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This request for a curfew was never meant to be seen as a punitive act against a select group of
Nashua citizens who we all support and endorse but rather, | see this ordinance as one medical
short-term effort to decrease the spread before a potential complete shut-down encroaches
upon us over the next few months like we had in March.

| take my hat off to you and thank each one of you who took the time to share their thoughts in
public but also to the silent majority of other restaurant and business owners who | am sure
share these same sentiments.

As a frequent patron to so many of the great Nashua businesses, | am torn in my role as a
citizen and in my role as a health educator but my allegiance and the oath that | took over 32
years ago as a physician to uphold and protect to the best of my ability one’s health above all
else is the singular driving force here in trying to make a difference and for this reason-| have to
believe we have to try this emergency ordinance before it gets even worse.

Respectfully Submitted,

Charles T. Cappetta, MD
12/21/2020

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN
DECEMBER 21, 2020

7:00 PM
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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 JAN SCHMIDT
ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS

From: President Lori Wilshire

Re: Calling a Special Board of Aldermen meeting to discuss O-20-044 Relative to a ban on certain
outdoor activities for certain businesses starting at 9:30 PM

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

NEW BUSINESS —- ORDINANCES

O-20-044
Endorsers: Alderman Thomas Lopez
RELATIVE TO ABAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES
STARTING AT 9:30 PM
e Anticipated referral to Board of Aldermen 12/22/20

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen

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

(603) 589-3030

December 18, 2020

Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk
City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Lovering:
Please be advised | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen for Monday,

December 21, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. which will be held remotely relative to a discussion on Ordinance
O0-20-044 Relative to a Ban on Certain Indoor Activities for Certain Businesses Starting at 9:30 PM.

Thank you.

a bahrre
Lori Wilshire

President

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

O-20-044

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO A BAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN
BUSINESSES STARTING AT 9:30 PM

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

WHEREAS, there is currently a state of emergency in the State of New Hampshire due
to the outbreak of the 2019 novel Coronavirus ("COVID-19");

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was characterized as a
pandemic by the World Health Organization;

WHEREAS, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") have
advised that COVID-19 is spread mainly by person-to-person contact and that the best means of
slowing the spread of the virus is through practicing social distancing and by minimizing
personal contact with large groups and with environments where this potentially deadly virus
may be transmitted including, in particular, spaces that present enhanced risks because of large
number of persons present or passing through who may spread the virus through respiratory
activity or surface contacts;

WHEREAS, as the City has seen a recent increase in cases, further intervention is
warranted to moderate case growth; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Health held meetings to discuss the adoption of a “curfew” for
the City of Nashua to slow the spread of coronavirus disease in the community during high risk
activities that promote the spread of the virus.

Now therefore, the City of Nashua ordains that the following regulation unanimously
adopted by the Nashua Board of Health is hereby approved:

Effective at 12:01 AM on the day following passage of this legislation, in the City of
Nashua no indoor activities may take place after 9:30 PM at any establishment where masks
cannot be worn the entire time on site, specifically at bars, restaurants, and night clubs where
eating or drinking occurs where masks have to be removed.

ORDINANCE O-20-044

This ordinance shall continue in effect until rescinded by action of the Board of Health or the
Board of Aldermen.

The City Clerk is directed not to codify this ordinance in the Nashua Revised Ordinances but to
designate it as Covid-19 Emergency Measure No. (City Clerk to assign appropriate
number upon passage) and publish it and any subsequent emergency measures on the city
website.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020
ORDINANCE: O-20-044

PURPOSE: Relative to a ban on certain indoor activities for certain
businesses starting at 9:30 PM

ENDORSERS: Alderman Thomas Lopez

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE: Unable to determine.
ANALYSIS

This legislation approves the regulation adopted by the Board of Health prohibiting indoor
activities after 9:30 PM at any establishment where masks cannot be worn the entire time on site,
specifically at bars, restaurants, and night clubs where eating or drinking occurs where masks
have to be removed.

Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By: /s/ Dorothy Clarke

Date: December 17, 2020

Please see the information below regarding Nashua cluster/outbreaks/watchlist reports. There has beena total of 145 exposure
reports in the past three months, with 424 total cases associated with these exposures. These are all of the facilities that have either
experienced an outbreak (3 or more cases with no epi link), acluster (Less than three cases with an epi link) or on the watchlist (an
infectious period exposure at a facility with potential for spread). Please keepin mind that the number of member/patron cases and
contacts are likely underreported, asa patron of a facility would have to know about their exposure at said facility to be identified as

part of the outbreak/cluster.

Nashua facilities identified as on watch due to exposure at facility or an
active cluster/outbreak, October 1st — December 17", 2020

Frequency of Member/patron ii Estimated Total
Reports (of Y=] Cases (Gey ah elo ks) Cases

Facility type

Community Group

(Churches, clubs, 15 95 13 290 108
sports, gyms)

Healthcare Facility 37 38 81 328 119
Housing Facility 5 8 12 57 20
Resta urant/bar/social 19 14 43 387 57
or night club

School/childcare 30 24 23 207 47
Facility

Workplace/Business 39 1 72 183 73

TOTAL 145 180 244 1352 424

Nashua Outbreak, Cluster & Watchlist Cases by Facility Type
(October - December 2020)

Workplace/ Business
School/ childcare Facility
Restaurant; bar/club
Housing Facility

Community Group (Churches, dubs, sports, gyms)

o 20 40 60 80 100 130 140

BMember/patron cases 8 Staff Cases

FREQUENCY OF EXPOSURE REPORTS
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020
__— Community Group

— (Churches, clubs,
sports, gyms)

Workplace/Business

27% 10%
_~— Healthcare Facility
26%
School/childcare
Facility Housing Facility
21% 3%

Restaurant/bar/club
13%

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 6: 30 p.m. via
teleconference.

Vice President Michael B. O’Brien, Sr. presided; City Clerk Susan K. Lovering recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan K. Lovering; Alderman Ernest Jette led in the Pledge to the Flag.

Vice President O’Brien

As Vice President of the Board of Aldermen, | find that due to the State of Emergency declared
by the Governor as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with the Governor's
Emergency Order #12 pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04, this public body is authorized to meet
electronically.

Please note that there is no physical location to observe and listen contemporaneously to this meeting,
which was authorized pursuant to the Governors Emergency Order. However, in accordance with the
Emergency Order, | am confirming that we are:

Providing public access to the meeting by telephone, with additional access possibilities by video or
other electronic means:

To access Zoom, please refer to the agenda or the City’s website for the meeting link.

To join by phone dial: 1-929-205-6099 Meeting ID: 87421456400 Passcode: 257397

The public may also view the meeting via Channel 16.

We previously gave notice to the public of the necessary information for accessing the meeting, through
public postings. Instructions have also been provided on the City of Nashua’s website at www.nashuanh.gov
and publicly noticed at City Hall and the Nashua Public Library.

If anybody has a problem accessing the meeting via phone or Channel 16, please call 603-821-2049 and
they will help you connect.

In the event the public is unable to access the meeting via the methods mentioned above, the meeting will
be adjourned and rescheduled. Please note that all votes that are taken during this meeting shall be done
by roll call vote.

Let’s start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. VWhen each member states their presence, please
also state 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., , Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly, Alderman Richard A. Dowd (arrived after roll call), Alderman June M.
Caron, Alderman Benjamin Clemons, Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu, Alderman
Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan Schmidt, Alderman Brandon Michael Laws, Alderman Skip Cleaver, Alderman
Linda Harriott-Gathright.

Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderman Wilshire and Alderman Lopez were recorded absent.