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through the Planning Board at the moment for the subdivision of the Temple Street property there. You had asked
earlier whether we had spoken to any residents about that. That is something that I've done. One of the most pressing
concerns that | learned in my discussions with residents at Crown Hill is that they were unaware. This is something
that's right around the corner and many folks that I've spoken to are unaware. | have met more concern than | have
support for it in speaking with my neighbors. | did speak with one individual who, you Know, made the very valid point
of jobs that would be coming from western Massachusetts to Nashua, New Hampshire. That's not an invalid point at all
but my bigger concern is how this facility would fit into the character of that neighborhood. | don't think it would be an
adequate fit for that neighborhood. We have more residential space surrounding that area now than | believe we do
industrial. We have a new apartment facility that's in the process of being developed. They've already begun gutting
through the Henry Hangar building.
To share something a little anecdotally, | grew up in or three on the north end of Nashua about three miles from the
Anheuser Busch plant. If | could be three miles from the Anheuser Busch plant, step out every morning and smell
malted barley in the air, then | have no doubt in my mind that somebody residing in the workforce housing that's going
into the Henry Hanger building is going to be able to wake up and smell asphalt being produced in their backyard.
Additionally, Commercial Street runs right behind that and | don't think a lot of people put much thought into
Commercial Street because it's a not a particularly dotted street to drive down. But what a lot of people may not realize
is that on the other side of that stone wall are residences whose addresses are listed as Commercial Street. My wife
lived there when | first met her and | believe it was a granite production or gravel production of some sort there that had
a garage at the time. | heard that from the living room window. If we heard, the folks that are living there are absolutely
gonna smell asphalt and | think it's a great concern to put that there. We have many properties in Nashua that were
unable to develop because of highly chemical production over the years. We have the Mohawk Tannery, the old - |
can't recall the name at the moment but it’s at the backside of the Hills Ferry Road.
Alderman Klee
Beazer.
Tim Sennott
Beazer. Thank you. Coppers - that's the one | know it as. These are coppers. In Ward 7, we have the rubber
manufacturing plant that took years to clean up after it shuttered in 2001 before they were finally able to open those
Marshall Street apartments. So that being an area that we hope to one day develop for a rail plan that they eventually
want to place right in Crown Hill, | think that's a very ill advised plan and it's my hope that just speaking with folks in
Ward 7 that there might be enough tailwind to come out and voice their concerns.
Alderman Klee
Thank you. For you or any other that are running on August 4" Planning Board.
Tim Sennott
Thank you.
Alderman Moran S
Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Moderator Sennott. So | heard a lot of things that you would support,
however, would cost, dissuade you on some of the projects that you've said you would support tonight whether it the
Keefe, Court Street.
Tim Sennott
| always have an eye for cost. If you had the opportunity to read the resume that | provided, in my professional life, | do
work in finance and accounting, budgets, cost estimates are all a daily part of my life. So it's only natural that my
inclination tilts that way. However, | also understand that in order to progress as a city, to grow as a city, to thrive asa
city that sometimes comes at a cost. It's not going to be my first deterrent when looking at a project. It's something that
I'd want to Know about. | want to be conscious of how we are spending the residents’ money because it is their money.
They pay their property taxes and they have their concerns about how it's spent. | just want to make sure that we're
spending wisely. | feel that growth, prosperity, these are all wise and worthwhile endeavors that we shouldn't just shy
away from due to the notion of not spending.
