Make your gifts (and neighborhood) unforgettable this year

Once again this year, we are raising funds for the purchase and installation of a historic marker for Fairway Oaks/Greenview neighborhoods.


We have created bows in a variety of colors and patterns - prices vary $4 to $6.50 depending on the size of the bow. If anyone would like to order bows, please call Linda Powers @ 352-2183 or Carol Scott @ 691-2011.


Due to the custom, hand-crafted nature of these items, quantities are limited.
We do have some made up if you would like to see them prior to purchase. If we have any available, we will have them at the "Light up Fairway Oaks" night on Monday, December 20th.




We are very close to having the necessary resources to have our own historical marker, similar to this one, for our community. Not only will it inform as to the historical significance of Fairway Oaks and Greenview, it can also enhance property values.

Light Up Fairway Oaks December 20

Join us in the first annual "Light up Fairway Oaks."
We will gather at 102 Maragatha Drive (corner of Althea) at 6 p.m. Monday, December 20th to light luminaries lining the front entrance median on Althea Drive in celebration of the holidays.
We will be serving hot chocolate and cookies, and would love to go caroling if any folks are interested. All children are also invited and can help us with the singing since they will be out of school.
We so hope you will be able to take a break from the hustle and bustle to come down to see our beautiful front entrance lit for the evening.

They've got your back

Fellow Fairway Oaks - Greenview residents Sue and Rob Hendricks would like all to know they are available for house cleaning, minor fix it jobs, some yard care, dog sitting, some dog training and horseback riding lessons.
Gift certificates for all these are available.

They live at the end of Bacon Park Drive and can be contacted at 351-0115 or sue.hendricks@gmail.com

City, Great Pumpkin agree on Halloween

The City of Savannah has announced that Saturday,
10/30, is this year's designated Trick-or-Treat night.

For more details, click on:

http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-10-26/saturday-picked-trick-or-treating-chatham-savannah

UPDATED: Even Best Friends have issues on occasion

It seems that the roles of aggressor dogs and victim dog had been unintentionally reversed in the previous post.
As more of our neighbors and individuals involved have related their experiences, it is becoming apparent that the leashed dogs were the attackers, and, that the dogs in question may have a history of violence towards other dogs and people in Fairway Oaks.
Please understand that pet ownership is a responsibility and privilege, and must be treated as such.
Aggressive animals must be controlled. No one wants to be injured at the hands (or paws) of another.



From the Savannah animal control statutes:

ARTICLE C. DANGEROUS DOGS

Sec. 9-5041. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article, and the following words shall have the following meanings:

A. Dangerous dog means any dog that, according to the records of an appropriate authority:
1. Inflicts a severe injury on a human being without provocation on public or private property; or
2. Aggressively bites, attacks, or endangers the safety of humans without provocation after the dog has been classified as a potentially dangerous dog and after the owner has been notified of such classification.

B. Owner means any natural person or any legal entity, including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, firm, or trust owning, possessing, harboring, keeping, or having custody or control of a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog within this state.

C. Potentially dangerous dog means any dog, according to the records of an appropriate authority, that:
1. Without provocation, bites a human being on public or private property; or
2. Without provocation, chases any human being upon the street, sidewalk or any public or private property, excluding that of its custodian, in an apparent attitude of attack.
D. Proper enclosure means an enclosure for keeping a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog while on the owner's property securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen, fence, or structure suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog from escaping. Any such structure shall have secure sides and a secure top, and, if the dog is enclosed within a fence, all sides of the fence shall be of sufficient height and the bottom of the fence shall be constructed or secured in such a manner as to prevent the dog's escape either from over or from under the fence. Any such enclosure shall also provide protection from the elements for the dog.

E. Records of an appropriate authority means records of any state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency; records of any county or municipal animal control agency; records of any county board of health; records of any federal, state, or local court; or records of a dog control officer provided for in this article.

F. Severe injury means any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery or a physical injury that results in death.

