THE CITY OF NASHUA “the Gate City"
Economucs Develooment
To: Scott Leclair, Planning Board Chair
From: Tim Cummings, Director of Economic Development
Ce: Andrew Prolman. Attorney ~ Prunier & Prolman, PA.
Date: September’2019
Re: 452 Amherst Street — Release of Facade Easement
Backeround
Alla Maak Properties. LLC has petitioned to the City io Release the Fagade Easement on 452 Amherst
Street (the Country Tavern Restaurant), The Board of Aldermen’s Infrastructure Committee referred the
petition to the Planning Board of their recommendation.
The Planning Board was previously supplied with the following:
® The NH Division of Historic Resources determination that the Property is NOT eligible for the
National Historic Register,
* Historic Preservationist Lisa Mausolf's Report explaining why the property has little to no
historic value.
* Acted in accordance with the Cin’s Master Plan objectives on Historical Resources. by providing
@ documentation of the history of the structure for the City to be archived in its historical resource
database.
Furthermore, Since the July, 1.2019 Memo from Roger Houston the City, through its Econontic
Development, Community Development and Legal team. have entered into a dialog with the applicant to
discuss a reasonable alternative to simply removing the facade easement from the property thal would be
a win-win for ali involved.
To that end, the parties have worked closely these past few weeks toward an agreement acceptable to the
City and Alla Maak Properties. Our Agreement includes:
: A $50,000.00 contribution to the City
‘ Exclusive salvage rights to the City
‘ An effort to preserve the mature trees an site
. Release of the Facade Easement
Request
Considering that the Property has little tc no historic value, and we have a substantive Agreement in
place, we respectfully request the Board's positive recommendation to the Board of Alderman to release
the Facade Easement.
