City Council
Regular MeetingRochester, NH · October 3, 2017
Agenda
Regular City Council Meeting
October 3, 2017
Council Chambers
7:00 PM
Agenda
1. Call to Order
2. Presentation of the Colors: Roland E. Patnode Jr. American Legion Post 7
2.1. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Opening Prayer
3.1. Opening Prayer: Roland E. Patnode Jr. American Legion Post 7
4. Roll Call
5. Acceptance of Minutes
5.1. Regular City Council Meeting: September 5, 2017 consideration for approval
5.2. Special City Council Meeting: September 19, 2017 consideration for approval
6. Communications from the City Manager
6.1. Employee of the Month Award
6.2. City Manager’s Report
6.3. City Assessor: City of Rochester/Re-Assessment 2017
6.4. Deputy City Manager: Tax Rate Calculation
6.5. City Attorney: General Ordinances [Chapter 42.29 Signage]
7. Communications from the Mayor
7.1. Chris Foley Day – Friday, October 6, 2017
7.2. POW Empty Chair Project: Veterans Council Request for Space at City Hall
7.3. Historic East Rochester Fire Station: Grant Application
8. Presentations of Petitions and Council Correspondence
9. Nominations, Appointments, Resignations, and Elections
10. Reports of Committees
10.1. Appointments Review Committee
10.1.1. Re-Appointment: Peter Bruckner, Historic District Commission, Regular
Member, Term to Expire January 2, 2021
10.1.2. Appointment: Joyce Bruckner, Planning Board, Alternate Member, Term
to Expire January 2, 2020
10.1.3. Re-Appointment: Nancy Dibble, Historic District, Regular Member, Term
to Expire January 2, 2020
10.1.4. Re-Appointment: Michael Dionne, Conservation Commission, Regular
Member, Term to Expire January 2, 2020
10.1.5. Appointment; Mark Collopy, Planning Board, Alternate Member, Term to
Expire January 2, 2020
10.1.6. Re-Appointment: Marilyn Jones, Historic District Commission, Regular
Member, Term to Expire January 2, 2020
10.2. Community Development Committee
10.2.1. Recommended Committee Action: AB 34 To Allow the Rochester Museum
of Fine Arts to display Art Work in the hallways of the former Office of
Economic Development located at the Rochester Community Center
consideration for approval
10.2.2. Recommended Committee Action: AB 33 Resolution Approving a 2018
Workforce Housing Charrette Application to the Workforce Housing
Coalition of the Greater Seacoast first reading
10.3. CTE Renovation Joint Building Committee
10.4. Public Safety Committee
10.4.1. Recommended Committee Action: To stop the practice of printing the call
details out [Fire Department’s Committee Report – Monthly Fire Incidents]
consideration for approval
10.4.2. Recommended Committee Action: To install 2 “No thru Trucks” signs:
1. Olde Farm Lane (Signal Street Intersection)
2. McKinley Street (Portland Street Intersection) at the developer’s
expense consideration for approval
10.4.3. Recommended Committee Action: To deny the request for “children at play”
signage for Ashwood/Watson Drive, such signs are not recognized by the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) consideration for
approval
10.4.4. Recommended Committee Action: To install 2 “no parking” signs on the side
of the street that is currently not posted, from end to end of McIntyre Court, at
the discretion of DPW consideration for approval
10.5. Public Works and Building Committee
10.5.1. Recommended Committee Action: AB 38 Resolution Accepting NH
Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Highway Block Grant funds in the
Amount of $530,588.40 first reading
10.5.2. Recommended Committee Action: AB 35 Resolution Authorizing
Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Public Works Capital
Improvements Plan Budget for the Olde Farm Lane Lighting Project in the
amount of $150,000 first reading
11. Old Business
12. Consent Calendar
13. New Business
13.1. AB 37 Resolution, in accordance with RSA 674:39-aa, recognizing the "Involuntary
Merger" of a Property Known As 77 Autumn Street (Currently, Rochester Tax Map
105, Lot 98), and Acknowledging the Appropriateness of Restoration of Such Lot To
Its Pre-Merger Configuration first reading
13.2. AB 30 Resolution Accepting Opioid Abuse Reduction Initiative (OARI) Grant and
Authorizing Supplemental Appropriation to the Police Department in the Amount of
$20,000.00 first reading
13.3. AB 29 Resolution Deauthorizing funding related to the Police Department Capital
Improvement Plan Fund Comlog Recording Equipment System Project in the amount of
$2,095.00 first reading
13.4. AB 36 Resolution Deauthorizing $1,463,067.66 related to various projects funded from the
Department of Public Works Water Capital Improvements Plan Fund first reading
13.5. AB 32 Resolution Authorizing Supplemental Appropriation for the Department of Public
Buildings Capital Improvements Plan Fund Community Center Security Camera Project
in the amount of $20,646.00 first reading
13.6. AB 39 Amendment to Zoning Ordinances Chapter 42 of the General Ordinances of the
City of Rochester Regarding Variances first reading and refer to a Public Hearing
13.7. AB 31 Resolution Establishing Polling Places and Times for the November 7, 2017
Municipal Election first reading
14. Other
15. Non-Meeting/Non-Public Session
15.1. Non-Public Session, Land, RSA 91-A:3 II (d)
15.2. Non-Public Session, Personnel, RSA 91-A:3,II (a)
16. Adjournment
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