Friday Update September 30, 2011

Friday,
September 30 2011

Courtesy
Bill Cote

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AT YOUNG’S
RESTAURANT
Young’s Restaurant and Coffee Shop
(known as Grant’s Café from 1916 to
1968) is committed not only to great food,
but also to sustainable practices.  Some
examples of sustainable practices utilized
include:

• Purchasing 100% green, non-carbon,
  renewable electricity;
• Its
  major food supplier is wind-powered and
  uses bio-diesel in its
  trucks;
• Installation of energy efficiency
  strategies within the restaurant and
  kitchen areas, low flow fixtures,
  etc.

To learn more about the significant
steps Young’s has taken to become a
model of sustainable restaurant practices,
click HERE.

Better yet, stop in for a nice meal and
view Kenny Young’s most recent mountain
climbing photographs from Mount
McKinley/Denali in Alaska hanging on the
walls.

COUNCIL MAKES NO CHANGE TO LUCT
DISTRIBUTION
The Council held a public hearing on Monday
evening, 9/26/11,  on a resolution to
channel Land Use Change Tax (LUCT) proceeds
to the General Fund as opposed to the
Conservation Fund as is presently the
case.  The LUCT is a 10% tax levied when
land is removed from Current Use.  State
law by default channels these funds to the
General Fund but a local option exists to
allocate these proceeds instead to the
Conservation Fund.  In 2002, Durham had
allocated 100% of these LUCT penalties to the
Conservation Fund as recommended in the 2000
Master Plan. 

The most recent proposal was as a
result of challenging economic conditions and
to offset revenue loss a well as abatements
refunds.  After a lengthy public hearing
in which there were was overwhelming
sentiment to leave the LUCT proceeds with the
Conservation Fund to support conservation
activities, the resolution failed by a vote
of 3-6. 

DURHAM
LEADERSHIP TEAM TO VISIT LONZA TO DISCUSS AND
LEARN FROM PRIVATE COMPANY KAIZEN/LEAN
EFFORTS

I am pleased to let Councilors know
that during our Leadership Team meeting
(formerly referred to as “department
head meeting”) on October 18th from
1:00 - 3:30 PM, Durham staff members will
travel to 101 International Drive in
Portsmouth to meet with the Lean/Kaizen team
at Lonza Corporation. 
 
The draft agenda with Lonza is as
follows:

• History of Kaizen at the Town of
  Durham.
• Review/discussion of various projects
  and Kaizens at Lonza: Spectrum of areas in
  which Lonza has applied Lean, approaches
  used for technical problem solving, Hoshin
  strategy development, training programs,
  etc.

• Brainstorming to identify potential
  Kaizen ideas for Lonza volunteering in
  2012
with the Town of
  Durham.

This is an exciting opportunity for
Durham to enhance its own Kaizen (continuous
improvement) efforts in cooperation with a
private
company.   

UPDATE ON POLICE ACTIVITY FOR
THE START OF THE ACADEMIC
YEAR
Durham Police Chief David
Kurz will be present at Monday night’s
Council meeting to provide Councilors with a
report regarding Durham’s police
activity and calls for service during the
opening weeks of the 2011 academic
year.  To view a recent memorandum
concerning police activity, click HERE.

Courtesy Todd
Selig

SPEED TABLE AND RAISED
CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS MOVING FORWARD --
BAGDAD ROAD AND MADBURY
ROAD
After a great deal of discussion at the
Traffic Safety Committee over many months,
the Public Works Department is scheduled to
move forward with the installation of a new
speed table application as well as
Durham’s first raised crosswalk to
provide greater visibility to school children
crossing Madbury
Road. 

These installations are a continuation
of the pilot speed table application which
was installed on Edgewood Road between
Madbury Road and Emerson Road last
fall.

A raised crosswalk is scheduled to be
installed along Madbury Road at Maple
Street.  Residents along Madbury Road
have been requesting a speed table
application since last year’s
installation on Edgewood Road was
completed. 

