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A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the Aldermanic Chamber. President Brian S. McCarthy presided; Deputy City Clerk Patricia Piecuch recorded. Prayer was offered by Deputy City Clerk Patricia Piecuch; Alderman Moriarty led in the Pledge to the Flag. The roll call was taken with 14 members of the Board of Aldermen present; Alderman Donchess was not in attendance. President McCarthy Alderman Donchess called to say that he was not feeling well and would be unable to attend this evening. Her Honor Mayor Donnalee Lozeau and Deputy Corporation Counsel Stephen M. Bennett were also in attendance. President McCarthy Does the Mayor wish to address the board? REMARKS BY THE MAYOR Thank you, Mr. President, I do. Tonight on your agenda we have again a wonderful selection of volunteers, some of whom are appointed by the President of the Board and some nominated by me and hopefully confirmed by you this evening. We have Suzanne Harvey for the Conservation Commission as a re- appointment, Chris Barrett is a new appointment to the Historic District Commission, and Sherman Sewell as a re-appointment to Mine Falls. As I always say, we are so fortunate in the city to have people willing to step up and help out and continue their service. Also on your agenda tonight, R-12-08 relative to the refinancing of bonds. I wanted to clarify two things: one, it was asked that evening during the hearing what our valuation was and I said $8 billion. It is actually $8.5 billion. I wanted to make sure I corrected that. And then there is a clarification; we talked about whether or not the debt limits were 7% for the schools and 3% for the city and while I said yes and that was correct, I just wanted to remind the new members of the Board that locally our ordinance is actually 6% for the schools and 2% for the city. So, the numbers that I gave you that represented approximately 19% and 17% were of that 6% and 2% and not of the 7% and the 3%. I just wanted to make sure everybody was clear on that. Alderman Moriarty is as clear as mud there, thank you, much better now. So the State sets the standard on the debt limit and they set percentages. The city was more conservative long before I got here and changed it to a lower percentage, one on each. I hope that helps. And, sadly, I have condolences tonight that I would like to mention. First, to the Lambert family. We lost a city employee this week, Mark Lambert, worked for the city for more than 20 years and had a very unexpected illness and my sympathies go out to his family. We also lost Mark Grandmaison this week, and I send my condolences to his family and in particular his dad, Ansel Grandmaison, who has been a long time very involved citizen. Very difficult, two young men in the prime of their lives. It is very sad. We also lost Mr. Leon Kenison, also, a city employee. Leon came to us after 40 years of service at the Department of Transportation, working his way from coming in as an engineer all the way through to the Commissioner of the Department. As many of you recall, we hired him as our Director of Public Works and when the Broad Street Parkway was ready for a full time administrator, we moved him into that position knowing of course that we were going to reap the benefits of his experience, his wisdom, and his understanding of the State and Federal processes related to road work. He was really excited about taking on that responsibility and reminded me many times that when he came into DOT in the ‘60s they were talking about the Broad Street Parkway. He thought it was interesting that his career was going to come full circle and that he’d be standing there at the conclusion of the Parkway. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 2 It is a sad loss to the city, and I just want to point out though that his real love, besides his family and his five children of course, was his love of umpiring; baseball, basketball , an outdoors guy and very involved in giving back. I was really surprised one of the first times not long after we hired him for the city, to be sitting at Holman Stadium and watching a ball game and all of a sudden realizing that it was him out there umpiring the game. You may have read my comments today; when I think of Leon on a personal level having worked with him for many years before the city, I remember his laugh, this big hearty belly laugh that you just couldn’t help but be caught up in. It was very contagious. My sympathies to his family as well. Thank you for your kind attention this evening. RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR – None RECOGNITION PERIOD R-12-09 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Board of Aldermen EXTENDING APPRECIATION TO ALBERT W. TERRELL AND THE TERRELL FAMILY IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAUSE OF CONSERVATION IN THE CITY OF NASHUA Given its first reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO ALLOW FOR THE SECOND READING OF RESOLUTION R-12-09 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-09 given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN MORIARTY FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-09 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-09 declared duly adopted. READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE THAT THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETINGS OF JANUARY 24, AND FEBRUARY 7, 2012, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED BY THE HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF FEBRUARY 2, 2012, BE ACCEPTED, PLACED ON FILE, AND THE READINGS SUSPENDED ON THE QUESTION Alderman Pressly Thank you Mr. President. I would like to take the liberty of inserting something into the minutes particularly of the 24th. President McCarthy Are you saying that the minutes do not accurately reflect what happened at the meeting? Alderman Pressly Yes and no. I believe… Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 3 President McCarthy Unless it is a textural correction to statements made at the meeting that are missing from the record or incorrectly recorded, that is not a correction to the minutes. Alderman Pressly This is not a correction to the minutes; it is an enhancement of the discussion of the minutes. I ask that you… President McCarthy It is not in order at this time while we are accepting the minutes. Alderman Pressly Can you suggest a time? President McCarthy During remarks by members of the board would be the appropriate time. Alderman Pressly At the end. Well I ask that I have the courtesy to present it now when people are fresh and have a chance to look at it. President McCarthy Present it when it is on the agenda. Alderman Pressly Thank you. President McCarthy You have all heard the motion. Is there any discussion? MOTION CARRIED COMMUNICATIONS MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS BE READ BY TITLE ONLY MOTION CARRIED From: Roger L. Houston, AICP, Planning Director Re: Nashua Regional Planning Commission Nomination & Appointment MOTION BY ALDERMAN TABACSKO TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBER DANIEL KELLY AS THE NASHUA CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NASHUA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION MOTION CARRIED Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 4 From: David K. Pinsonneault, Secretary, Board of Library Trustees Re: Request for Joint Convention with the Board of Library