Held quarterly luncheons for professional Planning Staff in the Region.
Organized the yearly Land Use Planning Workshop for Planning Boards, Conservation Commission and Departments off Public Works in May 2004.
Conducted a Regional Housing Needs Assessment.
Continued to provide ongoing assistance with planning related questions.
Conducted and presented annual growth management review and building certificate allocation data.
Conducted annual Impact Fee review.
Drafted an Administrative Rule for Building Certificate Allocation distribution. 0 Drafted a major amendment of the Housing for Older Persons ordinance and applicable regulations.
Drafted Conditional Use Permit zoning amendment.
Drafted Wetlands Conservation District ordinance amendment.
Drafted a Historic District and Historic District Commission ordinance.
Drafted annual Town zoning warrants for the Town Report and ballot.
Conducting update of Build-Out Analysis, with a draft due in June of 2004.
In progress update of the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for fall of2004. 0 Drafted amendment to subdivision and site plan bond requirements and procedures. 0 Design review of submitted applications to the Planning Board.
Attended a Conservation Commission meeting to discuss the Regional Environmental Planning Program.
Conducted several meetings of the Regional Resource Conservation Committee.
Continued to provide technical assistance to the Lower Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee (LMRLAC).
Began work on developing a Lower Merrimack River Watershed Management Plan.
Worked with Circuit Rider to include LMRLAC on site/subdivision checklist.
Worked with Town boards to collect data for the Darrah Pond Aquifer Study.
Completed an analysis of the water interconnections in the Nashua Region.
Organized five Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events.
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2005 Collection Dates
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May 7
Saturday
8 am - Noon |
June 2
Thursday
3 pm- 7 pm |
Aug 6
Saturday
8 am - Noon |
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Oct 1 Saturday |
Nov 5 Saturday |
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NRPC as the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region is responsible for developing and maintaining the region's transportation planning program. This includes soliciting, prioritizing and making recommendations on regional and local transportation projects that are funded through Federal or State sources. NRPC is responsible for developing the region's portion of the State's Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), maintaining the regional traffic model, and performing required air quality analyses. In addition, NRPC MPO funds are used to provide municipal technical assistance on transportation issues.
Assisted with the submittal of a Transportation Enhancement application for the completion of the Albuquerque Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail.
provided a report to the town with traffic count data from the past few years, and updated the NRPC website to provide historic and frequently updated traffic count data.
Calibrated the updated regional traffic model for use in analyzing future regional and community-specific projects.
Conducted traffic counts as part of the NHDOT HPMS traffic counting program.
Conducted bi-monthly meetings of the Phase II Stormwater Coalitions.
Completed the Litchfield 3A Corridor Agricultural Preservation Study and presented to the Planning Board and Board of Selectmen.
Solicited and summarized environmental mitigation options for the Circumferential Highway.
The GIS Staff at NRPC continues to maintain a diverse collection of spatial databases including local roads, real property parcels, zoning, land use, and environmental conditions. This data is applied extensively to provide mapping and analysis for local and/or regional projects.
Completed regular maintenance tasks and performed updates to the regional GIS data, including digitizing new roads, parcels, protected lands, zoning changes, trails, social service or child care providers, land use and other baseline data for each community.
Mapped and analyzed trends relative to real estate transactions for the year to maintain a tool for monitoring sales trends.
Prepared and/or disseminated Census 2000 data in GIS format for local or regional reports.
Addressed numerous mapping needs from the town officials and the public.
Initiated a process for conducting an update to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment.
Continued to update and expand the regional annotation layers for improved clarity, Accuracy and detail in mapping tasks.
Developed a series of maps for the Conservation Commission defining regional water, soils and open space issues on the community.
Completed regular updates the NRPC web site www.nashuarpc.org to keep this resource current and relevant.
Provided mapping support for the Transit Plan for the Nashua Region.
Provided all graphic, data and research needs to support the Agricultural Preservation Project completed for the Town. Developed a web site describing scenic conditions along the Rte 3A corridor and completed a visual analysis of the area. Supplied a broad set off maps to go along with the study.
Initiated a limited Buildout study of the Darrah Pond watershed.