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Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019 Transporation 880-0400
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MEMORANDUM
Date: October 5, 2020
To: Alderman Lori Wilshire, President, and Board of Aldermen

From: Julie Chizmas, Transportation and Long-Range Planner, Community Development Division

Re: Referral from Board of Aldermen: Ordinance Q-20-031 — Prohibiting Dogs in Fenced-In Tot Lots

The Animal and Dog Park Advisory Committee reviewed and discussed the proposed Ordinance 0-20-
031 - Prohibiting Dogs in Fenced-In Tot Lots at their October 2, 2020 meeting. The Committee supports
Ordinance O-20-031, with the following recommended changes:

e Change “Prohibiting Dogs in Fenced-in Tot Lots" to "Prohibiting Pets in Fenced-In Tot
Lots ";

e Add language excluding Service Animals, as defined under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, from the prohibition; and

e = =Add language to include not only the listed fenced-in tot lots, but also any future
fenced-in tot lots.

Please don't hesitate to contact me at 589-3064 with any questions.

cc: Mayor Jim Donchess
Donna Graham, Legislative Assistant
Susan Lovering, City Clerk
Amber Logue, Chair, ADPAC
Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director

TO:
FROM
DATE:
RE:

THE CITY OF NASHUA “The Cate Cty’

Economic Development Division — Parking Department

Office of the Mayor

Tim Cummings, Economic Development Director

: Jill Stansfield, Parking Manager

September 22, 2020
Concems Relative to O-20-032: Reducing the Fine for Overnight Parking
Violations

The Parking Department has concerns relative to Ordinance O-20-032 which I will use this memo as a
vehicle to outline these concerns.

Dropping the fine amount from $25 to $10 will actually promote and increase overnight parking,
which is not allowed unless permitted. The legislation calls for a sixty-percent reduction in the
overnight parking fine amount.

The reason this policy is in place is to change behavior. The legislation before you will not
change the behavior and there may be an increase in illegitimate overnight parking.

By reducing the parking fine it will drastically hinder the Parking Department’s ability to
effectively enforce and curb non-compliant behavior, especially in overnight permit areas in
downtown, and, as a result, have unintended consequences for residents.

Over the course of the past two years, parking enforcement has continued to observe and report
several areas where non-permit vehicle owners continuously choose to park illegally and
willingly continue to receive tickets and pay the fines. And, in several of these areas, this type of
behavior has actually caused a lack of available parking for permit holders. The result of such a
drastic reduction in the fine amount will not only be less of a deterrent for those who
continuously choose to park illegally in resident permit areas, the unintentional consequence of
this reduction would ultimately negatively impact residents who are lawfully participating in the
City’s current overnight parking permit program.

Revenue from parking violations has covered the cost(s) related to parking enforcement expenses
the legislation will jeopardize this going forward and there will need to another funding source
(most likely from the property tax levy) or conversely a reduction in service, i.e. no more Parking
Enforcement patrolling at night, which may lead to public safety concerns with block driveways
and hinder snow removal operations.

As a reminder, a parking study is slated to begin in the spring of 2021, which will include a thorough
review of the City’s current overnight parking program and a review of all current fines.

Recommendation
The Parking Department strongly recommends that no changes be made to the current overnight parking
fine amount until the study has concluded and the findings and recommendations have been presented to

the City

and members of the Board of Alderman.

229 Main Street, Suite 234 * Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 » Phone (603) 589-3106

Overnight Parking - Other Municipalities

Municipality Overnight Parking Ban Description Amount Late Fee

Keene, NH For Snow and Street Maintenance

Manchester, NH |Snow Emergency/Winter Snow Ban $75/$25 After 6G Days - $150/$120
After 10 days $50 / After 20

Concord, NH Parking Ban - Snow $100)days $100

After 21 Days -
$30/$55/555 - After day 42
an additional $15.00 City of

Overnight Parking Ban (Similar to Worcester fee & an
Nashua)/Winter Parking Ban/Snow additional RMV fee of
Worcester, MA = Emergency 25/550/550+Tow Fee $20.00
Snow Ban/2 night/mo restriction 10/1 -
Portland, ME 5/31 $40+535 Impound Fee + $100 Tow Fee/S35
Portsmouth, NH [Snow Ban $25]

No Overnight Parking downtown lots

Durham, NH and street {again similar to Nashua) $25 After 14 days, $30
UNH |Winter Ban in lots mostly $75|

Updated 10/5/2020 - JS

Attachment B

SCOBANK sain a oe
_ 3OC-IA2-8072

MMA SCTANK Core

January 15, 2016

Mr. Larry Goodhue, President
Pennichuck Corporation

25 Manchester St.

Nashua, NH 03054

Dear Mr. Goodhue:

This Non-Binding Summary of Terms and Conditions (this “Summary”) is being presented for information and
discussion purposes only. This Summary is neither a commitment nor an offer to extend credit and does not create any
obligation on the part of CoBank. CoBank’s decision to extend credit to the Company is contingent upon completion to
CoBank’s satisfaction of all necessary due diligence, receipt of internal credit approvals, and the preparation of final
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to CoBank. All figures, terms, and conditions are subject to change at
any time. A commitment by CoBank will exist only if a formal, written commitment letter or definitive loan documents
are prepared and executed by CoBank and the Company, and not otherwise. This Summary is strictly confidential and
may not be released to or discussed with any third party without the prior written consent of CoBank.

