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Board of Aldermen 5-21-2020 Page 2

The roll call was taken with 13 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien,
Sr., Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Lopez, Alderman June M. Caron, Alderman
Benjamin Clemons, Alderman Thomas Lopez, Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu,
Alderman Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan Schmidt, Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright, and Alderman Lori
Wilshire. Alderman Richard A. Dowd was recorded present after roll call.

Alderman Brandon Michael Laws and Alderman Skip Clever were recorded absent.

Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton, Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director, and Tim
Cummings, Economic Development Director, were also in attendance via teleconference.

Alderman O’Brien
| am present, | can hear the proceedings, | am alone and practicing social distancing.
Alderman Klee

| am here, | can hear you, | am alone at the moment but my husband and greyhounds are in the house and
can be visited at any point.

Alderwoman Kelly

| am here, | am alone, | can hear everyone and | am practicing social distancing.
Alderman Clemons

Yes, | am here. | can hear everyone and | am by myself and practicing social distancing.
Alderman Lopez

| am here, | am by myself and | am pretty good at social distancing at this point.
Alderman Tencza

| am here, | can hear everybody and | am by myself.

Alderwoman Lu

Present, | am alone and | can hear you.

Alderman Jette

| am here, | am alone and | can hear you.

Alderman Schmidt

| am here, | can hear you and except for my parrot | am alone.

Susan Lovering, City Clerk

Alderman Caron, | can hear you. Alderman Caron?

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President Wilshire
| am here, | am alone and | am staying home due to social distancing.

Susan Lovering City Clerk

I’ve recorded 10 participating.

Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel

Madam Clerk, this is Attorney Bolton. | believe Alderman Harriott-Gathright was muted but is trying to
acknowledge her presence.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

Yes, |am here. One of my daughters is here. She may come at any time and | am practicing social
distancing and | can hear everyone. | can see you.

Susan Lovering City Clerk

Thank you very much. I’ve recorded you, thank you.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

Thank you.
President Wilshire

| did talk to the Mayor: he is up in the Planning Board Meeting as is Alderman Dowd. So they may be
joining us at some point during the meeting.

COMMUNICATIONS

From: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Calling a Special Board of Aldermen Meeting on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication, placed it on file.

From: Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Re: Request for Special Board of Alderman Meeting to Seek Approval to Narrow Main Street

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication, placed it on file
Alderman Caron

Hello? Can anyone hear me?

President Wilshire

Yes Alderman Caron we can hear you.

Alderman Caron

Finally, thank you.

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President Wilshire

Thank you. Madam Clerk, sorry.

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Travis Tripodi
Board of Public Health Recommendation (wearing masks)

Andy Cooper
Ordinance Requiring Face Masks

Jeff Locke
Face Masks

Mary Ellen Carter Gilson
Please Support the mask Ordinance

Susan Merrigan
Supporting becoming a mask city

Willie Reed
A letter against mandatory mask wearing

Kathryn Blair
| support the mandatory use of face masks

Kathleen Daughan, Ward 3
Mandatory mask opinion

Gene Porter
Mandatory Masking

Amanda Blair
Support of Mask Ordinance

Rita Costanzi, Ward 3
Masks

Jeff Gilson
Mask Ordinance

Evelyn Danforth and Violet Vesey
Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public buildings

Laura Wuorinen
Face Masks

Ralph Kelloway
Masks

Beth Scaer
Nashua restaurants are suffering

Robert Guzas
Masks for everyone everywhere

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From: Leah Donahue
Re: Mask Order: In Favor

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communications relative to the masks
and Nashua restaurants and placed them on file.

President Wilshire

There being no objection | will suspend the rules to allow for an introduction of additional communications
that were received after the agenda was prepared.

From: Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Re: The Downtown Improvement Committee Expenditures to date

From: Jeanne Batchelder
Re: Mandatory Masks

From: April Plourde
Re: Against Mandatory Face Masks

From: Paula Muzeroll-Smith
Re: Mandatory Masks

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

NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES

0-20-015
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
RELATIVE TO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AND ELIMINATING OF CERTAIN ON-STREET
PARKING FOR USE BY RESTAURANTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING
Given its first reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR A SECOND READING OF O-20-
015 BY ROLL CALL

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

Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt,

Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 11
Nay: 0

MOTION CARRIED

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0-20-015
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee

RELATIVE TO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AND ELIMINATING OF CERTAIN ON-STREET

PARKING FOR USE BY RESTAURANTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING

Given its second reading;

Second Reading of O-20-015 Relative to the Temporary Road Closures and Elimination of Certain On-
Street Parking For Use By Restaurants For Outdoor Dining

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-20-015 BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

The Motion is for Final Passage. Is there discussion on that motion?

Alderwoman Lu

Yes, | have a couple of questions.

President Wilshire

Alderwoman Lu?

Alderwoman Lu

Thank you. Sorry. Perhaps this is better left to comments at the end. I’m all set, thank you.
President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else?

Alderman Jette

Yes.

Alderwoman Kelly

| have a couple of questions.

President Wilshire

Alderwoman Kelly?

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Alderwoman Kelly

Yes, thank you. | know that there have been a number of calls and there has been a lot of good work on
this. | just had a couple of questions from a standpoint of how this will all work. | was actually downtown
looking at how many are out there. Are we going to allow them to expand on the sidewalk and then have
the road be where pedestrians walk? Is that how we are doing it?

President Wilshire

| am going to ask Tim Cummings to address that question. Tim are you there?

Alderwoman Kelly

| see him.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

| am here Madam President. Can you hear me?
President Wilshire
Yes, Director Cummings?

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Yes, thank you and so just to be clear which Ordinance are we speaking to? Are we speaking to the
narrowing or temporary road closure?

