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A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. in Board
Room B166 at Nashua High School North, Nashua.

President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.

Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering; Alderwoman Linda Harriott-Gathright led in the Pledge to
the Flag.

The roll call was taken with 13members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman-at-Large Ben
Clemons and Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly were recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess, Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also in attendance.
President Wilshire

| did hear from Alderman Clemons an Alderwoman Kelly, they are both away and unable to attend. Does the
Mayor wish to address the Board?

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

Yes Madam President. So | had a few things | wanted to update you on. First the Currier was in town
yesterday and | mentioned before that they are seeking to do an annual project in Nashua. You might recall
that when the money that previously was the endowment for the Center for the Arts was moved to the Currier, a
couple of years ago, the Currier suggested that they would use some of that money to do an Art Project down
here on an annual basis. So they have engaged an artist by the name of Alisa Hamilton who has done sort of
community engagement type art projects in Cambridge, | believe in Boston and elsewhere to do a project up
here. Her manner that she works is she gets to know the community a bit and then using, of course, her
imagination, comes up with a kind of community engagement type project which she will do here in the fall.

She was here talking about the City yesterday with some people from Currier and was thinking about various
things she could do. So | am looking very much forward to working with her on what | think will be a very
interesting project for this coming fall.

Number two, you might have heard that Granite Pathways is being removed as the operator of the Hubs in
terms of the State’s Opioid Response. They are being removed as the operator of the Hubs across the State.
So the State has made the decision to terminate their contract at least in Nashua as of May. Now this is
important to the City’s Opioid Response. We, of course, started the Safe Stations Program back in 2016, then
the Hub & Spokes Model came after that and since that time, the Granite Pathways — an organization with little
contact, little presence in Nashua — was the operator of the Hub here. The Safe Stations Program, of course,
has worked very well. We took on an emergency situation and attracted, over the last several years, 3,500
thereabouts people to report and seek treatment.

Now the new Hub for Nashua, the new doorway, will be Southern NH Medical Center. They are going to take
over as of about May 10 or May 11 and then there will be about a 30 day transition while both agencies are in
place. This is good news because the hospital has a much, and | am stating the obvious here, but a much
stronger presence. People understand the hospital, they understand Nashua far better than Granite Pathways
ever could. They are very engaged in this, they want to work with the City, with the Fire Stations, with everyone
involved to try to make the State’s Hub & Spoke’s approach work here. Longer term, the State is interested in
trying to move all people into a single reporting location, the so-called “doorway”. And when and if that occurs
over time, that means that the Fire Stations could be phased out as the principal reporting locations for people
seeking help and treatment and seeking to get into recovery.

In the past we have resisted that because Granite Pathways didn’t really know us very well and it just seemed
like the State was just going to turn the switch and all of a sudden supposedly people would have to look for
some office somewhere that they could never find.

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But working with the hospital, given the resources they are putting into this, given the fact that the response
here is stronger overall in terms of the availability of treatment and everything else, is stronger than it was three
or four years ago. | think the hospital is a good partner to be working on this. It could mean that at least the
number of people reporting into the Fire Stations would go down. That is, in fact, already occurred; the peak
was about 4 to 5 reports a day; now itis about 1 % to 2 reports a day.

In any event, | am suggesting that it is good news that the hospital is involved, someone that we can work with,
interested in what we think and how the community will react to anything that they want to do. So | think our
response, our community response, will only be strengthened by getting the hospital in as the primary mover of
the State’s approach rather than out-of-town agency that we never, even over a couple years, got to know very
well. So | am sure there will be more information on that, but | wanted to update you.

More briefly Madam President, the sprinkler project at the Fire Station is going to begin about March 23 and
should take through the middle of May. You recall that we are sprinkling the remainder of the building that does
not currently have sprinklers; that includes the Streeter Theater and the Lobby and the downstairs area. That
will make the building far safer and will open up some other uses that haven’t been allowed because of the lack
of fire suppression system.

Next, the City Academy begins on March 9"". We have a number of people signed up but there is still more
room if anybody would like to go, anybody that you know would like to go. It is a great opportunity to learn more
about City Government. Some of the people certainly have graduated from that and have gone on to, well there
is one member on the School Board and things like that. So it is a good place to learn about City Government; |
would encourage anybody to think about attending that.

Finally, Madam President, JaJa Belle’s, a well-known downtown institution, | want to congratulate them because
they moved from their former store front on Main Street over to the corner of Temple and Main. They opened
their new store for the first time today so | highly recommend to anyone who'd like to check it out, the space is
really nice and, of course, they are a very important participant and contributor to Nashua’s downtown.

And with that, Madam President, | will conclude my remarks.

RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

President Wilshire

Thank you. Remarks to the response of the Mayor?

Alderman Lopez

Just to clarify on behalf of JaJa Belle’s they are on the corner of Factory and Main.
President Wilshire

Microphone.