G. Substantial chain or leash means a device used to restrain a dog that cannot be broken by the dog under its own power.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 1)



Sec. 9-5042. Exemptions; investigation of reports.

A dog that inflicts an injury upon a person when the dog is being used by a law enforcement officer to carry out the law enforcement officer's official duties shall not be a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog within the meaning of this article. A dog shall not be a dangerous dog or a potentially dangerous dog within the meaning of this article if the injury inflicted by the dog was sustained by a person who, at the time, was committing a willful trespass or other tort or was tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog or had in the past been observed or reported to have tormented, abused, or assaulted the dog or was committing or attempting to commit a crime.

Upon receiving a report of a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog within the city from a law enforcement agency, animal control agency, rabies control officer, or county board of health, an animal control officer shall make such investigations and inquiries with regard to such report as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 2)



Sec. 9-5043. Notice generally.

When an animal control officer classifies a dog as a dangerous dog or reclassifies a potentially dangerous dog as a dangerous dog, the dog control officer shall notify the dog's owner in writing by certified mail to the owner's last known address of such classification or reclassification. Such notice shall be complete upon its mailing.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 3)



Sec. 9-5044. Scope of procedures.

As applied to the owners of potentially dangerous dogs, the procedures provided for in this article must be carried out as a necessary condition for the enforcement of the provisions of this article against such owners. As applied to the owners of dangerous dogs, the procedures provided for in this article shall not be an essential element of any crime provided for in this article.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 4)



Sec. 9-5045. Notice to owner of classification.

When a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog is classified as such, the dog control officer shall notify the dog's owner of such classification.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 5)



Sec. 9-5046. Requirements of notice to owner.

The notice to the owner shall meet the following requirements:

A. The notice shall be in writing and mailed by certified mail to the owner's last known address;

B. The notice shall include a summary of the animal control officer's findings that formed the basis for the dog's classification as a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog;

C. The notice shall be dated and shall state that the owner, within 15 days after the date shown on the notice, has a right to request a hearing on the animal control officer's determination that the dog is a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog;

D. The notice shall state that the hearing, if requested, shall be before the health department;

E. The notice shall state that if a hearing is not requested, the animal control officer's determination that the dog is a dangerous dog or a potentially dangerous dog will become effective for all purposes under this article on a date specified in the notice, which shall be after the last day on which the owner has a right to request a hearing; and

F. The notice shall include a form to request a hearing before the health department and shall provide specific instructions on mailing or delivering such request to the agency.

(Ord. of 12-16-1999(3), § 6)




source: http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusgaodlincolncounty_savannah.htm#savannah

Even Best Friends have issues on occasion

Of late we have experienced some problems with dogs in our neighborhood.

This past Wednesday evening, one of our neighbors, while walking her dogs on leashes, had her animals attacked by an unchained, unrestrained dog.
Two people were also bitten as a result of this incident.
There have been reports of large dogs getting out and small dogs barking late at night.

Please be considerate of your neighbors and friends!
Keep your dogs secured in your back yard or on a leash at all times.
If your dog is making a ruckus at night, bring him in.
And of course, clean up any messes.

If you see a dog running wild in the neighborhood, return him to his owner if possible.
If not, call Animal Control at (912) 351-6750.



The Savannah leash laws read:

Sec. 9-5022. Restrictions on dogs running at large.
It shall be unlawful for any dog to be on the streets, lanes, highways, roads or squares of the city, or loose on vacant lots or unenclosed lots, so that he may freely have access to the streets, lanes, highways, roads or squares of the city, unless such dog is held firmly on a leash held by a person. It shall be the duty of any owner or possessor or any person who harbors or keeps any dog to confine securely the same within the limits of his own premises and not to permit such dog to run or have access to run the streets, lanes, highways, roads or squares or parks of the city except as above set forth or for hunting, field trials and the working of said dogs.
It shall be unlawful for any dog owner to keep or have within the city a dog which habitually or repeatedly chases, snaps at, or attacks pedestrians, bike riders or conducts itself so as to be a public nuisance. To effect the impounding of such a dog, if necessary, the animal control officer shall have the right to muzzle or employ such other methods as may be reasonably necessary to impound such animal.
(Code 1977, § 9-5022)

