Annual Fly-In exceeds expectations..............................................................1

India Fest, other events spice up the summer........................2 What’s happened around our city in September?............................................3 Olean to support Gus Macker 2014-2016............................3 Solar panels come to War Vets Park ....................................4

Municipal Maintenance; Oats Bus Schedule changed...................................5 More Adopt-A-Planter from P. 2 and Streets improvements.......................6

Can the City Help?/Newsbriefs/Photos/ Photo feature..................................7

Newsletter Topics

Breakfast was served in the main hangar

(above). Pilots graciously talked with

visitors and showed off their colorful

aircraft, parked on the grass runway

taxiway and apron where visitors could

also enjoy the gorgeous panorama of the

Enchanted Mountains. Below, a helicopter

lands on the clipped grass and then moves

to the pavement to greet sightseers near

the main hangar. At far right, the 24/7 self

-serve fuel station helps bring in revenue

even when the airport is closed for the

night. A small fixed-wing craft can be seen in

the distance (see black circles, below two pho-

tos) on its final leg of the approach for a suc-

cessful landing. A beautiful day for a fly-in!

The Olean Airport Support Group succeeded in attracting a re-cord crowd to its annual fundraiser Sept. 15, selling 300 dinners and welcoming about 70 planes, their pilots, crew and passengers.

The Group’s spokesperson, Lou Stedman, said organizers met the

2913 goal to boost citizen attendance because the drive-in participation increased four-fold.

Some came for rides in a heli-copter and an open-cockpit plane.

Funds raised from the Support Group events go towards items needed that the city-owned Cattarau-

gus County-Olean Munici-pal Airport’s $160,000 budget can’t pay for. Over the past decade the group has purchased furniture, a compressor, a truck bay door, technology equipment and, most importantly, raised public awareness about the airport and its role in the area’s commerce. For information, go to www.cityofolean.org/dpw/airport.html -- or view the Support Group’s website at oleanairport.org

Annual fly-in exceeds expectations!

October 1, 2013 Volume 2, Issue 13

A Bi-weekly Report on the City of Olean

From the Desk of Mayor Linda Witte

Community Update

Airport Fly-in photos by Bill O’Connell, Airport Maintainer

India Fest, other events spice up the summer; Ceremonies recognize Oleanders

Mayor Linda Witte (in the photo on the lower left) donned the dress she purchased at India Fest 2012 and helped kick off the Hindu Society’s

2013 event on Sept. 14 on the grounds of Jamestown Community College.

Our Southern Tier Diesel fell to the Finger Lakes Impact 18-0 in the Northeast Football Association AA Championship Playoff Game September 7, 2013. The Diesel had a 8-3 record going into the playoff.

Three winning teams in the 2013 North Un-ion Street Adopt-a-Planter Competition received awards Sept. 4 from Mayor Linda Witte. Two teams took home past top prizes.

(Turn to Dr. Francis MatthewBohan Planter on Page 6)

Olean’s local heroes are staying in the game.... Our Diesels went to the NFA playoffs, N. Union St. blooms brought rewards!

Dr. Francis Matthew Bohan Planter #22 takes

1st Prize in Adopt-A-Planter 2013 contest

What’s happened around our city in September?

A group of Cattaraugus County officials traveled to the West-

ern New York Youth Bureau Breakfast in Buffalo on Septem-

ber 26. Included here are (l-r, front row) Sandy Brundage,

Salamanca Youth Bureau director; Peggy Locicero, Sala-

manca Youth Bureau volunteer; Sandy Magiera, Salamanca

Common Council President; Linda Edstrom, Cattaraugus

County District 10 legislator; Mayor Linda Witte; John Anas-

tasia, Program Coordinator, Olean Division of Youth and

Recreation Services; and (l-r back row) Anthony L. Evans,

Director, Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau; Jerry leFeber,

Olean alderman, Ward 1; New York State Assemblyman Jo-

seph M. Giglio, 148th District.

New playgrounds around

A solemn ceremony at 6 p.m. September 11 marked the anniversary of the

9/11 terror attacks. Mayor Witte spoke to a crowd of participants at the

American Legion Hall. At left is Fire Caption Paul Melfi. At right is As the

speakers concluded their remarks a rainstorm forced the crowd into the Hall

for the remainder of the program.

Representatives of the parties to the Gus Macker agreement got

together Sept. 18 to show their commitment to the tournament.