Alderman Lopez

OK so JaJa Belle’s is on the corner of Factory and Main; Temple is on the other side. So just so if people
get confused, it is under Graffiti Paint Bar sign. | know that they plan on moving that but | just don’t want
anybody to miss it. It is also encouraging to hear that we are working on the Streeter Theater, | know that
you referred to it as the old fire station because that’s where the original fire station was located. But it is
also important because when we were talking about the Performing Arts Center bond and we were talking
about the role that they would play as an economic driver, a lot of people were concerned about “what we
do about the local theater companies” and “how are we supporting local arts”.

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So | mean Mayor you had committed to focusing on finding every possible way to restore the theater and
you got Liquid Therapy in there, you’ve got art studios in the lower level, we are putting sprinklers in to
improve the theater itself. We are looking at a Library Terrace Project. Step by step we have been doing a
lot to support the local theaters, so that’s very encouraging.

And then the last thing | just wanted to comment on the Granite Pathways Program. Granite Pathways was
co-located with the Mobile Crisis Response Team so that was kind of their connection to the community.
They employed a lot of people who had peer experience in recovery that knew firsthand what it was like to
struggle and to need to connect with resources. So | hope the hospital intends to use that model as well or
at least engage the employees that have done the best they can with limited resources. But! would also
say that there’s a much stronger peer recovery resource climate now than there ever has been in Nashua
before; programs like Revive Recovery and Rise Above are really good concentrations of people working
together to build positive lives. We are even starting to see business off-shoots like Rise Barbershop.

So | think we’ve come a long way since the opioid crisis was first identified as such. But finally, I’d like to
reiterate my concern that we don’t just consider it an opioid crisis, because when people enter into
addiction and their life is changed and impacted by those choices and those struggles, it is not just about
the individual substance that they are using. So while we may be calling it an opioid crisis, we have to
remember that it takes people awhile to recover, a long time to rebuild their lives. In the meantime there
are other drugs that are out there, | have personally seen a lot more people using cocaine and
methamphetamines. It’s a very different picture from somebody using opioids. So there still are challenges
that our City faces. | think without the Fire Department we would have never have been able to do as much
as we did. But! hope we look at the problem as it presents itself moving forward, rather than letting
ourselves just look at a slice of it.

RECOGNITION PERIOD - None

READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the Board of Aldermen

meetings of February 12, 2020 and February 18, 2020 accepted, placed on file, and the reading
suspended.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

There being no objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for the introduction of a
communication received after the agenda was prepared.

Survey by Ryan Hirsch — “Would you support resident overnight Parking Permits on Prescott Street?”

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication and referred it to the
February 26" Committee on Infrastructure.

From: Joseph R. Olefirowicz
Re: PAC Project

From: Ernest DuVarney
Re: Requesting Feedback - 198 Knollwood Avenue

From: Teresa Moler
Re: In Favor of Performing Arts Center

From: Mary Theresa Freund
Re: In Support of Performing Arts Center

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From: Geoffrey Norris
Re: In Support of Performing Arts Center

From: Kimberly Riley
Re: In Full Support of Performing Arts Center

From: Laura Telerski
Re: Family’s Full Support of Performing Arts Center Project

From: Ruby Shabazz
Re: Advocates for the Nashua Performing Arts Center

From: Judy Blachek
Re: Support for PAC

From: Paul Shea
Re: | Great American Downtown Proud to Support PAC

From: Julie Norris
Re: In Support of Performing Arts Center

From: Michael Reinke
Re: In Support of Performing Arts Center

From: Jamie Turbyne
Re: | Supporter of PAC

From: Michael A. Joseph
Re: In Support of an Extension (PAC)

From: Gordon Jackson
Re: Not in Favor of Performing Arts Center as Proposed

From: Laurie Ortolano
Re: Request to Provide Documentation Showing Amount of Money Raised in Private Funds

From: Tom O'Loughlin
Re: NO to Extend Deadline on Performing Arts Center

From: Ernest DuVarney
Re: Movement of Responsibility for Parking Enforcement from the Police Department to the City of
Nashua

From: Ann Mcnulty
Re: Don’t Spend Money on Performing Arts Center

From: Priscilla Tempelman
Re: Sidewalks

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communications and placed them on file.

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From: David Pinsonneault, Secretary, Board of Library Trustees
Re: Request for Joint Convention with the Board of Library Trustees

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication, placed it on file, and
scheduled a Joint Convention with the Board of Library Trustees for Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at
7:30 p.m. at the Nashua Police Department Classroom at 28 Officer James Roche Drive, Nashua.

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS
EVENING - None

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL

From: Jim Donchess, Mayor
Re: Contract Award of 2020-2022 Cyclical Revaluation

MOTION BY ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE BRANDON MICHAEL LAWS TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE,
AND AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE 2020-2022 CYCLICAL REVALUATION TO VISION
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,125,000 BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,

Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,

Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws, Alderman Cleaver,

Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire
Yea: 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
From: Jim Donchess, Mayor
Re: Contract Award with Conway Technology Group for Copier Purchase and Maintenance Agreements

and with US Bank for the Lease of this Equipment

MOTION BY ALDERMAN PATRICIA KLEE TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT WITH CONWAY TECHNOLOGY GROUP FOR COPIER PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENTS AND WITH US BANK FOR THE LEASE OF THIS EQUIPMENT. CONTRACTS ARE
EACH UNDER $25,000.
ON THE QUESTION

Alderwoman Lu

Are we purchasing the copiers or are we leasing the copiers? | don’t recall there being both lease and
purchase? Is there one thing being purchased and the other being leased?

