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City Council Meetings. Oct 22, 2007.

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EXHIBIT #1 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007 Beginning Stages

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Finished Product City No. 715

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Front View

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$$$$$$$$$$$ •750 MCM IS USED FOR UNDERGROUND 3 PHASE ELECTRIC SERVICE •APPROXIMATELY 80 REELS (80,000’) OF 750 MCM UNDERGROUND CABLE WAS INSTALLED LAST FISCAL YEAR •ON AN AVERAGE, THERE IS A WASTE OF APPOX. 100’ OF SCRAP CABLE FOR EVERY ONE (1) REEL INSTALLED •THIS TRAILER WILL ALLOW US TO USE LARGER REELS (longer wire length), RESULTING IN A SAVINGS OF APPROX. $1,172 PER NEW REEL OF CABLE.

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† The Department solicited a price for this type of trailer and received an estimated expense of $51,000. † By coordinating this project with the City’s Maintenance Shop the trailer we have today, built by Mr. Dick Miller, Fabricator, was constructed for approximately $13,600 – saving over $37,000.

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EXHIBIT #2 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007 2007 Results for the City of Dover

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Why do a Citizen Survey? z Priority setting z Project planning z Customer satisfaction feedback z Budgeting z Benchmarking z Measuring progress

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Survey responses to: z Quality of Life z Community Characteristics z Perceptions of Safety z Community Participation z Public Trust z Services Provided z Contact with Employees z Potential Problems z Rates of Growth z Public Services

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Overall Quality of Life in Dover *Statistical difference from 2006- “Good” increased from 49% to 55% “Fair” decreased from 37% to 31%

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Quality of Life Ratings Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor) Excellent Good Fair Poor Score How do you rate Dover as a place to live? 17% 60% 20% 3% 64 How do you rate your neighborhood as a place to live? 15% 47% 31% 8% 59 How do you rate Dover as a place to raise children? 18% 51% 25% 6% 60 How do you rate Dover as a place to work? 9% 44% 33% 13% 49 How do you rate Dover as a place to retire? 26% 43% 22% 9% 59 How do you rate overall quality of life in Dover? 12% 55% 31% 2% 57

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Community Characteristics z Highest rated characteristics were educational opportunities, reputation, overall appearance, shopping opportunities, and quality of new development. z Three concerns rated by the highest proportion of respondents as a “major problem” were drugs, too much growth and unsupervised youth in that order. z The rate of population growth was viewed as “too fast” by 69%↓ percent of respondents, while one percent thought it was “too slow”.

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Characteristics of the Community: General Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Characteristics of the Community: Opportunities Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Characteristics of the Community: General and Opportunities Excellent Good Fair Poor Score Sense of community 8%↑ 49% 34%↓ 9% ↓ 52↑ Openness and acceptance of the community 8%↑ 45% 36% 10%↓ 51↑ towards people of diverse backgrounds Overall appearance of Dover 15%↑ 54% 27% 3% 61↑ Opportunities to attend cultural activities 10%↑ 41%↓ 33% 16%↑ 48↓ Shopping opportunities 16%↑ 44%↓ 26%↓ 14% 54↑ Recreational opportunities 5%↓ 35%↑ 38%↑ 22%↓ 41= Job opportunities 3% 28%↑ 43% 26%↓ 36= In bold = significant change; increase or decrease greater than 5% Arrows indicate increase/decrease in smaller increments

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Potential Problems Percent of respondents rating as “Major problem”

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Rates of Growth Population Growth

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Rates of Growth Job Growth

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Feelings of Safety Percent of respondents feeling “Very” or “Somewhat” safe Percentages of people feeling “very” or “somewhat” safe

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Safety in Various Areas Percent of respondents feeling “Very” or “Somewhat” safe

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Community Participation Participation in Parks and Library Percent of respondents engaging in various activity once or more in the past year *Statistically significant change from 2006

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Community Participation Communications Percent of respondents engaging in various activity once or more in the past year

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Community Participation Internet Use Percent of respondents engaging in various activity once or more in the past year

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Public Trust Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Strongly agree, 0=Strongly disagree)

