short-term loans and the budgeting process within the city.
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| Provides
health education to coaches and our residents to prevent injuries
and accidents on the playing field and at home. |
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Information
and Communications Committee
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The
Committee was formed in December of 2000. The primary charge to
the committee is to improve the quality of life for the citizens
of Vestavia Hills through a facilitation of the concepts of “Open
Government, Citizen Participation and Volunteerism”.
Specifically, the Committee is working to enhance the City Government’s
ability to inform its citizenry of issues affecting them, and
to make communication with, and feedback from, citizens as easy
as possible using modern electronic media.
The Committee has define the following Mission Statement:
- Design,
implement and maintain a modern web-based communications system
for the city of Vestavia Hills (web site).
- Create
databases for the online collection of information.
- Create
databases for the maintenance, analysis and practical use of
the information thus gathered.
- Advise
the Mayor and City Council on issues relating to Information
and Communications issues.
- Conduct
training sessions for City employees on a need basis.
The
Committee is working toward the following goals:
- To
support the Mayor and City Council in their ability to share
pertinent information with the citizens of Vestavia Hills.
- To
provide easy access to such information for all interested parties:
- Opt-in
e-mail information distribution system
- Direct
access on the Web Site to the same information made available
via e-mail
- Other
information related to city government and governance issues:
- Reports,
planning activity, special issues, called meeting
- All
documents presented can be viewed on screen and printed,
if desired, by the user of this system.
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To present information about the city:
- The
City Administration
- City
Departments
- The
City’s Service Programs
- Resources
available to citizens
- Standing
Boards/Commissions/Committees
- Related
Organizations
- Current
events/meeting schedules
- Emergency
Information
- School
Closings
- Inclement
Weather
- Road
Closings
- Provide
Interactive Features to:
- Ease
communication with and feedback to:
- City
Officials, Departments and Committees
- Our
Representatives in Montgomery
- Our
Representatives in Washington DC
- Sign
up and manage participation in our e-mail information system
- Sign
up for volunteer activity
- Provide
information about Vestavia Hills (including the latest Census
Data) that may be of value as we seek to attract desirable business
ventures to our city
- Make
all City Forms available on the web site so users can download
and print forms rather than requesting them by mail or in person.
- Make
all City Ordinances (the complete text) available in a searchable
database accessible from the web site.
- Create
means, using present infrastructure, to perpetuate and maintain
this information system in an accurate and timely fashion
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This
committee was formed in early 2007 to promote efforts to keep
litter out of Vestavia Hills, primarily by organizing Saturday
cleanup details performed by teams of ten to twelve persons working
in areas that need trash and clutter removal.
Anyone
interested in helping is encouraged to contact committee Chair
Larry
Prevatte at
967-9209 or the City
Receptionist (Melissa Nicholas) at
978-0100
Keep
Vestavia Clean Objectives:
- Establish
at least five areas of the city that are cleaned on six different
Saturdays each year by crews of 10-15 persons.
- Get
Vestavia Hills Residents, including teens and young adults,
involved in anti-litter efforts.
- Promote
programs and activities aimed at reducing littering in Vestavia
Hill
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Long-range
Planning Committee
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committee was established to develop a long-range, comprehensive
strategic plan for the City of Vestavia Hills that will look at
where we want our city to be in the next five, ten and fifteen years.
It is hoped that there will be a finalization of the long-range
plan by early 2003. |
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| Brings
our teenagers together for planned activities and for their suggestions
to improve our city. |
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Planning,
Zoning and Redevelopment Advisory Committee
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committee was appointed to serve as an advisory committee to the
Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
There are approximately 2900 different properties in the Cahaba
Heights area that will have to be rezoned from county zoning to
compatible Vestavia Hills zoning. This is an immense task and we
feel the people on this committee can be very helpful in advising
and making suggestions to the Planning and Zoning Commission and
the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Additionally, there are developers
who are interested in putting more commercial development in the
area of Cahaba Heights. It is felt that this committee can be very
helpful in advising the administration, Council, Planning and Zoning
Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustment on what action might
be taken as it relates to the development or redevelopment of property
in the Cahaba Heights area. This permits neighborhood input from
the citizens in the Cahaba Heights area on the issue of zoning,
development, etc. |
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Public
Relations Committee
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Public Relations Committee is a joint City and Chamber committee
to provide information to individuals, businesses and other communities
about our city. |
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Senior
Citizens Services Committee
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committee was appointed to provide an exchange of ideas between
the seniors who live in the Cahaba Heights area and their activities
at the New Merkel House and the programs that have been developed
by the senior citizens group meeting at the Lodge at Wald Park.
By exchanging information between the two programs, we feel there
can be a strengthening of the programs held at the Lodge as well
as those at the New Merkel House. |
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Sidewalks,
Neighborhood Parks, Trails & Bike Paths Committee
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committee was appointed to seek citizen input as it relates to the
development of a comprehensive plan for sidewalks, neighborhood
parks, trails and bike paths in Vestavia Hills. Prior to the establishment
of this committee there was not a master plan for sidewalks, neighborhood
parks, trails and bike paths in Vestavia Hills and the committee
has done an excellent job in helping to develop such a plan for
the city. This plan will now have to be updated to include the Cahaba
Heights area of Vestavia Hills. As the plan is refined and expanded,
it will be taken to the City Council for their review and hopefully,
their approval. |
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