Town Council/Community Association
Rocky Ripple
E-News
MAY, 2015
RRCA
CALENDAR
Sat., May 2nd
Canal Westbank
Floodwall/River Levee
Repair Brainstorming
Bring your ideas for
what should be done;
learn what is going on.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Town Hall
Sat., May 2nd
Annual Plant Exchange
Bring plants to
exchange.
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Community Garden at
Hohlt Park
Tues., May 12th
Rocky Ripple Town
Council Meeting
7:30 pm Town Hall
Tues., May 19th
Rocky Ripple Community
Association Meeting
7:30 pm Town Hall
RRCA Elections will be
held and bylaws voted
upon for update.
Tues., Jun. 9th
Rocky Ripple Town
Board Meeting
7:30 pm Town Hall
Tues., Jun. 16th
Rocky Ripple Festival
Committee Meeting
7:30 pm Town Hall
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
ENews Will Now Share News from both Rocky
Ripple Town Council and Community Association
As resources are very limited for both the Rocky Ripple Town Council and for the
Rocky Ripple Community Association, we have decided to combine efforts and
distribute news and notifications from both groups through this ENewsletter. In this
way, Rocky Ripple residents will have access to information pertinent to their town
council activities, as well as community events and information provided by the
Community Association, all in one place.
ENews at a Glance
Click the links below to take you directly to information of interest in this edition.
Town Council Sponsored Canal Westbank Floodwall/River Levee Repair
Brainstorming/Information Exchange on May 2nd
Rocky Ripple Annual Plant Exchange on May 2nd
Rocky Ripple Community Association Officer Election on May 19th
Rocky Ripple Town Council Elections – Candidates Needed; deadline is 15-Jul-2015
2015 Rocky Ripple Festival on Sept. 26th – Volunteers Needed
Summer Art Classes in Rocky Ripple
Newspaper Recycling Information
ENews Email Distribution List
Town Council Sponsored Canal Westbank
Floodwall/River Levee Repair
Brainstorming/Information Exchange on May 2nd
The Rocky Ripple Town Council will sponsor a Canal Westbank Floodwall/River Levee
Repair Brainstorming/Information Exchange on Saturday, May 2, 2015. All
interested parties are invited to participate. Town Councilor Mandy Redmond will
facilitate the information exchange and provide the latest information obtained from
the City of Indianapolis’ proposed Westbank Floodwall.
For residents new to these issues, information on the history of the Rocky Ripple
levee and proposals for flood protection since the inception of the town in 1927 will
be shared. Bring your questions.
We will also discuss the formation of advisory/action committees related to this
topic.
Sat. Jun. 13th
Townwide Garage Sale
All households are
invited to participate.
RRCA will place
newspaper ad.
Published hours for
sales:
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Rocky Ripple
Town Contact
Information
Carla Gaff-Clark,
Town Council CoPresident
(317) 441-5263
Term: through December
2015
Mandy Redmond,
Town Council CoPresident
(317) 319-7865
Term: through December
2015
Town Marshal
Mike Kiefer
(317) 257-7962Mandy
Redmond, Treasurer
259-7512
Rocky Ripple Plant Exchange on May
2nd
Bring your plants, seeds and seedlings. House plants welcome too!
Trade and share with neighbors. We will have some plants for a
small donation to the garden. At 3:00 we will offer YOGA IN THE
GARDEN for a small donation to the garden.
The exchange takes place at the Burkhart Community Garden located in Hohlt Park,
53rd and Sunny Meade.
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Rocky Ripple Community Association Board
Elections on May 19th; Vice President Office to
be Voted Upon
The Rocky Ripple Community Association (RRCA) annual elections will be held at the
May Community Association meeting on Tuesday May 19th. RRCA terms of office
for the association’s board of directors are staggered three year terms. The office
that will be elected this year is Vice President.
Any member of the community can run for RRCA office. However, to vote for RRCA
board member candidates, you must be a member of the community association.
To be a member, you must have attended at least one community association
meeting during the past year.
The May RRCA meeting is also the time when current association bylaws will be
reviewed and changed, as voted upon by the officers. Suggested changes to the
bylaws must be submitted in writing for review 30 days in advance of the meeting to
the secretary of the association. To review the Rocky Ripple Community Association
Bylaws, go to http://www.rockyripple.org/uploads/RRCA_Bylaws.pdf or contact
secretary, Alex Redmond, at 340-5700.
