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

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Aldermen

FROM: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager \ yo ae
DATE: March 3, 2022

SUBU.: Communications Received from the Public

Attached please find communications received from the public as follows:

From: Laurie Ortolano From: Matthew Plante

Re: Barriers Re: Appointment of Matthew Sullivan
From: Tom Bulluck From: Jennifer Jordan

Re: Feedback Re: Outdoor dining proposal
From: Laurie Ortolano From: Staci Blecharczyk

Re: BOA 2/22/22 meeting Re: Outdoor Dining Proposal
From: Israel F. Piedra From: Ralph Carpentiere

Re: Outdoor dining proposal Re: Outdoor Dining

From: Rob Lembree From: Christopher Kelley

Re: Outdoor dining Re: Jersey Barriers

From: Michael G. Conneely From: Mark Harrington

Re: Outdoor Dining Proposal Re: extended outdoor seating
From: Cara O'Neil From: Matcolm Brazill

Re: Outdoor Dining Proposal Re: Outdoor Dining Proposal
From: Sara and Brian Landry From: Sue Carey

Re: Outdoor Dining Re: Outdoor Dining

From: Cheryl A. Carroll From: Allen Kerr

Re: Outdoor Dining Proposal Re: Expanded outdoor dining
From: Manuela Perry From: Joanna Knutson

Re: Downtown Barriers Re: Concrete barriers

From: Jan Schmidt From: Gary Wingate

Re: Outdoor Dining in Downtown Re: Downtown barriers

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Jodie Michon
Expand outdoor dining

Judy Loftus
outdoor seating

Carel Chapman
Outdoor dining

Lisa Schofield
outdoor dining on Main Street

Maureen Dwyer
Outdoor dining

Denise Lyddy
Outdoor dining

Marie Rousseau
Outdoor dining

Gene Porter
Outdoor dining issue

Pat Hurd
Out door dining

Tod Davis
Outdoor summer dining on Main Street

Dawn Bateman
Outdoor dining

Cecile Carlton
Support Outdoor Dining

Jeannine Eppes
Expanded outdoor dining

Bowen Sapp
Outdoor dining

Ray Ashenhurst
Downtown outdoor dining

Rita MacAusian
Outdoor Dining

Sheila and Carl Jahnie
Outdoor Dining

Lori Szydlik
Outdoor dining in Nashua

Pete Raymond
Continue Expanded Outdoor Dining

Tim and Patricia Doxzon
Outdoor Dining

Susan McGrath
Outdoor Dining

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Tricia and Paul Casey
Outdoor dining

Berta Denton
Outdoor dining

Garry Clarke-Pounder
Outdoor dining and use of barriers

Celeste Baker
Outdoor Summer Dining

Jeffrey Hubley
Support Outdoor dining downtown

Joan Champagne
Expanded Outdoor Dining

Warren Weber
expanded outdoor dining

Tom Forbes
Outdcor dining Main Street Nashua

Cynthia Dunlap
Nashua Outdoor Dining

Deborah Neckorcuk
outdoor dining

Carol Duffy
Quidoor dining

Jocelyn Sharp-Henning
outdoor dining this summer

Nancy Marden
Outdoor dining

Sue Carey
Outdoor Dining

Norma Valley
Outdoor summer dining

Paul Patti and Gerianne Patti
Outdoor dining

Vince Paratore
yes on outside expanded dining

Sandra LaBarge-Neumann
Please keep outdoor dining

John Sanders
Outdoor dining

Julie Spencer
Outdoor dining

Richard Brown
Outdoor Dining

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Tiffany Lee
Outdoor dining

Sarah Paratore
Outdoor dining

Vincent Ranucci
Outdoor dining

Martin & Ann Fabian
Outdoor dining

Carolyn Dow
Outdoor seating Nashua

Janet Valuk
Outdoor dining

Adam Galonski
Outdoor dining

Mike Ballentine
Support Outdoor Dining

Rick and Deb Archambautt
outdoor dining in Nashua

Natalie Frissore
Concrete Barriers

Joan Connacher
Outdoor dining

Roger Doucette
Barrier’s need to go

Carolyn Goodwin
Barriers

Tara K. Michaud
Barriers for outdoor dining

Claude Provencher
Main St Barriers

Klavs and Jane Salgals
Outdoor Dining

Emily Bruno
Barriers

Alison Nardone
Barriers

Tiffany McElliott
NO Barriers

Rita Coutu
NO Barriers on Main Street!

