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Board of Aldermen 11-23-2021

Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright,

Alderman Wilshire
Nay:
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-197 declared duly adopted.

R-21-198
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

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RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $284,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES

“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 HIV PREVENTION GRANT”
Given its first reading

R-21-198
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $284,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES

“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 HIV PREVENTION GRANT”
Given its second reading

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-198, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,

Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,

Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderman Wilshire

Nay:
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-198 declared duly adopted.

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R-21-199
Endorsers:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee

Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderman Thomas Lopez

Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $450,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 STD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COVID-19 GRANT”

Given its first reading

R-21

-199

Endorsers:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee

Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderman Thomas Lopez

Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $450,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 STD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COVID-19 GRANT”

Given its second reading

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-199, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,
Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright,

Alderman Wilshire

Nay:

12

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-199 declared duly adopted.

R-21-200

Endorsers:

Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee

Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderman Thomas Lopez

Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

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RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $75,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD POISONING CASE MANAGEMENT”

Given its first reading

R-21-200
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $75,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD POISONING CASE MANAGEMENT”

Given its second reading

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-200, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,
Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright,

Alderman Wilshire 12

Nay:
MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-21-200 declared duly adopted.

R-21-201
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $40,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 STD PREVENTION GRANT”

Given its first reading

R-21-201
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Thomas Lopez

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Alderman Jan Schmidt

Alderman Skip Cleaver

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF $40,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ACTIVITIES
“FY22, FY23, AND FY24 STD PREVENTION GRANT”

Given its second reading
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-201, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman O’Brien

Thank you. Nice job, everybody.

Alderman Lopez

| just wanted to clarify a little bit of Public Health. This grant and then the 199 one that was for STD workforce
development and COVID. Like if ever we needed a comment, it was STD, and workforce development, and COVID-19,
and particularly STDs have become an increasing problem over the past few years. Probably partly because of our
isolation in COVID and that kind of thing. But one of the things that the Public Health Department noted was that there's a
surge in syphilis. So we're bringing back some blast from the past and | would just urge the public to be cautious in your
decision making.

President Wilshire

Thank you Alderman Lopez. Any further discussion? Okay, motion is for final passage. Would the Clerk please call the
roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,

Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,

Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright,

Alderman Wilshire 12
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-201 declared duly adopted.

Without objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for a first reading of two Resolutions that
were received after the agenda was prepared.

Alderman Jette
| feel a need to object but I'm not sure because I'm not sure why these are being brought in under suspension?

President Wilshire

You would have to ask the maker of the — Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you, Madam President. The reason for the request for the suspension is that this is something that has a real time

crunch on it. There is a current development plan in place for this property. When the developer spoke, he mentioned
that if the city wanted to buy it, he would step back. Since then he has come back. He said he still would step back but

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he didn't have the authorization to turn it over to the city to assign it to the city. He didn't have the authorization for third
party. This means that we have to work with the seller, etc. At this point, I'm not really sure whether or not that's going to
go through but in order to do this, | refer to this oftentimes as this request here is kind of like getting pre approval for a
mortgage. We have to show that we are good faith. That if we want to buy this, this suspension does nothing more than
allow it to go to all of the committee's. We're not going to vote on it. There will not be a second reading. It will just go to
the appropriate - much like we’re doing with all the other suspensions that we've done. We just brought it in.

There's a time crunch. We need to get this through as quickly as possible so nobody loses any money in it if, in fact, they
do allow us to purchase this piece of property. | could go into the details of it but | think we just really need to talk about
the suspension of it. This piece of property is connected, actually almost surrounded, in three areas of Greeley Park. It's
very important that we look at it, it gets discussed, and so on. I'm not asking the committee here to vote one way or the
other. I'm not asking on the merits of it. | just want it to go forward before for a public hearing, before the Budget, before
Infrastructure, and to go forward the Planning Committee. That's all this is doing. It's just a suspension of the rules to
allow it to go forward. No discussion here as to whether it was right or wrong. It will eventually come back to the Board.
Because it’s a bond, it will need 10 votes by the - just like all other ones, the supermajority. Nothing more than that, just
asking for a suspension so can move forward.

Alderman Jette

Thank you.

