Special Board of Aldermen 01-28-2020 Page 2
So that all being said, you are going to see the context of what we do in the video which | think is great. |
am just going to throw it out there because that’s what | usually do. We are here to ask the Board tonight
for some help. We would like, because everything is done pro bono, I’m asking lumber yards for free
donations, I’m asking across the board. | have been working with Mark Collins here, your Building Inspector
in terms of coordinating what we are doing here so he understands that this organized chaos. But we’ve
done a set of plans so he knows that it’s being done right. But we are looking to ask this Board to waive
permit fees. We are asking the Board to help us manage the street in front of this building. We would like
to close it down, at least during the day, eight hours a day to allow; | need parking for about 50 vehicles that
will be a flood on this building every day.
Part of my conundrum is | get these businesses that say, “I’m going to donate, I’m going to send three
trucks and six guys” but they drive around the block and they get frustrated and they go home. | need a
place to park and what we would like to do is close down the street; leave it accessible so a fire truck can
come through, but manage it in a way where there’s not through traffic, that | could double park cars. We
have a number of tractor trailers that we are going to park across the street to store materials ahead of
time. But | need some help because it is an urban site, there’s no place to do any sort of laydown. | know
Shaun has some other things to talk about as well. We can watch the video and that will give you a good
idea of what we expect to do here in May.
President Wilshire
OK thank you.
Video Presentation Played
Mr. Nelson
And the next project is in Nashua. So Jonathan is essentially looking for some help in the world of the fees,
to make some of these things happen and as described, there are hundreds of volunteers that have already
committed to this project. PAL has major plans already, put in the plans of what we are going to do once
the renovation is complete. We are going to have a state-of-the-art facility in the toughest area of our City.
We are looking forward to what we are going to do with that with our kids. I’ve been with PAL for 12 years
and this is something we have dreamed about and talked about and to see it actually coming to reality, we
essentially are going to get a building that’s worth a million bucks and like John just said we are adding an
elevator to solve accessibility issues. We are talking about state-of-the-art education, computers, robots,
all the things that are beyond our dreams is what the center is going to be. Our plan is to transform the tree
streets from the inside out essentially after this project is done.
For the folks that don’t know, | apologize, | missed the introduction, | am Shaun Nelson from Nashua PAL.
I’ve worked with PAL for about a dozen years now and PAL has gotten stronger over the 30 years we’ve
been here in Nashua and this is quite an opportunity. So essentially we would like to open it up to
questions, see what people. Hopefully the video has solved some of the resistance that folks have, this
concept of how heck does this work. The Building on Hope have proven that it works. We will be bringing
this energy to Nashua hopefully for the first of many times. But luckily the Nashua PAL is the champion for
this first go-round.
President Wilshire
Some amazing work that they have done so | am looking forward to seeing what they are going to do for
the PAL building. That’ s great. Questions.
Alderman Lopez
Are you guys going to be adding a kitchen?
