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provides the EOBs. It has the technology to hook them onto our vendors so that they can get statements. It’s not just a
modeling. It provides full self-service.

Alderman Klee
Perfect. Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED

From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Motorcycle in the amount not to exceed $26,220 funded from 81500 Vehicles/CERF (Police)

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COMEAU TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A 2022
HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTP MOTOCYCLE, WHICH REPLACES THE 1997 HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE, IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $26,220. FUNDING THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 150 POLICE DEPARTMENT; FUND:
81500 VEHICLES/CERF, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Mayor Donchess

| believe | see Karen Smith from the Police Department. I’m not sure if there’s anyone else.

Brian Sojka, Police Supervisor

Brian Sojka, Police Supervisor, Nashua Police.

Mayor Donchess

Could you just briefly explain the item Brian, please?

Brian Sojka, Police Supervisor

We're looking actually to replace the 1997 Harley motorcycle. It is a training motorcycle. We use it for training the guys,
the new people that go into the motorcycle unit. We have two newer Harleys that are 2010s. We will be taking one of
those 2010s and transferring it over to the training division. It goes through extensive training. It’s really, really rough on
the bike. So we’re taking the new bike and putting it into service as a marked patrol vehicle.

Mayor Donchess

Allright. Any questions, comments? | don’t see anything.
MOTION CARRIED

From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Water Quality Testing Change Order in the amount not to exceed $40,795 funded from 53107 Architect &
Engineering Services/Solid Waste Fund (Solid Waste)

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COMEAU TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE CHANGE ORDER #1 TO THE
CONTRACT WITH CHEMSERVE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSTS OF MILFORD, NH, FOR WATER QUALITY
TESTING SERVICES AT NASHUA LANDFILL SITES FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$40,795.00. FUNDING THROUGH DEPARTMENT: 168 SOLID WASTE; FUND: SOLID WASTE; ACCOUNT
CLASSIFICATION: 53 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

ON THE QUESTION

Mayor Donchess

Mr. Santos may be here from the Solid Waste Department.

R-21-143
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Jan Schmidt

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE MANNER OF

APPOINTMENTS TO THE NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS

R-21-144
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman Jan Schmidt
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT “L” PINE STREET (MAP 77, LOT 5)

R-21-145
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
AUTHORIZING THE INTERFUND TRANSFER OF $325,000 FROM THE BROAD STREET PARKWAY

CAPITAL PROJECT ACTIVITY TO THE NASHUA MILLYARD DOG PARK CAPITAL PROJECT ACTIVITY
FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT “L” PINE STREET (MAP 77, LOT 5)

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-21-062
Endorser: Alderman June M. Caron
ESTABLISHING A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF 3 CROWN STREET
O-21-063
Endorser: Alderman Jan Schmidt
ESTABLISHING A NO PARKING ZONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NEWTON DRIVE
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

City of Nashua

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Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019

MEMORANDUM

Date: April 23, 2021

To: Ald. Lori Wilshire, President, and Board of Aldermen
Ald. David Teneza, Chair and Planning & Economic Development
Committee
Sherry Dutzy, Chair and Nashua Conservation Commission

From: Matt Sullivan, Planning Department Manager

RE: Referral from the Board of Aldermen on O-21-058, amending the Floodplain
Management Land Use Ordinance.

At the Nashua City Planning Board's specially scheduled meeting of April 22, 2021,

the Planning Board voted unanimously to make a favorable recommendation on O-
21-058.

If you have any questions concerning this notification, please contact me at 589-3090
or via sullivanm@nashuanh.gov.

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Donna Graham, Legislative Assistant
Susan Lovering, City Clerk
Scott LeClair, Chair, NPCB
Sarah Marchant, Community Development Division Director

ME: OF NASHUA A City of Nashua
SR cae Conservation Commission
Ne SS _ City Hall, 229 Main Street, PO Box 2019, Nashua NH 03061-2019
(603) 589-3090 www.nashuanh.gov

MEMORANDUM

Date: May 4", 2021

To: Ald. Lori Wilshire, President, and Board of Aldermen
Ald. David Tencza, Chair and Planning & Economic Development
Committee

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

RE: Referral from the Board of Aldermen on O-21-058, amending the Floodplain
Management Land Use Ordinance.

At the Nashua City Conservation Commission’s regularly scheduled meeting of May
4" 2021, the Commission voted 4-1 to make a favorable recommendation on O-21-
058.

