2nd Public Meeting
The City of South Padre Island will be holding a second public meeting to discuss the Beach Maintenance Program. Main points of discussion will include: what the City is doing to maintain the City's beaches and dunes; and; how the city is addressing litter on the beach. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 10:00 am, in the Council Chambers, City Hall - South Padre Island, 4601 Padre Boulevard. 
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American Spirit Summer Nationals
Over 1200 participants and attendees arrived for the American Spirit Summer Nationals had the Centre rocking and rolling last weekend. The long time Oklahoma based client has expanded their events with us and now have July and November competition in South Padre. Great group!
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Texas Narcotic Officers Association
TNOA, Texas Narcotic Officers Association, will once again be with us in August. This year they are hosting a 5k beach run in support of Friends of Animals Rescue on August 17th at 8:00am. For those interested in more information or to register, please go to www.tnoa.org.
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Recycling
Approximately 1,077 pounds of recyclable material were collected last Saturday. From this total, cardboard topped off with 466 pounds. Thank you to everyone for doing their part in keeping South Padre Island beautiful! 
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Los Fresnos Construction began the sidewalk construction project last week at the 6300 block of Padre Boulevard. Crews framed last week and will be pouring the new sidewalk this week.
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Maintenance Activities
Last week the Public Works crews worked on weeding the beds at Center Medians along padre Boulevard. They also have taken over the watering duties of the recently planted 60 Sabal Palm trees at the Convention Center. 
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Recycling
Recyclable items can be taken to Old City Hall every Saturday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Items that can be recycled are: - Newspaper
- Cardboard
- Office Paper
- Aluminum
- Tin
- Plastic
To offer a better recycling service please: - Compact, crush or break down plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, aluminum cans or any other items that may be reduced in size. This helps us use the most amount of space in the bins.
- Remove any food, liquid, metal fasteners, adhesive materials or other items that may contaminate the whole load.
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Animal Control
Lost or found an animal on the Island? The South Padre Island's Animal Control is working together with the Friends of Animals Rescue Group. Their foster-based recovery center helps to reunite lost and found pets with their families. Friends of Animal Rescue will make every effort to reunite lost animals with their families. Animals that are not reunited will be vetted by Friends of Animal Rescue and placed with new families. Lost or found a pet please call (956) 761-PETS.
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Incentive Policy
The South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation and the City of South Padre Island have approved an Incentive Policy in order to assist qualified new and existing businesses and to benefit the economic climate on the Island. Businesses can apply for property tax abatements as well as sales tax abatements for improvements that will contribute to the economy of South Padre Island. The City and the EDC will evaluate the applications to determine if they meet the established criteria for the programs. You can find a link to the policy, guidelines and applications on both the City web page (www.myspi.org) and the South Padre Island EDC web page (www.southpadreislandedc.com)
For more information, contact Darla Lapeyre, South Padre Island Economic Development Corporation Executive Director, at (956) 761- 6805 or email [email protected]; or Dr. Sungman Kim, City of South Padre Island Development Director, at (956) 761-8113 or email [email protected].
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This is Jack Black. He is a Pit Bull Terrier mix. He is still a young boy around 2 years old. He has been neutered and is current in all his vaccinations. He is very sweet and loving to everyone. He also gets a long well with other animals. He loves his belly to be rubbed. Stop by and see Jack Black at Friends of Animal Rescue located at 4908 Padre Blvd. We are open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM. You can also check out our Facebook page and see pictures of other animals that we have up for adoption. For more information you can call us at (956) 772-1171. Thank you for your continued support.
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