Board of Aldermen 11-23-2021 Page 29
So these are expensive condos - $600,000 to $750,000. They're targeted 55 plus and it's a 44 unit dense, compact on 7,500
square feet. It is out of character with the neighborhood. It will be damaging to the park and once that land is lost, it is gone
forever. We cannot allow this to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. So | urge you to look seriously at the matter that's
been referred to the appropriate committees. This came forward very, very quickly with very little notice to the public. Ina
short period of time, less than four days, we've had 1,500 signatures and it's growing rapidly. So there is widespread
community support. There's an opportunity for public private partnership. We have $200,000 already committed to support
the purchase of this property and we believe we can work together to find a public private solution that addresses the needs
of all of the city and not for a developer that is out of State, has never worked in this area, and has no ties to Nashua. |
believe we need a local solution to our local challenges and | urge you all to take this matter seriously and look into this
opportunity. It's a once in a lifetime. Let's not lose this on our watch. Thank you.
Kathy Lodi
My name is Kathy Lodi, 2 Bartlett Ave. | want to thank you all the people here who voted to suspend the rule so that we can
carry this forward. As my husband just said, 1,522 people sign this petition in five days. It has bipartisan support. So | just
want to thank you for allowing us to carry this discussion forward. It's something that's important to a lot of people. There's a
lot of points on both sides. We're not here to vilify anyone involved. | think there's an opportunity for compromise and a
win/win situation for the city and for its citizens. So | just want to thank you for moving it forward so we can have a
discussion on December 7". Thank you.
Tucker McGerald
Thank you. My name is Tucker McGerald. | live on 139 Hills Ferry Road. This is in regards to the property at 15 Bartlett.
On Hills Ferry Road even without this, there are already considerable traffic issues on that street. It is a pass through for all
the traffic coming to the intersection of Henry Bourque highway and Manchester Street not wanting to go that additional
distance on one lane and so they're using Hills Ferry Road as a cut through for any southbound traffic on Concord Street.
The traffic is aggressive. It's at least double the speed limit. Nothing has been done for that already. Adding these
properties is going to make the use of that pass through even worse and there are families with kids living on that street.
There needs to be solutions to the traffic there before we worry about packing more people that aren't going to care how fast
they're going through to get a neighborhood. That all | have.
Steve Dixon
Steve Dixon - 31 Columbia Avenue. Thank you for all your service. | couldn't do what you guys do. | just want to ask about
the density. When you go home tonight, when you pull off whatever main street you go, count 43 houses. Count 43 houses
and see how many you have there. | live on Columbia Avenue where the old water towers is. There’s not five blacks. You
can't park 43 houses. So when you go home count them. If that's something you want your neighbor, my suggestion is this
- 13 acres, 13 houses. They'll be nice houses. When | went to the meeting and he put these beautiful houses up there, oh
they were beautiful. | asked him are those the houses you're going to put in? Well, you know, you know. No. 13 acres, 13
houses. That would keep the footprint of the north end. 43 houses, again, I'll stop here. When you go home start counting
when you get off the street to your house, count 43 houses. The north end as the Mayor knows is that’s 5 blocks, 6 blocks,
that doesn’t make it. ’'m good. Thank you.
Denise Mucillio
Denise Mucillio, 611 Midhurst Road and I'm also here - this is my first meeting. So I'm very nervous but it should give you
some inkling as to how much Greeley Park means to me. | have been going to Greeley Park for 46 years. Four generations
of our family have enjoyed Greeley Park and | think that any further development, even 13 houses, would be too much.
There's a lot of children in the inner city that are able to take the bus to Greeley Park. They're able to see trees, animals, and
things like, hide and seek, and that would be stealing all of that land away from those children. | ask every single one of you
to think very hard about supporting Nashua buying that property. It’s a treasure. We've already lost quite a bit of land in the
southwest quadrant of Nashua by development between the school and soccer fields they're talking about and development
down there. It's ashame. Nashua should be very proud of Greeley Park and they should do everything they can to keep it
many visitors to the city. You know where should | go in the city tourist ask? Greeley Park is always on the top of the list.
Thank you for your time.
Laurie Ortolano
Could | please speak, Laurie Ortolano?
