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in that area also. So | know that you can't do anything about these Planning Board issues but please provision the
authority to borrow the money. Thank you very much.

Chairman Dowd

Anyone else in favor?

Tracy Hollis

Thank you very much. My name is Tracy Hollis. | live at 11 Bartlett. 15 Bartlett is the Barker property. We are a
direct abutter to the Barker property. We've known the Barkers for many, many years. My husband and Alan Barker
and Doug Barker have served on the Edgewood Cemetery board for upwards of 30 years. When this all came to
fruition, we were actually kind of surprised because there have been people have been speaking about it was public
knowledge that the property was for sale. Not so much. It kind of happened in the quiet of night. | am concerned for
the park. I'm concerned for the wildlife of the park. This year, the corner of our property we had a bobcat in our
backyard that our dog flushed out of the woods. Not suggesting that | want bobcats in my yard but that is the kind of
wildlife that we have.

We also have Nashua Catholic which is at 6 Bartlett. They have 209 students in their school right now. 128 kids are
drivers - well they're not drivers, their parents drive them. 102 of those children do not live in Nashua so they have to
be driven to school. | took a video last Thursday of the parents picking their children up from school. It went up our
street — Bartlett, down Wellington, down Columbia. They have walkers that go out the back side of the school. The
impact of the 44-42 plus homes - my husband who you probably all know is Morgan Hollis - has estimated by studies
that it's for it could be upwards of 480 cars a day that are impacted in our general neighborhood. We have no lights.
The street condition is horrible. We have no sidewalks and now they want to introduce 44 homes.

Alderman O’Brien

30 seconds.

Tracy Hollis

| have a bit of concern. I've not met Lloyd. My husband has. Very nice property. The homes are beautiful. They are
not price worthy for the lower income housing issues that we have in the City of Nashua. We're talking $700,000 to
$900,000 homes. That's not what people can afford the general population but the traffic for us is a real concern. So
that's alll have to say. Thank you for your time.

Chairman Dowd

| assume that was an opposition not in favor. In favor? All right. All right.

Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel

In favor of the resolution.
Chairman Dowd
Okay, again in favor of the resolution.

Paul Metzger

Again, Paul Metzger, 25 Columbia Ave., Ward 3. We've heard about 20 people or so talk in favor this tonight. More in
the galley here in favor that have not spoken. We heard five people in opposition to it. I'll point out some of the
numbers from the online petition since it was kind of quick going through it last time. We have 1,248 Nashua residents
in favor of this. Of that, 872 of those are outside of Ward 3. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Anyone else in favor?

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Jerry Spier

Jerry Spier, 9 Columbia. All right, | think I’m good. We talked about traffic. | don't know - nobody's mentioned the fact
that the Nashua Catholic School that's on Columbia, the girls track team practices on Columbia Ave. There's a boys
team that practices on Bartlett - right on the street because they don't have any other place to play or do their sports
and various other relay races and things that | see them doing every single day in the spring and in the fall. With
another 80 some odd cars coming through there, | know Nashua - the Catholic school has said they don't want to be
involved. But | think maybe they have to start thinking about what it's going to do to their various track teams and all the
rest of the stuff that those kids are used to playing on. Maybe the idea of expanding Greeley Park so that they can play
over there might be something useful to them and that they shouldn't stay out of this discussion that maybe they need to
be part of it. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd
Anyone else in favor that has something to rebut that was brought out.
Tim Sennott

Hello again. Tim Sennott, 62 Underhill Street, Ward 7. It feels like a distraction to me to hear speakers in opposition
speak down against this because the city is in desperate need of affordable housing. That's factual. The city does
require more affordable housing. This isn't it. Affordable housing is the type of housing they build in my
neighborhood. We recently built the Marshall Street apartments over on the old Beebe Rubber plot. We're currently
working on the Henry Hanger site to build more housing over there. You'll never hear me up here opposing it. | don't
think that if affordable housing were on the ledger here that you'd hear the people behind me speaking against it. |
don't think anybody here is opposed to new neighbors. They're opposed to the impact on their neighborhood.
They're opposed to the impact on the park.

