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Good evening.

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Calling to order the regular meeting of the Dover City Council.

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Wednesday, September 23rd, a few minutes past seven.

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Apologize for that. We have called to order.

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If you could all rise for a moment of silence, please.

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Councilor.

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Richer. Here.

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Councilor Carmichael. Here. Councilor

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Cullen. Here.

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Councilor Robison. Here.

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Councilor Granfield. Here.

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Councilor Veitch. Here.

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Deputy Mayor Williams. Here.

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Mayor Shanahan. Here.

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Eight present, one absent.

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And for the record, Councilor Retrosi

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is out of the country on business.

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And pleasure to see him back shortly.

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And he last thought had story.

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Apologies.

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Item number five.

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Proclamations. Awards.

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We have two this evening.

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Two proclamations and an award from the city of Rochester.

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That will get you after the proclamations.

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Councilor Richer,

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do you want to join me for the direct support?

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Professional presentation?

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She's probably

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watching, and she's thinking, you better move the mic.

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Direct support professionals are essential to the physical, mental,

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and emotional security of New Hampshire citizens

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living with a disability and direct support professionals.

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Commitment and dedication to caring for others

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with disabilities personifies the true meaning of community.

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And Whereas, direct support professionals, direct care workers,

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personal assistants and in-home care providers are the primary providers

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of publicly funded long term supports and services with disability

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for individuals with disabilities in Dover,

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and Whereas, direct support professionals assist New Hampshire citizens

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with disabilities and leading independent lives,

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and are dedicated to developing close and trusted relationships

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with individuals, their families, and their community.

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To provide a broad range of daily living support.

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And Whereas direct support professionals, devoted commitment enriches lives

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by enabling community engagement of citizens impacted by disabilities

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and further strengthens communities by including people with disabilities.

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And whereas, 2026 marks 19 years of celebrating Direct Support

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Professionals' contributions to improving the lives of those

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they support and the communities they enrich.

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Now, therefore, I, Dennis Shanahan,

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Mayor of the City of Dover, in the State of New Hampshire,

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do hereby proclaim September 13th through the 19th, 2026

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as Direct Support Professionals' Appreciation Week in the City of Dover,

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and call this to the attention of all citizens.

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In witness whereof, I have here on to set my hand and caused the seal

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the city of Dover to be fixed this 23rd day of September, 2026.

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Present this to

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you, and you can forward it on to the folks that asked us to do that.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, Councilor Richer.

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We also have a proclamation.

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Whereas the aim of Children's Environmental Health Day

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is to raise awareness about the importance of clean air and water, safe food

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and consumer products,

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healthy environments and stable climates to children's health and development.

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And whereas, CEH Day was created by the Children's Environmental Health

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Network and celebrated for the first time on October 13th, 2016.

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And Whereas day is observed on the second Thursday in October

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as a means to celebrate the progress of children's environmental

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health movement and create a strong network of child health advocates.

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And whereas, CEH Day is a national effort supported by individuals,

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nonprofit organizations and government agencies.

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And whereas, CEH Day encourages individuals and organizations to raise awareness

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and understanding of children's

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environmental health issues, seek improved protections for all children,

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and perform acts of sustainability or environmental health wellness.

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And Whereas, together, we can safeguard the health, safety and well-being

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of our most precious resource children.

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Now, therefore, I, Dennis Shanahan, Mayor of the City of Dover,

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in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby proclaim

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Thursday, October 8th, 2026, as Children's Environmental Health Day

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in the City of Dover and urge all citizens to observe this day

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with awareness raising and environmental health and stewardship

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activities to create a healthier environment for our children.

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In witness whereof, I am here to set my hand and cause the seal

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of the city of Dover to be a face this 23rd day of September, 2026.

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And we will get this to the folks at Children's Environmental Health.

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Oh well, I'm so sorry.

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I could.

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Always absolutely can.

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Thank you so much.

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I'm Joan Widmer with NH Healthy Climate.

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We're an advocacy group trying to work on the health of our children

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and the other residents of the Hampshire, the environmentally sound and safe.

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Now they're going to snap a picture through that camera.

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That to you?

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I'll get that.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much. Thank you.

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Producer.

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The honorable mayor of Rochester, Chuck Grassie.

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We have an award that he wants to give.

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Well, it's.

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It's not really an award.

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I have to I'm here to.

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I'm going to have to catch you up on this, because,

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as you know, the two cities have a number of rivalries.

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You know who's the largest?

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We're always going back and forth on that one.

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Who has the most Burger King's.

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I think we got you on that one.

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So but there's one rivalry that basically is bigger

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than all of the others that just shakes up both communities.

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Dover. Rochester.

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Football.

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We are the mayors.

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The three mayors of the Tri-Cities meet together regularly.

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And of course, I work with Dennis at the Municipal Association

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on a number of things as well.

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And this year I said, you know, hey, how about a friendly bet

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at the Dover Rochester game?

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And he said, great.

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And I'm thinking, well, you know, the loser buys beers.

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Oh, no, he says, the loser.

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Where's the other teams had at the next council meeting?

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And I said, damn it.

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I'm going to have a Green Wave hat at the next council meeting.

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Based on recent history.

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And I'm thinking, okay, I'll do that.

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But we also got to do basketball and hockey

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because I know we got a hockey team in Rochester.

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Well, he said, that's fine. That's great.

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Let's do that.

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I'd look far and wide for this because it's the only hat we had left.

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But I came here

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to get a picture of your mayor wearing a Spaulding Red Raider hat.

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Since Spaulding got on their surfboards

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and rode the wave to a big victory.

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Thank you.

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I told him I had to get a triple X, so.

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I've always put up a fine struggle.

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They did.

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But alas, in the end, we will seek revenge.

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I'm expecting a Green Wave hat in return.

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So you know. That one in my in my truck.

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And I believe it was worn by a sweaty 13 year old baseball game.

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So you will enjoy it.

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This was a new one. A brand new one off the shelf.

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Okay, so thank you.

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And I hope maybe sometimes we can get our councils together as well.

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I know the mayors get together and have,

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you know, and have time to talk about things.

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And it's very productive for us to work together on ideas,

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because anything that affects Rochester affects the tri city as well.

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And we have to do that.

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We have to stick together to work together

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to make everything better for our citizens and the people of our communities.

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And I know Dennis and I have worked closely together

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with Matt from Somersworth and and the county, and we hope that,

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you know,

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maybe sometime we can have a social event to get together in Rochester or Dover

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or Somersworth or whatever.

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So we all get together and just talk in an informal way and,

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and help some of the solve the problems and exchange ideas.

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Thank you so much. Thanks.

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Put it back.

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I do. Have a.

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Which fine.

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Dover restaurant. Are you taking an two?

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Basically I'm picking up some stuff for her, so I'm going to go to

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Chipotle.

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I'll be watching when I get home.

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I know only the mayor lost today, but it really feels like we all lost.

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Revenge is a gift.

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Serve cold. Yeah.

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What's the hockey team, right.

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That play football?

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We have a hockey game coming up.

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We do? Yeah. Way after.

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Continue to be continued.

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Oh, thank you very much.

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Next up is agenda item number six.

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Approval. The agenda. Motion to approve, actually.

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Yes. Motion to approve.

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We have to approve the agenda.

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Seconded by Councilor Veitch.

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Are there any adjustments?

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Updates to it?

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We do have agenda item 13 b two with a substitute as a whole.

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Yes. Okay.

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Motion to substitute as a whole.

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Substitute with 13 B2.

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With a with the one that was on your desk.

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Moved by Councilor Granfield and seconded

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by Deputy Mayor Williams.

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Seconded by Council.

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Any discussion on that?

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If not those in favor of substituting this as a whole?

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13 B2.

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That's unanimous.

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Motion to approve, as amended.

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We have a motion to approve the amended agenda, seconded by Councilor Veitch.

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Any discussion on the motion to approve the amended agenda?

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Seeing none. All in favor?

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Thank you. That's unanimous.

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Next up is item number seven.

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Public hearings are none this evening.

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Agenda item number eight, public forum.

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Mr. Mayor.

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The public forum.

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Is an opportunity for speakers who are residents of the city's property

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owners, designated representatives of civic organizations,

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businesses located in the City of Dover.

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Speaker shall address their comments of the Presiding Officer

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and the Council as a body, not in any individual member.

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And please give us your name and address for the record,

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in the event that a speaker fails to identify themselves.

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Presiding Officer shall make sure that that happens.

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You'll have a single opportunity limited to five minutes.

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So I will keep time up here.

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If you have more information you'd like to give to the council,

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you can certainly do so in writing.

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And if there are any questions or facts that we see

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fit to address, we shall do that at some point in the meeting.

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And with that, the public forum is open.

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Oh come on, address us.

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You can do so in the public forum. Yes.

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Good evening.

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My name is Robert McGuigan.

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I'm here representing Rolling Thunder New Hampshire Chapter 1,

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and I just have some information for each of you.

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And for your information.

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One of our items is a contribution of POWMI.

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A flag can be placed on a bench

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sponsored by Rolling Thunder and Hampshire.

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This is just a copy of my.

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About what we've done there.

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Do you have any questions about you know.

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When a voter, Mr.

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Mayor, do we need a motion to suspend the rules?

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Considering this a representative of civic organization.

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Good evening, Mayor Shanahan.

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Members of the city council.

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As I said, my name is Robert McGuigan.

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I'm here tonight representing Rolling Thunder New Hampshire Chapter 1.

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Rolling Thunder is a national veterans advocacy organization dedicated

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to raising awareness of American prisoners of war and those missing in action.

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Rolling Thunder was incorporated in 1995 as a 501 C

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for nonprofit organization, and includes more than 90 chartered

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chapters throughout the United States and abroad.

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All members serve as volunteers, although many of us do ride motorcycles.

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Rolling Thunder is not a motorcycle organization.

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Our mission is to ensure that more than 90,000 American POW

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Mia service members still unaccounted for and never forgotten

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to support this mission.

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Municipalities and organizations across the country have adopted the POW/MIA

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Chair of Honor Memorial, a symbolic

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memorial consisting of an empty black chair or bench

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bearing the POW/MIA emblem and accompanied by a plaque explaining the purpose.

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These memorials serve as a visible reminder of those who have not yet

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returned home, and provides comfort to families who continue to wait for answers.

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Examples of these installations have taken place at Gillette Stadium,

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Lowell Stadium, home and stadium in Nashua,

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numerous city halls, parks, and public venues nationwide.

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I have included a list of memorial installations

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that Rolling Thunder New Hampshire Chapter 1 has been involved with.

