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1onstrate the City of Nashua’s continued compliance with NFIP requirements, the Resilient Nashua Initiative identified NFIP-related
sion actions as part of its comprehensive mitigation strategy. These actions are identified in in Section 4.2, Table 7—Mitigation Actic

ber of existing documents were reviewed and incorporated into the Nashua Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018. The City of Nashu
se Code was used to provide information on where and how the City builds. This was particulariy helpful when mapping critical faci
yrs (Section 3.4). The City of Nashua’s Master Plan provided insight on future development patterns (Section 2.1) and helped to info
alysis and prioritization of mitigation actions (Section 4.3). Finally, the City’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan was

iced to write the hazard descriptions used to determine the City’s vulnerability by hazard (Section 3.5).

fice of Emergency Management utilized the Safe Growth Audit to review existing plans for connections to the mitigation strategy.
Comprehensive Plan - Land Use

o The future land-use clearly identifies natural areas. The conservation areas and open space areas contain wetlands and flo
prone areas and are recommended for protection in the Conservation Element of the Plan.

o Land-use policies discourage development or redevelopment within natural hazard areas. The conservation element of the
encourages no development in wetlands and in flood zones and steep slopes and areas of unstable soils.

o The plan provides adequate space for expected future growth in areas located outside natural hazard areas. Those areas a
identified on the future land use map and within written goals and objectives in the applicable sections of the plan.

Comprehensive Plan — Transportation

o The transportation plan does not limit access to hazard areas. Planning for expansion of the transportation system involve:
review of existing environmental conditions and land uses in areas where expansion is being considered. Identification of t
areas is included in that review and the system expansion is designed to avoid those areas whenever possible.

o Transportation policy is not used to guide growth to safe locations. Land use and zoning policies guide growth more than
transportation policies. Most of the land in Nashua has already been developed with transportation access established. WI

new facilities are proposed, intensive environmental review is conducted to ensure that they are located in safe locations
as to identify, minimize and mitigate any potential negative impacts.

Movement systems are designed to function under disaster conditions (e.g., evacuation). New systems are designed to be
resilient, to operate under disaster conditions, and to support emergency operations. As funding becomes available, plans
improve existing systems by making them more resilient and supportive of emergency operations will be implemented.

Comprehensive Plan — Environmental Management

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Environmental systems that protect development from hazards are identified and mapped. The wetlands and floodplains,
bodies, steep slopes and soils are shown in the plan. Parks and conservation land are mapped but they are not specifically
identified as protective from hazards. The water supply protection district is also mapped.

Environmental policies maintain and restore protect ecosystems. The goals and objectives and land use recommendations
the conservation and protective efforts required. The Nashua wetlands ordinance is very important to protecting wetlands
waterways, and water quality. It is more stringent than state regulation, however applicants can be granted special except
from compliance. There are several polluted former industrial sites and asbestos disposal sites that could act as hazard mu
in the event of a natural hazard (flood that washes away toxic waste for example). Those sites are mostly known.

Environmental policies provide incentives to development that is located outside protective ecosystems. The policies encc
creation of conservation developments to preserve natural areas by providing incentives for their protection. The local, ste
and federal environmental policies that exist mostly encourage protection of existing protective ecosystems and therefore
encourage development outside of these areas. In Nashua there is relatively little undeveloped areas so mostly we are see

development.

Comprehensive Plan — Public Safety

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The goals and policies of the comprehensive plan are related to those of the FEMA Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Generally
comport by steering development out of sensitive and known hazard areas.

Safety is explicitly included in the plan's growth and development policies. Plan objective is to ensure that proposed buildil
sites are safe from flooding meeting all FEMA requirements as specified by adopted ordinances.

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The monitoring and implementation section of the plan covers safe growth objectives. Many of those safe growth objectiv
were incorporated in the land use ordinances when they were updated and periodically thereafter when required by the $
and Federal Agencies.

Zoning Ordinance

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The zoning ordinance conforms to the comprehensive plan in terms of discouraging development or redevelopment withir
natural hazard areas. This includes FEMA approved floodplain/floodway ordinances for development; wetlands ordinance;
supply protection district and multiple approval process generally protect the hazard areas from being developed.

The ordinance contains natural hazard overlay zones that set conditions for land use within such zones. Those areas have
specific conditions within the ordinances for the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Conservation Comm
and the Planning and Building Department staff to administer the ordinances.

Rezoning procedures recognize natural hazard areas as limits on zoning changes that allow greater intensity or density of t
Those hazard attributes are flagged and accounted for in review of any rezoning being considered by the City.

The ordinance prohibits development within, or filling of, wetlands, floodways, and floodplains. There are specific ordinani
and procedures in effect compliant with state and federal and local laws.