Borrower: Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. (the “Borrower”)

Type of Credit Facility: An up to 25 year multiple advance term loan in an amount up to $2,200,000
(“Term Loan”)

Purpose: To finance capital expenditures

Availability: Beginning on a date to be agreed upon by the parties and ending 180 days

from the beginning of availability. The Term Loan will be advanced
pursuant to closing procedures to be agreed upon by the parties.

Interest: In accordance with one or more of the following interest rate options, as
selected by the Borrower:

Weekly Quoted Variable Rate Option: Under this option, balances

may be fixed at a rate established by CoBank on the first "Business Day"
(to be defined) of each week. The rate established shall be effective until
the first Business Day of the next week. WQVR for the week of January
11, 2016 is 2.18%,

Quoted Fixed Rate Option. At one or more rates to be quoted by

CoBank. Under this option, rates can be fixed: (1) on balances or
multiples of $100,000; (2) for periods of 6 months to the final maturity

Denctr/Water/valley/2005/1 MLO121905

City of Nashua

Energy Manager
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 589-3265

Date: 10/6/2020

TO: Mayor Donchess
Board of Aldermen

FROM: Doria Brown, Energy Manager
SUBJECT: Nashua School Energy Performance Contract with EEI

The Energy Manager is seeking to inform the Board of Aldermen and Mayor of her support for the Nashua
School District’s performance energy efficiency contract with EEI :

Unfortunately I am unable to attend tonight’s Special Board of Aldermen meeting on the authorizing the school’s
energy performance contract and lease finance agreement. I wanted to write this memo in support of the contract
because the improvements included in this agreement will benefit Nashua North and South High Schools
tremendously when it comes to energy efficiency upgrades. The upgrades in this contract include, most notably,
improvement to lighting (with the switch to LEDs), controls for the HVAC systems, as well as weatherization
upgrades. These improvements are necessary to keep up with the overall maintenance of these buildings so it makes
sense to ensure that these improvements are as energy efficient as possible.

Using a performance contractor, such as EE], is a way to get these kinds of improvements done in a timely and cost
effective manner. As these kinds of improvements can be expensive in upfront costs but also deliver major energy
cost savings over the lifetime of the new equipment installed. It is important to note that doing all of these
improvements together in a single contract instead of piece by piece helps keep costs down for
installation/equipment and maximize energy savings as decreases in energy consumption will be realized at the
same time. For example, it does not make sense to improve an HVAC system if you do not also fix the drafts in a
building first.

On the energy saving side of things I have calculated about a 45% energy consumption savings from both high
schools, combined, which is a really big deal. Energy bills for these schools, combined, cost the district about $1.2
million/per year. Doing these upgrades have a cost savings of about $460 thousand/per year while the lease
agreement payments will be about $450 thousand/per year. ‘The rational here is that the lease payments will be 10k
less than the energy savings promised which puts the project in the green when it comes to net savings over the
project lifetime.

1 also wanted to bring up the City’s climate goals which include a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for
municipal buildings by 2025. With the school district accounting for 63% of the City’s municipal emissions with

7.9 tons of carbon equivalents emitted in our baseline year these projects alone would bring us 64% closer to our
20% reduction goal which is extremely significant.

As Energy Manager I see a cost effective energy saving project here in this lease agreement and do not see any
reason why we should not move forward.

Best Regards,

Doria Brown, Energy Manager

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Animal and Dog Park Advisory Board

Kathy Abel (New Appointment) Term to Expire: October 1, 2023
41 Manchester Street

Nashua, NH 03064

Conservation Commission

Maya Friday (New Appointment) Term to Expire: May 31, 2021
17 Chaucer Road

Nashua, NH 03062

Cultural Connections Committee

Samba Halkose (Reappointment) Term to Expire: July 30, 2023
58 Winter Street

Manchester, NH 03102

Lauren Osowski (ReAppointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2022

57 Profile Circle
Nashua, NH 03063

| respectfully request that these appointments be confirmed.