President Wilshire
Good question, do we know?

Mayor Donchess

Leasing.

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President Wilshire

Leasing.

Alderwoman Lu

OK and we are buying the maintenance agreement perhaps. We are certainly not leasing that. Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED

PETITIONS

Petition for Street Renumbering — Almont Street

There being no objection, President Lori Wilshire accepted the Petition for Street Renumbering and
referred it to the Committee on Infrastructure and the Nashua City Planning Board and schedule a

Public Hearing for Wednesday, March 25", at 7:00 P.M.

NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS

Appointments by the Mayor
The following Appointments by the Mayor were read into the record:

Conservation Commission

Gene Porter (Reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2022
77 Concord Street
Nashua, NH 03064

Carol Sarno (New Appointment Alternate) Term to Expire: February 28, 2023
15 Rocky Hill Drive
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062

Cultural Connections Committee

Rosemary Ford (New Appointment) Term to Expire: March 1, 2022
22 Nova Road
Nashua, NH 03064

Donna Marceau (New Appointment) Term to Expire: February 28, 2023
37 Pinewood Road
Hudson, NH 03051

Cecelia Ulibarri (New Appointment) Term to Expire: February 28, 2023
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060

Energy and Environment Committee

Gary Lambert (Reappointment) Term to Expire: January 31, 2023
32 Columbia Avenue
Nashua, NH 03064

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Bob Hayden (Reappointment) Term to Expire: January 31, 2023
84 Dutton Road
Lyndeborough, NH 03082

Sylvie Stewart (Reappointment) Term to Expire: January 31, 2023
44 Spring Cove Road
Nashua, NH 03062

Nashua Airport Authority

Jessica Holland (New Appointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2024
34 Franklin Street, Apt. 442
Nashua, NH 03064

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

Substandard Living Conditions Special Commiittee............... cece cece tee etteeetsteeees 02/13/2020

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the February 13, 2020, Substandard
Living Conditions Special Committee accepted and placed on file.

Joint Meeting of Planning and Economic Development Committee and
Committee on Infrastructure ... 00.0... cece cee cee cee cee cee ce cee cee bee eae cee eae cee ene cee aeeeeeaee tans 02/18/2020

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the February 18, 2020, Joint Meeting of
Planning and Economic Development Committee and Committee on Infrastructure accepted and placed on
file.

Finance Committee .2. 20... cce ccc cce cee cece cee eee eee caeeee cee eee tee eueeensueeeetertaeaentueeneterennats 02/19/2020

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the February 19, 2020, Finance
Committee accepted and placed on file.

CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS - None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-20-002
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $294,000 FROM THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY INTO CAPITAL PROJECT GRANT
ACTIVITY “INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN TENCZA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-002

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ON THE QUESTION
Alderwoman Lu

Thank you Madam Chairman, could someone clarify for me, when these are purchased, do the buyers
indicate where or have they already been appropriated or, | don’t know the words, but have they already
been promised? Have the credits been promised to the Performing Arts Center?

President Wilshire
Yes they have.
Alderwoman Lu

Thank you, so this is just a formality? Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

| am happy to accept money.

President Wilshire

Duly noted Alderman Lopez.

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-20-002 declared duly adopted.

R-20-003
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXECUTION OF GRANT AGREEMENTS
WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR GRANTS UNDER THE URBAN
MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED, FOR FISCAL YEARS 2021 AND 2022
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN CARON FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-003
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-20-003 declared duly adopted.

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R-20-006
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $290,000 FROM THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “FY2020
OPIOID ABUSE REDUCTION INITIATIVE (OARI) GRANT”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KLEE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-006
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-20-006 declared duly adopted.

R-20-013
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $24,972.80 FROM THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY “PROJECT
SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD”
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-013
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-20-013 declared duly adopted.

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R-20-014
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $35,196 FROM THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, EXOTIC SPECIES
PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN KLEE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-014
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-20-014 declared duly adopted.

There being no objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for a second reading of R-
20-15.

R-20-015
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF CITY BUILDING PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES FOR THE
RENOVATIONS TO THE NASHUA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE BUILDING AT 52 ASH STREET

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-015

ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

We did hear today from Shaun Nelson, the Director of Nashua PAL, that he has some contractors that are
lined up and ready to start the elevator work on this renovation, the Building on Hope Program that they

presented to us a couple weeks ago. So they are anxious to get this started and they have the contractor
lined up which is why they are asking for a second reading of this and final passage this evening.