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Special Board of Aldermen 03-23-2021 Page 20
Alderman Schmidt

Thank you, Madam President and thank you very much for keeping number 5 in Ward 1. We rely on them
quite a bit and we are very grateful that they are there. | only wanted to know if you feel that there was
anything that would have changed your report if it hadn’t been done in the year of COVID.

Mr. McCutcheon

| don’t think so. It mostly slowed it down, because between March through June basically it was lost time.
We were at the point we were ready to start rocking and rolling and then just everything stopped. So that
slowed it down some but otherwise | think it is pretty much there. The problems with the communication, |
think you can’t help but see when you spend time with those offices. There’s only just so much any one or
two people can do and when you are overwhelmed it hard to be proactive and communicating. Same goes
for the Fire Prevention Division. | think operationally you are pretty good today but those major issues were
identified 20 years ago and since that time, the Administration and Fire Prevention has gotten leaner, while
the workload has continually increased. So | think if you just do a comparison between the two, the end
results are very similar. | think now it is just as Mary-Ellen mentioned earlier is doing a strategic plan
identifying what can we do? Are there some areas where possibly we can supplement with existing staff
from other departments or is there another way we can do this to make it as cost effective as possible but
at the same time recognizing that if you don’t do anything about the problem it’s not going to get anything
done.

Alderman Schmidt
Thank you. This is a tremendous tool for us to use going forward. Thank you very much.
President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

| guess that the one good thing about 2020 was that we all used virtual offices a lot more. Sometimes it
can seem like we are in the same virtual office. So are there opportunities there to maybe increase the
availability for on-call staff in a different way than having them on-site at a fire station or is it better to have
somebody manning the fire station and providing additional staffing capacity more for those administrative
calls that you were talking about.

Mr. McCutcheon

Your CVA is going to dictate a lot of that stuff. So, for example, with Fire Prevention, folks come in because
it’s the first open position and they roll out as soon as they get the opportunity; they want to be back in
operations. So that creates a bit of a vacuum in your prevention because there’s just not that consistency
there. Where if you have, say. Civilian plan reviewer, they wouldn’t necessarily be subject to that CVA and
those processes and it probably would be a most cost effective option. Without me diving too deep and
violating Brian’s CVA with the union, but | think there’s a thing to do is we’ve identified the issues, we’ve
provided a couple different ideas of ways to correct it. But then look and based on the revenue you have
available, the highest priority for you and then what’s the most cost effective option to get the job done. |
think those are the decisions that need to be made at this point.

President Wilshire

Are you all set, Alderman Lopez? Alderman Klee?

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Alderman Klee

Madam President, | think Chief Rhodes had a comment first, | saw his hand go up but then I’d like to ask a
question.

President Wilshire
Chief Rhodes?
Fire Chief Rhodes

Thank you, I'll be brief. So | have a saying that | like to use at work, and that saying is very simple, “We are
only as good and we can only provide the services for the people we have on duty”. Our City is not
conducive to having volunteers, it is not conducive to have people at home working remotely. Through this
entire pandemic, | am very proud of our organization because every single person came to work every day.
We did not have the ability to work remotely.

The City is just too big, it’s too busy and it’s continued to grow. So it’s a great question Alderman Lopez.
We are always looking at ways to leverage technology, but as far as providing a service to our citizens, if
you are not there and working, we cannot provide timely service to you.

President Wilshire
Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee

Thank you Madam President. Actually mine is more of a comment than a question. Since I’ve lived in my
home here for the past 17/18 years, my neighborhood has changed and it has gone from being a very
elderly neighborhood to young neighborhood back to kind of getting a little older too. And one of the things
that | notice is when the lights go off in the middle of the night and we hear those alarms going off, the first
person on site is our Fire Department here, our Nashua Fire & Rescue, long before even the ambulance
gets there.

Our Fire & Rescue are in the door helping whoever that person is and then | see the ambulance pull up. So
kudos to our Fire & Rescue and | really appreciate that and | know that sometimes we look at those times
and say if we could just get there a minute sooner, | agree. If we could get there a minute sooner but we
are getting there even before the ambulances are getting there. So thank you very much for that.