Sec. 9-5023. Notification regarding tag requirement.
Where any dog is found within the city, without having a license tag as hereby required, it shall be the duty of the humane officer to issue a citation and subpoena for violation of this article.
(Code 1977, § 9-5023)



Sec. 9-5024. Impoundment of dogs--Authorized.
Any dog found upon the streets, lanes, highways, roads or squares of the city, without the corporate limits of any municipality therein, in violation of this article, shall be caught by the humane officer or his assistant and impounded. The humane officer or his assistant shall have the specific right to enter upon any unenclosed private property to secure capture of any dog in violation of this article.
(Code 1977, § 9-5024)



Sec. 9-5025. Same--Duty of humane officer.
Upon the failure of a person to comply with the notice given him as provided under this article within 24 hours after receiving same or should the person in charge of the premises upon which an unlicensed dog is found disclaim ownership of such dog, by himself or any member of his household when so notified, it shall thereupon become the duty of the humane officer to go upon the premises and take charge of and impound the dog.
(Code 1977, § 9-5025)



Sec. 9-5026. Same--Dogs kept three days.
Any dog impounded under the provisions of this article shall be kept for three days in some convenient place, to be known as the dog pound or humane shelter.
(Code 1977, § 9-5026)


source: http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusgaodlincolncounty_savannah.htm#savannah

They're Baaaaack! Door-to-Door Burglar Alarm Salesmen Return, Defy the Law

Reports of door-to-door alarm salesmen returning to Fairway Oaks and Greenview proved true Wednesday, October 6.

Savannah's Finest were called, and responded within 45 minutes.  The officer was familiar with our plight, and completed a drive-through of our neighborhood.

If you see anyone wearing a similar logo, call 911

It seems one of the the most egregious companies (the one that showed up today) is PowerHome Technologies, based in Raleigh, NC.  Their employees are well-trained, and know what they're doing, in every sense of the phrase.  They know that as long as they keep you talking, they have a chance with you, and your bank account.


One of PowerHome's sales strategies is to employ their teams in different states, as the belief is their employees are more likely to be fined, as opposed to incarcerated, for any inappropriate actions committed in a distant state.

PowerHome sales teams are typically young, clean-cut men in their late 20s carrying clipboards and wearing ID lanyards.
They are usually wearing blue golf shirts in Savannah. 

A Google search of "powerhome technologies scam" returns over 240,000 hits:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=powerhome+technologies+scam


What can we do?
Call 911, as the police suggest.
And then, fight back.  Hit them at home.

If you see these people in our neighborhood, contact PowerHome and let them know that this is a no-solicitation neighborhood and that they are not wanted!
It may take a while, but eventually they will get the idea and send their teams to try and fish in a pond with uneducated fish.

Power Home Technologies
4940 Capital Blvd
Raleigh, NC 27616
(919) 855-1020



OR
Power Home Technologies
4905 Green Rd
Raleigh, NC 27616
(919) 855-1020
(919) 855-9095

Savannah PD Releases Q3 Crime Stats, Claims 16% Reduction

SAVANNAH, GA (October 1, 2010): A 24 percent drop in violent crimes and 15 percent decrease in property crimes led the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department to an overall 16 percent  crime reduction in the first three quarters of 2010, compared to the same time period in 2009.

With 125 fewer robberies, 50 fewer assaults, seven fewer homicides and a dozen fewer rapes, police feel their efforts to reduce crime have produced significant improvement. Reports were down in almost every category of violent crime. Year-to-date statistics for the week ending September 25 also show decreases in almost every category of property crimes as well. Stats are compiled weekly, so the Sept. 25 report essentially represents the first three quarters of the year.

