September 21, 2009

TO: All Third District Cities and Towns
FROM: Executive Councilor Beverly Hollingworth

The Governor and Executive Council met on Wednesday September 9, 2009 in Jaffrey, NH and considered an agenda of over 120 items.

The next scheduled Governor and Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Glen Cliff, NH .

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

OFFICE OF ENERGY AND PLANNING
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Rockingham Community Action Inc., Portsmouth, NH, as a grant recipient under the Head Start Program in the amount of $42,874. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% General Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Strafford County Community Action Committee Inc., Dover, NH, as a grant recipient under the Head Start Program in the amount of $52,624. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% General Funds.

OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
Authorized Major Noah C. Conrad, Durham, NH, be confirmed for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, NH Air National Guard.

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Authorized Division of the Arts to award FY 2010 Individual Artist Fellowship Awards totaling $30,000 to the artists as detailed in letter dated August 24, 2009. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.
Authorized to award Conservation Number Plate Grants totaling $44,000 to the organizations as detailed in letter dated August 10, 2009. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Conservation Plate Funds.

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Authorized to accept and expend a sub grant in the amount of $48,781 from the NH Department of Justice, Violence Against Women Act Grant (ARRA Funds), to be utilized to enhance training efforts by the Department. (2) Further Authorized to create a Trainer for Violence Against Women position, to enhance training efforts entitled VAWA Lethality Assessment. (3 )Further Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Timothy Russell, Henniker, NH, to coordinate the Lethality Assessment Program and regional violence against women trainings in the amount not to exceed $12,210. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Transfers from other state agencies. ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. These funds will be used throughout all ten counties.
Authorized to enter into a subgrant with the Department of Justice, Criminal Bureau, in the amount of $98,000 from the previously accepted 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Violence Against Women Act grant program for the purpose of providing statewide training and prosecution of domestic violence and sexual assault. Effective upon G&C approval through April 30, 2011. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authorized Division of Economic Development to accept and expend $174,000 from the NH Public Utilities Commission, for an expanded emergency and renewable energy program. Effective upon G&C approval through March 31, 2011. (2) Further Authorized to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Lakes Region Community College, Laconia, NH, for an energy contractor training program in the amount of $168,500. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2010. 100% Other Funds. Fiscal Committee approved.

