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President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

| just feel like it is worth pointing out to the public that | am sitting in front of a virtual background; see it is not
real. So this is not what the actual Aldermanic Chamber looks like. And that’s what we were talking about. |
just realized that bringing the topic up while doing this is probably confusing.

President Wilshire

All set Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

Yes, thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd

Yes, now that we have the Budget in hand, Donna and | have been working diligently with the Mayor’s Office
and the Department Heads to formulate a Budget Review Schedule. All the members, everyone got a copy of
the schedule this evening, just before this meeting and I’d like you to review it. | have to give priority to the
members of the Budget Committee but | would like to have a final input no later than Friday since the first
Budget Review Meeting is the 20", Thursday, May 20" at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom and it is General Government,
Emergency Preparedness and Administrative Services. So if there is anybody on the Budget Committee that
has conflicts, please let me know. If we have a significant number of conflicts that would probably prompt a
change in the meeting but it was very difficult since we are starting the Budget process later than we normally
do and the entire Budget has to be fully passed by the end of June and we are already well into May. So the
dates are tight and the major departments have a night of their own and | am sure there will be a lot of
discussion so thank you.

President Wilshire
Anyone else? Response to the remarks of the Mayor? Alderwoman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu

Thank you Madam President. Mr. Mayor you brought up R-21-143 and | just wanted to ask the proposal that
the Police Commission be appointed other than it is now. Did that come out of the Master Planning process?

Mayor Donchess

Well certainly people have been thinking about this for a long time but the Master Plan is a land use document.
So what the Master Plan does is look at various areas of the City to determine how the City should try to guide
development basically in the future. So this isn’t a subject of discussion, you know, the way the Police
Commission is appointed is not a subject of discussion as part of Master Plan but instead that has to do with
the future growth of the community.

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Alderwoman Lu
| see. Because | know that a poll was done, so the City did a poll on this question?

Mayor Donchess

No. | sent out a survey to see what people thought regarding a couple of these questions related to the Police
Commission.

Alderwoman Lu

OH | see. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else? OK not seeing anyone.

RECOGNITION PERIOD - None

READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the special and regular Board of
Aldermen meetings of April 26 and 27, 2021 accepted, placed on file, and the reading suspended.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: Matt Sullivan, Planning Department Manager
Re: Referral from the Board of Aldermen on O-21-058 to Nashua Planning Board, amending the Floodplain
Management Land Use Ordinance

From: Matt Sullivan Planning Manager
Sherry Dutzy, Chair, Nashua Conservation Commission

Re: Referral from the Board of Aldermen to Conservation Commission on O-21-058, amending the
Floodplain Management Land Use Ordinance

From: Deb Chisholm, Waterways Manager
Re: Proposed modification to Land Use Code 190 Article VII Floodplain Management

From: Diane Thibodeau, Executive Assistant, Division of Public Works
Re: Board of Aldermen Referral — R-21-127 bond

From: Julie Chizmas, Transportation and Long-Range Planner
Re: Partnership with Bird Rides, Inc.

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

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS EVENING

President Wilshire
Ms. Colhoun, name and address and you have three minutes?

Laura Colquhoun My name is Laura Colquhoun, | live at 30 Greenwood Drive. | am speaking out tonight
against the amendment change to the City Charter relative to the matter of appointments to the Nashua Board

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of Police Commissioners. This amendment has been on the books since September 1913 and has worked
well for the City of Nashua. There’s an old saying that says, “If it is not broken, don’t fix it”. Currently there are
no politics within the selection. However, if the City of Nashua puts this amendment in the hands of the Mayor
and the President of the Board of Aldermen it will be a disaster. The Mayor has already shown that he is only
hiring likeminded people from his inner circle to boards and committees. This is apparent on the Public Works
Board where there are two people who are trying to do things for the benefit of the residents. However, the
male voting block seems to override the Board members that are actually representing the residents.

Another example is there has been an open spot on the Board of Assessors for over 2 years. While residents
have requested to take this spot to represent the Nashua residents, the Mayor is not willing to give this spot out
to anybody but from somebody from his inner circle. So the spot stays open and there’s nobody on the Board
of Assessors that actually represents the residents. We currently have one Alderman trying to change the
number of Board Members on the School Board. She is working with Attorney Bolton on the backdoor charter
change. Where is their transparency? Why the sneaky change? The problem here is that that Nashua
residents want people to go on the Board of Education that actually are concerned about our children not the
politics, political views.