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Page two

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I was working with.

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I said Michael Joyal. I got my names mixed up.

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I'm sorry, I apologize.

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I was working with Chris to identify an appropriate location

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a structure for a Chair of Honor Memorial in Dover.

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A black bench owned by the city

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has been identified as a suitable and highly visible location

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in front of the administrative building, or this building has been recommended.

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I respectfully request the city's support to establish a POW/MIA

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Chair of Honor Memorial.

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At this location.

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The cost of the city would be minimal,

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considering that the bench is already owned by the city

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and has been allocated at this time,

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so the only cost would be in anchoring the bench in the specific location

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and purchasing a plaque describing the memorial.

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The installation would serve as a meaningful tribute

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to veterans, active duty service members and their families.

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It would also provide the city with a dignified location point

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for ceremonies, media events, and educational outreach.

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Rolling Thunder New Hampshire Chapter 1 would be honored to coordinate

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with the unveiling of the memorial at the city's Veterans

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Day event on November 11th, 2026.

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Thank you for your time and consideration.

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We look forward to the opportunity to working with the City of Dover

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and ensure that our POW/MIA service members are never forgotten.

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If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them.

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Thank you, Mr. McGuigan.

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And thank you for your service.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else for the public forum?

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All right. Seeing none.

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Public forum is now closed.

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That brings us next to item number nine, our City Manager's Report.

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Mr. City Manager.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Report in writing as usual.

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And it covers activities of the various departments

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over the course of the last month.

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As usual, on dry your attention to,

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a report

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on the status of the major financial funds in the city.

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That starts on page

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7172.

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And at this point, two, two months into the fiscal year,

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not seeing any issues

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of concern or trends at this point in the numbers.

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However, I can assure you that we are watching closely.

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What is happening with fuel prices and ultimately how that is

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driving other costs

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throughout the organization?

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I also want to make mention and thank,

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our a number of volunteers.

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We had 45 volunteers that came out and walked over

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380 miles or so around the city

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doing a survey of our parking system.

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Evaluating the use and of 2000

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parking spaces that we have throughout the downtown. It.

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They were collecting data

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that we were able to use or will use to validate

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how often parking spaces are utilized, how many parking spaces users

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utilize and incorporate that into the master plan update.

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They they surveyed

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the use of the parking system, these volunteers

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over the course of three days, including weekend and weekdays.

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So they had a pretty good representation of how

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the public parking system is utilized here in the city.

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Also want to mention that we still have a survey ongoing,

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as the transportation chapter of the master plan

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is being updated and people can go to the city website

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and they'll find a link for the transportation master plan update.

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And there's a link to the survey there,

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which strongly encourage folks to provide their feedback there.

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As you know, the master plan helps guide

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the overall development, growth and needs

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identifies needs in this city over at least a ten year span.

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So it's a very important document for us to have in planning for

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and anticipating the needs of the city.

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And with that, I'll conclude my report.

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Any questions for the City Manager? Councilor Richer.

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Do we have any updates on the warming center?

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What's happening?

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The the high this weekend is going to be 58.

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So we know that temperatures are only going down. And

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my understanding is the construction is moving along.

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We are going to have a meeting of the tri cities,

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I believe, next week to discuss the

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opening of the warming center,

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which I suspect will be very similar to how it's been operated in years past.

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Probably likely starting

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sometime in November around the Thanksgiving,

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the holiday, and continuing on through the winter months.

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And we won't have, a vote on who's managing that this year.

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No, the county is operating.

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The facility is part of the agreement that we have with the county.

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It will be the same.

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My understanding is the county

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is contracted with the same entity that's operated for the last two years.

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Okay.

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And the last I spoke with the county commissioners.

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They were getting assurances from the

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the contractor that it is on track for completion.

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On about 1115, the last town,

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probably three weeks ago, it was essentially framed in.

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So there was progress being made.

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So and we do have a backup plan for any time

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between the initiation

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of the season and the completion of the new facility.

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If the. What's the backup plan?

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We'll provide a shelter somewhere here in the city.

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Okay.

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I also have another question, but is there any.

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I thought I saw your hand up for that. No.

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Okay.

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Apple harvest is coming up.

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Everybody's excited about that.

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There's a lot of construction.

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Is there any

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information that we should know about how it's going to operate this year?

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That's different than other years that we can pass along when constituents ask?

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Yeah, obviously the the Henry Law Avenue is under construction.

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So, there will be that area will be limited.

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So most of the events will be moved up along Upper Central

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Avenue along the side streets, parking.

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I don't have all the details for parking, but I believe they're running a shuttle

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from Liberty or O from the

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from the former Care Pharmacy.

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Now it's Sanel Auto Parts,

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next door to Cleary Cleaners.

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Not the one up on third Street, but the one down in Central Avenue.

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So people can park there and there'll be a shuttle bus that will run them downtown.

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If they can't find parking in the transportation

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lot or elsewhere around the city, and,

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the event will go on, rain or shine.

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Hopefully shine. Yes.

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We've had enough rain.

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Yes. So it's not this weekend? Yes.

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Good.

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Several questions.

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First, want to.

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Direct your attention to page 21 of the the report.

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You're showing wastewater comparative data between May, June and July.

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And in July, there was a significant drop.

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Was that related to the efforts

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we've been taking on to identify unknown sources of wastewater?

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No, that that particular data relates

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to the gallons of septic that it received at the wastewater treatment plant.

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Those are the

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pumping trucks that

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empty septic tanks will come and

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empty er disposed there.

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And this pattern of

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higher volumes in the spring and likely in the fall

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is it corresponds when people are using getting their septic tanks serviced.

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Okay. Great.

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Next question on page 22.

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The next page.

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And it's related to

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also to us moving to the toter system.

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I was asked yesterday by resident

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they don't know exactly what to do with sharps.

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And they don't understand if that's going to change with the toter system.

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Do you know any. It's not going to change.

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Folks that are legitimately using sharps,

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diabetics or for other medical needs,

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needles.

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Typically no.

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Or provided with disposal devices if they don't have them.

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What's recommended is to take a like a laundry detergent jug,

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an empty

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one, and deposit the needles in there and put the cap back on it,

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and then put it in your trash bag and throw it away.

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Okay.

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What is important is that the needles be contained

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in some sort of solid container.

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As I said, the recommendation is to use a laundry detergent jug or

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some other plastic non breakable device,

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and they can be disposed in your trash bag.

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Okay.

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Just to be clear, and this was opposed to me yesterday.

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Even though they're not they don't have an archaic but

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so there's no concern about residual drug and the needles going into the trash.

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No not a special not if they're properly contained.

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Okay.

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And a separate from that as we know there are

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there's a prevalence of needles that get improperly discarded.

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And usually because they're not being used for legitimate purposes.

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There is an organization that has placed

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sharps containers and our servicing them in the city.

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There's one located at the entrance to the community trail.

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There's one in Henry Law Park, and I believe that

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I believe that said, there's just two of them.

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There's one at the hospital. Two.

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But that's the one I was told is shut down right now.

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Just continue that. Okay.

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Third question.

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The next page you mentioned that tax year lean

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amount.

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Is that in line with what we budgeted or is it higher or lower?

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Yeah, we we don't budget for the tax liens that represent the,

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the amount of taxes that remain unpaid by the due date.

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What's what. Do we expect?

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What did we expect?

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It is.

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Typically around 1.7 1.8%.

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Several years ago we got as high as 2.5%.

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From my perspective, you know, we stay below 5% or so.

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There's really no concern for a variety of reasons.

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People are late in paying their taxes and,

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they make arrangements.

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All right.

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Last question.

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On page 61, you list out the council's

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goal for the goals for the year and progress being made on each page.

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61 is the one related to housing, and it is a very blank page.

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Can you talk a little bit about

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do we have anything more going on than just the one item listed?

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Yeah, there's actually a lot going on.

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Part of the reason that that's blank and I apologize for that is the

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our housing planner is actually out on maternity leave.

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So I didn't have a report to include there.

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However, the Planning Department and Director Benton

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did include some updates within her department report on page

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34 relating to some housing related initiatives.

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And one of the more significant ones is that the city

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was recognized,

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nationally, actually,

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and selected, I should say, to participate

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in a housing supply challenge, accelerated challenge.

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And that's a nationwide network that's organized by the National League of Cities

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and the American Planning Association, and it's designed to accelerate

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the implementation of

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proven housing strategies.

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And so they are interested in what we have been doing here in Dover

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and will obviously,

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want to encourage us to continue with that, but also help support

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for the efforts with that also included in the director's report

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for the planning department is there's a number of activities

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taking place before the Planning Board to help create some additional

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housing opportunities of different purposes and needs.

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Obviously, one of the more significant ones is has to deal with density

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and the ability to have

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higher density development, which is a function of cost,

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which ultimately is a function of the price

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somebody pays for that property through the TDR process.

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And that's been been being studied now for over a year now.

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And they're finalizing the recommendations for that.

517
00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:05,233
That'll be coming forward.

518
00:28:06,233 --> 00:28:07,567
Thank you.

519
00:28:07,567 --> 00:28:08,600
Thank you Council.

520
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,033
Anyone else for the City Manager?

521
00:28:11,033 --> 00:28:11,934
Just one quick question.

522
00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:13,700
Typically you have an area in here for legal.

523
00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,133
I did not see that legal.

524
00:28:16,133 --> 00:28:18,834
I put in the my first report of the month.

525
00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:21,300
The second day of the month.

526
00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,567
All right. Thank you. So what else?

527
00:28:24,834 --> 00:28:26,834
All right. Thank you.

528
00:28:26,834 --> 00:28:29,033
Brings us to agenda item number ten, approval of minutes.

529
00:28:29,033 --> 00:28:30,467
We have two sets this evening.

530
00:28:30,467 --> 00:28:34,734
Ten a September 2nd, 2026 workshop meeting, a non public meeting

531
00:28:34,967 --> 00:28:37,834
and ten B September 9th, 2026 regular meeting.

532
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:39,967
Motion to approve. Motion on the minutes.

533
00:28:39,967 --> 00:28:42,066
We have a second, seconded by Councilor Robison.

534
00:28:42,066 --> 00:28:46,133
Any updates errors, corrections, anything in these two sets of minutes?

535
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:48,700
Seeing none. All in favor of approving these minutes

536
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,734
is unanimous.

537
00:28:51,734 --> 00:28:53,634
Item number 11 is our Mayor's Report. Mr.

538
00:28:53,634 --> 00:28:54,934
Mayor?

