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Home My WebLink About2025-03-07 enewsletter84 Outlook Ulysses Updates for 3/7/25 From town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com <town-of-ulysses@googleg roups.com> on behalf of Carissa Parlato, Town Clerk <ulysses.clerk@gmail.com> Date Fri 3/7/2025 4:21 PM To Google Groups <town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com> Happy Friday, Ulysses! Members of the Comp Plan Steerine Committee will be set up at the Trumansburg School Staff Slam tonight from 5-8:30pm to share information with the public. If you're going to the Staff Slam, stop by the cafeteria and say hello! Also- a reminder for our photo contest. Winter is coming to end so this may be your last opportunity to take winter photos of Ulysses and have them memorializedin our 2025-2045 Comprehensive Plan document! Details here. IN THIS WEEK'S ULYSSES NEWSLETTER: Update from Supervisor Summer Rec Registration- 3/15 Comp Plan OPEN HOUSE Measles Info 2025 Local Elections UPDATE FROM TOWN SUPERVISOR OLSON: Greetings, Ulyssians! The Town is in the middle of our comprehensive plan process, and we want your feedback! Please take a moment to fill out the survey on your thoughts about the Town and how you'd like to see it improve in the future. The survey can be accessed HERE. We will also have an open house at the TCSD High School Library on Wednesday, March 19 from 4-7pm. Please stop by this family -friendly event! I have also greatly appreciated so many thoughtful messages from residents over the past week about the potential park donation. Thank you for taking the opportunity to share both your excitement for this generous offer, as well as concerns that you might have about how a park could be designed. As always, please reach out and share your thoughts, and these will be made available to the Town Board, the Planning Board and the Board of Zoning Appeals. I'm currently working on some basic FAQs, and those will be shared via the Town webpage and the newsletter in the coming weeks. Please send your comments to clerk townofulyssesny.gov. One quick FAQ: Where is the Town in the process related to the potential donation? At the February 25th meeting, the Town Board expressed interest in the potential donation, and reviewed and approved the draft environmental form (FEAF) required by the NY SEQRA process. The Town Board authorized its intention to declare itself lead agency, and provided notice to interested agencies within the Town and Tompkins County. At its March 4 meeting, the Planning Board voted in support of the Town Board serving as lead agency. Over the next month or so, we will be collecting environmental feedback from the interested agencies, and the Town meetings are open to the public. Most likely the Town Board will begin reviewing in April the environmental feedback provided. The next Town Board meeting will be on Tuesday, March 11 at 7pm and the public is welcome to join us in person or remotely. The agenda packet is available here. We have a number of important items on the agenda, including how to manage the parking lot at Town Hall after it is repaved and reorganized later this spring, a request for a speed study for the roads around Taughannock State Park, a road sharing agreement for a portion of Iradell, and a conversation around the Town's financial investments. SUMMER REC PROGRAM REGISTRATION: The Town of Ulysses Summer Rec program registration opens on March 15th at 8 am. There will be six weeks of camp this summer (June 30-Aug. 8) for campers entering kindergarten through 6th grade. Hours: • Monday -Friday, 9am-4pm • Pre -camp 8-9 am and post -camp 4-5 pm Costs: • Week 1: June 30 - July 3rd (4 days only)- $140.00 • Week 2 & 3: $175.00 • Week 4: $175.00 (includes field trip TBA) • Week 5: $175.00 (includes field trip TBA) • Week 6: $175.00 (plus $30 for Seabreeze field trip) • Pre -camp $20/wk • Post -camp $20/wk Scholarships are available for eligible families. • Check eligibility. • Link to scholarshio form. Please complete prior to registration. New for 2025: Advanced camper program for students entering 7th or 8th grade: • three 2-week programs • 12 campers per session • Monday -Friday 8am-12pm • $150/2wks More information to come. Spring program registration is currently open, offering baseball, track, and tennis. More information here. OPEN HOUSE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The town will hold an open house on Wednesday, March 19 from 4-7pm at the Trumansburg high school library. Please stop by to take survey, and learn about more ways to get involved and stay informed. MEASLES UPDATES: httpil/www.tOMDkinscountyny.eov/All-Depa rtments/W hole-Health/Whole-Health-Press-Room/2025-03-March/Health-Alert-Measles-Cases- Spreading-Nationally-Vaccination-Encouraged Tompkins County Whole Health (TCWH) alerts the community of the emergence of measles cases throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Measles is a serious disease that is preventable through vaccination. While there are no current cases of measles reported in Upstate New York (there have been 2 cases reported in New York City this year), we urge everyone to be aware of this public health concern and take steps to prevent contracting measles. As the outbreak in Texas Brows (currently 146 cases), the risk of infected people traveling around the country and exposing others increases. Measles is a highly contagious viruseasily spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes or by direct contact with a contaminated surface. Symptoms: • can take between 7-14 days from exposure to occur • can often be mistaken for other respiratory illnesses • include a high fever, cough, runny or congested nose, sore throat and watery eyes • red and blotchy rash may occur within 3-5 days following the start of cold -like symptoms, with the rash usually appearing on the face first. • rash may spread down the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet, and spots may join together as they spread • when the rash appears, fever temperatures may rise above 104° Fahrenheit Because measles is so contagious, a community must have 95 of every 100 persons (95%) vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity and prevent spread. MMR vaccination rates in Tompkins County for children between ages two and three is 85%, making young children, more susceptible. If you were born before 1957 you are considered immune. People born after 1957 usually receive their vaccination as children. Teens and adults who have not received the vaccine can get the two doses or be caught up on any missed doses. If you are unsure of your vaccination status, please talk to your healthcare provider or call our Community Health Services team at 607-274 6604 to receive assistance in checking your vaccine records. Tompkins County Whole Health offers low or no -cost immunization clinics every Friday through the New York State funded Vaccines for Children (VFC) and Vaccines for Adult (VFA) programs. Clinics are open from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm by appointment only. Learn more about measles and stay up to date on disease prevalence by visiting our measles webpage. 2025 LOCAL ELECTIONS: Offices to be filled: • In Town of Ulysses- o Town Clerk o Town Highway Superintendent o Town Supervisor o Town Board (2 seats) Tompkins County- o Legislator (District 5- Town of Ulysses & portions of the Towns of Enfield & Ithaca) Information on runnine for office BECOME A POLL -WORKER! Poll workers are essential to ensure elections are a success. During each election, millions of Americans dedicate themselves to sustaining the backbone of democracy - our election process. The EAC encourages those interested in becoming poll workers at the polls on Election Day to learn more about what is required and how to sign up to work with your local election office, the Tompkins County Board of Elections (607- 274-5522). THANKS FOR READING TO THE END! 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