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Board of Aldermen 5-21-2020 Page 56

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you. | think one of the things that is on my mind is | would like to know a bit of the methodology for
what the revenue was. | mean | put this in and | didn’t hear what the revenue loss would be until, | mean
we are going fast, but it was like maybe a couple of days ago. So | just wanted to know how they
calculated that and just clarify that. | as a bit surprised too with what it came back with. So that is one of
the things | would like to clear up before Infrastructure.

President Wilshire

We do have Director Cummings with us, | don’t know if he wants to shed some light on that. Director
Cummings.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Thank you, Madam Chair, can you hear me.
President Wilshire
Yes.

Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development

Great, so for the record, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development. Relative to how the
calculation was arrived at; essentially what we did is we took basically a look at last year’s revenue and we
saw where we were at and then we compared it to, we took an average of what we have seen as a
deduction for the last 6 weeks or so based off of the revenue that we weren’t taking and we applied
monthly. So, you know, that is essentially the best forecast that we could come up right now with the limited
data that we had. We only had about 6 weeks’ worth of revenue data to look at. | would have liked a little
bit more but essentially, we developed that model. And that was the best way we could come up with it at
this time. It averaged | believe to be something in the order of magnitude about a 53% deduction from,
assuming last year’s number that’s what we would anticipate a loss moving forward. We assumed a June
1° start date and we concluded it November 15"", the mod of the month.

President Wilshire

Thank you, Director Cummings. The Motion is to refer to the Infrastructure Committee. Anyone else have
discussion? Alderman Jette.

Alderman Jette

Yes, so | was initially going to say why is this being brought forth a second reading tonight? | mean we’ve
got, you know the COVID-19 virus has given us all a fever of trying to get things done as quickly as
possible and avoid the normal referral to Committee and discussions in Committee. | don’t particularly like
this Ordinance. | want to point out that there’s already free parking after 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. in some
cases. You know Main Street, it was 7:00 p.m. but there’s no parking on Main Street anymore. And it is
free on Saturday and Sunday. So | am not sure the boost that Alderman Kelly, of the people who put this
forward, is going to be there. But | am a great believer in discussing things in Committee. So for that
reason | will support her Motion to refer it to the Committee.

President Wilshire

OK anyone else? The Motion is to refer Ordinance 20-017 to the Committee on Infrastructure. Seeing no
one, would the Clerk please call the roll?

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

Yea: Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt 6

Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Clemons
Alderman Tencza, Alderman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 7

MOTION FAILED
President Wilshire

And that motion fails. The motion before us is for final passage of Ordinance O-20-017. Any further
discussion?

Alderwoman Lu

| do have a question.

President Wilshire

Alderwoman Lu.

Alderwoman Lu

The question is if this does pass, will we be keeping all of the parking enforcement staff on? So will we still
be paying $165,000.00 or half of that | guess: if it’s six months. $80,000.00 this year for Parking
Enforcement Staff that we do not use.

President Wilshire

| don’t have that answer.

Attorney Bolton

| can help a little bit perhaps. There’s nothing in this that cuts the Budget or directs the layoff of any
personnel or otherwise provides any savings. Now you could other measures, we still haven't finalized the
Budget for the period beginning July 1°. So you know, it is up to the Board what it would want to do about
that, but this doesn’t do any of that.

Alderman Lopez

Alderman Wilshire?

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez and then Alderman Klee.

Alderman Lopez

Yeah, | just wanted to point out that Parking Enforcement doesn’t just do parking at meters, it also does
overnight parking and other types of parking so we probably would still need some of them.

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Alderman Klee

Thank you, Madam President that was actually what | was going to say is that we don’t just have Parking
Enforcement for downtown. They do parking enforcement throughout the City and they patrol the City and
so on for the violation of overnight parking and other things. | don’t know whether or not this would mean
that there would be loss of jobs, and therefore revenue savings. But | can’t see that happening, it’s usually
not a one for one type of thing. Thank you.

President Wilshire

OK further discussion. Seeing none, the motion is for final passage of Ordinance O-20-017. Would the
Clerk please call the roll?

Yea: Alderwoman Kelly 1
Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Wilshire 12
MOTION FAILED
President Wilshire
And that motion fails.
Alderman Clemons
President Wilshire?
President Wilshire
Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons

| would make a motion for indefinite postponement.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF O-20-017 BY ROLL
CALL

ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

Discussion on that motion? Alderman Jette.
Alderman Jette

So could | ask you, Madam President, the Motion for Indefinite Postponement has the effect of preventing a
similar Ordinance being proposed anytime during the rest of our 2-year term on the Board?

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President Wilshire
Yes, correct.
Alderman Jette

So it would effectively forestall any possible consideration of the merits of this Ordinance anytime in the
future, at least as far as the year and a half left on our terms, is that correct?

President Wilshire
| would like to defer to Attorney Bolton.

Attorney Bolton

The Board could suspend its rules if there was a need to address a similar piece of Legislation during the
remainder of the term.

President Wilshire

Are you all set, Alderman Jette?

Alderman Jette

| guess | would just like to say that | am opposed to this. It strikes me as a parliamentary procedure to
prevent further discussion of something. | think we ought to remain open to the possibility of things
changing and being able to discuss things with just being forestalled by this parliamentary procedure to
stifle further discussion. So | am against this.

Alderman Clemons

President Wilshire?

President Wilshire

One moment, Alderman Klee first and then Alderman Clemons.

Alderman Klee

| am supporting exactly what Alderman Jette had said, while | voted against this, | would never want to kill
any kind of conversation. And | appreciate what Attorney Bolton said, is that we can suspend rules. | don’t
like the idea of making a blanket statement that we don’t talk about it unless we have to have another vote.
So | can’t support an indefinite postponement.

