Finding Ulysses

At the special meeting of the Trumansburg Village Board, a resolution was passed stating that the Village Board would accept any offer of a secondary source of water if that source was able to provide 230,000 gallons of potable water straightaway, at a one-time initial hookup price of half a million dollars, in a form [...]

The estimated capital cost has risen from $4.9 million to $9.8 million according to the engineering firm Barton and Loguidice. The Ithaca Journal has quoted the Town of Ulysses Supervisor placing the cost at $14 million. The annual estimated cost borne by an EDU (a user in the district) has risen from $570 to $613. The estimated contribution from the Village for this plan has risen from $330,000 to $500,000… This new plan requires support from the Village of Trumansburg and from Taughannock State Park. The Village would only get an emergency source of water from this plan, not the desirable second source it seeks

14 million dollars – That’s how much our Town Supervisor now estimates Water District 5 will cost. “Austic estimated that water district 5 will cost approximately $14 million,” says the Ithaca Journal.Remember a couple of years ago, when Doug Austic’s plans for Water District 5 cost just 5 million dollars? Ah, those were the good [...]

Based on the recent Comprehensive Plan survey, over 90% of residents of Ulysses rate the following three qualities as important or extremely important: open space, rural character, and Taughannock Park. Historically, where water flows, so does development. Should we proceed with a water district that encourages growth in rural and open space? Should we rush to pass this project before the Comprehensive Plan is being updated? Do we want to encourage development along the highly erodable steep slopes along Route 89? Infrastructure, such as water lines, should be preceded by thoughful planning, and be built according to those plans.

The Ithaca Journal has an article about this meeting here.  Ulysses Town Council-person Liz Thomas, has an article about it here.

The following email has been sent out by Martha Ullberg, asking Trumansburg residents to come to a meeting of the zoning board tomorrow night, 7:00 in the meeting room in the Village office building. I’m not seeing any version of the plans online – though the new Trumansburg Village web site is a bit counter-intuitive [...]

The Ulysses Town Supervisor and (long time proponent of WD5) has called a second meeting in two weeks (outside of regular town board meetings) in-order to  discuss WD5.  Apparently we are again coming up on a deadline within which to apply for a loan.  I wish that he would go a little slower on this. [...]

Today, Senator Russ Feingold offered a series of amendments to the FISA Amendments Act to try to take away these outrageous powers of the White House to use electronic networks to spy against Americans. Hillary Clinton did not even show up to vote on them.

There are a lot of self-employed people here in Trumansburg – authors, artists, consultants, and business owners – who aren’t able to just whip out a Blue Cross/Blue Shield card and not worry about medical expenses. These people add significantly to the local economy and to the local culture, and their vulnerable position when it comes to health care deserves to be considered.

In yesterday’s Democratic presidential primary, Barack Obama won every district here in the town of Ulysses. Obama’s got 461 votes in Ulysses, and Clinton got 367. The breakdown by district, according to the still unofficial results from the Tompkins County Board of Elections: District 1: Obama – 130, Clinton – 110, Kucinich – 3, Edwards [...]