Town Council Meeting

AGENDA TEXT

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Special Announcements
Activities, services, and opportunities available to Durham residents on the
UNH campus – Erika Mantz, UNH Director of Media Relations

IV. Approval of Minutes – September 10, 2012

V. Councilor and Town Administrator Roundtable

VI. Public Comments (Not earlier than 7:45 PM)

VII. Unanimous Consent Agenda (Requires unanimous approval. Individual items may be
removed by any councilor for separate discussion and vote)

A. Shall the Town Council sign the warrant for the General Election to be held
on Tuesday, November 6, 2012?

B. Shall the Town Council, upon recommendation of the Administrator,
approve the engineering construction phase contract with Wright Pierce of
Portland, Maine for the Old Concord Road Pump Station upgrade project in
the amount of $102,187 and authorize the Administrator to sign said
associated documents?

C. Shall the Town Council, upon recommendation of the Administrator,
schedule a Public Hearing for Monday, November 5, 2012 on a request by the
Durham Conservation Commission for the Town of Durham to accept fee
title in a 176-acre property located along Mill and Packers Falls Roads known
as Sprucewood Forest (Tax Map 13, Lots 14-2 and 6-3), subject to an easement
owned by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, and to
authorize the Administrator to sign a purchase and sale agreement and other
related documents with The Trust for Public Land on behalf of the Town?
 

VIII. Committee Appointments

A. Shall the Town Council appoint Mary Downes, 43A Bagdad Road, to the
Durham Energy Committee?

B. Whom shall the Town Council appoint as a neighborhood representative to
the Rental Housing Commission?

IX. Presentation Items
 

A. Update on Durham Public Library Construction Project – Doug Bencks,
Chair, Library Board of Trustees

B. Receive annual report of the Rental Housing Commission – Kitty Marple,
Chair

C. Update on preliminary design and next steps for the Durham Fire
Department building - Lynn Reda, Architect

X. Unfinished Business

A. PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION #2012-17 amending Resolution #2012-11 to:
1) Change the $745,000 funding designation within the 2012 Capital Fund
Budget to come from short-term borrowing rather than the Undesignated
(Unassigned) Fund Balance; and 2) Authorizing the short-term borrowing of
said $745,000 for up to one year to purchase the People’s United Bank
building located at 8 Newmarket Road for use as the future Town Hall?

B. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ON RESOLUTION #2012-18, in accordance with
Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) 31:95-b III (a), authorizing the acceptance
and expenditure of $5,000 in unanticipated revenue in the form of a donation
from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in celebration of its 100th
anniversary?

C. PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION on an application for the Community
Revitalization Tax Relief Incentive (RSA 79-E) submitted by Xemed Holdings,
LLC, c/o Bill Hersman, for property located at 16 Strafford Avenue, Map 2,
Lot 8-3

D. Shall the Town Council endorse a letter of support for the Strafford Regional
Planning Commission to apply for local source water protection grants
through the NHDES Drinking Water Source Protection Program and for the
preparation and submittal of associated application materials to develop a
River Management Plan for the Oyster River?

XI. New Business
Other Business

XII. Nonpublic Session (if required)

XIII. Extended Councilor and Town Administrator Roundtable (if required)

XIV. Adjourn (NLT 10:30 PM)