President Wilshire
Thank you. | am going to look for a motion. First | want to thank you Mr. McCutcheon, Miss Harper, Fire

Commissioners, Fire Department, all of you for this good meeting, interesting, informative and we will see
what we can do in the future. Thank you all very much.

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ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE MARCH 23, 2021, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken to adjourn the Board of Aldermen meeting which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire

15

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

OCTOBER 14, 2021
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ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

DISCUSSION

e Wastewater Rates and Paving Program Updates

ADJOURNMENT

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 7:p.m. in the aldermanic
chamber as well as via Zoom teleconference.

President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright led in the Pledge to the Flag.

To join by Zoom — please refer to the agenda or the website for the meeting link and telephone number.

Let’s start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. When each member states their presence, please indicate if
participating via Zoom state why you are not meeting in person and whether there is anyone in the room with you during
this meeting which is required under the Right-To-Know Law.

City Clerk Lovering called the roll and asked them to state the reason he or she could not attend, confirmed that they
could hear the proceedings, and stated who was present with him or her.

The roll call was taken with 12 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.,
Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderman Richard A. Dowd, Alderman June M. Caron, Alderman Benjamin Clemons (arrived
at 7:06 p.m.), Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu, Alderman Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan Schmidt,
Alderman Brandon Michael Laws (via Zoom), Alderman Skip Cleaver, Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright, Alderman
Lori Wilshire.

Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly and Alderman Thomas Lopez were recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess was also in attendance.

President Wilshire

We have a public hearing this evening on the operation of sports book retail locations within the City of Nashua and
I’m going to ask Director Charles McIntyre from the NH Lottery to come up and just give us a brief overview of what
this is and then we'll open the public hearing.

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

Good evening everyone. Charlie Mcintyre — I’m the Executive Director of NH Lottery for the last 11 years. I’m here to
submit for your approval or for you folks consideration a ballot item that has to go before the voters in order for a
physical sports book location to be located within the confines of Nashua. Under the term of law, there are a
maximum of 10 locations available across the State. As you can imagine based on our needs and maximum sort of
economic potential, select locations would be (inaudible) so we would ask for your consideration and I’m here to
answer any questions you have.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you Madam President. Mr. Mcintyre right now by putting this on the ballot just basically puts a roof over what’s
really what’s going on now. Am | correct? The people would be able to go on their phones and to...

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

So there’s really two elements here. There is mobile and computer and then there’s physical sports books which are
very much like a kind of high end sports bar and they attract (inaudible). So it’s really two customers. Most of the
retail book traffic is well off people and tend to be from Massachusetts who spend money in retail sports books. They
like the physical activity. They like to be in person, and watch the games on TV, and order food. They don’t like to do
it through their phone. Its two very different customers. People use the phone and computer as well but we like to
have both.

Alderman O’Brien

Follow up if | may? So it wouldn’t be that far of a stretch cuz when | wrote this, it was my intention to help out
charitable gaming. Although this portion of it does not any of it go into charitable gaming, it will enhance the
opportunity for somebody who did go in like you say in the example to go in and watch the game live, enjoy it with his
friends. He may walk over to a table of chance and make his first million or good luck to him or whatever.

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Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

Absolutely. For the first year it was 70 percent above expectations for revenue for the State. So we brought in about
$17 million. So you folks it probably would have been around $800,000, $70,000 would have come to Nashua give or
take for education funding of that. Like | said $17 million profit last year and that gets divvied up into the Education
Trust Fund.

Alderman O’Brien

Yeah and this was before the ballot before and | think a lot of people didn’t understand it. So I’m going to put you on
the hot seat if I’m allowed. How would you inform the people that maybe there was some misconceptions in the past
upon this and how this would enhance indirectly charitable gaming establishments?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

It will impact because more folks will be in the facility to engage in that activity. It will drive a significant, a significant
number of folks from Massachusetts to Nashua through (inaudible) activity up here. They're do all kinds of things.
The folks that visit our retail sports book are very wealthy. They spend $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 betting. So it’s a very
large economic activity that you’ll benefit from.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you Mr. Mcintyre and thank you Madam President.