If you have any questions concerning this notification, please contact me at 589-3090
or via sullivanm@nashuanh. gov.

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Donna Graham, Legislative Assistant
Susan Lovering, City Clerk
Scott LeClair, Chair, NPCB
Sarah Marchant, Community Development Division Director

229 Main Street — P.O. Box 2019 / Nashua, NH 03061-2019 / Telephone (603) 589-3090 / FAX (603) 589-3259

. Community Development 589-3095
City of Nashua Planning and Zoning 589-3090

: soo Building Safet 589-3080
Community Development Division Code Enforcement 589-3100
City Hall, 229 Main Street, PO Box 2019 roan rOmraINS mission Poocnee
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019 Transportation 880-0100
www.nashuanh.gov FAX 589-3119

Date: March 13, 2021

To: Lori Wilshire, Board of Aldermen President
Jim Donchess, Mayor

From: Deb Chisholm, Waterways Manager

Re: Proposed modification to Land Use Code 190 Article VII Floodplain Management

The Community Rating System (CRS) is a voluntary program for communities like Nashua that
participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CRS offers NFIP policy holders
premium discounts in communities that develop and execute extra measures beyond minimum
floodplain management requirements to provide protection from flooding. The City has been
participating in the CRS program since 2016. Based on our floodplain management efforts, the City
has been assigned a classification of 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. As a result, a premium discount is
available for eligible flood insurance policies. In 2021, Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) issued new prerequisites to the floodplain management requirements. In order to maintain
our current classification in the CRS program, our Floodplain Management Ordinance needs to be
modified to reflect enhanced flood protection for development in the special flood hazard area
(SFHA). To that end the Floodplain Management Ordinance must be revised to require at least one
foot of freeboard for residential buildings in the SFHA.

Within the City’s Land Use Code, under NRO 190, the City adopted Article VII Floodplain
Management §190-59 through §190-70 to apply to lands designated as special flood hazard areas as
determined by FEMA. The code currently describes the construction requirements for development
within a special flood hazard area. The primary focus of this proposed ordinance is to modify §190-
63 Construction requirements such that all residential development including new construction,
placement of new manufactured homes, and Substantial Improvements, be constructed with
electrical, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning equipment, and other service
facilities that are located at least 1 foot above base flood elevation so as to prevent water from
entering or accumulating within the components during conditions of flooding.

The proposed changes will strengthen the City’s land use planning techniques to reduce flood

losses, and will support the City’s ability to continue providing a reduction in flood insurance
premiums to the community.

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Graham, Donna

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From: Thibodeau, Diane

Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 12:59 PM

To: Graham, Donna

Subject: RE: BOA referral - R-21-127 bond

Hi Donna,

R-21-127 received a positive recommendation from the Board of Public Works at the April 29, 2021.

Thanks.

Diane Thibodeau
Executive Assistant
Division of Public Works
9 Riverside Street
Nashua, NH 03062

P: 603-589-3136

F: 603-589-3169

. Community Development
City of Nashua Planning and Zoning
: ves Building Safety
Community Development Division Code Enforcement
City Hall, 229 Main Street, PO Box 2019 Cee a aS amission
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019 Transportation
www.nashuanh.gov FAX

589-3095
589-3090
589-3080
589-3700
589-3085
589-3105
880-0100
589-3119

Date: May 5, 2021
To: Board of Aldermen; Board of Public Works
From: Julie Chizmas, Transportation and Long-Range Planner

Re: Partnership with Bird Rides, Inc.

The City is partnering with shared electric scooter company, Bird Rides, to bring scooters back
to Nashua beginning the week of May 17th. Similar to the VeoRide scooters that were here in
2019, Bird scooters will be available through a smartphone app and riders pay to use the scooter
per minute, at no cost to the City.

Bird has contracted with two local entrepreneurs to manage and operate the scooter-sharing
service. Under the "Fleet Manager" model, each manager will share the responsibility of
launching, balancing, charging and maintaining the 125 scooters. The scooters will be available
for rent between 5 AM and midnight. Unlike the Veo scooters which had removable batteries
that were swapped out in place, Bird's scooters are taken out of service for charging and this is
often done overnight. Scooters that are fully charged will stay out but will be locked and will not
able to be rented between midnight and 5 AM.

