WNBZ Community Calendar

There will be a board meeting of the Lake Placid Central School Board of Education on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 beginning at 6:30 p.m.   A motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel is anticipated at 6:30 p.m. Executive session will last until 7:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held in the Board of Education Conference Room, Administrative Services Center, 50 Cummings Road, Lake Placid, New York

 II. Reports to the Board

A. Director of Special Education Overview by Javier Perez

B. Shared Services Discussion

C. Committee Reports

 Technology Committee

 Policy Committee – First Read

 III. Superintendent’s Report

 IV. Action Items

 A. Minutes of the Board of Education Meeting dated July 3, 2012 and July 17, 2012

B. Personnel

Temporary Administrative Appointment

Teaching Staff Resignation

Temporary Teaching Staff Appointment

Salary Adjustment

Salary Approvals

Extra Service Coaching Assignments

C. Budget Transfers

D. Elementary School Handbook

E. Middle/High School Handbook

F. School Meal Prices

G. Food Service Consultant

H. Sports Mergers

I. Transportation Contract

J. Special Education (July 3, 2012)

K. Other

 V. For the Good of the Cause

 - 5 minute time limit

 VI. Anticipated Executive Session

 VII. Adjournment

 Location: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CENTER

Lake Placid, New York

The Honorable

Clyde Rabideau

Mayor of the Village of Saranac Lake,

The Saranac Lake Board of Trustees and the

Saranac Lake Local Development Corporation Members

Cordially Invite the Honor of Your Presence

To a Grand Reception

Welcoming and Saluting the Commencement of Biotech Operations of

Myriad-RBM

In its New 3 Main Street Saranac Lake Location

Wednesday Evening, August Eighth

Commencing at Five O’clock

In Riverside Park

The Evening’s Theme is

“The Good Old Summer Time”

Old Fashioned Ice Cream and Root Beer

Will be served to the Music

Of a Dixieland Band

With Complimentary Boater Straw Hats

Tours of the New Myriad RBM Facility Will be Conducted During the Reception

RSVP-By August Sixth-VSL Community Development Office

39 Main Street

comdevassistant@saranaclakeny.gov

This Event is Primarily Underwritten By

J. Hogan Refrigeration and Mechanical, Inc.

Peru, NY

www.jhoganrefrigeration.com

There will be a regular meeting of the Saranac Lake Central School Board at 6:30pm in the Petrova Library at 6:30pm

REGULAR MEETING  7:00 P.M.

 ROLL CALL/PLEDGE TO THE FLAG

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF July 26, 2012

 WARRANT # 15 OF 2012:

 GENERAL FUND    $2,971.34   342-355

 AIRPORT FUND    $174,661.44     405-428

 GENERAL OUTSIDE FUND   $53.14    67-68

 HIGHWAY FUND OUTSIDE     $47,889.81     138-143

 TRUST AND AGENCY     $900.00

 WATER DISTRICT     $1,214.09   1

 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUD       $9.00

 SUPERVISOR:

 CAPITAL PROJECTS

Authorize Deputy Supervisor to sign Federal/State paperwork for services performed by Passero Associates and M.J. Raymond, LLC for the listed invoices and approval of payments and Federal and State draw downs:

1. Passero voucher FAA Project 3-36-0105-51-11 Perform Airport Master Study Update with GIS Component, Perform Wildlife Hazard Management Study Phase II, Invoice #14942 $23,821.23
2. Authorize to sign FAA Letter of Credit Transfer FAA Project 3-36-0105-51-11 Perform Airport Master Study Update with GIS Component, Perform Wildlife Hazard Management Study Phase II amount $22,630.17 FAA Share 95%.
3. Passero voucher NYSDOT Pin 7905.32 GA Terminal Site Improvements Invoice #56289 $1,300.09
4. Authorization to sign NYSDOT Application for Payment, Certificate #26 NYSDOT Pin #7905.32 in the amount of $1.170.08 NYSDOT share 90%
5. M.J. Raymond, LLC voucher NYSDOT Pin 7905.32 GA Terminal Site Improvements Payment Application #3 in the amount of $67,221.62.
6. Authorization to sign NYSDOT Application for Payment, Certificate #27 NYSDOT Pin #7905.32 in the amount of $60,499.46 NYSDOT Share 90%