Police Chief Willie Lovett credited a plethora of strategies for the crime reduction, from reorganization of responsibilities within the department to improved use of the Savannah Area Regional Information Center (SARIC) to increased participation by area residents in addressing and controlling crime in their neighborhoods.

“We have always said we cannot do this by ourselves and we cannot arrest our way out of the crime problem we have in the Savannah area,” he said. “Our police work can be only as good as the information we receive and what we do with it.”

Chief Lovett set goals of 5 percent reductions in violent crimes from 2009 and a 10 percent reduction in property crimes. That goal has been met In each of the five precincts,

Of the violent crimes, 10 of the 15 homicides have been cleared by arrest as well as 99 of the 318 robberies and 20 of the 24 reported rapes.

Overall stats for the year to date (click to enlarge)

Better communication with the public, proactive police work from the five precincts and specialty teams, and increased cooperation in intelligence communication with area, state and national law enforcement agencies were credited with the improvement. That cooperation was led by SARIC ,a division within the department that shares information with 14 area law enforcement departments, the Georgia  Bureau of Investigation and the FBI.

“The intelligence role is to keep information flowing, but I see the decrease as the collective result of individual officers doing good police work,” said Brian Renner of SARIC.

Islands Precinct stats (click to enlarge)

Police also credit the movement of responsibility for crime reductions to the five precinct captains who are challenged to take action to prevent crimes as soon as they detect trends. Efforts have included knocking on doors of houses to point out unlocked cars to combat thefts from autos; leaving a “bait car” officers can control after it is stolen to address car thefts; and focusing patrols in lanes rather than streets to address increases in burglaries, which usually initiate with entry through a back door or window.

Major Mark Gerbino, Commander of the Criminal Investigation Division and Major Crimes, credited “a pro-active synergy within and outside the department.”

“The captains take ownership to respond to crimes but also be proactive in anticipating crimes,” Gerbino said. “That change has been empowered and encouraged by the administration to go after crime.”

Transporting LNG on Neighborhood Streets Continues to Raise a Stink

Oct. 7 Town Hall Meeting to focus on LNG proposal

The City of Savannah will hold a special Town Hall Meeting next week focused on a proposal to truck liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Savannah.

The event will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Savannah Civic Center Ballroom. Make plans to attend and sound your opinion. 

The City has hired a consultant to advise City Council on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission process and provide technical detail on the proposal. The consultant will make a presentation to the public at the Town Hall Meeting. Members of the public are then invited to offer input. Savannah City Council will be in attendance.

Southeast LNG has applied to FERC for permission to activate a trucking operation from its Elba Island facility. The route would send trucks hauling LNG west on the Islands Expressway, south on the Truman Parkway, and west down DeRenne Avenue to I-516. 

Security Alert! Savannah Burglar Back on the Streets

A habitual Savannah burglar has been released from jail, according to a SCCPD Captain.

William Lamont Sellers was released from jail on September 14.  The man who likes to get his girl friend to help him case neighborhoods like Kensington Park, Groveland, Oakdale, Habersham, Fairway Oaks and Mayfair is out and no doubt open for business again. 

Savannah's Finest believe he is staying with family near 39th and Waters and is driving a red truck.  A red truck has been recently spotted cruising Fairway Oaks and Greenview.

Why is this man smiling?
  He has your home on his mind.

First : William

Middle: Lamont

Family: Sellers

Alias : “Rocky”

Ethnicity: Africa-American

Gender: Male

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 210#

Hair  : Black

Eyes  : Brown

Please keep your eyes peeled for any suspicious activity,
 the police can only do so much.  

If you see something, 
say something!  

Stand Up for Your Neighborhood! No Hazardous LNG Trucks!

Are you ready for 116 tanker trucks passing your home every day?

Southern Liquefied Natural Gas Company (SLNG), a subsidiary of El Paso Energy, has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for reactivation of a license to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by tank trucks through Savannah from Elba Island.

