WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING GRAFTON, SS TOWN OF HANOVER TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, who are qualified to vote in Town affairs: TAKE NOTICE AND BE WARNED, that the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire, will be held as follows: ON TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 IN THE GYMNASIUM OF THE HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL, 41 LEBANON STREET, HANOVER, NH, THERE WILL BE VOTING BY OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES REQUIRING VOTE BY OFFICIAL BALLOT. THE POLLS WILL OPEN AT 7:00 AM AND CLOSE AT 7:00 PM. ARTICLES TEN THROUGH TWENTY-FIVE WILL BE PRESENTED, DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON BEGINNING AT 7:00PM IN THE GYMNASIUM OF THE HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL, 41 LEBANON STREET, HANOVER, NH. ARTICLE ONE: To vote (by nonpartisan ballot) for the following Town Officers: Two Selectboard Members to serve for a term of three (3) years; One Etna Library Trustee to serve for a term of three (3) years; One Supervisor of the Checklist to serve for a term of five (5) years; One Trustee of Trust Funds to serve for a term of three (3) years. ARTICLE TWO (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 1: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 1 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 1 would clarify and make consistent the six definitions in Section 302 related to dwelling unit. At a public hearing held on February 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE THREE (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 2: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the Planning
Amendment No. 2 would eliminate hotel from the list of special exceptions in the GR district, Section 405.7 and delete Section 405.7 C(4) regarding area and dimensional standards for hotels. At a public hearing held on February 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE FOUR (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 3: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 3 would modify the definitions of sawmill and temporary sawmill in Section 302 and the regulations that guide those uses in Section 611. At a public hearing held on February 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE FIVE (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 4: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 4 would amend 302 by adding definitions for convalescent home, nursing home, and senior housing development; eliminating the definition of continuing care retirement community (CCRC); and modifying the definition of hospital. Add senior housing development as a permitted use in the GR-3 and GR-4 districts and replace CCRC with senior housing development as a special exception in the GR-1 and GR-2 districts. Add convalescent home and nursing home to the list of special exceptions in the GR district. Amend 405.7C by replacing family with dwelling unit in the table and add a method for determining the dwelling unit equivalent of an assisted living bedroom. In 904 and 1002.1, replace CCRC with senior housing development. Reduce the minimum lot size in 904.2A from 50 acres to 5 acres. Amend 904.2B to establish minimum setbacks for senior housing as set forth in dimensional tables in Article IV for the perimeter of the lot and remove the setbacks listed in (1) and (2). Amend 904.2C to remove the setbacks for the interior of the senior development. Delete the dimensional and density requirements in 904.3 as they are addressed by other modifications. Amend 904.4 by eliminating (b) which sets a requirement for number of buildings and renumber the remaining paragraphs in that section. Add to 904 new sections (2) regarding compliance with NH Barrier-Free Design Code and reference to licensing and (3) regarding the types of affiliated uses and flexible living space composition that may be part of senior housing development. Renumber the following sections. In 1002.1 under senior housing development add an off-street parking requirement for independent living and for assisted living and eliminate the parking standard for CCRC. At a public meeting held on March 21, 2017, following a public hearing on March 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that
ARTICLE SIX (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 5: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 5 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 5 would eliminate student residence from the uses allowed by special exception in the RO district. At a public meeting held on March 21, 2017, following a public hearing on March 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE SEVEN (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 6: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 6 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 6 would amend 302 to add definitions for affordable senior housing and senior housing development and to modify the existing affordable housing definition to more specifically reference the income level established by USHUD. Add senior housing development to the list of development types in 520.1 and add a new section F requiring compliance with NH Barrier-Free Design Code. Add a new section 520.2 that makes available a density bonus to increase the number of additional affordable senior housing units that might be developed in the RO district limited to not more than 50% of the number of units otherwise allowed with the requirement that at least half of the affordable units be reserved for low and/or very low income households as defined by USHUD. Renumber the other paragraphs of 520 to accommodate the new section. Add affordable senior housing to the list of permitted uses in Table 405.4. Amend 1002 Schedule of minimum requirements for off-street parking spaces by adding the use, affordable senior housing, and the parking requirement,.75 per dwelling unit. At a public hearing held on March 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE EIGHT (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 7: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 7 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 7 would modify 702 Accessory dwelling unit by adding a section on purposes and renumbering the following sections to accommodate this new section. Enable attached accessory dwelling units to be established in the D, RO, I, GR and RR districts in addition to the SR district where the use is currently permitted as long as the unit and lot conform to requirements set forth in the section. Amend these requirements to eliminate a minimum lot size different from what would be otherwise required, to increase the number of bedrooms from one to two, and to include design
