Public Meeting Roundup: What the City Council, Planning Board and Other Public Boards Were Up To in February

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Brian Early from Media Services and Erin Bassegio from the Planning Department to discuss updates and activities for Dover's public boards, commissions, and committees in February.

Brian Early highlights the City Council's ongoing fiscal year 2025 budget review, including upcoming meetings and workshops. He also mentions the Council's approval of a contract to rebuild the Portland Avenue retaining wall, the acceptance of a $440,000 grant from InvestNH to help increase attainable housing units, the allocation of federal Community Development Block Grant funding to local nonprofits, and the Council's directive for the Solid Waste Advisory Committee to evaluate the city's trash and recycling options.

Erin Bassegio discusses the activities of various land use boards, including the Community Housing Needs Committee's discussion of a housing opportunity planning grant, the Conservation Commission's endorsement of environmental conditional use permits, and the Planning Board's approval of a two-phase project for a new building to house the city's Inspection Services and other offices.

In This Week in Dover History, we learn about Captain John Riley, a prominent Dover sea captain from the 1800s, and his family's legacy in shipbuilding and maritime activities.