539
00:28:54,934 --> 00:28:57,634
Well, it was

540
00:28:57,634 --> 00:28:58,900
at times

541
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:01,900
quite the quite the busy last couple of weeks

542
00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:05,066
at times, particularly when I was in North Carolina.

543
00:29:05,066 --> 00:29:07,033
Quiet.

544
00:29:07,033 --> 00:29:08,834
Well, five days

545
00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:11,834
obviously nine over 11 dedication occurred.

546
00:29:12,867 --> 00:29:16,300
I can't say I cannot say enough about the work

547
00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:20,400
that Bob Carrier, Perry Plummer, police and fire put in.

548
00:29:21,033 --> 00:29:24,433
I've heard estimates of the attendance to be in the hundreds.

549
00:29:24,967 --> 00:29:28,734
We were wondering if we were going to fill all 60 chairs that we put out.

550
00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:32,834
So appreciate the public turning out for that and appreciate

551
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:35,900
what's what's come back.

552
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,266
So there's a we'll have a follow up

553
00:29:38,266 --> 00:29:42,834
meeting basically get, get get any of the loose ends cleaned up.

554
00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:46,667
But really can't say enough for the folks that were involved with

555
00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:48,266
that and those that attended.

556
00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:51,500
A couple of things.

557
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:54,200
I'll mention my coast report.

558
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,166
As you saw, the honorable mayor from Rochester was here

559
00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:01,066
while we were making light with our little side bet, a little side wager.

560
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:01,900
Wager.

561
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,100
It was actually part of the.

562
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,433
My attendance there with him was part of Rochester's recognition

563
00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:14,433
of the 25th, 25th anniversary, 25th anniversary of of nine over 11.

564
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,600
And they they had they had a brief ceremony to beginning

565
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,600
of the game to, to recognize that,

566
00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:24,667
and a week after Saint Thomas

567
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,033
was playing on the night of the 18th against Merrimack Valley.

568
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,567
And they also had a very good,

569
00:30:32,934 --> 00:30:35,934
very good first responders,

570
00:30:36,266 --> 00:30:37,600
honorary.

571
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:42,600
They also brought in a number of alumni who have served.

572
00:30:43,166 --> 00:30:47,333
And in particular, they recognized one one individual

573
00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:50,700
that that has served well.

574
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:55,066
And actually he had provided a recording that they played for,

575
00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:59,266
for the audience to, to, to, to commemorate the event.

576
00:30:59,266 --> 00:31:02,800
So thanks to all those organizations, fortunately,

577
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:07,467
we had both home teams that did not did not win the game.

578
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:10,066
So we'll see how that goes going forward.

579
00:31:10,066 --> 00:31:13,533
But appreciate the folks that put those together.

580
00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:16,900
So, and that really is about my report for

581
00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:19,533
any questions.

582
00:31:19,533 --> 00:31:21,467
Thank you.

583
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:24,467
Next up we have unfinished business.

584
00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:27,667
There are no ordinances in the second reading ordinance,

585
00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:30,433
third reading or resolutions, which moves us on to agenda

586
00:31:30,433 --> 00:31:34,533
item number 13, new business 13 A is our consent calendar.

587
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,567
13 A1 authorization to award B2

588
00:31:37,567 --> 00:31:40,967
5044 RFP 2700

589
00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:44,967
two, Fourth Street sidewalk reconstruction to S.U.R. Construction, Inc.

590
00:31:44,967 --> 00:31:49,700
Sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request. 13 A2, authorization to approve Fire

591
00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,667
Instructor Course with the Regional Alliance for Firefighting Training,

592
00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:57,367
sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request. 13 A3, acceptance and approval

593
00:31:57,367 --> 00:32:00,867
of establishing a memorial at City Hall for American prisoners of war (POW)

594
00:32:01,166 --> 00:32:02,400
and those missing in action (MIA),

595
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,400
sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request.

596
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,133
Motion to approve the consent calendar.

597
00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:09,800
We have a motion for the consent calendar, seconded by Councilor Granfield.

598
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,967
Are there any items that folks would like to see fold

599
00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:13,500
seeing?

600
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:13,767
None.

601
00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:17,433
Call the roll for each of the for these three items on the consent.

602
00:32:17,934 --> 00:32:19,200
Councilor Richer? Yes.

603
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,700
Councilor Carmichael? Yes.

604
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:22,166
Councilor Cullen? Yes.

605
00:32:22,166 --> 00:32:23,533
Councilor Robison? Yes.

606
00:32:23,533 --> 00:32:24,533
Councilor Granfield?

607
00:32:24,533 --> 00:32:25,967
Yes. Councilor Veitch?

608
00:32:25,967 --> 00:32:27,867
Yes. Deputy Mayor Williams? Yes.

609
00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:28,133
Mayor

610
00:32:28,133 --> 00:32:29,266
Shanahan? Yes.

611
00:32:29,266 --> 00:32:31,834
Yes. Motion passes.

612
00:32:31,834 --> 00:32:33,900
Excuse me. Next up is committee reports.

613
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,900
We will start this evening with Mayor Shanahan with COAST.

614
00:32:37,533 --> 00:32:39,200
So coast ended.

615
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,867
Arranged an event under the guise of the continuing

616
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:47,433
capital campaign to to do some some fundraising.

617
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:49,367
However, it was all a ruse.

618
00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:50,734
It was all a trick.

619
00:32:50,734 --> 00:32:54,200
What we were really doing was a surprise party for Rad Nichols

620
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,200
to celebrate his 30th year at coast.

621
00:32:57,333 --> 00:32:59,333
It was a surprise.

622
00:32:59,333 --> 00:33:01,433
I think he almost keeled over.

623
00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:03,433
It was it was a great event. They brought in

624
00:33:04,433 --> 00:33:07,634
his sister, members of his family from Colorado.

625
00:33:08,166 --> 00:33:11,900
And it was a good way to honor Rad for the hard work that he's done for

626
00:33:11,934 --> 00:33:14,934
for 30 years and is continuing to do.

627
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,533
Also this morning, we had the annual meeting for COAST,

628
00:33:18,867 --> 00:33:22,834
which included both a breakfast keynote speaker who did a

629
00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:27,133
just a fantastic job of recounting her experience

630
00:33:27,967 --> 00:33:32,634
as a new rider for COAST and taking rides

631
00:33:32,634 --> 00:33:35,634
on busses and engaging with some of the the passengers.

632
00:33:36,634 --> 00:33:39,233
I mean, I also had a business meeting where we put put to bed

633
00:33:39,233 --> 00:33:43,300
some of the business of the day, which included a budget, included

634
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,500
reelection of officers and a few other items.

635
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,433
And I will say, the discussion that we just had about.

636
00:33:53,433 --> 00:33:56,467
Potential issues in budgeting as

637
00:33:57,433 --> 00:34:00,100
fuel costs rise,

638
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:03,734
certainly impacting COAST. They've already seen

639
00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:09,400
what is a year over year increase of over 70% in fuel costs,

640
00:34:09,967 --> 00:34:11,500
even though they buy in bulk and do

641
00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:14,500
get a break compared to what you might pay at the pump for diesel.

642
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,233
So there was certainly a high level of concern on how that may

643
00:34:17,233 --> 00:34:20,266
play out over the next several months and going through the winter,

644
00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:24,066
but otherwise the capital campaign is going very well.

645
00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:27,333
I think we've got a reasonable chance for a spring construction

646
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,367
start date at the facility.

647
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:33,500
Off road on on some of

648
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,200
questions on coast.

649
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,367
Thank you.

650
00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:41,367
Next up is Waterfront TIF Advisory Board, Councilor Cullen.

651
00:34:42,834 --> 00:34:45,800
We have not met. No.

652
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,900
Excuse me. I had to miss their meeting.

653
00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:49,100
No, that was the other Tiff board.

654
00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:50,634
I apologize, we have not met.

655
00:34:52,266 --> 00:34:54,233
Mr. Mayor, anything on

656
00:34:54,233 --> 00:34:57,066
Street reported outburst the last time we. Met.

657
00:34:57,066 --> 00:34:59,500
For Strafford Regional Planning Commission,

658
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:00,467
They did meet last week.

659
00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:02,634
I was out of town so I will get an update,

660
00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:05,634
but I believe it was continued to focus on transportation.

661
00:35:06,734 --> 00:35:08,367
Mr. Mayor again, Government Affairs.

662
00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:09,266
Government affairs.

663
00:35:09,266 --> 00:35:12,200
We deferred that due to

664
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,000
do this, do.

665
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,800
Some planning issues. We'll see.

666
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,500
We'll be meeting in October.

667
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:20,500
Councilor Cullen and the Joint Building Committee - Athletic Complex.

668
00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:21,500
Sure. Briefly.

669
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:26,634
I was at the site this afternoon and my gosh, it's coming together so rapidly.

670
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,300
It was really cool.

671
00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:30,467
Rubber is now on the track.

672
00:35:30,467 --> 00:35:34,066
Only the first course of it and binder is down, so it is black.

673
00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:36,467
It is rubberized and that is pretty cool.

674
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:39,500
There was a group of six guys working on it there today.

675
00:35:40,133 --> 00:35:43,133
And on the baseball multi-sport field,

676
00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:47,400
there were about one quarter of it is now filled with crushed stone.

677
00:35:47,433 --> 00:35:49,200
The drainage is in the light,

678
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,300
towers are up, and they are working on painting themselves into a corner

679
00:35:53,834 --> 00:35:56,600
to escape from the baseball field through

680
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,667
the left field gap. So

681
00:36:00,634 --> 00:36:02,100
stills continues to be a very

682
00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:03,400
active construction site

683
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,533
and will be for another 3 or 4 weeks while the track gets finished,

684
00:36:07,834 --> 00:36:11,834
which will then mean that we could theoretically have access

685
00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:14,967
to Dunaway Field, which the field itself is done.

686
00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:17,133
The uprights are not up, the scoreboard is not up.

687
00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:20,133
The electric does not go to the towers yet.

688
00:36:20,467 --> 00:36:22,433
But it's really coming along well.

689
00:36:22,433 --> 00:36:25,700
Continues to be on schedule and within budget.

690
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:28,867
So I hope to have a better update for you

691
00:36:28,867 --> 00:36:31,900
than that in a couple of weeks, but it's really looking great.

692
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:34,900
I hope you've had a chance to walk by and take a look.

693
00:36:40,734 --> 00:36:42,166
You said it's on schedule.

694
00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:42,634
What?

695
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:45,900
What a what date are we using to to judge that.

696
00:36:46,033 --> 00:36:50,066
We promised you a field ready for play in the fall of 2006.

