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2019-09-05 - Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day for residents of the Towns of: Exeter, Stratham, Newfields, East Kingston, Epping, Seabrook, and South Hampton
Saturday, Oct 19 8am-1pm
Exeter Public Works Garage
$10 suggested donation per vehicle to help offset disposal costs
For complete info, click this link for flyer: https://www.therpc.org/download_file/2214/289
2019-08-19 - Fall 2019 Land Use Law Conference
The New Hampshire Municipal Association (NHMA) and the New
Hampshire Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) will be co-hosting the Fall
2019 Land Use Law Conference on Saturday October 5 at the Holiday Inn in
Concord. The full day workshop is intended for municipal officials with an
interest in or responsibility for municipal land use regulation including members
of planning and zoning boards, planners, land use administrators, select
boards, town and city councilors, building inspectors, code enforcement
officers and public works personnel. Registration is $100 and will open Tuesday, August 20th. Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch,
and program materials.
View agenda here: https://www.nhmunicipal.org/sites/default/files/uploads/nhma-osi_2019_fall_conference_flyer.pdf
Register here: https://www.nhmunicipal.org/event/nhmaosi-fall-2019-land-use-law-conference-formerly-known-municipal-law-lecture-series
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2019-08-05 - August 2019 Newsletter
RPC August Newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/05bb42ec6ccb/rpcjunenews-1822765
2019-08-02 - Heavy Demand for Transportation Options in 2019 CMAQ Round
June 14 was the deadline to submit letters of interest for the 2019 round of federal Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) program funding administered by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT).
Twelve letters of interest were received from four MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) member municipalities and five other agencies for projects in or directly impacting the Rockingham MPO region.
In aggregate these letters request $13.18 million in federal funding with a total project cost of $20.6 million. Statewide 30 letters were received requesting $22.98 million in CMAQ funding.
This compares to the pool of approximately $13.5 million federal dollars available statewide for the two-year funding round. Proposed projects in the RPC region included transit service and fleet replacement, rail siding upgrade, rail trail and multi-use path construction, electric vehicle charging stations, school zone complete streets improvements, and traffic signal coordination.
Full proposals will be due September 6th, with regional rankings developed in September and October, and statewide project selection announced by January.
Contact Scott Bogle at the RPC with any questions: sbogle@therpc.org or 603-658-0515.
More info about the CMAQ program at https://www.nh.gov/dot/org/projectdevelopment/planning/cmaq
2019-07-12 - July 2019 Newsletter
Access the RPC's July e-news by clicking this link:
https://mailchi.mp/752020997515/rpcjunenews-1816961
2019-07-08 - Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (LTS)
Earlier this year RPC was awarded a grant under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Measuring Multimodal Connectivity Pilot Grant Program. The goal of the pilot project is to improve bicycle network planning for New Hampshire’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) through further development and refinement of a shared model for evaluating Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (LTS). Level of Traffic Stress is an approach to measuring the suitability of roads for bicycling recognizing differing stress tolerance based on people's level of riding experience. LTS analysis considers traffic speed, traffic volumes, shoulder width and the presence of parking and bike lanes.
2019-07-08 - New State Law Changes Impacting Planning Boards and ZBAs
The NH Legislature has recently passed several bills impacting Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Adjustments (ZBAs) concerning public hearing dates, application submittals and membership. Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC) recommends Planning Boards and ZBAs review their Rules of Procedures to ensure they are in compliance with the soon to be effective state laws outlined below
1. HB 136 – An act increasing the maximum period for the zoning board of adjustment to hold a public hearing.
Effective July 9, 2019
This bill amends RSA 676:7, II by increasing the number of days that a ZBA has to hold a public hearing from 30 to 45.
The text of the bill is here; its docket is here.
2. HB 245 – An act relative to the planning board's procedures on plats.
Effective July 9, 2019
This bill amends RSA 676:4, I(b) which, in part, governs when planning board applications must be filed. The current statute requires that applications be filed at least 21 days before the acceptance meeting. This bill allows a planning board to specify a filing deadline for a period of time less than 21 days in its rules of procedure.
The text of the bill is here; its docket is here.
