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APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR

Downtown Improvement Committee

Amanda Schneck (New Appointment)
26 Chester Street
Nashua, NH 03064

Ethics Review Committee

Timothy Bush (New Appointment)
282 East Dunstable Road
Nashua, NH 03062

John (Jack) D. Kelley (New Appointment)
12 Skyline Drive
Nashua, NH 03062

Michael J. Tabacsko (New Appointment)
5 Federal Hill Road
Nashua, NH 03062

DECEMBER 13, 2016

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| respectfully request that these appointments be confirmed.

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019

Jim Donchess
Mayor

City of Nashua

Purchasing Department
Administrative Services Division (603) 589-3330
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Fax (603) 594-3233

January 26, 2022
Memo #22-229

TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee

SUBJECT: Motorcycle in the amount not to exceed $26,220 funded from 81500 Vehicles/CERF
Please see attached communications from Karen Smith, Buisiness Office Manager, dated January 21, 2022

for project specific details related to this purchase. Below please find a summary of the purchase approval
request:

Item: 2022 H-D FLHTP Harley Davidson Motorcycle to replace 1997 Harley Davidson
Motorcycle VIN 1HD1FHR11VY618495

Value: $26,220

Vendor: Seacoast Harley Davidson of North Hampton NH

Department: 150 Police Department
Source Fund: 81500 Vehicles/ CERF

Ordinance: Pursuant to § 5-84 Special purchase procedures A/(3) Purchases which can be
procured through cooperative intergovernmental purchase agreements with
other governmental jurisdictions.

The Nashua Police Department, and the Purchasing Department respectfully request your approval of this
contract.

Regards,

Kelly Parkinson
Purchasing Manager

Ce: K Smith
B Sojka

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Attorney Bolton

That’s what | have.

Alderman Jette

OK. | would move to amend the Ordinance as annunciated by the City Attorney.
President Wilshire

OK the Motion is to amend by adding “15-minute parking is free”.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE BY ADDING “THE 15 MINUTE
PARKING IS FREE” FOLLOWING THE FIRST SENTENCE IN PARAGRAPH 5 BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Klee

Thank you, Madam President. | think that somehow our copies did eliminate that but when you do look at
that fact that it talks about the Fiscal Note of the Loss, | think that was the intent when we look at the Fiscal
Note on it. So | completely support Alderman Jette’s Amendment and | am glad that it was caught. Thank
you.

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam President. A question to Corporate Counsel Bolton, as far as the handicap if there are

no handicap spots available, a handicap person that is properly plated or placarded can park in a
designated parking spot and would receive free parking, am | correct?

Attorney Bolton
Yes. Nothing you can do about that.
Alderman O’Brien

Not looking to do it but it’s not changing anything. Follow up if | may Madam President, the 15 minute
wouldn’t affect the people with handicap proper placarding or plating?

Attorney Bolton
Correct.
President Wilshire

The amendment is to add 15 minutes parking for free in the fifth paragraph. Any further discussion on the
amendment? Would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Harriot-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

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Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
President Wilshire

The motion before us now is for final passage of Ordinance 20-016 as amended. Anything further? Seeing
none, would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu , Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Harriot-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
O-20-016 is declared duly adopted as amended.

O-20-017
Endorser: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
AUTHORIZING FREE PARKING AT METERS AND PAY STATION SPACES THROUGH
NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Given its first reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLLY TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR A SECOND READING OF
O-20-017 BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Wilshire 12

Nay: Alderwoman Lu 1
MOTION CARRIED
O-20-017

Endorser: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly

AUTHORIZING FREE PARKING AT METERS AND PAY STATION SPACES THROUGH

NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-20-017 BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

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President Wilshire

The motion is for final passage of Ordinance O-20-017. Discussion?

Alderwoman Kelly

If | could speak to it, please?
President Wilshire

Alderwoman Kelly.

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you. So | mentioned it when we brought up the 15 minute, but the idea here and what | had the
Legal Department draft up is something very similar to Holliday Parking. | spoke to a number of businesses
downtown, they are struggling. We are all struggling. But one of the points that was made to me that |
thought was really poignant that even with the things that we are doing, allowing expanded, they may only
recruit 20 to 50% of all sales over the next few months. So anything we can do to continue to make sure
that they are prioritized for people, I’ve been in the downtown business community for a number of years
now and consistently people say, “OH | go to Amherst Street because it’s free parking”.

So my intent here was to make sure that we can keep the downtown vibrant and offer a little bit of relief.
It’s not a long-term thing, | understand that there is a parking study going on and | want to make sure that
we do that study and have some really solid answers. But | think as an interim step say to the community,
“We understand you are struggling and we want to help you”. This does achieve that.