A new speed table along Bagdad Road
between Strout Lane and Nobel K. Peterson
Drive will be installed to slow traffic along
the Bagdad Road corridor in what is a wide
straight of way.  Last season, the
traveled way in this area was narrowed and
bicycle lanes were added.

POSSIBLE COE DRIVE SPEED TABLES
UNDER DISCUSSION
At the present time, the Traffic Safety
Committee is considering the installation of
three speed tables along Coe Drive as part of
the Safe Routes to School program:  one
near the entrance to the Middle School
parking lot, a raised crosswalk at the SAU,
and a third between Beards Landing and the
Tennis Courts.  These locations will
continue to be evaluated over the coming
weeks.

DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY CAPITAL
CAMPAIGN
This past week, Foster’s Daily Democrat
carried an article focusing on the Durham
Public Library’s capital campaign to
raise $2.1 million dollars toward a proposed
$4.8 million dollar capital project to
construct a new library facility on Madbury
Road.  To view financial information for
the project, click HERE.

To view the Foster’s article, go
to http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110924/GJNEWS_01/709249931&template=GreatBayRegion.

GREAT BAY WATER QUALITY ISSUES
DEBATED
This week, Foster's Daily Democrat had an
Editorial dealing with the issue of nutrient
criteria in the Great Bay.  To view this
piece, go to
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110930/GJOPINION_01/709309995/-1/FOSOPINION.

FOSTER'S EDITORIAL ON OYSTER
RIVER SCHOOL BOARD RIGHT TO KNOW LAW
CHALLENGE
There is an editorial in this week's
Foster's Daily Democrat dealing with
the recent right to know law appeal
surrounding the Oyster River School
Board.  To view the editorial, go
to

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110929/GJOPINION_01/709299685/-1/FOSOPINION

TOWN COUNCIL TO RECEIVE UPDATE
ON THE STATUS OF THE LAMPREY RIVER WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE 401 WATER QUALITY
CERTIFICATE
Town Engineer David Cedarholm and Attorney
Dana Bisbee will give a presentation to
update the Town Council on the Status of the
Lamprey River Water Management Plan (WMP) and
the Town’s Section 401 Water Quality
Certification (§401).  The primary goal
of this presentation is to ensure the
discussion of Lamprey River WMP remains in an
open public forum, and specifically to engage
the Town Council on its opinions and comments
relative to the Lamprey River WMP and the
§401.

Lamprey River Water Management
Plan
The Lamprey River Water Management Plan
represents the final step in the Protected
Instream Flow (PISF) Pilot Program and
describes how the final PISF Report would be
implemented.  The Lamprey Water
Management Plan (WMP) contains individual
water use plans and water conservation plans
for affected water suppliers as well as dam
management plans for affected dam
owners.  The Draft Lamprey River Water
Management Plan dated April 11, 2011 is
available for review on the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services (NHDES)
website at the following
link:

http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/rivers/instream/lamprey/documents/20110411-prop-lwmp-rept.pdf

The UNH/Durham Water System (UDWS)
commented on the WMP in a letter dated June
24, 2011. To view this document, click
HERE.  NHDES
responded to UDWS’s comments in a
letter dated August 26, 2011. To view this
document, click HERE.

On September 21, 2009 and again on
September 13, 2010 the Town Council held a
consultation with legal counsel in accordance
with RSA 91-A:2 (I) (c) with environmental
attorney Dana Bisbee, Esq. of the law firm
Devine Millimet in which Attorney Bisbee
provided legal advice and representation on
the Protected Instream Flow Pilot Program and
issues related to the §401.

The following goals and recommendations
were presented to the Town Council in
previous updates in 2009 and
2010:

Town’s
Goals

• Reasonable access for public water
  supply (drinking water for Town and UNH for
  present and future.
• Some confidence level on regulations
  going forward.

