GIS Planner Rachael Mack with the Wand of Appreciation  Source: SRPC
Planning

Friday, May 18, marked GIS planner Rachael Mack's last day at SRPC. Rachael started in June 2016 and throughout her time here provided GIS and technical support for a variety of projects. Among Rachael's most notable projects are:
  • Developing GPS trail mapping protocols, a data dictionary, and a geodatabase structure and using them to collect data and publish maps for a handful of community trails.
  • Helping multiple communities update their tax maps.
  • Completing a 2016 update to the standard map set.
  • Preparing sea level rise scenario maps and a soil/septic vulnerability assessment for the Town of Newmarket.
  • Launching SRPC's Map Geo program, which now serves six communities in the Strafford region, most recently the Town of Strafford.
The entire SRPC staff will miss Rachael's sense of humor, her hard work and great attitude, and, of course, her awesome crossword talents. We wish her luck in her new job and her next chapter.

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Transportation

Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization (Strafford MPO) has officially laid the first tube of the 2018 traffic count season. Counts have been conducted in Lee, Rochester, and Milton, with many to go for the remainder of the season.
 
This year NHDOT has requested 114 counts. Staffers will use radar counters and pico counters with pneumatic tubes to collect the requested data. Within the next few weeks, Strafford MPO will hire a data collection intern to assist data collection and analysis assistant Stefanie Casella with this effort.
 
Strafford MPO also received a request for seven counts from the Town of New Durham and will be completing these counts, known as supplementals, in the coming weeks. Communities can still request supplemental counts for the 2018 field work season by contacting Stefanie at scasella@strafford.org or at 603-994-3500.

Economic Development

As the Strafford Economic Development District (EDD) Brownfields program winds down, staffers are hard at work coordinating with EDD's environmental engineering consultant Credere Associates. The program, which ends Sept. 30, has supported 12 assessments at 7 different sites throughout the Strafford region, 2 petroleum sites, and 5 hazardous substance sites.

The latest site to be identified for assessment is the old train roundhouse in Dover, where Salmon Falls Stoneware is now located. Credere Associates will be completing a Phase I assessment using the program's Petroleum funding. This assessment will determine whether any additional testing is necessary. 

Strafford EDD is working to schedule a final meeting of the Brownfield Advisory Committee for Wednesday, June 13 at 10:00 AM. The meeting will take place in Room 305 at the McConnell Center in Dover. 

For more information contact James Burdin, regional economic development planner, at jburdin@strafford.org or 603-994-3500.

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