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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

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The 2012 summer skating continues this weekend, Aug. 10-11, with Friday’s Freaky Friday and the Saturday Night Ice Show at the Olympic Center, in Lake Placid, N.Y.  Friday’s Freaky Friday event begins at 4:30 p.m., while the Saturday night’s show is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m.  Both events will be held in the center’s 1932 Rink Jack Shea Arena. 

 Ashley Cain (Coppell, Texas), the 2012 U.S. junior national championship silver medalist, is Saturday night’s featured skater. 

 Joining Cain will be skaters participating in the 80^th annual summer skating program. The skaters will perform their individual and group numbers during this entertaining event. Admission to the show is $10 for adults, $8 for juniors and seniors. Children six and under may enter for free.

 The ever-popular Freaky Friday show will also feature skaters from the summer skating program, who create their own unique routines for this event. The skaters abandon their regular routines in favor of creativity, humor and amusement.  The routines are judged on entertainment value.  Admission is free.

 To learn more about the Lake Placidsummer skating program, log on to www.lakeplacidskating.com. For more information on ORDA’s Olympic venues and events, visit www.whitefacelakeplacid.com.

Final 2012 Concert features violin and horn soloists

“On The Orient Express” is the last concert of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s 2012 season.  The concert will be held at theLake PlacidCenterfor the Arts on Sunday, August 12 at7:30 PM.   The concert’s program will include a flamboyant solo by ConcertmasterDaniel Szasz(Porembescu’s “Balada”) and a double Horn Concerto by Telemann featuring Sinfonietta member David Pandolfi and his son Adam Pandolfi, both on horn.     Tickets are available through the LPCA box office, 518.523.2512, all seating is reserved.  There is no charge for students 18 and under (as available.)

Concertmaster Daniel Szaszi

The Lake Placid Sinfonietta is also using this concert as an opportunity to give back to the community. In the spring, many orchestras collect donations for local food pantries through a program called Orchestras Feeding America.  In keeping with that initiative, and in recognition of how difficult summers can be for families without enough resources to buy groceries, a food drive is being held at this concert.  Non-perishable food items brought to the August 12 concert will be collected and given to   volunteers who will deliver the food collected to the Ecumenical Charity Program’s Food Pantry.

Concertmaster Daniel Szaszis featured in this concert in “Balada” by the composer  Ciprian Porumbescu, which he arranged himself for violin and orchestra, and in Franz Lehar’s “Hungarian Fantasy” with the orchestra. Mr. Szasz enjoys a world wide reputation as a soloist and is the founder of a spring music festival inRomania.  The “suite in F Mojor for Two Horns” will feature longtime Sinfonietta principal horn David Pandolfi with his son Adam Pandolfi, also on horn.  Both david Pandolfi andDaniel Szaszare members of the Alabama Symphony where they hold the positions of Principal Horn and Concertmaster, respectively.

Other selections on the program include Johan Strauss, Jr.’s “Vienna Blood Waltz” and Gustav Holst’s “Brook Green Suite.  The evening will end with the traditional “Finale” from Haydn’s “Farewell Symphony” which features the musicians leaving the stage one at a time, extinguishing a candle as they go until the stage is empty.

For more complete information on the orchestra, the musicians, and programs please visit the Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s website at www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org  of call the Lake Placid Sinfonietta office at 518-523-2051.

Adam Pandolfi

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.

SaranacLake’s 3rd Thursday Art Walks will continue this Thursday. The Village of Saranac Lake will again host the talents of regional and local artists of various genres from 5:00 to 7:30pm.

Beginning a self-guided tour through Downtown and a couple of outer-lying venues, visitors can go to any participating venue, get a schedule and map, see and experience at their own pace established artists’ work and emerging talents from all over the North Country. There will be more than 30 venues this time marked with festive balloons.

This event will extend from Pendragon Theatre on Brandy Brook Rd., off of River St., to the Saranac Laboratory Museum on Church St. and then on Main St. between River and Church Streets, up Broadway to BluSeed Studios on Cedar St. and then on Bloomingdale Ave. between Broadway and Depot St. at the new Adirondack Carousel.

At Pendragon Theatre, visitors can enjoy the works of photographer, Burdette Parks, and next learn about “The Story of Saranac Lake” in the John Black Room at theSaranacLaboratoryMuseumonChurch St.  The Adirondack Artists’ Guild will be showing Marylou Reid’s new clay work, “Totems and Vessels,” as well as works of other members. The Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Free Library will host the “Summer Show” of the Paint and Palette Association with a “Meet the Artist” reception that evening. Visitors to the NorthWinds Fine Arts Gallery on Broadway will see its members’ works plus “Cutting Corners,” the current show of local artist, Heidi Gutersloh. Up onCedar St., BluSeed Studios will showcase Jack LaDuke’s new photography, “Sun and Shadow,” and visitors can enjoy a  “Meet the Artist” reception there from 6-8pm.