RESOULTION # 16  OF 2012

Authorization for Deputy Supervisor DeFuria to sign grant offer for AIP Project Number 3-36-0105-54-12 in the amount of $627,140.00 for the following project, Reconstruct Transient Aircraft Parking Apron, approximately 140,000 square feet including associated drainage (Design & Construction) Total project amount $660,148.00 FAA Share $627,140.00, Local Share $16,504.00, State Share $16504.00.

Authorization for Deputy Supervisor DeFuria to sign grant offer for AIP Project Number 3-36-0105-55-12 in the amount of $167,770.00 for the following project, Conduct Pavement Management Plan Study; Terminal Expansion – TSA & Passenger Screening  (Design Only) Total project amount $176,600.00 FAA Share $167.770.00, Local Share $4,415.00, State Share $4,415.00.

AIRPORT

Airport Managers Report

Permission for Airport Manager to attend New York Aviation Management Association Fall Conference and Exhibit Show inNiagara FallsSeptember 19-21.  Registration $375, Lodging $109/night for $218, $70 for meals and request permission to use personal vehicle cost of $343.66, grand total $1,007.00.

 HIGHWAY:

 BUILDINGS:

 SPECIAL DISTRICTS LAKE COLBY PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN RELOCATION:

 Authorization to go to bid  for the relocation of the pump station force main with bidding specifications being done by AES Northeast. 

 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS:

 ADJOURN:

The Town of North Elba endeavors to reduce solid waste, promote the recycling of material, and maintain and advance a clean, sustainable and environmentally conscious community. It is the ultimate goal of our program to foster educational links and stimulate collaboration between local government and all segments of our population; our youth, employees, visitors, homeowners, businesses, and seasonal residents. Environmental responsibility requires a commitment from everyone!  The Town has formed a Recycling Advisory Committee to help accomplish this mission.

Location

74 Recycle Circle Lane
Lake Placid, NY 12946

Contact Phone:  (518) 523-2940

The North Elba Transfer Station invites residents of the Town of North Elba to bring Hazardous Waste to the Transfer Station on Recycle Way this Saturday from 8am until 4pm.

New York State Police, Troop “B”, along with theAdirondackMedicalCenter, Tupper Lake Police Department and the Franklin County Traffic Safety Board will be hosting a child safety seat clinic at theMunicipalPark,TupperLakeon Saturday (August 11th, 2012) from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.  Adults who are responsible for providing transportation for children of all ages are encouraged to attend.   Technicians will be on hand to inspect seats, assist with installations, provide information and answer questions regarding child seat safety.  For more information contact T/Sergeant Brian Goetz at (518)897-2023 or email brian.goetz@troopers.ny.gov

“A.F. Tait: Artist of the Adirondacks” at the Adirondack Museum

Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. - Join Adirondack Museum Senior Art Historian/Director Emerita Caroline Welsh on Monday, August 13 for “A.F. Tait: Artist of the Adirondacks.” The program is part of the Monday Evening Lecture series.

Few painters are so closely associated with images of the Adirondacks as Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905). Tait’s pictures of wildlife, sportsmen, landscape, and rural community life resonated with nineteenth-century Americans seeking respite from the fast pace of urban living. Tait’s iconic paintings were reproduced as prints and marketed to a mass audience, and helped to create and perpetuate an image of the Adirondack wilderness as a sportsman’s paradise, a place to find camaraderie among men and test one’s mettle against the forces of nature. His images defined what is “Adirondack” about the Adirondacks in the public imagination and introduced a new dimension to American landscape and wildlife painting by portraying the interactions between wildlife and sportsmen.

The presentation will be held in the Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will be offered at no charge to museum members; the fee for non-members is $5.00. For additional information, please visit www.adirondackmuseum.org or call (518) 352-7311.