Carole Barker
Ongsaing use of concrete barriers

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Joseph R. Olefirowicz
Barriers for outdoor dining

Doris T. Pelletier
Downtown Barriers

Barbara Phillips
Nashua's Main Street

Irene and Arevalo and Trevor Sanders
Main St Barriers

Kimberly Dubuque
Outdoor Dining barriers

Gail Miller
Concrete Barriers

Erika Stokes
Barriers

Lee Bowley
concrete barriers

Shannah Lew
Against installation of concrete barriers

Grace M. Sandy
Downtown barriers

Brenda Mercado
Outdoor dining

Christine Bezio
Barriers on Main St

Joyce Spencer
Barriers on Main Street

Jean Santiago
Concrete barriers Main St

Elizabeth Collard
Main St Barriers

Gerard Ouellette
outside dining seating

Joy Keener-Borresen
Expanded Outdoor Dining

Jen Chabot
Downtown Dining

Regina Sutton
Downtown barriers

Kevin Flynn
Downtown Barriers

Jason Carter
Downtown Barriers

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Mary Ross-Arthur
Expanded Main Street Dining

Lisa Inglese
Barriers

Chris Thibodeau
Dining on main street

Sherry Duhamel
Barriers

John A Kaplafka
Outdoor dining

Martha Bergstrom
barriers on Main Street Nashua

Stephanie Ballentine
Outside restaurant seating

Kathryn Peterson
NO Jersey Barriers

Linda Johansen
Barriers Downtown

Claude & Mary Kallanian
Concrete Barriers

Dr. Michelle Scribner-MacLean
Outside dining

Mark Duffett
Outdoor Dining

Christopher Joliat
Traffic Barriers

Nicole Wilde
Concerned resident/business owner

Wes Anderson
No to Main St. barriers

Lynne Trask
Removal of barriers in Main Street

Jim Bernard
Expanded out door Dining

Tom Bulluck
Downtown Barriers

Laurie Blanchette
Outdcor Dining Proposal

Matt Morse
Nashua, NH Outside Dining

Julie Pinksten
Expanded outdoor dining

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Marie Mayotte
Concrete Barriers on Main St.

Dorothy Knightly
No more barriers

Mark Duffett
Outdoor Dining

Beth Scaer
Feedback on downtown barriers

Kim Silverman
Main Street barriers

Cheryl Roy
Downtown barriers

Eric T. Bergeson
Concrete Barriers on Main Street

Nicole Vignola
Main Street

Priscilla Sinclair
Concrete Barriers downtown Nashua

Molly Desrosiers
Barriers

Christine Simon
Regarding the barriers on Main St

Judie Boyd
Outdoor Dining

Jeffrey D. Magaw
in favor of expanded outdoor dining

Laura Colquhoun
Do not bring the barriers back

Stephen K. Bahsler
Downtown Nashua jersey Barriers

Donald Sherwood
Main Street Barriers

Jeff Bois
Support for Expanded outdoor dining

Cristina Piwowarski
Downtown Barriers

Anne-Marie Bergeron
outdoor dining

Paul L. Bossi
Outdoor Dining

Chuck Emmons
In Support of Expanded Outdoor Dining

City of Nashua

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

May 11, 2022
Memo #22-274

TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee

SUBJECT: Generator Maintenance Agreement - Multiyear in the amount not to exceed $277,014.06
funded from 54487 Equipment Repairs & Maintenance/Wastewater Fund

Please see attached communications from David Boucher, Superintendent of the Wastewater Department,
dated February 24, 2022 for project specific details related to this purchase. Below please find a summary
of the purchase approval request:

Item: Generator Maintenance Agreement for the Energy Recovery Facility - 3 years
Value: $277,014
Vendor: Southworth —Milton (dba Milton CAT)

Department: 169 Wastewater
Source Fund: 54487 Equipment Repairs & Maintenance/ Wastewater Fund

Ordinance: Pursuant to § 5-84 Special purchase procedures. A/(5) Purchases from a sole
manufacturer, where it is determined to be more efficient and economical to
reduce costs of maintenance of additional repair parts, supplies or services.

The Board of Public Works (2/24/2022 BPW meeting), Division of Public Works: Wastewater, and the
Purchasing Department respectfully request your approval of this contract.

Regards,
Kelly Parkinson

Purchasing Manager

Ce: D Boucher
C O'Connor

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Julia Bartlett
Letter for Alderman Prior to March 9" Meeting

Kelly Friedland
Keep the barriers out of downtown

Mary Dowling-McMahon
Downtown Barriers

Karyn Burgess
Barriers downtown

Fran Combs
FOR Expanded Dining

Katherine Philbrick
barriers on Main Street

Laurie Ortolano
Barrier Meeting and Public Safety

Marie H. Roberts
Outdoor dining/jersey barriers

Phyllis Tansey
Barriers downtown

Karen D. Bill
Observations from BOA Meeting of 2/22/2022

Kaylee Firth
NO BARRIERS

Sussy-Rose Shields
Barricade Vote

Ronda Hatin
Downtown ordinance

Joy Roadcap
Nashua Main Street Barriers

Teressa Corbit
Barriers

Seamus O'Callahan
Barriers

Steven C. Lesieur
Downtown Nashua’s Jersey Barriers

Johanna Payeur
Main Street Barriers

Paula Macias
Extended outdoor dining

Malcolm Brazil
Downtown dining

Jamie Landry
Barricades

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Avery Piecuch
Outdoor barriers

Rachel Robinson
Main Street Nashua NH the barriers

Amanda Cox
Outdoor dining

Graham, Donna

From: Laurie Ortolano ;

Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2022 7:30 AM

To: Cummings, Tim

Ce: Board of Aldermen; Mayors Office Email; Graham, Donna
Subject: Barriers

CAUTION: This email came from outside of the organization. Do not click links/open attachments if source is
unknown.

