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Board of Aldermen 02-23-2021 Page 26

And yes the idea is that we are in financing markets, we are trying to get moving and get the shovels in. We
build a parking garage for SNHU up the road in Manchester and we did the same thing where we closed our
financing in as early in the spring as possible with the intention of getting things started right away.
Alderwoman Lu

And if | could just follow up?

President Wilshire

Alderman Lu.

Alderwoman Lu

So | think the — so the lobby is in the top right and then all of those rectangles are just spots?

Attorney Melville

Yes, Alderman.

Alderwoman Lu

Thank you.

Alderman Dowd

If it helos, as a professional engineer | can tell you that the layout of the spaces is correct. The width of the
spaces is correct and there are 49 spaces.

Attorney Melville

In case anyone didn’t know Mr. Flotz is a parking engineer by trade and he probably knows the IT Parking
Manual by memory and how big spaces have to be.

Alderwoman Lu

Thank you.

President Wilshire

The motion before is to re-refer. Anyone else? Mr. Melville will you take your visual down now please?
Attorney Melville

Yes.

President Wilshire

Thank you.

Alderwoman Lu

Alderman Cleaver?

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Alderman Cleaver
Yes | withhold my comments until later, it doesn’t refer to the re-refer motion.
President Wilshire
The motion is to re-refer. Seeing no other discussion on that motion, would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Jette 1
Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
MOTION FAILED
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire
And that motion fails. The motion before is to amend. Further discussion on that motion? Alderman Jette?
Alderman Jette
Could | move that the plan that Attorney Melville put on the screen, that that be included in the proposed
agreement? | think the proposed agreement in paragraph 4.5.1 talks about the parking garage as shown in the
development plan. If that were attached as part of the development plan and attached to this agreemert, |
think that would satisfy the problem. Could | ask whether Attorney Melville, on behalf of the developer would
be willing to attach that plan that he has just shown us to the agreement?
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE TO ADD THE DRAWING SHOWN BY ATTORNEY MELVILLE
ON THE QUESTION
Attorney Melville

Yes Alderman and that was the intention is to use that, to incorporate that into our document. That’s what we
didn’t have a chance to do before this meeting was to actually get it incorporated and Attorney Leonard is out
and due to everyone’s work schedule we just didn’t get there. But that’s totally the intention is to have that be
the Exhibit in the Development Plan.

President Wilshire

So that’s your motion Alderman Jette is to add the drawing that we saw from Attorney Melville?

Alderman Jette

Yes.

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President Wilshire

So the amendment is to amend to add the parking visual that Mr. Melville gave us, replacing the amendments
made at Budget Committee?

Alderman Dowd

Point of order, and | can check with Attorney Bolton. | don’t it is replacing the amendment | think it is in addition
to the amendment.

Alderman Jette
That’s correct.
Alderman Dowd

Do we have to vote on this separately Attorney Bolton and then make it part of the original anendment. How
is the best way to handle that?

Attorney Bolton

Yes | think that’s correct. It would be an amendment to the amendment. If it passes then you vote on the
amendment as it has been amended and then if that passes then you vote on the Resolution.

Alderman Dowd

Right, thank you.

Alderman Lopez

You used too many tabs and now you're making an outline and you’re in the little tiny letters.
President Wilshire

Yeah. So the motion is to amend with the drawing and then the motion to, if that passes, motion to amend the
amendment.

Alderman Dowd
Right.

Attorney Bolton

Attaching and incorporating by reference to plan is properly regarded as an amendment to the motion to
amend. So if that passes then you will have before you the motion to amend as it has been amended.

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President Wilshire
OK so you have all heard that. Any discussion on that? Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez,
Alderman Tencza, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt,
Alderman Laws, Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Wilshire 11
Nay: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Clemons, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright 3
MOTION CARRIED
President Wilshire
And that motion carries. So now we need to amend the amendment.
Alderman Dowd
No we have amended the amendment so we are now voting on the amended amendment.
President Wilshire
As amended.
Alderman Dowd
As amended.
President Wilshire
Ok any further discussion on that motion? Would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-20-028 AS AMENDED, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

The motion is for final passage as amended; discussion on that motion?