Alderwoman Lu

| had a question. | haven't had a chance to look at the paperwork as | just received it as | stepped up to attend this
meeting. So | think that what you want to allow us to move forward is that the City of Nashua buys a piece of property?
Okay. So did we not know it was on the market before? Is this just a big surprise and we had always wanted that piece of

property?

President Wilshire

Can we can defer this to the committee? This is just a suspension of the rules to send it to a committee. We're not
debating the merits of this legislation this evening. If it gets to committee and you don't agree with it, you can vote against
it but | don't want to start debating this because it's not - the only thing we're doing here is suspending the rules to bring it
in.

Alderwoman Lu

To buy the piece of property?

President Wilshire

That's what the legislation is but that's not what we're voting on this evening. We're voting on suspension of the rules.
Alderwoman Lu

No, | understand. Sure. No, | understand.

Alderman Klee

Just a comment. Thank you very much. The reason why you did not have it was because this was all came to light on
Friday.

Alderwoman Lu

On Friday?

Alderman Klee

Friday, this past Friday. Legislation was put through and | think Donna didn't get it until about a couple hours before this

meeting started. That's when all the legislation was finalized. That’s the reason why you have it now. That is why we're
only asking for suspension not to discuss the merits of it one way or the other. That will happen in all the committees and

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that's where it should happen. This would be no different than if this were December 14" and this showed up without a
rule of suspension. Nothing more, nothing less. It would still go forward.

Alderwoman Lu

Sure. And just to follow up? Regarding my vote, I'm going to vote against this suspension because | do feel that this
body — well there are many things that are couched in. This is a rush and I...okay, you're nodding your head but it
suggested that there's a real time crunch here and | personally don't care to act that way, especially when I've never
heard a word about our interest in buying property at this area but thank you.

President Wilshire

The motion is to suspend the rules to allow the first reading of Resolution R-21-202. Further discussion on the motion to
suspend? Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll? Oh, I'm sorry Alderman Clemons.

Alderman Clemons

Yeah | just wanted to be at added as a co-sponsor that was actually supposed to happen with this legislation and the
other one, but | didn't get to Corporation Counsel in time. So if my name could be added to this one and the next one, I'd
appreciate that.

President Wilshire

Okay. Thank you Alderman Clemons. | didn't ask for additional sponsors. | was going to suspend the rules to bring it in
and then ask for sponsors.

Alderman Clemons

I’m sorry.

President Wilshire

That's all right. You jumped the gun. That's okay. The motion is to suspend. Would the Clerk please call the roll now?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver,
Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 9

Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Caron, Alderwoman Lu 3

MOTION CARRIED

R-21-202
Endorsers: Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS
NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,500,000) TO
PURCHASE PROPERTY ABUTTING GREELEY PARK LOCATED AT 15 BARTLETT AVENUE (MAP 57, LOT 3)
Given its first reading; SCHEDULE A SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER
7, 2021 AT 7:00 PM IN THE ALDERMANIC CHAMBER, and the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President Wilshire

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R-21-203
Endorsers: Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Skip Cleaver
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 BARTLETT AVENUE (MAP 57,
LOT 3)
Given its first reading; Assigned to the PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE and PLANNING
BOARD by President Wilshire

NEW BUSINESS - ORDINANCES

O-21-077
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
UPDATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION AND PERSONNEL ORDINANCES

Given its first reading; Assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President Wilshire

O-21-078
Endorsers: Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON DENISE STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MARIE AVENUE

Given its first reading; Assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by President Wilshire

O-21-079
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
REVISIONS TO ORDINANCES REGARDING GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Given its first reading; Assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President Wilshire

O-21-080
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
UPDATING THE PURCHASING ORDINANCES

Given its first reading; Assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President Wilshire

There being no objection, President Wilshire suspended the rules to allow for a first reading of Ordinance O-21-
081 that was received after the agenda was prepared.

O-21-081
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF WARD BOUNDARIES
Given its first reading; SCHEDULE A SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER
28, 2021 AT 7:00 PM IN THE ALDERMANIC CHAMBER, by President Wilshire

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PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

President Wilshire

| have six people who have signed up. Just so you know, you come to the microphone, you give your name and address
for the record, and you have a three minute time limit.

