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I'm wrong, | see you're on line, but we’re going from roughly around 40 units to approximately 150. This will be such
a product that | think will greatly assist the citizens who find it difficulty and need assistance for substantial living
within our city. Thank you Madame President.

Alderman Lopez

Yeah | just want to remind my fellow aldermen and anybody in development where in looking in particularly how to
best help the city, we’re playing catchup. The Housing Authority did a lot of work to make this happen and a lot of
work to push this forward and as Alderman O’Brien pointed out, it doesn’t happen anywhere near often enough. This
is not going to solve problems in our city, or surrounding homelessness, or having stability housing equality. We're
still playing catch up in many, many ways inthe city. There’s a lot of people who are looking for housing at a decent
rate. There’s a lot of families that can’t find a sized apartment for what their needs are. The Housing Authority is
doing a tremendous amount of work to address that which is very encouraging and | think we need to continue
supporting these kinds of efforts.

President Wilshire

| agree with Alderman Lopez. | think we need to support them and they’re willing to put in the hard work and bring
this project to fruition. I'm very pleased about that. Thank you. Anyone else?

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

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver,

Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 9
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-157 declared duly adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ORDINANCES

There being no objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for second readings of Ordinances
O-21-069 and O-21-170.

O-21-069
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
REMOVING THE ONE-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT ON SOUTH SIDE OF MYRTLE STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF 0O-21-069

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you Madame President. Just to re-brief members of the committee. Myrtle Street runs in the area ofthe
Bronstein development that were currently discussed previously. So by doing this, this will allow for the shovels to
start getting into the ground so it’s part of the coming together of this project. So it goes hand in hand. Thank you
Madame President.

Alderman Klee

Just one quick question. If| remember the discussion, is this a permanent change is just a temporary change?

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Alderman Lopez

It’s a temporary change until they start construction because of where the site lines are.

Alderman Klee

That’s what I thought. Thank you so much.

President Wilshire

Further discussion on Ordinance O-21-169?

Alderwoman Lu

A couple ofthings. Why are we voting on parking before we review the parking study?

President Wilshire

Because this is a huge development and they need parking for their residents. They can’t make this project work...
Alderwoman Lu

Isn't this on-street parking? You know what to be honest | didn’t see it all because it’s not on the agenda.
Alderman Lopez

President Wilshire | might be able to...

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

So Myrtle Street is on the back of Bronstein. | had thought you were present for that but maybe | was mistaken and
you weren't inthe meeting? But we actually did talk about this right in front ofthe very large parking study
presentation. This street is actually going to be changed significantly by the project but right now they need to use it
for the project. But it’s the street behind the Bronstein.

Alderwoman Lu
| see. Is it dedicated parking? Is that what you're saying?

Alderman Lopez

That’s essentially what it’s going to become whether we're taking the parking lot and turning the parking lot into a
building.

Aldenvoman Lu

That’s fine. You know | don’t like asking these questions but | just don’t see it on my agenda that’s on the website.
Regardless, | don’t know what to say. Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

| do appreciate the point being made about us having an on street parking study but | would also say that my opinion
is 180 percent different from Alderman Lu’s because | think that that parking study has stalled two petitions for streets
that really need on-street parking where a lot of residents have expressed a desire for that. | think that the
Infrastructure Committee asked for the study and is doing its due diligence but | also think that what was presented at
the Infrastructure Committee as a parking study is far from a perfect ordinance, or proposal, or suggestion.

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It does seem to agree with the idea that there should be local requests for on-street parking and that neighbors
should be able to get together and approach their representatives and move that forward. But the neighbors
particularly who need the on-street parking in the city are from two wards. Mostly mine. They did get together. They
did ask me and | got stalled in committee. That committee asked for a parking study which given the complexities
that were presented to it and some of the fundamentally different ways that they want us to do things at best is not
going to happen for months and probably would not happen before the end of my term. So ifthis is the only
opportunity | have to get on-street overnight parking approved anywhere, I’m going to take it but I’m not satisfied with
just this project. | do think there’s a lot more immediate steps that should be taken because while we were doing
these studies and while we were evaluating whether the entire City of Nashua needed the same policy for on-street
overnight parking versus the streets that we’re asking for, these people have not been able to park in front oftheir
homes and have had to park in the garage and the best case scenario during winters or overnight when they may
have to get up inthe morning to get to their cars and work, and this is a frequent complaint that | hear.

So some wards are going to be affected much more immediately by this than other wards and that’s why originally |
believe we should have just moved forward with the petitions as long as they were approved by DPW, the police, and
the fire as we had been doing in previous years and in previous sessions.