To sit here and say that this would not have an effect on the park is also factually untrue. You could probably guess
just by listening to me that | don't need this microphone in front of me. My son is six years old and | regret to say that
he got his voice from me. At the risk of perhaps alienating myself from some of the folks behind me, I'll draw your
attention back to when the proposed Legacy Playground was proposed for Greely Park. It was met with vast
opposition because of the impact it would have on the neighborhood due to noise and use. You're going to reduce
the buffer between the neighborhood and the park even greater on the eastern side of the park and you're going to
have children like my son going down the slide screaming at my decibel level. Now you're going to have a new
impact on the park because you're going to have neighbors opposed to the parks eminent use.

This is going to drastically affect Greeley Park if this plot is developed. Like an earlier speaker said, there may not be
much we can affect here tonight. | would still implore this Board to approve the bond, to have the money ready, and
prepared should the opportunity come to purchase this tract of land. Otherwise, | look forward to seeing as many of
you at the Planning Board meetings. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd
Anyone else in favor? Seeing you've already spoken. I'm sorry, you can’t speak again. Anyone in opposition?
Laurie Ortolano

Hi, good evening. Laurie Orlando, 41. Berkeley Street. Just to clarify a few things. | think the concerns that the
neighbors have with traffic are very valid but they're misplaced being addressed here with the Board of Aldermen or at
a hearing. Those concerns have to be addressed with the Planning Board using the process that's available for an
existing developer to bring their plans and have them vetted. | think everyone does need to go forward to the
Planning Board and participate in those meetings and express their concerns.

I'm very concerned when | hear people talk about affordable housing because | attended the meeting at the church on
a Sunday evening and it was pushed very heavily by Alderwoman Klee that we make this an affordable housing issue.
| was very opposed to that because the developer never pitched this as an affordable housing development. It was
very clear when he said these properties would sell between $650,000 and $750,000 that it was not affordable
housing. The housing study does not talk about putting only affordable housing in. It talks about putting in housing
across all sectors. So this is definitely high end housing more exclusive. Now if the gentlemen who just spoke really
believes that if we went to affordable housing in your neighborhood and reduced it to 23 units of affordable housing,
you'd accept that? Well, then maybe that's what you can get. But | think it's unrealistic to pitch that it should be

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divided up into 13 lots of 13 acres. That's not our call and the concept of one acre lots for homes in Nashua is really
over based on the housing density we need to accommodate the growth of the city. | love my neighbor, Dan, and |
think he's a terrific neighbor and he's on the other side of this issue from me. The one thing | agree wholeheartedly
with Dan is that | think this Board of Aldermen has been very irresponsible with spending. | agree with him. A lot of
bad spending decisions have been made. However, he sees, you know, this issue of preserving the space as the
right thing to do. | don't think the spending decisions made by the city are going to change and as a hearing right after
this for $21 million to be spent that actually hasn't even been discussed by the board in two years. | don't think we're
going to stop spending. So we need to look at ways to have people who pay the bills and keep the lights on. That's
the way it has to be and we need this housing according to the study. So it's not just affordable housing.

Alderman O’Brien

30 seconds.

Laurie Ortolano

(inaudible). So let's take this where it belongs and bring it to the Planning Board and not approved this bond tonight
and let the Planning Board do its job and have faith that they're going to do their job and everyone get out there and

watch and participate. That's a fair process.

Johnathan Cathey

Thank you. | would just like to clarify. | believe it was a miscommunication. | never stated that this particular project
would be $21 million. | was referring to the debt that would be incurred by the bonds for the Riverwalk which will be
discussed later on this evening. Just to point out the amount of debt the city keeps spending. The number that |
quoted for this particular project was $15 million and that's over 20 years because that's how long the bond lasts. So
if we lose $600,000 in tax revenue every year for 20 years on top of the initial cost which would be $3.1 million with
interest, we're now looking at $15 million that we don't really have to spend.

