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Board of Aldermen 11-23-2021 Page 31

Alderman Klee

It goes to the Planning Board.

Alderman Lopez

Okay, so the question was recused himself from the Planning Board?
Alderman Klee

Yes.

Alderman Lopez

Okay. Thank you.

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

| just want to say congratulation to CFO/Treasurer John Griffin. I’d also like to mention that the agreement between the City
of Nashua Board of Fire Commissioners and Nashua firefighters that that monies is coming from within their budget. And
that was one of the things that the Deputy Chief enlightened us with.

Alderwoman Lu

Thank you. Two things | wanted to just talk on. It seems to - it scares me that before we have a clear design and before we
have a submission to our Planning Board on something proposal that someone is making to develop property that we have
so little confidence in our Planning Board and the process that our city has that we feel that we have to buy this land. So if
43 - if it's too dense, the development, then that will get worked out because City of Nashua has requirements and this is a
many step process.

But my understanding is this has not even been submitted to the city of Nashua. The full details of the - | know that there
was a meeting that apparently half the people from Finance Committee went to instead of going to our Finance Committee
meeting but, you know, | would just think why not let our planning group do their work and if this becomes a problem, | don't
know, | guess we could buy it if the citizens want to spend $2 million on a piece of property so that the north enders, you
know, feel more comfortable about their neighborhood. But it just it does seem very peculiar.

| also want to speak to - I'm only here for another month and | just hope that the members of the Board think twice before
they call as Alderman Clemons referred to the “crazies” because | don't think any of our citizens who care enough to be
actively communicating about their concerms are crazy. Even if they were, | think that's a terrible word to throw around. And
| hope that the voters will take note that that this kind of comment is made in reference to well-meant criticism. Thank you.

Alderman Lopez

Yeah, | just wanted to add to what Mr. Springer said earlier in public comment. Doris Miller served with distinction at Pearl
Harbor was there | believe in a custodial role. But, you know, when the gunner was injured he took the gun, he fought off the
attacking planes. He did more than he was trained for or was ever expected of him and that's a credit to him. It's my
understanding that the vessel that’s being named for him or is due to be named is a super carrier. So those are pretty
impressive, too. So | just wanted to add context to that as well.

And then | wanted to add to the challenge that was issued earlier to count houses. | would also challenge everyone on the
Board of Aldermen to look at the doorways and count people that are sleeping outside tonight. There is not a direction from
City Hall where you won't see some. So that's important too. The development being proposed at Greeley Park is not going
to serve them and I've been a very vocal advocate for making sure that when we talk about affordable housing, when we talk
about low income housing, we keep in mind what our priorities are and we remember who really needs this support and this
help tonight and this weekend for Thanksgiving weekend. It’s the longest weekend. It’s the least access to services you get
the entire year and there will be people outside unsheltered. We need to remember that. We need to keep that in mind.
Thank you.

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Alderman Caron

Thank you. So | just wanted to tell everyone that the senior outing that was held at Stellos Stadium for the second year in a
row went over very well. Sorry Mayor that you weren't there. It was a nice day. They gave out about 200 meals. The staff
was jovial, they had a good time, everyone was happy, and | apologize because DPW did not send out the invitations to you
whether you could have come or not. | think it's important that we remember our seniors. They’re part of our community and
if this is the one way we can say thank you to them, | think that it's worth noting that this happens.

As far as me voting no on suspension of this particular resolution, | don't usually but | had a lot of concerns about it and
certainly | will be at all the events. I've lived at Greeley Park for 40 years when | worked there. So | Know how important that
facility is but we have to stop and make sure that we're not jumping the gun and buying things every time somebody comes
in. Because | have property near us that's all wooded and people use it and there's going to be about 15 houses going in at
the $500,000 to $600,000 range. I'd like to see us not have that develop but things move along and we have to look at it
realistically. | will always listen and make a decision based on what | think is important for the city as a whole.

