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	The Devonshire Civic Association (DCA) - Now a Non-Profit Organization (501c3)
The current Devonshire TRASH pickup day is now:  Friday   The current Devonshire YARD WASTE and CURBSIDE RECYCLING pickup day is now:   Wednesday     Northland Community Council (NCC) WWW.MYNCC.ORG	The May 1st, 2008 DCA meeting will be held at the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, on SR 161 (on the service road), at 7:00 p.m.            Click HERE to go to the City's website to see the 2007 trash pickup schedule for your area of the City...   The Civic Association is in the process of trying to get a grant from The Columbus Foundation to help us replace the neighborhood entrance sign on the island.  This was a project from last year that we never quite collected enough money to do the project.  We hope that with the grant and possible donations from the community, we will be able to completely replace this aging sign for our neighborhood.  If you are interested in donating to the cause, please send Jason Weis an email through this website.
Search this site for:   In case of a local or national disaster, please visit the Red Cross website (click logo above) for emergency medical or survival information... Also, the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) website is a good source of information during a disaster... DCA Membership Count for 2007: 143   DCA Membership Count for 2008 (so far): 58 Join the DCA today.  There is strength in numbers in keeping our neighborhood a great place to live.     Links posted on this website in the past (You may click on them as they scroll by)...             Click this rolodex for some important City Phone Numbers...   Click this rolodex to see a document outlining the  complete Columbus Health Department directory...   Click on the desk to see the complete schedule for the 2007-2008 Columbus Public School year.	This site is maintained specifically for the Devonshire Civic Association (DCA), in Columbus, Ohio.         We are proud of our neighborhood and want to extend our feeling of community to all of those who visit our website. The DCA has been serving Devonshire for over 44 years!       Items Of Interest In The Neighborhood...     A Neighborhood Clean-up is scheduled for May 3rd, 2008.  The goal is to clean up trash and debris along Ambleside Dr, SR 161, Devonshire Park and Devonshire Elementary School.  We will meet in the school parking lot at 10:00 a.m..  Trash bags will be provided but please bring gloves.  We hope to see many of you there to help clean up our great community!   The annual Neighborhood Garage Sale has been scheduled for June 6th and 7th, 2008.  The DCA will start taking reservations beginning week of May 18th.  The DCA will be advertising the event in local papers and a map of the neighborhood along with the addresses of the residents participating in the Garage Sale will be distributed at Tilton's on Friday and on the entrance island on Saturday.  You can sign up for this event by sending an email to: DCA_PRESIDENT@HOTMAIL.COM OR by sending your request along with a small list of items for sale to:  Devonshire Civic Association (DCA) P.O. Box 26501, Columbus, OH  43226-0501.   The Devonshire Elementary School PTA is always looking for new members and volunteers to help it do great things for our school and our kids.  They are always looking for people to help raise money for the school and for the kids to attend the annual camp experience at the end of the year.  If you are interested in becoming a member, click HERE for a copy of the the PTA APPLICATION.  Please join today and support our kids!     Click HERE to see a flyer from the Columbus Police Department regarding all of the rules and regulations pertaining to the scooters, mini bikes, etc.  Most of these small vehicles are NOT street legal and should not be used in local neighborhoods especially running down local street and/or sidewalks.     The City of Columbus has initiated a new phone number (614) 645-3111 and system that allows its residents to have a centralized contact point for reporting all non-emergency issues.  This includes Code Enforcement issues, snow removal issues, waterline breaks, City lighting issues, potholes, etc.  You will be assigned a tracking number that you can also use to see the status of your issue at their new web address:  WWW.311.COLUMBUS.GOV     Several people in the area have asked what the Columbus City Noise Ordinance (2329.11) is and how it relates to our neighborhood.  Click on the noise maker to the left to see the actual City ordinance.  Hopefully, it might answer some of your questions.       We have added a new section to the Devonshire website called the Animal Registry.  Local resident, Sandy Colombini, came up with the good idea of having a database, that everyone can have access too in the neighborhood, that would allow all of the residents in our area to register their pet(s).  This new (FREE) feature is now ready!  You can now enter pertinent information about your pets so that if they escape or are injured in the neighborhood, people can scan the information posted on this site to see if the animal belongs to a local resident, prior to calling animal control or the police.  