standards related to the placement of entrances, fire escapes, exterior stairs and exterior finish materials, roof pitch, windows and eaves. Enable detached accessory dwelling units to be established in the D, RO, I, GR and SR districts in addition to the RR district where the use is currently permitted as long as the unit and lot conform to the requirements set forth in this section. These requirements include all of the requirements set forth for the attached dwelling units, plus a maximum height, and guidelines for the conversion of an existing accessory structure and for new construction. At a public hearing held on March 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that ARTICLE NINE (submitted by petition) (to vote by ballot): To see if the Town will vote to amend the Hanover Zoning Ordinance as proposed by the Hanover Planning Board in Amendment No. 8: Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 8 as proposed by the Planning Amendment No. 8 would delete from 302 both the existing definition for student residence, Institution district and student residence, residential districts and add a new definition that applies both in the institutional and residential districts as follows: a building designed for residential student occupancy, which may include individual living units with social rooms and kitchen facilities for any number of students. At a public meeting held on March 21, 2017, following a public hearing on March 7, 2017, the Hanover Planning Board voted to recommend that Town Meeting disapprove this zoning amendment. BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA 7:00 p.m. ARTICLE TEN: To choose the following Town Officers to be elected by a majority vote: One member of the Advisory Board of Assessors for a term of three (3) years; Three Fence Viewers, each for a term of one (1) year; One Pine Park Commissioner for a term of three (3) years; Two Surveyors of Wood and Timber, each for a term of one (1) year; Such other Officers as the Town may judge necessary for managing its affairs. ARTICLE ELEVEN: To receive reports from the Selectboard, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes and other Town Officers and to vote on any motion relating to these reports and to receive any special resolutions that may be appropriate and to vote thereon. ARTICLE TWELVE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $32,180 for deposit into the Land and Capital Improvements Fund, and to authorize funding of this amount by transfer from the Land Use Change Tax Reserve, a designation of the General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance, with no funds being raised by taxation. The amount appropriated is the equivalent of 50% of the total collected in the Land Use Change Tax Reserve in the fiscal year 2015-2016. Funding deposited into the Land and Capital Improvements Fund derives from 50% of the land use change tax proceeds, paid by property owners when they take land out of current use.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $32,180 for deposit into the Conservation Fund created as authorized by RSA 36-A:5.I, and to authorize funding of this amount by transfer from the Land Use Change Tax Reserve, a sub-accounting of the General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance, with no funds being raised by taxation. The amount appropriated is the equivalent of 50% of the total collected in the Land Use Change Tax Reserve in the fiscal year 2015-2016. Funding deposited into the Conservation Fund derives from 50% of the land use change tax proceeds, paid by property owners when they take land out of current use. ARTICLE FOURTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $34,700 for deposit into the Municipal Transportation Improvement Fund, and to authorize funding of this amount by transfer from the Transportation Improvement Fee Reserve, a designation of the General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance, with no funds being raised by taxation. This amount is equivalent to the total Transportation Fee surcharge for each motor vehicle registered in the Town of Hanover ($5.00 per vehicle) during fiscal year 2015-2016. ARTICLE FIFTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,174,418 for deposit into existing capital reserve funds: Ambulance Equipment Capital Reserve Fund $61,028 Bridge Replacement and Renovation Capital Reserve Fund $57,500 Building Maintenance and Improvement Capital Reserve Fund $80,000 Dispatch Equipment and Dispatch Center Enhancements Capital Reserve Fund $25,000 Fire Department Vehicle and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund $143,090 Highway Construction and Maintenance Equipment Capital Reserve Fund $385,500 Parking Operations Vehicles and Parking Facility Improvements Capital $105,000 Reserve Fund Police Vehicles and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund $58,000 Road Construction and Improvements Capital Reserve Fund $35,000 Town Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund $10,000 Sewer Equipment and Facilities Improvements Capital Reserve Fund $130,000 Water Treatment and Distribution Equipment and System Capital Reserve Fund $84,300 ARTICLE SIXTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,153,300 for the purposes listed below, and to authorize funding these amounts by withdrawal from the listed capital reserve funds in the following amounts: Building Maintenance and Improvement Capital Reserve Fund RW Black Community Center HVAC; Town Hall Roof $99,000