The scooters have a maximum speed of 15 mph and riders are required to be 18 years old or
older to access them. In-app safety messaging encourages riders to wear a helmet on every ride.
Riders are also told they are required to obey all standard rules of the road, yield to pedestrians,
and park scooters out of the way of public pathways, doorways and driveways.

The service area that the scooters may be operated within is similar to the area used in 2019,
extending from Nashua High School North east to the Merrimack River, and from Greeley Park
south to Rivier University (map included on page 2). The service area can be adjusted based on
demand, by request, or for special events such as parades, and preferred and no-parking zones
can also be included.

The app has a Community Mode feature so issues can be easily reported and support tickets are
routed to our local Fleet Managers and also our Bird Account manager. Bird also has a 24/7 toll-
free phone line for support and a general support email! address. Our Agreement with Bird
stipulates that when a parking, maintenance or other issue is reported between 6AM and 9 PM,
the response will be within 2 hours of the time of report and when reported between 9 PM and 6
AM, the response will be prior to 8 AM.

Bird's app supports over 25 languages and they have a Community Pricing program that offers a
50% discount to eligible low-income riders, Pell grant recipients, select local nonprofit and
community organizations, veterans, and senior citizens. They also offer free rides for Healthcare

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Workers and Emergency Personnel. Eligible riders will receive two free 30-minute rides per day
to help with the recovery from the global health crisis.

A Scooter Launch Event is scheduled for Monday, May 24" at 1:30 pm at City Hall. I am the
Point of Contact for this project and am working directly with our Account Manager at Bird. If

you have any questions, I can be reached at chizmasj@nashuanh.gov or 589-3064.

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Office of the City Clerk

City of Nashua
229 Main Street Susan Lovering
Nashua, NH 03061-2019 City Clerk

(603) 589-3010, Option #5
CityClerkDept@NashuanH.Gov

Memorandum

To: Board of Aldermen \ |

From: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk X|_
Date: May 5, 2021 ¥

Re: Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS)
Request to Waive Vendor's License Fees

Attached please find a request to waive the vendor's license fees in the amount of $100.00, as
prescribed by NRO 231-11,G.

As indicated in Ms. Witri’s letter, the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success, (ORIS),
is working with Grow Nashua and other organizations to identify gaps in fresh food access for
Nashua residents. They recently partnered with the Amherst Park Apartments located at 525
Amherst Street and are currently in the process of identifying other locations within the city for
their mobile market to visit throughout the summer season.

Although additional paperwork and details are needed prior to this office issuing a license, |
am forwarding the request for the Board’s review and consideration. Thank you.

ORIS

Organization for Refugee
and Immigrant Success
434 Lake Ave, 2nd Floor
Manchester, NH 03103
www.refugeesuccess.ora

www. freshstartfarmsnh.com
May 5th, 2021

Dear Susan,

My name is Laurel Witri, and | am the Food Access Specialist at the Organization for Refugee
and Immigrant Success, an ethnic-community based nonprofit organization in Manchester, NH.
We run several programs that serve the new American communities in our state, including a
farmer training program, healthy families program, employment services, a youth program, and
our mobile market program. | manage the mobile market program, which is essentially a
farmer’s market on wheels, which was launched in summer 2019. We started with 3
limited-income housing sites in Manchester, and have expanded to 19 “community food access”
sites in Manchester and Concord last year.

This year, we are expanding into Nashua, and have been working with our colleagues at Grow
Nashua and other organizations to identify gaps in the fresh food access for Nashua residents.
We are targeting northwest Nashua, an area that is more sprawling and has less focused food
access work happening currently. The Amherst Park Apartments building is our first partner to
sign on, which houses seniors and families. We are in conversation with several other potential
partners as well, and expect to visit Nashua once a week throughout the summer season.

Our market offers fresh, local, fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, and dairy at a negligible
markup, and residents with SNAP/EBT receive 50% off produce through the Granite State
Market Match program. We do not cover the cost of operations by sales, and this is a
grant-funded program. We barely break even on procurement alone, and we see what we do as
a service rather than a business enterprise, however we are always working towards building
sustainability with partnerships and sponsorships. The city of Manchester waives our vendor
fee, and the city of Concord considers our site visits “charitable events” instead of, say, “food
truck” stops.

We would appreciate it if the city of Nashua also waived our fee for our vendor license, however
we would be happy to pay it if necessary and are ready to do so upon request.
| can be reached at |witri@refuaeesuccess.ora with any questions.

Kindly,
Laurel Witri, Food Access Specialist, ORIS