The Police Commissioners should never be picked because the Mayor likes them or are friends with the
Mayor. They should not be selected because of their party affiliation or their likeminded viewpoints. It needs
to be a qualified person, female or male, with no personal ties to the Mayor or the President of the Board of
Aldermen. | am leery at the selection method for the Police Commission. | live in the City of Nashua, not the
kingdom of the mayor. Another thing | would like to bring up the fact that the Mayor has already wasted
$44,383.00 in taxpayer funds to get a study on a dog park in downtown Nashua.

President Wilshire
| don’t think we are taking that up this evening Ms. Colquhoun.

Ms. Colquhoun (speaking over President Wilshire) for a dog park. What is the Mayor thinking, if the Mayor has
extra money lying around, apply it to the ever increasing tax rate that the residents will be paying. The Mayor
should realize that the City of Nashua just gave back $3,320,000.00 in property tax ....

President Wilshire

Ms. Colquhoun your time is up.

Ms. Colquhoun (speaking over President Wilshire) commercial properties. The Mayor also realizes...
President Wilshire

Amber Logue?

Amber Logue Thank you. Amber Logue resident of 20 Locke Street. | am here to speak in favor of R-21-144
authorizing the purchase of property located at L Pine Street, Map 77, Lot 5. This parcel of land is considered
by many residents as a part of Mine Falls Park. On a beautiful day, you can find residents playing there with
their kids or their dogs. | have seen yoga classes here, I’ve seen picnics. This is the gateway to Mine Falls
from downtown.

A few years ago, | was surprised to learn that the Millyard Association actually owns this land and it is not, in
fact, a part of Mine Falls at all. So it is considered to be unusable land. The option before us is to either watch
it be paved over and become just another parking lot or use this land for what is already naturally used for
which is a public park. It would not only preserve this land for future generations but also meet the commitment
of wetland protection that the City aims to have. | encourage the Board of Aldermen to approve the passage of
R-21-144 and ensure that those gateway to Mine Falls Park is secure for our residents. Thank you.

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President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else?

Alderman Caron

Madam President?

President Wilshire

Alderman Caron.

Alderman Caron

Yes, can we remind people that this portion of public comment is for those items that the Board is going to vote
on, not on things that are being assigned to Committee later in the meeting?

President Wilshire

Yes, Ma’am. Thank you.

Alderman Caron

Thank you.

President Wilshire

Anyone else that wishes to give public comment on anything that is expected to be acted upon this evening.
Laurie Ortolano Laurie Ortolano.

President Wilshire

OK.

Ms. Ortolano Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. | was going to comment on the 144 and 143 but | will do
that at the end of the meeting. But! would like to say with regard to the Mayor’s comment that the study he did
or the survey he took or the poll regarding the Police Department it would be nice if that was made public so
we just know what the outcome of that is.

President Wilshire

But we are not taking action on that this evening.

Ms. Ortolano Well | know, but he brought it up, that’s all.

President Wilshire

OK. Is there anyone else that would like to give public comment on items we are acting upon this evening?
Seeing none, Communications Requiring Final Approval.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL

From: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk
Re: Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS) Request to Waive Vendor’s License Fees

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There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication and referred it to the Budget
Review Committee.

PETITIONS

Street Re-Numbering Petition — 5 Berkshire Street, Sheet 61B/Lot 30 and Sheet 61B/Lot 29
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO GRANT THE PETITION FOR STREET RE-NUMBERING —
5 BERKSHIRE STREET, SHEET 61B/LOT 30 AND SHEET 61B/LOT 29 AND TO RENAME SAID
PROPERTY TO 5 AND 9 BERKSHIRE STREET, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman O’Brien
And, Madam President, may | speak to my motion?
President Wilshire
Alderman O’Brien.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you Madam President. At the last Infrastructure Meeting we did get a chance to meet with the Knapp
family who live at a current address of #7 Berkshire and they have been there for over 40 years. Yet the
gentleman that owns #7 it’s a double size lot, it does meet the requirements and can be subdivided. Although
in a perfect world we would like to have all of our numbers in sequential. But in my communication with the
Committee that we have in the City to correspond mostly for emergency response of 911 and direct
conversations with the Fire Chief Rhodes, it was agreed and was sponsored by the Infrastructure Committee to
go with this numbering of leaving #7 as is and to rename the property 5 and 9 Berkshire Street. So | hope you
can support this motion.

