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Do you want gray colored heads?
a. Yes, all fixtures should be gray in color unless decorative. Decorative fixtures should be

direct replacements in color (generally black).

Can the City please clarify if it requires product technical specification sheets for the products
proposed?
a. Yes the City requires all technical sheets (cut sheets) for the products proposed. These
sheets should include all detailed information relative to the proposed fixtures (System
Watts, kWs, typical lumens delivered, LED Current, Efficacy, warranty, finish, wattage
switch if applicable, driver & dimming, voltage, part/manufacturer’s numbers, etc.).

Can the City please clarify if in Section 5 on Page 6, the Entity shall supply and install 10, 3000K
LED products as samples per each type of fixture "style" options (see Section 4.3) for a total of

20 samples or just 10 samples?
a. The Trial period does not require multiple fixture “style” options. The ten (10) Trial
Period fixtures should be the cobra head style fixtures that are being proposed.

Can the City please clarify/describe the inventory in more detail? Pricing for cobra head fixtures

vs. decorative fixture vs shoe box fixtures can vary substantially.
a. Please see “SCHEDULE C, EVERSOURCE STREET LIGHT LEDGER.” This is the most detailed

inventory the City has regarding specific fixture types.

Can the City please provide clarity on the "ADDITIONAL PROJECT UNIT PRICES” section? The
instructions clearly state "fill out the yellow highlighted areas", but do not indicate if other areas

should be left to the city (or contractor) to complete.
a. The Contractor should fill out “ADDITIONAL PROJECT UNIT PRICES.” This has been

updated with yellow highlighting for consistency and clarification.

{Item's 1 & 2 of "GENERAL NOTES" directly contradict themselves. Please clarify if the City wants

retrofit kits or does NOT want retrofit kits.
a. The City does not want retrofit kits. This has been corrected on the General Notes on

“Schedule B, COST PROPOSAL SHEET TEMPLATE.”

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chose not to. | am very capable of doing all the good things that | can do for myself and my life. | have my
family in my life. | have one of my sons living with me that | never really had a chance to raise him as a child
because of drugs. But! have him with me today. Drug Court taught me how to live without the use of drugs
and how to change behaviors without getting defensive and admitting and being honest. And he is right, being
honest is really a huge part of drug court because if you can’t be honest with yourself and people around you
then what is the point? Being honest wasn’t part of my journey growing up. | was always manipulating, lying,
stealing, whatever | had to do to get what | had to get. Being honest was really a huge part of that program.

| had a few incentives but! got in trouble one time because for the first six months, | was still drinking alcohol
but wasn't really noticing that | was doing it. It was a normal thing. | never had a dirty urine for drugs, | never
relapsed, but | never stopped drinking either. When | finally got caught, my urine came back once with alcohol,
that’s when the actual lightbulb went off in my head that | can’t drink. What am | doing to myself? That will get
me caught back up into other things that | don’t want to be caught back up into. That’s when | really truly
started really working and changing my life. | had to go to Valley Street for that one night and | said this is not
where | want to be anymore. | just felt like a total loser when that happened to me. | just felt so humiliated. |
don’t have to feel like that anymore. | really started really truly working that program, and it has given me such
a life today that | could never see myself getting arrested or going to jail.

| have associated with the police department. | have respect for them today. They respect me today. That
feels really good. | could drive down the street in my car, and | don’t’ have to feel paranoid if there’s a cop
behind me. If there’s a cop behind me, I’m out there waving at him because that’s who | am today. | am a
good person. I’ve gotten to know who | am and what | like and what | can do. | have a good job. | work with
TruGreen. | have good benefits. | have a good life today. | do a lot of sponsoring other women in recovery. |
also work with one of the women in the drug court. | try to mentor and | stay participating in the drug court
even though | graduated. | will do whatever | can to be there for them. They just totally changed my life
tremendously.

My life is good today. That’s pretty much it. Stick with the Drug Court. It’s worth it.

Alderman Wilshire

| just want to say thank you, Tina. I’ve known Tina her whole life and right now, today, | am very proud of you.
Ms. Gilmour

Thank you for inviting us in to share what the Drug Court is about. It happens here in Nashua every Tuesday.
| think it would be a great field trip to come and see the power. Believe me, you do not want to go before
Judge Colburn every week. In fact when | got here a little early, Tina was already here. | said you’re early.
She said, | learned that from Judge Colburn. Just a heads up, we are going to ask for CDBG funds next year.

