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Goal:

Design Process and
Transparency

Employ a design review
process based on the themes
of the Nashua Master Plan,
which incorporates community
vision and local feedback ina
predictable manner.

Action: Update zoning to
better align regulations
with the existing context
and desired character

of new development,

in order to reduce the
need for zoning relief
and enable a more
streamlined process.

Recommendation 1

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Recommendation 2

Update zoning in targeted
redevelopment areas identified in
the Imagine Nashua Master Plan
with clear instructions of what is
permitted and reduce the reliance
on special permits and variances.

Encourage adoption of form-
based code where appropriate,
such as Main St, East Hollis Street
area and and Amherst Street
corridor development.

Action: Create a design
review board outlining
roles, responsibilities,
and requirements.

Recommendation 1

Ensure that members represent

a wide variety of backgrounds
relevant to the built environment
expertise and across various parts
of the city to ensure that approved
projects are of high quality design.

Action: Update Land
use code and zoning
regulations to be clear
and understandable by
residents, business, and
property owners.

Recommendation 1

Hold periodic programming
including open houses,
neighborhood meetings, online
forums, status updates to create
opportunity for the public to
engage, learn about, and stay
updated with city land use policy
and development.

Action: Clarify
development review
process steps and create
guide for developers
consistent with
neighborhood design
guidelines.

Action: Develop design
guidelines for as-of-right
affordable housing.

Action: Adopt a number
of ADU design plans that
the City Staff can pre-
approve for quicker and
easier permitting and
construction.

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Comprehensive Master Plan

Land Use and Development

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Goal:

Land Use
Integration

Ensure that transportation
policy decisions, strategies,
and investments are
coordinated with land use
goals and support the desired
urban environment.

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Action: Conduct a parking
demand study to more
efficiently handle existing
vehicular needs and
better enable multimodal
transportation.

Recommendation 1

Research best practices on how
to implement parking policies
that reduce the use of private
vehicles and support other forms
of transportation.

Recommendation 2

Explore the application of
demand-based pricing strategies
in order to discourage reliance on
cars and maintain the availability
of on and off-street parking

supply.

Action: Assess
transportation network
elements for flood risk
and other resilience
concerns, and implement
elevation/protection
improvements in
conjunction with land use
reform.

Action: Review findings
from the CHAP in
relation to heat island
and determine areas in
the City that are most
impacted and focus bus
shelter improvements in
those areas.

Action: Integrate
resilience into existing
asset management and
capital planning.

Recommendation 1

Develop metrics/guidelines
that can be used to assess
the resilience of existing
transportation infrastructure
and inform the planning of
investments in transportation
infrastructure.

Recommendation 2

As part of capital planning, create
a resilience score for future
projects to improve the resilience
of new infrastructure based on
impact of future climate hazards.

Action: Promote
neighborhood level
planning that encourages
alternative methods of
transportation.

Recommendation 1

When building new developments
focus on creating a sense of place
and alert drivers to the presence
of non-motorised users.

Recommendation 2

Implement “slow street”
measures and traffic calming
designs to encourage cars to
share the road with pedestrians
and bicyclists.

Comprehensive Master Plan

Mobility and Transit

Action: Update land use
regulations for large real
estate developments to
include mitigation aimed
at reducing the number of
vehicle trips generated.

Recommendation 1

Mitigation efforts may include
building transit shelters,
expanding the nearby sidewalks
or bicycle facilities, increasing

the bicycle parking, limiting the
number of on-site parking spaces,
charging for parking spaces, tree
planting, or more.

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Goal:

Reliability and
Efficiency of
Multimodal
Operations

Ensure safe and efficient
operation of transportation
systems and balanced use of
street systems for all modes,
with focus on pedestrian and
bicycle networks.

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Action: Improve
intersection and bike
safety throughout the
City.

Recommendation 1

Ensure bicycle and pedestrians
can safely cross intersections with
creative crosswalks, pedestrian
signalization.

Recommendation 2

Focus safe crossings along 101A
Regional Rail Trail, West Hollis
Bike Route from Mine Falls to
Southwest Park/Nashua River Rail
Trail, and the Main Street “road
diet”.

Recommendation 3

Require all street improvement
projects and repaving projects
to incorporate bicycle facilities
consistent with bicycle network
expansion.

Action: Improve
wayfinding and increase
public awareness of
multimodal options.

Recommendation 1

Encourage use of the existing
and future network by helping
users navigate to their desired
destination with multi-lingual
wayfinding signs, QR codes,
creative paint treatments on
roads, maps.

