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Graham, Donna

From: Laurie Ortolano [mailto:laurieortolano@email.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 8:17 AM

To: wilshirel <wilshirei@nashuanh.gov>

Subject: FYi

Misapplied Mason Rules are used against the public
Aldermen Jette,

I have become increasingly concerned about how public input is handled during this pandemic. I have not heard
any elected officials speak about reopening City Hall to the public and have no idea how long we are going to
be without a voice in a public meeting.

I feel I am being targeted by members of the Board and the City to prevent my input from becoming part of the
record. Lori Wilshire and Rick Dowd have been have been using the Mason Rule of Legislative Procedure to
bully the public and members of the board to prevent our voices from being heard.

Alderwoman Wilshire is making exceptions to the rules to enter committee and city manager emails into the
record without placement on the agenda, but will not suspend the rules to allow public emails to be placed on
the record. What is more disturbing is that the public can never participate in an item to be acted upon because,
by the time the agenda is posted publicly, we have missed our opportunity to get on it. It has already been more
than two months since the public comments have been stifled. This could go on for another 2 to 4 months.

I would like you to ask that all public communications be accepted and placed on the record at the earliest
possible meeting by applying the Mason Rules to suspend the rules.

I would like our emails to at least be read into the record, but would rather you request the City provide an
access line for public comment. The Mayor is holding press conferences with access for the press to ask
questions. Why does the public not have this ability?

I was looking over the minutes record from the April 20, 2020 Budget Review meeting where you spoke up
about my communication to the Budget Review Committee. I believe Rick Dowd was out of order and
misrepresented the Mason rules when he did not allow your motion to be acted upon and instead told you that
the Board would have to vote on it to place it on the agenda.

Your motion should have been accepted by all budget committee members. Your motion did not require a
second and a motion did not have to be made to place my letter on the agenda. Lori Wilshire, in the BOA
meetings, is suspending the rules and accepting communication. No second required, no motion to change the
agenda required.

Lori Wilshire and Rick Dowd’s targeting of people they don’t like or agree with does not make them great
leaders and the City a better place.

I am tired of the poppycock that is being doled out by certain members of the Board against the public. Please
help bring our voices back into the public forum. Below is a transcript from the Budget review Meeting.

Alderman Jette

Mr. Chairman?

Chairman Dowd
Yes?

Alderman Jette
Alderman Jette here. So two things, number one —I received I think correspondence, I think it was addressed to
all of us today from Lori Ortolano, and I would move that that be accepted and placed on file.

Chairman Dowd

I told Donna Graham to accept it and place it on file for the Board of Aldermen Meeting next Tuesday. It came
in too late to be on the Agenda. We would have to vote to place it on the Agenda today, but it will be on the
Agenda of the Full Board of Aldermen next Tuesday.

Alderman Jette
OK fine, and secondly, ...

This emails is being shared with other Board members individually.

Graham, Donna

From: noreply@civicplus.com

Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 10:16 AM

To: Legislative Office

Subject: Online Form Submittal: Contact Board of Alderman

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Contact Board of Alderman

First Name Jim

Last Name Tullis

Address 19 Natick St

City Nashua

State New Hampshire

ZipCode 03063

PhoneNumber —=—=—=—«038832528

Email Address jtullis@comcast.net

Comments | would just like to have someone look at all the outside

renovations of the Arts Center that seem to change constantly
This building will take away the character of ihe downtown,
nothing on Main St. comes close to looking like this. Why do
they have to continue to change the outside so looks out of
place? Also since this building is for Art it shouid be the inside
of the building that should change saving on a lot of wasted
money. | just think the costs are geiting out of hand and the
money ihe city is putting into this could be better served at this
time for the extreme virus we are going through. Thank You

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May 19, 2020

Honorable Lori Wilshire
President
Nashua Board of Aldermen

bear Madam President,

fam pleased to inform you and the Aldermen, that the Board of
Fire Commissioners have on this date, unanimously approved the CBA
document recently ratified by the members of LAFF Lecal 789.

With this action, we hereby forward the CBA document to the
Board of Aldermen for consideration of Approval and adoption.