697
00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:55,266
I'll remind you that today is the second day of fall 2026. Yep.

698
00:36:56,433 --> 00:36:59,767
And beyond that, Councilor, I can't give you a specific.

699
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,200
It's a very active construction site, right?

700
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,200
I mean, there was heavy equipment, major trucks

701
00:37:05,233 --> 00:37:08,734
moving in and out, you know, big bulldozers.

702
00:37:08,834 --> 00:37:10,934
Today we had electricians.

703
00:37:10,934 --> 00:37:12,266
We had people pouring cement.

704
00:37:12,266 --> 00:37:14,066
We had, you know, almost every trade.

705
00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:17,967
So it's not like you can go out there at 330 and just have practice.

706
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,100
I'm not indicating we should play football in that situation.

707
00:37:22,367 --> 00:37:23,533
I'm curious though.

708
00:37:23,533 --> 00:37:24,967
There's other work going on.

709
00:37:24,967 --> 00:37:27,400
I don't live far from there, so I see the fields.

710
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,433
Are we waiting for all construction to be done to use the football

711
00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:34,967
facilities, or will there be kind of an interim?

712
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:40,200
So for right now, it's sort of as a moot point because the curing time

713
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,467
for the track process is about 3 to 4 weeks.

714
00:37:44,133 --> 00:37:44,967
Layers.

715
00:37:44,967 --> 00:37:47,100
Things like the fact that it's going to rain for three days

716
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:50,133
means that they have to reach a breaking point to allow,

717
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,834
you know, things to settle before doing something else.

718
00:37:52,834 --> 00:37:56,500
So it can't give you a firmer guidance than that.

719
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,667
We should, in a couple of weeks,

720
00:37:58,667 --> 00:38:02,867
be able to give you some sense of that, but it's still premature, believe me.

721
00:38:02,934 --> 00:38:06,634
We all want to see kids on that field. But,

722
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,266
I just

723
00:38:08,266 --> 00:38:12,200
the, I think and the athletes, the coaches, the parents have been

724
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,233
extraordinarily patient to this point, and we need to ask for continued patience.

725
00:38:16,433 --> 00:38:19,700
As we work to get people on the field as soon as we possibly can.

726
00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:22,066
Thank you. Thank you.

727
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:24,100
Anyone else?

728
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:24,800
Thank you.

729
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,767
Councilor Veitch for Cemetery Board. Yes.

730
00:38:27,767 --> 00:38:30,166
This one was quite lively.

731
00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:32,667
Pun intended.

732
00:38:32,667 --> 00:38:35,734
We actually had a line out the door for public comment.

733
00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:38,000
That's not saying as much because the

734
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,033
the the room that we actually meet in is quite small.

735
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,233
So it's not impressive as that might sound.

736
00:38:44,233 --> 00:38:47,734
So we did take people, in for public comment

737
00:38:47,834 --> 00:38:51,533
at like basically by group of what they want to comment on.

738
00:38:52,634 --> 00:38:58,100
As normal staff updated with purchases and any complaints with regards to graves,

739
00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:01,367
but I'll refer to just kind of the public comment.

740
00:39:02,033 --> 00:39:05,800
So the first one was actually from staff, coming in to see

741
00:39:06,767 --> 00:39:08,567
and recommend

742
00:39:08,567 --> 00:39:11,567
that we designate

743
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:14,433
Pine Hill Cemetery as a historical site.

744
00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:19,000
The concept behind that was that there is potential

745
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,000
grants we'd be eligible for with that designation

746
00:39:22,133 --> 00:39:25,133
for some of the repairs we're looking at doing.

747
00:39:25,233 --> 00:39:28,333
And that we would her understanding

748
00:39:28,333 --> 00:39:32,333
was that we would be eligible to get that designation.

749
00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:36,567
After asking whether that would put any restrictions

750
00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:39,000
on what we could do in the future, and with the understanding

751
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,600
that we would not be restricted any further with this designation.

752
00:39:43,634 --> 00:39:48,100
The board voted unanimously to have staff

753
00:39:48,266 --> 00:39:51,266
continue looking to pursue that.

754
00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:55,200
Additionally, we had a member of the Conservation

755
00:39:56,333 --> 00:40:01,100
Commission come and pitch an idea to designate.

756
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:04,634
Pine Hill Cemetery as an arboretum.

757
00:40:04,634 --> 00:40:07,634
There are four registered arboretum in the state of New Hampshire.

758
00:40:08,166 --> 00:40:14,433
His belief was that with the very minimal changes, we would be eligible to do that.

759
00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:17,433
Because there is just a lot of tree species there.

760
00:40:18,767 --> 00:40:21,066
Staff had some concerns that

761
00:40:21,066 --> 00:40:25,100
such a designation might increase the visitor ship.

762
00:40:25,734 --> 00:40:28,734
And, potentially

763
00:40:29,133 --> 00:40:31,767
maybe some unwanted behavior.

764
00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:36,734
So they ended up deciding to table that decision, but with the understanding

765
00:40:36,734 --> 00:40:42,000
that, that conservation committee member volunteered as part of,

766
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000
the application process to collect a lot of data

767
00:40:46,266 --> 00:40:49,266
regarding the tree species and locations.

768
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,367
Which was very much appreciated.

769
00:40:51,367 --> 00:40:55,500
And staff said even if we don't go further with that application,

770
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:59,467
that it would be very useful for maintenance to have that sort of data.

771
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:02,500
So he committed to doing that this fall.

772
00:41:03,433 --> 00:41:06,433
And then the third group was related to,

773
00:41:07,333 --> 00:41:10,367
biking. So,

774
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,600
currently there are signs that say you can't

775
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,600
bring bikes through Pine Hill Cemetery.

776
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,266
There was a little bit of confusion because in the Dover code

777
00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:22,400
it doesn't mention bikes, but in a two and nine

778
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,000
cemetery rules, it does ban bikes.

779
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,433
So they were at first trying to see

780
00:41:29,433 --> 00:41:32,834
if there needed to be an update to the signs to reflect the code.

781
00:41:32,834 --> 00:41:35,834
And then ultimately we're interested in,

782
00:41:37,533 --> 00:41:40,533
potentially allowing bikes to be in the Pine Hill Cemetery.

783
00:41:41,467 --> 00:41:46,000
And as the cemetery board is reviewing their rules,

784
00:41:47,166 --> 00:41:49,767
there's going to be a debate on a bunch of those topics,

785
00:41:49,767 --> 00:41:52,767
from bikes to dogs to all those sort of things.

786
00:41:52,967 --> 00:41:55,834
And my recollection

787
00:41:55,834 --> 00:42:00,467
is that at least the staff members are there were apprehensive to,

788
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,200
lifting those bands in the immediate future.

789
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,066
So and that's all I got for a cemetery.

790
00:42:07,066 --> 00:42:10,066
And do you have any questions?

791
00:42:10,533 --> 00:42:12,166
Any questions.

792
00:42:12,166 --> 00:42:15,634
And I'll just echo we at the Conservation Commission had a conversation

793
00:42:15,634 --> 00:42:19,967
about the conversation at the cemetery board and echo your sort of

794
00:42:20,033 --> 00:42:24,100
thanks to the volunteer that has, I believe, has completed the inventory.

795
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:28,400
And there are a lot of trees in Pine Hill Cemetery, including a conversation

796
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,266
around exactly what you just mentioned and whether or not there's a designation.

797
00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:35,367
The significant environmental and ecosystem services benefits,

798
00:42:35,367 --> 00:42:36,100
whether it's shade

799
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:39,200
or water filtration or all of those things that are being provided

800
00:42:39,667 --> 00:42:41,333
by all of the trees.

801
00:42:41,333 --> 00:42:42,333
And to your point, sort of,

802
00:42:42,333 --> 00:42:45,734
how can the cemetery and staff continue to maintain those in the future,

803
00:42:45,734 --> 00:42:46,767
regardless of designation?

804
00:42:46,767 --> 00:42:52,333
But we have a very healthy and broad suite of trees at the cemetery. So,

805
00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:56,700
Next up is Dover Utilities Commission.

806
00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:57,634
Councilor Carmichael.

807
00:42:57,634 --> 00:43:00,266
Yes, the utilities commission did meet.

808
00:43:00,266 --> 00:43:02,834
The city is blowing about.

809
00:43:02,834 --> 00:43:03,400
Excuse me.

810
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,000
Blowing out about 25 sewer lines there.

811
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:10,200
Just that are used less with less volume than other lines.

812
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,467
So sediment builds up during the course of the year.

813
00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:14,634
So they do that tend to do that annually.

814
00:43:14,634 --> 00:43:18,567
I talked about the group, talked about the drought that we're experiencing,

815
00:43:18,634 --> 00:43:23,266
as well as briefly talk about the pond well being shut off.

816
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:27,133
And also just the a bit about the presentation

817
00:43:27,133 --> 00:43:30,133
that we received in the previous workshop.

818
00:43:30,166 --> 00:43:34,533
Do you want to remind folks, the city and I personally appreciate it.

819
00:43:34,567 --> 00:43:37,166
Everybody who is able to conserve water.

820
00:43:37,166 --> 00:43:40,100
We are still currently under voluntary water restrictions.

821
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,300
While we are expecting some rain this weekend.

822
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:43,567
We're still very dry.

823
00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:45,533
As evidenced in the

824
00:43:45,533 --> 00:43:49,300
City Manager's Report with the New Hampshire Drought Monitor.

825
00:43:49,333 --> 00:43:52,333
That's actually worsened since the report was put together.

826
00:43:52,333 --> 00:43:55,467
Most of the state is in drought, with the exception of the southwest.

827
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,767
Southern. Excuse me, the southwest corner.

828
00:43:58,767 --> 00:44:02,700
So if everybody can continue doing that, even though

829
00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:05,667
that the voluntary restrictions won't help as much

830
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,400
during the fall and winter months when water usage does tend to come down.

831
00:44:09,934 --> 00:44:10,967
And lastly,

832
00:44:10,967 --> 00:44:14,634
I just want to, relatedly, encourage everybody to sign up for EyeOnWater.

833
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:19,734
We haven't talked about that in a while, but if you just Google EyeOnWater,

834
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,533
You can sign up there. You will need your water bill.

835
00:44:22,533 --> 00:44:24,066
But with that we'll do is

836
00:44:24,066 --> 00:44:27,767
because all the meters are connected to water sewer billing.

837
00:44:27,834 --> 00:44:31,200
It will let you know when you have a leak,

838
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,533
which is great based on a threshold that you specify.