President Wilshire

Thank you.

Alderman Tencza

Thank you Madam President. Mr. Mcintyre you said that there are ten licenses across the State. If we pass this here
in Nashua do you anticipate that there will be one entity that gets a license or could several of the charitable gaming

locations we have here in Nashua get licenses?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

So it’s not limited. So the ten is not set across the State. Actually it’s not a license, it’s more a can do liquor stores
where we choose them with draftings based on what will believe economic impact. As you can imagine, we have
benefitted dramatically because MA doesn’t do this yet. So we're getting lots of customers across the border. So the
border would be where we would concentrate. So the answer is no, we’re not limited to only one.

Alderman Tencza

If | may follow up Madam President?

President Wilshire

Yes.

Alderman Tencza

I’m not sure people understand this. Right now if | have the Draft King app. on my phone, which quite candidly | do, |
can place sports bets when I’m in my living room in Nashua. This would just allow us to have places which have a

physical location within the city, correct?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

That’s exactly right and | can tell you this, it even surprised me how very different the customer base is and folks like
yourself that use your phone versus folks who want to go and physically have that experience — particularly last year
in COVID where you couldn't go to live sporting events. Going to a sports book was the next best thing.

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Alderman Tencza

Thank you.

Alderman Jette

Mr. McIntyre | looked at the State law and | couldn’t figure out the answers to these questions so since you’re here if |
could ask it. Of the amount that’s bet by the betting public, how much goes to Draft Kings? How much goes to the
location? How much goes to the Lottery Commission? How much, if any, comes to the city?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

So the city is really based on real estate taxes directly if | understand it correctly because that’s not my area. |
(inaudible) the math on the gambling side. So I'll address that. It’s a three-way partnership in the retail facilities
between the State, Draft Kings and the physical location. It ends up being about 40-30-30. Forty percent to the State;
thirty to the Draft Kings to run the activity, make markets, do the wagering, and then the host gets about 30 percent
give or take. It varies. We have some offsets as to promotional activities. We give —1 would call it dispensation but
we give it an offset if you do a promotion activity, we’ll deduct it from that but that’s the ratio.

Alderman Jette

What about prize money?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

So you’re asking how much the State makes off a say a $1,000 wager. By and large, there’s a figure known as a halt
on wages. You place a bet, there are odds that are assigned to that bet which essentially have a profit built in of
around five percent give or take. We also offer a different product which have a little higher hold. For example if you
place a bet on three teams to do the exact same thing, all win, the profit margin is a little higher on that. So give or
take, it’s about 7 percent profit on all the monies wagered in a given year but that varies by month. We lost money on
the Super bowl. We got killed. Everybody bet on Tom Brady. Everybody but we got the money during the NCAA
basketball tournament. So last year we had about $500 million wager in State on sports. Of that, that profit was
about $35 million and we split that amongst the parties. It makes sense. The math makes sense.

Alderman Jette

Okay. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else?

Alderwoman Lu

Thank you. So Mr. Mcintyre are you saying none of it goes directly to the city?

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

I’m saying that it goes to the trust fund. All of our money goes into the trust fund.

Alderwoman Lu

| can’t hear what you’re saying.

Charles Mcintyre, Executive Director of NH Lottery

All of our money goes to the Education Trust Fund. So we don’t keep any of it. All of our profit goes to the
Educational Trust Fund and that gets directly distributed to the cities and towns.

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Alderwoman Lu

Okay. Thank you.