President Wilshire

The motion is for final passage. Is there discussion on that motion? Seeing none, would the Clerk please 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 Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Petition for Street Re-Numbering — Berkshire Street declared duly adopted.

Petition for Street Layout — 44 Buckmeadow Road

The following Petition for Street Layout —- 44 Buckmeadow Road was read into the record: Petition for Street
Layout — 44 Buckmeadow Road.

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MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD TO ACCEPT THE PETITION FOR STREET LAYOUT - 44
BUCKMEADOW ROAD AS READ, REFER IT TO THE NASHUA CITY PLANNING BOARD AND THAT A
PUBLIC HEARING BE SCHEDULED 30 DAYS AFTER THE REQUIRED NOTICES ARE SENT TO THE
PARTIES, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
And I'd like to speak to it.
President Wilshire
Alderman Dowd.
Alderman Dowd
This is part of the Middle School Development Program and it is particularly the new Middle School where we
are constructing the road to access the new Middle School and this is referred to cross some T’s and dotting
the I’s. This road has been laid out by Hayner Swanson Harriman and the City Engineer so everyone that
needed to get an input into how the road should be laid has done that. And | ask you to support this, by roll
call.
President Wilshire
Any discussion on that motion? Would the Clerk please 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 Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS - None

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the April 26, 2021 Budget Review
Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the April 28, 2021 Committee on
Infrastructure accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the May 3, 2021 Personnel/Administrative
Affairs Committee accepted and placed on file.

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Planning and Economic Development Committee............ 0... eee ete eeetttteeersere 05/04/2021

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the May 4, 2021 Planning an Economic
Development Committee accepted and placed on file.

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There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the report of the May 5, 2021 Finance Committee
accepted and placed on file.

There being no objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for the oral report of the

Human Affairs Committee meeting held Monday, May 10, 2021, regarding proposed Resolution
R-21-129.

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you. Human Affairs Committee met last night and we discussed this piece of business. It is a grant that
we get from the Federal Government every year for HOPWA which is Housing Opportunities Persons with Aids
and it passed unanimously in the Committee last night.

President Wilshire

Thank you. It is time sensitive according to, was it Bob Mack that spoke on it.

Alderwoman Kelly

Yes Bob Mack and Director Bagley both were just letting us know that it is time sensitive to get these funds
moving.

President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Kelly. OK.

CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS

Cable Television Advisory Board

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the new appointment of Justin Chapman,
55 McKean Street, Nashua, to the Cable Television Advisory Board with a term to expire March 31,
2024.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel.

Cultural Connections Committee

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the following to the Cultural Connections
Committee: re-appointment of Margaret Loret, 4 Cimmarron Drive, Nashua, with a term to expire
February 1, 2024; and new appointment Paul Shea, 102 Tolles Street, Nashua, with a term to expire
April 1, 2024.

Oath of Office administered by Corporation Counsel to Mr. Shea. Oath of Office will be administered to Ms.
Loret at a future date.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber
and via Zoom. The meeting link information can be found on the agenda.

Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.

Members of the Committee present: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee, Vice Chair
Alderman Alex Comeau
Alderman Tyler Gouveia
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons (arrived at 7:01)
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons

Members not in Attendance: Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.

Also in Attendance: Alderman Derek Thibeault
Kim Kleiner, Administrative Services Director
Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Karen Smith, Business Manager NPD
Brian Sojka, Police Supervisor
Darrin Santos, Environmental Engineer
Dan Hudson, Engineer
Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director
Julie Chizmas, Long-Range Planner

Mayor Donchess

Although it’s not on the agenda, our previous Clerk has been transferred to another committee so we need to elect a
Clerk. Although it’s not on the agenda we need to do that because Alderman Jette has transferred to another committee.