I'd like to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and don't eat too much turkey and enjoy the football games. Thank you.
Alderman Dowd

Yeah two quick things. 1) | appreciate any celebration relative to the Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. As a former
naval officer who's actually stood on the memorial and listened to the stories that are associated with this country owes a
great debt to all the people that served in that conflict. It was a sneak attack and fought it off as best they could. There were
a lot of people lost and | think any recognition we give to those heroes is well worth it.

The other thing is | am sponsoring the legislation on the Barker property. | think there are a lot of unanswered questions and
| think this came upon us very suddenly. | just want to ensure that all the questions get logical answers. Quite frankly having
been on the Chairman of the Zoning Board before him, I'm not sure that the Planning Board would allow what was being
proposed. But there's still a number of questions that we need answered before we allow that kind of a development in that
neighborhood because it's well out of character with the neighborhood.

Alderman Klee

Thank you, Madam President. A couple of things. First, I'm going to start with Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. For those
in the north, the football game on Thursday morning. | hope you'll be there and bring your canned goods.

I'd also like to congratulate CFO Griffin on his new position.

And then seeing that it's been discussed, I'm going to discuss the 15 Bartlett. It is not a 55 plus community. They're just
trying to entice people 55. That's how they feel that the build would be. It is also not in Greeley Park. There have been
some people who thought it was in Greeley Park. It is just surrounded mostly by Greeley Park and it would actually
purchase you would connect a piece up on Columbia and would kind of finish that corner of it.

But putting that aside, one of the issues is partly the neighborhood and the change to it. To me that was secondary and |
apologize for all those that live there that I've talked to them about. | know how they feel. | also know about how important it
is to have housing of all kinds, but especially affordable housing and this is not affordable housing under any circumstances.
Additional cars do create a safety issue. | think the plan that was put forward they showed a very beautiful plan. They
showed gorgeous homes. They invited people to go and look at some of their other things that they've built. | think that
would be very reputable and very good people. | have nothing bad to say about them. The gentlemen that I've been dealing
with and speaking with, he has been very honest and forthright and I've been very appreciative of that.

The issue with Greeley Park is the amount of forestry that will be destroyed on the Barker property. Mr. Barker - Alan Barker
used to pay people on a regular basis to clean that area. And truthfully, | think that area is probably even cleaner than
Greeley Park is. It didn't have any dead trees in it. Towards the end of his life, | don't think he was keeping quite up to it but
he was very proud of that property. He kept it as a conservation area. This will get rid of at least one side of Greeley. We
will completely get rid of all the trees, all the forestry. The homes will go right up against the border of Greeley Park. As you
walk through Greeley Park, and | think somebody had mentioned that, take a walk. As you walk by Greeley Park, you'll see
a barbed wired fence, kind of a ground stockade fence. You'll see houses there now. Even if they put certain pieces of tree
and foliage in, you will still see houses. The missions from the vehicles will affect Greeley Park. We have bears. We have
deer. We have raccoons. We have foxes. We have coyote. We have the little annoying squirrels and chipmunks but
they're adorable to look at. We have all kinds of flora and fauna in Greeley Park. This will affect it wnether people want to
agree to it or not, 43 homes that close together. They show this very beautiful, beautiful kind of park and you can see right

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where Greeley is. You can see how close those homes are to it. It would be a shame. It would be a shame because those

trees, the outer trees, also protect the inner trees. The inner trees are not as strong as the outer trees are. Once we remove
that, we have wind shear issues. We have other things. We will destroy that portion of Greeley Park I'm convinced of it. No,
I'm not an arborist. No, | don't have that information but | have enough intelligence know what will happen and | do not want

to see that happen.

| agree with what Alderman Lopez said. Our key is to be looking at, you know, the people that are sleeping in doorways and
people are sleeping on the streets, the people that have been sleeping at Greeley Park at times. We've seen encampments
in there and so on. Those are the people we need to look for as far as homes and so on are concermed.