Alderwoman Lu

| just want to point out that we’ve been sitting on this completed study for six weeks or so now. | don’t know how long
it is but we’ve approved longer $5 million contracts. The end product of this study was that they suggest we consider
neighborhood by neighborhood agreements. | am just not happy that we have a study. We've had a study
completed for quite a while but we’re doing this piecemeal. That’s all. Thank you.

President Wilshire

| don't feel this parking is piecemealed. This is...

Alderman Lopez

It was at the Infrastructure Committee two weeks ago.

President Wilshire

Excuse me. | was speaking. Thank you. This piece of legislation is specific to this project. This legislation is going
to help this project get offthe ground. We all know how important affordable housing is in Nashua and how much

we've longed to get that development in that area built up, and good looking, and safe, and all of those things that we
need affordable. So this isn’t piecemealing it. This is specific to a project that we really need to move forward.

Alderman Lopez

My apologies to you Madame President. | didn’t mean to over speak you but | felt that that response was directed at
me and | believe that we are now conflating two different projects but the on-street overnight parking, we are not set
on that. The parking study did finally get completed and we immediately had a presentation in front ofthe
Infrastructure Committee. | do think we need to move more rapidly on it but that’s not the same as the project in
Bronstein and the development that we’re talking about whichis actually what’s before the Board right now.
President Wilshire

Correct. Anyone else?

Alderwoman Lu

| just wanted to offer that | wasn’t aware that this was part ofthe Bronstein agreement. It may have been easier if |
had seen it onthe agenda. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else?

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Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director

If | may Madame President.

President Wilshire

Director Cummings.

Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director

Yes thank you. For the record, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development. | just want to add a few points
here this evening because | think some of my comments may add some clarity. First the reason why we’re here is
because site plan was approved. I’m not going to go as far as to say it was a scrivener’s error but essentially we
realized rather late in the game that the site plan approved by the Planning Board had from a surveying perspective
lead over into the public right-of-way an encroachment of approximately three feet on the 44ish or 43ish parking
spaces. So what we're talking about is 3 feet of essentially 8 to 9 foot parking space that we need to basically
memorialize in some sort of fashion so the development can proceed and the financers of the project will be issuing
substantial amount of money in the order of $50 million has a comfort level that they have the adequate parking and
have the rights to it.

Really we’re here just from a housekeeping perspective. The two ordinances are companion pieces to the resolution
that this body just adopted. R-21-157 in paragraph 4 specifically outlines that the parking ordinances on Myrtle
Street would need to change. So the two companion pieces O-21-069 eliminates the one-hour parking and then O-
21-070 allows for the overnight parking and it essentially just stays true to what you just approved in the resolution
that preceded this discussion. Thank you for your time.

President Wilshire

Thank you Director Cummings.

Alderman Klee

Thank you Madame President. Alderwoman Lu if you do look on line, you’re absolutely correct. These two items are
not on the on-line agenda. They are on the agenda that was sent to us. Both of those were in there. But as Director
Cummings did speak to, both of these items are talked about in the Memorandum of Agreement — the MOU — both of
these items and they were talked about at the Infrastructure Committee. You're right on the on-line one, these two
aren't there because they were being | believe if | have this correct because we suspended the rules to bring these in.
Am | correct Madame President?

President Wilshire

You are.

Alderman Klee

So that’s why they're not on the agenda because we suspended the rules to bring them in — these two items but they
are on the agenda that was sent to us.

Alderwoman Lu

Okay. Thank you. Just to be transparent. I’m sure like all of you my e-mail has been upgraded and changed
frequently in the last four months. I’ve had mine done a couple of times. What | noticed is that attachments used to
all show when | opened my e-mail. Now there’s a little carrot mark that you have to hit. | discovered that just this
afternoon. | didn’t notice it on this particular e-mail but thank you.

Alderman Klee

| can relate to that. | completely understand. A lot of mine is going to the Mimecast.

MOTION CARRIED

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Ordinance O-21-069 declared duly adopted.

O-21-070
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriett-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
ALLOWING PERMITTED OVERNIGHT PARKING ON MYRTLE STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHMIDT FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-21-070
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-21-070 declared duly adopted.

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderwoman Lu

| would just like to bring the Board’s attention to —| find that there’s a lot of comments being circulated not directly but on
certain Nashua city politic Facebook pages. | just want to deny that | ever said anything negative about our City Clerk.
What | did say is that | don’t believe the comment that was made at a public hearing regarding hiring policies was an insult
to the City Clerk. | Know that the person who’s repeatedly speaking about me on Facebook is a good friend of many people
on the Board as well. | just want to be certain that you know | want to stand up for myself and say | did not insult the City
Clerk. | felt that the statement that was made ina public hearing was not an insult to that person. | really feel strongly that

in public hearings we should be concerned when we're calling people out on what they say. People go thereto express
their opinion and this person made it clear that it was not personal. Yeah | just wanted to make that point. Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

| just wanted to state my opinion that | don’t believe comments that are made on social media should be considered an
insult because people are talking about them on social media. They can throw words out all they want and it doesn’t
necessarily mean that they’re present for the events. If you're going to say that people in public comment should be
allowed to voice their opinions in public, then we can't really at the same time people on social media shouldn't because
there’s no way we can control that.

