Welcome to Aurora, New York
Village of Aurora - 456 Main St Aurora, NY 13026
Phone: 315-364-7293 Fax: 315-364-6857 Email: villageclerk@auroranewyork.us
https://www.nycom.org/
UPCOMING MEETINGS
All meetings are open to the public. As always, anyone may speak, ask questions or offer comments at the start of the meeting (during"Visitor Welcome"). If your issue is addressed to the Board of Trustees and requires board preparation and action (vote), please submit it in writing to the village office seven days prior to the meeting so that it will appear on the agenda. Agendas are posted on the website and in both village bulletin boards located at the post office and the village office; an accurate agenda lets your neighbors know what will be discussed.
Applications that require Community Preservation Panel/Planning Board review have to be in at least ten days prior for code/zoning consideration. All meetings are held on Wednesdays at the Aurora Firehouse Meeting Room, 456 Main St., unless otherwise noted. To view minutes from previous meetings, navigate to the Boards page.
1st Wednesday - Community Preservation Panel (CPP)
2nd Wednesday - Zoning Board of Appeals (as needed)
3rd Wednesday - Board of Trustees
4th Wednesday - Planning Board
Board of Trustees meeting on October 17, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Village Office Hours
Monday: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm (Clerk and Code Enforcement Officer)
Tuesday: 10:00 am-2:00 pm (Clerk)
Wednesday: No public hours
Thursday: 9:00 am-1:00 pm (Treasurer)
11:00 am-5:00 pm (Clerk)
2:00 pm-4:00 pm (Code Enforcement Officer) Revised April 12, 2018
Friday: No public hours
AURORA HISTORY CENTER
Welcome, new recipients! I am delighted to say that the new exhibit, "A House Tells a Story: The Art, Scholarship, and Friends of Else and Otto Fleissner in Aurora," co-curated by Linda Dugan and Ken Larson, is up and it's magnificent. It is open this Saturday, 11-1, if you can't wait for a peak. The success of the Tuesday events throughout the preceding show, "Aurora Ink!" (the guest book shows a total attendance over 250), and the requests for more such events, led me to ask the AHS officers if we might switch the meetings to Tuesdays and move the time to 4:30-6:00 p.m. for fall and winter. I hope that this is a good time for those at Wells and also assists those who prefer not to travel both ways at and after dark. The officers agreed, and a new series begins! On Tuesday, October 9, at 4:30 pm, curator Linda Dugan will share more about her discoveries and research, including at the Eastman School of Music Sibley Library. Even those of us who knew the Fleissners had little idea of the breadth of their roles in art, literature, and music, or the impact of their hospitality.Tuesday evenings, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.:
Printers and Poets
Open to all!
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
At your convenience: to reach a Docent-on-Call, call/text to (315)-246-1130.
371 Main St., on the courtyard with Vintage Lighting; Fully accessible and air-conditioned.
RECYCLING EVENTS
2018 FARMERS MARKET
Aurora Farmers Market Reopens for the 2018 Season on Saturday, June 2
The Aurora Farmers Market will reopen for the 2018 season on Saturday, June 2; the market will be held on Saturdays from 10:00AM – 2:00PM through October 20th. The market is located at the Wells College Boathouse, across Route 90 from the college in Aurora NY.WATER NEWS
2017 Aurora Water Quality Report
(Posted May 29, 2018)
CAYUGA COUNTY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
http://cayugacountywater.org/UPDATE: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/wells-college-aurora-getting-state-aid-to-upgrade-water-filtration/article_9ee540a5-f5e5-5b3d-82b5-e648a20a077a.html
February 10, 2018 Water Presentation
Please copy the link below into your browser
https://ghd.2big4email.com/en/downloadfiles.aspx?param=bHU7nmM9wVErJLGEWigvkgeQuAleQuAl
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
Harmful Algal bloom Symposium: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-finger-lakes-harmful-algal-blooms-habs-symposium-tickets-47718940636
July 16 update
Harmful Algal Bloom Update 3Explaining “No bloom,” “Suspicious,” “Confirmed,” “Confirmed with high toxins”
Over the past few weeks of active HABs on Cayuga Lake, we’ve gotten some questions about the testing of toxins in HABs. Our friends at the Community Science Institute provided this note about the toxin microcystin:
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) may produce a variety of chemicals that are harmful to other species, including humans. The most common harmful chemical found in New York algal blooms is microcystin. Detailed toxicity studies have not been performed, and there is not yet a consensus on acceptable exposure levels. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has set upper limits for public drinking water supplies at 0.3 ug/L or parts per billion (ppb) and for public swimming beaches at 4.0 ppb (EPA, 2017). The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) defines a “bloom with high toxin” as 20 ppb near the lake shore and 10 ppb in open water (NYSDEC HABs Program Guide, Section 3).
July 10 Harmful Algal Bloom Update 2
This information is being sent to a group of people around the lake who sent emails to CLWN and CSI last week regarding the blooms being spotted and sampled in Cayuga Lake on both the east and west shores. We are still working out the kinks in our new testing, monitoring, reporting and outreach system re HABs around Cayuga Lake.
Also, the blooms this past week were unexpectedly early - our HABs Harriers are not officially starting until July 14.
The test results below for the three bloom areas (2 on w shore, one north of Long Point) reported this past week, have yet to be fully verified and certified by the lab at UFI in Syracuse (http://www.upstatefreshwater.org/) . What we know so far, as a result of these preliminary results by CSI’s lab in Ithaca (http://www.communityscience.org/), is that these were confirmed Harmful Algal Blooms, apparently not very toxic - but the results are still subject to verification. See details below. Verified results will be posted at the map link below.
To our friends in Aurora: If the Aurora beach was closed by DOH due to the bloom “north of Long Point State Park,” then reopening the beach may depend on final confirmation of results by the UFI lab, and an ok by the Cayuga Dept of Health (cc’d here: Eileen O’Connor, Cayuga County, and Arthur Sinicropi, Seneca County, Environmental Health Programs).
A map of blooms can be viewed here (results to be posted and updated): http://www.communityscience.org/cayuga-lake-2018-harmful-algal-blooms-results/
HYDRILLA INFORMATION
Army Corps Hydrilla Herbicide Information -PLEASE READ!
Hydrilla Public Information Meeting July 13 in Aurora
Corps of Engineers to reduce invasive Hydrilla plants in Cayuga Lake area
Cayuga County Department of Health
You do not need to go out and buy bottled water. You can bottle up public drinking water from your faucet. It is important to use only clean, food grade plastic or glass containers that seal tightly and replace the supply every six months. Bottled water should be stored in a cool location away from direct sunlight.
General Information for Public CommunicationWells College News
All Village of Aurora residents are invited to join Wells College for its 150th anniversary celebration during the weekend of Oct. 18–21, 2018!
We’ve got some great events planned, including:
- Keynote presentation by Claudio Sanchez, NPR education correspondent
- Young Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement ceremony and dinner
- Community parade and picnic
- Special performance by Symphoria
- Fireworks and more
Link below to Wells calendar:
https://global.wells.edu/ICS/Welcome.jnz?portlet=Campus_Events&screen=MainView&screenType=change
Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation
Rt 81 Information
NYSERDA AGRICULTURAL ENERGY AUDIT PROGRAM
Agriculture Energy Audit Program flyer
Agriculture Energy Audit Program Application
Emerald Ash Borer Information from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Town & Village Clerk EAB Letter
NYS -DEC Self Xport for Firewood Cert rev July 2012-1