Southern Liquefied Natural Gas Company is a subsidiary of El Paso Energy

The Chilling Truth

Liquefied natural gas is natural gas frozen to minus 260 degrees F, where it is held until used by the customer. What makes it dangerous is that if it escapes during storage or during transportation and pools, it will warm up, forming a gas cloud that will burn and can explode when confined.

SLNG plans to run up to 58 trucks per day filled with LNG from Elba Island via President Street, the Truman Parkway, DeRenne, I-516 to I-16 and I -95.  Fifty-eight (58) trucks  - more than one tank truck per half hour - loaded with this potentially explosive substance will be passing within a stone’s throw of our homes if the Feds side with SLNG.

Fifty-eight loaded trucks going out and fifty-eight empty trucks coming in. 

That makes 116 tanker truck roundtrips per day on roads that are already crowded. 

The new figures average out to an additional tanker truck similar to this one
on DeRenne less than every 13 minutes, every hour of every day.

A Solution Already Exists

In addition to the FERC's permission to build four truck loading platforms, SLNG must also obtain permission from the City and County to use our roads, the ones that are locally owned.

But no permission is needed to use state and federal roads, including Bay Street – a well-known, established route - as far as we have been able to determine. 
A 2001 memo from the city of Savannah to El Paso Energy stated that no hazardous materials shall be transported on Savannah streets.

What has changed? The people! Join us!

The Fairway Oaks Greenview Association and other concerned environmental groups are opposed to the plans of SLNG.

FERC Public Meeting on Wednesday, September 29, 7PM
Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 5711 Abercorn Street
Please come out and show your concern and express your views!

For more information on this and other crucial neighborhood issues, join our mailing list at contactfairwayoaksgreenview@gmail.com and bookmark http://fairwayoaksgreenviewassociation.blogspot.com/

DC still wants to hear your voice on LNG trucks on DeRenne. Act Now!

The FERC in Washington will let residents make their voice heard on the El Paso LNG trucks traversing DeRenne.
Here's how to get involved, and help save your neighborhood:

From homepage for FERC  http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp click on e-filing on the menu on the left side of screen

When you get to the screen which asks filing type click on "General". 

Then in the next box click on "Protest". then "next".

On next screen then enter the Docket number CP10-477-000, then click on "search". Next screen will show that docket, click on "+" It will then add the docket , Click on next. 

 You can then go to Word and write your complaint or attach it, if you have already written it. I included docket number CP10-477-000 in my protest also. Then submit.

Keep your confirmation info. I didn't print it, but wrote it down.  FERC will e-mail you once it is received also. They will also e-mail when your e-filing  is accepted.

OR, You can write a complaint and mail it in. This is way easier!!! (just not as timely, so I beg you to e-file. ) It should have 6 copies per FERC staff(not 14).  It is not necessary to have the 6 copies,however. FERC will make the copies to distribute for you. If you mail it please keep a copy.

Some points to mention on your comments-

1.  No streets in Savannah can accommodate 58 trucks coming in and out of Savannah (116/ day)

2.  Numerous homes and neighborhoods along DeRenne Avenue

3.  All of DeRenne Avenue east of Abercorn is a locally owned street and not approved for transporting haz-mat.

4.  Two hospitals use DeRenne for ambulance transport. St. Joseph/Candler Hospital and several medical facilities are located directly on DeRenne.

5.   HunterAAF is on I-516 just west of DeRenne and on the proposed route.

6.  Community members just completed and city council approved a plan for DeRenne Avenue, called Project DeRenne, which will narrow the lanes    and reclaim DeRenne as a more pedestrian and community friendly street.

7.   Fairway Oaks neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in May of 2009 as the first mid-century neighborhood to attain this designation in Georgia. 

8. The Tatumville neighborhood, just west of DeRenne , which is adjacent to I-516, has homes which are extremely close to the highway. 

Thanks to FOGA board member Susu Cox for her efforts!