President Wilshire

OK, Alderman Dowd?

Alderman Dowd

Yes, | think with all the changes we have done to Main Street, you know, we are already losing a lot of
parking of revenue. As Chairman of Budget, | don’t want to lose anymore revenue than we are already
losing. We can’t afford it. And if we don’t charge for the parking that’s not taken up by the changes that we
just approved then either residents that live down there or store owners are going to park there all day long

and not pay anything. | think that for those parking spaces that are left, that we should retain the parking
fee.

Alderwoman Kelly
Alderman Wilshire if | could respond.
President Wilshire
Alderwoman Kelly.

Alderwoman Kelly

Just a clarification, it’s just like Holiday. So your time limits are still enforced, your overnight parking is still
enforced so we are not going to have people parking there all day long with no recourse there.

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President Wilshire
Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee

Thank you, Madam President. | have to agree with what Alderman Dowd had said. The problem that |
have with this, and unlike the Holiday Parking, which is only certain streets, it’s not every single side street,
not Main Street when it comes to Holiday Parking, the parking garage and so on. But the problem that |
have with this loss of parking revenue is that when | look at that Fiscal Note and | see that low end is
$108,000.00 and the high end, pre-COVID was $204,000.00. This would be on the backs of the taxpayers,
they would have to pay this money because it is a pay me now, pay me later situation. And the bottom line
is that these fees are being paid not necessarily by the taxpayers but by people who come here. Maybe
people come here from Amherst, maybe people come here from Massachusetts. They are the ones paying
these fees. We are asking the taxpayers to make up this amount of money. There is already a lot that they
are going to have to do. | can’t see putting this on to the backs of our Nashua taxpayers, number one.

Number two is that | agree that people will stay a little bit longer in the parking spaces than they might
have. | also disagree with that people are going to Amherst Street and they are not going into — any Friday
night, Saturday night, there are waiting lists to get into Fratello’s and to get into Martha’s and to get into the
Surf and all of our wonderful, incredible restaurants downtown. | also know that even parking sometimes is
difficult to find because these restaurants are so crowded. | think that we’ve at least made one step
forward by doing what we are doing what we are doing on Main Street and doing the 15-minute parking. |
don’t think we should sell the entire farm. We can’t afford to lose anywhere from $108,000.00 to
$104,000.00 and | don’t think it is going to hurt the businesses. The businesses will only be, probably most
of the time, up to 50% capacity, even when they are allowed to go back indoors it is not going to be full.
This is going to go on for a long time and | don’t see the need to do something like this. While | think it is a
nice and kind gesture, the taxpayers are going to pay for this and | won’t go for that. Thank you so much.

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

My objection isn’t that residents might use the parking spaces because | am kind of like cheering them on
and | know they are going to be hurt income wise and so they could probably use that boost. But it does
seem like this has merit that needs to be vetted a little bit more carefully. | can think of some areas like
maybe the High Street Lot where it primarily just serves a clinic, like maybe waiving the fees there. | also
think that West Hollis doesn’t have a lot of the advantages that Main Street has in terms of on-street
parking and that type of thing, having the availability to put tables out and everything. And then additionally
| was almost going to ask Director Cummings if he was still here for an update on the parking study. | kind
of would like to see this go Infrastructure Committee so we can look at it like as in pieces and say where
would this work effectively and where wouldn’t it? Because | think there’s merit here and | agree with what
Alderman Klee said that like you can’t necessarily give away the whole farm. But think it could be useful
in some areas in the same way that adding 15-minute parking downtown was useful. There may be areas
where it is effective. So | wouldn’t want to shoot the idea down, | would want to see it more go to the
Infrastructure Committee.

Alderman Clemons

President Wilshire?

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President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons.
Alderman Clemons

Thank you. So earlier this evening | had introduced a Memo that basically had the Downtown
Improvement, it was in the history of the Downtown Improvement Committee what the money has been
spent on from 2013 to 2020. Several years ago, we fought this battle really hard to figure out how we were
going to come out with a revenue source for downtown. The idea was to strike a balance with the
businesses that were downtown and say, “If we raise your parking revenue, we will make sure that money
that we raise from that increase, stays downtown”. And since 2013 we have kept that promise. And this
Memo goes through all of the different things that we have spent for downtown throughout the years
including over $200,000.00 for various studies and things like that for the Performing Arts Center and the
Farmer’s Market and the Winter Stroll, things like that. There are a number of things.

