 Lights Out For The Season At Pullman Park
Dedication of the New Terminal Building at the MC Airport
A Barker Mansion Christmas
2008 Leaf Pickup Program
7th Annual Coat Campaign at City Hall
Disaster Assistance From FEMA
Are You In Compliance With New City Trash Regulations?
Rental Property Smoke Detector Enforcement
Mayor Oberlie Seeks Volunteers For Boards & Commissions
Michigan City Noted As Top City For Affordability
Mayor's State of the City Address - Available Online
History of Michigan City Featured Photos
Mayor's Campaign Against Cancer
New Senior Center News and Events Monthly
Coffee with Mayor Oberlie
The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Department announces that the Skate Park and basketball court lights at Pullman Park have been turned off as of Monday, November 17, 2008. The lights will turn back on in the springtime contingent upon the weather. For more information, contact the Michigan City Parks & Recreation Department at 219-873-1506
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Mayor Chuck Oberlie, Airport Manager Jessica Groff, and the Michigan City Aviation Commission would like to invite the public to the dedication of the new Terminal Building at the Municipal Airport.
The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2008. The airport is located at 1300 Highway 212.
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Cecilia Zubler, Barker Mansion Center Director, would like to invite the public to visit Barker Mansion during the holiday season and experience the season in an exciting way. Cecilia stated, “This year, Barker mansion celebrates the season with “Barker Mansion Presents: Christmas at the Movies.”
Hollywood has produced many movies to mark this season and ten are presented in the rooms of the Mansion. Enjoy the old-fashioned warmth of “Miracle on 34th” Street” as a department store Santa claims to be the real Kris Kringle. A ragged Christmas tree and Snoopy’s dog house in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” are featured in the Butler’s Pantry, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye stared in the glamorous movie “White Christmas” and a winter wonderland is created in the Dining Room. The value of family is underscored in “Home Alone II” and “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Also featured is LaPorte County’s own “Prancer” a movie about an 8-year old girl who rescues an injured deer, believing he is one of Santa’s team.
Self guided tours are December 6 thru December 21st. On Saturday’s and Sunday’s from 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Monday thru Friday from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Guided Christmas tours resume December 22 thru January 15th on Saturday’s and Sunday’s at 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. and Monday thru Friday at 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Admission if $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for youth under 18. Children 3 and under are free. The Mansion is closed December 24, 25 and January 1st.
Holiday movies will be shown on the weekend dates of December 6th and 7th, December 13th & 14th and December 20th & 21th. Call for times. There is no additional charge for the movies.
For more information and group reservations please call 219-873-1520. Barker Mansion is located at 631 Washington St., Michigan City, IN, one block east of Lighthouse Place Premium Outlet Mall.
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The Michigan City Street Department will begin Fall Leaf Pickup on Monday, October 27, concluding on Friday, December 5. Help keep Michigan City clean with our annual leaf pickup program. For complete details, map of pickup routes and calendar of pickups, click here.
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Mayor Chuck Oberlie announced that Michigan City residents can once again donate coats to needy families through City Hall.
“Beginning Tuesday, October 14th, 2008, we will accept new and gently used coats of all sizes at City Hall. The collection site is downstairs,” Mayor Oberlie said. “Coats may be placed on the coat racks from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.”
Mayor Oberlie said, “Our office receives dozens of requests for children’s and infant’s coats and snowsuits. If you have any coats, snowsuits, snow pants, snow boots, mittens and hats that you or your children have outgrown or don’t wear – things that you would give away or put into a garage sale – please consider donating them to this coat drive. Each year, on average, 600 coats of all sizes and styles are donated to and received from this campaign.”
“I want to personally thank Concord Cleaners for their generous offer to clean…at no cost…any coats and snowsuits that you wish to donate to the City Hall Coat campaign” said Mayor Oberlie. “Simply drop off your coats at Concord Cleaners and say they are for the coat campaign, and Concord Cleaners will clean them and deliver them to City Hall weekly.”
Sheila Bell, manager of Concord Cleaners, said, “There is such a need for this campaign in our community and we are pleased to be able to participate in it and address the needs of our local community.”
“There are many people in our community who need coats to replace those their children have outgrown and who cannot afford to purchase a coat themselves,” Mayor Oberlie concluded. “I urge this generous community to check your closets for serviceable coats for those in need. We will accept new and gently used coats of all sizes at City Hall. The weather is turning chilly, and there are children and adults who are without coats to keep them warm,” Mayor Oberlie said.
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DISASTER ASSISTANCE INFORMATION
If You Suffered Damage from the Severe Storms and Flooding
During The Period September 12, 2008 and Continuing, You May Be
Eligible For State and Federal Disaster Assistance
Even if you have insurance coverage, you may be eligible for assistance if you have disaster-related needs. Assistance that may be available includes:
- Disaster grants to cover temporary housing assistance
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest loans to renters and homeowners to repair homes or replace personal property, as well as assist businesses
- Replacement grants to help meet serious disaster-related needs and expenses not met by insurance or other programs
To receive assistance available under the Presidential Disaster Declaration you can apply online at www.fema.gov or by calling:
Toll-Free Application Number
1-800-621 -FEMA (3362)
24 hours a day, seven days a week until further notice
For those who use TTY: 1-800-462-7585
Before you go online or call to apply, it is helpful to have the following information ready:
- Your legal name. (Do not use a nickname or abbreviation)
- Your current phone number and your Social Security number
- A list of damages and losses you suffered
- The name of your insurance company and your policy number
- Bank account coding if you wish to speed up your assistance with direct deposit
FEMA's temporary housing assistance and grants for public transportation expenses, medical and dental expenses, and funeral and burial expenses do not require individuals to apply for an SEA loan. However, an applicant must complete an SBA loan application to be eligible for assistance that covers personal property, vehicle repair or replacement, and moving and storage expenses.
