Hudson - Litchfield News
April 23, 2010 - 3
Selectmen Consult with Library Trustees on the Sale of 47 Ferry Street Property
by Doug Robinson
Since placing the 47 Ferry Street property on the market, the Town of Hudson has received only two bids for its purchase. Both bids, one for $7,000 and the second for $10,000, were not accepted by the Town. The house is listed for sale at $179,000. In 2009, Hudson
voters passed a warrant article approving the sale of both 47 and 49 Ferry Street for the
property. “It would make sense that whatever we need to put into the house to make it sellable would not come out of our regular budget or the town budget,” continued Owen. “It would have to come out of the profit. It certainly makes sense to us. We are anxious to sell.” Upon further discussion by Selectman Roger Coutu, “I want to make sure we are all on the same page. I know what I just heard, but it’s clear that whatever remediation needs to be done…you are saying no now?”
47 Ferry St. property remains on the market
purpose of using the funds to support the building and/or ongoing budgetary needs of a new library. While 49 Ferry Street has sold, 47 Ferry Street remains unsold.
“I am concerned with the sale and with the condition of the building, and who should share the cost of expense to repair the building,” Selectman Massey told the Hudson Library Trustees. Presently, 47 Ferry Street would not be eligible to be mortgaged, as this land contains asbestos. In addition, the building has a hole in the roof that has been leaking for months. The Town of Hudson has two estimates for the
cost of asbestos removal, ranging in prices from $20,000 to $60,000. According to Library Trustee Chairman Connie Owen, “I did a little homework, as I was curious of the sale of 49 Ferry Street, as 49 Ferry Street had a similar problem.” In researching the Hillsboro County of Deeds Registry, Owen learned that Philip Rogers handled the situation at 49 Ferry Street. He applied to the Department of Environmental Services and received a letter of clearance determination to the use and activity of the property based on the coverage he was going to put on it. As a result, he was able to sell the
Prindle Nominated for Francis Wayland Parker Scholarship Competition
by Doug Robinson
submitted by Campbell High School
Ashley Prindle, one of Campbell High
School’s (CHS) outstanding seniors, has been selected to be this month’s nominee for the Francis Wayland Parker scholarship competition. Prior to April 20, Ashley composed an essay and filled out the nomination form for this competition. Then, on or before April 20, CHS submitted her essay and nomination form to the New Hampshire Association of Secondary School Principals (NHASSP) for consideration. The NHASSP panel of judges reviews all of the materials submitted from applicants throughout the state and then decides on the finalist. If she is selected as the winner for the month of April, she then is extended an invitation to the NHASSP banquet in May, where a scholarship finalist for the school year of 2009-2010 is selected from all the monthly
winners, and a scholarship award of $2,000 is given to that person at the banquet. Congratulations to Ashley for all of her hard
work! Hudson and the NH Department of
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Showstoppers Plan 40th Reunion
submitted by Rosita Lee LaTulippe
The Showstoppers Accordion Orchestra, under the direction of Roger and Rosita Lee LaTulippe of Hudson, are preparing for a 40th reunion on June 13 to be held at the Alpine Grove Banquet Hall in Hollis from noon to 5 p.m. The afternoon’s events
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will include a social hour, a family-style dinner, a show by the Showstoppers Orchestra and Dancers of the Rosita Lee Music and Dancers and will conclude with a slideshow of the past 40 years. Tickets are available by calling the Music Center at 882-8940. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Transportation (NHDOT) have entered into an agreement that allows the NHDOT to conduct a one-foot pixel resolution orthoimagery project for the entire state. The NHDOT offered communities an opportunity to buy up to six-inch pixel resolution, which matches the same pixel resolution as the last town-wide imagery project that was completed in 2005. The cost of the project is $8,663, and the Hudson Board of Selectmen approved the expenditure to come from the Assessing Department’s Tax Map Updating Account. The coverage areas for the high-resolution digital filming will include town boundaries, as well as 39.09 square miles of Hudson. The aerial photography will be conducted during the spring. Since the last aerial photography of Hudson conducted in 2005, the Department knows of numerous real estate developments, and over 350 actual new homes/properties
Owen expressed concern over the wide range of estimated asbestos removal costs, as the estimates ranged $45,000 between the lowest and the highest bidder. Chairman Ken Massey stated that the basic cost for the removal of asbestos is $12,000 plus $975 per day for the onsite supervision. According to Chairman Massey, the total cost would come in at or below the $20,000. Selectman Coutu stated, “Apparently, we are not getting each other…I thought we were all on the same page...We are not on the same page.” Library Trustee Bernie Manor stated, “I looked at the estimate from the engineer. Your figure is probably the least number that will show up. The fill is not in the cost. The fill will be coming from the town, as well as the trucking. Their costs are only for the oversight, plans, and specs. There are other costs involved.”
Owen continued to state that they expect not to
have this come out of the town budget; however, he certainly could not say that they would accept something that is not a reasonable cost to mitigate
that. He stated that he would like to be informed what the cost is, and that he would like to see that all prior options would be pursued before going to that.
In an effort to move the discussion along, Selectman Shawn Jasper stated that the problem they are having is that this is not their problem. “If you want to take charge of this, knock yourself out. And we’ll just back off. When you get everything done, we will put it back on the market. Otherwise, you need to trust us to do what is in the best interest of the town to get the job done. I don’t think this Board is interested in going back and forth, negotiating and having the Trustees overview what we have done. You guys want to put your money up front, go ahead. Otherwise, we will put our money up, get it fixed, and put it back on the tax rolls. If that is not acceptable, then it is your baby—we walk away. That is where we are at,” he stated. ” Chairman Massey and Selectman Coutu agreed with Selectman Jasper with regard to the Board getting “in the middle of negotiations” with the Library Trustees.
At the suggestion of Selectman Maddox, the
Library Trustees were requested to review the Board of Selectmen’s position with regards to making the necessary corrections to 47 Ferry Street, and then come back to the Board by the April 27 meeting with their decision. “We don’t need to be stuck in the middle. The property needs to be sold. We want to get it back on the tax rolls.”
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