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Board of Aldermen Page 6
November 22, 2016

Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President McCarthy

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman Lopez

| want to encourage everyone that small business Saturday is on Saturday and it’s nice to support our
local businesses.

Alderman O’Brien

| want to thank our fire fighters to open up their homes for our residents to come in with a Safe Station
initiative. It proves exactly the quality of force that we have in the city. | thank the rank and file guys that
are doing this.

Also, for everyone who will be using a turkey fryer, read the directions and Happy Thanksgiving.
Alderman LeBrun

| wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and | want to thank the numerous organizations around town, the
fire fighters, the police and others that have provided food baskets, meals, clothing and etc. to many of
those who less fortunate than ourselves.

Alderman McGuinness

| wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and | am looking forward to the stroll on Saturday.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

| would echo Alderman O’Brien’s comments regarding the firefighters. | commend all of them for their
support for the community. | Know some of you were at the lighting of the mural downtown and thank
you to Positive Street Art who is coming up to their 5 year anniversary. As part of the festival of trees will
be at the Hunt Bldg. Santa is arriving at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The festival of trees will be open until
9:00 p.m. and then open the next day from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and also open for the Symphony’s
Holiday House Tours. Happy Thanksgiving.

Alderman Schoneman

| would like to extend my condolences to the family of Roger Johnson, a long-time Ward 3 resident. He
was very active in the community and he became a good friend.

Also | think the downtown looks great for the holidays. | wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving

Alderman Siegel

| would like to thank the Mayor and all of those who worked on the Safe Stations Program. It’s nice to
see that we are using best practices and that we are learning from other municipalities in helping people.
There is a cost but the cost is much greater when someone dies or we have to rescue somebody. We
are talking about human life. | wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, God bless everybody.

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nature in any manner caused, occasioned, or contributed to in whole or in part by reason of
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to liability caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the party indemnified or
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FISCAL CONTINGENCY All payments under this contract are contingent upon the
availability to the City of Nashua of the necessary funds. This contract shall terminate and
the City of Nashua's obligations under it shall be extinguished at the end of any fiscal year
in which the City of Nashua fails to appropriate monies for the ensuing fiscal year sufficient
for the performance of this contract.

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agreement. The City of Nashua shall not have any obligation to re-award or to provide, in
any manner, the unexpended funds to Professional Consultant. Professional Consultant
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Graham, Donna

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From: Graham, Donna

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 3:11 PM

Ta: Ben Clemons; Board of Aldermen; Brandon Laws; Caron, June; Dowd, Richard;

Harriott-Gathright, Linda; Lopez, Thomas; O'Brien, Michael; Schmidt, Jan; Tencza,
David C.; Wilshire, Lori
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[am writing to express my support for the Performing Arts
Center. Nashua can only benefit from such an exciting
endeavor, enhancing our downtown area and promoting
economic development ultimately attracting more people to our

city.

Thank you for your efforts.
Geoff Norris

Graham, Donna

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From: kimrileymusi¢ <kimrileymusic@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 2:56 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Nashua Performing Arts Center

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Hello,
| am writing today as a resident of Ward 1. | am in full support of making the proposed Performing

Aris Center a reality.

This Center would be such a positive development for the downtown Nashua area.

Our local restaurants as well as retail small businesses would get an incredible boost as it would attract a
number of customers from surrounding towns.

As an artist myself who spends much time entertaining our local Nashua patrons I can say that bringing a
variety of art, music and theater would be met with a very positive reaction and greatly welcomed.

Our Nashua residents love music and the arts, they support our great live music here as well as special events
being performed and held downtown.

As a resident of Nashua | can also say that a Performing Arts Center on Main Street would bring culture to our
growing families and young people, from children to adults. The arts bring joy, Hfe enrichment and education to
all. It would be a wonderful addition to our city.