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE CLERK

Mayor Donchess called for nominations for the Committee Clerk for the 2022-2023 term.

ALDERMAN GOUVEIA NOMINATED ALDERMAN COMEAU AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CLERK
MOTION BY ALDERMAN GOUVEIA TO VOTE ON ELECTION OF ALDERMAN COMEAU AS THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE CLERK FOR THE 2022-2023 TERM

MOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC COMMENT

Laurie Ortolano
Laurie Ortolano, 41 Berkeley Street. Is all the business | believe is new business, correct? There’s no business, right?

Mayor Donchess

Correct.
Laurie Ortolano
Okay so I'll wait til the end. Thank you.

COMMUNICATIONS

From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager

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Nashua Arts Commission

There being no objection, President Wilshire confirmed the following to the Nashua Arts Commission:
re-appointment of Lindsay Rinaldi, 705 Belmont Street, Boston, Massachusetts, with a term to expire
April 1, 2024.

Oath of Office to be administered at a later date.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-21-121, Amended
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
CHANGING THE NAME OF VETERANS DRIVE TO ARMORYDRIVE INDEPENDENCE DRIVE, AND
CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BROAD STREET PARKWAY TO VETERANS MEMORIAL PARKWAY
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO AMEND R-21-124 BY REPLACING IT WITH THE GOLDENROD
COPY OF AMENDMENTS MADE AT THE COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Lopez

Just gratitude. This is a great idea, it was a little bit problematic just because there was already a Veterans
Way and a Veterans Bridge and we wanted to make sure that we weren’t honoring veterans in a way that
could put their lives in danger if there was a 911 situation. So the City Departments really stepped up and
made sure that they covered all the angles, they figured out any other streets that might have similar sounding
names and that’s what the amendment is about is just making sure we handle this thoroughly and in one shot.

President Wilshire
Thank you Alderman Lopez. Any further discussion on the motion to amend? Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette

| just wondered if Alderman Lopez could explain to us what the details of the amendment, how it got amended
at the Committee?

Alderman Lopez

Yeah | thought you were in the Committee. Alderman Jette | apologize | can’t pull up a map here. But the
Broad Street Parkway goes from Pine Street to Broad Street and the original motion was to rename that to be
Veterans Parkway. One of the amendments was to change it to Veterans Memorial Parkway so that it is not

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confused with the bridge. There’s a bridge that connects Nashua to Hudson and that has a similar name as
well. And then initially the Legislation before us had changed the road along the National Guard Armory to
Armory Street which is virtually identical to Amory Street when you say it so they had changed that as well and
so that, | believe, is Independence Way now or Drive. So that’s the summary in a nutshell.

Alderman Jette

Thank you. Thank you very much.

President Wilshire

The motion is to amend. Further discussion on the amendment?
Alderman Jette

Seeing none, would the Clerk please 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 Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-121 AS AMENDED, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Lopez

So | think this is important to do particularly now because last year we didn’t have the same kind of celebration
or recognition for veterans that we have done in the past. And this year, the organizers weren’t comfortable at
the time we need to begin organizing doing that as well. | know that the parkway has a program already in
place by DPW where families can submit the names of their loved one and images to honor them. | think that’s
a great program because it lets people throughout the year consider the contributions and sacrifices that our
veterans have made. And | think in a lot of ways is superior to a parade. | Know the public likes to come out
and celebrate and show that visible sign of support and | think we need to get back to that when it is safe to do
so. But | also think throughout the year veterans are still struggling with issues like Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder with overly convoluted expectations of how they can access the basic healthcare that they were
promised on discharge.

There’s a lot of areas that we don’t quite meet the bar when it comes to treating our veterans as best we can.
And | don’t think any of that is going to change unless we do something to constantly remind ourselves that
they are a priority, they are something that we are proud of here in Nashua and that they are people that we
want to welcome into our community. So | think this is a good step. | think we can have ongoing discussions
about things that we do well like our City approaching functional zero with veterans’ homelessness, ensuring
that any homeless veteran has a pathway to shelter within 24 hours if not faster of experiencing homelessness.
There are a lot of things that we do really well here but there’s always going to be more that we can do for
people who basically committed to give everything for us to do business every day and live in the community
that we enjoy. Thank you.