President Wilshire
Anyone else? Seeing none, thank you very much Mr. Mcintyre. We appreciate you being here answering questions.
| am going to open up the public hearing at 7:12 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING
Shall the City of Nashua allow the operation of sports book retail locations within the City of Nashua?
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR
Giovanna Bonilla

Good evening. I’m Giovanna Bonilla. | reside at 5 Hopi Drive here in Nashua. I’m here to speak in support of ballot
question #1. So early in 2019, New Hampshire passed legislation allowing mobile towards betting in the State. That’s
happening today all over New Hampshire, including Nashua. | think that’s where a bit of the confusion came in on the
previous ballot question. People did not understand that it was already legal. | could place a bet from this podium right
now — | won't — but it is legal.

So in the legislation, they allowed each city and town to vote on if they would allow local retail sports book for in-person
bets to be placed. Almost 2,000 cities and towns have since voted to allow retail sports book locations. Currently
Manchester and Seabrook are the only two to have operational retail sports book. Charlie spoke to this — they want to pick
the best places. That makes sense so clearly being a border town if given the opportunity we have a great opportunity
there to be one of them. So | think it’s a missed opportunity if we don’t pass this.

A retail sports book would indirectly benefit our local nonprofits. Anyone that’s going to come and want to bet on a game
and hang out, they're going have drinks, they're going to get some food, they might, you know, play a game which all
benefits the charitable gaming at the charitable gaming locations, which is where these sportsbooks seem to be going into
because the security is in place. It’s already monitored by the Lottery. The audits are done frequently. We just had one
ourselves. This would draw people over the border and keep dollars to be spent here in the Gate City. People coming out
to check out the sports book would likely try their hand at the games and a sports book would also create more jobs right
here in Nashua. It’s my hope citizens of Nashua will join me in voting yes on question #1. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else wishing to give testimony in favor?

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION

President Wilshire

I’m going to open it to testimony in opposition. Is there anyone that wishes to give testimony in opposition? Seeing no
one.

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

President Wilshire closed the public hearing on sports betting at 7:15 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE OCTOBER 12, 2021, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED, BY ROLL CALL

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A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,

Alderman Clemons, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,

Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Cleaver,

Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:16 p.m.

Attest: Susan Lovering, City Clerk

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Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL

From: Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Re: Communication on Overnight Parking

President Wilshire

Okay, so Director Cummings is asking us how we want to proceed on the overnight street parking program
expansion. He's looking for us to give him some direction on that.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam President. I'll start this off. Many of us did go to the meetings and they did take an area that
was involved, particularly in the downtown. Is it complete? The answer is no. | mean, many people that have
extenuated (inaudible) my colleague Ward 3 and different other areas. It didn’t encompass all of Ward 3. It was
just basically an area. But let's look what the intention is to do. The attention is to give what happens let's say
within that geographical area of Cedar Street? What happens on Cedar Street can that be applied to Tolles
Street? And the answer possibly could be, you know, as far as like some of the parking and everything. So I'm
not against this. This would increase the area and | hope I’m focused on what | think of that, you know, talking
about what we heard in the Committee. But I'm not against this. The only thing is | just wonder if it would come
with an extra cost that Mr. Cummings mentioned that it would increase the scope of the company that is doing
this study.

President Wilshire
| don't recall that.
Alderwoman Lu

Could | just ask Alderman O'Brien to just clarify what it is that you you're saying needs to be increased in
scope? | wasn't clear on what you...

Alderman O’Brien

Well you had the opportunity — all Aldermen had the opportunity, particularly the downtown - the ones that are
affected by this. You had the opportunity. There was a meeting upstairs at the auditorium and if I'm correct,
that's what we were talking about here. What it is, it didn't go all the downtown wards. So it took a section of
the city. So increasing this will be looking at — there was questions by some of the home aldermen - there was
two meetings. The first one | attended was a stakeholders meeting and then there was a second meeting
Opening it up to the ward aldermen. It seems to favor somebody or Ward aldermen they wanted - well how
come you're not bringing in my whole complete ward?

The intention was just to have like a focus on this. Like | said, we are paying the contractor to come in to take a
look this. And again, I'm all in favor of expanding this. You know what | mean to look at it to get a good fair
understanding of it.