Your voice made a difference once. It's needed again.
Everyone wants what's best for Kaplan's Pond, and studying the pond is a reasonable step. The concern is about the process and who was chosen to do it.
After the September 15, 2025 community meeting, the Village agreed to pursue an independent scientific partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension and NY State Sea Grant. Instead, without community input, the Village Manager has engaged Everblue Lakes, an aeration systems company, to conduct a $6,000 pond assessment.
Everblue may be good at what they do, but at this stage the process calls for an independent scientific organization, not a vendor. The community was not consulted on this choice, and it doesn't reflect what was agreed to at the meeting.