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Board of Aldermen Page 9
September 14, 2016

Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee

Pamela J. Anderson (Reappointment) Term to Expire: March 1, 2019
9 Plainfield Lane
Nashua, NH 03062

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR AS
READ AND REFER THEM TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MOTION CARRIED

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE
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There being no objection, Vice President Wilshire declared the report of the August 22, 2016
Budget Review Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, Vice President Wilshire declared the report of the September 8, 2016
Budget Review Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, Vice President Wilshire declared the report of the August 17, 2016
Finance Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, Vice President Wilshire declared the report of the September 7, 2016
Finance Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, Vice President Wilshire declared the report of the August 24, 2016
Committee on Infrastructure accepted and placed on file.

WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS — None
CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS — None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - RESOLUTIONS

R-16-055
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Don LeBrun
ESTABLISHING AN EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND TO ACCEPT DONATIONS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AT ROTARY COMMON
Given its second reading;

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MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-055

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Siegel

| know Mr. Teeboom and | have often had interesting conversations, however | truly appreciate the work
that he has done in this memorial and | would also note that one of the most moving things that | have
ever heard somebody say before the Board of Aldermen was the speech that Mr. Teeboom gave when
he was talking about this. While we do disagree on many things we certainly have common sentiments
on this except for the financing which we don’t agree on.

Alderman Deane

| would like to thank Fred for all of his efforts as well; he has done a great job.

Vice President Wilshire

| agree. This received a favorable recommendation from the Board of Public Works.
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-055 declared duly adopted.

R-16-056
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
Alderman-at-Large Daniel T. Moriarty
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderman Sean M. McGuinness
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR A PUBLIC BOAT
LAUNCH ON THE NASHUA RIVER
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MCGUINNESS FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-056
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-056 declared duly adopted.
R-16-057

Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess

RELATIVE TO THE RE-APPROPRIATION OF FISCAL YEAR FY 2017 ESCROWS
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-057

ON THE QUESTION

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Alderman Schoneman

This did go before the Budget Review Committee, and | am on that committee and | was the only vote
against it. | do want to express here at the full Board what my main concerns are. | like the things that
we are doing on the top part of that sheet, as part of the legislation, the $243,000; the various initiatives,
the fall music festival and holiday lighting. | think those are a good use of left over funds and good for
the city. We are also transferring some funds to the city building expendable trust fund and to the Capital
Equipment Reserve Fund. Both of those are funds that may potentially have been neglected over the
years for various reasons but | think they are legitimate expendable trust funds and that we want to
maintain buildings and amortize the cost of our vehicles. $900,000 — 40% of the total amount is going to
the pension expendable trust fund and my only objection there is that it’s not really a cost that is
amortized the same way that vehicles would be. It’s an operating cost that is due in the next operating
year. | understand the logic behind moving funds and making it available for spending but what came
out in the Budget Review Committee is that the main reason for doing this is not the only way to
accomplish it and certainly doing this is not necessary for meeting our pension obligations, we have to
meet them no matter what. The main reason for doing this is to avoid the vote on a spending cap
override that would otherwise result if this had to be appropriated in next years’ budget. This means that
although we call it a savings we are not actually spending less money, we are spending more money. All
we are doing is avoiding the spotlight that the spending cap override legislation would involve and | just
don’t think that we should do that so | didn’t vote for it at the Budget Review Committee and | don’t plan
on voting for it here.

Alderman Siegel

I'd like to address some of my colleagues’ comments. One is that it absolutely is an amortized expense
because it represents the shortfall that the State of New Hampshire has dropped down on our heads like
an anvil to pay down over a period of time; initially | believe it was 25 or 30 years and we are several
years into that. It’s adjusted biannually and this is something that we don’t control. | am absolutely
sympathetic to the spending cap arguments. The spending cap argument is stuff that is in our control but
this anvil was dropped on our heads. Obviously this has gotten quite a lot of scrutiny and nobody is
hiding anything because there were several attempts at legislation to try and use what we had already
set aside for that and it didn’t pass. At this point we do have these obligations and they are not going
away. This money would not have been my preferred solution; | had other legislative action that | would
have preferred, however, the bullet is out of the gun barrel and it is on its’ way and we cannot pretend
that we don’t have to pay this down so | strongly urge my colleagues to support this and also | would
point out that one of the big problems that | had in the budget hearings was CERF being effectively
gutted. This backfilling the CERF fund | think is critical for the health of the city because we can’t pretend
that the vehicles and the rest of the major equipment that CERF funds don’t need maintenance.

