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Saving Special Places 2014 Land Conservation Conference

Here is the invitation to the “Saving Special Places 2014 Land Conservation Conference” to be held on Saturday April 5, 2014 at the Laconia Middle School, Laconia, NH

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Billed as “New Hampshire’s largest land conservation training, education and networking event with 30 workshops and more than 40 presenters” this may be something you would want to attend to view firsthand their strategies. 

Register by March 28 to take advantage of the lower $60 fee. After March 28, the fee is $75.

Find Conference details; Online Registration, Downloadable Registration Form, Table of Workshops, Workshop Descriptions and Presenters, Keynote Speaker, and Directions at the conference website: http://savingspecialplaces.org

Click Here to Register Online

Your Water Rights and the DES

Join NH DES on April 10th from 6:30-8:30 PM when they will be hosting their sixth NH Wetland Program Spring 2014 Listening Session in Conference Room 1A at Strafford Regional Planning Commission.

In an effort to improve their technical standards, and operating and decision making processes, NH DES would like to hear from YOU! Come geared with some of your best ideas on how to improve the NH Wetlands Program.

Discussion Topics…

*How to Achieve the Overarching Goals for the Wetlands Program

*The Permitting Process: Redesigning the Path to Approval and Other Procedures

*Using Better Information and Clearer Evaluation Standards for Improved Outcomes

*Requirements for storm water management, coastal areas, forestry, bank stabilization, and for the use of Best Management Practices Manuals

RSVP to srpc@strafford.org by April 8,2014!

Can’t make this event, but would like to attend another listening session?! Check out the schedule here.

http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wetlands/documents/listening-schedule-session.pdf

SRPC Meeting on Compact Housing

It is no secret that RPCs are promoting compact housing which would require ZONING CHANGES.

At their March 27th commissioners meeting (SRPC Offices, 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH – Conference Room 1A at 7:00 PM) The Strafford Regional Planning Commission will hear presentations on Compact Cottage-Style Neighborhoods, and an Introduction to Workforce Housing Coalition.

– Kyle Barker’s presentation will look at the historic and current development patterns and explore the social and economic impacts of those patterns compared to a new compact design. The benefits of denser, smaller-scale development will be addressed utilizing a case study involving underdeveloped lots in Concord, NH

– Ashlee Iber, Executive Director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, will also be presenting an Introduction to the Workforce Housing Coalition, an organization focused on addressing housing challenges in the region through education and outreach initiatives.

The push toward urbanism is in full swing and if not stopped could be the end of property rights. Citizens of the Strafford region are invited to speak to agenda items. Statements shall be limited to three minutes.

If you live in the area of the SCRPC, plan to attend, listen and speak if necessary.

Carroll Quigley Warned us of Inventory Taking

The goal of Agenda 21 is to inventory and control everything on the planet, most importantly, humans. Many of you have seen this process with gun control, control of health care. Many of you have been subjected to attempts to get you to participate in the American Community Surveys, and now the Center for Disease Control’s health surveys that are currently being conducted in New Hampshire.

In William Jefferson Clinton’s acceptance speech (when he was nominated as presidential candidate), he praised his mentor, Professor Carroll Quigley. On page 950 of Carroll Quigley’s 1964 book “Tragedy and Hope” you will read:

“The individual’s freedom and choice will be controlled within very narrow alternatives, by the fact that he will be numbered from birth … and followed as a number through his educational training, his required military or other service, his tax contributions, his health and medical requirements, and his final retirement and death benefits.”

Who was Carroll Quigley? He was the historian for many of the secret societies that influence and control our government. And his book exposed many of the elites’ agendas.

PR Firm to Lead Delphi Sessions on ‘Drugs’

NH Listens is the PR firm provided to Granite State Future by the Carsey Institute, a foundation that is the product of the Carsey Corporation.

These outsiders are holding ‘community’ conversations that are influenced by NGOs and private special interest groups. You can attend and share your ideas, but chances are the goals are a ‘done deal’.