Highway Construction and Maintenance Equipment Capital Reserve Fund Truck 7, Truck 17, Truck 19, Grounds RTV, Sidewalk Tractor #3, ZD221 Zero Turn Mowers $495,750 Police Vehicles and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund Firearms and related equipment $27,300 Town Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund Software, equipment, and other services for Tax Year 2018 Valuation Update $15,000 Fire Department Vehicle and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund Portable radio replacement, insulation and AC replacement in Lyme Road Fire Station $157,250 Parking Vehicles and Facilities Improvements Capital Reserve Fund Flooring membrane replacement for 7 Lebanon Street Parking Facility $300,500 Sewer Equipment and Facilities Improvements Capital Reserve Fund Air compressor $17,000 Water Treatment and Distribution Equipment and System Capital Reserve Fund Treatment module phase 2 $41,500 This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI and will not lapse until these specified purchases are complete or June 30, 2022, whichever occurs sooner. ARTICLE SEVENTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $73,055 for partial funding for (1) a portion of sidewalk on Lebanon Street from Storrs Road to the Tanzi Tract Entrance ($64,400) and (2) a traffic diverter on Dresden Road ($8,655); and to fund this appropriation by authorizing the withdrawal of this sum from the Municipal Transportation Improvement Fund. This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VA and will not lapse until these improvements are complete or June 30, 2022, whichever occurs sooner. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN: To see if the Town will vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Selectboard and the New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 27 on April 3, 2017, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level: Year Estimated Increase 2017-2018 $39,824 2018-2019 $40,975 And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $39,824 for 2017-2018 fiscal year, such sum representing additional costs attributable to the increase in the salaries and benefits required by the proposed agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels in accordance with the most recent collective bargaining agreement.
ARTICLE NINETEEN: To see if the Town will vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Selectboard and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1348 on April 3, 2017, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level: Year Estimated Increase 2017-2018 $43,774 2018-2019 $45,189 And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $43,774 for 2017-2018 fiscal year, such sum representing additional costs attributable to the increase in the salaries and benefits required by the proposed agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels in accordance with the most recent collective bargaining agreement. ARTICLE TWENTY: To see if the Town will vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Selectboard and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 3288 on April 3, 2017, which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing level: Year Estimated Increase 2017-2018 $25,982 2018-2019 $26,815 And further to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,982 for 2017-2018 fiscal year, such sum representing additional costs attributable to the increase in the salaries and benefits required by the proposed agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels in accordance with the most recent collective bargaining agreement. ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $23,872,364 to pay the operating expenses of the Town for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, for the purposes set forth in the Town budget. This sum does not include the funds voted in any of the preceding or succeeding articles. ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO: To see if the Town will permanently protect the 14 acre South Esker Natural Area through the establishment of a conservation easement and management plan to be approved by the Conservation Commission, the Selectboard, and the Hanover Conservancy, with the conservation easement to be conveyed to the Hanover Conservancy. ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE: To see if the Town will vote to join the Ready for 100 Action campaign, thereby committing to a goal of 100% reliance on renewable sources of electricity by 2030 and renewable sources of fuel for heating and transportation by 2050. Joining the Ready for 100 Action campaign implies that the Town of Hanover will lead the community in initiatives designed to
help local institutions, businesses and residents transition to 100% renewable sources of electricity and fuel oil. The Town has begun by investing in energy efficiency and renewable electricity generation for Town facilities and will follow by transitioning to vehicles and heating systems fueled by renewable sources. ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR: To see if the Town will vote to resolve that the operation of the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River may result in the deterioration of the riverbank and adjacent lands and roads upstream and downstream of the Dam. Therefore, it is recommended that the Town of Hanover, through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) re-licensing process, formally request that TransCanada Corporation or subsequent owners of Wilder Dam modify current dam operations, and create a mitigation fund to reimburse towns and landowners for the repair and stabilization of riverbanks. ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE: To transact any other business that may legally be brought before this Town Meeting. Given under our hands and seal of the Town of Hanover this 3rd day of April, 2017. TOWN OF HANOVER SELECT BOARD Peter L. Christie, Chairman Athos J. Rassias, Vice Chairman Nancy A. Carter Joanna Whitcomb William V. Geraghty