April 11, 2008

TO: All Third District Cities and Towns

FROM: Executive Councilor Beverly Hollingworth

The Governor and Executive Council met on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 in the Governor/Council Chamber at the State House in Concord, NH and considered an agenda of over 133 items.

The next scheduled Governor and Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday April 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM in the Executive Councilor Chamber at the State House, Concord, NH.

The following authorized items might be of interest to District Three constituents

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Authorized Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into a contract with Multi-State Roofing Inc., Winchendon, MA for roof replacement at Hampton and Kingston state parks in the amount of $32,283. Effective upon G&C approval through May 23, 2008. 100% General Funds.

FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT

Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Cornel University, Ithaca, NY, on behalf of its Shoals Marine Laboratory, to continue ongoing endangered seabird restoration on the Isles of Shoals for a total of $50,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2008. 66% Federal, 34% Conservation License Plate.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Authorized to establish an Environmentalist IV position in the Geological Survey Unit and to hire a consultant. (2) Further Authorized to accept and expend $100,000 in federal flow through funds from the Department of Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management to develop a fluvial erosion hazards program. The Fluvial Erosion Hazard program will be based on a NH version of the Vt. Department of Environmental Conservation Stream Geomorphic Protocols. This position will enable NH DES to augment a pilot project that has been funded by the Federal Emergency Management agency for the Exeter River Watershed, provide capacity for continuity beyond the pilot project and provide staff time necessary to fully develop the Fluvial Erosion Hazard Assessment Protocols. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2008. Fiscal Committee approved.

Authorized to budget and expend additional project funds for a geomorphic assessment of the Exeter River in the amount of $5,175.83. (2) Further Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with the Rockingham Planning Commission, Exeter, NH, to work with the communities throughout the Exeter River watershed to develop recommendations for improving floodplain management in the amount of $10,000. Effective upon G&C approval through February 18, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

Authorized NH Department of Transportation’s request to rehabilitate the bridge on NH Route 1A over Hampton Harbor Inlet temporarily impacting 16,290 sq. ft. of sand dune and estuarine wetlands for the purpose of repairing the wing walls of the abutments.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Bureau of Medical Services

Authorized to enter into a sole source agreement with the University of Massachusetts – Medical School, Worcester, MA, to provide Backlog Reduction Services and Disability Determination Consulting Services for the Disability Determination Unit in the amount of $451,354. Effective April 10, 2008 or upon G&C approval, whichever is later, through February 14, 2009. 70% Federal, 30% General Funds. Federal law requires that decisions about a person’s Medicaid eligibility be made within 90 days unless unusual circumstances prevail. The Backlog Reduction Services will eliminate the current backlog of pending applications for the Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD). This project will be implemented State Wide.

Division for Children, Youth & Families

Authorized to accept and expend funds in the amount of $12,653 in SFY 2008 and $118,094.67 in SFY 2009 from Parental Reimbursement funds that will be matched with additional Federal funds, and to accept and expend corresponding Federal funds in the amount of $12,653 in SFY 2008 and $118,094.68 in SFY 2009 based on the Federally approved Department of Cost Allocation Plan and worker Random Moment Time Sample results, to support Parental Reimbursement and billing activities. (2)Further Authorized Division of Children, Youth and Families to establish four full-time temporary positions. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 50% Federal, 50% Other (Parental Reimbursement) Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized to conduct two organized meetings for an initiative entitled “I Am Moving, I Am Learning”, for early childhood professionals and parent representative to be held on April 8, 2008 and April 29, 2008, for an amount not to exceed $7,712. (2) Authorized to retroactively enter into an agreement with Celebrations at the Wayfarer in Bedford, NH, for meeting rooms, lunch and refreshments, and equipment rental associated with the April 8, 2008 conference session for an amount not to exceed $4,576. (3) Further Authorized to enter into an agreement with the Holiday Inn in Concord, NH, for meeting rooms, lunch and refreshments, and equipment rental associated with the April 29, 2008 conference session in an amount not to exceed $3,136. Effective April 8, 2008 through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Bureau of Elderly & Adult Services

Authorized to enter into a retroactive sole source agreement with the University System of NH, Institute on Disability, Concord, NH, to provide project and fiscal management of the NH Nursing Home Diversion Modernization grant in the amount of $450,232. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Division of Public Health Services

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Section, Asthma Control Program to accept and expend federal funds in the amount of $16,437 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to fund the Asthma Control Program. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2008. 100% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized Bureau of Prevention Services, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Section, Asthma Control Program to amend an agreement with Lamprey Health Care Inc., Raymond, NH (previously approved by G&C on 10-3-07, item #53) to coordinate and implement capacity-building interventions for improved asthma health in NH by increasing the amount by $17,590 from $213,000 to $230,590. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Federal Funds. In 2005 an estimated 10.3% of adults and 10.7%of children 0-17 years old in NH had asthma, a complex respiratory disease with associated medical and drug costs. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized Bureau of Disease Control and Health Statistics to retroactively distribute funds to town, cities, and mosquito control districts to supplement resources for local mosquito control activities and to continue mosquito surveillance activities in an amount not to exceed $430,088.06. Effective July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. 100% General Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide. The towns in District Three that were reimbursed were: Danville $6,591; Kingston, $7,874; Plaistow, $2,230; Newfields $6,625; Kingston $7,874; Kensington $1,600; Salem $10,132; Seabrook $12,850 Hampton Falls $6,250; Raymond $8,346; Newington R5,709; Newton R6,470; Greenland $3,919; Windham $4,761; Dover $4,288; Atkinson $6,098; Fremont $5,076; Hampton $20,405; New Castle $3,355; Brentwood $5,600; Rye $16, 962; Exeter $8,735; Derry $11,000; Portsmouth $803.

