2010 ANNUAL REPORT ENFIELD, NEW ... - Town of Enfield

host municipalities (Lebanon and Newbury) provided the legally
required coverage.
• Created fact sheets, “Put Your Sidewalk and Driveway on a Low-Salt
Diet” which is geared to the homeowner and addresses the problem with
salt, safer alternatives to salt, and how to reduce the need for any deicer,
worksheets are aimed at municipalities.
• The Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
provided a public training session focused on municipal public works
departments. Guest speakers included Ken Daniels, Enfield DPW
Director and NH Public Works Association, Doug Bechtel, Department
of Transportation Public Works and Water Quality.
• The first Transfer Station Attendant informal lunch was held on July 16 th
at the City of Claremont Public Works. Towns reported changes in their
management after learning of positive efforts in other towns.
• The Commission is working collaboratively with other RPCs and
UNH/GRANIT to collect baseline information on broadband access and
availability in New Hampshire. The first phase of data collection
involved a survey of all Community Anchor Institutions (schools,
colleges, libraries, hospitals/health care facilities, public safety entities,
government buildings, and other community support facilities.) This
information, along with coverage maps from the State’s 70-plus Internet
Service Providers, will be used to develop an on-line interactive map of
New Hampshire’s broadband Internet availability. The New Hampshire
work will be merged with that of all United States and its territories, into
a national broadband map, identifying areas that are served, unserved
or underserved by Broadband Internet.
• The Commission successfully received Energy Efficiency Conservation
Block Grant funding to provide technical assistance for municipalities
that includes energy Master Plan chapters, Inventories for
facilities/fleets etc. To determine highest costs to municipalities,
prioritization processes to assist communities in identifying best use of
funds, updating CIPs to include energy efficiency project, conducting
energy policy audits, and general technical assistance and grant
development for projects.
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