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Contact with City Employees Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Quality of Utility Service

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Quality of Transportation Services Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Quality of Leisure Services Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Quality of Planning and Code Enforcement Services Average rating on the 100-point scale (100=Excellent, 0=Poor)

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Overall Quality of Service Provided by Dover

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Dover Police Department Policy Question #2 How would you rate the overall attitude/performance of the Dover Police Department’s employee? Excellent 42% Good 28% Fair 21% Poor 9% Total 100% (Policy Question #1 Did you or any member of household observe an officer in official duty? 47% = NO 53%= YES)

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Dover Police Department Policy Question 3 In what area do you feel the Dover Police Department should make improvements? None, doing a great job 15% More patrols in neighborhood 49% More traffic enforcement 8% More training for officers 9% Don’t know 19% Total 100%

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How is it reported? Report #2 – Normative Comparison { Compares Dover’s scores to other jurisdictions that had the same questions { Gives rank and percentile { Reported as “above”, “below”, or “similar to” the norm { Jurisdictions are not randomly selected

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Normative Comparisons z Includes surveys conducted in over 500 jurisdictions z Responses to thousands of survey questions dealing with resident perceptions about the quality of community and services provided by local government. z Jurisdictions represent a wide geographic and population range. PERCENT OF JURISDICTION CHARACTERISTIC JURISDICTIONS West Coast 16% West 21% North Central West 12% North Central East 12% South Central 9% South 25% Northeast West 3% Northeast East 2% POPULATION less than 40,000 38% 40,000 to 74,999 21% 75,000 to 149,000 17% 150,000 or more 24%

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Normative Comparisons Why have the number of questions varied over the years? Comparisons will be included when at least 5 other jurisdictions, have asked the same or similar question.

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Above the Norm . . . z “I receive good value for z Ease of car travel the City of Dover taxes I pay.” z Services provided by the Federal z Dover as a place to retire Government z Overall appearance z Services provided by the State Government z Shopping opportunities z Street repair z Street cleaning z Street lighting

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Below the Norm . . . Community z Dover as a place to live z Recreational opportunities z Dover as a place to raise z Overall image and children reputation z Overall quality of life in z Ease of bus travel Dover z Ease of bicycle travel z Sense of community z Ease of walking z Openness and acceptance z Amount of public parking z Services to the youth z Snow removal

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Below the Norm . . . City Services Crime and Safety z Snow removal z Violent crime z Amount of public parking z Property crimes z City parks z Feel safe in neighborhood after dark z Recreation programs or classes z Safety downtown – day/night z Recreation centers/facilities z Safety in parks – day/night z Appearance/maintenance of parks z Crime prevention z Recycling z Drinking water z Services to youth

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Any questions?

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Thank You

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EXHIBIT #3 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007 Dover’s Source Water Protection Overlay Zone City Council EXHIBIT #3 October 22, 2007 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007

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What Is Source Water Protection? z Protection of drinking water supply – Quality and quantity – Recharge of ground-water supply – Protection of wellhead areas

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Why Is This Important to Dover? z Dover is a large water supplier z Ground water is the sole source of Dover’s water z Resource management issue

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What Is Our Responsibility? z Source Water Protection Act of 2001 z Dover must adopt maps which delineate: – Wellhead Protection Areas – Excellent Recharge Areas z Dover must adopt ordinances which regulate land use in these areas.

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Important Details z Dover has wellhead areas that it must manage and protect. z Dover sits overtop underground aquifers that supply drinking water regionally and provide base flows for various surface waters.

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Two Components z Protect the immediate areas surrounding wells z Protect the ability of the various aquifers to recharge

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So…Where are the wells?

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A Brief on Well Types Source: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/23figures/Fig2.jpg

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Regulating Wellhead Areas z Differentiate between wells in the ‘confined’ and ‘unconfined’ aquifers z Create protective land use policies z Preserve open space z Encourage natural stormwater runoff and redirect impervious cover runoff

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How does the Aquifer recharge?