Jim Denchess, Mayor

AMENDED
O-20-009

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

The City of Nashua ordains that Part I “Administrative Legislation”, Chapter 5
“Administration of Government”, Part 2 “Board of Aldermen”, Article III “Rules and Order of
Business”, Section 5-14, “Order of Business”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended,
be hereby further amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new
underlined language, as follows:

“A. The order of business for regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be as follows:

(9a) A period not to exceed 15 minutes for the acceptance of orally presented
communications or comments from the public or others relative to resolutions,
ordinances, or communications to be accepted in Subsection A(9b) upon which
final action is expected to be taken at the meeting. If there is a reasonable
expectation by the President of the Board that final action shall be taken on such
an item not on the agenda, the President shall allow comment on that item of
business. Upon vote of a majority of the Board members present, the time for
orally presented communications or comments may exceed 30 minutes due to
additional speakers wanting to comment.

(9b) Communications requiring final approval by the Board of Aldermen, including
but not limited to awards of contracts and expenditure of funds;

(16) Communications, to include a period not to exceed 15 minutes for the acceptance
of orally presented communications or comments from the public or others on items not on the
agenda or regarding actions taken by the Board during the current meeting:-

| Bi Meetings of standing committees of the Board of Aldermen shall include the following:
| (1) G}Public comment at the beginning of the meeting, which comments shall be

germane to the meeting’s agenda fer-a-period notie-exceedfive(S} minutes per
| presentation: and shall be limited to 30 minutes total unless there are others who

ORDINANCE O-20-009
wish to speak and then may be extended by a majority of the public body present for
a time certain.

(2) Public comment at the end of the meeting; shall be for a period not to exceed five

$} fifteen (15) minutes per-presentation: and

& Public comment allowed in A and B above shall be conducted as follows:

(1) Speaker must sign-in prior to the start of the meeting to indicate intent to speak
during public comment:

(2) Speaker may not speak until recognized by the presiding officer:

(3a) Speaker shall identify him or herself by name and addresses when beginning to
speak.

(4) One person speaks at a time.

5 Each speaker is limited to speaking once per public comment period and is

limited to xe three 3 minutes during the first public comment
three three 3 -minutes during the second comment period. which time may not
be deferred to another speaker or speaker:

+3316) Ifthere has been a public hearing on a matter on the same day. there shall be no
further public comment allowed on that matter.

i637) The presiding officer may allow questions at the presiding officer’s discretion but
only the presiding officer shall address the question or call upon the most
qualified person to answer the question:

‘#($) Prior to or at a meeting, members of the public may submit written comments to
the full Board of Aldermen or the committee by email or paper copy. It is the

responsibility of the member of the public to have enough paper copies and such

copies shall be handed to the clerk for distribution prior to the start of the meeting.
Written comments may be accepted as correspondence but shall not be read in to

the record.
t+ 9) Excessive repetition and irrelevant remarks are discouraged:
¢23(|0) Remarks shall be civil: rude or profane remarks are prohibited: and

oy) The presiding officer has authority to terminate the remarks of any speaker
when such remarks do not adhere to this ordinance or other applicable law.”

All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

This legislation shall take effect following its passage.

AMENDED
O-20-031

ORDINANCE

PROHIBITING DOGS PETS IN FENCED-IN TOT LOTS

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 215 “Parks and
Recreation Areas”, Article I “Park and Playground Rules”, Section 215-1 “Prohibited Acts” of
the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be and hereby is further amended by adding the
new underlined language as follows:

Ҥ 215-1. Park and playground rules.

In all parks, playgrounds, pools, and other City recreational facilities, no person shall:

N. Bring a-de¢ pet into the following fenced-in tot lots. except for a service animal as
defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act:

(1) Shattuck Street:

(2) _ Belvedere (Bridge Street):

(3) _ Erion Field (Robinson Road):-and

(4) _ Jeff Morin Playground at Roby Park-: and

(5) Any other tot lot that becomes fenced-in.”

This legislation shall take effect following its passage.

R-20-078

RESOLUTION

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

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

WHEREAS, the City of Nashua is the sole shareholder of Pennichuck Corporation
(“Pennichuck’”) and each of its subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, Article IX (3) of the Articles of Incorporation of Pennichuck and Article V
§2 of the by-laws of Pennichuck require the approval of the sole shareholder (the City of
Nashua) for Pennichuck to create, incur, assume, or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed
money, which includes contracting a loan on behalf of Pennichuck or its subsidiaries.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Nashua that the City approves the renewal of Pennichuck Corporation’s existing line of credit
facility, allowing for borrowing by Pennichuck Corporation under its line of credit, in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $4,000,000.00 from TD Bank, N.A., pursuant to a senior line
of credit facility, for the purpose of providing advances to be used for general corporate
purposes.