So the point is, is that while | understand that it would be nice to be able to do this, if we do it, we are going
to jeopardize some of those things that we have done in the past. And in addition to that, we are already in
a weak position as it is because — let me go back a little bit. So the way that the Downtown Improvement
money is budgeted is different than most of the Budget that the rest of the City runs. So the rest of the City
runs on July to July schedule. Downtown Improvement Committee runs on a collected basis from January
1° to December 31°". So already because of the shutdown through March and all of April and then almost
all of May, we have lost significant revenue already, from people parking downtown that we would have
normally had. So we are already coming in at a loss.

My thought on this is that the way that it is structured is anything over $728,000.00 collected from parking
meters goes to the Downtown Improvement Committee. | don’t even know if we are going to get to that
threshold as it is. My hope is that we do because my hope is that we are successful with the changes that
we are making on Main Street and that people want to come downtown and we kind of make up for what
we would lose, normally like for regular business. But if we were to enact this Ordinance, we would just be
cutting into that already large loss that we have taken and then that would begin to hurt some of the other
parking operations that we do and some of the other expenses that the first $728,000.00 goes to.

So overall, | can’t support this and one last reason | am going to give that | can’t support it and it goes back
to how this is budgeted. If by a miracle we were to get over $728,000.00 in fees collected, whatever
amount that money is, would be allocated in July of 2021. | am hoping we get there, but if we didn’t get
there, the next time that we would have the opportunity to fund the Downtown Improvement Committee
fund would be in July of 2022. So by passing this, if we pass this tonight, | can almost guarantee you that
there will be no extra money added to the Downtown Improvement Committee fund, at least not from
parking revenue, until 2022. And that is because of the structure of how it is funded. So for all of those
reasons | cannot support this Ordinance. | can appreciate the gesture; | have definitely heard from people
who think that having free parking downtown is a great idea. But we made a contract with businesses
years ago and the benefits have definitely played out and | want to keep that going. And my fear is that we
are already behind the game and we may not make it to the finish line in January. So thank you.

President Wilshire
Alderman O’Brien and then I'll call on whoever was next.

Alderwoman Kelly

It was Alderwoman Kelly.

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Alderman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam President. | personally would like to thank Alderman Kelly for coming up with this. |
think it is worthwhile. | have considerations, particularly to the folks and everything downtown in these
particularly trying times in trying to make theses adjustments and trying to get back to some degree of
normalcy. But, however, we don’t put parking meters on the street to really collect and give out tickets or
anything else like that. As a matter of fact, the money that we make, and | hope you listened to my fellow
Board Member, to Alderman Clemons, he hit it right on the head on exactly what happens when the money
gets made.

Basically people who do go out and give the tickets that is funded with some of the revenue that is
generated from the parking meters. It also has a very long train as Alderman Clemons said. Sometimes
that money may go to Community Development, that may filter down to let’s say the Holiday Stroll. And if
we give too much away, could we be giving away the Holiday Stroll, which | kind of think we would like that
and probably have it as a victory over this particular virus and everything. But Alderman Clemons really hit
the nail on the head. It is a revenue that is, you know, generated. It is not going to be made up in the
Budget. We have all sat at the Budget Hearings. We have heard different things. We have heard that
different cuts are going into some of the other type of Divisions. We saw Main Street vacant pretty much
since March 16" | know the date because it was the day before St. Patty’s Day. But we know we have
seen Main Street vacant since March 16". There hasn’t been much revenue generated. So what
Alderman Clemons says, we are already behind the 8 ball. And it’s a lag of 6 months’ worth of funding and
everything.

| really, again, compliment Alderman Kelly for writing this, thinking of the people, but | think it would hurt.
The other thing is what does a parking meter do? It is not to levy fines; it is to create a flush. Now when
people coming in for the restaurants now, there is going to be a time limit from what | understand by the
Governor’s and for the restaurants in order to make money. So you are going to have so much time that
you can spend at the table. So what is going to happen if you occupy the parking space, you are not
necessarily going to compliment that flush that is occurring at that particular table. So | think it is well-
intentioned but | think the loss of revenue at this particular time, we have bent over backwards to the
business community, particularly in downtown, as well as we should have. But | think this is a little bit too
much and | think the loss of revenue will be very difficult and we won’t see the pain of it for at least another
6 moths as what Alderman Clemons has explained. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Alderwoman Kelly.

Alderwoman Kelly

Yes, thank you. | appreciate everyone’s comments and this is exactly what | was hoping would happen. |
wanted to have a discussion about it because it has been brought to me time and time again. | want
everyone to know | really appreciate all the work that is done by the Downtown Improvement Committee
and the things that Director Cummings has been working towards. | think we are all just trying to do the
best we can and help downtown.

| am wondering if it is possible Lori for me to rescind my motion for a second reading and send it to
Infrastructure and potentially have a discussion with Downtown Improvement Committee.

