Council to create Joint Building Committee for Dunaway Field upgrades

posted on 1/22/2024

The City Council meets for a 7 p.m. regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Click here for the complete agenda.

At the meeting, the Council is set to create a Joint Building Committee for the planned improvements to Dunaway Field at Dover High School, including to the field, track, bleachers, lighting and outdoor storage. In December, the City Council authorized $2,500,000 in bonding for the project in the FY2025-2030 Capital Improvements Program. In the FY2021-2026 CIP, the Council budgeted 350,000 in capital reserves for bleacher replacement. The City Council and the School Board will each appoint three members to the committee to oversee the improvements.

The Council is also set to authorize expending $150,000 to Underwood Engineers to develop detailed operating procedures for the new Pudding Hill Water Treatment Plant that is close to completion, and to optimize the use of artificial aquifer recharge to minimize the number of contaminants reaching the new treatment plant. Additional consultant/engineering work will also be covered for additional construction administration and oversight, as the treatment plant contractor has experienced a few equipment delays that have pushed back the start-up of the plant. Substantial completion of the new plant is slated for late February, with full operation targeted for mid-April. The city will seek full reimbursement of the $150,000 from the state’s PFAS Remediation Grant.

Also on the agenda:

• Authorization to accept and expend a $175,116 Highway Block Aid and $231,021 and Municipal Bridge Aid from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation;
• Award a bid to Strafford Regional Planning Commission for $53,706 to undertake a regulatory audit of existing land use policies and assist in drafting revisions to mitigate barriers and better incentivize the creation of attainable housing;
• Authorize the reprogramming of $200,000 of unexpended bonds from the River Street pump station project to the Wastewater Treatment Plant aeration blower retrofit CIP project;
• Authorize expending $179,000 for construction administration services provided by Wright-Pierce for the aeration blower project.

The meeting is open to the public and will televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.