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September 14, 2016

My last comment is that on September 23" | will be sleeping in a box to support the United Way’s United
We Sleep campaign. It is very important for me to recognize the people in need right here in our own
community.

Alderman O’Brien

The city clerk did a great job on the election but | was very disappointed with the turnout. | want to also
thank Alderman Lopez who in very short order organized a display to the Mosque and | just want to voice
my distain for actions on a house of worship to be disrespected. In general Nashua is not a city that
reflects that and it is probably an isolated event.

Alderman LeBrun

| too would like to thank the city clerk for the job she did at Ward 5 in changing the polling location.
Everything went extremely well except for parking and that was because school was in session. That will
not happen during general election.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

In addition to expressing condolence to Griff Delainis and Mr. Latvis | would also like to express
condolences to the family of Michael Daley. Also | thank Alderman Lopez for his response to what was
certainly an unfortunate incident in our community. It was interesting to hear everyone say with regard to
the Welcoming City legislation how welcome they feel. Finally, | just want to express support for the idea
of having a student on the Conservation Commission. With another hat on | am in conversations with
foresters up north and they are constantly talking about the need for young people to understand forestry
and the environment.

Alderman Schoneman

| want to echo the thoughts on Election Day.

Alderman Siegel

| also would like to thank the city clerk and the poll workers. | would also like to single out my colleague
Alderman Lopez for doing a yeoman’s job and that’s what | call real leadership. | would also like to thank
Mayor Donchess and Chief Lavoie. No piece of legislation is meaningful, it’s what we do. | think the
people of Nashua feel welcome. The people that were hurt the most by it felt we were supportive and
that’s most important.

Alderman Caron

| too would like to say thank you to the city clerk. It is a yeoman’s job. Alderman Lopez did an excellent
job putting that together. | also want to thank Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja because a few weeks ago we
had Nashua Goes Back to School and we had about 1,500 children that came through and picked up
their bags. | send accolades to her as well as to Judge Katis for getting the money for us to buy the
supplies that we need.

The elderly RSVP, people who came by bus from Davidson’s Landing to work at the library that day and
they had a really good time.

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September 14, 2016

Alderman Dowd

My condolences go out to the Delainis and Latvis families. | support the student member of the student
member Conservation Commission. The Board of Education has one student from each high school and
they do provide their opinions. You get a good insight of what is really going on in the high schools. We
did have a great election day but | was disappointed by how little people showed up. | really like the new
voting booths though. We have two candidates running in November who will be spending about $100
million to educate the students in the State of New Hampshire. People are tired of seeing negative
advertisement; it’s why people don’t come out to vote.

Alderman Deane

The Conservation Commission operates under their own rules and the only authority they have is to
issue recommendations could they not just take it upon themselves to appoint a student?

Mayor Donchess

That’s what | was basically suggesting. If the Board of Aldermen wanted to be involved then we could
propose legislation but | felt we could informally appoint the students.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN DEANE TO ASK THE MAYOR TO WORK INFORMALLY WITH
CONSERVATION COMMISSION CHAIR TO APPOINT A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman O’Brien

Would that include both high schools?
Alderman Deane

The Conservation Commission is citywide. Was Mr. Gallagher looking for a student from each high
school?

Mayor Donchess

Possibly, depending on what we get for responses.
Alderman Deane

Why don’t we give the Mayor the authority to informally meet with Mr. Gallagher and if they want to
appoint a student from each high school so be it.

MOTION CARRIED
Alderman Clemons

My condolences go out to the Delainis and Latvis families but | also want to send condolences to the
family of Glen Marshall, my good friend. Glen was a mortgage originator like no one I’ve ever seen.
Glen helped countless numbers of Nashuan’s get their home for the first time or get a lower rate. He did
a lot of things for this community which some people might think are just business transactions but things
that we take for granted most of the time. He passed away unexpectedly in August and he will be
missed.

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Vice President Wilshire

Tomorrow is the dedication ceremony for the Legacy Playground at 5:30 p.m. at Labine Park.
Committee announcements:

Alderman Dowd

There will be a Budget Review Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 20" at 7:00 p.m. in the
Aldermanic Chamber. On Thursday the 22™ is the School Construction Projects Committee and the
Joint Special School Building Committee will meet at Nashua High School North. JSSB will be
immediately following the CPC meeting.