Alderman Schoneman

There is no pretending, | think | understand the CERF. | was one of the advocates for doing more for
CERF and I’m glad to see that. | think there is no pretending about the city buildings needing some
funding or better maintenance. The objection is simply to the pension fund. It’s a current obligation and
there’s no pretending that we don’t owe it. The only thing is that it ought to be part of a budget and not
transfers to avoid any spending cap. This represents more spending and by doing this we are allowing a
little more room, $900,000 more room in next years’ budget for things that we’ve already probably
committed to that may | think, in my mind, have been excessive. | don’t like the idea of relieving that
pressure on us. | think that we owe it to the taxpayers not to find ways to avoid bullets even if they have
left the gun. We owe it to them to live within the limits and | think the limit is defined by the spending cap.

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Alderman Clemons

| will respectfully disagree with the previous speaker. Escrows are money that we have already taken
from our citizens. We've already collected that revenue and it’s sitting in the bank. The difference is that
we are taking a portion of that and we are carrying it over into the next year and in this case with the
pension money we are putting it into an account that we can then use for future expenses when the state
brings down the hammer on us. | have no problem with taking money that we have already collected
from our citizens and putting it away in a savings account for an expense that we know is coming. |
would rather do that than to tax those residents again in a separate budget next year.

Alderman Lopez

| would like to agree with Alderman Siegel and Alderman Clemons. If there is a bullet leaving the gun we
probably shouldn't stand its’ way. Alderman Schoneman’s concern is that he doesn’t want to override
the spending cap. We shouldn’t encourage a situation where we have to have that discussion. If the
need is not going to go away and it’s still going to be there next year but we have a way that has already
been given to us to solve the problem, | think we owe it to our constituents to start working on the
problem instead of waiting until we do have to make a very difficult decision.

Alderman Schoneman

Again, we are going to spend the money on the pension and to the fact that we are going to spend
whatever percentage next year our spending cap allows plus this $900,000 means that we are spending
more money. Ultimately, whether it’s this years or next year, every dollar we spend is taxpayer money
and it’s not money that they give us, it is money that we take from them. | don’t think there is anyone
who says they want to pay more taxes so to invoke the spending cap; what | am saying is that this ought
to be contained within that. | don’t approve of the spending more and this is a mechanism to spend
more.

Alderman Dowd

We discussed this at the Budget Review Committee and we know for the next two years there is a $2
million hit coming down from the state in’17 and ’18. It was explained that the money that we would be
putting in this escrow account is to be used partially to offset those two years in particular so that it’s not
as big of an impact on our budget. With this money being allocated for pensions in the next two budgets
there is still going to be a significant tightness of the budget. We can’t afford a $2 million hit in the ’17
budget and stay under the spending cap. We have two alternatives if we don’t have this money. We had
the discussion about overriding the spending cap which will increase the taxes to cover things that we
need to cover or we are going to have to cut services to the citizens that they need. There is absolutely
no way that we are going to find $2 million in the 17 budget without impacting city services. This is the
most prudent road from an economically standpoint, both for the city financially and the citizens of
Nashua.

Alderman Schoneman

We are spending more and | don’t see how spending more is prudent for the taxpayers. This is not a
problem that the citizens of Nashua caused; it’s a problem that we caused because our budgets are a
little too much anyway. Here we are avoiding the override question and finding a way to spend money
that skirts it.

Alderman Dowd

When we do our budget planning we take into account things that we can envision. We did not envision
the state reneging on their guarantee to pay 35% of the pension cost and sending it back to the cities.

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Nashua is not the only one that has this issue and they don’t like it any more than we do. It’s a $2 million
bill that we have to pick up in our budget that is not something that we have any way to avoid and to take
that $2 million out of the budget and start impacting schools, fire, police, DPW and paving, | don’t think
the citizens of Nashua want that to happen.

Alderman Schoneman

| don’t think the citizens want us to just spend more money. If this is for next year, for something that
requires budgeting for fiscal 17 then we should have that conversation anyway.

Alderman Lopez

| think the assumption that we are spending more is based on the expectation of a particular Aldermen’s
mind that we should cut services. To the point that was made earlier that there probably are not a lot of
people who are incredibly eager to pay more taxes but I’ve never heard anyone say | don’t want my
garbage picked up or my kids to go to a good school. I’m not excited about the police department or the
fire department not being able to respond effectively. | think for the most part the people who voted for
me understand that the taxes that they are putting into the City of Nashua are providing services and
they probably don’t anticipate us deciding to cut those next year because we don’t want to handle a
problem that was dropped on us this year. We know that the problem is here. We didn’t create the
problem but we should do something to fix it, | think that’s what all of our jobs are.