Disaster recovery assistance is available to any individual without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability or economic status or retaliation. If you or someone you know has been discriminated against, you should call FEMA at 1-800-621-FEMA (TTY 1-800-462-7585) or contact the Indiana Civil Rights Commission at 317-232-2600 or toll- free at 800-628-2909. If suspicious of any abuse of FEMA programs, please contact the fraud hotline at 1-800-323-8603. |
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For additional, press releases and resources regarding flood assistance, click here.
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Setting out your weekly trash pickup may seem like a fairly simple mundane task. However, have you considered if you are actually doing so in accordance with recently updated city trash regulations? Are you using city trash containers --- or just placing bags along the curb? If you are using trash containers, great! But are they in compliance with city trash regulations? Are you remodeling a home or building a new one? If you are, what are you doing with the construction rubbish?
- According to the City Code, it shall be the duty of every person owning or leasing a residence or place of business in the City wherein garbage accumulates to maintain in a clean and odor free condition a cart provided by the City.
- The only container that may be used must be a cart that the City will supply.
- All garbage, trash or rubbish which accumulates shall be deposited in either a cart or dumpster. The lid to every cart and dumpster shall be kept on and closed at all times, other than when placing items in them.
- Plastic garbage bags with tight-fitting tie closures may be used, but shall be placed inside either a cart or dumpster.
- All carts must be put out for collection by 7:00 a.m. on the day scheduled for their collection with the arrows located on the carts pointing out toward the street or alley from which collection is made. All carts must have open access for the trash collectors to retrieve them.
- For street-side pickup, carts shall be set out no more than 24 hours prior to the usual time of collection and shall be removed within 24 hours after collection.
- At no time shall the cart be moved from its assigned address.
- The Refuse Department must be contacted at 873-1530 for special pick-up at the normal collection location of all large items that cannot fit within the cart.
- The two-wheeled cart Toters are to be used for trash only and they are not to be used for construction materials or compost.
If you're unfamiliar with city regulations on trash containers and construction waste, are curious about what it looks like to be in compliance and not in compliance with the recently revised city trash regulations, or have any questions about city trash regulations, compliancy, or trash pick-ups, click here to learn more.
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The City of Michigan City and the Michigan City Fire Department have begun the implementation of recently enacted Michigan City Ordinance #4020, which regulates smoke detectors for rental properties.
The Fire Department Administration would like to remind all owners of rental property in Michigan City that a two-step process has been enacted to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Michigan City. First of all, all residential rental units shall be equipped with smoke detectors. And secondly, a registration requirement has been enacted stating that owners of property which is used as residential rental dwelling units or contains a rental dwelling unit are required to register all such properties with the Michigan City Fire Department.
The passage of Ordinance #4020 included an initial 45-day registration period and owners who have not yet registered their properties should do so immediately. After this initial registration period following the passage of the Smoke Detectors for Rental Properties Ordinance earlier this year, owners shall be required to register all such properties on an annual basis, by January 31st of each year. Additionally, for new owners of rental property at any point throughout the year, registration is required within 30 days of becoming an owner of the real property to be used as residential rental property or rental dwelling units.
Rental property smoke detector registration forms can be obtained electronically over the internet at http://emichigancity.com/cityhall/departments/fire/, or they can be obtained in person from the Fire Department Administrative Office at 2510 East Michigan Boulevard.
Anyone with questions regarding smoke detectors for rental properties can contact Kyle A. Kazmierczak, Division Chief of Inspections, at (219) 873-1453 or Jeff Santana, Assistant Inspector, at (219) 873-1440.
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Mayor Chuck Oberlie stated regarding Board and Commission appointments:
"I would like to remind the citizens of Michigan City that a "Board and Commission Form" has been created with a listing of local Boards and Commissions and a space for volunteers to summarize their interests. The form is available in City Hall at the Mayor's office. The form is also available on-line at www.emichigancity.com." Click here to access this form online.
Mayor Oberlie continued, "Serving on a City Board or Commission is a valuable manner in which to be involved in the community and utilizing one's skills to improve our hometown can bring one a sense of personal satisfaction as well. I wholeheartedly encourage citizens to volunteer for Board service."
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Michigan City has been identified by CityTownInfo.com as one of the state’s top cities for affordable property taxes.
Compared to other communities which are similar in size and diversity to Michigan City, our community is in the top 12% of communities regarding affordable property taxes, top 17% of affordable rent. Compared to all communities in the state, Michigan City rates in the top 14% of short commute times.
The website page dedicated to Michigan City, http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/indiana/michigan-city, lists many other demographic statistics, including politics, wealth, ancestry, commute and sprawl, housing, crime and climate.
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Mayor Oberlie's 2007 State of the City Address is now available online.
Click here to view.
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Learn more about the history of Michigan City and see some great
vintage photos from years gone by. Every two weeks, we'll feature
a new set of photos celebrating the heritage of our City. This
time we're featuring historical photos of The Hoosier Slide.
Click here for the History of Michigan City Photo Scrapbook.
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Click here for complete details on the campaign and for the 2008 Cancer Awareness Program, with inciteful monthly news and updates provided right here on eMichigancity.com.
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Look for monthly updates each and every month to the Senior Center section of the site. With updated events, Senior Center Board minutes, electronic copies of Senior Center newsletters, and updates to the Calendar of Events, you'll be prepared for all the fun and exciting opportunities the Senior Center has to offer. Click here for more information.
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Tuesday, November 25 at 9:30AM located at the Senior Center.
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