Alderman Clemons

Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee will be next Monday at 7:00 p.m. in these chambers.

Alderman Cookson

The Infrastructure Committee will immediately follow the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee on
Monday evening.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Since there was no business before the Planning and Economic Development Committee we have
cancelled the meeting for September 20".

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL THAT THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2016, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 9:22 p.m.

Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk

Nashua Area
Interfaith Council

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PO Box 209 « Nashua, NH * 03061-0209
www.nashuainterfaith.org

September 11, 2016

To: Jim Donchess, Mayor, City of Nashua
To: Board of Aldermen, City of Nashua

Dear Mayor and Aldermen:

The Executive Board of Nashua Area Interfaith Council (NAIC), on behalf of the entire Council, would
like to express our wholehearted support for the legislation declaring Nashua a Welcoming City. As an
organization we strive to improve: community relationships, outreach to those in need and a dialogue of
respectful welcoming among the faith communities we serve. We also recognize that when a
community is inclusive, not only will its residents’ lives improve but that the social, and economic life
of the larger community is also enriched. It seems more than appropriate to write this letter of support
on the 15" Anniversary of 9/11.

This legislative act is more than ornamental to the lives of people in Nashua. As our partners at United
Way have also affirmed, research has shown that 40% of the health outcomes for an individual are based
on factors related to social inclusion. When people are not isolated, they are less likely to need
emergency or other costly medical services. As a result, both the individual and the community benefit
absent the burden for those costly services.

Other research centers around economic development; demonstrating that immigrants bring needed
skills and job creation to our community. In fact, the foundation of what Nashua is today was built by
immigrants and in order to sustain growth into the future we will continue to need to welcome and
effectively include immigrants in our community.

Since the 1980’s NAIC has represented a collective effort to improve our community through
partnerships and coalitions. We also have established efforts that support people in need, such as: Ann
Marie House, the Greater Nashua CROP Walk and most recently, Circles Greater Nashua. Therefore,
we embrace this legislation as the next step in affirming what is good about our history and common life
and we encourage you to pass it with your fullest possible support.

Respectfully submitted and unanimously agreed to by the Executive Board and entire membership of the

Nashua Area Interfaith Council.

The Rev. Alanna M. Van Antwerpen The Rev. Sally Newhall
NAIC President Vice President

Adult Leaning Center

OPENING DOORS FOR ADULTS STAND CHILDREN

September 14, 2016

TO: Mayor Jim Donchess
Nashua Board of Alderman

Dear Mayor Donchess and Aldermen,

The Adult Learning Center is proud to support the Resolution affirming the City of Nashua as a Welcoming
City. As the largest ESOL program in the State of New Hampshire we know that immigrants are good for our
community. The United States was founded on principles of freedom and opportunity for all people and it is part
of our rich heritage to welcome newcomers, help them assimilate into our midst and embrace our civic culture
and political institution. America was formed to function as one nation from many people — ¢ pluribus unum.

The immigrants of today are no different than the immigrants of the past, many of whom are our own parents,
grandparents and great grandparents. The immigrants of the past helped to build our community and have
contributed immensely to our economic development. Our new immigrants are looking for the same
opportunities to provide for their families and they, too, are willing to work hard. The Nashua community is
good for immigrants and immigrants are good for our community.

From September of 2015 through June of this year, 1,108 immigrants from 72 countries took classes in English,
reading, writing, and math here at the Adult Learning Center. They also participated in workshops on writing
resumes and interviewing. They took citizenship classes, attended Mayoral forums, took field trips to City Hall,
and participated in mock elections. They did all of this, while working jobs and caring for their families, because
they very much want to assimilate into our culture and become productive members of our community.

Over the years many of our students have gone on to begin their own businesses. They own landscaping
companies, restaurants, and cleaning services, to name a few. Many have worked round the clock to send their
children to college and some have even come back to teach here at the Adult Learning Center.

We invite anyone from the community to come by for a visit while classes are in session. You will see hard
working, grateful, happy, and hopeful people. Most of all, they will welcome you warmly.