Simply click on the Animal Registry button, in the menu to the left, to see current posted animals.  You can also be directed from this screen to add your own pet(s) to the database.  If you would want us to also post a picture of the animal with the information entered, simply e-mail a digital picture to: CPARKER1212@MSN.COM  OR you can mail a hard copy picture, to be scanned, to:      Chuck Parker    1212 Chesterton Lane    Columbus, OH  43229     This is a reminder that it is illegal to have semi cabs or commercial trucks of any kind parked on the street or in your driveway within a residential neighborhood, such as Devonshire.  If these vehicles are seen in the area, either the Columbus Police or City Code Enforcement will be notified and you will be asked to remove it from the area.  Persistent parking of these types of vehicles in the neighborhood will, in most cases, end up with the owner being fined.  If you see someone parking a commercial vehicle within Devonshire for any length of time, please contact the DCA (June Gatton) at 885-0721 or you can e-mail us via this website below...     Before you dig on your property, it is always a good idea to contact the Ohio Utilities Protection Service so that they can have all of the utility companies mark their respective services that may be right where you're going to dig.  You can also click on the man working to see a PDF document that tells you what the spray paint colors mean that the companies mark on the ground.     The major freeway and intersection construction at I-270 and SR 161 and SR 161 and Sunbury Road began in May 2004 and will be a 3.5 year ODOT project.  Click on the construction cones to go to the website that outlines the entire undertaking.     Until Devonshire gets street lights installed in our neighborhood, please consider the following...  If everybody left their porch light on all night it would be at least a little safer in the area.  The lights from each home would bring at least some security to the dark streets.  The DCA did some research with the AEP (the electric company) and it really is not that expensive to leave your lights on.  Here is what we found out.  The cost of operating a 60 watt bulb, 24 hours a day, for 30 days (entire month), is approximately $3.44. For 12 hours a day, for 30 days (entire month), it would only be about $1.72, while the cost for just 12 hours is roughly only 5.73 cents.  The cost for security lighting depends on the wattage of bulb used. These typically are 60 to 100 watt bulbs and would cost between approximately $2.00 and $4.00 per month.  Motion detecting lighting costs depend on how often they are on and bulb wattage, but typically would be just pennies per month.  So basically for about 6 cents a day we could make our neighborhood a little brighter and safer.  Please think about it and turn your porch lights on for the evening hours...     There has been a lot of confusion regarding bulk pickup in the Columbus area and our neighborhood specifically.  If you have bulk trash items, that need to be hauled away, you MUST contact a special unit of the City Trash Division ahead of time (preferably the week before) to have them come and pick up the items.  You can contact them at:  (614) 645-8774.  They will not take certain items like construction materials and things like sinks and toilets.  Items such as these must be hauled away to the local city or a private dumpsite.  Also, please do not put trash items in plastic of any kind (bags or otherwise) at the curb.  The City only picks up what is in your normal trash container, if it doesn't fall under the bulk item pickup items.  Click on the trash truck to the left to see a more detailed flyer from the City regarding Bulk Pickup.     Click on the picture to the left to see a nice pamphlet from LifeCare Alliances Volunteer Program.  This organization helps residents with the Meals-On-Wheels program among other useful programs for the elderly.  You may contact this organization by calling Pauli Tice at (614) 437-2859 or send an e-mail to:  ptice@lifecarealliance.org     Have you lived in the Devonshire neighborhood for a long time?  Well, so have your water and gas pipes.  Did you know that you can get insurance through Columbia Service Partners that protects you against large repair bills when something goes wrong with one of these services?  If you are interested in looking into this type of insurance policy, contact them at (614) 481-1116 or click on the logo to go to their website for more details.     Are you a senior citizen (65 or older) and live in your Devonshire home 6 months or more a year?  If so, you are eligible for extra savings on your annual Property Tax.  Per Joe Testa, if you meet these conditions, you are eligible for their 2 1/2% HOMESTEAD CREDIT SAVINGS program.  You can check your property on the auditor's website WWW.FRANKLINCOUNTYAUDITOR.COM to see if you are receiving the savings or not.  If not, you can contact the Franklin County Auditor's office by filling and mailing in this form DTE 105c.  You will enjoy some extra monetary relief on your property taxes.  Saving money is always a good thing!
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