President Wilshire
Yes.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

So to that very specific question, the ability to still traverse the sidewalk will be maintained, adhering to the
standards for ADA which is a five-foot width and that will be maintained throughout each entire block. The
outdoor seating can, where appropriate, where you can still accommodate those types of standards and it
is still safe, from both a public health perspective, could have some tables on the sidewalk, but where it is

not it would be extended out into the street.

President Wilshire
Are you all set Alderwoman Kelly?

Alderwoman Kelly

If | can follow up, I’m sorry, | am not sure that | fully understood the answer. So are you saying that by ADA
Compliance we have to keep the sidewalk open?

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Not the entire sidewalk, but you have to maintain five feet.

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Alderwoman Kelly

So for example if | am at San Francisco Kitchen and there’s no space, | happened to be there recently,
there’s no space between me and the street because there’s a flower box. | don’t get to expand my patio
or | can expand it out onto the street.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

You’d be able to expand it out into the street under this proposed Ordinance.

Alderwoman Kelly

Ok, ok.

Attorney Bolton

This is Steve Bolton; | think | can help out with this.
President Wilshire

Ok.

Attorney Bolton

The five-foot requirement has been in affect since we have had dining on the sidewalks. So | think what
you can expect on the sidewalks is what you’ve seen for many years. Out in the street, you will see more
tables. But the tables, may be fewer of them, may be spaced further apart and be in the same places on
the sidewalk that they have been before. The pedestrian pathway will be in the same place that you’ve
been seeing it for years.

Alderwoman Kelly

That was my question, thank you Steve.
President Wilshire

Thank you, anyone else, discussion.
Alderman Lopez

| have a question.

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

| just have a question for Director Cummings. Given that the footprint for all of these restaurants isn’t
identical, some places may not have the same access to the sidewalks and that type of thing. Are we also
working on potentially letting restaurants like SFK that don’t have front accessibility figure out some
opportunity if they have back property access?

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President Wilshire

Director Cummings?

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Yes.

Alderman Caron

Hello?

President Wilshire

June, we can hear you.

Alderman Caron

OK now they can hear me, thank you. Bye. I’m sorry.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

If | may Madam President, as an answer to Alderman Lopez’s question, very simply is yes.
Alderman Lopez

Yes, | figured it was in the works but you didn’t have a chance to reboot the entire Downton.
President Wilshire

Ok the Motion before us is for Final Passage of Ordinance 20-015. Further discussion?

Alderman Jette

Yes, Alderman Jette here.

President Wilshire

Alderman Jette?

Alderman Jette

So | know that a lot of us have participated in presentations that Director Cummings has made explaining in
great detail what this Ordinance proposes to do. But | hope | am not out of line in asking if Director
Cummings, you know, for the people who are watching and who have not been able to attend those
discussions, could | impose upon him to do a brief overview of what this plan is and what this Ordinance
will do?

President Wilshire

l’ll have to ask him, Director Cummings.

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Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Yes, thank you Madam President, if it's the pleasure of the body | have the map up and could share my
screen and very quickly go through it if that is wnat you wish?

President Wilshire
That would be great. Thank you, Tim.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

OK so bear with me while | begin to pull up my screen and hopefully you can all see my screen on your
computers and | believe this would actually be televised to the general viewing public. So | am just going to
refresh to make sure | have the latest update. And | will slowly make my way up from Library Hill. So what
you see here at Library Hill is the start of Main Street and the theory behind narrowing Main Street will
happen right after Canal and | believe this is Franklin. The reason why we are not doing anything with this
intersection is because this is a temporary proposal. To change this intersection, there would be significant
expense and this is a very heavily used volume intersection as well. When we have the length of — for lack
of a better way of describing it — runway here to narrow as this orange line indicates, we can safely
transition the vehicular traffic into one lane.

With that being said, throughout this entire map, you will see purple and green and red. What this is
indicating is if it is in red it is a handicap spot; it will be shifted; it will not be lost. If it is green it will transition
to curbside, 15-minute parking; and that parking in a companion piece to this piece of Legislation is being
asked to be for free. After that 15-minute curbside parking, you know, enforcement would be in effect. I’m
sorry. | am seeing comments up on my screen here. Should | continue?

President Wilshire

Yes, please.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

So right here you have Peddler’s Daughter, Peddler’s Daughter is showing outdoor seating right here. If
you are seeing yellow throughout this entire plan that is indicating a concrete barrier that will safely keep
vehicular traffic from the outdoor dining patron. This would be the sidewalk as noted earlier. You can’t
block a public way, the 5 VA ADA access. So you know there really isn’t an opportunity at Peddler’s
Daughter for any type of table seating on the sidewalk here due to the current state of the road condition.
You could, and there is on occasion, outdoor seating along here, which would still continue to be the case if
that’s the business operation’s desire. What we would be affording them is the ability to temporarily use
this space right here for outdoor dining.

Continuing along, there’s different traffic calming measures being implemented to narrow the street which is
what my mouse is traversing right now to just outline how the roadway will be narrowed. Getting to this
intersection here, this is the intersection of Water, it has been raised the question of, “Well can we have a
right turn lane through here”. The answer to that is, we will study it and if need be adjustments will be
made. We will evaluate that as necessary. You can still make right-hand turns that is not going to be re-
routed, you'll have through traffic. Then if you note, you'll have an ability to make a left here as well. So
there is ample capacity throughout this whole entire proposal to accommodate vehicular traffic. What you
are seeing from time to time, one-way completely through both north and south with the additional capacity
for turning lanes where it can be provided.

Continuing along, you will see again the purple representing where outdoor dining would take place and in
the green where you’d have that curbside type pick up. Curbside pick up would be along here, for San