Secondly, | would like to echo what Laura was saying about the affordable housing. Everyone needs to go read the
Imagine Nashua Plan and the housing sites if they have not. We need housing for every market number. Every level
of housing that you can get, we need. So this is not about affordable housing because we need condos at this price
range as well. This is more about the city spending money it doesn't have and going into more debt. That's the only
thing that this really hinges on and it's just not wise because it hasn't gone through the proper channels and the
proper committees yet. We need to see from the Aldermen and the Mayor a very transparent plan about how this
money is not going to incur more debt or cost taxpayers a rise in taxes, which we've been continuing to see year over
year. Thank you.

Alex Comeau

Thanks. (inaudible) I'll be brief. Just to touch on a couple of things. | agree with several of the points that Laurie just
made. Nashua does need affordable housing but that's all that we need. We need housing in many different levels
and the fact is there are affordable housing contracts ongoing: the Myrtle Street apartment project; | believe the
renovations going on Burke Street. There is affordable housing coming down the pipeline for lower income families,
but they're not the only people looking for housing. We talk all the time about attracting people to Nashua and having
the types of amenities and services that people want if they want to come live here and contribute to Nashua, which
they can't do if there's no other way. And, you know, the disruptions that people talk about often you see in the
neighborhood. Unless I'm mistaken, this was supposed to be an age qualified development. | don't hardly think that
retired people (inaudible) disrupting the tranquility of the park. That’s alll have to say. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd
Anyone else in opposition? Have you spoken before in opposition?

Unidentified Male Speaker

I might have. But affordable housing. Is there a percentage with this new development that we have to have in thee
- affordable housing? Laurie made a good point. She made an excellent point. Is there a percentage of this housing
that has to be affordable housing? Just curious. I'm done. Is there?

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Chairman Dowd

With that, | will close the public hearing on R-21-202.

Alderwoman Lu

Excuse me, Mr. Chairman.

Alderman O’Brien

With that closed Mr. Chairman before us this evening is R-21-187 Changing the Purpose of up to $440,225 of Unexpected
Bond Proceeds from the LED Streetlight Project to Infrastructure Improvements, Sidewalk Construction for Design, Repair,
and Construction of Sidewalks.

Chairman Dowd

Just so everyone knows, we have to go through these other three public hearings before the Budget Committee will
meet and take action on all four of these actions.

Alderman Clemons

Yeah, thank you. | just wanted to let everyone know that | am here participating via Zoom and | joined the meeting at 7:05.
There's no one in the room with me. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd
Alright.
R-21-187
CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF UP TO $440,225 OF UNEXPENDED BOND PROCEEDS FROM THE LED
STREET LIGHT PROJECT TO INFRASTRUCURE IMPROVEMENTS - SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE
DESIGN, REPAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS

Chairman Dowd

So on this particular bond resolution, and | believe we have the City Engineer here to talk to it, this is money that was
allocated for one purpose and we're now reallocating it for another. It is not new bonding. Mr. Hudson?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is correct. Dan Hudson, City Engineer. This is bond money that was secured for an LED
streetlight conversion project which has been completed. So this was remaining money from that project that was
already used and the request is to reassign that to sidewalk work. As you know, the city has many sidewalks and
many in need of repairs. So this would help us towards those efforts.

Chairman Dowd

Are there any questions from any of the Aldermen on this particular bond?

Alderman Wilshire

| just had a question of Mr. Hudson. Have you already identified where the sidewalks are going to be repaired with
this money?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Thank you. No we haven't identified specific locations. One of the first things we're going to do, and actually we're
scoping right now, is do a complete inventory of all the sidewalk in the city. We have some mapping but the separate
will be a detailed review identifying where all our deficiencies are and then confirm all of our sidewalk segments are.
So that'll be the first effort and then we prioritize, based upon condition and based on proximity to schools, public
facilities, bus stops, and that sort of thing to come up with a plan of attack, so to speak, for the repairs.

