Board of Aldermen 11-09-2021 Page 4
on the Master Plan by approving the inclusionary zoning and accepting the ARPA funds that we hope will be substantially
purposed for the city's new affordable housing trust fund.
| am so proud that our city has committed already so much time and energy and the government and private and citizen
sectors to imagining steps that are bold and concrete to support people who make Nashua already a center for their lives
and want to live here to make it possible for builders to build profitably and landlords to them.
I'm proud of the proposal in front of you that it embodies values of inclusion and equity in ways that are big and small from
its funding, and regulations scheme, to its recognition that people who live in the same building should use the same entry
regardless of what they're paying for rent. Community is more than people in the same place living lives in parallel. It's a
covenant that we keep in together. The stake in each other's lives that’s built out of all these kinds of steps we take. Like
Reverend Besada, | do hope that the target level is for some of the inclusionary zoning will be dropped to align it better
with some of the data in the studies that we have seen and that you have seen as well, but hopefully will pass in any case.
As clergy people who are civic leaders, | and many colleagues are committed to continuing to work with you, and city
officials, developers, and any other partners, and to tapping into the networks and resources in our congregations that
could help us bring to life with these policies envision. Thank you for the attention you've been devoting to housing
justice, especially over this past challenging year.
President Wilshire
We do have someone on Zoom that has their hand raised, Mr. Keating.
Bob Keating
Yes, hi. My name is Bob Keating from 5 Coburn Woods. A member of Granite State Organizing Project. I'd like to build
on what Reverend Besada and Rabbi has reported on that. | appreciate the efforts the city has made on inclusionary
zoning and (inaudible) vote on tonight in terms of the specific plan but in phase two that that's moving forward and seems
to be there's a lot of support for the affordable housing idea outlined.
But specifically in terms of the money, the proposal for inclusionary zoning just want to highlight, one can easily get lost in
all the numbers but if we look at what a family of four for the median income, it's $109,000. So if we stay with the
inclusionary zoning at 80%, that would be in the neighborhood of $80,000. If we move it down to 60%, then we have an
income of $66,000. If you look at a three bedroom apartment, the average at $2,350, you see the difference between an
80 and a 60%. That it’s basically one family would have to pay up more than $700 over 30% of their income. That would
be the 60% of the median income and the family with the 80% would be 350. So that's why we've looked the idea and
recommending to be able to look for larger (inaudible). We're not speaking about homeownership, we're only speaking
about rentals, and we're only speaking up when there's 50 units or more. And we are very cognizant of the idea about
developers. We don't want them to lose any money in this. It would be revenue neutral.
So, again, | thank the Board. | think there’s a considerable amount of support and | would ask you to consider that one
adaptation around the 60% figure for large developers who are producing 50 or more units in the city. So thanks again for
all of the efforts that this Board has done and moving toward creating a Housing Trust and we'll play when we come to the
offer recommendations that we have to see that in a considerable way. So thanks again.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING FINAL APPROVAL
From: David Andrews, lead mapper, MH Map-a-Thon Citizen Mapping Project
Brian Beihl, Deputy Director, organizer, Map-a-Thon Coalition
Re: Proposed Nashua Ward Lines to Allow for Two NH Senate Districts
There being no objection, President Wilshire referred the communication to the Personnel/Administrative Affairs
Committee.
From: Mayor Donchess
Re: Temporary Policy on Leave due to Coronavirus Disease COVID-19
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO APPROVE/DENY THE TEMPORARY POLICY ON LEAVE DUE TO
CORONOVAIRUS DISEASE COVID-19, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