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Alderman Dowd

Skip has his hand up.
President Wilshire
Oh I’m sorry. Skip?
Alderman Cleaver

Yes, thank you very much Madam. | wasn’t aware that we were going to get into this convoluted argument
about parking spaces and so on and so forth. But in general | am very much in favor of the project moving
forward. | think it would be beneficial to the City and so on and there’s a lot of pluses and a lot of positives that
go along with it. However, City land getting to a private developer for profit indefinitely into the future, | think the
least that we can do is ask that 15% or 22 of the units minimum be affordable housing and feel strongly about
that. It is City-owned property and we need to get some benefit. This is a tremendously important need for our
City and for our folks and | think it would be a very, very opportune time to incorporation at least that many
units in affordable housing. That’s it.

President Wilshire

Further discussion? Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

| want to echo those sentiments, | think that’s a very good idea but | think there are other approaches that we
need to consider as well; potentially rent stabilization or something along those lines. | don’t think targeting one
specific project without any context behind that really makes any sense. Not that | am disagreeing with
Alderman Cleaver, but more that I’ve observed that this particular project has been targeted by advocates |
guess. Just because of its proximity to another project, regardless of the factors or logistics that are involved
or the fact that it was designed just one bedrooms instead of families and | think we need to be very
responsible to the people we are pledging to serve or representing ourselves as advocating for in making sure
that we are thoroughly briefing them on projects that we are trying to suggest that they stand up for. And
making sure that we are being attentive to their needs and the priorities that they have and not just gearing up
to come out and advocate for something we have decided that we want without really any context.

| have jumped any number of causes in the past, but specifically in areas where | have a lot of background and
a lot of research. And | think we do need to do more as a City in terms of a more holistic approach to
affordable housing. But | don’t think that should be specifically project by project and | don’t think this is the
right one for it. Thank you.

President Wilshire

Further discussion? Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0

MOTION CARRIED

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Resolution R-20-028 declared duly adopted as amended.

R-21-111
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
WITH FUEL MEDIA HOLDINGS FOR ADVERTISING SERVICES
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-111, BY ROLL CALL

ON THE QUESTION

Alderman Jette

And I'd like to be heard on it.

President Wilshire

Alderman Jette?

Alderman Jette

So this has to do with the contractor that we have with Fuel Advertising for the ads on the transit buses. So the
contract that we had with them provided that Fuel Advertising pay us a minimum amount and then 65/85%
split. Because of COVID it has been tough selling advertising and they have not come anywhere near their
anticipated revenues. So Director Marchant is asking us to amend the contract to eliminate the minimum
amount that Fuel Advertising would have to pay us and just stick with the 65/35% split and that’s just for this
year. And that was brought to the Budget Review Committee and unanimously recommended final passage.
Thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. The motion before us is for final passage of Resolution 21-111. Further discussion on that
motion? Alderman Lopez?

Alderman Lopez

Did we not get in on the campaign advertising market somehow? It just feels bad, I’m not standing in the way
of it.

President Wilshire
Anyone else? Seeing no one, would the Clerk please call the roll?

A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0

MOTION CARRIED

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Resolution R-21-111 declared duly adopted.

R-21-112
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Thomas Lopez
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO AMENDING THE FY2020 HUD ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ACCEPT ROUND 3
CDBG-CV FUNDING UNDER THE 2020 CARES ACT
Given its second reading;

MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-112, BY ROLL CALL
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-21-112 declared duly adopted.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-044
Endorser: Alderman Thomas Lopez
RELATIVE TO A BAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES STARTING
AT 9:30 PM
e Tabled at Full Board — 12/22/2020
MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO TAKE O-22-044 FROM THE TABLE
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire

Ok the motion is to take Ordinance 20-044 from the table. Would the Clerk please call the roll?

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

Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14

Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF O-20-044

ON THE QUESTION

President Wilshire

The motion is for indefinite postponement. Discussion on that motion? Alderman Lopez.

