Board of Aldermen 09-09-2020 Page 10
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS
From: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Re: Communications Received from the Public
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
If you could give your name and address for the record, we would be happy to hear you.
Beth Scaer Beth Scaer, 111 East Hobart Street. | was just wondering are you taking action on R-20-071,
Issuing Bonds for $8 million dollars?
President Wilshire
No we are referring that to Committee; there won't be any action on that this evening.
Ms. Scaer Ok that’s all | wanted to ask, thank you.
Bob Keating Bob Keating at 5 Coburn Woods. | am speaking as a member of Granite State Organizing
Project and first | want to each the concerns that the Aldermen have expressed to the Mayor and his wife
Vicky and hope his course and Vicky’s course is very short and they are healthy very quickly.
| am speaking on upcoming discussions tonight about the School Street flats. | have spoken as a member
of Granite State Organizing Project before, but tonight my remarks are going to be primarily comments
about the project’s financing. Our concern is that there is a proposal to have $2.5 million dollars of City
Funds in the form of a Bond that is going to be used for this project. It is being framed as public good: it is
clear that without this project there would be no need for additional parking as there is 78 spaces there
currently. So the question is, is that you know why are we taking a public resource, the parking lot currently
which is generating revenues and that we are selling that property over to a private developer and
essentially is going to be $2.5 million dollars of City Funds plus an additional $100,000.00 for other
infrastructure related requirements for this project. Clearly we have not done that for a number of the most
recent projects that have been approved for the City including the Henry Hangar and Corriveau Routhier
and certainly the Marshall Street properties.
President Wilshire
Mr. Keating, are you talking about a specific thing we are taking action on this evening?
Mr. Keating Well my understanding is that you are going to be talking about the financing for the School
Street Flats?
President Wilshire
Ok, | don’t see that on the Agenda this evening.
Mr. Keating It is not? It was, at least | had heard that it was on the Agenda that was posted.