The exhibition: “The Adirondack World of A.F. Tait” is currently on display at the Adirondack Museum. The museum is open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 14, 2012.

Caroline Mastin Welsh is an art historian and Director Emerita of the Adirondack Museum. She is a graduate of the Kent School and Wellesley College and was awarded a fellowship in museum studies at the Smithsonian Institution and a fellowship in museum leadership at the Getty Leadership Institute. Her work in the museum profession includes positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the Albany Institute of History and Art in addition to the Adirondack Museum, where she served as both Curator and Director. She is a consultant on museum and exhibit development, and a national peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums. She serves or has served on regional committees and arts organizations in Pennsylvania and New York State as a trustee and advisor including the Friends of the William Penn Museum, the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, the Society for the Preservation of American Modernists, The Exhibition Alliance, the Hale Center for the Study of the Champlain Valley, and the Hamilton College Committee for the Visual Arts.

The Adirondack Museum, accredited by the American Association of Museums, offers 65,000 square feet of exciting exhibitions housed in twenty-two modern and historic buildings. Visitors can explore how people have lived, worked, traveled, and played in the Adirondacks from the 19^th century up to today. The museum is supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. For additional information, visit www.adirondackmuseum.org or call (518) 352-7311.

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Purple Loosestrife Management Workshops To Be Held

 KEENE VALLEY, NY  The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) and Cornell Cooperative Extension are hosting a new workshop series focusing on managing purple loosestrife using biological control. Biological control involves raising and releasing beetles that feed on leaves, roots or flowers of purple loosestrife plants. Workshop participants will learn how to identify purple loosestrife, map infestations and determine whether biological control is an appropriate method of treatment for their infestation. Experts will also review the process and permitting for releasing beetles as well as the monitoring protocols used to assess the effectiveness of beetle predation on purple loosestrife plants. Landowners, gardeners, landscapers, community groups and resource managers are encouraged to attend.

 Sessions will be held on Tuesday, August 14^th at the Ticonderoga Town Hall from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. and Monday, August 20^th at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Sessions are free. Please RSVP to Sarah Walsh at 518-576-2082 x 120 or sarah_walsh@tnc.org.

 Purple loosestrife is an aggressive wetland and shoreline invader that crowds out native plants and degrades habitat for wildlife and waterfowl. Managing large infestations of purple loosestrife can be difficult, but scientific monitoring and assessment of biological controls shows that it is an effective technique for reducing populations. Organizers of local control projects in Lake Placid and Schroon Lake also report great success in reducing loosestrife infestations using biological control.  “By attending this session, community members will learn the tools to assess their infestation, effectively release biological control on their lands and measure its success over time and protect wetlands for years to come,” said Sarah Walsh, APIPP’s summer educator.

 The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program is a partnership program whose mission is to protect the Adirondack region from the negative impacts of non-native invasive species. Find out more information about APIPP online at www.adkinvasives.com.

Historic Saranac Lake Films – On Tuesday, August 14, at 7 p.m., James J. Griebsch will present “Historic Motion Pictures of Saranac Lake’s Past” at the theater in the Paul Smith’s VIC. An award-winning, independent film and video director, Jim has digitized and edited 16 mm and 8mm spools of film from the 1920s through the 1960s which have been archived in the Adirondack Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library. The presentation is free and open to the public. A gift donation to support further restoration and preservation of the Kollecker film collection at the library would be appreciated. Call the library at 891-4190 or The VIC at 327-6241 for more information.

The annual Re-Dedication Ceremony of Whiteface Mountain to the Army’s 10^th Mountain Division based inFortDrum, happens today at noon..

The ceremony honors the World War II 10^th Mountain Division veterans and the modern day 10^th Mountain Division Soldiers serving throughout the world. A memorial plaque is located on the summit of Little Whiteface Mountain. Today’s ceremony will be held at Whiteface outside the Base Lodge, and will include a Military Band, Color Guard, and Firing Detail. This event is open to the public and free of charge.

For more information on ORDA’s Olympic venues and events, visit www.whitefacelakeplacid.com.