Thank you for your time,
Kimberly Riley

Ward 1
Kimrileymusic@yahoo.com

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Graham, Donna

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From: Laura Telerski <lauratelerski@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 1:45 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Support for Performing Arts Center

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lam writing to express my family’s full support for the Nashua Performing Arts Center project and the reauthorization
before the Board of Alderman. The establishment of the center will be a wonderful edition to our city and attract visitors
downtown to enjoy a performance, while hopefully eating a meal, stopping for a drink, or exploring our shops. Asa
supporter of the arts in our schools, | am encouraged that our city has determined the arts is a priority for our
community. Nashua has all the potential to become a destination for Southern New Hampshire and, while | know
communicating the intricacies of the plan and fundraising to the general public has been a challenge, | support the next
steps. ,

Thank you for your consideration of my comments.

Laura Telerski

5 Shakespeare Rd.

Nashua, NH

Laura D. Telerski

LauraTelerski@gmail.com

LDT2 @georgetown.edu
(603)320-3957

Graham, Donna

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From: Ruby & The Groove <rubyandthegrcove@gmail.com>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 1:13 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Ce: Ruby & The Groove

Subject: Advocates for the Nashua Performing Arts Center

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Good Afternoon,
To The Board of Aldermen:

My name is Ruby, the lead singer of R&B acoustic trio Ruby and the Groove from Nashua and we are
advocates for the Nashua Performing Arts Center.

My bandmates and I believe that it is vitally important for Nashua and the community to have an establishment
like the Performing Arts Center. Nashua is a city currently embracing a thriving art scene and can make the
transition to a cultural destination! The Performance Arts Center can take Nashua to that next level and
compete with other thriving NH cities like Manchester and Concord. It would be a great compliment to the
night life of downtown, popular restaurants, breweries and boutiques.

The community is ready to support an Art Center and the time is right to develop one. The benefits will be
economically and culturally rewarding for years to come. Please consider removing the mandate and extending
the deadline to allow for the development of the Performance Art Center.

Sincerely,

Ruby Shabazz
Ruby and The Groove
978-905-1823

Graham, Donna

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From: Judy Blachek <blachekS60@yahoo.com>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:55 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Supporting the Performance Arts Center

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Hello to the BOA,

Iam unable to attend this evening's meeting, so I wanted to write to indicate my
support for the PAC. I think this is a vital resource that our city needs in order to remain
a vibrant, growing community.

While I wish that the original ballot question did not indicate a 2-year limit, I understand
that the $4 million dollars is no longer a requirement. Because of this, I ask that you
support moving the PAC forward. While it did remove a building from the city's tax
revenue, in the long run it will bring in more money to local businesses when people
come to events at the PAC. More businesses will thrive, and that alone will increase our
tax base.

I am a subscription holder at the Merrimack Rep Theater in Lowell and every time I go
with my friends we have a meal out before the show. I have done the same at the
Capital Center for the Arts in Concord. If we do this right, perhaps people from other
communities will come up here to attend events and eat and shop in our city.

I for one would love to have an opportunity to have the arts center just a few miles from
my house. My husband is older and doesn't like to drive at night. Going just a few miles
would give us an opportunity to be more active and participate more in cultural
activities. We could even Uber if we needed to.

Thank you for reading this, and for your service to our great city!
Best regards,

Judy Blachek
560 South Main Street

Graham, Donna

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From: Paul Shea <PaulWShea@downtownnashua.org>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 11:02 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Re: R-20-001

Attachments: GADLetterhead2020_Feb_Letter[oBOAonPAC. pdf

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Dear Board of Aldermen,

Please see the attached letter, regarding the proposed amendment to the ordinance relative to the bond for
Nashua’s Performing Arts Center. Great American Downtown is proud to continue to support this important
project, as we have throughout the process, and is enthusiastic about the impact it will have on the economic
and cultural vitality of our community.

Sincerely,

Paul Shea

-Paul Shea

Executive Director

Great American Downtown
Office: 603-883-5700
Mobile: 603-508-0687
DowntownNashua.org

Eat. Shop. Live. Local

Great American Downtown is a Nashua based 501c3 Nonprofit Corporation that provides coordination,
collaboration and partnerships that unify the entire Nashua community around a common vision for an
attractive downtown that is vibrant, viable and truly reflects the character of our city. Learn all about our wide
variety of programs at DowntownNashua.org

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AMERICAN
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6 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03064
603.883.5700
DowntownNashuaorg
Eat. Shop. Live. Local.

