Save The Date!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

7-9 p.m.

Belle Sherman Elementary School

Main Building Cafeteria

Belle Sherman/Bryant Park Neighborhood Association 

will meet to provide neighborhood input into the  

City of Ithaca Comprehensive Plan

For more information: 

Wendy Wallitt/273-2278 or Alphonse Pieper/273-3791

Input Sought on Strawberry Fields

As a member of the City Parks Commission, I am gathering information about how Belle Sherman/Bryant Park neighbors use Strawberry Fields, the ten-acre city-owned parcel uphill from the Wilson Annex.  I am particularly interested in how users access the park.  Please feel free to send me your comments, positive and negative, and please let me know where you live.  For information on Strawberry Fields and other parks, please go to the City of Ithaca website, then Departments/Planning/Boards Served/Parks Commission/City of Ithaca Parks Inventory.  (We’re trying to find a more intuitive spot for this information.)

Margaret Hobbie

mhobbie@verizon.net

Neighborhood Association Winter Meeting Scheduled

Save-the-Date

Join your friends and neighbors for the 

Belle Sherman-Bryant Park 

Neighborhood Association Winter Meeting

Monday, January 23, 2012

6:30 p.m.

Belle Sherman Gym 

(Main School)

501 Mitchell Street

Draft Agenda:

• Welcome from new Belle Sherman Principal, Dan Breiman
• Update on City Redistricting
• Update from new Common Council member, Donna Fleming
• Report and introduction of the newly formed Garden Club
• City Comprehensive Plan - next steps

Winter Sidewalks

One of the benefits of living in our neighborhood is its pedestrian-friendly nature.  With the eventual, albeit late, arrival of winter snow, it's a good time to remind everyone of the responsibility for clearing sidewalks. The City of Ithaca outlines resident snow removal responsibilities on their website:

Snow Removal Responsibility
Owners are required to keep the full width of sidewalks clear of snow and ice beginning 24 hours after the snowfall. "Sidewalk" includes pads adjacent to curbs and corner curb ramps. When snow and ice on any sidewalk is frozen so hard that it cannot reasonably be removed, it shall, within 24 hours after the beginning of a snowfall be strewn and kept strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust or other suitable material, so as to be no longer dangerous to life and limb. As soon as practical thereafter, the sidewalk shall be completely cleared of snow, ice and other materials strewn thereon. Failure to comply shall be punished by ticket and fine.  Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.

Community Invited to a Farewell & Welcome Event

All are invited to attend a special community event to say thanks and farewell to the City of Ithaca outgoing Council members and the Mayor, as well as welcome the new leadership. 

The event will be held on Friday, January 20, 2012 at Corks and More (708 W. Buffalo St.) from 4pm to 6pm.

The event will be an informal meet and greet. A cash bar and light refreshments will be available.

Outgoing Common Council members include George McGonigal; First Ward, Eric Rosario; Second Ward; Joel Zumoff; Third Ward; and Dan Cogan; Fifth Ward, as well as Mayor Carolyn K. Peterson.

New Common Council members include Cynthia Brock; First Ward, Seph Murtagh; Second Ward, Donna Fleming; Third Ward, Graham Kerslick; Fourth Ward, Chris Proulx; Fifth Ward, as well as new Mayor Svante Myrick.

For additional information contact:

Julie Conley Holcomb, City Clerk

108 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

(607) 274-6570

julieh@cityofithaca.org

OR

Deborah Mohlenhoff, Alderperson 5th Ward

(607) 351-0047

dmohlenhoff@cityofithaca.org

New Restaurant Opening Soon!

If you are ready for a new restaurant for East Hill Plaza, you might want to participate in this survey. I have visions of a "neighborhood hang out" where we can hold our pub nights, see live music and eat great food. Let the owners know what it is you are hoping for! This from a colleague (who is directly connected to Agava, located in the space vacated by Olivia).

Hello all,

Please consider completing this 10 question survey to help gather feedback in advance of the opening of Agava, a new Southwest-Inspired Restaurant on Ithaca's East Hill.   Upon completion of the survey, you'll be entered for a chance to win a free dinner upon opening!!

Here's a link to the survey:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5BTS97V

Feel free to spread the word and forward the survey.  Thanks for your help!

You're Invited to a Belle Sherman School Fundraiser

Mark your calendars, and tell all your friends! There will be a Family Square Dance on Wednesday, January 18 from 6:00 - 7:30 in the Belle Sherman cafeteria. Admission is $5/person, $18/family; proceeds to benefit the 5th grade trip to the Floating Classroom and Cayuga Nature Center. Live music by the amazing Long John and the Tights, featuring our own Randi Beckmann; calling by the fabulous Nancy Spero! All ages welcome; all dances taught; no partner necessary. Come beat the winter blahs, get your body moving, and have TONS OF FUN!

Fleming, McCollister Assume New City Positions

New Third Ward Common Council member, Donna Fleming, was sworn in yesterday in a ceremony that also appointed returning Third Ward Common Council member, Ellen McCollister, as alternate acting mayor. Outgoing Third Ward representative, Joel Zumoff, and several other Common Council members were thanked for their service, while new Mayor Svante Myrick accepted the gavel from outgoing Mayor Carolyn Peterson. We are looking forward to working with Donna and Ellen in the coming months/years on behalf of our neighborhood and thank Joel for his service!


To read more about the swearing-in ceremony, read today's Ithaca Journal.

Holiday Trash Collection

TRASH COLLECTION WILL BE ONE DAY LATE MONDAY – FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 – 6, 2012.

 

CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY JANUARY 2, 2012.

 

TRASH WILL NOT BE COLLECTED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012.

 

FRIDAY’S TRASH COLLECTION WILL BE SATURDAY JANUARY 7, 2012.

Christmas Tree Pick Up Starts Soon

Discarded Christmas trees can be placed on the curb for removal throughout January and ending February 3.


Crews from the Department of Public Works should remove trees within a week of their placement on the curb.


Only Christmas trees will be removed as general yard waste collection remains suspended during the winter months. General yard waste collection resumes the first week of April.