The comment, which | thought was a little curt that we had cancelled the Finance meeting because two people - well, | think
she said, the majority of the people went to that meeting. There were two and the bottom line is if the others had shown up,
it would not have had to been changed. But we have people that don't come to the meetings. So if you want to get a little
curt by it, talk about that. | apologize for being a little rude here, but | thought that was an unnecessary comment. There
were two people from the Finance Committee meeting - myself and the Mayor that went to their meeting. Both of us are
Ward 3 residents. | represent the people of Ward 3 and | should have been there. Whether you like it or not, that's where
my place was with the constituents of Ward 3. | was proud to be there. | was happy to hear this presentation. | had heard it
just days before because they were kind enough to show it to me ahead of time. We found out about this. It was not on the
market. It was within the right of the seller. The family has a right to sell to whoever they want and we as a city and the
citizens have the right to say we don't like it. It's not animby. It's not a thing of not in my backyard. It is don't hurt my park
that affects the entire city.

As was mentioned, we have well over 1,500 people that have signed the petition and they are not from Ward 3. They are
from all over Nashua. All over the State. They're all over the place because Greeley Park means a lot to a lot of people. If
you look on any Sunday when | go walking through there, there are people that are picnicking there on that side of Greeley
Park. A lot of the license plates are from Massachusetts. We get a lot of people that come here. So to just dismiss this -
and | do appreciate all of those members who said no to the suspension and | can understand that - | think you're right to
deal with what you feel is right and no one should be criticizing you. I'm glad it's moving forward. | think it is deserves its day
in court and we'll see what happens. No decision was made here today and no decision will be made at any single meeting
but we do need to talk about it. So thank you very much Madam President.

President Wilshire

You're welcome.

Alderman O'Brien

Thank you, Madam President. | would really would like to congratulate John Griffin to his new accepted duties. | wish him
the best of luck. | have known since serving this Board for six years work with him. My prior life being on the Fire
Department with the Fire Department budget. | know the work that he does and fully confident that he will continue in his
new position and service professionally.

And the final thing probably similar to what some of the other Aldermen said, oh, by gosh, by golly, it's time for mistletoe and
holly. Here we go right into Thanksgiving. So | want to first wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving. Don't eat too much.
Remember the Pepto Bismol. Have fun, be careful driving, and everything. But also, too, keep in mind, this is the season of
giving as much as it receiving. There’s a lot of charities out there. We go to the markets, we'll see the guy with the kettle.
Maybe it's time to partake, open the wallet, and contribute.

Yes, Alderman Lopez is correct. At any given night, you can drive to by the portico of St. Patrick's Church and see people
sleeping right down on Main Street. That is very sad and that needs to be addressed. But unfortunately, not at this
particular time. So the best way that we all can compensate for that is to accept the season that was coming upon us and to
remember people who are less fortunate. If you are fortunate to make the proper contributions to the charities that will go
back to the ones in need. | thank you, Madam President. Thank you.

Alderman Clemons

Thank you, Madam President. In regards to previous speakers comments about what | said. If | referred to somebody as
crazy or | called people crazy, like that's because I'm crazy. So sometimes | can, you know, | Know one | see one. But what
| meant to say was the person not living in reality. And there's reality and then there a person's perception. If you think that
the city government is not a republic and you think that the city government is a dictatorship and you go around telling people

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that, you're not living in reality. Some people might go so far as to say that you're crazy. But you're certainly not living in
reality. So | just wanted to clarify that.

And the other thing is, | hope everybody has a crazy time and Thanksgiving. Take care everyone.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else on Zoom? Okay, | would like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. | appreciate all of you who
came out here and got a lesson in civics this evening. Thank you for being here. That’s all | have. Happy Thanksgiving to
everyone.

Alderman Klee

| just want a second bite at the apple and it's more of a personal privilege. This Thanksgiving is my birthday.

