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Soil samples from the test borings will be submitted for geotechnical laboratory testing as
follows:

= Grain size analysis (ASTM D6913) - 3 samples;
m» Standard Proctor moisture/density test (ASTM D698) - 1 sample; and,
» California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test (ASTM D1883) - 1 sample.

Task FD5 - Geotechnical Engineering and Report

Sanborn Head will prepare a geotechnical engineering report that summarizes the
subsurface exploration, subsurface conditions encountered, and our recommendations for
foundation design and earthwork construction. The geotechnical engineering report will
include an exploration location plan, logs of test borings, and laboratory testing reports.
The narrative of the report will include:

=» Description of the existing site conditions and proposed project;
= Description of subsurface conditions encountered during the explorations;
=» Foundation type and net allowable bearing capacity for mast arm foundations;
=» Pavement design recommendations;
= Design soil infiltration rate;
= Slope design criteria for cut and fill slopes;
=» An evaluation of the need for temporary dewatering (if any);
=» Segmental retaining wall design criteria for use by third party wall designers, and
» Earthwork procedures including fill material specifications and compaction
requirements.
Task FD6 - Meetings

We included an allowance for three meetings to be attended by the Sanborn Head
Principal-in-Charge or our Project Manager at the offices of McFarland Johnson in Concord,
NH during the Final Design phase.

Construction Documents and Bid Assistance

We will assist McFarland Johnson in the preparation of project specifications and
environmental pay items as follows.

Task CD1 - Special Provision Specifications and Pay Items

We assume that Sanborn Head will prepare the following Special Provision specifications
as needed to amend the NHDOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction:

=» Prosecution of Work (as it relates to environmental soil management);

=» Soil Management Plan (project-specific revisions to NHDOT Generic SMP);

s Item 203.38 - Excavation and Off-Site Disposal of Asbestos-Contaminated Soil;
s Item 697.21 - Health and Safety Plan; and

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s Item 1009.22 - Stockpile and Off-Site Disposal of Unanticipated Contaminated Soil.

Sanborn Head will coordinate with the NHDOT to receive the most recent version of the
Standard Specifications identified above and update them as necessary for the scope of this
project. The information obtained as part of the draft Environmental Screening Report
suggests that groundwater is deep and unlikely to be encountered during construction. As
such, we did not included costs to prepare Special Provisions related to temporary
dewatering or management of contaminated water during construction.

We will work with McFarland Johnson to establish pay items for work described in the
Special Provisions related to environmental soil management. We anticipate that
contingency pay items may be incorporated into the bid documents for different types of
off-site soil disposal facilities and unanticipated environmental conditions.

Task CD2 - Bid Assistance

We included an allowance for 8 hours of bid assistance to McFarland Johnson to respond to
pre-bid questions related to hazardous materials and geotechnical sections of the bid
documents.

Task CD3 - Meeting

We included an allowance for one meeting to be attended by the Sanborn Head Principal-
in-Charge at the offices of McFarland Johnson in Concord, NH during the Construction
Documents and Bid Assistance phase.

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Special Board of Aldermen Page 2
May 5, 2016

Alderman McCarthy addressed the registration fees at the Nashua Airport. Alderman Schoneman expanded
on this issue. Exorbitant fees affected all aspects of our economy.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO ADJOURN
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:52 p.m.

Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

MAY 5, 2016
7:00 PM

PRESIDENT BRIAN S. MCCARTHY CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA D. PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY DON LEBRUN

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

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

ADJOURNMENT

Aldermanic Chamber

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street / P O Box 2019
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

(603) 589-3030 * FAX:(603) 589-3039

April 26, 2016

Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk

City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Piecuch:

Please be advised | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen for Thursday,
May 5, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber. Members of the Nashua Delegation will
be in attendance to discuss various topics of interest with the Board of Aldermen.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Ao 4 p ex

President, Board of Aldermen

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

A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch; Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr. led in the
Pledge to the Flag.

President McCarthy

Before | ask the Clerk to take the roll, Alderman Moriarty is participating by telephone and under the
terms of the state law that allows him to do that, he needs to explain why he can’t attend, if he can hear
us, and who he is with, if anyone.

