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Board of Aldermen 6-24-2020 Page 2

The roll call was taken with 12 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien,
Sr., Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderwoman Shoshanna Kelly, Alderman Richard A. Dowd, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu, Alderman Ernest Jette, Alderman Jan Schmidt,
Alderman Skip Cleaver, Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire.

Alderman June Caron, Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons and Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
were recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess, Corporation Counsel Steven A. Bolton were also in attendance.
Alderman O’Brien

| am present, | can hear the proceedings and | am alone.

Alderman Klee

Yes, | can hear the proceedings, | am alone, | am here and | am here due to social distancing.

Alderwoman Kelly

| am here, | am alone, | can hear everybody and | am practicing social distancing due to the Governor's
Order.

Alderman Dowd

Yes, | am here, | am alone and | am practicing social distancing in accordance with the Governor’s Order
and | can hear everyone.

Alderman Lopez

I’m here, I’m alone, | can see and hear everybody who is here and | am practicing social distancing.
Alderman Tencza

| am present, | am alone and | can hear everyone.

Alderwoman Lu

| am here alone, | can hear you and | am practicing social distancing.
Alderman Jette

| am here, | am alone and | can hear you.

Alderman Schmidt

| am present, | can hear you, | am alone and this is for social distancing.
Alderman Cleaver

Present and | can hear everyone and | am practicing social distancing.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

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| am present, | am in this room alone, | can hear you and | am practicing social distancing,
President Wilshire

| am here, | am alone and | am practicing social distancing.

Susan Lovering, City Clerk

There are 12 present.

President Wilshire

Thank you very much. Tonight’s meeting is a Public Hearing and | am going to turn the meeting over to the
Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, Alderman O’Brien.

Chairman O’Brien

Thank you, Madam President. At this point, tonight’s meeting is going to be involving Public Hearings and
first on the Agenda will be Street Discontinuance on a portion of Palm Street. What we will do is what we
have done in the past, we will invite the participants to come up, give us testimony in favor and at the
conclusion of such | will then call for termination for testimony in favor and then up come up with testimony
in opposition.

| will then call for the second time and then we can call at the conclusion for testimony in opposition. If the
participants have already spoken their piece, | will allow them to speak for the second time; however, |
would like to remind them (inaudible) into the Infrastructure Meeting immediately following this public
hearing. So therefore | will allow the second testimony but only to supply the Board with further facts. So
at this time, | will begin the Public Hearing and hear from anybody in the audience that has testimony in
favor for the street discontinuance for a portion of Palm Street.

PUBLIC HEARINGS
STREET DISCONTINUANCE — PORTION OF PALM STREET
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR —
Richard Maynard For the record, my name is Richard Maynard, | am a professional engineer with the firm of
Maynard & Paquette Engineering representing the applicants, Palms Edge, LLC and Corriveau Revocable

Trust. Owners are essentially vacant property on either side of the southerly end or dead end of Palm Street
adjacent to the old railroad tracks (inaudible). The matter before the Board is to discontinue a short section of

Palm Street some 1757 square feet in size to allow a vehicular connection around the old railroad (inaudible) to

Ash Street from the Palm Street dead end. And also to allow new vehicular parking for the Palm Street

neighborhood and also to allow two new small multi-family buildings to contain 6 and 12 units. This is all shown

on the plan which should be in your packet entitled Preliminary Site Plan Palms Edge, dated November 22
(audio cuts out).

There are numerous benefits to all concerned parties with this proposed discontinuance. Paramount being
access by emergency vehicles at the dead end and elimination of City vehicles, plows, trucks, fire engines

using private property to turn around which also causes some private property damage. Public benefits include
snow plowing and snow storage, neighborhood off-street parking, enhanced property values and the addition of

some moderate income apartment units to the downtown area.

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City Engineer Hudson has indicated his support for this project and the discontinuance in his e-mail
correspondence dated April 22, 2020 which you should have. Finally, the Planning Board voted unanimously 9
to 0 to support the project as noted in the April 23" Planning Board Minutes. The Planning Board voted to
favorably recommend approval to the Board of Aldermen including the conditions outlined in City Engineer
Hudson's e-mail dated 4/22/20.