El Paso Energy Proving Shifty

From the 9/9/10 Savannah Morning News:
Savannah City Council blasts LNG trucking response

Proposal would route fuel-laden trucks from Elba Island along DeRenne Avenue

Posted: September 9, 2010 - 12:19am  |  Updated: September 9, 2010 - 6:19am

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• Elba could add LNG traffic to DeRenne

By Lesley Conn

He came offering an apology, but by the time Bruce Hughes, president of Southeast LNG, finished his presentation, Savannah City Council members were even more determined to oppose the company's proposal to truck liquefied natural gas through the city.
Hughes met with the City Council in a workshop session Wednesday to make amends for not meeting with any city officials to discuss a proposal to move LNG from the Elba Island storage facility down Truman Parkway and along DeRenne Avenue, which would carry it past the city's two hospitals, Hunter Army Airfield and a half-dozen residential neighborhoods.
Southeast's initial plan calls for about 10 double-hulled trucks by late 2012, with up to 58 trucks within a decade. Each truck would haul 13,000 gallons.
Company officials, at the urging of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, had a public meeting last month. While several city officials attended, it did not allow the thorough review and discussion Mayor Otis Johnson and other Savannah officials hoped for.
Two responses by Hughes confirmed to the mayor and other council members the lack of communication.
When the mayor asked when company officials planned to meet with the first responders who would be called out should an accident occur, Hughes replied they had been invited to the public meeting.
When Alderman Jeff Felser asked whether Memorial University Medical Center, the area's only trauma center, had been approached, Hughes said no, adding: "The process doesn't include talking to every resident or business along the proposed route."
If the company really were sincere about communicating its plans, it would have met with officials from the city of Savannah and Chatham County, Johnson said.
"I'm prepared to struggle against this on principle alone until you're prepared to sit down together and have a real, honest discussion about this proposal," Johnson said. "... We have an obligation to the citizens who elected us to protect them from hurt and harm and undue risk."
Johnson said he wants to bring in a consultant to help the city work with the company and its proposal. He conceded that, with its financial resources and Washington lobbyists, the company likely would get the outcome it wanted, regardless of the city's efforts.
Alderman Tony Thomas also asked how many state and federal elected officials the company had met with. Hughes said he did not know, but as he and his group left, Thomas said, Oney Temple - the regional director of state government affairs for El Paso Pipeline, a partner in the trucking proposal - told Thomas he had met with both congressmen, both U.S. senators and three state legislators.
"They've been talking to everybody but us," Thomas said. "Why haven't we heard anything about it?"
After the meeting, Hughes addressed the council's concerns about providing information.
"We haven't done a good enough job of communicating," he said. "That was made crystal clear today."

Safety concerns
Despite Hughes' repeated assurances that liquefied natural gas cannot explode and is not combustible, council members and Savannah Fire & Emergency Services Chief Charles Middleton had concerns about what could happen if the liquid escaped as a vapor. That, too, poses little risk, Hughes said, because the vapor, being lighter than air, quickly rises.
In 40 years of LNG trucking across the United States, and with more than 750,000 trips, there have been fewer than 30 accidents. Only one, according to data the company provided to federal regulators, resulted in the liquid vaporizing. In that incident, no one was hurt.
Hughes also reminded the council that state and federal regulations govern truck transport. Middleton said he had not talked to any other cities that have LNG transported, nor had Southeast officials made themselves available to talk about their proposal. He wants to know more about when deliveries would be scheduled, the planned destinations and discuss response methods.
Acting City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney told council that in 2001, then-City Manager Michael Brown had an agreement from Southern LNG - which was seeking to reactivate its Elba Island terminal - that the liquefied gas would not be trucked to and from the facility.
In two memos provided to the Savannah Morning News, Brown documented that concern and added that he had asked Southern, the U.S. Coast Guard and other appropriate officials to brief the city's hazardous materials staff.
"In my opinion, it bears further examination," Small-Toney said. "We need to be very diligent in determining how safe the transport of LNG is through any part of the city or anywhere in the region or Georgia, really."

