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Graham, Donna

From: JimC

Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 11:05 AM
To: Wilshire, Lori; Board of Aldermen
Ce: Graham, Donna

Subject: Downtown barriers.

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Dear Board members,
Tam in favor of removing the downtown barriers permanently,

Increasing restaurant seating to the detriment of other business classes is not_in
the province of any government.

Other downtown businesses could be more successful but for the lack of parking.
The widespread parking complaints heard over the years prove the existence of a
downtown parking problem for all businesses.

So please tell your constituents how making parking even more difficult will
help THOSE businesses.

Or tell us you SIMPLY DO NOT CARE about
them!

I find it ironic that the PAC extravagance is taking the place of a business that
fled the city, at least partially, if not entirely, for lack of parking. The
inescapable conclusion is that if the limited parking that IS available disappears,
more will follow.

Please place this email/letter in the Next Board of Aldermen Meeting Packet.
Sincerely,

Jim Cassidy
12 Laredo Cir

Graham, Donna

From: JULIE SMITH

Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 7:10 AM
To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Jersey barriers in the inner city.

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Aldermen:

| want to let it be known that | want them gone. First, | want to share the link to Alderman Comeau's
talking points, which | support:

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And | want to emphasize as a taxpayer that exclusive use of city property should NEVER be gifted to
anyone at the taxpayers’ expense, ever. | don't care if it's to restaurants, other businesses, clubs or
private citizens. While | don't think the city should be in the landlord and rental business anyway, |
oppose the cherry picking of businesses allowed to occupy city property, rent-free or

otherwise. Otherwise means exclusive use under any contract that did not go.through the proper
process allowing public input. County Commissioner and former Alderman Michael Soucy made
some good points in a recent meeting regarding this. If there is an overwhelming public desire to turn
Main Street into a pedestrian Quincy Market-like neighborhood, it should be thoroughly researched
and accepting of all public input before any decisions are made. The Jersey barriers should be gone
in the meantime, regardless of how long that process takes.

Lastly, the matter can be yammered about all the time until someone dies because an ambulance or
other emergency vehicles were stuck in traffic. Since you have contro! over future contracts with the
police and fire departments, it's clear that the free speech of members of their chain of command is
being chilled. Everyone knows it's all about response time and one does not need to be an expert to
know that response time suffers in the modified landscape being promoted.

Please return downtown Nashua to the way it was prior to 2020 and be open to reasonable and polite
discussion with ALL interested parties regarding any desired(to few or many) changes going forward.

Julie Smith
18 Bangor St

Graham, Donna

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From: Laurie Ortolano Qa
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 9:02 AM
To: Board of Aldermen
Cec: Graham, Donna; Cummings, Tim; Sullivan, Matthew; Rourke, Kevin (Police); Buxton,
Steve
Subject: Alderman Thibeault’s comments at the Task Force Meeting

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Ms. Graham - Please place this email in the next BOA packet.
Good Morning Honorable Board Members;

I listened to the Task Force barrier meeting on Wednesday evening March 23, 2022. Mr.
Thibeault comes across uninformed, prejudicial, and curt. One wonders why he chose
public service. He is not my Alderman and therefore I will not be addressing him
personally.

His comments regarding safety were beyond ignorant. Comparing Main St to Amherst

St. and DW Highway is misguided and misapprehended. The location of the hospital is

an important factor here. Also DW Highway and Amherst St have pulled over space to

open a lane during traffic when emergency vehicles must pass. With the barriers up on
Main Street, there are stretches that there is no place for cars to move over.

What is astonishing to me is that Mr. Thieault has no understanding of risk assessments.
These are important studies performed when personal and public safety are being
questioned. I don't believe the City has been willing to perform a risk assessment and it
should have.

Additionally, lumping people opposed to masks as the one who appear to be opposed to
barriers is simply ludicrous and lacks logic. This is a prejudicial, broad brush statement
that shouldn't be expressed by an elected official in a public meeting. While this does
provide us a view of the officials thought process, the statement is ill conceived,
unintelligible, and offensive.

I supported wearing masks; I don't support downtown barriers. Mr. Thibeault has stated
that his Ward largely consists of Senior Citizens. My general observation is that Seniors

were concerned about covid safety and complied with mask wearing. I see no evidence

or parallel that all senior citizens want barriers.

This is an apples and oranges comparison and more importantly, destructive because it
allows Mr. Thibeault to cast aside the views of people and undervalue their public
comment because Mr. Thibeault inextricably links masks and barriers.

The Board should censure these comments in support of Nashua citizens, public
comment and the voices of those who elected you.

Sincerely,

Laurie Ortolano

41 Berkeley St
Nashua, NH 03064

Graham, Donna

From:

Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 1:20 PM
To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Please Keep Outdoor Dining

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Dear Alderman,

I loved having Outdoor Dining downtown.

