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News
and Information
Monthly
Meetings
Uplands Residential Association meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month
at 7:00 pm in the basement of Bradley Epworth Church on the corner of
Columbia Terrace and Elmwood Avenue. There is no regular meeting in
December, September, or July. Annual membership dues are $10.00 and
payable to the Uplands Residential Association in care of the current
URA Treasurer.
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Newsletter
"The Uplander" is published monthly and delivered to all homes
in the neighborhood.
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Yahoo Newsgroup
The Uplands has a Yahoo! group that all residents
of the Uplands are welcome to join. It’s a free
service that provides neighbors a convenient way
to communicate with each other via e-mail in a
private and spam-protected environment. To join,
just e-mail uplands-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uplands
and click on “Join This Group!”
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Committees
Do you
want to know who to call with an idea or concern about something relating
to the neighborhood? Do you want to become more involved with neighborhood
issues but want to learn more about what is going on? Contact the chairpeople
of committees listed below with concerns or offers of help. Click
the link for a description of the committee.
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Parking
Information
Street
parking on some of Uplands streets requires a permit Monday through
Friday between 7 am and 7 pm (Elmwood, Glenwood and Maplewood are
restricted from Main Street to the middle alley, Institute is restricted
from Main Street to Columbia Terrace). Service/repair vehicles in
permit areas do not need a permit if they have the company name on
their vehicle. Both the permanent resident's permit ($10/year) and
visitor's permits (stack of 50 per household per year, no charge)
can be obtained at City Hall, 419 Fulton Street, in the City Clerk's
office. For questions not answered by the link below, contact
the chair of the parking committee.
More
on Parking
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Garbage
and Recycling
Friday
is our garbage day. On a week with a holiday (New Year's Day, Memorial
Day, July 4, Labor Day,Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day), Saturday
is garbage day.
- Please
place all garbage in garbage cans with tight fitting lids.
- Place
landscape waste in separate specially marked containers.
- Put
out trash cans after 3 pm on the day before pick up.
- Emptied
trash cans should be removed from the alley/curbline within 24 hours
of garbage pick-up.
- Yardwaste
collection begins third Monday in March and ends on the third Friday
in December.
Call
Waste Management with problems or questions at 694-6246.
Allowable
for City garbage collection:
- Furniture
at collection point
- Building
materials in 4 foot lengths and bundled (50 lb weight limit - bundle
with rope or twine, not wire or plastic)
- Railroad
ties (4 foot lengths)
- Cardboard
boxes (break down, don't fill)
- Disassembled
items at collection point (i.e. toilet tank/stool, swing set/concrete/pole)
City
garbage collection - Special Case
- Dead
animals in city right-of-way (call Waste Management, 694-6246 or Animal
Shelter 686-7297, after hours or weekends.)
- Tires,
on or off rim (call Waste Management for schedule)
Disposal
of other Materials/Items not collected by city:
- Motor
Oil - Recycle at Beachler's Standard or Lenz Oil
- Batteries
- Recycle at I. Erlichman
- Paint
- Recycle at ICI Dulux Paints, 4310 N. Sheridan Rd. (Latex paint cans
that are nearly empty can be left open to dry and thrown away with
weekly city garbage pickup)
- Appliances
- For appliance pickup, cal Midwest Appliance Recycling 698-1242 or
another appliance dealer
- Water
Heaters - Miller and Company, 1612 Southwest Adams, 674-1101
- Computers/TVs
- Retro Tech, 401 NE Rock Island, Peoria, 682-0675 ($5 fee for computer
monitor or TV)
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Recycling
Curbside
service, available through Waste Management is available for $3.25/month.
Collection occurs EVERY OTHER WEEK on the same day as residential
garbage collection. For additional information or to sign up for this
service, call Waste Management at 694-6246.
Dump
Location
Hanna
City 565-4281 (Household trash is free, but demolition/construction
materials are $20 a load)
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Tax
Exemptions
There
are several tax exemptions available to homeowners in the City of
Peoria, some automatic, some you need to apply for, and some for age
65 and older. For more information, see the Tax Exemption Brochure
on the City
Assessor's website or contact the Assessor's office at 494-8180.
- Owner
occupied homes receive an automatic reduction of $5,000 in the assessed
valuation. Check your property tax bill to make sure you see "owner
occupied exemption - 5,000." If your home was previously a rental,
you may need to contact the assessor's office to alert them of the
change.
- If you
make an improvement to your home that requires a building permit,
the assessed value of your home will not increase for four years.
This is an automatic deferral, upon issue of the building permit.
To see what improvements require a building permit, see the City Inspections
web page.
- If you
are 65 or older, live in your home, and have an income of $45,000
or less, you may apply for a tax freeze. You must apply each year.
- If you
are 65 or older, you may apply for a $3,000 reduction of your home's
assessed value (no income requirement).
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Bylaws
You can
download a pdf file of the Uplands bylaws here.
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Links
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