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Board of Aldermen 10-09-2018 Page 14

R-18-083

Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess

Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

Alderman Ken Gidge

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright

Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderman Patricia Klee

Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws

Alderman Tom Lopez

Alderman June M. Caron

Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly

Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja

Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza

Alderman Jan Schmidt

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

Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $1,105,000 FROM THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION AND $97,500 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION INTO TRANSIT GRANT ACTIVITY “TRANSIT CAPITAL OUTLAY”
FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO ELECTRIC HYBRID BUSES

Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-18-083

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Caron

May | speak? Thank you. The Human Affairs Committee met yesterday, and Director Marchant came
in and spoke to us about the two hybrid buses. This is time sensitive; it is going to take almost a year to
get those built.

They will be discontinuing the trolleys and keeping the other one for special occasions. Director
Marchant thinks this is going to be great for the City because they will be used within City compounds.
Thank you.

MOTION CARRIED

Resolution R-18-083 declared duly adopted.

Board of Aldermen 10-09-2018 Page 15
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-18-022
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
AUTHORIZING FREE HOLIDAY PARKING AT METERS IN ZONE III WHICH INCLUDES
THE ELM STREET AND HIGH STREET PARKING GARAGES FROM DECEMBER 10, 2018
THROUGH JANUARY 4, 2019
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN GIDGE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-18-022
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-18-022 declared duly adopted.

O-18-023
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Ken Gidge
CHANGING THE MANAGING DEPARTMENT IN ORDINANCES REGARDING PARKING
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-18-023
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-18-023 declared duly adopted.

O-18-024
Endorsers: Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Ken Gidge
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
MOVING THE LOCATION OF A YIELD SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT
STREET AND CENTRAL STREET
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-18-024
MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-18-024 declared duly adopted.

O-18-028
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
ALLOWING PERMITTED OVERNIGHT ON-STREET PARKING INDEFINITELY ON THOSE
STREETS WHERE IT IS TEMPORARILY PERMITTED

Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-18-028

MOTION CARRIED

Ordinance O-18-028 declared duly adopted.

Board of Aldermen 10-09-2018 Page 16

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-18-084
Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-At-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman-At-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-At-Large David C. Tencza
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Patricia Klee
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS, AFL-CIO FROM JULY 1, 2017 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019 AND RELATED
TRANSFERS
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy

R-18-085
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-At-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED
THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($650,000) FOR THE
PURCHASE OF TWO AUTOMATED REFUSE TRUCKS
Given its first reading;

There being no objection, President McCarthy accepted the first reading of R-18-085, assigned it
to the Budget Review Committee and the Board of Public Works, and scheduled a public
hearing for Monday, October 22, 2018, at 7:00 PM in the Aldermanic Chambers

R-18-086
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-At-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-At-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-At-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL
$54,709.64
FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS) INTO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GRANT ACTIVITY “PATH AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE”
Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President McCarthy

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES - None

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT - None

Board of Aldermen 10-09-2018 Page 17

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Alderman Gidge

The Mayor did mention this Saturday and Sunday, the Art Walk and people have to understand that
obviously art is important, but art also makes money. The research that we had done on the committee
in Concord is that for every dollar spent for the arts, there is a $10.00 return. So here is an opportunity
not only to support the arts but to support the City financially. Also to get something that is absolutely
original that you may either read, send as a card, put on your wall So please, this Saturday and
Sunday, please the Art Walk here in Nashua. Thank you.

Alderman Dowd

Two things, | get a chance to be downtown a lot these days and many of the parking meters, the LED’s
can’t be read. You put money in and you have no idea what the time is on the meter. For the
automatic, where you put the money in and get a slip to put on your dash, it is taking forever for the
receipt to come out of the machine. | had a person in front of me tonight that almost walked away and
said, “the thing is not working” and | put my money in and it took several minutes for it to come out. |
don’t know what is wrong with them, but | think somebody needs to look into it.

Alderman Lopez

| also wanted to comment on the Art Walk. | typically enjoy it, but | also see a lot of parents that are
trying to enjoy it with their kids. It is sort of a lot of walking around for kids, so Winnie The Pooh is also
going to being performed by the Peacock Players, so you can kind of get a break. And then also this
weekend, | believe the Rotary is doing their duck race.

Alderwoman Kelly

Thank you, | just wanted to thank the board for passing the legislation to bring the hybrid buses. As a
member of the EE Committee it will start to move us towards our goals. | don’t know if anyone saw the
recent article, that in 10 years it could be catastrophic if we don’t start looking at stuff. So | think that’s
really important.

| wanted to highlight Holiday Shopping, I’m glad that we passed that as well and | want to see people
come downtown because we have an incredible wealth of places to go and get really unique gifts as
you are going through your Holiday shopping.

And | would remiss if | didn’t bring up that | am a little disappointed in the re-referral of R-18-066. We
did spend a lot of time in committee talking about this. | think there was some public confusion on this
and | look forward to being able to clarify this. But these people have been waiting a very long time for
us to make a decision on this and | think they deserve a fair and timely resolution of it. Thank you.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

| would just like to elaborate about the Rotary West Duck Race which is happening on Saturday. As of
Sunday, they still had some of the flock that was up for adoption and you can go on-line to make
adoptions. My understanding that any ducks that are not adopted as of Saturday morning, will be
available for adoption prior to the race. | think it is important for the public to know that the proceeds
from this event does not go to Rotary West but they, in fact, use it to provide funds to non-profits within
the community.

President McCarthy

| am looking forward to our first chicken race coming up in the future.