Alderman Clemons

Yeah | just want to state for the record that | definitely want to be able to have a conversation on this, and |
stated that before and | would be supportive of, if the time came, to have a discussion again. If it was next

year, | would support a Motion to suspend our rules to allow for the Legislation to come back. But! think for
the time being, you know, | think this is the best course of action.

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Alderman Dowd

Yeah, we tend to reserve this kind of a motion for things that we are pretty sure won’t come up again. |
don’t think we need it in this case because it was made with the intention of the things that are going on
with the COVID-19 epidemic. We have no idea where this is going. And | wouldn’t want to prevent it from
coming up again without having to suspend the rules. If somebody wants to make a similar type of
Legislation, maybe with different things within it that limit where the “no parking” is and that type of thing. So
| don’t think it’s necessary. | agree with not passing the Legislation as it was just stated, but | don’t think it
needs Indefinite Postponement.

Alderman Clemons

President Wilshire.

President Wilshire

Alderman Clemons and then Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Clemons

Well | don’t want a cycle debate, but | am going to change my motion.

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO CHANGE THE MOTION FOR INDEFINITIE PROPOSAL TO A
MOTION TO TABLE

President Wilshire
Motion to table. Ok well that’s not debatable so would the Clerk call the roll?

Alderman Lopez

Can | have a point of clarification? How do we table something we just voted down?
Alderwoman Kelly

Are we tabling the motion ...?

President Wilshire

One ata time please. Alderman Lopez. Could you state your question again?
Alderman Lopez

We just voted against this so how do we table that Motion?

President Wilshire

Attorney Bolton?

Attorney Bolton

The Board acts by passing motions. You don’t act when you fail to pass a motion. So just like if there was
a motion to amend that failed, you wouldn’t say “well our work is done” you still have the measure before
you. There was a measure to pass it, it didn’t pass. Now it is before you again and motions to table,

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motions to refer to Committee, motions to amend, motion for indefinite postponement all of those things are
in order. You don’t dispose of something when a motion to pass fails, because in the proper circumstances
you might amend it and pass it. Like table it and come back and re-work it, you might send it to Committee
and re-work it there. So you’ve got a difficult thing that is done, then there’s a motion for indefinite
postponement and it is indefinitely postponed. In many ways indefinite postponement is a euphemism for
rejecting. But it is still before and you have to do something it.

President Wilshire

Would the Clerk call the roll, the Motion is to table, would the Clerk call the roll?

Alderman Jette

Parliamentary inquiry, Madam President?

President Wilshire

Alderman Jette.

Alderman Jette

To Attorney Bolton. So what is the effect of a motion to table? If pass that, it would be tabled and it could
be taken from the table at some future meeting of the Board of Aldermen?

Attorney Bolton

Correct.

Attorney Jette

OK thank you.

Alderwoman Lu

And another question about policy?
President Wilshire

Alderman Lu.

Alderwoman Lu

Would it have to be a full Board Meeting and how would it be, what’s the process for taking something off
the table, would it just be a motion that’s voted on to take ....

Attorney Bolton

Someone would make a motion to take from the table Ordinance 20-017 and it would be voted upon. |
suppose nothing prevents Committee from discussing the concept and so forth but the actual Ordinance
could only be revived for possible passage at a Full Board Meeting.

Alderwoman Lu

Ok thank you.

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President Wilshire
Ok the motion is to table Ordinance O-20-017. Would the Clerk call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Wilshire 12
Nay: Alderman Klee 1
MOTION PASSED
President Wilshire
And Ordinance O-20-017 is tabled.
ADJOURNMENT

MOTOIN BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE MAY 21, 2020 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMAN BE ADJOURNED 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,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Harriot-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The special meeting was declared adjourned at 10:29 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

(603) 589-3030.

MEMORANDUM

TO: Nashua Board of Aldermen

FROM: Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

DATE: May 21, 2020

SUBJ: Downtown Improvement Committee — Expenditures to Date

Attached you will find a list of everything the Downtown Improvement Committee has spent since the

Special Revenue Account was recreated in 2016.

Attachment

Downtown Improvement Committee Projects and Expenditures

2013
$140,000 for pay stations

2014

$25,000 for public art project phase 1

$12, 600 for flowers (beautification project)
$19,800 for banners/poles

$6,000 for holiday banners

$40,000 for sign package

$4,000 cover GAD budget shortfall

2015

$25,00 for PAC feasibility Study

$20,000 for public arts phase 2

$35,000 for sign package —

$19,000 for downtown circular (“Trolly”) Study

$4,480 Downtown Banners

$825 Consulting Services Tracy Wampler — Design of Banners
$3,923 Parking Meter Bag ~ Holiday Initiative

2016

$1,320 Plantscape (beautification project — Artificial Hanging Plants)
$25,000 Public Art Project (CityArts Nashua)

$8,345 Downtown Decorations -- Lighting

$1,543 Banner replacement

$5,000 Marketing of Downtown Trolley

2017

$12,100 CityArts Nashua (Downtown Public Art Project)
$44,400 Wayfinding Signs

$25,000 PAC Consultant Feasibility Study

$14,000 Trolley Operations

$15,000 Trolley Operations

$7,481 Banners

$16,000 Trotley

$9,720 Holiday Season Lights/Winter Stroll Support

2018

$7,900 CityArts Nashua — Public Art Project
$4,710 Wayfinding Signs

$5,960 Mesh Storefront Window Coverings
$250 Photo Mural Project