This is just a preamble to that ask so be thinking about that and certainly will entertain any questions you have.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

Thank you, and Tina, thank you and congratulations. Judge Colburn was here maybe a year after the Drug
Court started. She came and presented. At that time, she spoke about the incentives and people wanting to
make donations. Could you maybe share with us for people who are listening who would like to make a
monetary donation or a gift cards, how they would go about doing that?

Julie Christiansen
| am at the Court House. You can contact me through the court house for gift cards and things like that.

Friends of New Hampshire Drug Court is a 501(cc)(3) organization throughout the State of New Hampshire.
They have a website. They accept monetary donations that go to fund drug court programming that is non-

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operational, like the incentive programs, loans that we give out if someone needs help with their first month’s
rent. If somebody were interested in donating, they could donate to the Friends of New Hampshire Drug Court
if they wanted to market for Hillsborough South or if they wanted to just go state-wide, they could choose to do
that.

Alderman Tencza
Can you let the Board know the percentage of people in Drug Court now who are from Nashua?
Ms. Christiansen

A little tiny bit less than 75 percent of our participants live in Nashua, with the remaining living in the outlining
areas: Hudson, Merrimack, Milford, Hollis. It’s a little hard to tell how many come from Nashua, but | would
say the majority are from Nashua. Some people from Nashua actually end up living in the outlining areas so |
would say it’s about *% of our participants at the moment.

Alderman Jette
Someone said the state has stepped up. Is the program funded now? Is it financially secure?
Ms. Christiansen

We still have some funding through SAMHSA who we are about a half paid for by the state and half through
SAMHSA. The state funding supports some therapeutic time , case management and the program coordinator
position. It supports the basics of the programs, but there are things that we would be looking to do like
partnering to get more recovery coaches trained. We don’t have funding for that type of thing from the state.

Ms. Gilmour

One of the things we have talked about is if we could get private funding or donated funding to do something
gender specific like a women’s group as Dave talked about. They have found that gender specific treatment
opportunities can be beneficial, particularly for women.

Mayor Donchess

| thought it was a great presentation. Thanks for coming in. It’s obviously a great program. Tina has done a
great job. It’s really wonderful to see one of the big success stories. | did have one question: | there any
follow up in terms of seeing how people are doing after graduation, six months or a year later, to see if they are
still successful? My guess is that they are and that is a very powerful argument for the effectiveness of the
program.

Alderman Tencza

As part of the grant funding, a lot of those statistics have to be kept. I’m not sure if the state will continue to do
that once it is all state funded.

Ms. Christiansen

One of the things the Drug Court looks at is the recidivism rate of the people that go through the drug court. It
is usually measured at one year out and three years out. The state has actually contracted with a research
and evaluation agency that is doing a study state-wide. We're also going to be collecting that data. Right now
we don’t’ have a whole lot of people who have been out more than a year, but we will be collecting that and the
recidivism rate.

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Alderman Tencza

| Know the graduation rate in Nashua is about 60 percent. The highest performing drug courts across the
country have about a 60 percent graduation rate, so the program here is high performing. As far a recidivism
rates, Julie can talk more about it than | can, but the studies show that even if somebody participates in the
drug court but doesn’t full complete it, the recidivism rates for those folks is also lower than if they had just
gone through the traditional criminal justice responses to the system, meaning probation or incarceration.

Mayor Donchess

Just from what | Know of the area, any program that can keep 60 percent of people clean for two years is
remarkably successful.

Ms. Christiansen

There has been a tremendous amount of research on drug courts over the last 25 years. They have been able
to identify wnat components of drug courts are effective at promoting recovery and reducing criminal
recidivism. We really focus on sticking to those elements that have been shown and proven to be successful.
We feel pretty confident. | think research has shown that drug courts, the recidivism rate is far lower than it is
for traditional criminal justice programs like prison.

Alderman Jette

This is on the superior court level. My memory is that Judge Leary in the Circuit Court District Division, as it is
now called, started a drug court.

