Finance Committee - 12/06/2017 Page 2
From: Mayor Jim Donchess
Re: Change Order #3 — 25 Crown Street Park and Ride
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE
MOTION CARRIED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — None
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-17-148
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH AVSG LP
MOTION BY ALDERMAN CLEMONS TO RECOMMEND FINAL PASSAGE OF R-17-148
ON THE MOTION:
Mayor Donchess
We have a representative from AVSG here to address any questions and give us a short explanation of the
contract. Why don’t you come up and sit in that black chair and introduce yourself to the committee and briefly
describe the contract that we’re seeking to enter.
Mike Manning, Director of AVSG
We're a Boston-based company that has built CNG stations throughout New England. I’ve been the primary
contract between the City and AVSG since 2010 when the program was first discussed. We've been operating
the stations since October of 2011, primarily serving the refuse and recycling fleet, with some other DPW and
lighter-duty vehicles. Now, with the acquisition of eight brand new CNG buses by Nashua Transit, we’re
looking to expand our compression capability. We designed the structure back in 2010 to accommodate a
larger compressor, and we’re really at that point in time where AVSG needs to invest an additional
compression to ensure that the buses, as they come online, are refueled in a timely manner. The facility will
not change at all; we designed it to accommodate a larger compressor back in 2010; this is really swapping out
one of two existing compressors and putting in a new compressor with additional compression capability.
Mayor Donchess
And we are approving an amendment to the lease to make this possible.
Mike Manning
That is correct. It is a five-year extension that would bring the contract through May of 2021.
Mayor Donchess
And this will provide the CNG supply for the new buses we just purchased?
Mike Manning
That is correct. We actually begin training with the Transit department a week from tomorrow morning to get
their drivers, their mechanics and their management familiar with CNG refueling. Whereas refuse and recycling
vehicles typically refuel in the morning, it looks like the transit fleet — which works out very well — will refuel in
the evening hours.
