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NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS

There is no need to go hungry.  We have a Food Pantry stocked with non-perishable goods.  Call Lee Bartlett for an appointment at 736-5507.

Webster Park open 9am to 9pm. Be aware potentially hazardous area shifting sand and debris.  SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK per Epsom Board of Selectmen.  July 2010

EPSOM OLD HOME DAYS August 13, 14 & 15, 2010

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FROM the HEALTH DEPARTMENT

DES Declares Air Quality Action Day

Unhealthy Air Pollution Levels

Concord, NH - The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) is expecting air pollution concentrations to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals in Cheshire, Hillsborough, and Rockingham Counties on Tuesday, July 6.  DES officials are calling for an Air Quality Action Day and advise sensitive individuals in these areas to take precautions to protect their health by limiting prolonged or heavy exertion.  Sensitive individuals include children and older adults, anyone with heart or lung disease such as asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis, and people who are active outdoors.  Even healthy individuals may experience mild health effects and should consider limiting strenuous or prolonged activities. 

DES forecasts unhealthy concentrations of ground-level ozone (the main component of smog) for sensitive individuals in the above-mentioned regions.   In addition, concentrations of fine particle pollution are forecasted to approach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals throughout the state.  The combination of the two pollutants may intensify health effects.  

Unhealthy air quality is anticipated due to the persistence of high temperatures under sunny skies and light winds transporting pollution into New Hampshire from surrounding areas.  Additional advisories will be made if unhealthy air quality is expected to continue later into the week. 

Symptoms of ozone exposure include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness or pain when inhaling deeply, and shortness of breath.  Symptoms of particle pollution exposure for people with heart disease may include chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, and fatigue.  People with existing lung diseases may not be able to breathe as deeply or vigorously as normal and may experience symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.  The severity of the health effects increases as ozone and fine particle concentrations increase.  In addition to harmful health effects, fine particle pollution may create hazy conditions that reduce visibility.  

For further information, contact DES at (603) 271-1370.  For air quality forecasts and current air pollution levels in New Hampshire, call 1-800-935-SMOG, visit the DES website at www.airquality.nh.gov or sign up for personalized email alerts at www.enviroflash.info

Notice from the Epsom Town Band

Come and Enjoy "Old Fashioned Concerts" at Webster Park Fridays 7:30pm July 16th, 23rd and Aug 6th as well as at Old Home Day Aug 14th at 6:30pm

For More Info call 736-9044

The Friends of the Meeting House and the Meeting House Stewardship Committee

Notice from the Board of Selectmen

To the Residents of Epsom:

The Board of Selectmen has decided to write a letter to share some information with you about our decision to move the Town Offices to 940 Suncook Valley Highway beginning June 1^st.

Our Town does not own property currently suitable and ready for occupancy for Town Offices, so for many years we have been spending a lot of money on rent. As you know, attempts have been made to prepare the Meeting House for a possible location, but no funding was appropriated for engineering and architectural work this year, so that project was put away for the time being. In the mean time, our current lease at 27 Black Hall Road will expire on June 1^st, 2010. The BOS discussed new lease options with our current landlord, including keeping the current office space as is, expanding the building to meet our growing needs, and consequently increasing our rent to reflect those expansion costs, or looking at another property. Our rent was going to increase no matter which option we chose.  Since there are not too many available spaces that would work properly as a town office, our choices were limited. The only other option was to move back to the Epsom Shoppes and rent a larger unit there.

Some of the things we considered were:

• Rent

• Utilities

• Space (Facility that would fit the storage and work space required)

• Layout of the space

• Moving costs

• Renovation costs

• Parking

• Security

• Interruption of Business.

Staying at the current location we looked at:

• Rent was going to go up, even if we did not ask the landlord to build an expansion

• Utilities were high because the heating and cooling systems in the current location are not efficient

• We do not have enough space for climate controlled storage of historical files or new paperwork required by the State or Federal Government

• Staff work areas were chopped up and did not allow for efficient work areas

• Parking can be an issue

• Welfare did not have a private entrance

• Interruption of electrical service

• Safety in entering / exiting

• Safety for children playing.

 The arguments for moving to the new property were:

• There is approximately 1000 more square feet of space in the new location

• We have devised our own floor plan

• It is centrally located

• The property owner at the new location is paying for all of the renovations, moving, and wiring, moving the safe, as well as other expenses we incur related to the old location (wall repair, etc.)

• The rent remains the same for the remainder of 2010

• It is a 10-year lease agreement with an opportunity to “break” the lease without penalty after 5-years if we move into a Town owned building

• Utilities are still unknown, and may not increase since we are looking at doing an energy audit to upgrade our lighting.

• The Office Staff is making all the arrangements, including packing.

• Parking and security will both improve at the new location

• We would only have to close the Offices for two days during the move (May 26^th and May 27^th) and will be open in the new location on June 1^st.  The Town Clerk has agreed to open her office one additional day before the move

• Chichester Town Office offered to process registrations on May 26 and May 27 from 8:30am to 2:00pm.

Meeting Notices

Board of Selectmen Agenda