Alderman Moriarty stated the reason why he could not attend, confirmed that he could hear the proceedings
and stated who was present with him.

President McCarthy
Acknowledged that those present could hear Alderman Moriarty as well.

The roll call was taken with 14 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Moriarty was not in
attendance but participated in the meeting via telecommunication; Alderman Deane was recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also present.

President McCarthy

Before we begin | am going to recognize Alderman Wilshire to make a motion so we can accept
procedural motions without the roll call vote.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO ALLOW FOR
THE ACCEPTANCE OF PROCEDURAL ACTIONS WITHOUT OBJECTION

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Cookson, 14
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

Mayor Donchess

| wanted to speak about a few things. First, you see on your agenda the appointment of Tim Cummings as the
Economic Development Director. Tim is currently the Executive Director of the Economic Development
Corporation in Marlborough, MA and has worked with other Massachusetts towns prior to that. We brought the
applicants down to two and an interview team consisting of a number of the division directors interviewed
those two applicants and they unanimously recommended Tim Cummings and were very enthusiastic about
him. | think you will find him to be a very qualified and capable individual. | believe the Personnel &

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Administrative Affairs Committee is meeting on Monday so he will be there. He will also be in Nashua on
Friday of this week and if anyone from the Board of Aldermen would like to meet him at that time it can
certainly be arranged. | am going to talk to him a little more about what is going on in Nashua but there will be
time for anyone who wants to get together with him. | believe you will confirm his appointment in the end.

Secondly, the legislature, the Senates Transportation Committee heard the 10 year transportation plan today.
Many people from Nashua showed up and | thought did a very good job at testifying in favor of restoring this $4
million back into the transportation plan that was removed in the House. The five member committee listened
and was interested in the testimony. I’m not sure how it will come out but | think Nashua was well represented
by Senator Lasky. | was there as were a lot of other people from Nashua, Tracy Hatch and other people. |
heard that Alderman Mike O’Brien and Alderman Ken Siegel were there to testify in favor of the venue Bill and
that they did a really good job and they make a really good team so we are keeping our fingers crossed on
that.

The next item is that there is a routine resolution that is not on the agenda which is a resolution which would
repurpose some funds that had been escrowed last year for the purpose of playground equipment at the
Legacy Playground at Labine Park from playground equipment to construction costs. This is a technical
change because of the way the various other funds that have been allocated to the Legacy Playground project
at Labine have been allocated, some CDBG and some other public works money. This is simply going from a
like to like escrow to an unlike to like escrow. If you feel comfortable with this it’s the same amount of money,
it's already been escrowed once. It would help if this were approved tonight on a second reading because
then the contracts could be awarded more quickly. On the agenda also is for a first reading of R-16-029 and |
thought | would explain why | proposed this. You will recall that the Clocktower project is generating for the city
$500,000 of unexpected revenue. When the Clocktower project was done the city got a federal grant; two very
large federal grants and the money was channeled through the city and as a result the city was given a debt
position even though no city money went into that project, behind all of the private debt that Clocktower
borrowed in order to do the project. In order to get our permission to refinance their private debt they have
agreed to pay us $500,000 and this step was approved by this Board previously. Now | am proposing that we
use this $500,000 of unexpected revenue for the purposes of further enhancing the river walk and the river
front. The reason | am proposing this to you is that this is derived from a project that is a river front project,
one that has generated somewhere between $10 million and $20 million of property taxes over the course of
its existence. It seems to me that it makes sense to devote this unexpected revenue to river walk
enhancements so that we can encourage further development like this. We see that on the north side of the
river, across from Clocktower we have the Cotton Mill Square Project which has done extremely well. Now we
have the Brady Sullivan Project which is underway and is on Franklin Street and is expected to open possibly
in the fall of this year although that may be optimistic. That will add many more residents so we will have close
to a thousand people living near the river. There are some river walk projects, for example, we see the candle
lit walkway around the Peddler’s Daughter. The city has been seeking to do similar projects like that on the
other corners near the Main Street Bridge and this proposal suggests that we put the $500,000 towards
advancing those river walk and candle projects. The kind of thing that we could stimulate if you think about it is
that for example, we are looking at the millyard and the areas around it to try to bring about residential
development but there are other areas in the downtown like east of Main Street where residential development
could occur. There are some large parcels near Spruce and East Pearl where there are older but unused
industrial buildings. If we could enhance the river walk that goes from the end of Spruce Street down the river
on the south side to the library and then potentially around the former Telegraph building, we could create a
very attractive and exciting amenity for not only the development of that area but for people that might live
there. They could simply walk out of their front door and walk down the river walk all the way to Main Street
along the river. If we reinvest money that we derive from some of these projects in the very valuable asset that
we have which is the Nashua River, | think over the long term we can stimulate more development and more
tax revenue which would help not only our downtown but out tax base. Obviously this is going to be referred to
committee but | wanted to give you my rationale for that.