3. HB 370 – An act relative to membership on city and town planning boards.
Effective August 20, 2019
This bill amends RSA 673:7, bringing treatment of planning board members in cities in line with that of towns. More specifically, it removes the prohibition against appointed city planning board members holding other municipal office. It permits any 2 appointed or elected members of the planning board in a city or town to also serve together on other municipal boards or commissions, except for the conservation commission, the local governing body, and local land use boards as defined in RSA 672:7.
The text of the bill is here; its docket is here.
If your Planning Board or ZBA have any questions regarding the new legislation or would like assistance, please contact Jenn Rowden, Senior Planner (jrowden@therpc.org; 603-658-0521).
2019-07-01 - Long-Term Drinking Water Supply Plan for Southeastern NH
The RPC in coordination with The Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) has begun work on the base mapping, resource development, and demonstration projects needed to develop a Long-Term Drinking Water Supply Plan for Southeastern New Hampshire. This proposal is intended to be Phase 1 of a two-phase planning process that will provide:
- A set of regional maps showing the locations of drinking water supplies and provide contextual details to better communicate potential threats to drinking water sources and opportunities for their protection.
- Pilot projects to demonstrate one of the water resource protection tools to be used as a case study for the Long-Term Drinking Water Supply Plan for Southeastern New Hampshire. Stay tuned for more updates!
2019-06-13 - Fresh Look for RPC
RPC's new colors represent our mission to empower strong, vibrant communities. Visit our services page to learn how we might assist your community:
http://www.rpc-nh.org/commission/services
2019-06-13 - 2019 Hayden and Quinlan Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 James Hayden Awards and Daniel Quinlan Award, presented at RPC's Annual Meeting on June 12 in Hampton.
Hayden Awards: Linda Harvey of Salem, and Friends of Kingston Open Space (accepted by Rick Russman).
Quinlan Award: Jay Diener of Hampton.
See photos at https://www.facebook.com/pg/RockinghamPlanning/posts/
James Hayden Award
The James Hayden Award was established in remembrance of Jim Hayden, RPC Commissioner from Newfields and long time District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) for Rockingham County for many years.Jim retired from the SCS in the mid 1980s and became RPC Commissioner in 1988.He was instrumental in the development of the County Soil Survey and in efforts to protect the natural resource base of the County and region in the face of extensive development.He contributed to the creation of many of the essential tools that most towns still use today in planning, including wetlands, shoreline and aquifer protection overlay zoning and also promoted the use of soil and resource mapping in community and site planning.Accordingly, the Hayden Award is intended to recognize those in the region who have made significant contributions to their communities or the greater region in natural resource conservation and planning.The Hayden Award has been awarded seven times since its inception:Forest Griffin of North Hampton & Exeter in 2003; Larry Smith of East Kingston in 2007; Alice Tonry of Hampton Falls in 2008; Mary Currier of RCCD in 2009; The Tucker and French Families of Kingston in 2010; and Sue Foote of Seabrook in 2011 and to the North Hampton Forever Land Conservation Initiative in 2012.
Daniel Quinlan Award
The Daniel Quinlan Award was established in memory of Dan Quinlan, long serving RPC Commissioners and twice RPC Chairman from Windham.Dan was exemplary over many years in service both to his Town (as library Trustee, Planning Board member and other roles) and to the regional community as RPC Commissioner and Master Plan Committee, Regional Impacts Committee and Chair for two terms.He worked to ensure the best for the Commission, but also to ensure that the Commission did its best to serve his community and region.His skill was to bring people together to solve problems.The Quinlan Award is given in recognition of those in the region who made significant contributions to sound community and regional planning and have fostered intermunicipal cooperation and collaboration in the region.The Quinlan Award has been awarded seven times since its inception:Merilyn Senter of Plaistow in 2005; Cliff Sinnott, RPC Executive Director in 2006; Glenn Coppelman of Kingston in 2008, Ted Tocci of Hampton Falls in 2009; Tim Moore of Plaistow in 2010; and Warren Bambury of Hampton in 2011, and to Steve Miller, GBNERR and Sherry Godlewski of NHDES in their roles as Co-Chairs of the Climate Adaptation Workgroup.
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