Donald €. Davidson, Chair
Board of Fire Commissioners
City of Nashua, NH

eqidon @oamil.com

kein

603 345 2539

Graham, Donna

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From: snewmannh@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:28 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: re: Facial Masks Ordinance

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To Nashua Board of Aldermen/Women Ref: Ordinance 20-018 Facial Masks

From: Sue Newman - 25 Charlotte Ave., Ward 2 -- State Rep. Ward 2

lam totally in support of requiring the wearing of facial masks in Nashua, when inside a
building such as a grocery store, etc. Although grocery stores have marks on the floor,
directional arrows, etc. signage, etc. for social distancing,and post the CDC recommendation for
wearing face masks, there seems to be a small minority of people that simply refuse to wear
masks.

I'll explain my personal experience last evening (May 20th), at Market Basket at Sommerset Plaza. |
got to the store after 5 p.m., | had my mask, there was no line waiting, and | did look at the sign
posted on the entrance docr: "All customers entering these premises SHOULD WEAR A
FACIAL COVERING over their mouth and NOSE in Accordance with CDC GUIDANCE. Thank
you for your Compliance. PLEASE PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING SIX FEET APART "

The majority of shoppers Inside the store were wearing masks, but | saw at least 4 people

shopping, who weren't. While | was walking across the back of the store ( from the Deli/Meat Dept.
along the back aisle toward the Produce section) -- | saw one of the unmasked couples - coming
in the opposite direction on the parallel aisle (they were coming from Produce area towards
Meat/Deli) -- and we were approximately 20 feet apart -- when the woman sneezed.

| did not observe the sneeze, as | was glancing at things on my left -- but | stopped, and looked over
at them. NO mask, aloud sneeze and | have NO idea whether she used her ‘arm to sneeze into - or
not" - but she did say "Sorry".as they proceeded along the aisle.

In this time of Covid19 pandemic awareness and knowledge of how easily the virus can be
spread, hearing a loud SNEEZE ina store, by an unmasked person, is.... memorable. With
A/C weather approaching, | have concerns that air flow systems also might 'expedite' the virus'
spread in enclosed areas.

| told the store manager what happened (he wears a mask) as! was leaving the store. He said that
in Massachusetts, the shoppers have to wear masks. Most people here do wear masks, but a
few just seem to refuse to -- and that seems so wrong, for the rest of us.

Grocery stores have gone to great efforts to sanitize shopping carts, mark off distancing, put
directional arrows on the floors, protect the cashiers with plastic, etc. - and yet we have NO
enforceable requirement for patrons to wear a mask while inside the store -- seems crazy!

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KREREE kik RRRERE

Covid transmission from a sneeze:

: A single s sneeze releases about 30,000 droplets, with droplets traveling at up
ogy four. Most droplets are small and travel great distances (easily across a

room).

If a person is infected, the droplets in a single cough or sneeze may contain as many as
260,000,000 (two hundred million) virus particles which can all be dispersed into the
environment around them.

Ref: www.goviech.com Eric Holdeman May 12, 2020

| sincerely hope that you support this Ordinance.

Sue Newman
880-8973
557-3846

THE CITY OF NASHUA “the Gate City’

Administrative Services Division

Date: April 24, 2020
To: Members of the Board of Aldermen Budget Review Committee

cc: Donna Graham, Legislative Manager
Jim Donchess, Mayor
Dr. Jahmal Mosley, Superintendent of Schools

From: Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director

Re: Administrative Services Division/ Nashua School District - Response to Budget Review
Questions - Grant Writer

Pamela Davies joined the City of Nashua in mid-December of 2019. Ms. Davies’ primary
focus, in addition to finding and applying for grants as they became available, has been to learn
as much as possible about the city and the school district and their needs so that she can be
increasingly effective in identifying funding opportunities as time goes on. Ms. Davies has
collaborated with many city departments and we look forward to her contributions in FY21.

Grants applied for to date FY20:
School District:

NH Charitable Foundation David M. Brooks music grant - pending, $46,800.

NoVo Foundation SEL in Action Grant (submitting next week - would cover staff training, in
classroom materials for K-6) - not yet announced, $25,000 per year/ 2 year

Snapdragon Book Foundation library grant - not awarded

City:

LEED for Cities (covers LEED certification costs) - received, value of service estimated at
$24,900.

Census Minigrant (covers census promotion costs) - received, $1,500.

Rock On Foundation (would cover basketball camp at Arlington St. Community Center) - not
yet announced, $2,900.