Alderman O’Brien

| hear a lot from one particular Alderman and | really do question the facts because | don’t see where this
costs more. The process is what is important here. In my home if | need to put a new roof on to avoid a
leak we squirrel money away in the budget in anticipation of eventually getting the roof done. We are
going to be faced with the pension problem next year. To me this is prudent. The taxpayers of this city
has done this for years, they all have roofs. They understand and trust us as Aldermen to try to come up
with the best way to manage the budget in this city in anticipation of our liabilities. Wwe are an employer
and our employees have a pension program. Unfortunately things happen up in Concord and it’s nothing
that this Board can control.

Alderman Clemons

The conversations that | have had with taxpayers regarding issues like this, the spending cap in
particular but particularly this legislation...when you pose the question like this, I’ve already collected
$900,000 for the City of Nashua, would you rather me cut your services next year by $900,000 or would
you rather me take the $900,000 that is already in my pocket and apply that to a liability that we know is
coming down from the state? We could just pay the bill or your trash pick-up could be cut back to once
every two weeks and maybe lose a few firemen and policemen. When | present it like that most people
look at me and say why is this even a discussion and | say exactly. | guess | just respectfully disagree.
We have no control over this but we do want to fund things that we do have control over which is our
police department, our firemen, education and our roads. We have the money to do both and this is the
mechanism by which we can do both. The fact that some of us don’t understand that is something that |
won't ever understand.

Alderman Deane

The one thing that hasn’t been mentioned about this is that this is a reoccurring cost. We met with the
state about the pensions and maybe somebody can help me with this but they set up a scenario where
they wanted to get that pension plan funded at 100%. That’s absolutely ridiculous. It doesn’t have to be
at that percentage. The public works plan | believe is at 83% which is unbelievable. It was more than a
bad economy that caused the states pension plan to tank. I’ve set up a number of expendable trust

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funds where we took additional money for paving, salt and sand. It was prior year escrow money that we
put in there. You’ve seen some communities that run out of money on January 1°. The money has got
to come from somewhere, as it always will but there has been some creative financing done in this city.
We are bonding fire trucks. We never use to do that before. So now you are taking a $1 million expense
over a 20-year period and it comes out of CERF so that’s not in there. Look at all those fire trucks that
we bonded, those aren’t funded in CERF. You know there’s a problem and it’s a reoccurring problem.
We've had different departments that were able to come in and provide us with some effective
management and some cost avoidance in areas and as we do every year we end up with surplus funds
and the Mayor chose three or four different areas to utilize these funds and this was one of them. At the
end of the day this problem is still going to exist. It’s going to reoccur every year but | think it’s up to the
state to come back and put a more feasible plan on the table that is not crippling cities and small towns.
It’s brutal. Alderman Schoneman, | always look at escrows as it is additional money that’s now being
spent in another fiscal year. I’ve always been a supporter of having some funds behind us to support
shortfalls in areas that were unanticipated. That’s why | put legislation in for expendable trust funds. If
this wasn’t such a bone of contention with the spending cap override of the $2.3 million when it all first
happened, this would probably just flow through. I’ve never seen a lot of discussion about escrow
legislation. It’s a tough decision that has to be made and one way or another we are going to have to
come up with this money. l’d like to see the state get a grip on what they are asking from these
municipalities to do.

Alderman Schoneman

| appreciate all of the comments. | certainly realize the reality of the situation. | do want to address a
question that Alderman O’Brien raised; that he didn’t understand how this represents that it costs more.
It costs more because the spending cap would only allow a certain amount of money and this $900,000
comes out so that the spending cap can still accommodate whatever it would have accommodated plus
this $900,000. Regarding comments about cutting services, | think one thing that we need to do and the
only thing that really does it is to strive further for increased efficiencies in the various departments.
Some are more efficient than others. Just look around at operations. | think our taxpayers want to spend
more if they need to but get more for it. There are some good examples out there of other operations
elsewhere that operate efficiently.

Alderman O’Brien

| agree with Alderman Deane. | want to remind our voters that coming up in the fall in electing a new
legislature; | would encourage people to ask people who are running what their opinions are on this
particular pension system. We are paying a very advanced accelerated rate here on something that |
question myself. | don’t think it’s as bad as people are saying. A lot of people like say oh, the sky is
falling but | don’t think it’s really that bad. The pension system is tied in with the stock market but we are
getting off topic with a lot of this. We have to come up with the money. This is a smart way to budget
this and maybe in the future, generations of people going to the New Hampshire Legislature can reflect
how communities of Nashua and Manchester that have police, fire and teachers; that they can change
the pension system and decelerate an advanced to make the liabilities better.

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-057 declared duly adopted.