Recommended
Steps

1. Continue work on the issues with the
   PISF report and final determination by DES;
   not focus on the 401
   Certificate.
2. Participate in  Water Management
   Plan.
3. Preserve the option of challenging
   both the final PISFs promulgated by DES and
   the provisions of the Water Management
   Plans when they are developed by
   DES.
4. Continue to consider potential
   legislative fixes, as they may need to be
   addressed.

On October 4, 2010, NHDES Watershed
Management Bureau Administrator Paul Currier
met with the Town Council at which time Mr.
Currier reported that NHDES would replace the
§401with the WMP upon final adoption. 
The nullification of the §401 following
adoption of the WMP has been anticipated for
3 or 4 years.  

Mr.
Currier has since retired, and now NHDES has
indicated that the agency does not have the
authority to rescind or nullify a §401
because it is effectively a Federal
permit.  David Cedarholm and Dana Bisbee
have been in communication with NHDES on this
matter and other issues outlined in the
attached comment letters.

On Monday
evening, the Council will receive a
presentation, consider options presented, and
be asked to give direction on the strategy
moving forward with the Lamprey River Water
Management Plan and the Section 401Water
Quality Certificate.
 

HOUSEHOLD
HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15,
2011

The 2011 annual Household Hazardous
Waste Day will be held at the Department of
Public Works facility located at 100 Stone
Quarry Drive on October 15th.  As in the
past, all hazardous waste will be collected
by appointment only.  To register, you
must call the Department of Public Works at
868-5578. Remember, the maximum
collected per resident is five
gallons. 

Common Household
Hazardous Waste

NO EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE
WASTE, ASBESTOS, SILVEX OR
INFECTIOUS/BIOLOGICAL WASTE WILL BE
ACCEPTED.

Consider reducing your purchase of
products with hazardous ingredients; read
labels thoroughly.

Use and store products containing
hazardous substances carefully to prevent any
accidents at home. Never store hazardous
products in anything other than their
original containers and never remove
labels.

Never mix HHW with other products.
Incompatible products might react, ignite, or
explode, and contaminated HHW might become
un-recyclable.

Remember to follow any instructions for
use and disposal provided on product
labels.

Typically, hazardous waste is
categorized as toxic, ignitable, corrosive,
reactive or otherwise hazardous. Please check
the manufacturer’s
label.

TOWN OFFICES
CLOSED - COLUMBUS
DAY

All Town offices will be closed for the
Columbus Day holiday on Monday, October 10,
2011 and will reopen for business on Tuesday,
October 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM. Please note that
there will be NO CHANGE TO THE REFUSE
AND RECYCLING COLLECTION. All items
must be out by 7:00 AM.

SEPTEMBER IS "NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
MONTH"
As part of the Durham Police
Department’s continuing partnership
with the Health & Safety Council of
Strafford County during the month of
September, the department is continuing in
its series of messages as it participates in
a Joint Information Virtual Exercise
(JIVE).

Volunteers are an essential part of New
Hampshire’s response in any emergency.
Most smaller communities in the state have
fire departments that are staffed by
volunteers. Amateur radio operators, the
American Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, Medical
Reserve Corps units, and Citizen Emergency
Response Teams are other examples of
organizations that rely on volunteers and
have important emergency response
functions.

Planning and training are the keys to
making effective use of volunteers during
disasters. In order to volunteer during an
emergency or disaster, join one of the NH
volunteer organizations below. If you are
interested in volunteering to help out during
a future disaster, the time to join an
organization is now! Check out the links
listed below to learn about some of New
Hampshire’s volunteer
programs.

http://www.concord-redcross.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=9635HCHPI3

http://www.redcrossvtnhuv.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=44W8UXGL8L

http://www.nhcitizencorps.org/

http://nhwgcap.org/_nh2/

https://nhlicenses.nh.gov/MyLicense%20EnterpriseVHP/

http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/HomePage

http://www.arrl-nh.org/

Search volunteer opportunities near
you, with VolunteerNH’s search engine
for organizations and volunteer
opportunities.