What's next
Company officials hope to have federal approval for the trucking plan by February. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the primary body overseeing the application, is planning another public meeting in Savannah, possibly later this month.
A date has not been finalized, Tamara Young-Allen, a public affairs specialist for the commission, said Wednesday.
The meetings will provide the public an opportunity to ask questions about the LNG proposal. Citizens also will have an opportunity to submit written comments.

http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-09-09/savannah-city-council-blasts-lng-trucking-response

Crime in the Neighborhood

A Lieutenant from the SCCPD provided this running list of crimes reported and investigated in Fairway Oaks and Greenview so far this year.

To always see the latest official SCCPD crime stats click here - http://savannahpd.epolicing.com/

58 Liquid Natural Gas Tankers a Day on DeRenne? It's More Likely than You Think.

Southern LNG is having an open house from 6-8 p.m. Monday, 9/6 at the Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 5711 Abercorn St., to provide information about the facility and the permitting process.  


Although Tuesday, 9/7, was the deadline with the FERC, there is still time!  
They are still accepting comments if you explain the shortened time frame we were forced into.  If you have not filed a protest online please call the e-file help desk at 1(202) 502-8258 or the ferc online support # at 1(866)208-3676 so they can help you.


Make your opinion heard!

Almost 60 trucks similar to this one may soon be traversing DeRenne on a daily basis if Southern LNG gets its way.




Please read this article from The 8/22/10 Savannah Morning News:

Elba could add LNG traffic to DeRenne

Plan calls for 58 tanker trucks a day out of Savannah facility

Posted: August 22, 2010 - 12:18am  |  Updated: August 22, 2010 - 3:18am

By Mary Landers

A proposal to reactivate a truck-loading facility on Elba Island could put tanker trucks full of liquefied methane on DeRenne Avenue as early as 2012.

That's a traffic scenario that doesn't sit well with Judy Jennings, of the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Coastal Group.

"You're putting it in a mobile vehicle that could be taken over by anybody," she said. "Unlike with the ships, you can't even say the Coast Guard is watching. All you have to do is whack the truck driver on the head and you have a truckload of liquefied natural gas."

A similar proposal was roundly opposed by city officials in the mid 1990s, recalled Jennings, who has kept a close eye on the LNG industry for years.

"They opposed it because of more traffic on Bay Street," she said. "People are just as trapped on DeRenne. There's just no easy way to get LNG out of Elba."

On Aug. 4, Southern LNG, which operates the liquefied natural gas import terminal on the Savannah River off President Street Extension, applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to re-start its truck loading facility.

The filing indicates plans to begin operating by Nov. 1, 2012, with eight to 10 tanker trucks per day, and to ramp up over the next decade to 58 trucks per day.

The trucking operation will be run by Southeast LNG Distribution Company, a joint venture between AGL Resources Inc. and El Paso Corp. The latter is the parent company of Southern LNG.

El Paso spokesman Bill Baerg declined to give details of the route the trucks would take.

"We'll go through that Monday," he said, referring to a public informational meeting the company is hosting that day. "That's the No. 1 question people will ask."

But in a report filed with FERC, three potential trucking routes are outlined. Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co., which produced the report, eliminated Bay Street as an option because it "would pass through the historic district of downtown." The preferred route sends trucks onto the Truman Parkway from President Street then across DeRenne Avenue and Interstate 516 to reach Interstate 16.

LNG is transported in double-walled trucks similar to those used for liquid oxygen, and requires similar certification for drivers, said Bruce Wilding, a researcher at the federal Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory.

"(LNG) is very similar to things already commonplace in our lives today," Wilding said.

LNG is methane gas cooled to minus 260 degrees, but it will not burn in its liquid state. If LNG spilled out of a truck it would vaporize and float upward because it's lighter than air. Like a natural gas leak, the resulting vapor cloud could ignite.

Truck tankers not new

Truck-loading was part of Elba's original distribution plan. About five or six trucks a day left the facility in its first two years of operation from 1978 to 1980, Baerg said. But the plant was mothballed in 1980 after U.S. natural gas prices fell and El Paso had a contract dispute with its supplier in Algeria. Elba reopened in 2001 without its truck-loading facility.