Dana Springer

Yes, good evening Council. My name is Dana Springer. | live at 59 Factory Street. My Alderman is Alderman Lopez. What
| want to come to the Council for is | talked to the Mayor and Councilor Lopez about Pearl Harbor Day on the 5" of
December. | just wanted to kind of let the Council know that the country kind of went back and did some redoing of what
was done in the past. The first dedicated destroyer is named after an African American person and they’re breaking steel on
it. So it's going to be the first of its kind and that should be honored to us because during that time of segregation, we
weren't allowed to participate the same way that, you know, other folks participate. So it should be something that, you
know, throughout the country that we should honor.

| know | served almost 30 years and my father served in World War II the same is Doris Miller, which | told the Councilor and
the Mayor that I’d get back to him with the information. Pearl Harbor means, you know, things to our people, too. | don't
think we're really represented that way and | would like to try to be in the program on the 5" or at least be able to have
something ready for the program if I'm allowed to. That's all | have.

President Wilshire

Thank you very much.
Dana Springer
Thank you.

President Wilshire

The next person is speak is Bob Lodi.

Robert Lodi

Thank you. Good evening, Madam President, Mr. Vice President, Mayor Donchess, all the alderpersons at large, and all the
aldermen that represent the wards. | want to thank you for your service. It's all of you who help us have a functioning

democracy and a government that works and it's particularly challenging in this climate. So | want to thank you.

President Wilshire

Can we get your name and address?
Robert Lodi
Oh I’m sorry. I'm Robert Lodi, 12 Bartlett Ave.

President Wilshire

Thank you.
Robert Lodi

So again, thank you all. I'm here to speak to you about the 15 Bartlett Ave. property that Alderwoman Klee brought forward.
For the three of you who voted against the suspension of rules, you have an open invitation to walk the park with me at any
time and you'll see exactly what the encroachment of the development of this property is allowed to go forward. This
development does not address the needs of the city. It does not help with housing. It does not help protect the natural
resources of the city - that is Greeley Park - that has been in our care for 125 years. It does not address the other
requirements that the Board and the Mayor has laid out.

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So these are expensive condos - $600,000 to $750,000. They're targeted 55 plus and it's a 44 unit dense, compact on 7,500
square feet. It is out of character with the neighborhood. It will be damaging to the park and once that land is lost, it is gone
forever. We cannot allow this to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. So | urge you to look seriously at the matter that's
been referred to the appropriate committees. This came forward very, very quickly with very little notice to the public. Ina
short period of time, less than four days, we've had 1,500 signatures and it's growing rapidly. So there is widespread
community support. There's an opportunity for public private partnership. We have $200,000 already committed to support
the purchase of this property and we believe we can work together to find a public private solution that addresses the needs
of all of the city and not for a developer that is out of State, has never worked in this area, and has no ties to Nashua. |
believe we need a local solution to our local challenges and | urge you all to take this matter seriously and look into this
opportunity. It's a once in a lifetime. Let's not lose this on our watch. Thank you.

Kathy Lodi

My name is Kathy Lodi, 2 Bartlett Ave. | want to thank you all the people here who voted to suspend the rule so that we can
carry this forward. As my husband just said, 1,522 people sign this petition in five days. It has bipartisan support. So | just
want to thank you for allowing us to carry this discussion forward. It's something that's important to a lot of people. There's a
lot of points on both sides. We're not here to vilify anyone involved. | think there's an opportunity for compromise and a
win/win situation for the city and for its citizens. So | just want to thank you for moving it forward so we can have a
discussion on December 7". Thank you.

Tucker McGerald

Thank you. My name is Tucker McGerald. | live on 139 Hills Ferry Road. This is in regards to the property at 15 Bartlett.
On Hills Ferry Road even without this, there are already considerable traffic issues on that street. It is a pass through for all
the traffic coming to the intersection of Henry Bourque highway and Manchester Street not wanting to go that additional
distance on one lane and so they're using Hills Ferry Road as a cut through for any southbound traffic on Concord Street.
The traffic is aggressive. It's at least double the speed limit. Nothing has been done for that already. Adding these
properties is going to make the use of that pass through even worse and there are families with kids living on that street.
There needs to be solutions to the traffic there before we worry about packing more people that aren't going to care how fast
they're going through to get a neighborhood. That all | have.