Finally we have on the agenda the pension legislation that’s been talked about quite a bit. My perspective is
that we should use money that was saved for a period of years for the purposes of offsetting the impact of

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pension increases imposed by the State of New Hampshire for the purpose for which the money was saved.
Therefore, at least in my thinking, that resolution should pass.

RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

Alderman Lopez

| have concerns about using the revenue from the Clocktower Projects to study doing a newer project when we
have existing projects that really need more attention and development. The rail trail is an area where my
Ward is particularly concerned about. The lights are all broken on it and need to be repaired. We made the
decision on CDBG to allocate funds for that but we didn’t allocate enough to complete the project. One of the
things that | would be looking for before supporting a special fund to create a new shiny thing downtown is to
make sure that we at least have a plan to take care of the existing facilities that we have. | agree that the river
front is a valuable asset but | think the residents that live in our community are most important in terms of asset
and making sure that they can get to and from places safely should be a primary concern. | did spend an
entire weekend cleaning up the area along the library trail where the new development might go in and | think
it's a gorgeous area that could use a lot of development and I’m sure the neighborhoods would like an inflow of
new ideas and development but again, | want to make sure that we keep our focus on the people who live here
now and make sure that they know that City Hall is taking care of them.

| also want to extend my appreciation to Alderman Siegel and Alderman O’Brien for their efforts in Concord.
My Ward is the biggest example of landlords evicting tenants and not having the eviction hearings in proximity
to those tenants. Our residents should have their day in court if they are being evicted.

Mayor Donchess

| wanted to mention to Alderman Lopez that | agree with his assessment of the rail trail situation and the
Department of Public Works and | are committed to getting the money for that. | think there are two sources
where we could derive the rest of the money and we will definitely do that. First of all there will be some
surplus in the public works budget that could be devoted to the lighting of the rail trail which | agree is a very
important project, one that we should definitely do as soon as possible. Secondly, in the budget that | will
introduce for the next meeting, there will be money for public works projects, one of which would be that. |
think that project is the highest priority for public works, getting the rail trail lignted properly and they have been
pricing it and preparing to put it out to bid. | think you will find and I’m not suggesting that you should take a
different approach, but | think you will find that we are going to be able to proceed with that project with other
sources of funds.

RECOGNITION PERIOD — None
READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING
There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the minutes of the Board of Aldermen

meeting of April 12, 2016, and the public hearing conducted by the Human Affairs Committee
of April 11, 2016, accepted, placed on file and the readings suspended.

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COMMUNICATIONS
There being no objection, President McCarthy declared that all communications be read by title only.