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R-16-058
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Tom Lopez
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO BORROW AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED THREE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,900,000) THROUGH
THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND/OR A LOAN THROUGH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PRIMARY TANK UPGRADES
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-058 BY ROLL CALL

Yea: Alderman Clemons, Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, 13
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman McGuinness,
Alderman LeBrun, Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Wilshire

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-16-058 declared duly adopted.

R-16-059
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO BORROW AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($779,000)
THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND/OR A LOAN THROUGH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BOOSTER STATIONS PROJECT
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-059 BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Deane

This is a project that is long overdue. All of our booster stations are so antiquated. This will add consistency
for pumps for entrance areas and everything. This is a great project and I’m glad it’s finally being addressed.

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Yea: Alderman Clemons, Alderman Deane, Alderman Cookson, 13
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman McGuinness,
Alderman LeBrun, Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Wilshire

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-16-059 declared duly adopted.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-16-011
Endorsers: Alderman Don LeBrun
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderman David Schoneman
Alderman Tom Lopez
ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR REDUCED TAXATION FOR CERTAIN CHARTERED
PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
e Tabled at Full Board Level — 5/10/16

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-16-062
Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Benjamin M. Clemons
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA TEACHERS’ UNION, LOCAL 1044,
AFT, AFL-CIO, UNIT C, SECRETARIES FROM JULY 1, 2016, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2018, AND
RELATED TRANSFERS
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

R-16-063
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman David Schoneman
ESTABLISHING THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR TAX RATE
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

R-16-064
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $7,072 FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INTO FIRE GRANT ACTIVITY “FY2015
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT”

Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

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R-16-065
Endorsers:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Tom Lopez

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $33,021.38
FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES INTO TRANSIT GRANT ACTIVITY “FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (“FTA”)
OPERATING GRANT”

Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

R-16-066
Endorser:

Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderman Ken Siegel

Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

ESTABLISHING AN EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND FOR DONATIONS FOR PAVING
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

R-16-067
Endorser:

Alderman David Schoneman

Alderman Benjamin M. Clemons
Alderman Ken Siegel

Alderwoman Mary Ann Mellizi-Golja
Alderman Don LeBrun

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.

AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
FOURTEEN DOLLARS ($33,614) FROM THE CONSERVATION FUND FOR LONG TERM
MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SOUTHWEST TRAILS

Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by Vice President Wilshire

R-16-068
Endorsers:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Thomas Lopez

Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Benjamin M. Clemons
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.

AFFIRMING THE CITY OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A WELCOMING CITY AND TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE WELCOMING AMERICA INITIATIVE
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
Vice President Wilshire

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NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-16-016
Endorser: Alderman David Schoneman
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Don LeBrun
AUTHORIZING STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCK STREET AND CROSS STREET
Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by Vice President Wilshire

O-16-017
Endorser: Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AMENDING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by Vice
President Wilshire

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Mr. Paul Shea, 102 Tolles Street

| am the Executive Director for Great American Downtown. | came here this evening in case there were
any questions about the escrowed items relative to the holiday lighting and the music festival. | stayed to
say thank you. It is great to have a Mayor and a Board of Aldermen who are supportive of the initiatives
that we are taking. There have been music festivals in other communities that have been a boom for the
local economy. It’s our hope to have proof of concept for this idea for Nashua this year. It’s not going to
be anywhere near the full scope that | believe it can be with a few years of building. On September 24"
from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m. and September 25" from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. | will have a full line-up
of programming. We are also working to development a few small additional venues throughout downtown
for Saturday's events. The response from the community has been prenominal, we’ve already seen about
1,200 folks that are interested. | want to thank Alderman Lopez for holding it down at the community
garden today. | also want to thank Alderman Schoneman for working to get us a stop sign at Lock and
Cross Streets.

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman Lopez

l’d like to thank the public for the support of the Welcoming City initiative. | had initially planned to
suspend the rules to allow for final passage because the Welcoming Week is next week but in speaking
with my colleagues | thought it was important to recognize the process. | would like to encourage the
public to come to the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee meeting and hopefully the following
Board of Aldermen meeting as well.

We recently had an unfortunate incident in my Ward with the Islamic Society where stones were thrown
directly through their window on September 11". Although the facts are not known we do know that
community was hurt. | am proud to say that my community does not approve of that and was very vocal
about saying that we should step up and let people know that they are welcome in our community. |
organized an event in about six hours and it was a great opportunity for neighbors to meet each other.

This Saturday | am doing a library trail clean-up in the morning from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. That
evening from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Positive Street Art is organizing a movie with Veteran’s. We've
arranged for Top Gun to be shown at the Renaissance Park and it’s open to the public and the idea is to
build a stronger community between civilians and Veterans. The following day is the Downtown Art’s
Festival. There is a lot of talent and excitement and will be running from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.