The basketball was presented to Mayor Linda Witte. Shown are

(front row from left): Co-Chair of Gus Macker Committee John

Irving, Mayor Linda Witte; Gus Macker founder Scott McNeal;

and (back row from left): Olean Youth and Recreation Services

Program Coordinator John Anastasia; Olean City School Dis-

trict Foundation President Adam Bennett; Olean High School

Sports Booster Club President Jeff Spears ; and Gus Macker

Committee Co-Chair Laurie Aloi.

Olean to support Gus Macker 2014-2016 Mayor Linda Witte signed an agreement Sep-

tember 18 with the Gus Macker Olean Committee to provide support services for the next three events.

The Olean High School Sports Boosters and the Olean City School District Foundation will host those Gus Macker tournaments Aug. 15-17, 2014; Aug. 14-16, 2015; and Aug. 19-21, 2016.

The city’s services will include forklift and labor for setup and cleanup, along with barricades for road closures, trash barrels, safety cones, on-call Police and Fire response, street cleaning and handicapped signs.

In turn, the city will receive recognition by the Olean High School Sports Boosters and the Olean City School District Foundation, 10 comp teams for the Parks and Recreation Department, the Dempsey Club At-Risk group and/or the Olean Housing Au-thority.

Gus Macker Olean has agreed to hold an event to raise funds during the tournament for the Olean Fire-works.

Mayor Linda

Witte attended

St. Bonaven-

ture Univer-

sity’s Blessing

and Dedica-

tion Ceremony

for the open-

ing of the

William E. and

Ann L. Swan

Business Cen-

ter on Thurs-

day, Sept. 12,

2013.

Solar panels come to War Vets Park in partnership

between City of Olean and Bimbo Bakeries (Stroehmann) -

OLEAN – City of Olean Mayor Linda Witte and Chris Wiseman, general manager of Stroehmann Baker-ies, along with several city officials, will cut the ribbon at 8 a.m. Tuesday on 12 Suniva 250W solar panels and a net metering system recently installed at the William O. Smith Recreation Center.

The panels, which will generate approximately 3,400 kWH per year of electricity for lighting in the park and the gazebo, were paid for by Stroehmann and installed by Mr. Sean Kelley of Allegany Renewable Technologies, with help from the city’s electrician. The project is Phase 1 of a home-town corporate/city partnership for energy savings. This solar panel electrical generation will offset roughly 25% of the elec-tric usage.

The solar panels were placed on the roof of the Rec-reation Center this summer and wired to a meter where resi-dents can view it spinning on the outside wall as electricity is collected from sunlight and daylight. The $11,900 cost, along with $1,055 for planting donated trees, was paid for by Olean’s Stroehmann Bakeries LLC, a Division of Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU), and located for many years at 111 N. Second St.

The solar project began in July and was completed in early August. Officials said the work is just the first phase. Stroehmann has started the application process for a 2014 grant that would bring an estimated $10,000 to expand the rooftop photovoltaic array, boosting the output by another 4.0 kilowatt hours per year. This ex-pansion will offset roughly 90% of the facility’s usage. The goal is to eventually make the park’s energy needs “electric neutral.”

Mayor Linda Witte pointed out that, with this pro-ject, the city is joining the national movement toward using solar power for public facilities.

“I’d like to thank Bimbo Bakeries USA for being so helpful in providing this energy efficiency grant while partnering with us to help cut costs, which is the City’s job, after all,” said Mayor Witte.

Several years ago the city began pre-heating water for the municipal pool at War Vets, running it through a series of rooftop water pipes on the Rec Center and rais-ing the water temperature 6-10 degrees while saving a little money for the taxpayers.

Public Works Director Tom Windus said, “I believe in a few years we can replace that simple technology

with an expanded solar system to heat the water more efficiently, further reducing costs.”

“This is the city’s first attempt at going green,” said Windus. “We want the whole roof to go photovoltaic and to pay for all the park’s energy needs in the future. We also plan to tie the meter to the city’s web site where people can view in real time how much power is being generated.”

“This grant is part of our Good Neighbor program that is designed in part to enhance our communities through environmental improvements,” said Chris

Wiseman, general manager at the Olean Stoehmann Bakery. “We are excited to give back to the community who has supported us for many years.” Stroehmann associates reached out to Mayor Witte to request the city’s partnership for a Bimbo Bakeries USA Good Neighbor grant application. In the initial meeting, Mayor Witte suggested installing solar lights on the monuments in the Park, but the idea soon grew to more ambi-

tious 12-panel power-generating project that gained BBU’s approval.

