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SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

MAY 12, 2020

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PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN LOVERING
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN THOMAS LOPEZ

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATION

From: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Calling a Special Board of Aldermen Meeting on May 12, 2020

UPDATE

Performing Arts Center Steering Committee

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street Lori Wilshire
Nashua, NH 03061-2019 President, Board of Aldermen

(603) 589-3030

May 7, 2020

Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk
City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Lovering:
Please be advised | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen for Tuesday,

May 12, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. via Webex relative to an update on the Performing Arts Center Steering
Committee.

Thank you.

whe W: * | e,
Lori Wilshire
President

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Steven A. Bolton, Corporation Counsel
John Griffin, CFO
David Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector

From: revnewhall@aol.com [mailto:revnewhall@aol.com]

Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 3:49 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Public Comment on School Street Flats, Please attach to minutes

CAUTION: This email came from outside of the organization. Do not click links/open
attachments if source is unknown.

Dear Nashua Board of Alderman,
| am writing in regard to the proposed School Street Flats.

| Know that we are living in a time of a shortage of needed housing in Nashua (and even
around the country). But I think we have an even greater crisis before us ~ of a lack of
affordable housing.

Right now 1/4 of our community cannot afford (using only 30% of their household
income) to live in Nashua.

My hope and dream is that we can work together to create a community in which every
person who already lives and works in Nashua is able to find a home to rent using only
30% of their household income. That should obviously include our starting teachers,
police officers, and fire fighters.

Granted that while we need more housing in general, it seems clear to me (and to a
group of clergy with whom | have been doing this research) that without strong action by
our city, there will never be enough affordable housing in Nashua.

A major issue in the development of new housing in Nashua is the lack of develop-able
land. | would hope fhat the city would NEVER sell any of its land for development
without making sure that at least a portion of the new units were guaranteed to be
rented at an affordable level.

How is it that we might sell a portion of our land to a developer for just $900,000 without
requiring that at least one fourth of the units be rented at $880 or less? *

Please consider carefully how you use and dispose of our city property. Please do not
build expensive buildings for out of state folk to move into rather than housing for our
own families and neighbors.

Sincerely,
Rev. Sarah (Sally) Newhall

33 Digital Dr. Unit 308
Nashua NH 03062

“The Median household income in Nashua in 2017 (per NHES) was $70,316. One half
of that is $35,150. So for the half of the city living on half of the median income to use
only 30% of their income on housing - their monthly rent needs to be $880 or less.

R-20-036

RESOLUTION

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $2,092,948 FROM
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND
ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT (“CARES ACT”) TO COVER ELIGIBLE COVID-19
RELATED EXPENSES

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the City of Nashua is
authorized to accept and appropriate $2,092,948 from the State of New Hampshire, Coronavirus
Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES ACT”) into Grant Activity “Governor’s Office
for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR) Funds” for the purpose of covering eligible
COVID-19 related expenses incurred from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020. No local match is
required. The Mayor is authorized to enter into any grant agreement or other documents
necessary to further the purposes hereof.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020
RESOLUTION: R-20-036

PURPOSE: Relative to the acceptance and appropriation of $2,092,948
from the State of New Hampshire, Coronavirus Aid, Relief
and Economic Security Act (“CARES ACT”) to cover eligible
COVID-19 related expenses

SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE: Fiscal impact is a $2,092,948 erant to be used for a specific

purpose. No local match is required

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the City of Nashua to accept and appropriate $2,092,948 from the
State of New Hampshire, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES ACT”)
for the purpose of covering eligible COVID-19 related expenses incurred from March 1, 2020
through August 31, 2020. The CARES Act provides that payments from the Fund may only be
used to cover costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency
with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), were not accounted for in the City’s
FY2020 adopted budget or the proposed FY2021 budget, and are not reimbursable through other
federal sources, including FEMA.

Approved as to Financial Services Division
account number

and/or structure, and

amount: By: /s/ John Griffin

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

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R-20-037

RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
THE SQUHEGAN VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COLLABORATIVE FOR TRANSIT
SERVICES

CITY OF NASHUA

in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

RESOLVED by the Board of Alderman of the City of Nashua that the City is authorized
to enter into the contract substantially in the attached form with the Souhegan Valley

Transportation Collaborative for transit services for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30,
2021,

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020

RESOLUTION: R-20-037

PURPOSE: Authorizing the City of Nashua to enter into a contract with
the Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative for transit
services.

SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE: This revenue contract provides local matching funds to the transit

operating grant.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the City of Nashua to enter into a contract with the Souhegan Valley
Transportation Collaborative for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

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By: wad

Date: 05/05/2020

SERVICE AGREEMENT

This Agreement between The City of Nashua, a New Hampshire municipal corporation, 229
Main Street, Nashua, NH 03061 ("CITY"), the Souhegan Valley Transportation
Collaborative, a New Hampshire nonprofit corporation, P.O. Box 753, Hollis, NH 03049
("SVTC") and Nashua Regional Planning Commission, a Regional Planning Commission
pursuant to RSA 36:45-53, as fiscal agent for SVTC, 30 Temple Street, Suite 310, Nashua NH
03030 (“NRPC”).