Subdivision Regulations

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The subdivision regulations restrict the subdivision of land within or adjacent to natural hazard areas. The Planning Depart
Staff in conjunction with other review agencies/departments review subdivision plans prior to being presented to the Plan
Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Conservation Commission for mitigating any known hazard attenuated with the site,
development or adjacent issues that may affect subdivision and the lots created with the proposal.

The regulations provide for conservation subdivisions or cluster subdivisions in order to conserve environmental resources
There is a specific conservation subdivision ordinance which provides for the conservation of environmental resou

The regulations allow density transfers where hazard areas exist. The conservation subdivision allows density transfer with
development to preserve natural areas.

Mashua Board of Aidermen granting approval of fees paid in 2007 being applied to all
permits requested to be re-issued for 8-45 Bennett Street in Nashua.

i have reviewed ihe stay tims dedicated to this project for olan and Gocurnents reviews and
inspections perforrned and feel that no adjustment to ilie fee arncuris to be applied are
riecessary. All work performed to date by cur office will mot be repeated as the applicable
codes tia review arid inspections were conducted reriain valid.

Therefore, | respecifully requesi that the Nashua Board of Aldennen grant the request of
Bennsii — Prescott, LLC io apply ali fees paid ir: 2007 in the amount of 26,476.50 to all re-
issued permits for 6-45 Bennett Street in Nashua.

Respecttuily,

William A. ivcinney
Buiiding Official/Manager
Deparimeni of Building Safety

Board of Aldermen Page 3
April 12, 2016

COMMUNICATIONS

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS BE READ BY TITLE ONLY
MOTION CARRIED

From: Larry D. Goodhue, Chief Executive Officer, Pennichuck Corporation
Re: Annual Meeting of Sole Shareholder

MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND REFER TO THE PENNICHUCK
WATER SPECIAL COMMITTEE
MOTION CARRIED

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Contract Award for Amherst Street Improvements — Charron Avenue to Diesel Road

MOTION BY ALDERMAN COOKSON TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
CONTINENTAL PAVING, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,537,096
MOTION CARRIED

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: 2016 Sewer Program

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
PARK CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,108,975
MOTION CARRIED

From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Headworks Upgrade

MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT
TO T. BUCK CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,848,222
MOTION CARRIED

PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED
UPON THIS EVENING

Mr. Fred Teeboom, 24 Cheyenne Drive

| want to talk about R-16-015, the expendable trust funds for retirements mentioned by the Mayor during his
remarks. The first thing | want to say is since the Mayor brought this up in the Telegraph on two different
occasions saying that the question whether mandated expenses were subject to cap, I’d like to say the
following. There were two New Hampshire Supreme Court decisions; there are two state laws in existence
today. There is a National Charter and there are local ordinances. The city attorney back in the early days
when the spending cap passed wrote a legal opinion on this point and 23 years of history has pretty much
established that mandated costs are subject to the spending cap. The other thing that | wanted to mention
because | keep hearing this at Budget meetings is contrary to claims made by those who do not understand
the spending cap or the city budgeting practices, the spending cap does not contain constraint in any manner
accepting and spending grants and gifts if these grants and gifts are dedicated to special revenue funds or
expendable trust funds. This Board routinely accepts grants and gifts throughout the year and places them in
special revenue funds and expendable trust funds without evoking the spending cap and you have to take a
two-thirds vote to supplement the budget. To the point of R-16-015, you are asked to make two decisions with
a single vote requiring 10 affirmative votes to vote $2.23 million for a supplemental budget and $2.23 million to
override the spending cap. This year in the FY 16 budget, $21.3 million is the budgeted on pension payment.
Pension payments are for retirements, benefits and severance payments. This is a staggeringly large amount;

Capital Improvement Program and Infrastructure Policies

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The capital improvement program limits expenditures on projects that would encourage development in areas vuinerabie
natural hazards. The CIP program relies on conformance to the Comprehensive (Master) Plan which may constrain expend

Infrastructure policies limit extension of existing facilities and services that would encourage development in areas vulnere
natural hazards. The general policies discourage expansion where reasonable.

The capital improvement program provides funding for hazard mitigation projects identified in the FEMA Mitigation Plan?
CIP Program recommends funding these types of projects.

Small area or corridor plans recognize the need to avoid or mitigation natural hazards. The area plans approved have gene
recognized need to address and attenuate natural hazards that may occur within the area.

The building code contains provisions to strengthen or elevate construction to withstand hazard forces. The City follows th
state and international building code relative to construction to withstand natural hazards for the region.

Economic development or redevelopment strategies include provisions for mitigation natural hazards? Natural hazards wc
need to be mitigated as part of any development or redevelopment.