http://www.volunteernh.org/html/home.htm

This poor
pumpkin didn't survive to Halloween last
year. Courtesy Jessie
McKone

DURHAM
TRICK-OR-TREATING

Trick-or-Treating in Durham will be
held on Sunday, October 30th, between
the hours of 5:00 and 7:30 PM. Here are a few
tips to help our little ghosts and goblins
have a safe and fun
Halloween:

• Children should always be accompanied
  by a responsible adult, preferably the
  parent.
• Give children flashlights and glow
  sticks so that others can see them
  coming.
• Instruct your children to never go
  inside another person's home
  but remain outside the front
  door.
• Let
  them know that they can not eat any candy
  until they get home. This will allow you
  time to inspect the candy to make sure its
  sealed and hasn't been tampered
  with.
• When possible, children should walk
  in groups or in pairs. They should never be
  out alone.
• Have a preplanned route and go over
  that route with your child. If you
  accidentally get separated, mark off a few
  spots where you can rejoin
  up.
• Every year, children get hit by cars
  on Halloween night. It is better for your
  child to walk than to ride their bicycles
  when out Trick or
  Treating.
• If
  your child is wearing a mask with their
  costume, make sure the mask properly fits
  and is not obstructing their
  view.
• Go
  over stranger danger safety tips with your
  child before they go out. Instruct your
  child to never get in a stranger's
  car.
• Children need to remain on well lit
  streets and on the sidewalks. They should
  never be running through dark yards or
  playing on the street or
  intersections.

Courtesy
University of New Hampshire

UNH
HOMECOMING
WEEKEND

UNH Alumni Association invites all
alumni, family, and friends back to campus
for Homecoming Weekend 2011, October 28-30,
2011. The weekend will be packed with a wide
range of events and activities for everyone.
Kick off Homecoming Weekend by wearing UNH
blue and white to show your spirit. For an
updated list of activities, visit https://www.alumni.unh.edu/keep/homecoming/index.html.

PUBLIC
MEETINGS: SCHEDULE AND VIDEO ON
DEMAND

The following public meetings are
scheduled for the coming week  All
meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held in the
Council chambers at the Durham Town Hall
unless otherwise indicated below. To view the
agenda for the meetings listed below, please
click HERE.

All meetings recorded on DCAT are
available on DVD at the Durham Public Library
for checkout and viewing.

VIDEO ON
DEMAND: Meetings can
also be viewed via Video on Demand.
Interested viewers can access the streaming
site from the Town’s website at
http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/ by
clicking the DCAT on demand logo, or directly
at http://dcat.pegcentral.com/.

Town Council
- Monday, October 3, 2011. To view the
complete packet for this meeting, click
HERE.

Planning
Board - Wednesday, October 5,
2011

Historic District
Commission - Thursday, October
6, 2011

Durham Energy Committee
Master Plan Workshop -
Thursday, October 6, 2011 (to be held at home
of DEC Chair Kevin Gardner, 1 Stevens Way,
7:00 PM)

Oyster River School Board meeting
schedule, please click HERE. 

Durham Public Library Board of Trustees
meeting schedule, please click HERE.

DCAT Programming Schedule, please click
HERE.

DURHAM PUBLIC
LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

With your support, the Durham Public
Library will open its new doors in the summer
of 2013. We are eager to welcome you in our
10,500 square foot, eco-friendly, dynamic,
state-of-the-art community library at 49
Madbury Road. Our goal is to raise $900,000
before a bond vote in March 2012. To date
more than $500,000 has been raised from
private sources. But we still need another
$350,000. You can help by making your
own pledge; volunteering to host an event;
volunteering to talk to friends and neighbors
about the project and ask for pledges
directly; and volunteering to help get out
the vote in March 2012. Visit our
website http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/ for
details. Sign up to volunteer at NewLibraryVolunteer@gmail.com and
thank you for your support.

