Special Board of Aldermen 03-21-2022 Page 5
are 9 x 9, that’s a dead giveaway it contains asbestos. To the right, shows one of the instances where we hada
youngster decide to attack one of our sheetrock walls, so we covered it with cardboard until we could have it abated.
So if you go back to the slide where | went through the rough budget items, we did ask for contingencies. | talked
about that a little bit and I’m just laying it out here. So | set aside 10% of our construction budget for both our
contingency and for the architect. We don’t know what the traffic consultant is going to come back with us, | was just
talking with the architect and he suggested a 5% contingency for that. It may turn out we don’t change anything
physically with the site. It may just be extra lines, speed bumps on the road perhaps. We'd have to work with city
engineering to decide what the best thing to do there is but that’s just strictly contingency.
| talked about this already — furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
They're not only doing the ventilation system that I’ve talked about LED, but they’re also going to be replacing the
windows with more efficient windows. Since we’re doing so much work that involves electricity, they’re actually going
to be changing the electrical feed into the building which is probably original. Again, that’s all going to be funded
through the State Department of Education with those funds. | think that’s the end of my presentation if you have any
questions.
Chairman Dowd
Do any of the Aldermen have any questions for Mr. Smith?
Alderman Clemons
Thank you for the opportunity. In regards to the traffic, | know it’s an immediate concern and an immediate need but |
would hope also that you would put into some consideration the fact that at some point that area is probably going to
hook up to the Broad Street Parkway. | would think that there is a number of different considerations with what we are
going to do with Main Street and reconfiguring things like that. | don’t know if that was put on your radar but | know
that the immediate need is to figure out what to do right now but | just think that also needs to be under consideration
as well.
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
May | respond?
Chairman Dowd
Yes.
Shawn Smith, Director of Plant Operations, Nashua School District
| was aware of that but we do have Dan Hudson on board as part of our team so hopefully he has that on his radar.
Alderman Clemons
Okay, thank you.
Chairman Dowd
That can also come out as well as part of the traffic study.
Alderman Klee
Thank you. This is my Ward and I’ve been getting a lot of complaints since the school started. Hence, we’ve got the
signs put up and all of that. There have been a lot of parents that have had concern that their little ones even though
they’re in-hand by nature of these types of students have a tendency to be a little bit more wandering and so on and
we have had a few that have walked out into the roads. When you've got people stopping and so and so, it is to
answer Alderman Clemons’, it is an immediate need and | know there aren’t many school buses but there’s still
enough school buses that are wreaking even more havoc. When September came, it was a real eye-opener to the
number of calls that | was getting. | was surprised and so and so. I’m really glad to see that we have this going. |
made a lot of noise about Pennichuck so they took Pennichuck away and put it in Ward 2. So maybe they'll take