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT
Authorized to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the NH Department of Transportation for the installation of a fish passage system in the Winnicut River under the Route 33 Bridge in Greenland, NH. Effective upon G&C approval.
Authorized to amend a Cooperative Project Agreement with the University of NH, (previously approved by G&C on 6-17-09, item #70), for expansion of the Extension Wildlife Conservation Program, by increasing the amount by $115,283 from $200,000 to $315,283. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 78% Federal, 22% Conservation License Plate Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Bear Creek Environmental LLC, Middlesex, VT, to complete Phase Two of the Geomorphic Assessment and Watershed Restoration Plan for the Exeter River Watershed project in the amount of $40,520. Effective upon G&C approval through May 1, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.
Authorized to enter into grant agreements with the entities as detailed in letter dated August 26, 2009 to fund Household Hazardous Waste collection projects in the amount of $20,908. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 100% Hazardous Waste Funds.
Authorized to award a grant to the Strafford Regional Planning Commission, Dover, NH, to provide planning technical assistance to member coastal communities in the amount of $39,000. Effective upon G&C approval through December 31, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.
Authorized to approve a Supplemental Loan Agreement with the Town of Hampton, which lowers the Original Loan Agreement by $34,748.73 from $1,415,000 to $1,380,251.27, and finalizes the loan amount used to finance the Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements project. (2)Further Authorized to approve a Supplemental Loan Agreement with the Town of Hooksett, which finalizes the loan amount at $3,500,000 which was used to finance the Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements project. 100% Clean Water Revolving Loan Funds.
Authorized to amend a loan agreement with the City of Portsmouth, NH, (previously approved by G&C on 9-5-07, item #39), due to an increase in the scope of work for the Bartlett Area Sewer Separation project, by increasing the amount by $3,000,000 from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000. Effective upon G&C approval. 83% Revolving Loan, 17% General – Capital Funds.
Authorized Kevin & Cynthia Perrault’s request to construct a permanent pier with a ramp landing on a seasonal float to provide water access and temporarily impact tidal buffer zone and impact tidal wetland for the removal of a failing, wooden retaining wall to be replaced with a riprap revetment wall on shoreline frontage on Tide Mill Creek in Hampton.
Authorized Debra Ford’s request to amend the permit to perform work on Little Bay in Dover (previously approved by G&C on 3-26-08, item #103A).
Authorized NH Department of Transportation’s request to remove & replace concrete encasements of steel pile supports for a bridge impacting tidal water in New Castle.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services
Authorized to enter into an agreement with Center for Life Management, Derry, NH, to provide services to homeless individuals in an amount not to exceed $241,391. Effective retroactive to July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds. The area that will be served in District Three includes: Atkinson, Chester, Danville, Dover, Epping, Exeter, Hampstead, Newmarket, Newton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Salem, Sandown, and Windham.
Authorized to modify the Community Services Block Grant eligibility criteria by increasing income eligibility for services from 125% to 200% of the federal poverty level to allow the statewide Community Action Agencies to provide services to a greater number of citizens. 100% Federal Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. These funds will be used on a state wide basis.
Authorized to accept and expend $703,882 of ARRA 2009 funds awarded by the US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and $223,174.54 of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program high performance bonus funds, for a total of $927,056.54. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. These funds will be used on a state wide basis.
Division of Public Health Services
Authorized to enter into an agreement with the Town of Exeter, NH, to procure the services of a local organization to serve as a regional sponsoring site for the NH Public Health Network in an amount not to exceed $70,000. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2010. 93% Federal, 7% General Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Rockingham Community Action Inc., Portsmouth, NH, as a grant recipient under the Community Services Block Grant to provide community based services and anti-poverty programs to low-income families in the amount not to exceed $765,765. This contract is supported with funds made available under the ARRA of 2009 to provide for the increased cost of services to low-income families, the elderly and individuals as part of the NH Recovery Plan. (2)Further Authorized to make an advance payment of $102,102 to the grantee. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.
Authorized to enter into a sole source contract with Strafford County Community Action Committee Inc., Dover, NH, as a grant recipient under the Community Services Block Grant to provide community based services and anti-poverty programs to low-income families in the amount not to exceed $571,725. This contract is supported with funds made available under the ARRA of 2009 to provide for the increased cost of services to low-income families, the elderly and individuals as part of the NH Recovery Plan. (2)Further Authorized to make an advance payment of $76,230 to the grantee. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal ARRA Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Authorized Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning to accept and expend Older Blind Independent Living ARRA grant award funds in the amount of $80,095 from the US Department of Education. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% Federal ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. These funds will be used on a state wide basis.
Authorized Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning to accept and expend Independent Living ARRA grant award funds in the amount of $242,913 from the US Department of Education. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2011. 100% Federal ARRA Funds. Fiscal Committee approved. These funds will be used on a state wide basis.
Authorized DHHS, Division of Public Health Services to enter into an memorandum of understanding in the amount of $40,000 to support the school-based vaccination campaign planning for swine-origin influenza A virus, now known as novel Influenza A (H1N1). (2)Authorized Department of Education to accept Transfers from Other Agencies funds in the amount of $40,000 from DHHS, Division of Public Health Services. Effective upon G&C approval through July 30, 2010. 100% Agency Transfer Funds. These funds will be used on a state wide basis.
Authorized Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning to enter into a contract with NH Jobs for America’s Graduates, Manchester, NH, to provide dropout prevention alternative education services in three NH communities in an amount not to exceed $392,728. (2)Further Authorized to make advanced payments for services provided. (3 )Further Authorized to withhold 10% of the contract total instead of the 25% withholding provision. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2011. 100% General Funds.
Recommended for funding in District Three are: Winnacunnet, Strafford Learning and Seacoast School of Technology, Exeter, NH.

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY
Authorized to amend a contract with the NH Hospital Association, Concord, NH (previously approved by G&C on 8-19-09, item #210), for hospital emergency preparedness planning services, by adding novel Influenza A (H1N1) preparedness activities to the scope of work, and by increasing the price by $200,000 from $1,899,872 to $2,099,872. Effective upon G&C approval. 100% Transfers from Other Agencies.
Authorized grant agreements between the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the applicants as detailed in letter dated August 14, 2009, for a total amount of $97,499.23. (2)Further Authorized grant agreements between the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the applicants as detailed in letter dated August 14, 2009, for a total amount of $217,087. Effective upon G&C approval through September 30, 2010. 100% Federal Funds.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Authorized Bureau of Right of Way to transfer control of two contiguous parcels of State owned land consisting of 0.45 of an acre located in the Towns of Windham and Salem to the NH Department of Resources and Economic Development. (2)Further Authorized to accept control of two contiguous parcels of State owned land consisting of 0.45 of an acre located in the Towns of Windham and Salem from the NH DOT, to the NH DRED at no cost. Effective upon G&C approval.

Richard D. Simpson, Portsmouth, NH to the Agricultural Advisory Board
Joseph W. Lessard, Salem, NH to the Assessing Standards Board
William L. Wrenn, Hampton, NH Department of Corrections: Commissioner
Colon K. Forbes, Jr. Hampton, NH to the Department of Corrections: Director of Professional Standards
John W. McSorlely, Nottingham, NH to the Equalization Standards Board

If you have interest in serving on any of the 300+ State Boards or Commissions please send a letter of interest along with a resume to Jennifer Kuzma in care of the Governor’s office and CC it to Councilor Hollingworth.

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/.