Ms. Graham, Please place this letter in the next BoA packet and the Committee on
Infrastructure meeting.

Director Cummings,

I have several questions about the letter you wrote to Chairman O'Brien regarding the
2022 barrier proposal.

It would be most helpful when you provide your presentation to the Committee on
Infrastructure, if you compare last year's barrier placement to 2022's barrier
placement.

I would know the actual number of barriers that are being place on main Street and on
side streets. I would like those numbers broken out. I would also like the barrier count
for last year.

In order to clearly understand the compromise, we have to have the comparison clearly
laid out. Your report did not do this.

Please know that I am 100% opposed to compromise and the 2022 barrier placement
downtown. This private interest experiment must come to an end. I live close to
downtown, will not use parking garages for safety reasons when I am alone, come
downtown frequently, and found the barriers to be a safety and traffic nightmare. I also
noticed so many outdoor tables unused for the entire season.

Please ITL this initiative.

Sincerely,
Laurie Ortolano
41 Berkeley St
Nashua, NH

Graham, Donna

From: :

Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 4:05 PM
To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Feedback

CAUTION: This email came from outside of the organization. Do not click lmks/open attachments if source is
unknown.

To Lori Wilshire - | am not sure how you allowed Kim Kleiner to address the BOA on Feb 8th to slander Laurie Ortolano by
accusing her of impersonating a city employee in public, which was turned over to the NPD, investigated, the outcome is
the claim was false. | would be willing to provide Ms. Ortolano funds to file a defamation lawsuit against the city of
Nashua. To allow this type of smearing in public session is shameful. You should be ashamed as well as your rudeness
towards Laurie during public comment just adds to the childish behavior not expected from the President of the BOA.

As for barriers in downtown, our Mayor is hellbent on asking the BOA to put these back up, please vote this down. Itis
unsightly, not needed, and a safety hazard.

Tom Bulluck
20 Nottingham Drive
Ward 9

Graham, Donna

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From: Laurie Ortoiano
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 6:42 AM
To: Graham, Donna
Cc: Kleiner, Kimberly; Legal Dept; Board of Aldermen; Laura Colquhoun; Mayors Office Email
Subject: Last nights table and chairs debacle - Could you make this part of the next board
packet.

CAUTION: This email came from outside of the organization. Do not click links/open attachments if source is
unknown.

Ms. Graham,

I am a big fan of yours but I was disappointed in the petty behavior exhibited last night
to set the chamber up such that an unused working table was marked "reserved" for no
apparent reason other than to prevent members of the public who actively attend and
participate in their government from accessing a working space and comfortable seating.

The three chairs at the Mayor's table were removed from the public table outside his
office sometime late in the day, I believe solely for the purpose of preventing citizens
from accessing more comfortable seating. A citizen sat in one of those chairs at 4 pm
yesterday and spoke with the Mayor's assistant, who was sitting in another chair. Three
hours later, the chairs which had been there for other meetings were gone. And the
working table was pushed to the wall to be unusable.

For a little history, there were always two chairs at the table for the press. When I
started using those chairs for a while, city leaders removed the chairs. In fact, when I
questioned a custodian about the chairs, they said Kleiner had the chairs removed.
Petty.

When I came to the meeting and saw what looked like a petty move, I strolled down to
Ms. Kleiner's office and asked her about this new arrangement. She said it was a Board
of Alderman decision. Did you Alderman know about this?

When I went back into the Chamber, you were engaged in a private discussion

with Attorney Bolton, and Lori Wilshire was entering the horseshoe, and Karen Bill, Paula
Johnson and I questioned Ms. Wilshire on the change. Ms. Wilshire pointed the finger to
you and said it was your handywork. Ms. Wilshire expounded it was a press table and
that is the way it has been for 20 years. Well, if there is no press coming, can it be a
citizens table? Obviously, you didn't expect the press to be present, because the chairs
are gone. Does it really ruin your night to see citizens using that unused table in a
productive manner and for a higher degree of comfort?

The seating for the public is incredibly uncomfortable. A hard pew, with no cushioning.
Last evening, three people got up repeatedly to move around because 4 hours on a
hard pew can be painful. To be perfectly clear, four hours watching this board is

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torturous enough without sitting on a hard bench. No doubt, in the redesign that was
done purposefully to keep the public out. The comfort of the chamber seating for the
Alderman is posh compared to our digs.

I injured my tailbone and it is difficult for me to sit on the hard benches which has
caused me to do more zoom meetings. More comfortable seating is so appreciated.

I am not surprised, but disappointed, in the time and energy put forth by city employees
to deliberately remove every element of accomodation and comfort from its citizens.

It was such a middle school, petty move.

Finally, I noticed on the door of the chamber room a plaque identifying that there is
hearing equipment for those who want assistance. I would like to try this equipment out
as I have a difficult time hearing Alderman with their masks on when they speak. I
would like to come in and try the headset on and see how to use it. Please jet me know
when the equipment is available.

Sincerely,
Laurie Ortolano
41 Berkeley St.
Nashua