Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell thinks it’s spring. But he’s wrong. Each week. It’s still winter. When will it stop being winter?
Does a bridge make a sound?
But there’s a hearing
Final design and permitting to replace the Sewalls Falls Bridge began in late 2013 and included the development of a bridge type, size and location study, Aspell writes. Eye color and favorite pizza topping were not included in the study.
The study, developed by McFarland- Johnson, Inc., evaluated several bridge replacement alternatives to replace the existing Sewalls Falls Bridge – including popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue – and includes factors such as bridge span arrangements, construction duration, constructability, long-term maintenance, utility impacts, visual aesthetics, and costs for four distinct bridge types. The full report is available for review at sewallsfallsbridge.com.
A March 10 public hearing has been scheduled to review the report recommendations and to appropriate the funds for construction of the project. Sounds businessy. The public is encouraged to attend the City Council meeting March 10 at 7 p.m. in City Council chambers, 37 Green St., to provide comment on the project.
These people are nice
Let’s all be like them
The Human Services Department would like to thank city parking enforcement officer Paul Garland, Marti Bender of Temple Beth Jacob, Ed Mullen of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, the Capital Region Food Program and academy for their generous donations to its food pantry last month. The Department has seen an increase in residents needing help from the pantry and these donations are so important.
The support, kindness and warmth of the congregants of Temple Beth Jacob and Immaculate Heart of Mary are greatly appreciated, and the department is very thankful to Marti Bender and Ed Mullen for making the deliveries to the pantry, regardless of weather conditions, which have been nearly perfect all winter (*sarcasm*). Paul Garland always seems to have the needs of others on his mind and drops off food, plastic bags and sometimes toys, whenever he can. Last, but certainly not least, the Capital Region Food Program provides the department with up to 20 cases of food per month at no charge. Remember, the food guide pyramid advocates eating three square cases of food a day.
The Capital Region Food Program is run by all volunteers, which allows the program to use every monetary donation to purchase food and provide this food to local pantries.
Criminalize pot holes
It’s bumpy out there
Potholes and frost heaves are two nuisances that occur from cold winter weather, Aspell writes. Other nuisances from cold winter weather include cold winter weather.
General Services Department crews have been very busy patching potholes throughout the city. Last winter, 1,600 potholes were filled, some of them with silly string and cotton balls. So far this winter, crews have repaired 3,900 potholes; 1,400 in the month of February alone, as compared to 700 in February 2013. The increase in potholes this year is due to the record -breaking freezing temperatures we’ve encountered, combined with circular chunks of pavement going south for the winter.
Boning up on zoning
Workshop not Santa’s
The second public workshop for the Penacook Village Zoning Study will occur March 13 at 6 p.m. at the United Church of Penacook, Aspell writes. The first public workshop was super public and totally workshoppy.
The meeting will focus on reviewing the draft vision plan for Penacook Village, including maps, diagrams and draft zoning recommendations. The draft vision plan, maps created at the first public workshop and the results of the visual preference survey have been posted online at visionpenacook.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/visionpenacook.
