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Home My WebLink About2024-02-02 enewsletterlVg Gmail Deputy Clerk<ulysses.deputy.clerk@gmail.com> Ulysses Updates for 2/2/24 1 message Carissa Parlato, Town Clerk <ulysses.clerk@gmail.com> Reply -To: ulysses.clerk@gmail.com To: Google Groups <town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com> Hello Ulysses, See updates below and have a great weekend! IN THIS WEEK'S ULYSSES NEWSLETTER: Middle School Youth Programs Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map Help Create the Town's Future Don't Feed Deer in the Winter Environmental Mgmt Council Mtg Connect with NYS Legislators Seeking Consultant for Comp Plan Update Trash and Litter on Roadsides Upcoming Meetings Town Facebook page Board/Committee Vacancies Free Spay/Neuter Clinic Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAMS: Middle School "Adventure Club" meets on Tuesdays from 4-5:30pm at the Church of the Epiphany, 11 Elm Street, Trumansburg NY. Kids in grades 5-8 are invited to drop in as desired or come to all sessions! Instructed by Ryan Holmes, the beloved director of the Tburg Summer Rec Camp, club activities are oriented around team building and cooperation- and are designed to give youth opportunities to solve problems and build relationships in a safe and inclusive environment. Register here, as a drop -in option, or a regular weekly activity: https://forms.office.com/r/7Z5xrLAZZz Contact Rachel Kennedy with questions: rkennedy-@townofulyssesnygov PRELIMINARY FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP: The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a public notice in the Ithaca Journal January 31 regarding their issuance of preliminant Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports. For more information, please visit FEMA's website at https://www.floodmaps.fema. gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe main.asp or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877- FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). HELP PLAN FOR ULYSSES FUTURE! The Town of Ulysses has begun to update its Comprehensive Plan. a critical summary of the vision and strategies needed to guide the Town's development in a direction our community wants to go. The Town's Comprehensive Plan Committee invites all stakeholders, including residents, business owners, youth and visitors to share their important perspectives on what makes our Town great, and where we should be headed. Please take a few minutes to give some feedback! To stay informed about upcoming meetings and other feedback opportunities, check the website and join the listserv. CONSEQUENCES OF FEEDING DEER IN THE WINTER: From NYS DEC: Now that white-tailed deer hunting seasons have ended throughout most of New York State, it may be tempting to begin feeding deer to "help" them through the winter. However, feeding deer during the winter or other times of the year is unnecessary, prohibited in New York, and can have very negative consequences for deer, your neighbors, and surrounding wildlife habitat. During the winter, deer primarily rely on woody and evergreen vegetation (collectively known as woody browse) for their daily nutritional and metabolic needs. The digestive enzymes in a deer's stomach change in the winter to better digest this browse. If deer are provided with unnatural food sources such as corn or hay after this change in diet has occurred it can result in deer becoming ill or even their death. Deer will attempt to utilize the unnatural food source, but can develop acidosis (i.e., grain overload disease) or enterotoxemia (i.e., Clostridium overgrowth) disease because they can't digest the food properly. Both diseases occur acutely and can result in the rapid illness and death of deer in winter even though their stomachs are full. Deer also congregate around food sources in winter which can increase the risk for disease transmission. For example, if a deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) visits an artificial deer feeding site it will shed CWD prions in its saliva directly on the food, which can infect any other deer that feed from the same site. Congregations of deer around artificial feeding sites can also increase the risk for deer -vehicle collisions and deer related damage to landscape plantings, orchards, and tree farms. Inflated deer densities resulting from deer feeding can also exceed the carrying capacity of the surrounding habitat, resulting in wildlife habitat degradation. Habitat improvement, especially the creation and promotion of earl/ successional habitat, is the best way to ensure that deer and other species of wildlife have plenty to eat all year and avoids the negative consequences of deer feeding. Anyone interested in improving wildlife habitat on their property can contact their regional DEC deer or wildlife habitat management biologist. For a list of tree and shrub species that deer prefer to eat in winter and that you can promote on your property, visit DEC's winter deer foods webpage. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING Next meeting- Thursday, February 8, 4:00pm - 5:30pm The EMC typically meets on Zoom. Care About Preserving Our Area's Natural Resources? Consider joining the Environmental Management Council! We are currently accepting applications for municipal and at -large members. Watch a recording of the EMC's fall 2022 public outreach event "Flooding -- Are You Ready? Let's Talk About It" - For more information, visit EMC. CONNECT WITH YOUR NYS LEGISLATORS: NYS Senate, 52nd District - Lea Webb • Website • Subscribe to Mailing List NYS Assembly, 125th District - Dr. Anna R. Kelles • Website • Subscribe to Mailing List SEEKING CONSULTANT FOR COMP PLAN UPDATE: The Town of Ulysses is soliciting a qualified consultant from a multidisciplinary consulting firm to assist in the development of the 2025-2045 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update and associated Environmental Impact Statement. Please see the following link for more information: https://www.townofuIvLsesny.ggv/pages/ulysses2045/rfq/. TRASH AND LITTER ON PROPERTY ROADSIDES: Per NYS Property Maintenance Code, litter on private property is the property owner's responsibility, even if it was not put there by the property owner: 301.2 Responsibility • "...Occupants of a dwelling unit, rooming unit or housekeeping unit are responsible for keeping in a clean, sanitary and safe condition that part of the dwelling unit, rooming unit, housekeeping unit or premises which they occupy and control" 301.3 Vacant Structures and Land • "Vacant premises, structures and portions thereof, or vacant land shall be maintained by the owner in a clean, safe, secure and sanitary condition as provided herein so as not to cause a blighting problem or adversely affect the public health or safety." 302.1 Sanitation • 'Exterior property and premises shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The occupant shall keep that part of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a clean and sanitary condition" For more information, contact the Bldg & Code Dept. at (607)387-5767 ext. 231. For information on recycling and trash pick up, visit https://recycletompkins.org/. UPCOMING MEETINGS: (View details for all on Town's calendar) Feb. 6- Planning Board Feb. 13- Town Board TOWN OF ULYSSES ON FACEBOOK Have you checked out our Facebook page yet? Like this newsletter, relevant local, state, and federal resources are shared in a safe, judgement -free zone. Visit„ follow, share with a friend! BOARD/COMMITTEE VACANCIES: The Town of Ulysses is seeking 1 alternate (1-year appointment) for each of the boards listed below. Apply at Application for boards/committees . Questions can be sent to Town Planner Niels Tygesen and/or Town Supervisor Katelin Olson. Planning Board- Typically meets once a month at 7pm on the 1st Tuesday of the month, and periodically on the 3rd Tuesday as needed. Possible duties include: • The review of, and issuing decisions on, various land use permits including site plan review and special use permits; • The review of, and providing recommendations to the Board of Zoning Appeals on, variance applications, and • The review of, and providing recommendations to the Town Board on, the Town's broad planning goals, policies and long-range plans, such as the Comprehensive Plan. rezones, and zoning code revisions. Board of Zoning Appeals- Typically meets once a month at 7pm on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Possible duties include: • Hearing requests and issuing decisions on variances for proposed land uses or developments that do not comply with current local zoning code; and • Hearing and issuing decisions on appeals of any order, requirement, decision, interpretation, or determination made by the Zoning Officer. FREE CAT SPAY/NEUTER and VACCINATION CLINIC: Spay Day is a free student -run feline spay/neuter event at Cornell whereby cats will be permanently altered (spayed/neutered) by veterinary students under the supervision of experienced veterinarians. When: Saturday, February 17th. Where: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. 602 Tower Rd, Ithaca, 14850 Who to contact with questions: spay�cornell@gmail.com Eligibility: Each client is allowed to bring up to two cats. Cats must be personally owned, handleable, 2 months or older, and generally healthy. *** Each cat must be in its own secure carrier (one cat per carrier) Benefits of spay/neuter include: • preventing unplanned litters of kittens to reduce pet overpopulation, • helping reduce undesirable reproductive behaviors such as fighting, marking, and escaping to find other cats, • as well as decreasing risk of certain reproductive diseases. If your cat is twelve weeks old or older, they will be legally required by New York State law to receive a rabies vaccine on Spay Day unless a certificate of up-to-date vaccination is provided. Other vaccines: FVRCP vaccination (recommended - free) Microchip (recommended -free) Flea/tick prevention (recommended - free) How to Register: Registration will open on Saturday, February 3rd at 12 noon and will be closed when appointment slots and waitlist slots are full OR on February 6th at 12 noon (whichever comes first). If the link below does not work after February 3rd at noon, it is because registration is full and the form has closed. Click HERE for the registration form If you are receiving this as a forwarded message and would like to sign up to receive it directly, visit http—s-.-LIgroups.google.com g/town-of-ulysses PLEASE NOTE: Please update my email address to clerk@townofulyssesny.gov Thx Best, Carissa Parlato, CIVIC (Certified Municipal Clerk), RMC (Registered Municipal Clerk) Ulysses Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Records Manager, Notary Public 10 Elm St. Trumansburg NY 14886 (607)387-5767, ext. 221 Hours: M-F, 10am-3pm (or by appointment) https://townofulys-sesny.gov/ Get the latest updates on the town- sign up for the e-newsletter! Click here. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "town -of -Ulysses" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to town-of-ulysses+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. 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