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O-21-045
Irrigation system (includes backflow preventer): $45--$20.
Backflow preventer (each):
[1] Atmospheric vacuum breakers: $44-$16.
[2] Pressure vacuum breakers: $14-$16.
[3] Dual check valve: $14-$16.
[4] Reduced-pressure principle: $44-$16.
Water pipes: (per 100 feet or part thereof}: $45-$18.
Sanitary sewer and storm drain connection or repair of: $45-$18.

Drainage, waste and vent pipes: (per 100 feet or part thereof): $415-
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Roof drain and Sstorm drainage piping: (per 100 feet or part
thereof): $45. $18.

Roof drains inlets (each): $45-$20.

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application and review fee, where not otherwise provided for by
this section: $35-$40.

Reinspection of the same work due to the failure to pass an initial
inspection or the unavailability of the premises at the time of initial
inspection: $75.

Surcharge for permits issued after construction started without a
permit: 100% of applicable fee, but not to exceed $500-3750.”

All other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2021
ORDINANCE: 0-21-045

PURPOSE: Amending the building construction ordinances and increasing
the building department fees

ENDORSER(S): Mayor Jim Donchess

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT: Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee

FISCAL NOTE: Increased fees will result in additional general fund revenues.
ANALYSIS

This legislation updates NRO Chapter 105 (Building Construction) and increases the fees
relative to construction trade permits. The proposed fees are comparable to other communities
and will better support the functions of the Department of Building Safety. The last permit fee
increases for the department were in 2018.

State law authorizes municipalities to “establish fees to defray the cost of administration,
implementation, and enforcement” of the building regulations. (RSA 155-A:9). RSA 47:22 et
seq. empowers the City to adopt any nationally recognized building codes. At least thirty (30)
days prior to adoption and at all times after adoption, there must be at least three (3) copies of the
code available for public examination in the building department and three (3) in the office of the
City Clerk. RSA 47:22, 25.

A public hearing must be held by the Board of Aldermen before final passage. “Notice of the
time and place of such public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
the state at least fifteen (15) days before holding of said hearing.” (RSA 47:26)

Approved as to form: Office of yo. Counsel

Date: f Arr aty 0 oA

A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. via
teleconference.

President Lori Wilshire presided; City Clerk Susan Lovering recorded.
Prayer was offered by City Clerk Susan Lovering: Alderman Ben Clemons led in the Pledge to the Flag.
President Wilshire

As President of the Board of Aldermen, | find that due to the State of Emergency declared by the
Governor as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with the Governors Emergency Order
#12 pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04, this public body is authorized to meet electronically.

Please note that there is no physical location to observe and listen contemporaneously to this meeting, which
was authorized pursuant to the Governor's Emergency Order. However, in accordance with the Emergency
Order, | am confirming that we are:

Providing public access to the meeting by telephone, with additional access possibilities by video or
other electronic means:

To access Zoom, please refer to the agenda or the City’s website for the meeting link.

To join by phone dial: 1-929-205-6099 - Meeting ID: 862 8653 1328 Passcode: 315798

The public may also view the meeting via Channel 16.

We previously gave notice to the public of the necessary information for accessing the meeting, through public
postings. Instructions have also been provided on the City of Nashua’s website at www.nashuanh.gov and
publicly noticed at City Hall and Nashua Public Library.

lf anyone has a problem accessing the meeting via phone or Channel 16, please call 603-821-2049 and they will
help you connect.

In the event the public is unable to access the meeting via the methods mentioned above, the meeting will be
adjourned and rescheduled. Please note that all votes that are taken during this meeting shall be done by roll
call vote.

Let’s start the meeting by taking a roll call attendance. When each member states their presence, please also
state whether there is anyone in the room with you during this meeting, which is required under the Right-To-
Know Law.

The roll call was taken with 14 members of the Board of Aldermen present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.,
Alderman Patricia Klee, Alderman Richard A. Dowd, Alderman June M. Caron, Alderman Benjamin Clemons,
Alderman Thomas Lopez, Alderman David C. Tencza, Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu, Alderman Ernest Jette,
Alderman Jan Schmidt, Alderman Brandon Michael Laws, Alderman Skip Cleaver, Alderman Linda Harriott-
Gathright, Alderman Wilshire.

Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly was recorded absent.

Mayor James W. Donchess, Corporation Counsel Steve Bolton, were also in attendance.

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ROLL CALL
Alderman O’Brien
Present, | am home alone.

Alderman Klee

| am present, | can hear the proceedings and | am home alone in this room.

Susan Lovering, City Clerk

Alderwoman Kelly?