Thank you for considering the Welcoming City Resolution.

Very truly yours, .

Chin bl Babburw

Carol Baldwin
Executive Director

4 Lake Street, Nashua, NH 03060
603-882-9080 FAX 603-882-0069 www.adultlearningcenter.org

a SYMPHONY
NH

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
TO: Jim Donchess, Mayor, City of Nashua

TO: Board of Aldermen, City of Nashua

Dear Mayor and Aldermen:

| would like to express my wholehearted support for the legislation declaring Nashua a
Welcoming City. As a Nashua arts organization entering our 93™ season, we strive to serve the
community through our educationa! programs and high quality performances. We recognize
that when a community is welcoming and inclusive, this benefits the city and all of its residents.

Research shows the benefits to the economy, education and jobs brought by immigrants to our
community. More importantly a diverse is a more interesting, more beautiful and more artistic
community in which to live.

Sincerely,

Ac Toeger

Marc Thayer

Executive Director

Cell 305-205-4500
marc@symphonynh.org
6 Church St.

Nashua, NH 03060

6 Church St 603 595 9156
Nashua, NH O3060 symphonynh.ore Music re(de)fined.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
14 September 2016

R-16-055

Expendable Trust Fund for the NH Holocaust Memorial
Rotary Common

On your agenda this evening is R-16-055 which establishes an ETF for the NH Holocaust
Memorial at Rotary Common Park.

Following your adoption we will deposit several thousands of dollars into this ETF to pay for
maintenance, including the water irrigation system that is now being installed by the city.

We have several outstanding monuments in this memorial, which The Telegraph declared to be
one of the finest memorials in the Northeast.

I should note that the monument we emplaced in the spring of his years is an approx. 9,000
pounds solid granite monument into which is carved the 48-inch tall life-sized image of a little
girl taken from a photograph from the Auschwitz Album, a collection of photos of 424,000
Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz over a period of 8 weeks in 1944. Her photo can be seen
on the card available to visitors from the brochure dispenser placed near the entrance. We hope
to have captured her indescribable expression, shortly before she was murdered in a gas
chamber. Above her image are engraved the words from Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 10, “iVhaz
have you done, the voice of blood cries out from the ground.”

There are no additional monuments planned for this memorial; it is complete.

With this ETF, we will transition ownership and maintenance of the memorial to the city of
Nashua, consistent with R-10-43. We hope the city will soon construct a foot bridge across
Salmon Brook, connecting what former Mayor Lozeau called the “sad part with the happy part.”
Eventually we expect to see Rotary Common become an integral part of Nashua downtown,
extending from Library Hill past Simoneau Plaza.

We hope to see public and private donations and grants deposited into this Expandable Trust
Fund.

I thank the city for its sponsorship of this memorial, and I thank in particular former Mayor
Lozeau, Director Lisa Fauteux, Nick Caggiano, Bob Genest, Andy Patrician, and many others in
the Department of Public Works who supported this memorial 100% and assisted with its
construction.

We thank you.

Fred S. Teeboom
President, Holocaust memorial in Nashua, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Charitable Trust

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

6:45 PM Aldermanic Chamber
PRESIDENT BRIAN S. MCCARTHY CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA D. PIECUCH

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE DANIEL T. MORIARTY

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

From: Brian S. McCarthy, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Special Board of Aldermen Meeting

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street Brian S. McCarthy
Nashua, NH 03061-2019 President, Board of Aldermen

(603) 589-3030

September 7, 2016

Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk
City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

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Dear Ms. Piecuch:

Please be advised that | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen for Wednesday,
September 14, 2016, at 6:45 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber. The President of Daniel Webster
College, Dr. Michael Diffily, will be in attendance to discuss the future of the college and its students.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bz. c
Brian S. Jl Gc

President

cc: Mayor James W. Donchess
Steven A. Bolton, Esq., Corporation Counsel

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
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

R-16-063
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
ESTABLISHING THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR TAX RATE

R-16-064
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
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”

R-16-065
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
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”

R-16-066
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
ESTABLISHING AN EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND FOR DONATIONS FOR PAVING

R-16-067
Endorser: Alderman David Schoneman
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