Recommendation 2

Focus signage along and leading
to the Heritage Rail Trail, Mine
Falls Park, Countryside Drive, and
Groton Road.

Action: Close critical gaps
throughout the City’s
multimodal networks.

The Nashua Bicycle and
Pedestrian plan noted a general
lack of connectivity between
bicycle and pedestrian networks
and a need to focus on addressing
the lack of connectivity.

Recommendation 1

Focus new sidewalk construction
to connect to existing sidewalks
and near areas with high
pedestrian activity, such as
business districts.

Recommendation 2

Focus new bicycle facility
installation to connect to existing
trails and bike lanes.

Comprehensive Master Plan

Mobility and Transit

Recommendation 3

Address lack of connection on
Kinsley Street and Spit Brook
Road.

- Kinsley St: Sidewalks west
of Woodward Avenue and
plenty of space for at least a
bike lane if on-street parking
can be moved/pushed to side
streets

* Spit Brook Rd: Sidewalks
are missing from most of
the length on at least one
side, and lane-narrowing can
provide enough space for bike
facilities.

Action: Promote
physical exercise,
walking, biking, and
public transit through
built environment
improvements.

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Goal:

Regional
Connectivity

Enhance movement of people
and goods between Nashua
and the greater metropolitan
region, and encourage
increased activity north and
south via improved passenger
rail connections.

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Action: Plan proactively
around future commuter
rail station locations.

Recommendation 1

Encourage or incentivize
increased housing development
and job centers within walking
distance of future commuter rail
stations.

Recommendation 2

Create infrastructure for biking
and pedestrian access to station
sites that include shade and
separation from parking lot traffic.

Recommendation 3

Plan to preserve space along
walking routes to the stations
for valuable multi-uses for the
community.

Recommendation 4

Connect the stations to nearby
housing and commercial areas
with sidewalks and bicycle
facilities.

Recommendation 5

Require space at the stations for
secure bicycle parking.

Recommendation 6

Develop a systemic solution for
parking to limit vehicle trips to
and from the stations.

Action: Facilitate
connections

to neighboring
municipalities and
beyond for people
walking and biking.

Action: Work

with neighboring
municipalities, including
those in Massachusetts,
to coordinate trail,
sidewalk, and bicycle
facility projects.

Action: Advocate

to transition for the
electrification of regional
rail.

Comprehensive Master Plan
Mobility and Transit

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COMPENSATION

Standard Hourly Rates Method of Payment

Engineering Study Phase S 45,118 Estimated Amount
Preliminary Design Phase S 11,780 Estimated Amount
Final Design & Bidding Phase S 2,659 Estimated Amount
Direct Expenses S 423 Estimated Amount

Total Compensation S 59,980 Estimated Amount

The estimated amounts shall equal the cumulative hours charged by each class of Consultant’s personnel
time applicable standard hourly rates for each category. The estimated amounts include reimbursable
expenses such as transportation, postage, telephone, fax, printing, and equipment rental; and include
charges of subconsultants engaged by Consultant as listed.

The Consultant may modify the amounts for individual phases to reflect services actually provided by
phase; however, Consultant shall not exceed the total Compensation without the approval of Client.

Consultant shall bill Client based on hours charged at standard billing rates plus reimbursable expenses
incurred plus subconsultant expenses for the billing period. During the term of this Agreement, direct
salaries may be adjusted as part of Hoyle, Tanner’s companywide revisions due to increases in cost of
living as well as merit and shall not be limited to employees assigned to provide services under this

Agreement.
HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. CITY OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
James W. Donchess, Mayor- City of Nashua
(Print Name and Title) (Print Name and Title)
DATE: DATE:

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2020 Housing Study

For detailed information on key
housing issues and strategies
for implementation in Nashua,
please see the recently
completed 2020 Housing
Study. The following actions
are extracted and generalized
from recommendations
outlined in the Housing study
which can be found on the
documentations tab.

Multi-family housing in Nashua

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Goal:

Housing
Affordability and
Stability

Update policies and
regulations to increase and

maintain rental and ownership

affordability across the

city and remove barriers to
accessing affordable housing
options. vision and local
feedback in a predictable

manner.

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As recommended
in the 2020 Housing
study, use land use
policy and zoning to
address Housing Choice,
Affordability, and
Location in the city with
focus on

- Housing in the Downtown and
South Main Street

- Housing along major
commercial corridors

- Integrating “missing middle”
housing options into the
existing city fabric

- Distribution of affordable
housing options across other
parts of the City

- Adding or changing housing
programs or funding over time

* Prioritizing smaller new units -
studio, 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom
to match population needs.