Alderman O’Brien

Happy birthday!
Committee announcements:

Alderman O’Brien

Yes in following some of the social media, there seem to have been some confusion. Tomorrow night was supposed to
be the meeting of the Committee of Infrastructure. | think looking at trying to get a quorum together. Everybody got pies
to bake and get in preparation for Thursday, the big day. Common sense allowed to reschedule it because of the holiday
approaching in December. We now are looking at December 8 at 7 pm here in the aldermanic chamber. So it's relatively
close. So believe me, we're going to be discussing Main Street so there should be no barriers to anybody in coming to
the particular meeting. | had to throw that in there. Thank you Madam President.

Alderman Caron

Thank you. Personnel will be meeting on Monday, December 6"", at 7:00 o'clock. As you saw, you have some new
ordinances coming up for Personnel.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN THAT THE NOVEMBER 23, 2021, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BE
ADJOURNED, 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: 0
MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 9:35 p.m.

Attest: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

"The Gate City"

3) THE CITY OF NASHUA

Lori Wilshire
President, Board of Aldermen

TO: Susan K. Lovering, City Clerk

FROM: Lori Wilshire, President, Board of Aldermen
DATE: November 23, 2021

RE: Inauguration Committee

Please be advised that | have appointed the following to be part of the
Inauguration Committee: Alderman June Caron, Alderman Patricia Klee, and

newly elected Alderman Melbourne Moran.

229 Main Street * Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 * Phone (603) 589-3033 ¢
E-mail Wilshire_L@NashuaN H.Gov

R-21-202

RESOLUTION

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)

CITY OF NASHUA

in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty One

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the Mayor of the City
of Nashua and the City Treasurer of the City of Nashua are hereby authorized to issue and sell
general obligation bonds of the City in an aggregate principal not to exceed two million five
hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000). The proceeds of said bonds shall be used to purchase
property located at 15 Bartlett Avenue (Map 57, Lot 3).

Pursuant to Nashua City Charter $54-a, this resolution requires a “duly advertised public
hearing.” Also see N.H. RSA 33:9, which requires a 2/3 vote for passage of this resolution.

The bonds shall be general obligations of the City of Nashua, payable as to principal and
interest from ad valorem taxes, which will be levied without limitation as to rate or amount on all
taxable property within the territorial limits of the City of Nashua.

The bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signature of the City Treasurer and the
Mayor. In accordance with Chapter 91 of the New Hampshire Acts of 2005, bonds issued
pursuant to this resolution shall not require an authenticating certificate of a bank or trust
company doing business in the State of New Hampshire or The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, or the Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

The bonds are to be issued in fully-registered form by means of a book-entry system or
otherwise and shall have such terms and conditions and be in such form, subject to the provisions
of this resolution and applicable law, as shall be determined by the Mayor and the City
Treasurer,

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Mayor is authorized to enter into the required
contracts therefor as well as any amendments to be made thereto or any other documentation
necessary for the receipt of said funds.

RESOLUTION:

PURPOSE:

SPONSOR(S):

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE:

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021

R-21-202

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 Greelcy
Park located at 15 Bartlett Avenue (Map 57, Lot 3)

Alderman Patricia Klee

Budget Review Committee

It is anticipated that the bond would be sold in FY 23/24 for a term
of twenty years. It is estimated the interest rate will be
approximately 2.5% and the total cost of the bond will be
approximately $3,156,250 including interest with level principal.
The average annual payment will be approximately $157,812 with
the beginning years at a higher amount.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the City to issue and sell general obligation bonds up to $2,500,000
for the purchase of property abutting Greeley Park located at 15 Bartlett Avenue (Map 57, Lot

3).