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Alderman Tencza

Thank you and to follow up on what Alderman Dowd was saying, | would commend the City on the new
pay by phone parking initiative. The new app you can download, | know it has saved me tremendously
on parking tickets. If you are caught up, continue shopping or doing else downtown, you can refill your
parking meter just on your phone.

The City collects the parking fees, it’s not going to collect as many parking tickets from me next year
when | pay but it is a good thing, it is a nice benefit, additional benefit for folks who are going downtown.

President McCarthy

It has occurred to me by the way, | know some members of the Board have gotten calls about the
elderly exemption and whether we were going to adjust it after the reassessment. And it occurs to me
that because of the reassessment there is actually a substantially higher burden on people who had a
large piece of their assessment waived by the exemption and a fairly small percentage increase can
yield a fairly large percentage increase in the part of the assessment that they are paying taxes on. So
| will be asking to look at that. | think it seems like the most straightforward thing to do is to increase the
exemptions by the average percentage of the assessment changes. So we will take a look at what the
assessment is, what the impact of that is, and if anybody is interested in sponsoring that.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Yes Alderman McCarthy, you and | discussed this over the weekend and | would certainly be willing to
join in sponsoring that. But as we discussed also there are some things around senior exemption and
what can and cannot be exempted that are governed by State Law. So | just think it is important that
those individuals running for seats up in Concord be aware of that. | know for the past 4 years, when
I’ve been questioned about it, | have told the homeowner, please ask that question of whoever is
running for State Rep in your Ward. | think it is something that we need to seriously look at up in
Concord, thank you.

Committee announcements:

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

PEDC next Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. here in the Chamber. Thank you.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE OCTOBER 9, 2018 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED

MOTION CARRIED

The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:25 p.m.

Attest: Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk

2011 Ariel photo clearly

_ showing that we have
fertilized and maintained
up to the telephone pole
and road sign (outlined in
yellow).

ADOPTED REQUESTED TOTAL
PROJECT ! FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 REQUESTED
SUMMARY SHEET
SUMMARY/FEDERAL SHARE
Airport Authority90% Federal/NHDOT $738,675.00] $900,000.00] $900,000.00 $297,000.00 $540,000.00| _$5,679,000.00 $9,054,675.00]
FEDERAL SHARE SUB-TOTAL - $738,675.00 $900,000.00 $900,000.00 $297,000.00 $540,000.00 $5,679,000.00 $9,054,675.00
SUMMARY/ICITY SHARE
Public Health & Comm Services Dept $3,000,000.00 $3,000,000.00
Airport Authority $41,038.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $16,500.00) $30,000.00 $315,500.00 $503,038.00
Community Development Division $410,000.00) $1,700,000.00 $300,000.00 $400,000.00 $2,810,000.00
Fire Rescue Department $1,521,500.00 $50,000.00 $715,000.00] $4,988,377.00 $4,461,697.00 $188,320.00 $11,924,894.00
Nashua Library $640,000.00 $640,000.00
Police Department $80,000.00 $945,291.00 $307,283.00 $1,332,574.00
Communications Division
Public Works Division
Parks and Recreation Department $893,000.00 $410,000.00 $150,000.00 $1,453,000.00
Engineering Department | $6,105,550.00} $3,607,905.00| $3,379,273.00 $3,548,237.00 $3,725,648.00| $3,911,931.00 $24,278,544.00
DPW Administration $8,000,000.00} $7,000,000.00 $15,000,000.00
Street Department $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $3,000,000.00
School Department ’ $610,000.00 $830,000.00) $10,540,250.00} — $8,755,000.00 $9,198,235.00| $9,375,603.00 $39,309,088.00
Information Technolosy
CITY SHARE suerore $21,801,088.00 $15,093,196.00 15,941,806.00 $18,208,114.00 $17,915,580.00 $14,291,354.00 $103,251, 138.00
SUMMARY / ENTERPRISE FUND
Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Projects $93 1,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $500,000.00 $3,431,000.00
Wastewater Enterprise Fund Projects $7,564,185.00| $4,276,366.00| $2,725,796.00| — $2,829,341.00 $2,849,032.00| $2,849,032.00 $23,093,752.00
ENTERPRISE FUND SUB-TOTAL $8,495,185.00| $4,776,366.00| $3,225,796.00| $3,329,341.00 $3,349,032.00| $3,349,032.00 $26,524,752.00
GRAND TOTAL
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS $30,296,273.00 19,869,562.00 $19,167,602.00 $21,537,455.00 $21,264,612.00 —17,640,386.00 $129,775,890.00
Special Meeting of May 23, 2016 __
Park and Recreation Department
Rail Trail Lighting $ 165,000.00 $ 165,000.00
Southwest Rectangular Fields $ 250,000.00 $ 250,000.00
Subtotal $ - — 415,000.00 $ 415,000.00
Total $ 30,711,273.00 $ 30,711,273.00

123 Conant Road

121 Conant Road

me

(dark green grass). Both parties observe the

The city property disputed is the land framed by the brackets above
telephone pole and the sign as the boundaries.
| We’ve been maintaining the city’s land indicated by the brackets above for over 15 uninterrupted years by mowing,
~ seeding, fertilizing, watering & the last three years maintaining a garden on it.

| All we are asking is that city draw the line from telephone pole to sign as part of our property 123 Conant Rd

| reflecting the stewardship of the city’s land for over 15 years and as far back as 1991 when we bought the home 27

/ years ago ensuring that the road was clear of snow, the shrubbery was trimmed and maintained to ensure safe mail

delivery for the mailperson as well as ensuring a safe passageway out of our driveway.

Conant Road prior to move (1991). You

_

can see our driveway , mailbox (123) and

shrubs.

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The house next door to ours in 1991...notice the wild shrubs.