President Wilshire

| don’t believe she is going to be joining us this evening.
City Clerk Lovering

Thank you. Alderman Dowd?

Alderman Dowd

Yes | am present and can hear the proceedings and | am alone.
Unidentified Speaker

Inaudible.

Alderman Caron

Yes | am present, | can hear everyone and | am alone.
Alderman Clemons

| am present, | can hear everyone and | am by myself.
Alderman Lopez

| am here, | can hear everyone and see everyone and | am by myself.
Alderman Tencza

| am present, | am alone and | can hear and see everyone.
Alderwoman Lu

| am here alone and | can hear the proceedings.

Alderman Jette

| am here alone and | can hear the proceedings.

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Alderman Schmidt

| am present and alone in my office.

Alderman Laws

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

Alderman Cleaver

Present and | am alone.

Alderman Harriott-Gathright

| am present, | am here in this room alone and | can hear everyone.
President Wilshire

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

City Clerk Lovering

You have 14 in attendance.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Also with us this evening is Mayor Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steve Bolton. Mayor, do you
wish to address the Board?

REMARKS BY THE MAYOR

Yes thanks Madam President. Well first | wanted to report to you regarding the pandemic and the status of our
efforts to try to limit the spread of the virus as much as possible. As you saw, we had a spike in cases as we saw
across the country in December and January and early February. But in recent weeks, for Nashua those numbers
have gone down and we’ve seen a decline really across the State and across the country which is a very good
thing. But we still need to be careful to take precautions with our masks, with our social distancing, with avoiding
large gatherings.

Now we currently, this week, have about 200 active cases; that is down from almost 600 about a month ago.
We are running a positivity rate of a little over 6% of the tests being conducted in Nashua. That means that of
the people being tested for COVID-19 6% are coming up positive. Now that is a better number than we were
getting, again, a few weeks ago. The number went up to 12% or 13% during that period when we saw a lot of
new cases. But we still have what they call “community spread”, there are still people catching the virus that
has no known exposure. So, again, we need to continue to be careful. Our Public Health Department is
continuing to work nonstop on this not only running testing clinics, helping people who have tested positive,
their patients, but also now administering some vaccine. They ran an equity clinic this past week at Saint
Aloysius of Gonzaga with grant funds for people that are more vulnerable to the disease, more likely to
contract it and in neighborhoods where people are less likely to be vaccinated and have access to
vaccinations. So that, of course, took place right in the middle of the tree streets. Again, they will continue to
work hard, we will continue to do everything possible we can to limit the spread of the virus.

Also, Madam President, and | wanted to mention one of the items on tonight’s agenda which is the agreement
for the School Street Housing for 150 units of housing. That was approved by the Budget Committee recently.
As we know this would add 150 units of needed housing; smaller units in the part of the market where we have
seen the largest increase in rents over the past 5 years. The studio and one bedroom is where we’ve seen the

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biggest rate of increase. And | would ask the Board as recommended by the Budget Committee to pass that,

approve that agreement. We have already, of course, approved a TIF and some bonding to make the project

possible and we’ve dedicated a good portion of the $400,000.00 that will be generated in property taxes on an
annual basis to help offset a good part of the cost of the Performing Arts Center.

But we are, as you know, working on a number of and have accomplished a number of affordable housing. We
have added significantly to the stock of affordable housing over the last few years. We added 150 units on
Marshall Street. There is a proposal, the Housing Authority is proposing to add 150 units more to the
Bronstein site in addition to the 48 or so units that are there now. That would need to be approved by you
because there will be steps that the Board of Aldermen would need to approve for that to go forward. One of
the conditions, of course, that the Housing Authority has made clear that all residents of Bronstein will,
although required to move temporarily, will be able to return to that same site with an equal or a better
apartment. But we also, at least | am optimistic that we can, within a short time, see other affordable housing
units proposed not by the Housing Authority but in the neighborhood of downtown. That will help us
considerably. We are trying to, across the board, add to the supply of housing in a balanced way; some more
affordable, some more market units. But we are just trying to bring more people downtown and add to the
supply of housing, which as we know, in short supply right now.

