Attendance at these meetings varied from just a handful of residents in some wards to upwards of eleven
residents in some of the wards closest to downtown. In addition, representatives from the Nashua
Department of Public Works, the Board of Alderman, the Parking Department, and Economic
Development were also on hand. These meetings were conducted as open forums during which residents
were encouraged to speak out about their concerns, desires, objections to and/or support for a change in
the current policy regarding Overnight Parking. Residents were also encouraged to ask questions of
DESMAN representatives, City staff, and Alderman and to react to conceptual scenarios regarding possible
changes to the policy.
DESMAN also met with representatives of the Nashua Police Department, Fire Department, Department
of Public Works, Parking Department, and Economic Development to discuss their perspective on any
potential change to current policy and how it could impact their respective missions and operations. These
interviews were conducted virtually in December 2020.
During the course of interviewing City staff, leaders, and Alderman and subsequent to concluding the
public forums, DESMAN also executed a course of study to examine best practices with regards to
overnight parking policy across the whole of the parking, transportation and mobility industry as well as
at specific municipalities deemed “comparable” to Nashua.
Based on this feedback, DESMAN prepared a set of recommended policy changes for consideration by
City staff and the Board of Alderman.
FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC FORUMS
In total, DESMAN conducted a total of eleven forums; one for each ward and two supplemental meetings
to revisit issues and questions raised in Wards 3, 4 and 7 that could not be addressed in the original
meeting. A summary of attendance by meeting is provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Attendance by Ward for Public Forums
Attendees
Date Ward Residents Alderman Staff Total
1/14/2021 9 2 1 6 " 9
1/21/2021 8 3 1 6 "40
1/25/2021 7 6 1 7 "44
1/28/2021 6 g 1 7 46
2/1/2021 5 2 2 8 "2
2/4/2021 4 11 2 7 "20
2/8/2021 3 1 1 7 "49
2/11/2024 2 4 2 7 "43
2/18/2021 1 6 2 5 r 43
3/8/2021 4* 6 2 5 13
3/11/2021 3&7* 8 3 5 16
TOTALS 67 18 70 455
* Supplemental meeting to cover additional topics/issues