President Wilshire

OK. So you are rescinding your motion for final passage and requesting that it be referred to the
Committee of Infrastructure. Is that your motion?

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Alderwoman Kelly

Yes.

MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO RESCIND THE MOTION FOR A SECOND READING AND
INSTEAD REFER TO INFRASTRUCTURE

ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire
Discussion on that motion?
Alderman Klee

Madam President, while | do think it is definitely a worthwhile conversation and | am not sure how | feel
about it going forward, | do have some anxiety about the possibility of us killing any kind of additional
parking revenue. | think it should be taken care of here but | do also respect the fact that working things out
in Committee is always the best thing to do rather than trying to work it out here. But, again, | think it
should end here and | am going to stop there. | don’t want to see loss of revenue and | wouldn’t even be
able to support it | think if it went to the Infrastructure Committee.

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

| really want to know what is going on with the parking study. So | guess my question is to Alderman
O’Brien, do we have an Infrastructure Meeting Committee coming up and can we maybe tackle this all
there?

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you. Alderman Lopez, as you know with what is going on is Coronas 19, the pending Legislation
before the Infrastructure Committee is a Public Hearing and it’s a Public Hearing on renumbering Almonst
spelling ?Street, it is a discontinuance of Palm Street. What has been on the back burner has been the
traffic study that we are all very much concerned about. But! am sure you have not iced since March 16
that Main Street has been kind of vacated. So to pay the money for that particular parking study at this
particular time would not be prudent in my opinion to the tax dollars. And now that we are doing this and |
don’t know when this is going to terminate, we are going to have to have a meeting with Director Cummings
and we may need to re-circle the wagons and come up with a new idea, you know, re-invent the wheel. So
| will refer further questions on that, as far as the parking study, through the Chair, through the President, to
Director Cummings.

Alderman Lopez

Just to clarify my question was whether we could talk about all of that. Like | wasn’t expecting answers for
it. As far as | understand, we were expecting the parking study to be done and as you have pointed out, we
just re-drew Main Street so | don’t if that’s feasible. But it seems like a Committee would be a good time to
actually have that conversation about what are we expecting, what can we expect and (audio cuts out).

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President Wilshire

Ok the Motion is to refer Ordinance 20-017 to the Committee on Infrastructure.
Alderman Clemons

President Wilshire?

President Wilshire

Alderman Clemons.

Alderman Clemons

Thank you. You know respectfully to Alderwoman Kelly, | won’t be supporting this. The reason isn’t
because | don’t want to discuss parking or even free parking. The reason that | am not going to support it
is for kind of what | said before, like we need to get through this year and we kind of need to see — first of all
we need to see where we are going to be revenue-wise. But more importantly, we need to see where we
are going to be with the virus. We need to see how it is going to affect the economy in the City. We need
to see how the changes we made to Main Street. To have an honest discussion on that, we really need,
we just kind of need to wait and see. My personal objective would be to try to get us over that $728,000.00
finish line, if you will to get some extra revenue for downtown. So even if it did go to Committee, | don’t
think it’s something that at least | would not advocate for it at any point in time this year. And | get what
Alderman Lopez was saying about different areas, but still | wouldn’t advocate for that. So while | think the
discussion, and | agree with what Alderman Lopez said about the different areas and | agree also with
Alderwoman Kelly about having a discussion like that. | don’t think that — first of all | don’t agree with the
Ordinance at this time but secondly, to some of the stakeholders downtown it is a good thing but to a lot of
the stakeholders it creates anxiety. Because they are like — well what are we going to do? We are trying to
get .... Some people believe in the parking like | do and they believe in revenue sources and they are
invested in that. So to have this hang out there is kind of — my opinion is we should just take care of it this
evening. And then next year, let's see where we are at and try to come up with a conversation for the
beginning of next year when we know a lot more than we know today. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else? Alderman O’Brien. As Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee, | would like to say to
Alderman Kelly or to all the Alderman we do welcome anything that comes into our Committee. We will
guarantee it will be properly vetted and discussed. But | kind of feel that is exactly what we are doing right
here and right now. | am not saying nothing is dead on arrival, of course not. But the thing is, | just kind of
wonder what would be the additional magic that would come into this at that particular time. But if it does
come back to Infrastructure, we welcome it, we will do our due diligence and we will hear it and judge
accordingly. So thank you.

Alderwoman Kelly
Alderman Wilshire if | could respond?
President Wilshire

Alderwoman Kelly.