839
00:44:34,567 --> 00:44:36,533
So if you have a running toilet or something,

840
00:44:36,533 --> 00:44:39,533
even though that may seem like very little water,

841
00:44:39,533 --> 00:44:42,400
that can actually get super expensive, and I've seen some pretty

842
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,500
egregious water leaks during my time on the utilities commission.

843
00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:47,700
So this service is 100% free.

844
00:44:47,700 --> 00:44:52,066
You'll get a push notification in an email, has a nice app on Android and iOS.

845
00:44:52,533 --> 00:44:55,333
Again, it's EyeOnWater, spelled E-Y-E,

846
00:44:55,333 --> 00:44:58,233
and I encourage everybody to sign up for that free service.

847
00:45:00,266 --> 00:45:00,567
Question.

848
00:45:00,567 --> 00:45:02,734
Question.

849
00:45:02,734 --> 00:45:05,767
Any other timely reports to cover this evening?

850
00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:07,000
That's correct.

851
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,634
Yes. The school board also met this week.

852
00:45:09,634 --> 00:45:11,767
Really quickly cover what they talked about.

853
00:45:11,767 --> 00:45:16,033
The board approved a peer recovery research program with Live Free Recovery.

854
00:45:16,266 --> 00:45:19,867
They approved a coherence count math research

855
00:45:19,867 --> 00:45:22,967
study with the American Institutes for Research, which they're very excited about.

856
00:45:22,967 --> 00:45:26,533
That's going to provide some new tools for learning math

857
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,600
to students that they'll get to try and

858
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:32,834
that that that will be optional.

859
00:45:32,834 --> 00:45:35,834
But the school system is very excited about that.

860
00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:39,533
They ratified the three years contract,

861
00:45:39,967 --> 00:45:43,200
and they adopted in a generative

862
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,200
AI use plan, which basically rates

863
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:50,600
generative AI use from 0 to 5 with zero meaning

864
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:55,166
assignment is not using AI at all, five is, the assignment is

865
00:45:55,800 --> 00:46:00,600
or the work product is delivered written by AI, essentially.

866
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:02,433
This is

867
00:46:02,433 --> 00:46:05,433
optional for teachers to use in the sense of the framework.

868
00:46:05,433 --> 00:46:08,100
Is is not optional if they do use AI.

869
00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:12,834
However, teachers can opt not to use AI at all in the classroom as a tool.

870
00:46:13,133 --> 00:46:15,834
So they can allow it for researching.

871
00:46:15,834 --> 00:46:19,033
They can allow it to be used like as an editor or whatever.

872
00:46:19,033 --> 00:46:20,266
And that's

873
00:46:20,266 --> 00:46:24,433
and that that 0 to 5 scale is to help students understand

874
00:46:24,433 --> 00:46:28,200
when they receive an assignment, how that how they can use

875
00:46:28,233 --> 00:46:31,233
AI or if they're able to in that given assignment.

876
00:46:31,467 --> 00:46:33,033
I did ask my daughter about this.

877
00:46:33,033 --> 00:46:34,934
She has heard about it.

878
00:46:34,934 --> 00:46:36,033
She did not.

879
00:46:36,033 --> 00:46:39,900
That the answer that she responded to me was not delivered with AI.

880
00:46:40,166 --> 00:46:42,667
To the best of my knowledge

881
00:46:42,667 --> 00:46:44,467
and. Level zero.

882
00:46:44,467 --> 00:46:46,033
Then it was a level zero.

883
00:46:47,734 --> 00:46:50,734
And that's that's a that's it for the school board.

884
00:46:50,767 --> 00:46:51,300
Questions on.

885
00:46:51,300 --> 00:46:54,266
That saying.

886
00:46:55,333 --> 00:46:58,300
I keep sliding in there before you move on.

887
00:46:58,834 --> 00:46:59,967
There's two I want to cover.

888
00:46:59,967 --> 00:47:02,967
The first is the Arts Commission.

889
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:05,467
Just three quick highlights.

890
00:47:05,467 --> 00:47:10,734
Our Literary Laureate, Shane Morin, has stepped down due to a new career opportunity.

891
00:47:10,734 --> 00:47:14,767
So the commission is going to handle the interim transition and plan

892
00:47:14,834 --> 00:47:18,600
to search for a successor next year, which was the end of Shane's

893
00:47:19,367 --> 00:47:21,967
term as the laureate.

894
00:47:21,967 --> 00:47:23,100
Public arts projects.

895
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:25,400
The first three sculptures for the Riverside Sculpture

896
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,533
Walk have been selected and they're pending installation.

897
00:47:29,233 --> 00:47:33,500
Coordination with community services and two designs were also chosen

898
00:47:33,500 --> 00:47:36,500
for the coastal bus stops, so those should be appearing

899
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:39,667
at coast Coast bus stops soon.

900
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,200
And finally, the commission updated

901
00:47:43,233 --> 00:47:46,467
excuse me adopted an updated conduct guideline from

902
00:47:47,467 --> 00:47:48,567
the city legal department.

903
00:47:48,567 --> 00:47:52,567
And we are actively working and improving public communication to talk about all

904
00:47:52,567 --> 00:47:55,634
the great things that the Arts Commission is working on

905
00:47:55,634 --> 00:47:58,634
and all the great art

906
00:47:58,934 --> 00:48:01,934
features of our city.

907
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,634
Moving now to the Planning Board.

908
00:48:04,634 --> 00:48:06,567
The planning board met last night.

909
00:48:06,567 --> 00:48:10,834
I'm not going to cover a lot, but I just wanted to key in on two things.

910
00:48:12,834 --> 00:48:14,200
The planning board

911
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,133
held another public hearing for.

912
00:48:17,133 --> 00:48:21,300
If you remember, several weeks back, it was mentioned that there

913
00:48:21,333 --> 00:48:24,600
we are proposing or the city is proposing

914
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:27,600
some changes to the zoning ordinances.

915
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:31,200
Letters went out to residents and businesses advising them

916
00:48:31,467 --> 00:48:36,233
that these changes are being proposed, and public hearings were being scheduled.

917
00:48:36,834 --> 00:48:38,033
Another one was held last night.

918
00:48:38,033 --> 00:48:42,300
And again, if you don't remember what these changes include, they cover topics

919
00:48:42,367 --> 00:48:46,533
such as transfer of development rights, TDR, conditional use permit

920
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:50,400
criteria, custom customary home occupations,

921
00:48:50,834 --> 00:48:55,467
accessory dwelling units and data centers, and other items.

922
00:48:56,300 --> 00:48:58,634
After discussion last night,

923
00:48:58,634 --> 00:49:01,634
the board decided we we need more time.

924
00:49:02,100 --> 00:49:05,567
So we're going to extend to an our next session

925
00:49:05,734 --> 00:49:08,367
to continue to talk about the changes.

926
00:49:08,367 --> 00:49:12,600
So we were looking forward to potentially

927
00:49:12,767 --> 00:49:17,667
reviewing the changes last night and moving them forward to this body.

928
00:49:17,667 --> 00:49:20,133
But the Planning Board needs just a little bit more time.

929
00:49:26,333 --> 00:49:28,667
Wraps up their committee reports this evening,

930
00:49:28,667 --> 00:49:31,700
taking us now to 13 B resolutions,

931
00:49:32,333 --> 00:49:34,834
13 B one approving cost items

932
00:49:34,834 --> 00:49:38,300
in the Dover Paraeducators' Association master agreement

933
00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:41,333
collective bargaining agreement sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request.

934
00:49:41,333 --> 00:49:42,567
Motion to approve.

935
00:49:42,567 --> 00:49:45,567
Motion to have a second.

936
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:46,967
Councilor

937
00:49:46,967 --> 00:49:47,900
Carmichael.

938
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:50,900
So that's been moved and seconded. However,

939
00:49:51,266 --> 00:49:54,500
it's been realized by several folks that looking at the data,

940
00:49:54,834 --> 00:49:58,133
there was some granularity in the cost that I think

941
00:49:58,133 --> 00:50:01,133
it's important for the council to have.

942
00:50:01,266 --> 00:50:04,634
And this would allow us to to better understand

943
00:50:04,634 --> 00:50:08,834
the difference between the cost of this contract and the cost of the status

944
00:50:08,834 --> 00:50:12,133
quo, of having the current contract simply continue.

945
00:50:12,834 --> 00:50:16,333
That's a typical element that's usually provided to us.

946
00:50:16,867 --> 00:50:19,867
So I am going to move to table this item

947
00:50:20,066 --> 00:50:24,700
so that that can be provided and would be readily available

948
00:50:24,700 --> 00:50:30,233
to take this up in our first regular meeting in October and maintain

949
00:50:30,233 --> 00:50:35,233
within the bounds of the 30 day limit of of us acting on it.

950
00:50:35,233 --> 00:50:38,100
So motion to table. Do I have a second?

951
00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:39,533
Seconded by Councilor Cullen.

952
00:50:39,533 --> 00:50:41,600
All in favor of tabling?

953
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:45,233
That's unanimous.

954
00:50:45,233 --> 00:50:46,066
Thank you.

955
00:50:46,066 --> 00:50:47,533
Next up is 13 B2.

956
00:50:47,533 --> 00:50:49,567
This was our substitute as a whole.

957
00:50:49,567 --> 00:50:53,867
Authorization to waive ordinance 29 for disposal of surplus city property.

958
00:50:53,867 --> 00:50:56,767
And sell two Ford Explorers to Strafford County Sheriff's Office.

959
00:50:56,767 --> 00:50:58,400
Sponsored by Mayor Shanahan, by request.

960
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,433
Motion to approve. The motion to have a second.

961
00:51:00,433 --> 00:51:01,767
Second. Carmichael.

962
00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:04,200
Mr. City Manager. Yeah.

963
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,266
The city

964
00:51:06,266 --> 00:51:08,934
will sell surplus vehicles

965
00:51:08,934 --> 00:51:11,100
after they've been

966
00:51:11,100 --> 00:51:12,934
used to their useful life.

967
00:51:12,934 --> 00:51:13,533
In this case,

968
00:51:13,533 --> 00:51:17,500
we have several older police vehicles that are going to be put up for auction.

969
00:51:17,634 --> 00:51:21,433
Strafford County has asked if they can purchase two of those,

970
00:51:21,500 --> 00:51:25,767
and we're asking to waive the bidding process

971
00:51:25,767 --> 00:51:29,533
to sell two of the several vehicles directly

972
00:51:29,533 --> 00:51:32,533
to Strafford County, and the remainder will go to auction.

973
00:51:34,934 --> 00:51:36,166
Councilor Robison.

