September 13, 2007

Dear Mendon Resident;
I am pleased to inform you of collaborative effort being conducted by the New York State Department of Transportation and the Town of Mendon. As you may be aware, during the past couple of years the Town has been engaged in a number of efforts to attempt to mitigate the significant impact the deer population has had on people & property

The Town constituted a Deer Management Committee that has, in cooperation with the Mendon Highway Department and the Monroe County Sherriff’s Department, collected and analyzed data regarding deer-motor vehicle accidents throughout the Town. At the same time we have investigated intervention strategies utilized in other areas of the country that were reported to have a positive impact.

One of those strategies is the installation of “Deer Warning Reflectors”. We met last spring with representatives from NYS Department of Transportation and the result is a pilot project that will be conducted on Clover St. adjacent to Mendon Ponds Park south to the intersection of Mendon Center Road and Clover Street.
We will compare data over the next couple of years with the existing data from the previous three years of reported deer-motor vehicle accidents.

The enclosed “Fact Sheet” provides the time table and a description of the technology that will be utilized.
State DOT crews will begin the project next week with an early November date anticipated as completion of the project.