Stroehmann is preparing a bid for another 16 panels in 2014 to assist the city with the long-term goal of neu-tralizing the cost of all electricity needed by War Vet’s Park.

About Bimbo Bakeries USA

Bimbo Bakeries USA operates over 70 bakeries and distributes leading brands such as Arnold®, Ball Park®, Bimbo®, Boboli®, Brownberry®, Earth-Grains®, Entenmann's®, Francisco®, Freihofer's®,

Iron Kids®, Marinela®, Mrs Baird's®, Oroweat®, Sara Lee®, Stroehmann®, Thomas'®, and Tia Rosa®. The company operates over 13,000 sales routes. Bimbo Bakeries USA is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsyl-vania, and is the U.S. Division of Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's largest baking companies

with over 126,000 associates and operations in 19 coun-tries throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. Its stock has been trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1980 under the ticker BIMBO. The company is the U.S. Olympic Team’s official bread supplier and has sponsored several

Olympians. One of the company’s goals is lowering its carbon footprint with effi-cient equipment, training, and hybrid trucks.

Roof repairs on the west end of the Municipal Build-

ing were made in August. Above is a “roof-vac” re-

moving gravel ballast from the flat roof above the

courtroom/Council chambers. It was a noisy but nec-

essary operation to re-purpose the ballast. Later work

shut down briefly when construction noise overpow-

ered the courtroom sound system.

Above, East State Street’s sidewalks and pavement in

the road project’s Phase III were updated between

Bradner Stadium and War Vets Park and on the East

State Street bridge.

OATS Bus schedule changed Oct. 1

The city of Olean’s Community Development Department has adjusted the OATS bus route beginning Oct. 1 after a public com-ment period. Only one comment against the change was received.

The change affects the Cuba-Olean-Salamanca Route. The bus will no longer stop at BOCES, but will instead include a stop at the Seneca One Stop on the Oil Spring Territory near Cuba Lake. The new route will travel on Route 446 and Cattaraugus County Road 50 to the Seneca One Stop.

The adjustment means that times will change on two daytime round trips of the Cuba-Olean-Salamanca bus route, Monday through Saturday, between the Olean City line and the Village of Cuba.

For Information or to obtain a schedule, please contact the City of Olean Department of Community Development at 716-376-5647, email mgeorge@cityofolean.org, or visit the City of Olean website at www.cityofolean.org. and follow the link to the Commu-nity Development Department and then to the OATS section.

OATS is a public Transportation service sponsored by the City of Olean for residents of the City and surrounding areas. Public Transportation is open to the public for a modest fare, to anyone who would like a ride. Wheelchair Accessible Service is available, and courteous professional drivers are always at your service.

These are OATS routes: Route 001: OATS Olean City Loop (Mon. - Sat.) Route 002: Cuba-Olean-Salamanca Loop am/pm (Mon. - Sat.) Route 003: Salamanca-Olean-Cuba am/pm (Mon,-Sat.) Route 004: Olean-Salamanca/Salamanca-Olean Night (Mon. - Sat.) SBU: Nightly (Mon.-Fri. while classes are in session) SBU: Late Night (Th., Fri., & Sat. while classes are in session)

Municipal maintenance and upgrades continue to improve our community! The group of photos at left show

off some tasteful upgrades one of

our busiest facilities. The walk-

ways are unimpeded at War Vets

Park as a result of paving in the

tunnel to Bradner Stadium, and

sidewalk improvements completed

at the end of September. Volun-

teers can take credit for the land-

scaping of the War Vets’ Wall of

Honor memorial on the north end

of the Park. These final touches

complement the new playground

equipment and outdoor recrea-

tional court recently installed.

Chosen for First Place is #22, the Dr. Francis Matthew

Bohan Planter, tended by veteran Adopt-A-Planter team

mates, Marcia Kelly and Maureen Sheahan. Kelly and

Sheahan’s #22 entry took second place prizes in 2011 and

2012. As first-place winners they will have lunch with

Mayor Witte.

Second Place prize winners, Databranch Planter #8,

will receive a gift certificate from Uptown Florists and a set

of tickets to a Quick Center performance. Team members

Beth and David Prince collected first prize in 2011.

Two teams, Tom and Joey Enright’s #16 and

Neighborworks Home Resources #11, will share in the third

- place title due to a tie. Third-place awards are a potpourri

and a candle centerpiece.

The Enrights are also Adopt-A-Planter veterans whose

Planter #16 took first prize in 2012, the couple’s first year

of competition. The Neighborworks Team, Kim Whitney

and Mark Sabella, are first-year participants.