This proposed project including the discontinuance of a small portion of Palm Street dead end, would
significantly benefit this immediate neighborhood and the City overall itself. Thank you.

TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman O’Brien closed the public hearing on Petition for Street Discontinuance — Palm Street.

STREET RE-NUMBER PETITION
(26 ALMONT STREET, 28 ALMONT STREET AND TAX MAP 103, LOT 103 ALMONT STREET)

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman O’Brien closed the public hearing on Street Re-Numbering Petition — Almont Street.

RENOVATIONS TO TRANSIT CENTER PLAZA LOCATED AT 30 ELM STREET BEHIND CITY HALL.
RENOVATIONS WILL INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE PLAZA, TRANSIT CENTER BUILDING, AND BUS
PLATFORM

TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR - None
TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION - None

Chairman O’Brien closed the public hearing on Renovations to Transit Center Plaza.

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ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY ALDERMAN SCHMIDT TO ADJOURN, BY ROLL CALL

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette,
Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Cleaver,

Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire

Nay:

MOTION CARRIED

The special meeting was declared adjourned at 7:16 p.m.

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Attest: Susan Lovering, City Clerk

4. Records.

Retention. The Contractor will retain, and will require its subcontractors of all tiers to retain, complete and readily
accessible records related in whole or in part to the contract, including, but not limited to, data, documents,
reports, statistics, sub-agreements, leases, subcontracts, arrangements, other third party agreements of any
type, and supporting materials related to those records.

Retention Period. The Contractor agrees to comply with the record retention requirements in accordance with 2
C.F.R. § 200.333. The Contractor shall maintain all books, records, accounts and reports required under this
contract for a period of at not less than three (3) years after the date of termination or expiration of this contract,
except in the event of a dispute, or litigation or settlement of claims arising from the performance of this contract,
in which case records shall be maintained until the disposition of all such dispute, litigation, appeals, claims or
exceptions related thereto.

Where the City is not a State but a local government and is the FTA Recipient or a subgrantee of the FTA
Recipient in accordance with 49 C. F. R. 18.36(i), the Contractor agrees to provide the City, the FTA Administrator,
the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives sufficient access to any
books, documents, papers and records of the Contractor which relate to this contract for the purposes of
inspection, making audits, examinations, excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably may be required. Contractor
also agrees, pursuant to 49 C. F. R. 633.17 to provide the FTA Administrator or his or her authorized
representatives including any PMO Contractor access to Contractor's records and construction sites pertaining
to a major capital project, defined at 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)1, which is receiving federal financial assistance through
the programs described at 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5309 or 5311.

The Contractor agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any means whatsoever or to copy
excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed.

Access to the Sites of Performance. The Contractor agrees to permit the City, the FTA Administrator, the
Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives and contractors access to the
sites of performance under this contract as reasonably may be required.

5. Civil Rights.

a. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Contractor agrees to comply with all requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §
2000d section 303 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 42 U.S.C. §6102, section 202 of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, § 12132, and Federal transit law at 49 U.S.C. § 5332, all as amended as well as USDOT
regulations, "Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation", 49 CFR
Part 21. In addition, the Contractor agrees to comply with applicable Federal implementing regulations and other
implementing requirements FTA may issue.

b. Equal Employment Opportunity

The Contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color,
creed, sex, disability, age, or national origin. The Contractor agrees to take affirmative action to ensure that
applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color,
creed, sex, disability, age, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination; rates

SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN

JUNE 24, 2020

7:00 PM Meeting is being conducted remotely in accordance with Governor's
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PRESIDENT LORI WILSHIRE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER

PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK SUSAN K. LOVERING
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN JAN SCHMIDT
ROLL CALL

PUBLIC HEARINGS

STREET DISCONTINUANCE — PORTION OF PALM STREET

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition

STREET RE-NUMBER PETITION
(26 ALMONT STREET, 28 ALMONT STREET AND TAX MAP 103, LOT 103 ALMONT STREET)