FTA AIM Challenge grant (Transit) - not yet announced, $773,613 ($34,902 in City Match).
AARP Community Challenge grant (would cover digital kiosks at Transit center, plus bus route
signage) -not yet announced, $29,858

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Graham, Donna

From: Dave Winchester <david.a.winchester@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 10:08 AM

To: Graham, Donna

Subject: Fwd: Proposal for mandatory face masks

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Hello Donna,
Thanks for your prompt reply. Here’s my email as requested.

Best,
Dave

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From: Dave Winchester <david.a,.winchester(@zmail,cam>
Date: May 14, 2020 at 10:13:04 AM EDT

To: jetteE@nashuanh. gov
Ce: Ren Winchester <Renwinchester@gmail.com>

Subject: Proposal for mandatory face masks

Mr. Jette,
I’m a resident in Ward 5, my address is 42 Whitford Road in Nashua.

I read an article from the Union Leader discussing the idea of mandatory face mask in Nashua
that may go to the Alderman board for a vote.

https://www.unionlead er,com/news/health/coronavirus/face-mask-mandate-for-stores-
restaurants-floated-by-nashua-health-officials/article 3293e88 1-fa35-5383-8350-
b9b01 bbffP?b2. html

I have a few concerns against such an ordinance, one philosophical and the other two practical
based on my observations.

1) Mandating a face mask covering, which is a suggestion from the CDC, seems to
underestimate our ability as adults to make decisions in our own best interest. Though it’s a
common sense recommendation, the experts are divided on whether a mask actually prevents
transmission. I think for this reason it should remain a recommendation and not become and
ordinance which in my opinion should be evidence-based beyond reasonable doubt if we’re
forcing citizens to do something.

2) The CDC face covering recommendations come with a major caveat: maintaining 6-ft social
distancing. I can tell you from my observations, the general public’s adherence to this dropped
significantly after a large portion of people began to wear masks. It promotes a false sense of

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security for most. I experience this at the grocery store frequently—people with masks are the
worst offenders of bumping into me, reaching over me and others, etc.

3) Masks must be washed daily to be effective. This is also part of the CDC recommendations. I
see the same masks on grocery store workers, and while I have no proof they don’t wash them
daily my hunch is the probability is low that every person follows this guideline. Given this, are
we going to mandate washing as well? How will it be enforced? If this isn’t done, an unintended
consequence is that, in theory, a virus carrier is loading up their mask with viral residue daily and
thus exposing people they encounter to *more* viral load than they otherwise would have when
they wear their mask.

In light of these, | would ask that you vote against this if it comes to ballot. Not because I don’t
believe we should be safe in our community, but because I don’t think this has enough evidence
to support a local ordinance-level mandate, and I think the other ramifications may have
umnmtended consequences that go against what this is trying to accomplish.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss.
Best Regards,

David Winchester
Ward 5

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Adam A. Marcoux
President

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Adam A. Marcoux

May 21, 2020

The Honorable James Donchess, Mayor

The Honorable Members of the Board of Aldermen
City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03060

Dear Mayor Donchess and Members of the Board of Aldermen,

Tam writing to you to ask that you approve the Board of Education’s request for a 2.25%
increase in the FY2021 budget. Our city, along with the rest of the country, is facing
many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no question that the
pandemic will have financial repercussions on all of us.

Some have suggested that the hiring freeze instituted by the Mayor apply to the school
district. I respectfully disagree. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the needs of our
students continued to grow. The dynamics of families and the needs of students have
changed exponentially over the last decade. The number of special education students
is growing, the number of ELL students is growing, and the number of students facing
traumatic experiences is growing. One could argue that every current student has faced
a traumatic experience this year with the abrupt closing of city schools. There was a
need for additional staff to support our students before the pandemic; the need has
grown significantly since March.

We are uncertain when we will return to school in our traditional setting, but we wiil
return at some point. When we do, we are going to need all hands-on-deck to not only
support our students, Dut families and the staff ofthe district. Many would say that it
is not the school district’s responsibility to provide some of these supports or services.
if not the district, then who will provide the services? The role of public schools has
been evolving. Our budget needs to evolve with those changes to meet the needs of all
of cur students.

I am grateful for the support the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen have shown the
school district In the past. | am fully aware that the district is the largest, and most
expensive department in the city budget. However, every penny invested in education
is a penny invested in our city’s future. Please continue that investment by approving
the 2.25% request by the Board of Education.

Respectfully,

President, Nashua Teachers’ Union

Cc: Nashua Board of Education
Superintendent Dr. Jahmal Mosley

NTU Membership

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