Please note that fine arts photographer, Mark Kurtz, now has his studio upstairs in The Annex, above the Adirondack Artists’ Guild, along with the drawing and sculpting studios of Maria DiAngelo and Matt Paul.

Art Walk visitors will also be able to enjoy many types of music Thursday evening throughoutDowntownSaranacLake. Soulful singer-songwriter, Theresa Hartford will grace the Berkeley Green stage while several other musicians entertain visitors along the sidewalks, including the sax quartet, “Adirondack Saxes,” indie-folk group, “The Lemmon Drops,”Potsdampianist, Matt Bullwinkel, folk singer, Michael Shepard, the trio, “Dust Bunnies,” and accordionist, Hannah Huber. At The Waterhole’s “Party on the Patio,” Rusty Dovos will perform starting at 6pm.

In addition, various other artists contributing to this event include 6 members of the Lake Placid Poets’ Guild; woodcarvers, Rachel Lamb and Mark Paul; artist, Charlene Deleel and young friends; string instrument builder, Charlie Marshall; rug hooking demo by Judy O’Toole; artist, Cal Rice; children’s photographer, Kristin Parker; wildlife photographer, Craig Dickey; photographer, Shaun Durant; crafter, Sarah Humphreys and 2^nd-grade photographer, Cade Corris.

SaranacLake’s 3rd Thursday Art Walks 2012 also has a Facebook presence so please find us and Like the page to get more information.

Summer skating continues in the 1932 rink this weekend..,

Lindsay Davis and Mark Ladwig make up one of the most promising pairs heading into this year’s season.. They’ll headline The Saturday Night Ice show.  The two have been skating together since May and before that, Davis claimed the 2010 U.S. junior bronze medal and Ladwig is a 2010 Olympian, a two-time U.S. pairs silver medalist and a 2012 U.S. pairs bronze medalist. Admission to the Saturday Night Ice show is $10 for adults, $8 for juniors and seniors. Show time at the 1932 rink is 7:30..  Friday’s show is free and opens at 4:30pm..

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To learn more about the Lake Placidsummer skating program, log on to www.lakeplacidskating.com.

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

Summer skating continues in the 1932 rink this weekend..,

Lindsay Davis and Mark Ladwig make up one of the most promising pairs heading into this year’s season.. They’ll headline The Saturday Night Ice show.  The two have been skating together since May and before that, Davis claimed the 2010 U.S. junior bronze medal and Ladwig is a 2010 Olympian, a two-time U.S. pairs silver medalist and a 2012 U.S. pairs bronze medalist. Admission to the Saturday Night Ice show is $10 for adults, $8 for juniors and seniors. Show time at the 1932 rink is 7:30..  Friday’s show is free and opens at 4:30pm..

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To learn more about the Lake Placidsummer skating program, log on to www.lakeplacidskating.com.

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

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.

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.

A scheduled Power outage inTupperLakethis Thursday…  beginning at 6am, the Village Electric Department will be working on upgrades to the substation..  The outage will affect 27 locations and streets in the regions serviced by the substation..

Here’s a list of the affected areas;

Baker Avenue

Barry Avenue

BigTupper Road

Boyer Avenue

Brentwood Avenueand Parkway

Charlands Roadand all points South of Charlands Road

Deer Street

Front Street

Hill Street

Isabell AvenueArea

King Street

Lakeview Avenue

Lincoln Drive

Lindsay Avenue

Maddox Lane

Martin Street

Park Streetfrom hosley Avenue toHill Street

Queen Street

Raquette River Drive

Rounds Avenue Area

Route 30 South fromStetson Road

Simond Pond Area

TamaracVillageArea

Victor Avenue

Wawbeek AvenuefromBroad StreettoStetson Road

Woods Avenue

The Business Park Committee of the Town of Harrietstown will meet Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Bionique facility at the Harrietstown Business Park at 9:15 A.M.   The purpose of this meeting is to tour the Bionique facility and discuss the future of the biotech industry with Mr. Dan Lundine.

The Town Board in the Town of Harrietstown will hold their regularly scheduled board meeting at the Town hall at 7pm in the board room..

Craig Stevens of the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce will be present to give an update of the Chamber’s strategy plan.