WHEREAS: CITY operates the Nashua Transit System ("NTS") and has excess capacity to
provide Paratransit Services as described herein; and

WHEREAS: SVTC provides wheelchair accessible rides to non-emergency medical
appointments and to fulfill fundamental needs such as grocery shopping and essential personal
appointments to persons in need residing in any of the communities participating in the funding
of SVTC.

WHEREAS: CITY has been authorized by its Board of Aldermen and SVTC and NRPC have
been authorized by their respective Board of Directors to enter into this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED by and between the parties, as follows:
DEFINITIONS SECTION

“Paratransit Service” includes NTS vehicles, drivers, monthly service reporting, other reporting
as described in this Agreement and call center operations. Paratransit Service also includes
NTS transportation to and from, but is not limited to, the following for Qualified Riders:

o Healthcare appointments including but not limited to doctor visits, outpatient
services, counseling, laboratory visits, pharmacies and dialysis

o Social service appointments including SHARE, DHHS and SSA

o Municipal offices including Town Halls and local libraries in the participating
towns

o Local community dining locations in participating towns sponsored by St Joseph
Community Services

o Local senior activity locations including the Milford Area, Hollis and Brookline
Seniors, the Parkhurst Place Community Room, and the Nashua Senior Activity
Center and Nashua YMCA

o Rides are available for shopping as scheduling and space allow throughout the
SVTC communities and Nashua.

o Local Courts in any of the participating towns or Nashua

o Rides to most destinations in the Six Towns and Nashua will be accepied. Rides
to these other destinations and for shopping in Nashua and the Six Towns may
or may not be available on any given day due to availability in the daily schedule

o SVTC may submit written requests for modifications to scheduled service days or
destinations with 21 days’ notice to NTS operations

“Holidays” shall mean: Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New
Year’s Day and Memorial Day.

“Participating Towns” shall mean Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Milford, Mont Vernon, and Wilton,
New Hampshire.

“Qualified Rider” shall mean any person residing in a Participating Town who has submitted an
application and been approved for paratransit services. Individuals permanently residing in long-
term care facilities (i.e. nursing homes) are, however, excluded from being a “Qualified Rider.”
Individuals admitted to rehabilitation centers in Participating Towns for short-term rehab and
who have previously used the Paratransit Service may continue to do so provided all other
transportation funding sources have been exhausted.

SECTION 1: SERVICES AND SERVICE AREA

1.1 CITY shall provide, through NTS, Paratransit Services for Qualified Riders subject to this
Agreement and the NTS terms and conditions of ridership within and to the boundaries of
Nashua, Amherst, Brookline, Hollis, Milford, Mont Vernon, and Wilton, New Hampshire.

1.2 CITY shail provide, through NTS, and SVTC shail purchase at the rate set forth in
Section 3.1 thirteen (13) hours per day of scheduled Paratransit Service Monday through
Friday, excluding Holidays and the day after Thanksgiving, for a monthly total of schedule
service hours equal to the number of service days in the month multiplied by 13 contracted
hours of service (# of service days X 13 hours = total monthly contracted service hours). To
provide additional flexibility, SVTC will begin the contract at 13 hours of service per day, and
when NTS and SVTC determine that demand warrants a reduction of hours (as service hours
are reduced), then service will be billed at 12 hours per day. This determination must happen by
the 20th day of the month, to be effective on the 1° of the following month. Likewise service can
change from 12 back to 13 hours per day in the same manner. The intent is not to make this
change on a monthly basis, but rather to be sensitive to changing demands placed on SVTC
service.

o On occasion, relative to the day before or the day after a holiday, hours may be
redistributed but will not exceed the above stated language in Section 1.2. All changes
by SVTC in regards to holiday service must be transmitted in writing by SVTC to NTS at
least 8 weeks prior to select holidays or change in service.

o With the exception of the above bullet, at no time shall the monthly allotment of
contracted service hours be exceeded without just compensation to NTS.

o If the monthly allotment of schedule service hours are found to be in excess of monthly
contracted service hours, NTS will bill SVTC for each hour of overage at the rate set
forth in Section 3.1.

o CITY shall provide, through NTS, SVTC notice via phone or email on a monthly basis
when 80% of the total contract hours has been exceeded.

1.3 The hours of operation for service shall be Monday through Friday 8AM — 6PM including
travel time to/from the Nashua garage, excluding Holidays.

1.4 Any expansion or diminishment of Paratransit Services will require written agreement
from both CITY and SVTC, and may require changes to the amount of service hours purchased
and/or the hourly rate or both.

1.5 Applications.

Applications for Paratransit Services will include, as a separate page, a copy of the agreed upon
No Show and Cancellation Policy. Applications received by SVTC will be emailed or otherwise
delivered in hardcopy to a designated person at NTS. Applications received by NTS will be