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor

Testimony _in Opposition

RENOVATIONS TO TRANSIT CENTER PLAZA LOCATED AT 30 ELM STREET BEHIND CITY
HALL, RENOVATIONS WILL INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE PLAZA, TRANSIT CENTER
BUILDING, AND BUS PLATFORM

Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor

Testimony in Opposition

ADJOURNMENT

ENGINEERING Maynard & Pa uette

Le Engineering Associates,LLC

ry | Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors

A) 31 Quincy Street, Nashua, NH 03060

Phone (603)883-8433 Fax (603)883-7227
mpeallc@aol.com

ASSOCIATES

January 9, 2020

Lori Wilshire, President
Nashua Board of Aldermen —
City Hall

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03060

Palm Street Discontinuance
Nashua, NH (J-11,134)
Dear Aldermen:

Enclosed herewith is a packet of materials with regard to some proposed new
parking, a new public access way to Ash Street from Palm Street dead end and two
multifamily buildings, which also includes a small discontinuance of the southerly
dead end of Palm Street. The small discontinuance would permit several
developments that would significantly benefit this immediate neighborhood and the
City overall. -

The benefits to the discontinuance of the end of Palm Street include:

1 — Elimination of the Paim Street dead end. Currently public works vehicles
(plows, trash trucks, fire engines, etc.) and the general public have no place to legally
turn around to exit Paim Street back onto Lovewell Street. As indicated on the Plans,
a two-way access to/from the end of Palm Street to Ash Street would be possible.
This would provide a significant public safety enhancement and a second access for
emergency vehicles should a portion of Palm Street be blocked.

2 ~— With the discontinuance, it would now allow two new multifamily buildings
and 18 new residential units to be developed for downtown Nashua.

3 — The lack of parking in the Tree Streets area is a significant concern. In
addition to parking for the proposed new units, some parking can be provided for
other buildings and units on Palm Street. Currently parking on this section of Palm
Street is haphazard and irregular.

4 — This section of Palm Street backs up to a large parking lot associated with
numerous businesses occupying the old mill building on Lake Street. The new
proposed apartment buildings would tend to enhance property values at this section
of Palm Street.

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In conclusion, we suggest that this proposed small street discontinuance
would be a significant benefit to not only the Proponent/property owner but to all
concerned parties such as the City, Palm Street neighborhood, etc.

The Boards favorable consideration of this proposed discontinuance would be
greatly appreciated.

Very Truly Yours,

Maynard & Paquette
Engineering Associates, LLC

Richard A. Maynard, PE .
. On behalf of Corriveau Revocable Trust
, and Palms Edge, LLC

Encl.

CC: w/encl
Peter Kolhami — Dep. City Engineer
Sarah Marchant — Community Dev.
Timothy Cummings — Community Dev.

Corriveau Trust/Palms Edge LLC

4 Maynard & Paquette

Engineering Associates,LLC

PETITION
FOR
STREET DISCONTINUANCE
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF NASHUA:

Pursuant to the Nashua Revised Ordinances, Chapter 285, Article Ill, Sections 23-25, the
undersigned requests that the following described portion of:

Palm Street

be discontinued from public dedication or use:

Beginning at a point in the west line of Palm Street at the north west corner of the within described
parcel, said point also being the northeast corner of Lot 35 Sheet 99, thence;

1. N 88°-18'-38” E a distance of forty and 00/100 feet (40.00) to a point in the east line of Palm
Street, thence;

2. S$ 01°-41'-22” E a distance of fifteen and 38/100 feet (15.38) to a point at the southeast
terminus of Palm Street, thence;

3. By a curve to the left having a radius of 1935 feet a distance of seventy and 33/100 feet
(70.33’) to a point at the southwest corner of Palm Street, thence;

4. N 01°-41’-22” W a distance of seventy three and 22/100 (73.22”) to the point of beginning.

Said discontinuance of Palm Street is shown on a plan titled “Street Discontinuance Plan Palm
Street adjacent to Sheet 99/Lot 35, 137 Palm Street, Nashua, New Hampshire” Prepared For
Theresa Corriveau Revocable Trust, and Palms Edge, LLC, dated November 27. 2019, Prepared
by Maynard & Paquette Engineering Associates, LLC.

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