....RRCA is not the same as the Town Council
The community association should not be confused with the Rocky Ripple Town
Council, which is comprised of Rocky Ripple’s elected representatives. The Rocky
Ripple Community Association is a separate organization whose mission is to provide
social, cultural, recreational, and educational services to the Town of Rocky Ripple
and its residents, and in so doing strengthen the bonds of civic unity and provide for
the common welfare of all residents.
The RRCA has been in existence since November 12, 1948 when the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Rocky Ripple Volunteer Fire Department was formed. Through the next four
decades, the Ladies Auxiliary raised money to fund the volunteer fire department as
well as provide social events for the residents of Rocky Ripple.
With the dissolution of the Volunteer Fire Department in 1989, the Ladies Auxiliary
adopted new bylaws on February 6, 1990 and renamed the organization the Rocky
Ripple Community Association. In March of 1998, the Community Association
incorporated and became a Not For Profit organization in order to apply for grants,
increase revenues and thus be able to provide additional support to our community.
Rocky Ripple
Community
Association
Contact
Information
Officers:
Karen Stone, President
252-5786
Dhyana Raynor, Vice
President 414-5018
Mandy Redmond, Treasurer
259-7512
Alex Redmond, Secretary
340-5700
Diane Householder,
Sergeant at Arms 2541454
Address:
930 West 54th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
E-mail:
[email protected]
We’re on the Web:
www.rockyripple.org
We’re on Facebook
RRCA Newsletter:
The Rocky Ripple Community
Association newsletter is
published by the Rocky Ripple
Community Association, a not
for profit 501 (c) (3)
organization, which exists to
provide social, cultural,
recreational and educational
services to the town of Rocky
Ripple and its residents.
Editor: Mandy Redmond
2015 Rocky Ripple Festival to Be
Held on Sat. September 26, 2015
Festival Committee Needs Your
Help
A volunteer is needed to chair raffle donations for the festival. Volunteers in other
areas are also needed. Contact Festival Coordinator Dhyana Raynor at 414-5018 to
find out where you can help.
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Summer Art Classes in Rocky Ripple
Rocky Ripple resident and local artist Vandra Linder is interested in starting some art
classes for residents in Rocky Ripple over the summer. Options could include adult
lessons, children and children and parents. Classes would be held at the town hall.
Vandra is thinking of three hour sessions weekly focusing on several types of
drawing - observational, cartooning, etc. depending on interest. Her artwork can be
found on her website: www.vandrapentecost.com.
If interested let Vandra know by email: [email protected]. Pricing for the
sessions will depend on how many people are interested. She will post details later
once she has confirmation that enough people are interested.
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Rocky Ripple Town Council Elections This
November; Registration for Candidates is 15-Jul2015
2015 is an election year for the Town of Rocky Ripple government offices, which
include three town councilor positions and a secretary/treasurer position. Terms for
each office are four years. No Democrat or Republican candidates have registered
for the May primary election. Democrat and Republican parties may appoint
candidates on their ticket for the November elections, if no one in their party runs
for a position in the May primaries.
Rocky Ripple residents who are not affiliated with a party can still register as a
candidate for the November election with the Marion County Election Board until 15Jul-2015. They must submit a candidate form, economic interest form and a
petition containing signatures supporting their candidacy from other residents of the
community. For more details on this process, visit the Marion County Election Board
website: http://www.indy.gov/eGov/county/clerk/election/pages/home.aspx.
Current town councilors Carla Gaff-Clark and Mandy Redmond encourage you to
consider a town councilor or the clerk/treasurer position. This is one way of giving
back service to your community, so that our town continues to exist as an
independent entity. We need candidates! Please consider running.
For more information, please contact Carla at [email protected] or Mandy at
[email protected].
Recycling Reminder
Don’t forget to recycle your newspapers, magazines and other paper at the
newspaper recycling bin located next to the Town Hall garage. Proceeds from the
recycling effort go to offset the cost of the Port-o-Let in Hohlt Park. The more paper
we recycle in the bin, the more money that goes to this effort.
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