& THE CITY OF NASHUA "The Gate City"
Community Development Division
Planning Department
May 25, 2016
To: James Donchess, Mayor
Adam Varley, Chair and Members of the Nashua Planning Board
From: Dan Kelly, Chair, Capital Improvements Committee (CIC)
Subject: Addendum to FY 2017 Capital Improvements Committee Recommendation
At the request of the Mayor’s Office, the Capital Improvement Committee (CIC) was requested to
convene a special meeting to rate two projects which were not in the original Department of Public
Works (DPW) CIC package but have been included in the Mayor's budget. The projects reviewed are as
follows:
© Rail Trail Lighting - $165,000
« Southwest Park Rectangular Fields - $250,000
The projects were deemed to be both a Short Term and a Long Term project and were evaluated on
that basis using the same criteria previously used for other FY 2017 Capital Improvement Projects.
Results of that evaluation are as follows:
Rail Trail Lighting — Short Term Priority “A-1”
The current lighting on the Rail Trail (Heritage Rail Trail West of Main Street) is in dire need of
replacement for safety and security reasons. The plan includes replacing the current three (3) year old
fixtures with LED lighting, and new poles. Power will be supplied with overhead wires. The use of LED
lights will significantly reduce the operational cost of the proposed lighting.
Comments: It is suggested that DPW (a) review the light fixtures proposed to minimize “spillover” of
light on the neighbors, and (b) burying the power lines to improve the aesthetics of this downtown
project.
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