As a person restricted to a wheel chair, dining outside gave me more accessibility and freedom to
move around (shop, eat, socialize, etc.).

It gives downtown a lively and social feeling, adding to the community vibe. Being outside in the
fresh air is also a big plus.

Both myself and my husband love the Outdoor Dining.

PLEASE keep downtown Alive!

Kind Regards,

Jill Rengstorff

7 Stevens St

Nashua NH 03060-4913

Graham, Donna

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From: Jeff Bois

Sent: Monday, March 28, 2022 4:31 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Thanks to the BOA

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As a lifetime Nashua resident, taxpayer and small business owner, I am just writing to express my support for
the Nashua BOA in general and specifically for Derek who has become the new focus for the faceless Facebook
protestor Steve Hansen. | believe in the first amendment and truly believe that intelligent debate is vital to
democracy, but the cowardly behaviors by some individuals like Steve online are destructive if left

unchecked. While I’m sure many of you are active on social media, some likely are not, so I wanted to address
Steven Hansen’s recent behavior. I noticed on The Nashua Scoop Facebook page that he was bragging about
emailing complaints to the board and others. He has been a delusional negative voice on Facebook lately based
on his resistance to outdoor dining, the mayor, the board and generally everything to do with local politics. He
spreads misinformation, he attacks anyone who doesn’t agree with him, he posts fake reviews on downtown
businesses he has never even been to (see examples attached) and targets Nashua residents personally based on
their business relationships, among other things... I literally saw him verbally attack a single mother of two
with cancer just because she was a restaurant server downtown. He is not even confident enough to have a
Facebook profile picture. It is unbelievable and unfortunate for our city. I have no desire to insert myself into
this discussion, and I’m sure there are more formal processes in place to address these baseless allegations, but I
did want to express my support because it is too often the maniacs like Steve are the loudest voices. I guess my
point is basically CONSIDER THE SOURCE.

I would say the only “criticism” I have of this process is letting it drag on so long and giving Wingate such a
platform to promote social dissonance. This has emboldened his small but vocal crew of north Nashua folks
that are clearly angry they are being inconvenienced by us peasants on the streets. I mean how dare we try to
make money for our families by serving Nashua residents on their own streets...it clearly delays them getting to
the pharmacy and country club on time. :)

Cheers!

Jeff Bois

Owner, Stella Blu

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Owner prefers profits over safety of the citizens
of Nashua by supporting the barriers on Main St.

He just wants to put tables out tax free, take away
tax dollars, spend tax dollars and cause us alla
burden with traffic. The Nashua Police and Fire
departments have both stated this increases
response times. That should end all discussions
on barriers and responsible restaurant owners
should all inform the city they do not want
barriers for the safety of their customers and
general public.

Why do they suddenly need to seat people ona
tax payer funded street to earn a profit? How did
they survive in the years past?

Also, Lory Donahue is an extremely rude and

condescending person. Does not even care about
others, their safety and has a complete disregard
for all the non restaurants businesses on Main St.

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Graham, Donna

From: Doris Hohensee

Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 10:37 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Please, no more concrete barriers this summer

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Dear Aldermen and Alderwomen,
The concrete barriers pose safely problems: for fire, police and emergency vehicles.

The concrete barriers block access for elderly and handicap parking. No all patrons of the down town area can
walk long distances to and from parking garages in inclimate weather.

The concrete barriers may help restaurants, but undermines other businesses. The pandemic is over. The City
should not subsidizing restaurants.

Why is the City granting tax-free use of sidewalks and streets to restaurant owners, but not other down town
businesses?

Please stop discriminating for and against business owners.
Eliminate the concrete barriers to make a more walkable down town this summer.
Doris Hohensee

15 Swart Terrace, Nashua

Graham, Donna

From: Kat Peters

Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2022 11:33 AM
To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: NO Jersey Barriers

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From: Kat Peters
To: boa@nashuanh.gov <boa@nashuanh.gov>
Sent: Mon, Feb 28, 2022 9:57 am

Dear Alderwomen and Aldermen:

I am not in favor of Main Street jersey barrier at all. ALL stores and
banks need their parking back finally especially now that you sold High St
lot ;-( We need meter revenue. Handicap needs their spots back. Barriers
jam up traffic most esp. all the times there are accidents on the

highway, and looked like slum graffiti. Restaurants across the rest of the
city were not catered to and handed a street lane, why play favorites.
Covid is done. indoor tables are all used now. Bad enough they have
tables on the sidewalk, they don't need to take away our roads, then use
tables only 3 nights out of 7. And the cost to place and remove

them. There is zero reason they selfishly need to take our main road
through the city again.

Let the ambulances get to the hospital in time, they come from all the
towns west of us

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Kathryn Peterson
Cortez Drive
Nashua, NH 03062