posted on: 7/8/2024

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 10, the City Council will consider resolutions for additional work at the city’s waterfront site and building a new office for Inspection Services.

The waterfront resolution would authorize an additional contract work with Northeast Earth Mechanics totaling $571,958. Northeast Earth Mechanics is the firm the City Council awarded the contract to make public improvements to the waterfront site for $19,532,250 last year. The proposed work includes $162,150 to remove blasted ledge and replace it with structural fill on Parcel 1-6, in accordance with the Land Development Agreement. There is also $64,515 to perform additional test pits to ensure there are no more buried manmade obstructions within the footing layouts of the proposed buildings, as per a previous agreement with the developer. The other proposed work includes items related to the dredge cell closure: $338,771 to extend utilities and the roadway to 36 Seaport Way (formerly 1 River St., the private home that once was a jail) and $6,521 to remove fencing and dugouts at Maglaras Park to allow additional storage of soil materials from the waterfront site. This work will be paid through budgeted dredge cell closure funds.

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Waterfront, Inspection Services building on Council’s July 10 agenda

posted on: 7/8/2024

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 10, the City Council will consider resolutions for additional work at the city’s waterfront site and building a new office for Inspection Services.

The waterfront resolution would authorize an additional contract work with Northeast Earth Mechanics totaling $571,958. Northeast Earth Mechanics is the firm the City Council awarded the contract to make public improvements to the waterfront site for $19,532,250 last year. The proposed work includes $162,150 to remove blasted ledge and replace it with structural fill on Parcel 1-6, in accordance with the Land Development Agreement. There is also $64,515 to perform additional test pits to ensure there are no more buried manmade obstructions within the footing layouts of the proposed buildings, as per a previous agreement with the developer. The other proposed work includes items related to the dredge cell closure: $338,771 to extend utilities and the roadway to 36 Seaport Way (formerly 1 River St., the private home that once was a jail) and $6,521 to remove fencing and dugouts at Maglaras Park to allow additional storage of soil materials from the waterfront site. This work will be paid through budgeted dredge cell closure funds.

There are also two resolutions relating to the new Inspection Services building that would be constructed on the grounds of the public works facility at 271 Mast Road. One is for an additional scope of work for the city’s design/build contractor for the new building, Martini Northern, for $101,443. This includes $25,685 to oversee and manage excavation and site work for the building and $75,758 for the estimated eight-week delay in commencing construction due to excavation challenges. The other resolution would authorize awarding the bid for specialty excavation to Northeast Earth Mechanics for $95,000. The city initially planned to complete all excavation and site work in-house for the Inspection Services building; however, after a geotechnical analysis, the city determined the work warranted additional outside expertise.

Also on the agenda: 

  • Resolutions related to the former municipal landfill on Tolend Road, which is now a Superfund site;
  • Authorizing a dog warrant for unlicensed dogs;
  • Accepting a donation of a windscreen for the pickleball courts by Garrison School;
  • Awarding the contract for the hazardous waste collection day set for Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. 

Click here for the complete agenda and materials.

The meeting will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.

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