Next, Madam President, | wanted to mention that on the affordable housing front that we are proposing an
Affordable Housing Trust Fund and that the first contribution into that fund be made from money we are going
to receive from Clock Tower; that’s $30,000.00. We periodically receive payments from Clock Tower that was
part of the HODAG grant that was provided by the Federal Government in the 80’s and early ‘90’s. We are
proposing that that money, those funds be dedicated as the first contribution into the Affordable Housing
Expendable Trust Fund.

| wanted to mention, Madam President, that this is of course Black History month and we are happy to be
celebrating. We are going to hold an event at Holman Stadium to commemorate the fact that we had the first
racially integrated baseball team in the United States at Holman with the Nashua Dodgers. Roy Campanella
and Don Newcombe played there before they went to the Dodgers and even before Jackie Robinson joined the
Major League Club in Brooklyn. He had previously played up in Canada | think. So we had the first integrated
team in the United States. We will have a number of guests but Reverend Bertha Perkins who has been a
long-time resident and pastor here in Nashua will be helping to lead that ceremony and that will be enjoyable
and it will be on the local TV Channel.

| will be hosting a Book Club, Madam President, on the book the Warmth of Other Suns which is about the
migration of African Americans from the South into Northern Cities; a really well-written book by Ms. Wilkerson
and she is a very, very good writer and so if any of you are interested in reading that book and participating in
the Book Club that would be great. We will also have a number of people on a panel that will discuss the book
and its substance.

Finally, Madam President, a sad event this past week, Davis Thurber passed away a few days ago. Davis was
a very prominent Nashuan, he was President of the Bank of NH, after it was public but even before while it was
privately held. His family started that bank, | think first known as the Second National Bank but evolved into the
Bank of NH. They built the building, the bank building of the corner of Pearl and Main, the northwest corner
which we know is the Bank of NH now owned by a different, private party. And Davis was just a really good
guy, he was a very gentle man, a very generous person and he lived on Swart Terrace but then later on moved
over to Davis Court where they improved some older houses, he and his wife Pat and also improved some
houses in the neighborhood, upgraded them. He was humble and just a wonderful person and it is sad that we
have lost him. He did live a good life, he died at around 94. But it is sad that he has passed away. And that’s
all that | have, Madam President.

President Wilshire

Thank you Mayor. Are there any responses to the remarks of the Mayor?

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RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR

Alderman Lopez

Madam President my hand was up.
President Wilshire

Oh | am sorry, Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

| just wanted to thank the Mayor for his leadership in areas of developing affordable housing. He is correct
there are additional projects that are underway by Neighbor Works and Habitat for Humanity in addition to
some larger scale ones. So it is important to recognize people who are actually working towards that end of
helping develop appropriate, affordable housing for the needs of the families in Nashua. | also wanted to
congratulate him, not prematurely, but in getting us this far in seeing a reversal of our outbreak over the
holidays.

The Board of Public Health did meet | think last week if not the week before and we discussed the value of
keeping the curfew Legislation that is currently tabled on the Board’s Agenda. They are feeling that it probably
isn’t really going to serve its purpose. Its main goal was to focus on that cluster of holidays with Christmas and
New Year’s. So they are interested in having us remove it but they wanted to take the opportunity to
specifically encourage people to practice precautions over the upcoming holidays; St. Patrick’s Day and
Easter. Make sure you are practicing your social distancing and continue masking because while we have
managed to reverse the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nashua at present, we don’t want to invite any additional
strains and we don’t want to give them any opportunities to mutate. So it is important to maintain course,
continue vaccinating, continue social distancing, practice precautions and let’s put this whole era behind as
soon as possible. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Alderman Klee?

Alderman Klee

Thank you Madam President. Actually | did have a quick question for the Mayor and | apologize. | am sure he

said it and | just missed it as | was writing my notes. The event at Holman Stadium for the Nashua Dodgers,
this celebration, what date would that be. | know you said it would be aired?

Mayor Donchess

It's Thursday at 3:30.
Alderman Klee

This Thursday at 3:30?
Mayor Donchess
Correct.

Alderman Klee

Thank you so much, sir.

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Alderwoman Timmons

Thank you Mayor Donchess. | have one questions. The backup site is that one location within the city or are you looking
outside of the city?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

It is within the city.

Alderwoman Timmons

The one location?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Correct. One location.

Alderman Gouveia

Yes just one quick question. So of the 15 servers, how many are for just the primary use and how many for the disaster
recovery?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Ten for the primary and five for the offsite.

Alderman Gouveia

Okay, thank you.

Alderwoman Timmons

| do have on question. You said there’s two of the servers will be free, right? So you have fifteen plus two or is it thirteen
plus two?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Well buying 15 but at the pricing that they’re giving us, we’re effectively getting two for free for the regular price.

Alderwoman Timmons

Okay.

Alderman Cathey

Thank you Mr. Mayor. Just a sort of an inquisitive question about the servers. How long do you expect them to last? |
know the old ones you said are ten plus years old. Is that a typical lifespan or how long do you expect before another
upgrade would then be needed?

