Board of Aldermen 12-11-2018 Page 41
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Bernie Cote Yes my name is Bernie Cote and | live at 20 Greenlay Sreet in Nashua and | just had my
house, somebody from your Assessment Department came by and the value of my property went up
quite a bit. | went downstairs to your assessment and | asked them how they did that and they said well
we drove around your neighborhood and we looked at all the houses and we figured that your property
was worth more than it was. So | said, you didn’t walk out in the backyard or try to come into the house
and look at it or anything like that. And they said no. So! said well if you went to my backyard you
would have noticed that | put a fence up about four or five years ago and it is down. And | said
somebody should come in the house and look at it and to see the inside of the property. And they said
to me they said well somebody came two years ago and knocked at your door and you came but they
said we don’t need to come in so we will just talk to you. Then | went and asked them for my military
discount and they won’t give it to me. | am just saying it is not a way to assess property by just driving
around your neighborhood and look at everybody’s houses and say well these houses all look good so
yours looks the same. | don’t want to get into any more discussion, but | want tell you people | have a
lawyer actually dealing with your Assessing Department.
Yvonne Donetz Madam President, Legislative Manager, City Clerk, members of the Board of Aldermen
and of course Mayor Donchess. Yesterday, December 10'" Access Nashua Education Channel rolled
out an educational video called Celebrate Nashua. So Access Nashua and Channel 19 rolled out the
educational video “Celebrate Nashua” and it also went up on Youtube at youtube.com.
Celebrate Nashua video consisted of over 20 interviews with community leaders from Nashua
discussing the many facets of life worth celebrating in Nashua, New Hampshire. Its purpose was to
raise awareness in form and celebrate the history, people, culture and arts of Nashua and that is the
music to it, that’s true.
Mayor Donchess
Sorry that is the video it is actually playing, now | can’t turn it off.
Yvonne Donetz It is to raise awareness in form and celebrate the history, people, culture and the arts
of Nashua, NH by weaving together the beautiful and amazing stories of who we are, who we have
become and who we wish to be as we journey together in making Nashua, NH the very best place to
work, live and play.
Access Nashua and the educational television aired tonight at 10:00 and | couldn’t interrupt you to try
and watch it. Their schedule is beginning today through the 16" it will run on the education channel 99,
Monday — Friday at 10:00 and Saturday and Sunday at 6:00 pm. Access Nashua Channel 96 it will run
starting tomorrow the 12'" and 4:00 p.m. and then on the 13", Thursday at 10:30 a.m., 14" at 2:00 p.m.,
15" at noon, 16" at 1:00, 17" at 10:00 a.m. and the 18'" at 8:00 a.m. It gives me great pride to tell you
that this video honors all of those who serve and in the end you will see that there is a special area that
you will see you are able to place in memory of Brian McCarthy.
| also would like to make note of those that helped with this video project. It is important to make it
public because this about a City that all of you love and all of us love. Allegra Boverman helped
tremendously with photography, Halverson Design helped with the beginning video, the drone footage
we took some of that video to show Nashua. Grant Morris also contributed to the video footage |’m
tired, lve been up since 4:00 in the morning so forgive me. Celeste Guidice helped with video and
photograph, Ed Lecius helped prepare and helped us with the Nashua Police Department photos.