The team winners, business planters and judges will

also be recognized during the Mayor’s Comment portion of

the Olean Common Council’s meeting agenda, which be-

gins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 10.

Six North Union Street businesses will be recognized

for beautifying the public space with the flowerpots and

plantings. They are: Five Star Bank, On Location, The

Olean House, Beef & Barrel Restaurant (recipient in 2012

of the Business Award plaque), Fox Financial, and Park

Centre Development.

All 22 of the city-owned redwood planters were filled

in the 2013 competition. This includes one container that

had not been adopted but was in bloom throughout much of

the summer.

A group of judges from the Portville Garden Club

ranked the containers in a series of random inspections, for

color, uniqueness, general condition and overall design. A

perfect score is 320 points. The judges will be recognized

during the awards ceremonies.

They are Alice Frost, Frances Potter, Shirley Long-

botham, Russell and Kathy Peace, Betty Runkle, and Bar-

bara Procter.

Ward 1 Alderman Jerry leFeber represented the Com-

mon Council’s selection of top arrangements, scoring the

entries during mid-August.

For the past three years Adopt-A-Planter coordinator

Sue Stevens has organized the project.

Dr. Francis Matthew Bohan Planter...... Continued from Page 2

Winning Planter #22 was still blooming in early September when this

photo was taken by Marcia Kelly, who tended the arrangement as a

member of the team.

Shown with their awards in the Adopt-A-Planter photo on Page 2 are

(from left) Marcia Kelly and Maureen Sheahan of Team 22, Adopt-A-

Planter Coordinator Sue Stevens, Kim Whitney of Team 11, Portville

Garden Club Judges Betty Procter and Shirley Longbotham, and Mayor

Linda Witte.

The repairs of curb and sagging sidewalk will dress up the curb in front of

the Manny Hanny Building (northwest corner of Wast State and Union

Streets.

Can the city help? Page One Photo Feature: Mayor Linda

Witte enjoyed the lovely and peaceful view

of the Forness Pond one afternoon in early

October.

Photo by Mayor Linda Witte

As your Mayor I continue to

have an Open Door Policy on the first floor of the Municipal Build-ing at 101 East State St. You can call my office at 376-5615 with questions and complaints. Please stop in and pick up a 2013 City Directory for phone numbers of Department Heads and Alderman or check the website, www.cityofolean.org. At that loca-tion is a link where you will find this newsletter!

Gerard leFeber, Ward 1 716-378-7877 jlefeber@cityofolean.org

How do you contact your 2013 Alderman?

Paul Gonzalez, Ward 3 716-790-1121 pgonzalez@cityofolean.org

Council President Ann McLaughlin (Ward 2)

716-560-8407 amclaughlin@cityofolean.org.

Nate Smith, Ward 6 716-307-8199 nsmith@cityofolean.org

Jim Finch, Ward 5 716-373-0163 jfinch@cityofolean.org

Standing Committees and Common Council

Meet most Tuesdays beginning at 6:30 p.m.

in Council Chambers

Thinking of Getting Married? Mayor Linda Witte will schedule your wed-

ding in the Olean City Limits. To check on dates she is available call 376-5615. New York State Law says marriage ceremonies can-not be performed for 24 hours after a marriage license was issued.

To obtain a license, call the Department of Vital Records at 376-5605 or the City Clerk (376-5604). The nearby John Ash Community Center on North Barry Street is an excellent spot for the reception! To book that space, call 376-5666.

Online Bill Pay Option The Online Bill Pay & Customer Service option is up

and running on the city’s website for a $3 fee. Go to www.cityofolean.org and click on “The Online Bill Pay & Customer Service” button from the menu on the right side of the home page. At the online payments home page, choose between water/sewer bill payment and parking ticket payment options.

Water and Sewer bill payers register and set up a pass-word, then view transaction history and chart water con-sumption through by billing date. Parking ticket payers simply search for the citation number or vehicle info. (This destination can also be reached by typing this into your browser: https://w.municipalonlinepayments.com/oleanny/

utilities.)

Tom Morgan, Ward 7 716-373-4860 tmorgan@cityofolean.org

Matt Keller, Ward 4 585-378-0557 mkeller@cityofolean.org

Fixing Blight One House At A Time

(At right:) One resident was de-

termined to put an end to the

problems caused by this dilapi-

dated house on Third Street.

The resident purchased the

home and had it torn down,

then went right to work on land-

scaping and beautifying the now

-empty lot. Mayor Witte caught

a great shot of the rental home

coming down in September.