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Alderman Wilshire

Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

I'm just curious about the timeframe if the first step if this passes and if we do begin the evaluation, the study, is the
weather getting in the way? And if that is a concern, would you like me to photograph all of Ward 4 for you?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Sure, that'd be great. No that effort probably will go forward maybe regardless. We're working on the scope with
Nashua Regional Planning Commission. That work will be done next summer. This funding - that will use a portion of
this funding. So there could be other fixes done elsewhere with this money. | mean this $400,000 is quite a bit of
money but sidewalks are also very expensive. Every bit helps and this will certainly help us work towards improving
our Sidewalks.

Alderman Lopez

Just one follow up Mr. Chair. Are the sidewalks also subject to the moratorium when utility work is done?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

That's a good question. | don't believe they are, no. That issue has come up. We had to do some work on Main
Street and of course those sidewalks where, you know, fairly recently done. But we did proceed with that work and
just tried to match the repair the sidewalk as best we could to the existing condition. You know, it's inevitable that
things come up and we do have to cut these newer infrastructure features. It's unfortunate, but it is it is something
that happens.

Alderman Tencza

Thank you. So Mr. Hudson when people come before the Planning Board, many times the city collects a fee for
payments in lieu of having to place sidewalks in certain areas that they're not already there. Why aren't we using that
money to help kind of on ongoing to pay for sidewalk upkeep and repair?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Yeah, we face that question. We do use that money. We haven't used that money. Last year, we did quite an
extensive project along East Hollis Street replacing over 1,000 feet of sidewalk there and they used money from a
number of sources one of which was the sidewalk funds. Those sidewalk funds are by zone. So there's four different
zones and we need to use in those zones. But that is one of the funding sources we draw from. Those contributions
are helpful but unfortunately they don't total up to enough to make a significant impact usually. So we really need
more significant dedicated funding such as this in order to do more expensive projects.

Alderman Tencza

Thank you.
Chairman Dowd
Any other questions? All right. I'll open the public hearing on R-21-187 - testimony in favor

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR

Laurie Ortolano

| have a couple of questions. If the excess money from the LED project that is bonded money is not spent on this,
where does it go or what happens to that money?

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Chairman Dowd

Hello, Treasurer Fredette you want to answer that? If we don't spend the money. | think | know but | think I'd rather
have the answer come from the Treasurer.

Laurie Ortolano
Thank you.

David Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector

We don't have this problem very often. | haven't seen it for quite a while but we may be able to use it to help make
payments on bonds but okay the principal on bonds. But there's a lot of IRS rules on that because these are non-
taxable bonds that we Sell. So there's rules on that. That's possibly one area that it could be used for.

Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel

Mr. Chairman. We have to either use it to repay the principal on the bond or transfer it to another bondable
expenditure.

Chairman Dowd

I'm assuming testimony from Mr. Hudson that we have sidewalks in desperate need of repair and that's sort of a
safety issue.

Laurie Ortolano

So just a point of clarification.

Chairman Dowd

Excuse me, who’s speaking?

Laurie Ortolano

It's Laurie Ortolano. You know | would like you to consider changing the rules when you have a hearing so that we
can ask more than one question because clarification is important. If | want to back something, | want to understand
it. I'm just trying to understand what attorney Bolton said. So if the money has to be used toward the principal or on
the bond, you have this extra money from the LED projects. We are allowed to transfer it over to do sidewalks. Do
we have any money currently earmarked to address sidewalk issues?

Chairman Dowd

| think it was just pointed out that monies are collected when people do developments towards sidewalks and that
money is already being used to repair some sidewalks. This would be the additional funds so we can fix more of the

sidewalks that are in total disrepair.

Alderman O’Brien

30 seconds.
Laurie Ortolano

Okay. Well, we just finished redoing all the handicap ramps on sidewalks or I've been working on a big project on that
now. Was that done by impact fees or was that a separately funded project?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Sure. So the work we've been doing on the ramps is related to the paving program per federal regulations were
required to replace the ramp access or actually to make it ADA compliant. | should be clear. The ADA access to the
sidewalk system, so that work has been done and paid for as part of the paving program, although that is work that

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those funds could use for. As | said, | don't have the balances of those own accounts with me tonight. But it's not a
significant amount of money and it is something that we will continue to use and could be used towards that type of
work.