Preschool Storytimes -
Tue., Oct. 4th and Thu., Oct. 6th, 10:30
a.m. This week: Dogs. All are welcome to
enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, feltboard,
and a craft.
Raccoon Readers (2nd
-4th grade Book Club will begin on
Tue., Oct 4th, 6:00-7:00
p.m. This month’s book is Mr.
Popper’s Penguins by Florence and
Richard Atwater We will discuss the book(s),
author(s), play games, and make a
craft.  Books are available at the
library.
Young Adult Writing/Blog
Group, Tue., Oct 4th, 7:00-7:45
p.m.  Like to write?  Join us for
this Young Adult writing/blogging group that
will meet once a month.
Authors Toby Ball and Kristin
Duisberg to speak, Wed., Oct 5th,
6:30 p.m.

Join our Lego Club,
Thu., Oct 6th, 3:45-4:45 p.m. for
1st-5th graders.  Like to build
Legos?  Come to the Lego club in the
Children’s Room to start
constructing.
All Together Now For the Durham
Public Library, Sun., Oct 9th,
3:00-7:00 p.m. Beatles tribute band "All
Together Now" performs at the Mill Plaza as
we kick off the Durham Public Library's new
library building campaign. Come enjoy the
Beatles timeless music and show your support
for the Library. This concert is free and
open to all.
Registration for Tales for
Tails has begun. Have a young reader
who could use some non-judgmental
encouragement for reading aloud? A Delta
Therapy dog is waiting for your child. Sign
up in September for a session beginning late
Sep.
Sign-ups have started for Seacoast
Reads (UNH Reading Buddies). 
Have a child in 1st through 3rd grade who
could use some help reading?  Sign your
child up for a UNH Reading Buddy. 
Weekly sessions hope to start
mid-October.
Join the Patch Program, our
reading incentive program for children aged
2-12 years. Children earn patches for minutes
read or being read to as well as a Durham
Library book bag. If new to the program, stop
by and register.  Thanks to the Friends
of the Durham Public Library for their
continued support of this program.  We
have new patches!

Thanks to
the children/families who signed-up this
summer to have a Japanese Pen Pal.  All
18 Japanese students have been assigned to
Durham Library children/families and have
started receiving their letters.  If you
are unable to continue writing please let
Miss Lisa know at ekleinmann@ci.durham.nh.us.

Check out our website www.durhampubliclibrary.org for
more info.

COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS 

Folk Music Series,
Saturday, Oct 1, 2011, 7:00 PM, Durham
Unitarian Fellowship - Featuring the Fiddling
Thomsons. Tickets at the door. Please contact
Malcolm Smith at 397-5781 or malcolmsmith@comcast.net with
questions.

FROM
“DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE A HISTORY
–
1900-1985”

Business (1930-1960): "Other
businesses appearing in Durham around 1930
included The Wildcat, a sandwich shop (an
exclusive outlet for university ice cream off
campus) owned by Dick Daland; it was destined
to become an 'institution' after it replaced
Durham Drug in the Hardy-Philbrick Block. The
Peterman family opened a laundry in a room of
the Marshall House and later, relocated their
laundry on the shore of Mill Pond. They
advertised their service as 'More than just a
clean shirt--driver will call for your
bundle--just phone--don't be satisfied with
less.' Farther east along Main Street, on a
stretch also called Dover Road, a theater
offered amateur performances for a year or so
in what had been the Colonial Inn, and across
the way, east of Gray's Garage, Fred Knight
established another service station and
garage in 1935. His son Harold took over in a
few years, and Knight's, in addition to
aiding motorists, was a gathering place for
hunters, fishermen, politicians, and
storytellers until the
mid-1960s." Published in 1985 by the Durham
Historic
Association.

I am very sorry to report that Gail
Houghton, wife of longtime Durham Business
Association Chair, Dick Houghton, passed away
on Monday night.  The Houghton family
operated Houghton’s Hardware on Jenkins
Court in downtown Durham for  many, many
years.  Services for Gail were last
evening, 9/29/11, at Kent and Pelzcar Funeral
Home in Newmarket.  There will be a
private funeral ceremony.