Alderman Tencza

There’s a mental health court for folks who are struggling specifically with mental health issues, which is run
through the circuit court, the district court. There’s also a veterans court which is somewhat similar. Again, in
order to be eligible for drug court, the participants have to undergo two screenings. They have to show that
they are a high risk to reoffend, meaning commit new crimes. They also have to show that they are a high
need for substance abuse treatment. Someone who is just at the district court is most likely not going to meet
either of those criteria. The other research for drug courts show that if you put someone who is not high risk to
reoffend, who is not high need for treatment in with the high risk population, you are actually going to make that
lower risk person worse. The high risk people are going to rub off on that person who is why when | started the
presentation | said that it is not for the folks who are struggling and it’s not for the folks who are just coming into
the criminal justice system for the first time. VVe don’t want to put them in with the drug court participants they
are hopefully going to be able to be managed by other means than this intense program.

Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja

If you have this handout electronically, can it be sent to Ms. Lovering so it can be attached to our minutes
because it has your contact information. Thank you.

President McCarthy

Any other comments? Thank you very much. Is there a motion?

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO ADJOURN

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

6:30 PM Aldermanic Chamber

PRESIDENT BRIAN S. MCCARTHY CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER
PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PATRICIA D. PIECUCH
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN JAN SCHMIDT

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COMMUNICATIONS

From: Brian S. McCarthy, President, Board of Aldermen
Re: Special Board of Aldermen Meeting

ADJOURNMENT

Board of Aldermen
City of Nashua
229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019
(603) 589-3030

Brian S. McCarthy

President, Board of Aldermen

February 2, 2018

Patricia D. Piecuch, City Clerk
City of Nashua

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Dear Ms. Piecuch:

Please be advised | am hereby calling a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen for Tuesday,
February 27, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber. Members of the Drug Court Steering
Committee will be in attendance to give a presentation on the Hillsborough South Drug Court.

Thank you.

A.

Brian A> Jb Inchon President

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GB «Library

February 7, 2018

Mr. Brian McCarthy, President
Nashua Board of Aldermen
City of Nashua, NH

Dear President McCarthy,

The Board of Library Trustees requests a Joint Convention with the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen for the purpose of placing the name of Manuel Espitia in nomination as
Library Board Trustee for a seven year term to expire on March 31, 2025.

Mr. Espitia has been selected to join the board upon the retirement of Mr. Arthur L.
Barrett Jr., whose term will end on March 31, 2018.

Sincerely,

Arthur L. Barrett, Jr., Chairman
Board of Library Trustees
Nashua Public Library

Cc: James Donchess, Mayor
Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
Susan Lovering, Aldermanic Legislation Manager

ALB/acs

2 Court Street | Nashua, NH 03060 | 603.589.4600 | www.nashualibrary.org

Chairman Len Fournier - Superintendent Vice Chairman

NILES F. JENSEN JR. Mayor JIM DONCHESS - Ex-Officio MICHAEL L. MCLAUGHLIN
Secretary 101 Kinsley Street Treasurer
BARBARA A. WHITMORE Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 DAVID G. FREDETTE

Phone: (603) 594-3354 Fax: (603) 594-3418

February 14, 2018
Nashua Board of Alderman
Attn: Susan Lovering
City Hall
Nashua, NH 03060

Dear Susan,

Would you please schedule a Joint Convention with the Alderman to re-nominate Niles Jensen
and David Aponovich to new five year terms as Trustees of Woodlawn/Pinewood Cemeteries.

Thank You,
Len Fournier
Superintendent

Woodlawn/Pinewood Cemeteries

CC: Niles Jensen, Chairmen of Trustees

Incorporated 1895

CITY OF NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE

TRUSTEES OF

THE EDGEWOOD CEMETERY
Incorporated March 24, 1893

February 22, 2018

Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
229 Main St.

Nashua, NH 03061-2019

Ms. Piecuch,

The Edgewood Cemetery Board of Trustees wishes to meet in joint convention with the
Board of Mayor & Aldermen for the purpose of electing 3 trustees. The trustees intend to
nominate Douglas Barker, 19 Swart Terrace, Nashua & Charles Hall, 37 Chester St.,
Nashua to 5 year terms expiring March 2023. Both are incumbents. They also intend to
nominate Brian Law, 78 Concord St., Nashua to fill the unexpired term of the late Buzz
Harrington which expires March 2020. Please notify me when this has been placed on the

agenda.

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Sincerely,

107 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 03064-2578 / Telephone (603) 594-3327