Nick Miseirvitch, ClO, Information Technology

Generally servers should be upgraded every five years. The city doesn’t have the operating budget to do that. We get
every ounce of life out of these as we can. That’s why | target ten years and anything over ten years is we’re really
pushing the boundaries.

Alderman Gouveia

Just a follow up on the breakdown of servers. So if ten are the primary servers and five are backups, what data is
primarily in the backup servers and which data would you lose by not having the same amount of servers as both the
backup and primary.

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President Wilshire
Anyone else? Responses to the remarks of the Mayor? Seeing none? Recognition Period?
RECOGNITION PERIOD - None

READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the Special Board of Aldermen
meetings of February 9, 2021, February 16, 2021, and regular Board of Aldermen meeting of February 9,
2021 be accepted, placed on file, and the readings suspended.

COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS

From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director
Re: Housing Trust Fund — R-21-118

There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communication and placed it on
file.

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

Is there anyone that would like to address the Board? Mr. Keating, name and address for the record please?
You're on mute Mr. Keating.

Bob Keating The name is Bob Keating from 5 Colburn Woods and | am speaking as a member of Granite State
Organizing Project. First off, just a comment about the process in terms of getting on tonight. | don’t know if
there’s some change, | found it — | got a message back when | was trying to get on Zoom that said there was
no meeting tonight. | tried a couple of times and then right at 7:30 it came on, so | don’t know if that’s a change
or what have you. So just giving that feedback.

Well first off my remarks when | saw the housing trust and then heard it directly from the Mayor in terms of the
proposal, very, very pleased about that. Hopefully you received our Communication about the housing trust it
was part of the email that we sent to the Mayor and to the Board. The idea of the housing trust just very
pleased about that and I'll speak a little about that in a moment.

As you have heard communication from us and residents of Bronstein in regards to the School Street Project is
that we think that there is a real opportunity here given that Bronstein residents are living very close to it and
that the opportunity here given that the City owns the property and tonight you will have a proposal to sell it to
a private developer and that the City has authorized a bond of $2.5 million dollars for the parking garage;
another $100,000.00 for the infrastructure and then linked it to the Performing Arts Center for another $5.5
million dollars.

You can clearly see the City sees that this is an important opportunity and we are looking at, as we have
communicated previously, this is an opportunity to offer some chance for families, | see one of the families that
is on tonight from Bronstein, to if they wish to be able to move to the new development at School Street Flats. |
don’t know actually how many people who will want to do that, | think many of the people who signed on to that
original petition were doing that for their neighbors to give them a chance to do it.

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But how are we linking this project? Well we are linking the project in the way in which the Mayor and the
Aldermen have linked the Performance Arts Center with the School Street Flats. They see that it’s
advantageous in terms of the project. There were residents and abutters who really felt that the loss of parking
spaces was going to be a detriment to them. And in the same way, we think the Bronstein residents should be
honored and they can be honored in a variety of ways and supported in that by their house, if in fact the project
goes through and it is demolished, they will need to move. As a result of their loss, if you will, it will provide the
opportunity for another 165, actually another 200 plus families that will be able to move to Bronstein.

So we think in this way it will send a very powerful message to these families about what they are going to be
going through and it could be done in a very, | think, low cost overall to the City. Specifically what | mean by
that is if you look at compensating the families at Bronstein and looking at ways that my proposal today about
the housing trust, you can come up with a way that the housing trust could have been financed for about
$1,000.00 per unit.

President Wilshire

Mr. Keating, you need to start wrapping up. Thank you.

Mr. Keating Ok well in essence, in saying that for less than 3% of how much the Board is paying for the
authorizations for the two bonds that you can seed even further, which is a great thing that the Mayor is
proposing and at the same time to offer money to the residents of Bronstein if their project is developed. But
again, | am glad to hear the housing trust thing. The last one is | am able to speak at the end when it comes up
about the housing trust. So I'll save my remarks for that. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Not during the conversation, we have another Public Comment period after we take action.

Mr. Keating Right. OK.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else? Could you give your name and address for the record please. You are on mute, sir?
Mr. Keating It’s Prospero (? Spelling). Can anyone text him and just tell him to unmute?

Unidentified Speaker (inaudible) the people (inaudible).

President Wilshire

Ok we need your name and address for the record sir. I’m not sure that we got that. You have three minutes if
you want to address the Board, sir.

Background noise

President Wilshire

It’s your turn you can go.

Background noise continues — unidentified person speaking
President Wilshire

Did you want to address the Board.