THE FLX TED PODCAST - RACHEL WILLIAMS, SENECA CO COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

  

In this edition:

• Seneca Co. Cooperative Extension is seeking new office space.
• Volunteers are being sought to lead workshops and to judge annual contests.
• Each month, CCE offers a Give it a Go Thursday workshop. Tonight, it's Alpaca Fiber Art. As of when we recorded, there were still spaces available. Call (315) 539-9251.
• There will be a 4-H Produced in NY State Food Demonstration Contest, in which youth will prepare recipes featuring NY-grown foods.
• February 17-19 is Outdoor Adventure Weekend at Amboy 4-H Education Center in Oswego County.
• The annual day-old pheasant chick program is underway. You can order the chicks, raise them and release them on public land.
• 4-H Shooting Sports training takes place in February in partnership with the Seneca Falls chapter of Ducks Unlimited. We talked about how you can support shooting sports and Ducks Unlimited.
• There is now a NY State E-Spots program.
• NY State virtual Livestock Summits are taking place over the next three months to introduce youth to raising animals for show.
• Next month, there will be a Zoom series called "Zooming into Wildlife" on using trail cameras.

Our theme music is "Sugar Zone" by Silent Partner. You can find their music and other copyright-free music here. 

 

You can subscribe to my podcasts on Google Podcasts, Anchor and Spotify.

THE FLX TED PODCAST - GENEVA TOWN SUPERVISOR MARK VENUTI

Used under a Creative Commons license

  

In this episode, we discussed:

• The Town Board passing a resolution opposing Seneca Meadows' plan to stay open beyond the 2025 deadline set by the town of Seneca Falls in its Local Law 3.
• The town awarded three contracts for work on its multi-town water project to increase capacity.
• The town has joined the NYClass program, which allows communities to pool their funds to get a higher rate of return.
• There was no comment at a public hearing on the awarding of federal Community Development Block Grants to CCMI and Real Eats.
• The Supervisor explained why it's necessary to pass a tax cap override, even though the town doesn't charge a local tax.
• He attributed the progress the town has made in the past year to a good Town Board and engaged residents.

Our theme music is "Sugar Zone" by Silent Partner. You can find their music and other copyright-free music here.

 

You can subscribe to my podcasts on Google Podcasts, Anchor and Spotify.

THE FLX TED PODCAST - YATES COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR NONIE FLYNN

Image is in the public domain

 

In our monthly visit, we discussed:

• Her goals between now and May, when she retires.
• The groundbreaking for the next phase of the countywide broadband rollout.
• The over $100,000 the county has saved by installing software that tracks those who aren't collecting and paying the county's four percent occupancy tax.
• The county's Bicentennial celebration in 2023 and plans for kickoff event February 6th.
• Events for veterans this month.
• An upcoming study on the use of state roads by horse-drawn buggies. 

Our theme music is "Sugar Zone" by Silent Partner. You can find their music and other copyright-free music here.  

 

You can subscribe to my podcasts on Google Podcasts, Anchor and Spotify.

SENECA LAKE PURE WATERS ASSOCIATION PARTNERS ON RUNOFF CONTROL PROGRAMS

The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has recently completed a pair of runoff control projects with the Schuyler and Seneca County Soil and Water Conservation Districts. 

Association Director Kaitlin Fello says the Sediment, Nutrient, and Pollution Reduction program (SNPR) was established in 2021 with an eye toward making a noticeable improvement in the water quality of the lake.

Sediment and nutrients in water running into the lake are believed to be one of the causes of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

Common stormwater management techniques include:

Diversion away from polluted areas with culverts and stabilized ditches, vegetated and dry swales, bioretention and settling ponds, and more.

Erosion control measures include:

Cover crops and crop rotation, conservation tillage, stream bank plantings, vegetated strip plantings, riparian buffers, to name just a few.

Implementing stormwater management practices and sediment and erosion controls allow pollutants to beneficially settle, and soil to stay in place and out of the water that sustains us and our way of living.

You can listen to my full Flx Ted Podcast with Kaitlin Fello below.

BOMBARDIER OWNERS HAVE PLANS FOR FORMER AUBURN RAIL CAR PLANT

Former Bombardier plant from the north, courtesy city of Auburn

An Auburn factory building that hasn't produced anything in over 15 years may get a new life.

The Auburn City Council has scheduled a public hearing for this week's meeting on the city's plans to apply for Restore NY grant funding for two properties.

The first is the former Bombardier rail car plant at 151 Orchard St. The city hopes to get $10 million to renovate the plant. Auburn City Clerk Chuck Mason says Alstom, a French rail car maker, has been in contact with city officials about plans for using the building.

 

Alstom acquired the Canadian company's transportation division in 2021.

The city also wants to apply for a two million dollar grant to renovate a former bank building at 120 Genesee St. The California couple that owns the building wants to put retail and/or office space on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. Plans also call for restoring the building's crumbling facade to a period look.

The hearing will be Thursday at 5PM before the regularly scheduled council meeting.

You can listen to my full Flx Ted Podcast with Chuck Mason below.

THE FLX TED PODCAST - UNITED WAY OF SENECA COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RHONDA JASPER

 

In this visit with the Executive Director:

• The Value of the Month for January is respect/equality and social justice.
• United Way has combined its Suicide Prevention, Substance Abuse and Problem Gambling Coalitions into a single Coalition:United group.
• We were introduced to the concept of ALICE, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. 
• We're into the second year of the "Don't be a 'D' student" campaign. The D's are Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted Driving. It's also the second year of the red ribbon campaign in the middle schools to raise substance abuse awareness.
• An update on the annual campaign and how you can give.
• A date and theme for the annual Taste of Spring fundraiser. It will be at Del Lago on May 18th with a "Friends" theme.
  

ALICE by Ted Baker on Scribd

 

Our theme music is "Sugar Zone" by Silent Partner. You can find their music and other copyright-free music here. 

 

You can subscribe to my podcasts on Google Podcasts, Anchor and Spotify.

AUBURN ISSUES NOTICE TO WATER CUSTOMERS

Photo: Jenny Downing. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

 

The city of Auburn has issued a public notice to its water customers after testing showed the presence of a contaminant at one part per billion more than the allowable level.

Testing at the 33 York St. location last month showed the locational running annual average (LRAA) for total trihalomethanes (TTHM), a group of disinfection byproducts, is calculated to be 81 parts per billion (ppb). This exceeds the standard set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) of 80 parts per billion (ppb) for this contaminant. 

Auburn City Clerk Chuck Mason says the notice is required by law, that there's no public health emergency, and that water customers don't need to take any action.

 

The city will flush hydrants in the affected area, and expects to get the TTHM level down to an acceptable amount within the next 90 days.

You can listen to my full Flx Ted Podcast with Chuck Mason below.