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9(b). COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
PETITIONS
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Appointments by the Mayor

10. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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11. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS
Cultural Connections Committee

Eric Drouart (Reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2020
52 Main Street, Unit 206
Nashua, NH 03064

Mohammed Mustak Arif (Reappointment) Term to Expire: February 28, 2023
1 Kinsley Street
Nashua, NH 03060

Adelina Hernandez (Reappointment) Term to Expire: July 30, 2023
56 Chestnut Street
Nashua, NH 03060

Jessica Gorhan (Reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2023
97 Western Avenue
Henniker, NH 03242

Master Plan Committee

Jonathan Spira-Savett (New Appointment)
39 Coburn Avenue
Nashua, NH 03063

Nashua Arts Commission

Judith Carlson (Reappointment) Term to Expire: April 1, 2023
5 Manchester Street
Nashua, NH 03064

Paul LaFlamme (Reappointment) Term to Expire: April 1, 2023
28 Lutheran Drive
Nashua, NH 03063

Steve Ruddock (New Appointment) Term to Expire: July 30, 2023
5 Town Crier Road
Amherst, NH 03031

Travis Tripodi (New Appointment)
34 Lawndale Avenue
Nashua, NH 03060

Tax Increment Financing Advisory Board

Angelina Spilios (New Appointment)
15 Technology Way
Nashua, NH 03062

UNFINISHED BUSINESS —- RESOLUTIONS

R-20-071
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

Alderman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly

Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire

Term to Expire: April 1, 2023

Term to Expire: September 30, 2021

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE
AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($8,000,000) FOR TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS,
CONSISTING OF A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE GROUND LEVEL PARKING GARAGE ($2,500,000) AND
ADDITONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROPOSED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ($5,500,000)

e Budget ReviewCommittee and Planning and Economic Development Committee Recommends: Final

Passage

R-20-076
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd

Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly

Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Thomas Lopez

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

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

AUTHORIZING AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND LEASE FINANCING ARRANGEMENT
e Budget Review Committee Recommends: Final Passage

e Finance Committee Recommends: Final Passage

R-20-077

Endorsers: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly

Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws

Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright

RENAMING COLUMBUS DAY AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY IN NASHUA
e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-009, AMENDED
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderwoman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Patricia Klee
RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT

e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage as amended

O-20-030
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman-at-Large Lon Wilshire
ADOPTING A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT UNDER RSA 162-K AND
NRO 295-11, THE “SCHOOL STREET TIF” AND A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM AND FINANCING PLAN FOR THE NEW TIF
e Budget ReviewCommittee and Planning and Economic Development Committee Recommends: Final
Passage

O-20-031, Amended
Endorsers: Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
PROHIBITING DOGS IN FENCED-IN TOT LOTS

e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage as amended
e Animal and Dog Park Advisory Committee Recommends: Final Passage with amendments

O-20-032

Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Brandon Laws
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu

REDUCING THE FINE FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING VIOLATIONS

e Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-20-078
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Lon Wilshire

AUTHORIZING PENNICHUCK CORPORATION TO RENEW AND EXTEND ITS LINE OF CREDIT WITH
TD BANK, N.A.

R-20-079
Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Lon Wilshire
AUTHORIZING PENNICHUCK CORPORATION AND PENNICHUCK WATER WORKS, INC. TO ISSUE
BONDS AND RENEW ITS FIXED ASSET LINE OF CREDIT WITH TD BANK, N.A.