There an adopted evacuation and shelter plan to deal with emergencies from natural hazards. There is an evacuation plan
areas impacted by the Nashua Levee System. There is no written shelter plan for the City of Nashua. Information about
sheltering is primarily institutional knowledge by OEM and Public Health. This should be formalized in the future. Evacuat
and Sheltering are not mitigation related and are instead response related actions.

TER 3. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT

-y of Nashua is susceptible to a variety of natural hazards, which are outlined in Table 2. For each hazard type, the hazard location
y, extent, and impact are also noted. Extent refers to how bad the hazard can be; it is not the same as location. Examples of extent
» potential wind speed, depth of flooding, and existing scientific scales (ex. Fujita Tornado Damage Scale). Impact refers to damages

juences resulting from the hazard.

zards in the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018 have been adjusted to align with the hazard names identified in the State of New
ihire Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2018. Two hazards identified in the State plan that do not impact Nashua are Avalanche a
| Flooding. !n addition, Dam/Levee Failure was removed from the 2018 Update as it is not a natura! hazard but instead a technologi:

Hazard Location within

i Type Hazard Extent Impact
Jurisdiction

che This hazard does not occur in This hazard does not occur in This hazard does not occur in
Nashua Nashua Nashua

| Flooding This hazard does not occur in This hazard does not occur in This hazard does not occur in
Nashua Nashua Nashua

Flooding All special flood hazard areas; FEMA flood probabilities (1%, Water damage to structures an

areas have been identified that
experience localized flooding on
a regular basis.

Slopes along Merrimack &
Nashua Rivers prone to erosion.

Roadways with the potential to
flood include:

FEE Turnpike: Southbound at
crossing of Spit Brook Rd

.2% possibility per year)

Erosion

their contents.

Damage or loss of infrastructur
including roads, bridges,
railroads, power and phone
lines, City communications, Cit
radio system, power generatio1
facility, domestic water, and
wastewater treatment plant.

Environmental hazards resultin
from damage.

Circumferential Hwy: Within
Floodway

Daniei Webster Hwy: in 1% and
.2% Floodplain at Royal Crest Dr
Canal St: From Merrimack River
to Salvail Ct

Bridge St: Within Area With
Reduced Risk Due to Levee

E Dunstable Rd: Proximity to
Floodway and .2% Floodplain but
no flooding

Main Dunstable Rd: Within .2%
Floodplain from Valhalla Dr to
Memory Ave;

Proximity to .2% Floodplain for
much of its run

Spit Brook Rd: Within 1%
Floodplain at intersection with
FEE Turnpike

W Hollis St: Within Floodway at
Nashua River crossing

E Hollis St: Within Area With
Reduced Risk Due to Levee from
Denton Street to Crown
Street/Merrimack River
Concord St: Within
Floodway/1% Floodplain at
crossing of Pennichuck Brook
and change into DW Highway
Broad St: Within .2% Floodplain
at Canter Ct and Broadcrest Ln,
proximity to .2% Floodplain at
Spar Ave

Main St: Within Floodway at

Isolation of neighborhoods
resulting from tiooding.

Sewer backups.

Nashua River crossing

Allds St: Within Floodway at
Salmon Brook crossing

Pine Hill Rd: Within .2%
Floodplain near intersection with
Perimeter Rd

Manchester St: Within Floodway
at Harris Pond and within .2%
Floodplain near Tinker Rd

Broad Street Pkwy: Within .2%
Floodplain on approach to
Nashua River crossing and
crosses Floodway

Types of Roads Included:

Highways: The top of the
hierarchy. They are limited
access, provide largely
uninterrupted travel over long
distances and are designed for
high speeds. Example: Everett
Turnpike.

Arterial Roads: The next level of
roadways. They serve to move
large volumes of traffic through
a town or to connect one section
of town with another section.
Example: NH 101A

Collector Roads: Act to feed
traffic to or from local roads and
arterials. Collector roads provide
direct access to abutting
properties and distribute it to or

from arterials. Traffic using a
collector is usually going to or
coming from somewhere
nearby. Example: Henri Burke
Highway

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Entire jurisdiction.

NH DES Drought Management

Plan:

Level 1—Alert

Level 2—Warning
Level 3—Emergency
Level 4— Disaster

US Drought Monitor

DO—Abnormally Dry
D1—Moderate Drought
D2—Severe Drought
D3-Extreme Drought
b4— Exceptional
Drought

S—Short term, typically
less than 6 months
L—Long term, typically
more than 6 months

DO

D1

D2

D3

D4

short term dryness
slowing planting, grow!
of crops

some lingering water
deficits

crops not fully recovere

some damage to crops
streams, reservoirs, or
wells low, some water
shortages developing o
imminent

voluntary water-use
restrictions requested

crop losses likely
water shortages
common

water restrictions
imposed

major crop losses
widespread water
shortages or restrictior

Exceptional &
widespread crop loss
Shortages of water in