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| The Dover Conservation Commission |
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We hope this site brings our work to you, the citizens of Dover.
The Commission meets on the first Monday of each month, at 5:30 in the City Council chamber.
For more information, please feel free to call the Planning and Community Development Department @ 516-6008.
Introduction
What is the Dover Conservation Commission?
In December 1977, the Dover City Council established a Conservation Commission “for the declared purpose of developing, protecting and promoting the natural resources of Dover, for promoting an awareness of the conservation practices and policies throughout the city and for protecting the watershed resources of the city.” The authority for municipalities to establish Conservation Commissions is specified in New Hampshire State statute RSA 36A as outlined in this statute, Conservation Commissions are to:
• Conduct researches into its local land and water areas;
• Shall seek to coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes;
• Shall keep an index of all open space and natural, aesthetic or ecological areas within the city, and all marshlands, swamps and all other wet lands in a like manner. The Conservation Commission will have a plan for obtaining information pertinent to proper utilization of such areas, including lands owned by the state or the city, and may recommend to the city council a program for the protection, development or better utilization of all such areas; and
• Shall keep accurate records of its meetings and actions and shall file an annual report which shall be printed in the annual municipal report.
Dover City Code Chapter 14 outlines the powers and duties of the Dover Conservation Commission, which echoes the above state statutes and adds the following:
• The Commission shall prepare, adopt and, from time to time, review and amend a conservation and open space plan and shall submit said plan to the Planning Board for consideration as part of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Dover.
• The Commission shall inform itself of the ways and means by which its plans and programs may be achieved and shall advise municipal agencies, the City Council, private interests and the public of the manner in which these objectives may be accomplished. It may accordingly advertise, prepare, print, and distribute books, maps, charts, plans, and pamphlets, which, in its judgment, it deems necessary for its work as defined herein.
• The Commission may receive gifts of money and property in the name of the city, subject to approval of the City Council. It may also, subject to approval of the City Council, acquire such land or water rights, development rights, or easements as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect or limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces and other land and water areas within the city. Such lands are to be managed and controlled by the Commission for conservation purposes.
• The Commission may establish a Conservation Fund for purposes consistent with its natural resource protection goals.
Open Land and Recreation Areas.
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