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Mount Rainier Homes, Garden & Green Tour 2010 Be a part of the city's first homes and garden tour in over 10 years! Tentatively scheduled for October 17, 2010, this public tour will feature a number of significant and historical sites, unique gardens and examples of green living. Homeowners interested in being on the tour or volunteering with event planning and implementation, should contact Jimmy Tarlau (jtarlau@cwa-union.org) or Sara Lilly (bambooblue74@gmail.com) Green Home Initiative Program The City is still looking for citizens to apply for the Green Home Initiative program funded through WAICF and the Community Legacy Program. So far, we have 7 applications and if we receive all of the supporting documentation (2009 tax returns, utility bills) it looks like they will be approved. We are on a fast track because the funding has to be spent by November 1, 2010 and we still have to schedule energy audits of each home, conduct inspections, and order the appliances. Additionally, applicants have to complete a Maryland Energy Assistance Applications (uploaded on line or available at City Hall) to receive a free State energy audit. We are still attempting to approve 15 applications at $5,000 worth of funding for energy appliances, window and door replacements, or attic insulations. Applications can be mailed, dropped off, or emailed to the attention of the Assistant City Manager.	City Council Meeting Mayor andCouncil meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at City Hall. City of Mount Rainier M-U-TC Zone Development Plan Discussion WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 AT 7:00 PM AT CITY HALL Saturday's June 5th through November 20th 9 am – 1 pm Located on the 3200 block of Rhode Island Avenue The Fall Harvest is coming and so are the fall flowers, fruits and vegetables. September is a great time to visit the Mount Rainier Farmers Market! Our market is a producer only market which offers farm grown fruits and vegetables from farms in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Our vendors grow and/or make everything they sell during their natural season! Beginning September 11th we will have van service pick-up at Rainier Manor. The Mount Rainier Mixed-Use Town Center Development Plan Planning Board Public Hearing Will be held on *September 16, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.* in the First Floor Hearing Room, located at the County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. If you have any comments, you may register to speak at the Planning Board Public Hearing or you may submit your comments in writing to Roberto Duke, Project Coordinator via mail, at the address above, email at roberto.duke@ppd.mncppc.org or fax at 301-952-4121.	Mount Rainier History Talk (Narrated by Councilman Bryan Knedler) CENTENNIAL HISTORY BOOK AVAILABLE Anyone interested in city history should not be without the new book, Mount Rainier, Maryland: Centennial of a Streetcar Suburb (1910 to 2010). The 124-page book is filled with photographs, anecdotes, maps, and newspaper accounts of events. The book covers major events in the city’s history including the subdivision of the 100-acre Clemson farm into the Mount Rainier Subdivision, impact of the trolley, accounts of the local Ku Klux Klan, Corinna Loring murder-mystery, the 1949 exorcism, changes in demographics in the last 30 years, revitalization efforts, and establishment of both the historic district and arts district. And much more! Copies are available at City Hall (and at the farmers’ market) for $5. Copies are available by mail for $12 (to cover postage and handling). www.historicalmountrainier.org City Council Vacancy As a result of Alta Morton’s death, there is now a vacancy in Ward 1. The City Charter sets out the following procedure to fill a Council vacancy. First the Council declares the vacancy (which will be done at a September Council meeting). Second, the other Ward 1 Council member, Jimmy Tarlau, submits recommendations of between 1 to 3 names to the Mayor and Council to fill the vacancy until the next bi-annual election (May 2011). If there is not a majority for any of the candidates there will be a special election 30 to 60 days after the vacancy is declared to fill the vacancy until May 2011. If you live in Ward 1 East of 34th Street (including the East Side of the Street) from the railroad tracks to Shepherd Street, East of 31st Street north of Shepherd (including the East side of the street) and the North side of Shepherd Street from 31st Street to 34th Street] and are interested in serving as a Council

Mount Rainier Homes, Garden & Green Tour 2010

Be a part of the city's first homes and garden tour in over 10 years! Tentatively scheduled for October 17, 2010, this public tour will feature a number of significant and historical sites, unique gardens and examples of green living. Homeowners interested in being on the tour or volunteering with event planning and implementation, should contact Jimmy Tarlau (jtarlau@cwa-union.org) or Sara Lilly
(bambooblue74@gmail.com)

Green Home Initiative Program

The City is still looking for citizens to apply for the Green Home Initiative program funded through WAICF and the Community Legacy Program. So far, we have 7 applications and if we receive all of the supporting documentation (2009 tax returns, utility bills) it looks like they will be approved. We are on a fast track because the funding has to be spent by November 1, 2010 and we still have to schedule energy audits of each home, conduct inspections, and order the appliances.

Additionally, applicants have to complete a Maryland Energy Assistance Applications (uploaded on line or available at City Hall) to receive a free State energy audit. We are still attempting to approve 15 applications at $5,000 worth of funding for energy appliances, window and door replacements, or attic insulations.

Applications can be mailed, dropped off, or emailed to the attention of the Assistant City Manager.

City Council Meeting
Mayor andCouncil meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at City Hall.

City of Mount Rainier M-U-TC Zone Development Plan Discussion

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 AT 7:00 PM AT CITY HALL

farmers market

Saturday's
June 5th through November 20th
9 am – 1 pm

Located on the 3200 block of
Rhode Island Avenue

The Fall Harvest is coming and so are the fall flowers, fruits and vegetables. September is a great time to visit the Mount Rainier Farmers Market! Our market is a producer only market which offers farm grown fruits and vegetables from farms in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Our vendors grow and/or make everything they sell during their natural season! Beginning September 11th we will have van service pick-up at Rainier Manor.

The Mount Rainier Mixed-Use Town Center Development Plan Planning Board Public Hearing

Will be held on September 16, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the First Floor Hearing Room, located at the County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. If you have any comments, you may register to speak at the Planning Board Public Hearing or you may submit your comments in writing to Roberto Duke, Project Coordinator via mail, at the address above, email at roberto.duke@ppd.mncppc.org or fax at 301-952-4121.

Mount Rainier History Talk
(Narrated by Councilman Bryan Knedler)

CENTENNIAL HISTORY BOOK AVAILABLE

Anyone interested in city history should not be without the new book, Mount Rainier, Maryland: Centennial of a Streetcar Suburb (1910 to 2010). The 124-page book is filled with photographs, anecdotes, maps, and newspaper accounts of events. The book covers major events in the city’s history including the subdivision of the 100-acre Clemson farm into the Mount Rainier Subdivision, impact of the trolley, accounts of the local Ku Klux Klan, Corinna Loring murder-mystery, the 1949 exorcism, changes in demographics in the last 30 years, revitalization efforts, and establishment of both the historic district and arts district. And much more!

Copies are available at City Hall (and at the farmers’ market) for $5. Copies are available by mail for $12 (to cover postage and handling).

www.historicalmountrainier.org

City Council Vacancy

As a result of Alta Morton’s death, there is now a vacancy in Ward 1. The City Charter sets out the following procedure to fill a Council vacancy.
First the Council declares the vacancy (which will be done at a September Council meeting).
Second, the other Ward 1 Council member, Jimmy Tarlau, submits recommendations of between 1 to 3 names to the Mayor and Council to fill the vacancy until the next bi-annual election (May 2011).

If there is not a majority for any of the candidates there will be a special election 30 to 60 days after the vacancy is declared to fill the vacancy until May 2011.

If you live in Ward 1 East of 34th Street (including the East Side of the Street) from the railroad tracks to Shepherd Street, East of 31st Street north of Shepherd (including the East side of the street) and the North side of Shepherd Street from 31st Street to 34th Street] and are interested in serving as a Council