The new proposal calls for truck tankers to load up at Elba and then fan out over the Southeast to provide liquid fuel for LNG-powered vehicles, such as heavy-duty trucks, buses and waste haulers. The trucks could also serve peak-shaving power plants.

Pipelines that send natural gas out of Elba - including a controversial 190-mile pipeline that went into service in March - won't transport the product in this case, said Alan Chapple, spokesman for AGL Resources. The pipelines carry natural gas in its vapor form. Technology exists to re-liquefy the methane for use as LNG, but it's expensive and energy-intense.

"Because the current pipeline system is not equipped to handle LNG (which would require keeping it at very low temperatures for long distances), transportation in a specially built and well-insulated tanker truck is the most practical and feasible method for moving the LNG to customers throughout the Southeast," Chapple wrote in an e-mail.

Approximately 3,000 heavy duty trucks, transit buses, refuse haulers, and other vehicles now use LNG as a primary fuel, El Paso indicated in its FERC filing. The majority of these vehicles are located in the states of California, Arizona, and Texas. Industry analysts expect the market for this cleaner burning fuel to increase with increasingly stringent emissions requirements.

There aren't numerous LNG refueling stations to accept tanker truck shipments in the Southeast yet, Baerg said.

"This is a new venture. It's an opportunity to bring clean natural gas to the region," he said. "It would give the region access to LNG which we think is an environmentally friendly alternative to fuels out there. If it replaces diesel, the environment will benefit."

LNG meeting Monday
As part of its application process, Southern LNG is having an open house from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 5711 Abercorn St., to provide information about the facility and the permitting process.
"We encourage them to give as much information as possible," said Tamara Young-Allen, FERC spokeswoman.
Comments about the proposed facility, including concerns about increased traffic, should be sent to FERC by Sept. 7 to help shape the commission's environmental assessment.
The commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the "eFiling" link at www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
An official timeframe for the project has not yet been developed, Young-Allen said, but she estimated it would take 12-18 months from the Aug. 4 application date for FERC to decide on the matter.

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The first mid-20^th Century Suburban Residential District to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia

The Fairway Oaks-Greenview Subdivision consists of two contiguous, precedent setting mid-20^th Century suburban developments, representing the first upscale suburban residential development in Savannah to feature the now ubiquitous curvilinear street layout with cul-de-sacs and large multi-sized wooded lots. 
It was the first development of its kind in the region to successfully capitalize on new ideas about “country” living in the suburbs and a “country club” lifestyle fostered by its proximity to Bacon Park and the adjacent Live Oaks Golf Course.  In addition, the subdivision is also significant for the establishment of the Fairway Oaks Association (c1950), one of the earliest such homeowner associations in Savannah and in Georgia.

Fairway Oaks, the earlier and larger subdivision, was developed by Max Hostettler and James Richmond between 1950 and 1957. Development  took place from the south, nearest the park and golf course, with the oldest and largest houses, and to the north, with later and smaller houses.  The 175 houses built during this time represent a variety of traditional, modern and contemporary residential housing styles and types, many of which bear the distinct local feature of salvaged Savannah grey brick for exterior veneer.

Development of adjacent Greenview Subdivision was begun by Max Hostettler in 1956, as his Fairway Oaks development was nearing completion, and continued into the 1960s.  Greenview features an H-shaped street layout containing 39 building lots.  House types and styles are similar to those in Fairway Oaks, but the houses are larger and more architecturally elaborate.  Several houses were designed by noted Savannah architects including Juan C. Bertotto, Carl Helfrich, Jr., and John LeBey.  The Weis House (c1959), designed by internationally renowned Florida architect Mark Garrison Hampton, FAIA, - a principal practitioner of the ‘Sarasota School” of contemporary – was awarded “outstanding design in steel construction” for 1959 by Architectural Review Magazine.