As this legislation is an authorization to borrow money, this resolution requires a “duly
advertised public hearing” pursuant to Nashua City Charter $54-a. NH RSA 33:9 requires a 2/3
vote of all the members for the issuance of bonds. This resolution is also a specific non-budget,

supplementary appropriation,

permitted by Charter Sec. 53. Requirements for that are notice and

a public hearing. A two-thirds vote is required under Charter Sec. 56-b for an item or amount

not in the mayor’s budget. A

roll call is required under Charter Sec. 49,

Approved as to account
structure, numbers and
amount:

Approved as to form:

Financial Services Division

By: _/s/ John Griffin

Office of Norperai Counsel

By: Om rte, (Ogu Se

Date: aX Nove aer POH

R-21-203

RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 BARTLETT
AVENUE (MAP 57, LOT 3)

CITY OF NASHUA

in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty One

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the Mayor is hereby
authorized to purchase property located at [5 Bartlett Avenue (Tax Map 57, Lot 3) on terms and

conditions and for such purchase price as determined by the Mayor, with the purchase price not
to exceed $2,500,000.

FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the
Mayor, with the assistance of the Office of Corporation Counsel, is authorized to prepare and
execute all necessary documents and take all necessary actions required to effectuate the same.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021

RESOLUTION: R-21-203

PURPOSE: Authorizing the purchase of property located at 15 Bartlett
Avenue (Map 57, Lot 3)

ENDORSERS: Alderman Patricia Klee

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT: Planning and Economic Development Committee

FISCAL NOTE: Purchase price of up to $2,500,000. The source of funds for

this purchase will be from a bond authorization.

ANALYSIS

This resolution authorizes the purchase of property located at 15 Bartlett Avenue (Map 57, Lot
3), on terms and conditions still to be determined, for an amount not to exceed $2,500,000. A
resolution to authorize bonding the cost of this purchase is being simultaneously introduced as R-
21-202.

Charter $77 provides that the Planning Board “shall review and make recommendations to the
mayor and board of aldermen on all locations for proposed municipal building and facilities,
including educational, [and] on the purchase and sale of any land by the city.”

Approved as to account Financial Services Division
structure, numbers and

amount: By: _ /s/ John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel

By: (pe Ke, (Cate
Date: 4 anetnclier OO

O-21-081

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF WARD BOUNDARIES

CITY OF NASHUA

ln the Year Two Thousand and Twenty One

The City of Nashua ordains that Part | “Administrative Legislation”, Chapter 23
“Elections and Campaigns”, Article I “General Voting Procedures”, Section 23-7.1 “City wards”
of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further amended as required under
paragraph I of § 3 of the City Charter by deleting the struck-through language and adding the
new underlined language as follows:

Ҥ 23-7.1. City wards.

The City of Nashua is hereby divided into the following nine wards:

A.

Ward 1: Beginning at the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike and Amherst
Street and running in a northwesterly direction along the center line of Amherst
Street to Aipertieadtheree tara and fee sedther halon the centerline
et Atportieadiethetterector-elthe-Bestor-& Maine Rai lroadtracksthence
FoR Hearth westerly direetian-aleng the-traciksto the Merrimack town line:
thence. turning and running along the Nashua/Merrimack, thence Nashua/Hollis
lines in a southerly direction to the intersection of the Nashua River; thence
turning and running in a northeasterly direction along the center line of the
Nashua River to the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike: thence, tuming and
running in a northerly direction along the center line of F.E. Everett Turnpike to
the point of beginning.

Ward 2: Beginning at the intersection of Cushing Avenve Baldwin Strect and
Amherst Street and running in a southerly direction along the center line of
Baldwin Strect to the intersection of the Broad Street Parkway: thence, turning
and running ina northwesterly direction alone the center line of the Broad Street
Parkway to the intersection of Broad Street: thenee turning in_an easterly direction
and running along the center line of Broad Street to the intersection of Sullivan
Street; thence turning ina northerly direction and running along the center line of
Sullivan Street to the intersection of Amherst Street; thence turning and running
northwesterly along the center line of Amherst Strect_ nerthwesterhdirection