Alderman Lopez

| mean the best that we could do with what we had was to raise awareness of the dangers of COVID. People
did what they were going to do. But the intention behind the discussion that the Board of Public Health had
was to provide some kind of rapid intervention with Christmas and New Year's fast approaching. They have
come and gone; the results have come and gone. We did lose people but we can’t necessarily attribute that to
any specific Legislation or actions on our part. And moving forward it is much more productive to support
restaurants and making sure that their employees have vaccinations when possible; that they are practicing
masking and social distancing and that we are encouraging the public to remember to remain on guard and
practice similar measures.

President Wilshire
The motion is for indefinite postponement. Alderman Clemons?
Alderman Clemons

Thank you. | just want to say obviously | didn’t support this when it came out. | respect the Board of Health
and the | respect the COVID guidelines and things like that. But what | did want to speak to was a lot of the
unfair things that were said to my colleague Alderman Lopez during the debate. | often agree with Alderman
Lopez; on this particular one | did not. But he’s a good person, he proposed this Legislation because he
believed in it and when each and every one of us does that we do it for a reason. | thought some of the public
criticism of Alderman Lopez was unfair. | just wish that Nashua would have conducted itself better during that
dialogue because some of the stuff that was said was unnecessary. | have the utmost regard for all of my
colleagues but in particular Alderman Lopez because he has the courage to bring things like that forward that
he knows is not going to be popular. But he does it anyway because he believes in it and that’s the kind of
Alderman that we all should aspire to. So | just wanted to make that known.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else? The motion is for indefinite postponement of Ordinance 20-044. Seeing no one
would the Clerk please call the roll?

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A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderman Klee, Alderman Dowd,

Alderman Caron, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,

Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,

Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 14
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS

R-21-118
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman June Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderwoman Elizabeth Lu
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
ESTABLISHING A HOUSING EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS AND
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $30,000 INTO THE EXPENDABLE TRUST
FUND
Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire

R-21-119
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Jan Schmidt
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman Skip Cleaver
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Tom Lopez
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $29,777 FROM THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, EXOTIC SPECIES
PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS
Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, by President Wilshire

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NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES

O-20-053
Endorser: Alderman Ernest A. Jette
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee

AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON SHAWNEE DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH CONANT ROAD
Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, by President Wilshire

PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
President Wilshire

Is there anyone that wishes to address the Board? OK name and address for the record please. And just note
that we have a three minute limit.

Beth Scaer 111 East Hobart Street. | haven’t been able to call in the last few times because | have night class.
But | just wanted to let the Mayor and Alderman Schmidt know that they have made my Save Women’s Sport
Flag very famous. | am bringing it to Washington, DC for International Women’s Day on March 8". And
everybody is really looking forward to it. It is a shame that they wanted to censor it, that they opposed the
message of protecting women’s right to have their own sports. But the upside is that they made a big splash for
my flag and | appreciate it. Thank you.

President Wilshire
Thank you. Is there anyone from the public that wishes to address the Board? Mr. Keating?

Bob Keating 5 Colburn Woods. Again | want to echo that | am very pleased by the initial idea of the Housing
Trust Fund and the support all the way across the Aldermen. | knew there’s been strong support for Affordable
Housing. | appreciate Alderman Cleaver’s offering the idea that he has expressed before about 15% for the
School Street. | think there’s a lot of room there within the Housing Trust in terms of how to fund that forward. |
saw the proposals, they have a minimum of $10,000.00 and | would suggest that in looking at other Housing
Trust Funds, having some ways tied to development projects is one way that help it move forward generally,
more easily than having a standing set amount from the Board itself. This is a start, just very appreciative in
hearing that and | think a lot of the community will too. And | think it does each what | have heard again and again
that many people want to be able to, you know, the Mayor and the Board to do something that we can create a
more permanent structure to be able to address the critical needs within our community. With that, that’s what |
wanted to say. So thank you.

President Wilshire

Thank you. Anyone else wish to address the board this evening. | am not seeing anyone.

REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Dowd

Yes just a couple quick things. One | mentioned last night at the Budget Meeting that | just want to say that it has
been sad that we have lost over 500,000 people to COVID-19. | think we all should keep those people in our
minds because it is sad for all these families to lose someone. The other thing is as far as COVID here in
Nashua, I’d like to thank Bobbie Bagley and her staff for doing such a fantastic job of keeping COVID-19 in
Nashua and the area to as much of a minimum as possible. And also the vaccine site as Nashua High South,