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R-20-080
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $44,016 FROM THE CENTER FOR
TECH AND CIVIC LIFE (“CTCL”) INTO CITY CLERK GRANT ACTIVITY “CTCL FY20 ELECTION

ADMINISTRATION”
R-20-081
Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lon Wilshire
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND NASHUA POLICE COMMUNICATION

EMPLOYEES N.E.P.B.A. LOCAL 125, I.U.P.A., AFL-ClIO FROM JULY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023
AND AUTHORIZING ARELATED TRANSFER OF $186,145

NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Committee announcements:

ADJOURNMENT

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Therefore:

’ Celebrating Nashua Area Kayak Exploration
Destinations

Nashua Area Kayak Exploration Destinations is a special group that
makes Nashua a great place. Founded five years ago, its 1,400 members
are kayak (and some paddleboard!) enthusiasts, good stewards of our
waterways and are dedicated to bringing the community together; and

Founding members Trisha Mullm and Beverly Monagle say the
camaraderie, fun, exercise and chance to get outside are what they love
most about being in this group. Nashua Area Kayak Exploration
Destinations is focused on bringing kayakers together to set on the water
and kayakers of varying ages and skill level getting to know each other.
Nashua is a unique and special place for kayakers, with the Nashua River
running through downtown; and

During what has been a difficult year, Nashua Area Kayak Exploration
Destinations brought joy into our lives with its Halloween kayak parade
and two nighttime kayak parades in the Nashua River, featuring kayaks
adomed with bright, colorful lights. In previous years, the group joined
in on downtown music events and helping with duck herding for the
annual Rotary Duck Race and its members lent a hand in monthly
cleanups of Mine Falls Park. They’ve also seen a rise in membership
this year, as Nashuans were looking for fun outdoor activities; and

Thank you Nashua Area Kayak Exploration Destinations for lighting up
our hearts this summer, for giving Nashuans something to smile about
and for helping community members find a new fun pastime; and

I, Jim Donchess, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NASHUA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, do hereby recognize Nashua Area Kayak
Exploration Destinations as a special part of the Nashua community.

Ja dukes.

Jim Donchess, Mayor
City of Nashua, New Hampshire

Board of Aldermen

City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

(603) 589-3030

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Aldermen

FROM: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
DATE: October 9, 2020

SUBJ.: Communications Received from the Public

Attached please find communications received from the public as follows:

From: Fred Teeboom
Re: Absentee Voting

From: Sue Newman
Re: Face Coverings

From: Cheryl Rounds
Re: Mask Mandate

From: Dan Steagald
Re: Mask Ordinance

From: Laurie Ortolano
Re: Adopting new abatement procedures

From: Tim Hogan
Re: Mask Ordinance

From: Marian Knight
Re: Opposition to Performing Arts Center

From: John Cawthron
Re: Mask Ordinance

From: Bob Keating
Re: Petition from Bronstein residents

From: Sharon Giglio
Re: Performing Arts Center

From:

Re:

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Re:

Fred Teeboom
Public Hearings

Fred Teeboom
Right to Know Position

Fred Teeboom
Alderman Lu Participation

Fred Teeboom
Fixing Fund Balance

Bob Keating
Bronstein Petitions

Fred Teeboom
24 Cheyenne Drive
Nashua, NH 03063

(603) 889-2316
fredtee@comeast.net

11 September 2020

Sue Lovering, City Clerk
City of Nashua

P.O. Box 2019

Nashua NH 03061

Copy: -- Nashua Board of Aldermen

-- Bill Gardner, NH Secretary of State
-- Tiffany Lee & Cameron Lee

Subject: Problems with Absentee Voting during Primary Election 8 September 2020.

Dear City Clerk:

1 wanted to bring the following problems with absentee voting to your attention. These problems
relate to my own experience, but I presume are widespread:

1,

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I applied for an absentee ballot on 18 August, the ballot was mailed on 24 August and
returned on 28 August (see SOS record, Exhibit #1, attached). Not counting the several
days delay for USPS delivery to and from my address, this represents a 10-dy delay in
processing. | consider this excessive, for it would appear that many voters who
requested a ballot less than 10 before the election would be disenfranchised.

