Agenda

3. Build public information and advocacy for
passenger rail

¢ Engagement with surrounding communities
° Engagement with NRPC, SNRPC

¢ Engagement with educational and other institutions
* To include maker space and art community

¢ Engagement with business community
¢ Business types/locations likely to gain — and how much?
¢ Business types/locations likely to lose — and how much?

¢ Engagement with public officials and state agencies (e.g. DOT,
governor's office, legislative delegation, etc.)

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2. |\dentify City roles and responsibilities for rail
operations and station development

° Build projected scenarios and implications for City participation with
public-private partnership or state-run option to operate passenger
rail through Nashua

¢ Identify the scope and scale of building and managing a passenger rail
station in Nashua

¢ Build financing and revenue generation options to support operations
and station development

¢ Identify risks and opportunities for different scenarios

1. Plan for immediate next steps for BSRC
partnership

¢ Evaluate viability of BSRC — Providence-Worcester line, financing
capabilities
¢ What are costs at each step if plan does not go further (i.e. station build)

¢ Understand implications for BSRC access to Railroad Rehabilitation &
Improvement Financing (RIFF) — What is city role and implications for
participation in the RIFF

¢ Guide on legal documents needed (e.g. renewal of MOU with BSRC)

¢ Define and pursue technical expertise needed

Role of Rail Committee

It is recommended that the Rail Committee continue its role in
partnership with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to assist the City of
Nashua to:

1. Plan for immediate next steps for BSRC partnership

2. Identify City roles and responsibilities for passenger rail operations and
station development

3. Build public information and advocacy for passenger rail

Recommendations

Continued Efforts and Role of Rail Committee

Political and civic support

° City will need to establish broader support to help make passenger rail station,
operations and ridership feasible - If not started now, could prove problematic
later

¢ Need to build better relationship with business community to understand mutual
benefits, potential partnerships for resources, and employee ridership

¢ Support will likely be needed from contiguous communities (e.g. Hudson,
Merrimack, Hollis, etc.) plus coordination with City of Manchester and
Manchester Airport,

Passenger Station

¢ Estimated costs could include

¢ Station platform $900,000

¢ Track for siding $1,000,000

¢ Parking lot ticketing and other
$300,000

¢ Signaling and switches for track
$2,200,000 (part or whole but may
not be responsibility of Nashua —

borne by host provider during
track upgrades)

Passenger Station

¢ City owned land off Crown Street
identified by City as priority location
for station (current park-n-ride lot)

¢ Likely model akin to passenger rail
station in Exeter, NH

¢ Located on a siding to the main line,
allows for uninterrupted freight service

* Covered, not enclosed, station

¢ No bathroom facilities or ticketing
machines (BSRC responsible for ticketing)

¢ Adjacent parking for ~ 245 cars

¢ Designed to accommodate passenger
cars from the MBTA and BSRC

Oversight and Operations

¢ BSRC may need the whole project (Providence, Worcester, Bedford) to get
the miles in order to qualify for Federal funding, and Nashua could be
federally “designated recipient” of these funds for whole system

¢ Nashua will need to further explore its roles, responsibilities, risks, and
opportunities as the “designated recipient” for BSRC system in NH

Moving Forward

Issues to Plan For Passenger Rail