974
00:51:36,166 --> 00:51:39,800
I'm no expert, so take this for what it's worth.

975
00:51:39,934 --> 00:51:43,867
When I saw this these numbers, I was like, wow, they're getting a great deal.

976
00:51:44,767 --> 00:51:48,033
Because if you look at Kelley Blue Book for

977
00:51:48,066 --> 00:51:51,066
for a vehicle with this kind of mileage, it's much higher.

978
00:51:51,066 --> 00:51:53,700
I realize these are not typical passenger vehicles

979
00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:55,500
that have been used like a passenger vehicle.

980
00:51:55,500 --> 00:51:58,867
Is that is that what is suppressing the the resale value?

981
00:51:59,066 --> 00:51:59,700
Yeah.

982
00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:02,700
I mean, you look at the mileage, the mileage is not indicative of the wear

983
00:52:02,700 --> 00:52:03,600
and tear on the vehicle.

984
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:08,000
And those used car sites rely heavily on the mileage.

985
00:52:08,367 --> 00:52:12,233
So most of these vehicles, all these vehicles are well over 100,000 miles.

986
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:17,233
And but the equivalent wear and tear on that is upwards of a half million miles.

987
00:52:17,266 --> 00:52:20,500
Those vehicles will sit at action scenes and run an idle,

988
00:52:21,667 --> 00:52:24,066
you know, potentially for hours.

989
00:52:24,066 --> 00:52:28,033
And that wear and tear on the engine doesn't bode

990
00:52:28,033 --> 00:52:29,967
well for the life of the vehicle.

991
00:52:29,967 --> 00:52:31,133
One follow up question.

992
00:52:31,133 --> 00:52:33,934
So two of the five are going to the county sheriff.

993
00:52:33,934 --> 00:52:36,900
What happens to the other three?

994
00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:38,700
I think there's five in total.

995
00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:41,367
So the other three will go out to auction.

996
00:52:41,367 --> 00:52:43,767
Okay. Thank you.

997
00:52:43,767 --> 00:52:45,800
Any other questions? Councilor Veitch?

998
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:49,000
So. Would you say that when the other three

999
00:52:49,033 --> 00:52:53,233
go out to auction, you'd expect them to be in that, you know, 2500, 3000 range?

1000
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,300
Yes. Okay. Thank you.

1001
00:52:56,433 --> 00:52:57,667
Let's see.

1002
00:52:57,667 --> 00:52:59,467
None. Call the roll, please.

1003
00:52:59,467 --> 00:53:00,867
Councilor Richer? Yes.

1004
00:53:00,867 --> 00:53:01,934
Councilor Carmichael?

1005
00:53:01,934 --> 00:53:04,500
Yes. Councilor Cullen? Yes.

1006
00:53:04,500 --> 00:53:06,867
Councilor Robison? Yes. Councilor

1007
00:53:06,867 --> 00:53:08,934
Granfield? Yes. Councilor Veitch? Yes.

1008
00:53:08,934 --> 00:53:10,500
Deputy Mayor Williams? Yes.

1009
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:13,000
Mayor Shanahan? Yes. Motion passes.

1010
00:53:14,333 --> 00:53:16,734
Brings us a 13 b three

1011
00:53:16,734 --> 00:53:20,333
authorization to approve additional design services for B one zero.

1012
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,867
Sorry, B 18013.

1013
00:53:22,867 --> 00:53:25,000
Design services for community trail expansion.

1014
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:26,100
Phase four.

1015
00:53:26,100 --> 00:53:27,000
Fuss & O'Neill.

1016
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,066
Sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request.

1017
00:53:29,066 --> 00:53:31,767
Motion to approve. A motion to have a second.

1018
00:53:31,767 --> 00:53:34,433
Seconded by Councilor Richer.

1019
00:53:34,433 --> 00:53:36,166
Mr. City Manager.

1020
00:53:36,166 --> 00:53:39,166
This is a resolution to authorize funding.

1021
00:53:40,166 --> 00:53:44,500
Authorize the approval of the design services for phase four, the community

1022
00:53:44,533 --> 00:53:45,300
trail.

1023
00:53:45,300 --> 00:53:48,300
I would like to ask you to make an amendment to the resolution.

1024
00:53:49,133 --> 00:53:52,634
Our eagle-eyed City Clerk has noticed that there's a number

1025
00:53:53,367 --> 00:53:56,233
that needs to be adjusted at the very bottom of the page.

1026
00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:59,667
And that is the fourth line of the financing table.

1027
00:54:00,066 --> 00:54:02,934
The number

1028
00:54:02,934 --> 00:54:07,300
$93,596.50 needs to be increased

1029
00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:13,300
by $2 to be $93,598.50.

1030
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:17,300
And of course, the total at the bottom would also be adjusted by $2.

1031
00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:21,600
So the total would be 482,702,

1032
00:54:22,233 --> 00:54:24,800
$704.50.

1033
00:54:27,133 --> 00:54:28,033
A motion to amend

1034
00:54:28,033 --> 00:54:31,100
the resolution to put that $2 where it belongs.

1035
00:54:32,834 --> 00:54:37,266
Deputy Mayor Williams and the original mover, and Councilor

1036
00:54:37,266 --> 00:54:38,400
Richer,

1037
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,100
As the seconder.

1038
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:44,734
So motion to we have a motion and a second to amend.

1039
00:54:44,734 --> 00:54:45,800
The resolution.

1040
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,266
Discussion on that.

1041
00:54:47,266 --> 00:54:49,667
All in favor of that amendment.

1042
00:54:49,667 --> 00:54:51,000
That's unanimous.

1043
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,533
Motion to approve as amended.

1044
00:54:52,533 --> 00:54:56,400
And the motion as amended, seconded by Councilor Richer.

1045
00:54:56,634 --> 00:54:59,834
Any discussion on the amended resolution? Yes.

1046
00:54:59,867 --> 00:55:03,166
So the appropriation and the balance numbers for those two rows

1047
00:55:03,166 --> 00:55:05,033
are all supposed to match.

1048
00:55:05,033 --> 00:55:08,033
Is that correct? 131.

1049
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,767
It just looks odd.

1050
00:55:14,266 --> 00:55:14,900
They are.

1051
00:55:14,900 --> 00:55:17,900
Match.

1052
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:19,467
Yes. Yes.

1053
00:55:19,467 --> 00:55:21,533
Okay. Yeah.

1054
00:55:21,533 --> 00:55:23,800
Thank you.

1055
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,800
Great job.

1056
00:55:27,834 --> 00:55:29,634
Any other questions?

1057
00:55:29,634 --> 00:55:31,967
None. Call the roll, please. Councilor Richer?

1058
00:55:31,967 --> 00:55:34,266
Yes. Councilor Carmichael? Yes.

1059
00:55:34,266 --> 00:55:35,166
Councilor Cullen?

1060
00:55:35,166 --> 00:55:38,000
Yes. Councilor Robison? Yes. Councilor Granfield?

1061
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:38,834
Yes. Councilor

1062
00:55:38,834 --> 00:55:39,867
Veitch? Yes.

1063
00:55:39,867 --> 00:55:40,400
Deputy Mayor

1064
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:41,266
Williams? Yes.

1065
00:55:41,266 --> 00:55:44,266
Mayor Shanahan? Yes. Motion passes.

1066
00:55:44,467 --> 00:55:45,567
Next up is 13.

1067
00:55:45,567 --> 00:55:47,867
See ordinances in the first reading. We have two this evening.

1068
00:55:47,867 --> 00:55:53,100
13 C one chapter 141, sections 14 and 48 to be referred to a public hearing

1069
00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:57,200
and a vote on October 14th, 2026 sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request.

1070
00:55:57,300 --> 00:55:58,800
Motion to refer to a public hearing.

1071
00:55:58,800 --> 00:55:59,133
A motion.

1072
00:55:59,133 --> 00:56:02,133
We have a second on the motion to refer, Councilor Granfield.

1073
00:56:02,634 --> 00:56:04,133
and for the public's information.

1074
00:56:04,133 --> 00:56:08,467
This is some changes to our parking ordinances

1075
00:56:08,467 --> 00:56:12,533
that that have come through with, I believe some winter restrictions also

1076
00:56:12,533 --> 00:56:13,233
built in. But

1077
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,233
if you look at the ordinance.

1078
00:56:15,233 --> 00:56:15,467
Committee.

1079
00:56:15,467 --> 00:56:18,033
And have a public hearing on, as described,

1080
00:56:18,033 --> 00:56:20,967
any questions on the motion to refer to a public hearing?

1081
00:56:20,967 --> 00:56:21,467
Seeing none.

1082
00:56:21,467 --> 00:56:24,166
All in favor referring to a public hearing.

1083
00:56:24,166 --> 00:56:25,934
That's unanimous.

1084
00:56:25,934 --> 00:56:28,600
Next up is 13 C two, chapter 145,

1085
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:32,900
sections one through six and nine through 16, to be referred to a public hearing

1086
00:56:32,900 --> 00:56:37,200
and a vote on October 14th, 2026, sponsored by Mayor Shanahan by request.

1087
00:56:37,333 --> 00:56:39,166
Motion to refer to a public hearing.

1088
00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:41,066
We have a motion, seconded by Councilor

1089
00:56:41,066 --> 00:56:44,367
Richer and discussion on the motion.

1090
00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:46,800
Process question.

1091
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:53,166
So these are the ordinance as we were presented prior, right.

1092
00:56:53,734 --> 00:56:56,734
The presentation we gave were given

1093
00:56:56,734 --> 00:56:58,567
reinforces what we're seeing here.

1094
00:56:58,567 --> 00:57:01,567
But there's been a lot of questions.

1095
00:57:01,900 --> 00:57:05,834
This city staff has been helpful in clarifying those.

1096
00:57:06,133 --> 00:57:09,533
When is the appropriate time to discuss that in public?

1097
00:57:10,634 --> 00:57:12,634
When I'd say when we deliberate on the.

1098
00:57:12,634 --> 00:57:15,200
When we deliberate. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, yeah.

1099
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,533
And obviously at ordinance.

1100
00:57:17,533 --> 00:57:19,500
Will.

1101
00:57:19,500 --> 00:57:22,333
Discussions and again for the public.

1102
00:57:22,333 --> 00:57:26,367
Chapter 145 is solid waste waste management.

1103
00:57:26,700 --> 00:57:29,700
This incorporates changes to support the toter system,

1104
00:57:30,533 --> 00:57:34,700
which would obviously go into 1st July 2027.

1105
00:57:35,367 --> 00:57:37,066
So we are events of that.