In fact, my grandson Cameron Lee was disenfranchised by this very delay. He requested
an absentee ballot on 29 August (see Exhibit #2, attached) but had not received the ballot
before the election on 8 September. Furthermore, there is no SOS record of his absentee
ballot request (see Exhibit #3, attached)

Cameron’s mother called the city clerk office during the week prior to the clection to ask
where she could get an absentee ballot but a temp who answered said she was only a
temp and had no answers. My own call to the city clerk on Monday 7 September
concerning Cameron’s missing absentee ballot was answered with a “leave a message”
which was not returned.

I asked the moderator in Ward 1 on Election Day for an absentee ballot so it could be
delivered to Cameron for signature and returned by his mother, but was told a ballot
cannot leave the polling place. I asked the moderator to verify this with the city clerk
with his cell phone (moderators are supposed to have a direct connection), but again the
city clerk did not answer the phone.

Having voted with an absentee ballot I decided to test the absentee election’s susceptibility
to fraud, as widely forewarned in the media. I went to Ward 1 and requested a ballot.
After showing my ID I was handed a ballot, ready to vote a second time.

EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.01 _— Definitions. As used in the Agreement, any amendment thereto, or in
any Promissory Note and Supplement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate shall mean any Person: (1} which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Company; (2) which directly or indirectly beneficially owns or
holds five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting stock of, or other interests in, the Company; or
(3) five percent (5%) or more of the voting stock of, or other interest in, which is directly or
indirectly beneficially owned or held by the Company. The term “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement shall mean this Master Loan Agreement.

Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which CoBank
or any of the Federal Reserve Banks are closed for business.

Capital Lease shall mean a lease which should be capitalized on the books of the lessee in
accordance with GAAP.

CoBank shal! mean CoBank, ACB and its successors and assigns.

CoBank Base Rate shall mean the rate of interest established by CoBank from time to time
as its CoBank Base Rate, which rate is intended to be a reference rate and not its lowest rate. The
CoBank Base Rate shall change on the date established by CoBank as the effective date of each such

change.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of the Agreement.
Consent and Agreement shal! have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(C) hereof.

Deht Service Coverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of: (1) net income (after taxes and after
eliminating any gain or loss on sale of assets or other extraordinary gain or loss) plus depreciation
expense, amortization expense, and interest expense, minus non-cash patronage, and non-cash
income from subsidiaries and/or joint ventures; to (2) all principal payments due within the period on
all Long-Term Debt plus interest expense (all as calculated on a consolidated basis for the applicable
fiscal year in accordance with GAAP consistently applied or the appropriate standards of the
regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Company.

Default shall mean the occurrence of any event which with the giving of notice or the
passage of time or the occurrence of any other condition would become an Event of Default under
the Agreement, including the occurrence of an event giving rise to the right to accelerate any
indebtedness referred to in Section 8.06 of the Agreement (whether or not such right is conditioned
upon the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the occurrence of any other condition).

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6. At this time I asked for the moderator and informed him I was handed a ballot although I
had already voted absentee. The moderator assured me that if I had voted my name on the
voter check list would have been checked against the absentee envelope and the absentee
ballot would have been discarded.

7. At best, this clerical process adds extra work to the absentee ballot counting process; at
worst a double vote would not be caught. In my opinion, the election clerk was not
properly trained and should not have handed me a ballot (when I asked, she did not know
why my name on the voter checklist was highlighted with yellow highlighter).

I point this out in some detail in the expectation the absentee ballot process will improve, to
avoid both disenfranchising voters and to eliminate voter fraud. From my personal experience
this primary election, unless corrected I see gross problems with the absentee ballot process
where many voters now are able to vote absentee merely by marking COVID-19 on the absentee

ballot on form.

Fred S, 00

Encl: Exhibit #1 Secretary of State (SOS) Absentee Ballot Record for Fred §. Teeboom,
Exhibit#2 Application for Absentee Ballot for Cameron D. Lee.
Exhibit #3 Secretary of State (SOS) Absentee Ballot Record for Cameron D. Lee.