From: Larry D. Goodhue, Chief Executive Officer, Pennichuck Corporation
Re: Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MCGUINNESS TO ELECT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE
PENNICHUCK CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EACH FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM AND UNTIL
THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE ELECTED AND QUALIFIED: C. GEORGE BOWER, JAY N. LUSTIG, JOHN D.
MCGRATH AND PRESTON J. STANLEY, JR.; AND, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO TRANSMIT, BY
PROXY CARD, THE VOTE OF THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
PENNICHUCK CORPORATION

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Cookson, 14
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Contract Award for Amherst Street Improvements — Charron Avenue to Diesel Road

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COOKSON TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND EXTEND THE CONTRACT
WITH MELANSON HEATH & COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $116,500

A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Cookson, 14
Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Siegel,
Alderman Schoneman, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja,
Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, Alderman Moriarty,
Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED
UPON THIS EVENING

Mr. Paul Garant, Fire Commissioner

| would like to applaud Alderman Michael O’Brien for the action taken at the Budget Review Committee
meeting last evening. Recusing himself from the discussion when the vote on this resolution was a mark of
Mike’s deep ethical foundation. It is without a doubt that if he had not recused himself this resolution would
have been moved to tonight's meeting with a favorable recommendation. Rather it was moved with no
recommendation.

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Last night there were comments comparing this contract to that of the Police Patrolmen’s and the police
supervisors relative to the high level of compensation negotiated with the firefignter’s contract. Let’s compare
those CBA’s. The police contract provides for three 2.5% increases over a three-year period beginning in FY
"16. Without compounding this equates to a 7.5% increase over the three years ending in FY °18. The
firefighter’s contract provides for an increase without compounding as well of 7.0% over four years beginning in
FY ’16; an average annual increase of 1.7%. The FY ’16 increase is set in the firefighter’s contract at 2.0% as
opposed to 2.5% which was awarded to the police. In FY ’17 the police will receive an additional 2.5% while
the firefighters will forego any increase. In FY ’18 the police will receive another 2.5% increase and should the
CBA be approved tonight the firefighters will also receive a comparable 2.5%. The firefighters contract
extends into FY ’19 and provides for an additional 2.5% increase. The contract for NPD will have expired and |
assume they will be in negotiations so it is not possible to estimate the equivalent for the police. It’s clear that
the CBA contains compensation increases but put less of a burden on the city and taxpayers. It’s fair to the
taxpayers and firefighters, particularly when the fairness of the police contract to the taxpayer is considered. |
urge you to pass the resolution and adopt the CBA that was negotiated with Nashua Fire Rescue.

Mr. John McCallister, 47A Williams Street

| am president of the Nashua Firefighters Local #789. | am here tonight to speak in favor and ask for your
votes for our CBA that is before you tonight. This agreement was negotiated fairly and with good intent by both
parties. We did take into consideration the fiscal hard times that the city is going through right now and we
took a 0% raise this coming year as of July 1*' with the best interest of the citizens in mind. The following two
years | think that those are reasonable with regard to the other contracts that have passed and! ask you guys
for your support tonight.

Deputy Chief Brian Rhodes, Nashua Fire Rescue

Chief Galipeau sends his regrets but even the fire chief answers to a higher power and a family vacation took
precedent.

Later on this evening you will be voting on your firefighters proposed labor agreement. This agreement is the
fruit of many months of negotiations and contains concessions that were agreed to by both the city and the
labor group. The administration as well as the labor group is keenly aware of our economic climate, not only
the employees of the city but a great many also are neighbors, taxpayers, coaches and volunteers who
consistently give back to our great city. I’m not here to raise this group on a pedestal or to compare them to
the hundreds of other dedicated city employees. This group of professionals is made up of ordinary individuals
who perform extraordinary acts on a daily basis. They are our city’s true first responders to emergencies large
and small. All divisions of NFR are constantly striving to achieve efficiencies with the ultimate goal of providing
our citizens with the most effective and cost effective service possible. This past month our mechanical
division saved the taxpayers thousands of dollars by completely rebuilding the rear suspension of one of our
ladder trucks that is 22 years old. Had it gone out to a private contractor it would have been thousands of
dollars more. Our fire alarm division, in addition to being the calming voice to those in need, maintains and
supervisors our municipal fire alarm system that protects over $1 billion dollars of assessed city property. Our
Fire Marshall’s office is extremely busy collaborating with developers and contractors who have and are
continuing to construct hundreds of new housing units and existing building up-fits for new commercial tenants.
For some this may be a difficult decision to support this agreement. All | ask is that you consider the difficult
task performed by your firefighters without hesitation on a daily basis before you cast your vote.

PETITIONS — None