This group is calling itself ‘New Futures’.

http://www.new-futures.org/events/drugs-and-alcohol-lets-talk-laconia

Save Our Town Thanks Voters of Rindge

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the Save Our Town Committee members, and its supporters for their hard work and dedication during this fight to keep Rindge rural. Without you, this huge win would not have been possible. I am truly humbled by the outpouring of support that I received during the past six months.

The biggest thanks of all should go to the voters of Rindge. You are the ones that read the facts, did your research, and realized the importance of what Save Our Town was fighting for. Maybe you grew up here as I did, or maybe you moved here for the peaceful, quiet, rural life style. Either way, you saw the importance of not allowing our beautiful town to become the next Fitchburg, or Nashua.

I have said it before, and I will say it again, if you like that sort of living, that is your right. Please don’t move here and change the way we like to live because it does not suit you. There are plenty of areas just like that for you.

Make no mistake about it, you, the voters, made a very loud statement with the power of your vote. We didn’t just win, we won by such a large margin that it cannot be ignored. We sent a very powerful message that when we speak, we will be heard. Small and rural is the way we will keep it. I am proud of you all for doing what was right for Rindge. The Save Our Town Committee will remain a watchdog for Rindge, assuring this town stays small and rural. We do not need the federal governments help. We are a strong and proud community, and will take care of ourselves. If we can’t afford it on our own, then we really have to ask the hard question, do we really need it? Isn’t that how you run your personal lives?

Larry Cleveland
Save Our Town, Rindge

Speak Out at SCRPC Meeting March 27

The push toward urbanism is in full swing and if not stopped could be the end of our freedom in this country! Citizens of the Strafford region are invited to speak to the agenda items below. Statements shall be limited to 3 minutes.

Strafford Regional Planning Commission
Commissioners Meeting
150 Wakefield Street, Suite 12, Conference Rm. 1A
Rochester, NH 03867
Thursday, March 27, 2014
7-9:00 PM

AGENDA
1. Welcome/Introductions

2. Presentation(s):
Presenter: Kyle Barker, AIA, Barker Architects, Inc.
Topic: Compact Cottage-Style Neighborhoods

Kyle Barker’s presentation will look at the historic and current development patterns and explore the social and economic impacts of those patterns compared to a new compact design. The benefits of denser, smaller-scale development will be addressed utilizing a case study involving underdeveloped lots in Concord, NH

Presenter: Ashley Iber, Executive Director, Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast
Topic: Introduction to Workforce Housing Coalition

Ashlee Iber, Executive Director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, will also be presenting an Introduction to the Workforce Housing Coalition, an organization focused on addressing housing challenges in the region through education and outreach initiatives.

3. Action Item (motion required):
3.1 Draft minutes of September 26, 2013
3.2 Draft minutes of November 21, 2013
3.3 Approval of Vision Statement(s) for Regional Master Plan

4. Other Business

5. Citizen’s Forum – Citizens of the Strafford region are invited to speak only to agenda items. Statements shall be limited to three minutes.

6. Adjournment

Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need including as much detail as you can. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Make your request as early as possible; please allow at least 5 days advance notice. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Please call (603) 994-3500 or email srpc@strafford.org

***In the case of inclement weather, cancellation announcements will be made on: WTSN 1270 AM & WOKQ 97.5 FM

EPA Moves to Control All Water

“Wyoming welder Andrew Johnson had a state permit, so he thought he was building a perfectly legal stock water pond for his livestock where Six Mile Creek runs through his private farm in Uinta County.

But U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcers said Johnson was actually building a dam in violation of the Clean Water Act.

Johnson’s permit from the Wyoming State Engineer’s office to build a “stock reservoir” is dated June 28, 2010, reflecting years of his careful preparations for the pond, including visits by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers agents to see the work, followed by a cordial multi-agency conference call in mid-2013 in which everything seemed fine.

Then, on Jan. 28, without notice and without due process, EPA regional bureaucrat Andrew M. Graydosh issued a compliance order requiring Johnson to return the creek to its original condition in 60 days.”

In NH, control over your water starts with regionalism. Remember in 2005 they tried to take over the private wells of Bedford residents by eminent domain. And they will try to do it again…

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