Special Board of Aldermen 09-28-2020 Page 3
President Wilshire
| am here, | can hear everyone and | am social distancing, and | am home alone.
Susan Lovering, City Clerk
You have 14 in attendance, Madam President.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Also joining us this evening, | believe, is the Mayor. | don’t know if Corporation
Counsel is on.
Celia Leonard, Deputy Corporation Counsel
Deputy Corporation Counsel Celia Leonard is here.
President Wilshire
Thank you Celia. As is customary with these meetings, | will turn this Public Hearing over the Chair of the
Budget Review Committee, Alderman Dowd.
Chairman Dowd
Thank you. This evening we are going to be having Public Hearings on a Resolution and an Ordinance.
The first item is Resolution R-20-071, Authoring the Mayor and the City Treasurer to issue bonds not to
exceed the amount of $8 million dollars for two construction projects consisting of a publicly accessible
ground level parking garage $2,500,000.00 and additional funding for the proposed Performing Arts
Center, $5,500,000.00. | believe Mayor you were going to start us off?
PUBLIC HEARINGS
R-20-071 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS
NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($8,000,000) FOR
TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, CONSISTING OF A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
GROUND LEVEL PARKING GARAGE ($2,500,000) AND ADDITONAL FUNDING FOR
THE PROPOSED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ($5,500,000)
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR
Mayor Donchess
Yes, thank you Mr. Chair; and | will be joined tonight by Tim Cummings, the Economic Development
Director as well as Debbie Novotny who is Chair of the Fundraising Committee for the Performing Arts
Center. | am speaking in favor of the Resolution because the Performing Arts Center is a project that will
benefit everyone, benefit all Nashuans. The reason for that is it will help us build a stronger economy, a
stronger tax base from which everyone will benefit. In addition, of course, for those who want to enjoy the
Performing Arts Center, it is a quality of life issue as well. Building a stronger tax base, a stronger
economy, we are going to help small businesses, which employ hundreds of people in our downtown area.
We are looking for additional money here because the project has changed since it was originally proposed
several years ago. It is 750 seats rather than the original 500. The reason for that is experts we have, the