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Recharge Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/5-484/fig2-1.gif

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Regulating Recharge Areas z Create protective land use policies z Limit impervious cover via the 20/50 best management practice z Implement 15% impervious cover reduction rule for redevelopment z Allow for and encourage ‘green design’

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The Process z Staff researched and consulted experts – Draft ordinance z August 9 - Public Workshop – Notified all affected property owners – Revised ordinance z October 9 – Park, Recreation & Community Enhancement Committee z October 15 – Public Hearing before Planning Commission – Notified all affected property owners z December 31 – Deadline for Adoption of the Ordinance

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Path Forward….

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EXHIBIT #4 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007

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EXHIBIT #5 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007 Tax Appeal October 15,2007 Tax Stipulations Tax Original Original Stipulation Stipulation Value Difference Motion Approved Appeal # Name Parcel # Value $ Tax $ Value $ Tax $ Difference $ $ appr/den yes or no 2007-012 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-01.00 4,016,400.00 13,254.12 1,200,000.00 3,960.00 3,896,400.00 9,294.12 approved yes 2007-013 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-03.00 2,751,800.00 9,080.94 800,000.00 2,640.00 1,951,800.00 6,440.94 approved yes 2007-014 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-04.00 1,808,300.00 5,967.39 750,000.00 2,475.00 1,058,300.00 3,492.39 approved yes 2007-015 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-05.00 1,748,100.00 5,768.73 750,000.00 2,475.00 998,100.00 3,293.73 approved yes 2007-016 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-06.00 3,282,700.00 10,832.91 750,000.00 2,475.00 2,532,700.00 8,357.91 approved yes 2007-017 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-07.00 1,716,700.00 5,665.11 750,000.00 2,475.00 966,700.00 3,190.11 approved yes 2007-018 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-08.00 1,729,200.00 5,706.36 750,000.00 2,475.00 979,200.00 3,231.36 approved yes 2007-019 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-09.00 2,171,800.00 7,166.94 750,000.00 2,475.00 1,421,800.00 4,691.94 approved yes 2007-020 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-10.00 2,021,600.00 6,671.28 750,000.00 2,475.00 1,271,600.00 4,196.28 approved yes 2007-021 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-11.00 2,314,300.00 7,637.19 750,000.00 2,475.00 1,564,300.00 5,162.19 approved yes 2007-022 Stover Professional Park ED05-077.00-03-12.00 2,157,500.00 7,119.75 750,000.00 2,475.00 1,407,500.00 4,644.75 approved yes 2007-010 Beiser Group ED05-076.11-01-03.04 464,800.00 1,533.84 300,000.00 990.00 164,800.00 543.84 approved yes 2007-011 Beiser Group ED05-076.11-01-03.05 651,200.00 2,148.96 500,000.00 1,650.00 151,200.00 498.96 approved yes 2007-09 Beiser Group ED05-076.11-01-03.06 632,000.00 2,085.60 400,000.00 1,320.00 232,000.00 765.60 approved yes 2007-023 Everett, Franklin ED05-067.19-04-50.00 1,072,000.00 3,537.60 650,000.00 2,145.00 422,000.00 1,392.60 approved yes 2007-024 West Dover Professional Park ED05-076.15-01-03.08 1,920,000.00 6,336.00 1,420,000.00 4,686.00 500,000.00 1,650.00 approved yes Administrative First Development Group 2007-025 LLC/Clearview Meadows ED05-077.07-01-010 10,512,200.00 34,690.26 8,403,400.00 27,731.22 2,108,800.00 6,959.04 approved yes EXHIBIT #5 2007-026 M&L Ventures ED05-077.00-01-28.04 1,500,000.00 4,950.00 100,000.00 * 1,400,000.00 4,950.00 approved yes * per §102-31 not subject to taxation. Based on Chapter 102 Article II §102-31 (City of Dover Ordinance) . Total Tax Abatement $72,755.76 Regular Council Meeting of 10/22/2007 **Correction to information, subsequent to Committee on Tax Appeals Meeting. Upon further review, value was added to Report to reflect Farm value and applicable City Ordinance Chapter 102 Article II § 102-31 9

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