Steve Dixon

Steve Dixon - 31 Columbia Avenue. Thank you for all your service. | couldn't do what you guys do. | just want to ask about
the density. When you go home tonight, when you pull off whatever main street you go, count 43 houses. Count 43 houses
and see how many you have there. | live on Columbia Avenue where the old water towers is. There’s not five blacks. You
can't park 43 houses. So when you go home count them. If that's something you want your neighbor, my suggestion is this
- 13 acres, 13 houses. They'll be nice houses. When | went to the meeting and he put these beautiful houses up there, oh
they were beautiful. | asked him are those the houses you're going to put in? Well, you know, you know. No. 13 acres, 13
houses. That would keep the footprint of the north end. 43 houses, again, I'll stop here. When you go home start counting
when you get off the street to your house, count 43 houses. The north end as the Mayor knows is that’s 5 blocks, 6 blocks,
that doesn’t make it. ’'m good. Thank you.

Denise Mucillio

Denise Mucillio, 611 Midhurst Road and I'm also here - this is my first meeting. So I'm very nervous but it should give you
some inkling as to how much Greeley Park means to me. | have been going to Greeley Park for 46 years. Four generations
of our family have enjoyed Greeley Park and | think that any further development, even 13 houses, would be too much.
There's a lot of children in the inner city that are able to take the bus to Greeley Park. They're able to see trees, animals, and
things like, hide and seek, and that would be stealing all of that land away from those children. | ask every single one of you
to think very hard about supporting Nashua buying that property. It’s a treasure. We've already lost quite a bit of land in the
southwest quadrant of Nashua by development between the school and soccer fields they're talking about and development
down there. It's ashame. Nashua should be very proud of Greeley Park and they should do everything they can to keep it
many visitors to the city. You know where should | go in the city tourist ask? Greeley Park is always on the top of the list.
Thank you for your time.

Laurie Ortolano

Could | please speak, Laurie Ortolano?

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President Wilshire

Yes.
Laurie Ortolano

Okay. Sorry, | couldn't find the button to put my hand up. Laurie Ortolano 41 Berkeley Street. | would just like to, you know,
make the Board aware of a couple things regarding this development. We have to be cognizant of the fact that the property
owner has the right to sell their property and enter into a contract to do what they're doing. | understand the homeowners on
the west side of Concord Street not wanting this in their neighborhood but | think we have to recognize what control and what
power we have and what we do. | think we have to be careful of setting a precedence here. | don't agree that we have to
expand Greeley Park that there's a space limitation in there and that this parcel is a vital part of Greeley Park. | think that
everyone should look at what the developer has proposed and anyone who says that, you know, we don't know what his
work or what he's doing, you know, look on the contractor’s site at the three developments that were done. You'll get a pretty
good indication of his work and it seems to fit in line with what was presented to us on Wednesday night.

So | think it's really important. | mean we have a development — the Camp Doucette was bought down at - purchase for $4
million at 132 - oh the road in South Nashua. It escapes me now. That was 20 acres of a Boy Scout camp for years, and
years, and years of old forest and that is all being cut down and turned into a, you Know, 40 unit or more property
development. We don't run in and scoop it up and save it. And you know, there's a reason we don't do that. So, and | think
there's some misinformation given out here. | would like to ask if the Mayor plans to recuse himself because he's a voting
member of the Planning Board and so is one of his or he can have a representative of his office and | think that since its
development in his neighborhood, he should recuse himself from voting on this just to be aboveboard on all of this. But, you
know, | want to caution you.

| happened to live in Litchfield. There were three developments that went in a 55 and older, a bike path that cut right through
my backyard with 20 feet of it taken, and a high school one street away, and | backed all of them. | know | was unusual to do
that...

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager

Thirty seconds.

Laurie Ortolano

| don't feel that my property lost value. That | made a bad decision. | wasn't popular at the time, I'll tell you that but it
(inaudible). | view the high school as a plus. | viewed a bike path seven mile path off the back of my house as a as a good
thing and the 55 and older was very cookie cutter not like this, and | didn't think it was going to harm the property and it
didn't.

Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager

Time.
Laurie Ortolano

So | want us to be respectful of the process and make certain that we're allowing a fair and just process to take place here.
Thank you.

Alderman Lopez
Can | just ask a point of order?

President Wilshire

Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

| guess my first question is, is this a point of order? Does the Mayor get a vote on this? | thought this was aldermanic
legislation?