Alderwoman Lu

May | respond?

President Wilshire

Alderwoman Lu.

Alderwoman Lu

Alderman Lopez | wasn't saying that Ms. Prince couldn't say something. | was saying | want to make it clear that | firmly
believe what | said was not aninsult tothe City Clerk. Anyone can say whatever they want but | wanted to point out that |
never insulted the City Clerk.

Alderman Lopez

| would only respond | never insulted you. | just stated my opinion.

Aldenvoman Lu

Well | thought you had stated that | really shouldn’t be saying that because anyone can say anything.

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Alderman Lopez

No I’m saying it was my opinion.

President Wilshire

Okay can we take this off line please? Alderwoman Lul’m going to allow you a little leeway but not much. This doesn't
need to happen in here.

Alderwoman Lu

I’m not sure what you mean by that but if | don't talk in here, then | don’t talk to you, or | don't get responses. So thank you.
ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE AUGUST 24, 2021, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:35 p.m.

Attest: Allison Waite, Deputy City Clerk

Board of Aldermen
City of Nashua
229 Main Street Lori Wilshire

Nashua, NH 03061-2019 President, Board of Aldermen
(603) 589-3030

August 23, 2021

Susan K. Lovering, City Cierk

City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Lovering:

Please be advised ! am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen to have a discussion
relative to the American Recovery Program Act (ARPA) on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at
7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber.

Thank you.

Aor Welohike
Lori Wilshire
President

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Steven A. Bolton, Corporation Counsel

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
AUGUST 24, 2021
7:00 PM Aldermanic Chamber and via Zoom

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PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN K. LOVERING

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN RICHARD A. DOWD

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

From: Lori Wilshire, President Board of Aldermen

Re: Calling a Special Board of Aldermen meeting relative to Resolution R-21-157 Authorizing the City
of Nashua to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Bronstein Redevelopment

From: Mayor Jim Donchess

Re: Construction for Phase 2 of the Pump Station Upgrade Project in the amount not to exceed
$5,335,200 funded from accounts SRF Loan/81700 Infrastructure Improvements

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-21-157

Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

REGARDING THE BRONSTEIN REDEVELOPMENT
e Committee on Infrastructure with Recommendation for Final Passage

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street Lori Wilshire
Nashua, NH 03061-2019 President, Board of Aldermen

(603) 589-3030

August 9, 2021

Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Lovering:

Please be advised | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen relative to Resolution
R-21-157 Authorizing the City of Nashua to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the
Bronstein Redevelopment for Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
f Wilshire
President

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Steven A. Bolton, Corporation Counsel

City of Nashua

Purchasing Department
Administrative Services Division (603) 589-3330
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Fax (603) 594-3233

July 28, 2021
Memo #22-155

TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee

SUBJECT: Construction for Phase 2 of the Pump Station Upgrade Project in the amount not to exceed
§5,335,200 funded from accounts SRF Loan/81700 Infrastructure !mprovements

Please see attached communications fram David Boucher, Superintendent of the Wastewater Department, dated
July 22, 2021 for project specific details related to this purchase. Below please find 2 summary of the purchase
approval request:

Item: Construction to upgrade 8 of the city’s pump stations to include: new buildings at 2
locations, new packaged pump stations at 3 locations and various upgrades at 3 pump
stations and new fiber cable communications running between the pump stations and the
Wastewater Plant.

Value: §5,335,200

Vendor: DeFelice Corporation of Methuen MA

Department: 169 Wastewater

Source Fund: SRF Loan/841700 infrastructure Improvements

Ordinance: Pursuant to § 5-78 Major purchases (greater than $10,000) A. All supplies and contractual
services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated cost thereof shall
exceed $10,000 shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest responsible
bidder, after due notice inviting bids.

A competitive bidding RFP for this project was issued on May 27, 2021 and the following bids were received:

Vendor Location Amount Note
DeFelice Corporation Methuen, MA | $5,335,200
Albanese D&S Inc Methuen, MA | $6,728,200

We recommend this bid to be awarded to the lowest total cost vendor who met the RFP specified requirements.

The Board of Public Works (7/22/21 BPW meeting}, Division of Public Works: Wastewater, and the Purchasing
Department respectfully request your approval of this contract.

Regards,

Kelly Parkinson
Purchasing Manager

Ce: D Boucher
Cc o’Connor