Laurie Ortolano

Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Anyone else testimony in favor? Seeing none. Testimony in opposition. Seeing no one, other testimony in favor?

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR

Laurie Ortolano

Yes. Laurie Ortolano. How will it be determined what sidewalks are going to be addressed? Is there an existing
sidewalk plan in place that you are working off of to do improvements throughout the city?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

So to my knowledge, no. | mean there are specific issues that the Attorney General's Office is asking us to address
that have come to light relative to complaints we received. So Mr. Cummings will be up to speak about Riverwalk
later and that will address some of those issues. But no this is something that we need to do. The city needs to
develop a comprehensive plan and that's what part of this money will be used for but there are no shortage of areas
needing repair. | can go out and find you a dozen in a few minutes. So this funding will be helpful. It's something that
we certainly want and need to focus more on is going forward.

Chairman Dowd

Okay. All set?

Laurie Ortolano

Yes.

Chairman Dowd

This is testimony in favor.

Alex Comeau

Thank you Mr. Chair. Alex Comeau, 4 Lewis Street. | guess I’m undecided at the moment. | have a couple of
questions for Mr. Hudson if that’s all right. Forgive my ignorance but is there currently an amount already budgeted
for improvements in the design and construction of sidewalks? If there is, are you projecting a shortfall for that
amount that would make this expenditure from the bond proceeds necessary? Lastly is your department going to be
taking suggestions from neighborhoods for sidewalk projects that are necessary (inaudible)?

Dan Hudson, City Engineer

Sure. So there's a lot there. We're happy to take suggestions if people have issues with mobility and accessing
sidewalks. We're happy to take those complaints. The city also has an ADA coordinator who can be a point person
for those complaints as well. There's a lot of work that needs to be done and sidewalks is one area that we really don't
have a dedicated funding source for so to speak other than those contributions. We do make some repairs each year
through our Street Department and that's through some of the infrastructure funding that's provided in the budget for
the Street Department. But no comprehensive regular plan is in place and that's something that | think the city
eventually we need to get to there. But we need to do some work ahead of that. We need to do, like | said, an
extensive inventory and (inaudible) prioritize where money is best directed to have the maximum benefit. Then we

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would develop such a plan and hopefully at some point have a, you know, continuing funding source that we can rely
on to make those repairs.

Alex Comeau

Okay, thank you.

Chairman Dowd

All right. Any other testimony in favor?

Derek Thibeault

Derek Thibeault, 9 Emerson Road. Since we're asking questions, my curiosity is during a public hearing are we
supposed to just talk about what we want to talk about or do we ask questions? Because | thought we don't ask
questions right?

Chairman Dowd

In a public hearing, you can ask questions if there's somebody here that can answer they will. If we can't, they differ
it?

Derek Thibeault

Okay, so I'll get onto my point about roads. Roads, sidewalks - sidewalks need fixing. | talked to Lauren today at the
DPW and she said there is no sidewalk program like the paving program. So | think we do need to take that money
and fund the sidewalk program. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Thank you. Anyone else testimony in favor?

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION

Laurie Ortolano

Laurie Ortolano. Okay I'm now officially in opposition and I'll tell you why. | would like to see a comprehensive plan
developed and | don't think developing a comprehensive plan will cost $400,000. I'd like to see that done so that we can
get a picture of what the big, you know, the total cost of this project is and whether or not we can really begin funding it or
start that work given where we're going particularly next year with the new property assessments and the amount of debt
we've taken on. | don't want to authorize $400,000 to do not only the study, but potentially start something that we can't
finish. | also feel we're halfway through the spending year. If we could fund just the study, you know, by the time you're
ready to begin developing a new budget in April, you can look at funding this further if it's possible, but | think we're going
to be up against a wall when it comes to spending and when we know what's coming down the pipe on these new
properties which will be out next August. So I'm in opposition to this. Thank you.

Chairman Dowd

Anyone else in opposition? Seeing and hearing no one, I'll close the public hearing on R-21-187.