Children’s Acting Workshop – A Children’s Acting Workshop for second to fifth graders will be offered on Wednesday, August 15, and Wednesday, August 22, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Cantwell Community Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library,109 Main Street. Join the fun at the free workshop with games, costumes, props, skits and more! Call Autumn Buerkett at 327-3567 for more information.

Purple Loosestrife Management Workshops To Be Held

 KEENE VALLEY, NY  The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) and Cornell Cooperative Extension are hosting a new workshop series focusing on managing purple loosestrife using biological control. Biological control involves raising and releasing beetles that feed on leaves, roots or flowers of purple loosestrife plants. Workshop participants will learn how to identify purple loosestrife, map infestations and determine whether biological control is an appropriate method of treatment for their infestation. Experts will also review the process and permitting for releasing beetles as well as the monitoring protocols used to assess the effectiveness of beetle predation on purple loosestrife plants. Landowners, gardeners, landscapers, community groups and resource managers are encouraged to attend.

 Sessions will be held on Tuesday, August 14^th at the Ticonderoga Town Hall from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. and Monday, August 20^th at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Sessions are free. Please RSVP to Sarah Walsh at 518-576-2082 x 120 or sarah_walsh@tnc.org.

 Purple loosestrife is an aggressive wetland and shoreline invader that crowds out native plants and degrades habitat for wildlife and waterfowl. Managing large infestations of purple loosestrife can be difficult, but scientific monitoring and assessment of biological controls shows that it is an effective technique for reducing populations. Organizers of local control projects in Lake Placid and Schroon Lake also report great success in reducing loosestrife infestations using biological control.  “By attending this session, community members will learn the tools to assess their infestation, effectively release biological control on their lands and measure its success over time and protect wetlands for years to come,” said Sarah Walsh, APIPP’s summer educator.

 The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program is a partnership program whose mission is to protect the Adirondack region from the negative impacts of non-native invasive species. Find out more information about APIPP online at www.adkinvasives.com.

Fidelis holds Health Insurance open house at CVPH

 Plattsburgh, NY (August 3, 2012) – On Monday, August 20 and Tuesday, August 21, from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M., Fidelis Care will provide a free Health Insurance Open House at CVPH Medical Center in the front lobby.

 To provide community members of the Champlain Valley with low-cost or free coverage, Fidelis Care has become partners with CVPH Medical Center.  Fidelis representatives will be available at the open house to provide information, answer questions and to discuss options for your health-care.   

 Fidelis Care offers New York State’s Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid Managed Care programs.  Children under the age of 19 will be eligible for Child Health Plus, which may be free or $9 a month per child.  Adults between the ages of 19 and 64 are eligible for the low-cost health coverage through Family Health Plus.  Eligibility is based on the size of the household and gross monthly income.  Regular checkups, preventive care, hospital and emergency care, eye exams and dental are all covered under Fidelis Care.  In order to apply for enrollment, please provide identification of age, income and address.  

 CVPH is a regional medical center dedicated to providing the Champlain Valley with quality healthcare and services.

There will be a regular board meeting of the Lake Placid Central School Board of Education on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 beginning at 6:30 p.m. A work session will be held from 6:30 p.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m.   The regular meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held in the Board of Education Conference Room, Administrative Services Center, 50 Cummings Road, Lake Placid, New York.

7pm – The committee assigned to consider options in Malone will meet to hear from individuals and stakeholders. The committee is looking into the question of dissolution for the villlage of Malone along with questions about consolidation of services, and a police department.

Children’s Acting Workshop – A Children’s Acting Workshop for second to fifth graders will be offered on Wednesday, August 15, and Wednesday, August 22, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the Cantwell Community Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library,109 Main Street. Join the fun at the free workshop with games, costumes, props, skits and more! Call Autumn Buerkett at 327-3567 for more information.

The Saranac Lake School Board Meets tonight at 6pm in the Petrova Elementary Library..  The agenda includes a discussion with Principals from Brushton Moira and St Regis Falls to lear more about the concept of shared services among school districts, including the concept of sharing a superintendent – which is the case with these two districts.