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January 10, 2017
now is a chief pilot for Dell. He says that there are about 275 corporate aircraft based in Hanscom, the ramp is
full and the hangars are full. As soon as someone says they want to build a new hangar he says there are
people lining up dropping money on their desks to say | want to be in your new hangar. Green Mountain
coffee was looking to come to New Hampshire but while they were looking in Portsmouth their accountants
alerted them to the fact that the registration fee would be astronomical and to get that airplane out of New
Hampshire just as quickly as they can. Green Mountain Coffee is now down on Route 3 in Burlington and
wouldn't that have looked nice in Nashua or Portsmouth. It’s about the whole State of New Hampshire.
Alderman Dowd
As the former chair of the Nashua Airport Authority | agree with everything that Alderman Stoneman just said
and the registration fees have been an impediment to bringing aircraft in here for years and | think that
anything we can do to lower the fee will be offset by having more aircraft come into New Hampshire. We are
losing out on a lot of business because of that astronomical registration fee.
Alderman Siegel
| would hope that our representatives that are also Aldermen here would have a bipartisan agreement in the
legislative body for Nashua and this is hopefully not a partisan issue and there is a favorable response from
both sides of the aisle. | will also point out that we don’t have to figure out ways to make up the revenue, the
revenue has already flown away so it isn’t like we have to be revenue neutral. It’s an airplane unlike a fixed
building and it’s typically with those expensive airplanes the come with pilots so you can just sum them from
wherever it is and they are cheaper to have. | strongly urge everyone to support this all through the legislature.
Alderman O’Brien
Fortunately this bill will be appearing before my committee which is the Transportation Committee and as | do
with many things, | make sure | vote for Nashua and this is definitely a bill that would benefit Nashua and | will
urge my colleagues up there to see it as that type of issue, that we are being drained and we have a wonderful
airport that | support and | want to keep it going.
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-17-085 declared duly adopted.
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-17-028
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderman Sean M. McGuinness
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Don LeBrun
Alderman-at-Large Daniel T. Moriarty
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
AUTHORIZING LEFT TURNS ONTO AMHERST STREET FROM CHARRON AVENUE
Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by President McCarthy
