Board of Aldermen 11-24-2020 Page 33
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you.
President Wilshire
You’re welcome. Further discussion? Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
Just to echo the statements of Alderman Gathright and Alderman Lu. It is a huge opportunity, if we are
trying to build a Performing Arts Venue which is attractive and financially self-sustaining, then there is some
opportunity for the Board of Trustees to be representative of the Community and have access to trends,
patterns, cultural enthusiasm and passion that will drive the project. All that being said, we are renting it out
to a third party vendor to manage it so all things are imperfect. But when we look at appointees, | hope the
Mayor will look at his typical array of diverse and qualified, dedicated Nashuans.
President Wilshire
OK. Alderman Tencza?
Alderman Tencza
Thank you Madam President. |’d actually like to make a further amendment to the Ordinance, just a brief,
hopefully non-controversial amendment. My thoughts on this are that the Board of Trustees are going to
promulgate rules and regulations as to how the Performing Arts Center is going to be managed essentially,
not on a day-to-day level but for the City. Paragraph D of the Ordinance states that “The Performing Arts
Center Board of Trustees shall make and execute all such rules and regulations for its Government with the
preservation of property under its charge and lease of management thereof, as it may from time to time be
necessary or expedient. | would make a motion that we include an additional sentence to paragraph D that
the Board of Trustees shall also require that Youth Programming be provided for through the management
company or some Youth Management Programming | should say be provided for and the reason | do this, |
had a conversation with Director Cummings earlier today. He explained to me kind of what provisions are
already in place for the New Market Tax Credits to provide tickets to underserved youth populations here in
Nashua. And | think that’s great and I’m sure that they will do that under the guidelines for the New Market
Tax Credits.
One of the things | heard tonight though was that after 7 years Mascoma will probably not be in involved
and therefore that requirement may go away. But also as | look at some of the facilities that Spectacle
Management books, if we are getting a lot of acts like, you know, music acts that are at night that may cater
more to an older population, | don’t think that will necessarily benefit the youth in Nashua. | do think that
there’s a public benefit to this building since the taxpayers are paying for it. So | would like to offer that
amendment to this Ordinance, for the Board’s consideration.
MOTION BY ALDERMAN TENCZA TO AMEND O-20-036 TO ADD A SENTENCE AT THE END OF
PARAGRAPH D, “THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
THAT SOME YOUTH PROGRAMMING BE PROVIDED FOR” BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
President Wilshire
OK, I'd like to call on Director Cummings.