1106
00:57:37,066 --> 00:57:40,567
So any other questions on the motion to refer to a public hearing.

1107
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:43,133
So not all in favor of. The.

1108
00:57:43,133 --> 00:57:44,400
Public hearing.

1109
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,233
That's unanimous. Thank you.

1110
00:57:47,233 --> 00:57:50,233
14 is council correspondence I don't believe we have any.

1111
00:57:51,233 --> 00:57:53,867
15 is council matters of interest.

1112
00:57:53,867 --> 00:57:57,734
Councilors with matters of interest to discuss. Councilor Granfield first.

1113
00:57:58,100 --> 00:57:58,634
Yeah.

1114
00:57:58,634 --> 00:58:01,634
Mr. Mayor, I know you mentioned this in your report, but

1115
00:58:01,634 --> 00:58:04,667
I just want to say thank you again to all the people involved

1116
00:58:04,667 --> 00:58:06,100
in the nine over 11 Memorial.

1117
00:58:06,100 --> 00:58:08,767
That was incredibly, tastefully done.

1118
00:58:08,767 --> 00:58:12,033
I always find it, hard to to,

1119
00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:15,634
you know, balance the, the

1120
00:58:15,634 --> 00:58:19,266
somber occasion, with, with that kind of event.

1121
00:58:19,333 --> 00:58:21,667
And it was just really well done.

1122
00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:23,934
And you missed a person to thank.

1123
00:58:23,934 --> 00:58:26,133
And that was you.

1124
00:58:26,133 --> 00:58:27,533
You did a great job.

1125
00:58:27,533 --> 00:58:30,533
So thank you very much.

1126
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:32,500
Councilor Veitch.

1127
00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:34,967
Have kind of two all of the first ones. More.

1128
00:58:34,967 --> 00:58:37,033
Just an update.

1129
00:58:37,033 --> 00:58:40,266
Councilor Carmichael and I this past weekend attended

1130
00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:44,500
an Indonesian festival in Somersworth,

1131
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:48,600
which had a lot of good food, a lot of cultural dance.

1132
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:53,233
And for those who don't know, Strafford County, by percentage,

1133
00:58:53,233 --> 00:58:57,467
has the second highest percentage of Indonesian

1134
00:58:57,900 --> 00:59:00,900
folk of any county in the U.S.

1135
00:59:01,433 --> 00:59:03,300
and then,

1136
00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:06,066
my second,

1137
00:59:06,066 --> 00:59:07,367
Council of interest,

1138
00:59:07,367 --> 00:59:10,367
a matter of interest, would be actually not

1139
00:59:10,433 --> 00:59:13,700
with regard to Dover specifically, but I received one complaint.

1140
00:59:13,700 --> 00:59:20,567
And, and then also some colleagues in the area with regards to,

1141
00:59:21,900 --> 00:59:23,100
some changes in parking

1142
00:59:23,100 --> 00:59:26,066
policy going down to our southern neighbor down in Portsmouth.

1143
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:28,567
They have a parking problem.

1144
00:59:28,567 --> 00:59:31,600
And for those who don't know, this summer they have,

1145
00:59:32,300 --> 00:59:34,100
start a new residential

1146
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:37,100
access, parking program.

1147
00:59:37,700 --> 00:59:40,533
And they have it's a believe it's a pilot.

1148
00:59:40,533 --> 00:59:41,700
They are changing it routinely.

1149
00:59:41,700 --> 00:59:44,367
I think they're going to be changing it again.

1150
00:59:44,367 --> 00:59:47,600
But in short, they are looking at,

1151
00:59:49,300 --> 00:59:52,767
making it so in many of the lots that they currently have,

1152
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,834
it would only be access to residents of Portsmouth.

1153
00:59:56,000 --> 01:00:00,333
And in the paid lots there would be significantly

1154
01:00:00,333 --> 01:00:02,800
increased fees for nonresidents.

1155
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:05,033
They have a progressive by our rate.

1156
01:00:05,033 --> 01:00:10,000
But I believe when I calculated, a three hour a day,

1157
01:00:10,033 --> 01:00:14,266
it would be about a 140% increase for Dover residents

1158
01:00:14,266 --> 01:00:16,867
that would be traveling there for work or pleasure.

1159
01:00:18,500 --> 01:00:21,500
So obviously they're still kind of testing it out,

1160
01:00:21,700 --> 01:00:25,567
but I have some concerns over this kind of new

1161
01:00:25,567 --> 01:00:29,734
discriminatory pricing model that they're looking at doing.

1162
01:00:29,734 --> 01:00:32,600
So I would bring this up for two reasons.

1163
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:36,200
If you share my concern, I would, offer maybe

1164
01:00:36,433 --> 01:00:39,467
communicating some of that with them.

1165
01:00:40,133 --> 01:00:42,467
And the other part is, you know,

1166
01:00:42,467 --> 01:00:46,266
this is not kind of a short term thing that just happened to them overnight.

1167
01:00:47,266 --> 01:00:50,700
They've are have low supply and parking over there.

1168
01:00:51,233 --> 01:00:57,066
Partially because, in their attempts to solve their housing crisis,

1169
01:00:57,100 --> 01:01:00,800
they lowered restrict requirements and parking,

1170
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:04,634
which put more burden on the city to provide parking.

1171
01:01:04,634 --> 01:01:07,634
And then they waived, a lot of their,

1172
01:01:08,634 --> 01:01:11,066
fees, impact fees, which meant that they didn't

1173
01:01:11,066 --> 01:01:14,333
have a fund to make new parking arrangements.

1174
01:01:14,333 --> 01:01:17,700
So now they're stuck with a lot of demand and not a lot of supply.

1175
01:01:17,734 --> 01:01:22,734
So I just caution us to remember that when we're making some of our decisions.

1176
01:01:23,133 --> 01:01:23,567
Thank

1177
01:01:24,934 --> 01:01:26,667
thank you.

1178
01:01:26,667 --> 01:01:27,934
Councilor Robison.

1179
01:01:27,934 --> 01:01:29,500
I have two things.

1180
01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:32,900
First is on the POW/MIA memorial.

1181
01:01:33,634 --> 01:01:36,367
I love that we're doing this.

1182
01:01:36,367 --> 01:01:41,934
I even had one person today ask me what this pin on the side of my is.

1183
01:01:41,934 --> 01:01:44,166
If you're not familiar with it, it's a gold star.

1184
01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:48,400
My oldest brother died while in Navy in 1977.

1185
01:01:48,634 --> 01:01:52,867
And you know, we do get two official holidays every year

1186
01:01:52,867 --> 01:01:57,467
that recognize military service, both Veteran's Day day and Memorial Day,

1187
01:01:58,667 --> 01:02:03,567
to much to my chagrin, they've kind of turned into retail celebrations.

1188
01:02:03,567 --> 01:02:08,300
And in similar, though, there is still a lot of recognition going on.

1189
01:02:08,333 --> 01:02:12,166
But for the families that have participated in the military

1190
01:02:12,166 --> 01:02:16,934
or lost those or missing those, that is not a one day event in their life.

1191
01:02:16,934 --> 01:02:18,266
That's the rest of their life.

1192
01:02:18,266 --> 01:02:22,266
They are missing that person, and it's great that we have something

1193
01:02:22,266 --> 01:02:25,266
that lasts for more than one day in in this city.

1194
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:28,767
So I love that we're putting that so prominently

1195
01:02:30,467 --> 01:02:33,400
out there for us to remember.

1196
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:36,600
Second thing is the number one latest

1197
01:02:36,667 --> 01:02:41,767
news item on our website, which is the toter collection workshop

1198
01:02:41,767 --> 01:02:45,500
presentation and some good information about when it becomes effective.

1199
01:02:46,667 --> 01:02:49,667
The City Council has received a couple of

1200
01:02:50,467 --> 01:02:54,100
contacts with questions about the the policy and concerns.

1201
01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,467
I've received seven individually.

1202
01:02:57,467 --> 01:03:00,233
I might be leading that race amongst all of us,

1203
01:03:00,233 --> 01:03:04,133
but I do want to show my appreciation.

1204
01:03:04,433 --> 01:03:06,667
Sending feedback to us is not a burden.

1205
01:03:06,667 --> 01:03:12,166
It's it's an expectation of us to receive it and to respond.

1206
01:03:12,567 --> 01:03:14,367
So I responded to everyone.

1207
01:03:14,367 --> 01:03:16,367
I've tried to answer questions the best of my ability.

1208
01:03:16,367 --> 01:03:19,367
When I don't have those answers, I ask for answers.

1209
01:03:19,533 --> 01:03:20,800
And I have a lot of questions too.

1210
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:22,767
So I'm asking answers for those as well.

1211
01:03:22,767 --> 01:03:24,266
But I like to.

1212
01:03:24,266 --> 01:03:26,700
I like to encourage people to continue to participate.

1213
01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:28,667
Ask questions.

1214
01:03:28,667 --> 01:03:30,266
If you have a concern, raise it.

1215
01:03:30,266 --> 01:03:36,667
There is still time to take concerns into consideration and and craft the policy.

1216
01:03:37,667 --> 01:03:38,467
You know, further.

1217
01:03:38,467 --> 01:03:41,467
So please continue to reach out to us.

1218
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:41,900
Very good.

1219
01:03:41,900 --> 01:03:44,900
Thank you. Councilor Richer.

1220
01:03:45,567 --> 01:03:47,233
Just want to remind everybody again.

1221
01:03:47,233 --> 01:03:49,533
Apple Harvest Day is coming up.

1222
01:03:49,533 --> 01:03:53,934
So please make sure you have your plans for getting there and enjoying

1223
01:03:53,967 --> 01:03:56,967
some of the Apple products as well as the vendors.

1224
01:03:57,734 --> 01:04:01,033
I also wanted to mention that I mentioned this before,

1225
01:04:01,033 --> 01:04:04,667
but I'm also part of the Home for All Coalition on the Seacoast.

1226
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:09,567
And next week on September 30th, they're having a pop up care village,

1227
01:04:09,567 --> 01:04:13,934
which for anybody who doesn't know what that is, they provide services,

1228
01:04:14,667 --> 01:04:18,333
basic services to anyone who needs them.

1229
01:04:18,533 --> 01:04:22,200
The gather busses there, they have hairdressers and barbers.

1230
01:04:22,433 --> 01:04:24,600
They have charging stations.

1231
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,967
They have sometimes they have people show up to help

1232
01:04:28,333 --> 01:04:31,700
repair bicycles, clothing swaps,

1233
01:04:32,934 --> 01:04:34,667
charging stations for their phone.

