2009 Disaster Awareness
The Town of Kiawah Island would like to encourage you to prepare yourselves and your home for the upcoming hurricane season. Below are important guides for Hurricane Preparedness:
2009 Town of Kiawah Island Emergency Preparedness Plan
2009 Charleston County Hurricane Preparedness Guide
2009 Charleston County Disabilities and Other Special Needs Emergency Preparedness Guides
TIP OF THE WEEK: STAY INFORMED! Educate yourself and family about emergency plans for your community, place of business, your child’s school and camp. Know what potential risks your community and neighborhood are susceptible to in a hurricane, such as storm surge, flooding, etc.
The Town has been working on an Island-wide Recycling Initiative for the past year. This initiative seeks to make recycling service available to residents not currently participating in the Town’s recycling program, and is not mandatory. To keep residents informed the Town has published information in Town Notes and recently held a Public Information meeting on Wednesday, May 20th. Since this time, residents have expressed a number of questions regarding the program. Due to the number of questions, Town Council has directed staff to respond to these questions and help clarify the concerns about the project. In addition, Town Council as charged the Environmental Committee to review the staff’s recommendations and make a final recommendation to Council. As a result, the initiative will not be fully implemented by July 1st as originally published.
Attached is a comprehensive report that details the initiative and serves to better clarify the points raised by residents. The information contained in the report is not final and is subject to change. These are staff recommendations only and must be finalized by Town Council . Please review the attached report and share any additional information with the Town that you feel may be necessary.
In particular, based on the information contained in the report, please let us know whether you individually or as a regime would like to participate in the program. Sign-up sheets will be available at the upcoming public information meeting and are currently available at Town Hall. The Town understands that the regime boards are responsible for making the decision to participate in the program or not. The information is being provided to you as a guide to help you make this decision and Town staff will be available to meet with you during your decision making process. Further, feel free to share with us recommendations to improve the proposed initiative. Comments should be directed to Tumiko Rucker at 768-9166 or trucker@kiawahisland.org.
Island-Wide Recyling Report
We look forward to working with each of you to build a sustainable Kiawah. The next Public Information Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 17th from 1-3 p.m. at the Sandcastle.