Authorized Bureau of Disease Control and Health Statistics, Cancer Registry Program to amend a contract with the Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-21-06, item #176, amended on 3-21-07, item #56), to provide cancer registry services, by increasing the amount by $1,181,260 from $1,340,287 to $2,521,547, and by extending the completion date to June 30, 2010. Effective July 1, 2008. 92% General, 8% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized to enter into a contract with RMC Research Corporation to conduct a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of approximately three mathematics and three science projects being funded through the Mathematics/Science Partnership Program in an amount not to exceed $75,000. (2) Further Authorized payment for services rendered an approved on the basis of invoices which are support by a summary of activities that have taken place in accordance with the terms of the contract, along with a detailed listing of expenses incurred in lieu of withholding 25% of the total value of the contract. (3) Further Authorized to exercise a renewal option on this contract for up to two additional fiscal years, subject to the contractor’s acceptable performance of the terms therein and pending legislative approval of the next biennium budget. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized to amend a contract with Measured Progress Inc., Dover, NH, (previously amended by G&C on 6-27-07, item #330), to administer the Tri-state New England Common Assessment program for grades 3-8 and grade 11, in an amount not to exceed $7,164,333. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 10.5% State, 89.5% Federal Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized to enter into a contract with Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, to provide technical assistance to build upon current research in the area of mathematical literacy to create a PreK-16 Quantitative Literacy Action Plan for use by school and district leadership in an amount not to exceed $74,993.91. (2)Further Authorized payment for services rendered an approved on the basis of invoices which are support by a summary of activities that have taken place in accordance with the terms of the contract, along with a detailed listing of expenses incurred in lieu of withholding 25% of the total value of the contract. (3) Further Authorized to exercise a renewal option on this contract for up to two additional fiscal years, subject to the contractor’s acceptable performance of the terms therein and pending legislative approval of the next biennium budget. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2009. 100% Federal Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY

Authorized Grants Management Unit to enter into a memorandum of understanding and grant the Trustees of Dartmouth College of Lebanon, NH in the amount of $245,237 of federal Department of Homeland Security FY 2007 funds for emergency medical response teams in the region. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds. In the most recent grant award to NH the Department of Homeland Security (US DHS) specifically allocates the funds for support of the activities of the federally designated Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System (NNE MMRS) which functions as a coordinating resource in responding to the health and medical consequences of a weapon of mass destruction attack impacting Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont. This project will be implemented State Wide.

Authorized Bureau of Traffic to amend a contract with Castle Rock Consultants Inc., d/b/a CRC Consultants, Leesburg, VA (previously approved by G&C on 5-9-01, item #194), to continue the planning, development and implementation of additional functionalities to the Regional Traveler Information System, by extending the completion date from April 30, 2008 to April 1, 2009. The purpose of the professional services agreement with Castle Rock Consultants, Inc. is to integrate, develop, design and deploy a Rural Advanced Traveler Information System (RATIS) consisting of the states of Maine, NH and Vermont. This will provide vehicle operators with relevant information on local attractions, services, traffic construction and weather conditions.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Continental Paving Inc., Londonderry, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $1,551,750 for roadway resurfacing of 8.32 barrel miles of the F. E. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack and the F. E. Everett/I-293 in Manchester. (2) Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $155,175 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the execution of the project. Effective upon G&C approval through August 22, 2008. 100% Turnpike Funds. Resurfacing of 45.79 miles of roadways in Hillsborough, Merrimack and Rockingham Counties sections to include NH 128 in Pelham, Windham and Londonderry.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter into a contract with Continental Paving Inc., Londonderry, NH, on the basis of a low bid of $1,832,112.50 for roadway resurfacing of 45.79 miles in maintenance District V and in Hillsborough, Merrimack and Rockingham Counties. (2)Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $183,211.25 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the execution of the project. Effective upon G&C approval through August 22, 2008. 100% Betterment Funds.

Authorized Bureau of Construction to enter in a contract with Brox Industries Inc., Dracut, MA, on the basis of a low bid of $1,714,022.50 for roadway resurfacing of 7.52 barrel miles of the Blue Star Turnpike (I-95) in Seabrook and Hampton Falls and the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover and Rochester. (2)Further Authorized a contingency in the amount of $171,402.25 be approved for payment of latent conditions, which may appear during the execution of the project.

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Authorized for the benefit of DHHS, Public Laboratory, to enter into a contract with HLN LLC, San Diego, CA, in the amount of $74,883 for contractor support in meeting a Centers for Disease Control mandate. Effective upon G&C approval through October 31, 2008. 100% Other (agency) Funds. This project will be implemented State Wide.

The Governor nominated the following individuals from District Three to serve on state boards and commissions

Pamela Diamantis, Greenland, NH, Business Finance Authority
Christopher T. Regan, Durham, NH, Compensation Appeals Board
R. Dean Michener, Durham, NH, Equalization Standards Board
Eric P. Orff, Epsom, NH, Fish and Game Commission
George N. Campbell, Jr. of Portsmouth, NH was confirmed on 04/09/2008 as Commissioner of the Department of Transportation

Please feel free to contact me with concerns or support for these individuals or any other issues you might have.

Represents the cities and towns of Atkinson, Barrington, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Dover, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Madbury, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham.
For additional information on the cities and towns in this district, go to www.nh.gov/municipal/.