R-21-189
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF
ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS ($1,859,440)
FOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FOUR HILLS LANDFILL AND THE
PURCHASE OF A REFUSE TRUCK AND WHEELED LOADER

Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste

In this resolution, you'll see a lot of big ticket items but they're very important to the landfill. The first two I'll speak to is the
continuation of the Phase III landfill expansion and the Phase IV permitting for our landfill air space. The amounts there

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are for engineering of the expansions and the new permit for Phase 4. This will get us all the way through to construction.
DES has been giving us a real hard time trying to get the Phase IV permitted so this will be for the engineering and, you
know, answering questions for DES and public hearings when that finally comes to fruition.

Recycle area upgrades is another big ticket there. Our recycling area - | don't know how many of you have come to our
landfill but it is starting to deteriorate very, very quickly. We need to do some repairs there. Pavement some buildings are
starting to fall apart. We want to make it safe for our residents.

The wheel loader that we're asking for is a very intricate piece of equipment at the landfill. It's very much needed. It ships
all of our equipment. We load all of our recycling. We haul all our daily cover to cover our landfill and then the refuse truck
is one of our CNG sideload trucks that is needed to collect recycling and trash.

Chairman Dowd

Any questions from the Aldermen? Thank you. Seeing none, I'll open the public testimony for testimony in favor.
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR

Laurie Ortolano

Yes can you just tell me what the cost of the vehicle is relative to between the projects? I'm just wondering whether the
split is.

Chairman Dowd
The class of vehicle?
Laurie Ortolano

No the cost? This is a $1.8 million and it's for various projects with the landfill as well as a vehicle. What's the vehicle
cost?

Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste

Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste. The refuse truck that we're purchasing is $423,990.
Laurie Ortolano

And was that - so was that separate? That wasn'ta CERF item? It's here being proposed because it wasn't proposed in
the CERF budget?

Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste

No, it's proposed as part of our CERF but the city decides to bond some of our equipment since they're such highly priced.
Laurie Ortolano
Okay. Okay. | gotcha.

Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste

And just to answer the first part of your question, | am getting a wheel loader - the large wheel loader and that's $495,450.
Laurie Ortolano

Okay.

Chairman Dowd

All set?

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Laurie Ortolano

Yeah, | just think that, you know, that might be something we should have budgeted in the regular budget. That's just my,
you know, my feeling on them.

Chairman Dowd

So, the items are in CERF and some of the items especially larger items in CERF we have recently gone out and bonded
with a low bonding rate. Also, all of these cost items are in the legislation.

Laurie Ortolano

Okay, well I'm not going to talk again because they'll stay in the | favorite column. I'm not changing my mind.
Chairman Dowd

Okay, any other testimony in favor?

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman Dowd

Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing on R-21-189.

R-21-193
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF
TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($21,000,000) TO FUND ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, SURVEYING,
CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER RELATED WORK FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A RIVERWALK
ADJACENT TO THE NASHUA RIVER NEAR MAIN STREET

Chairman Dowd
Okay. Yes Director Cummings would you like to come up?

Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For the record, Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development. | put a quick
slide deck together to help organize my thinking this evening. I'm just going to quickly share my screen so it can come
up in front of everyone.

So again, I'm here before you this evening looking for authorization for $21 million for the implementation of the
downtown riverfront plan. Before | begin my comments, | think two points | want to make right off the bat because |
heard some earlier testimony. First and foremost, this project has been discussed here at the Board of Aldermen. In
fact, it was discussed with the Infrastructure Committee this fall and it has come up regularly over the last few years.

And then secondly, the monies used for this project are coming from the TIF District and you can only use these
monies within the district. So therefore, | just want to be clear that outside of the TIF District no one would be
supporting or paying for the cost of this project. This was a strategy that was implemented by the city very early on
when we endeavored to take on this type of revitalization project. I'll get into a little bit more of that as we continue
here.

So the genesis for the project. So if everyone recalls, we actually undertook a development plan. We did some
significant outreach throughout 2016 and then we adopted this plan in 2017. This was really an effort undertaken by
Director Marchant and she led a robust public engagement initiative. We had a lot of community outreach and it really
set the priorities that the folks who wanted to see the downtown river used differently outlined their priorities, outlined