Board of Directors

Chelsea Dennis, President
Bellavance Beverage Co.

Steve Saxe, Vice President
AlphaGraphics

Dan O'Donnell, 2nd Vice
President
Keller Willams Realty

Ryan Ruggiero, Treasurer
Triangle Credit Union

Debra Rapsis, Secretary
The Paciello Group

Mayor Jim Donchess, Advisory
City of Nashua, Mayor

Tim Cummings
City of Nashua,

Economic Development
Department

Lt. Patrick Hannon
Nashua Police Department

Deputy Chief Glen MacDonald
Nashua Fire Department

Phillip Scontsas
Scontsas Fine Jewelry

Rep. Latha Mangipudi
NH State Representative

Carol Eyman
Nashua Public Library

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Fratello’s Italian Grille Nashua

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February 5, 2020

Nashua Board of Aldermen
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061

Dear Board of Aldermen,

Today lam writing to you as the Executive Director of Great American
Downtown, and on behalf of our Board of Directors. Our non-profit
organization has a mission centered around economic and cultural vibrancy in
Downtown Nashua.

You are in the process of considering a proposed update to the bond resolution for
Nashua’s future Performing Arts Center at 201 Main Street, which will lift the 2 year
limitation on fundraising efforts for the center, while leaving in place the objective of
raising at least $4million from the private sector to support the project. We are in favor
of this update. The changes will allow for fundraising to continue toward the project,
and advance the project into a shovel ready position as the change relates to financing
and availability of funds, in the interest of incorporation of New Market Tax Credits
into the private side of the project capital io be raised. NMTCs are projected to help the
project team well exceed the initial $4million, to a total projection of $4.5million in
outside revenues.

We recognize that in the second half of 2029 detailed architectural renderings have
heen developed, a non-profit to support the overall organizational structure has been
established, and the project has already garnered a significant amount of financial
support in the short window since those essential components in the fundraising
process have gone into place.

Recommended in the City of Nashua’s 2000 Master Plan, the 2003 Downtown
Master Plan, the 2015 Nashua Arts and Culture Plan, and by the Performing
Arts Center Feasibility Study - the vision for the Performing Arts Center has
been developed and refined over many years with great attention to “getting it
right.” Nashua stands to benefit from that good work, as we approach execution
in the months ahead]

Wecommend the Beard of Aldermen, the Performing Arts Center steering

comunittee, and Nashua Community Arts as they continue to do this in depth work,
which will ensure that both the capital campaign and long term operation of the facility
are successful. It is in your dedicated work and diligence that we will see the
Performing Arts Center thrive, and in doing so, bring more opportunities for enjoyment
and economic growth to our Downtown and to our city as a whole.

Thank you for all that you do to continually improve city life, to bring arts and
culture to all citizens of Nashua and the surrounding area, and thank you for
your continued support for making this community vision a reality.

Sincerely,

Paul Shea, Executive Director
Great American Downtown Inc
Hunt Memcrial Building

6 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03064
603.508.0687 m

603.883.5700 o

Paul W Shea@DowntownNashua.org

Great American Downtown, Inc is a 5OU(c3) Non profit Organization, donations to which are tax deductible to the
fullest extent allowed by law. Our mission is centered around promoting and building upon the economic and cultural
vibrancy of Downtown Nashua through creative marketing and great community events.

Graham, Donna

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From: Graham, Donna

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 8:42 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

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Donna

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Good Morning,

{am writing to express my support for the Performing Arts
Center. My husband and | often go to Manchester and Concord
for various events and would definitely support this venue. The
PA Center be an economic boost to Nashua by attracting more
businesses and residents to the city as well as creating many
jobs. A win for all! Thanks for your efforts.

Sincerely, Julie Norris