Board of Aldermen Page 7
August 9, 2016
the rest of the region. It doesn’t matter how much money is in your budget if you don’t do it right. We
would put the park anywhere. We agreed to put it next the Broad Street Parkway so that the other park
didn’t get destroyed because our concern is after the park goes; they were here last time at the
Infrastructure Committee meeting saying this needs to happen this fall and guess what, they are
definitely not going to build a $500,000 skate park; $280,000 of which is raised by us, by the cell phone
tower on the property of the skate park. Half of the money for the skate park was not raised by the city or
tax dollars and that’s pretty impressive. | am personally very concerned that if the skate park moves
away and Renaissance moves forward what happens next isn’t really as much of a concern and that’s
why there was supposed to be legislation put it place saying that we had to build park before the old one
was taken down. If anybody has any questions about what we talked about at the meetings or anything,
there is nothing to hide. The city needs that land for a serious development and we need another place
to put the skate park and you guys all know that it’s not an easy thing to do. The major problems were
contamination and that the site development for any of the other sites would cost more than the park just
to get it flat. We would be open to anything but the options have closed in around us. | think that this
site is about as central as you can get in Nashua. | think if you drove by any field in Nashua it would be
empty but if you drove by the skate park there would be 20 kids down there. | don’t want that community
to be marginalized or stereotyped. The reason | came in the first place is to just let me know how | can
help, it’s not an agenda. It’s changed most of these guys here, it’s changed their lives. That may or not
make sense to you but it’s the truth and | appreciate your time so thank you.
PETITIONS — None
NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Appointments by the Mayor
The following Appointments by the Mayor were read into the record:
Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee
Jeff Hannigan (New Appointment) Term to Expire: August 31, 2019
32 Houde Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Paula G. Lochhead (New Appointment) Term to Expire: August 31, 2019
4 Westbrook Drive
Nashua, NH 03060
Nashua Airport Authority
Joseph R. Duquette (New Appointment) Term to Expire: August 31, 2021
38 Hills Ferry Road
Nashua, NH 03064
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Jonathan (Jack) M. Currier (Reappointment) Term to Expire: September 11, 2019
6 New Searles Road
Nashua, NH 03062
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR AS
READ AND REFER THEM TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MOTION CARRIED