1234
01:04:34,667 --> 01:04:36,533
But it's a it's a great event.

1235
01:04:36,533 --> 01:04:39,533
And for those who,

1236
01:04:39,700 --> 01:04:43,834
those of us who might want to also volunteer, they're looking for volunteers

1237
01:04:43,834 --> 01:04:47,266
to come to the event to help navigate the program.

1238
01:04:48,166 --> 01:04:51,934
So, I just want to mention that we're also coming to

1239
01:04:51,934 --> 01:04:57,700
the close of Library Card Sign-Up Month in the City of Dover.

1240
01:04:57,700 --> 01:05:01,266
So anybody who has a library card, there's a list on the library

1241
01:05:01,266 --> 01:05:07,100
website of locations that are giving out, different prizes.

1242
01:05:07,100 --> 01:05:10,233
I guess you could say, for showing your library card.

1243
01:05:11,867 --> 01:05:13,300
And I know

1244
01:05:13,300 --> 01:05:16,233
Stella's is one of those places they're giving curlers out.

1245
01:05:16,233 --> 01:05:21,533
So, please enjoy the benefits of being a library card holder here in Dover.

1246
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:25,700
And, I also wanted to mention

1247
01:05:26,300 --> 01:05:29,300
many of you already know that my mom's been here for four months,

1248
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:31,567
and she's sitting in the crowd today, and she'll be leaving.

1249
01:05:31,567 --> 01:05:33,967
So, it's been nice having her.

1250
01:05:33,967 --> 01:05:36,200
And I just wanted to recognize that she.

1251
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:39,233
She'll probably wait and see you guys next summer. So.

1252
01:05:39,333 --> 01:05:41,200
Thanks for being here, mom.

1253
01:05:43,233 --> 01:05:43,800
Okay.

1254
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:45,266
It's good to see you. Thank you.

1255
01:05:45,266 --> 01:05:47,634
Thank you for listening to all that we talked about.

1256
01:05:47,634 --> 01:05:50,634
What had to come see for myself.

1257
01:05:50,734 --> 01:05:53,734
This is what she does on Wednesday nights.

1258
01:05:54,100 --> 01:05:55,934
Appreciate that too.

1259
01:05:55,934 --> 01:05:57,300
Anyone else?

1260
01:05:57,300 --> 01:05:59,734
Councilor Carmichael. I have two.

1261
01:05:59,734 --> 01:06:02,433
Councilor Richer's question about the warming center earlier

1262
01:06:02,433 --> 01:06:05,567
reminded me of an article I saw on WMUR

1263
01:06:06,767 --> 01:06:08,934
explaining that heating oil prices

1264
01:06:08,934 --> 01:06:12,934
are anticipated to go up about 31% this year, which is a lot.

1265
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:16,033
It's going to be a lot more expensive to heat your homes.

1266
01:06:16,634 --> 01:06:19,667
I will mention this again as the weather becomes cooler.

1267
01:06:19,900 --> 01:06:24,767
But if the state of New Hampshire has a fuel assistance program,

1268
01:06:24,834 --> 01:06:28,600
if you just Google NH fuel assistance, it will take you to their web page

1269
01:06:28,867 --> 01:06:30,200
and a way to apply.

1270
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:33,333
I know folks, maybe I'm thinking about that right now, but

1271
01:06:33,333 --> 01:06:38,000
I do want to let, given the anticipated climb

1272
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:43,200
in oil prices and home heating costs, I do want folks to be aware of that.

1273
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:46,500
Second is related to Apple Harvest Day.

1274
01:06:47,467 --> 01:06:49,500
We need trash

1275
01:06:49,500 --> 01:06:52,500
to help remove trash.

1276
01:06:52,500 --> 01:06:53,867
It is.

1277
01:06:53,867 --> 01:06:54,700
It would be a lot of fun.

1278
01:06:54,700 --> 01:06:57,900
You can hang out with me, maybe even throw some trash at me

1279
01:06:58,233 --> 01:07:00,467
if that doesn't inspire some people to do it.

1280
01:07:00,467 --> 01:07:05,700
But if you go to the chamber's website, dovernh.org,

1281
01:07:06,033 --> 01:07:10,700
it will take you to the page where there is a volunteer link at the bottom left.

1282
01:07:10,934 --> 01:07:14,533
It would be great if you could pick that out so

1283
01:07:14,567 --> 01:07:17,567
other folks will have a place to put their trash.

1284
01:07:18,533 --> 01:07:22,934
We should probably also mention that SWAC will also have a tent.

1285
01:07:23,333 --> 01:07:24,900
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee.

1286
01:07:24,900 --> 01:07:27,900
So for people who have questions about the

1287
01:07:28,233 --> 01:07:33,600
the process the Solid Waste Advisory Committee went through to get to the point of the toters,

1288
01:07:33,867 --> 01:07:37,567
there will be a toter there so people can test-drive them if they would like.

1289
01:07:38,533 --> 01:07:39,767
So please visit

1290
01:07:39,767 --> 01:07:44,033
that booth with any and all questions and inquiries and also to,

1291
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:47,333
you know, get your first first shot at driving

1292
01:07:47,333 --> 01:07:50,333
your new toter. So.

1293
01:07:51,834 --> 01:07:54,867
Follow up question on something Bret raised.

1294
01:07:55,800 --> 01:07:58,400
Does Dover also have a

1295
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:02,066
fuel assistance policy within the Public Welfare

1296
01:08:03,300 --> 01:08:04,066
Department?

1297
01:08:04,066 --> 01:08:08,367
Not for not specifically for fuel, but if a person is

1298
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:11,600
in need, emergency need of assistance,

1299
01:08:12,266 --> 01:08:16,300
they will provide assistance for fuel if they are eligible.

1300
01:08:16,533 --> 01:08:19,667
And there has to go through a process of determining income and assets

1301
01:08:19,667 --> 01:08:22,667
and things like that.

1302
01:08:22,734 --> 01:08:23,767
Ultimately, though,

1303
01:08:23,767 --> 01:08:27,400
the first stop is the state of New Hampshire's Fuel Assistance program.

1304
01:08:27,834 --> 01:08:29,066
Thank you.

1305
01:08:29,066 --> 01:08:32,066
I to sort of piggyback on that as well.

1306
01:08:32,133 --> 01:08:36,533
The, the the event that I mentioned in Somersworth,

1307
01:08:36,700 --> 01:08:39,800
they will provide people who can answer a lot of questions around

1308
01:08:40,467 --> 01:08:44,533
what's happening with our economy and the price of food

1309
01:08:44,533 --> 01:08:48,834
and the price of fuel and how to get resources gather.

1310
01:08:49,367 --> 01:08:50,767
I said, this is going to be there.

1311
01:08:50,767 --> 01:08:54,400
The bus will be there, but gather provides a no barrier,

1312
01:08:55,867 --> 01:08:56,800
food pantry.

1313
01:08:56,800 --> 01:09:01,066
So anyone who might be suffering from the cost of their fuel

1314
01:09:01,400 --> 01:09:07,166
could possibly offset their grocery bills with going to the pantry.

1315
01:09:07,166 --> 01:09:11,133
I gather they have a beautiful facility if people haven't been to it.

1316
01:09:11,834 --> 01:09:13,934
It is gorgeous.

1317
01:09:13,934 --> 01:09:16,066
They have,

1318
01:09:16,066 --> 01:09:20,033
a food recycling program that they do where they capture

1319
01:09:20,333 --> 01:09:23,133
unused food from different places within the sea coast,

1320
01:09:23,133 --> 01:09:27,667
and they make meals out of it and package it and place it in their pantry.

1321
01:09:27,667 --> 01:09:30,767
And it's there for for people who need it.

1322
01:09:30,767 --> 01:09:32,667
And there's no questions asked.

1323
01:09:32,667 --> 01:09:36,467
So I hope people are using those resources because as we know,

1324
01:09:36,467 --> 01:09:40,367
the fuel prices are going up, but also the changes within Snap

1325
01:09:40,367 --> 01:09:45,300
because of the one big beautiful bill is greatly impacting our community.

1326
01:09:45,934 --> 01:09:48,533
And also the cost of,

1327
01:09:49,900 --> 01:09:50,367
the cost

1328
01:09:50,367 --> 01:09:54,433
difference between the taxes will greatly impact people

1329
01:09:54,500 --> 01:09:59,400
as far as the lowest end of a of the tax bracket will be losing money.

1330
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:03,333
And and that will be a great impact to people as well. So

1331
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:05,100
thank you.

1332
01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:08,100
And in the the topic of fuel assistance

1333
01:10:08,734 --> 01:10:11,734
Community Action Partnership of Strafford County, CAPSC,

1334
01:10:12,700 --> 01:10:15,867
not only do they have a fuel and electric assistance program,

1335
01:10:15,934 --> 01:10:19,800
but for those of us who may have the ability to help that out,

1336
01:10:20,266 --> 01:10:22,567
they do take donations.

1337
01:10:22,567 --> 01:10:25,266
And I'm looking at for the last winter season, $2.8

1338
01:10:25,266 --> 01:10:28,300
million was dedicated to households to meet their fuel needs.

1339
01:10:28,634 --> 01:10:31,567
I imagine the need is going to be even greater.

1340
01:10:31,567 --> 01:10:35,133
So if you have the ability, certainly can help

1341
01:10:35,133 --> 01:10:38,834
if you have the need and you can apply so there is help out there.

1342
01:10:38,967 --> 01:10:43,800
I hope if any residents in the city are having any concerns, that they know

1343
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:46,734
they can reach out and we can help them find resources as well.

1344
01:10:46,734 --> 01:10:52,867
So it might be an easier ask to, you know, call a councilor

1345
01:10:52,867 --> 01:10:57,266
or send an email to one of us, and we can help facilitate that as well.

1346
01:10:57,300 --> 01:10:59,834
So I hope I hope people understand that.

1347
01:11:01,133 --> 01:11:03,000
Anyone else

1348
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,700
seeing none.

1349
01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:06,533
Item 16.

1350
01:11:06,533 --> 01:11:10,800
In the spirit of saving electricity and energy costs and turning these lights off.

1351
01:11:11,133 --> 01:11:12,800
Motion to adjourn.

1352
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:13,467
We have a motion.

1353
01:11:13,467 --> 01:11:15,433
Do we have a second on that motion?

1354
01:11:15,433 --> 01:11:17,300
Seconded by Councilor Veitch.

1355
01:11:17,300 --> 01:11:20,300
Without objection, we can consider ourselves adjourned

1356
01:11:20,300 --> 01:11:23,467
while we await the next meeting in this chamber.