PORTSMOUTH – The efforts by a city committee to submit a successful redevelopment plan to federal officials for the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building property are facing a series of roadblocks.
First, Michael Kane, a principal in the city s development partner Redgate/Kane, bluntly told McIntyre Subcommittee members late last week the developers didn’t want to meet with federal officials about the redevelopment plan for the property, which was devised by city consultants following a lengthy public input process.
“We’re really not part of this design and so I don’t think we have an interest in being part of that conversation with NPS with regard to this design,” Kane said during a Zoom meeting of the McIntyre Subcommittee late Friday afternoon.
PORTSMOUTH After a passionate plea from high school students to make a change, the City Council narrowly voted Monday to reject permanently placing Indigenous Peoples Day on the city calendar alongside Columbus Day.
Councilor Cliff Lazenby made a motion for the city to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day “instead of what has been typically designated by the state of New Hampshire as Columbus Day.
Councilor Petra Huda moved to amend the motion to give residents the choice to recognize either Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day “until such time as the state and federal laws recognize the need for change or elimination of the current name.” That was later amended to permanently recognize both holidays alongside each other. It failed in a 5-4 vote.
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PORTSMOUTH – The City Council on Monday voted unanimously to give struggling restaurants a small ounce of predictability by guaranteeing the return of outdoor dining on March 1, 2021 weather-permitting.
Councilors also voted to turn the Citizen Response Task Force into a formal city Blue Ribbon Committee – a conversation that began with much pushback by some councilors but ultimately ended in compromise. Per the final vote, the task force membership will remain the same, but a city councilor will join as a non-voting member, ultimately reporting back to the City Council on the committee s work.
The Health Subcommittee of the Citizen Response Task Force was also made a Blue Ribbon Committee to work hand-in-hand with the city Health Department.