Trustees MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEET IN JOINT CONVENTION WITH THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012, AT 7:30 PM IN THE ALDERMANIC CHAMBER MOTION CARRIED From: Brian S. McCarthy, President, Board of Aldermen Re: Ad Hoc Committee to Assess Technology Use by Board President McCarthy Before I recognize Alderman Wilshire I just want to comment that I apologize to the members of the committee for springing it on them in the packet. It occurred to me on Friday morning that I had not formulated that memo, but I did want to make sure this committee got underway. I appreciate your bearing with me. MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND THAT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSESS TECHNOLOGY USE BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND THAT ALDERMAN PRESSLY, ALDERMAN CRAFFEY AND ALDERMAN MORIARTY BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE, WITH ALDERMAN PRESSLY SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN ON THE QUESTION Alderman Pressly I would just like to say it was a very nice surprise to read about this. I look forward to doing this. Thank you very much for the appointment. President McCarthy You are welcome. Is there any further discussion? MOTION CARRIED From: Mark S. Cookson & Richard A. Dowd, Infrastructure Chair & Vice Chair Re: Committee on Infrastructure Meeting Schedule MOTION BY ALDERMAN COOKSON TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE MOTION CARRIED MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE THAT THE RULES BE SO FAR SUSPENDED AS TO ALLOW FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A COMMUNICATION PLACED ON OUR DESKS THIS EVENING MOTION CARRIED From: James B. Cutter Re: Open Letter MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO ACCEPT AND PLACE ON FILE MOTION CARRIED Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 5 PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS EVENING Geoff Daly, 48 Walden Pond Drive I have two points that I want to bring up tonight. One is the Millyard chimney, which I believe is being sponsored by Alderman Donchess. He is not here tonight. As we know, a lot of discussion has gone on and the Department of Public Works the other day, a comment was made and various statements made about looking at saving the chimney, repositioning the chimney, and various bids that were going to go out. We have within this country the technology to save that chimney right where it is. One of the professors from the University of Maine has perfected a composite system that can be put down the center of the chimney and will support it, and would actually allow you to put a staircase up there if you wanted to put an observation platform up. It exists. The other one comes back to Pennichuck. You’ve closed it. The Mayor did a wonderful job the other day… President McCarthy Mr. Daly what is the item… Geoff Daly This is with reference to the monies. I want to know why we are going to spend another $10 million on a revolving credit. Is this over and above what has already been bonded? If so, why wasn’t this put in front of everybody prior to the closing? That I think comes as a huge surprise to me and to everybody else. The other thing and I will comment to it at the last portion of the day, and that is the Southwood Corporation and their land swaps. Thank you. PETITIONS – None NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS Appointments by the Mayor The following Appointments by the Mayor were read into the record: Conservation Commission Cynthia Overby (Reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2014 520 Broad Street Nashua, NH 03063 Ethnic Awareness Committee Andrew C. Smith (New Appointment) Term to Expire: March 1, 2015 175 Concord Street Nashua, NH 03064 Elias Muchuma Niva (New Appointment) Term to Expire: March 1, 2015 42 Gillis Street, Apt. E Nashua, NH 03060 Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 6 Sharon Dalton (Reappointment) Term to Expire: December 31, 2013 118 Range Road Windham, NH 03087 Zoning Board of Adjustment David Creed, Alternate (New Appointment) Term to Expire: September 11, 2014 24 Bolic Street Nashua, NH 03062 Jean-Paul G. Boucher, Alternate (New Appointment) Term to Expire: September 11, 2014 8 Foxmeadow Road Nashua, NH 03060 MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR AS READ AND REFER THEM TO THE PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MOTION CARRIED REPORTS OF COMMITTEE Budget Review Committee ................................................................. 02/07/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the February 7, 2012 Budget Review Committee accepted and placed on file. Finance Committee ............................................................................ 02/01/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the February 1, 2012 Finance Committee accepted and placed on file. Human Affairs Committee CDBG Orientation ..................................... 02/02/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the February 2, 2012 Human Affairs Committee CDBG Orientation accepted and placed on file. Human Affairs Committee ................................................................. 02/02/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the February 2, 2012 Human Affairs Committee accepted and placed on file. Committee on Infrastructure ............................................................... 01/25/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the January 25, 2012 Committee on Infrastructure accepted and placed on file Pennichuck Water Special Committee................................................ 01/31/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the January 31, 2012 Pennichuck Water Special Committee accepted and placed on file. Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee ....................................... 01/23/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the January 23, 2012 Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee accepted and placed on file. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 7 Joint Special School Building Committee ........................................... 01/26/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the January 26, 2012 Joint Special School Building Committee accepted and placed on file. School Construction Projects Committee ........................................... 01/26/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the report of the January 26, 2012 School Construction Projects Committee accepted and placed on file. WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS Board of Public Works ........................................................................ 02/09/12 There being no objection, President McCarthy declared the liaison report of the February 9, 2012 Board of Public Works accepted and placed on file. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS Conservation Commission MOTION BY ALDERMAN CHASSE TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF SUZANNE HARVEY, 8 CRAWFORD LANE, NASHUA, TO THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2012 MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared Suzanne Harvey duly appointed to the Conservation Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2012. Oath of Office administered by Deputy Corporation Counsel. Historic District Commission MOTION BY ALDERMAN SHEEHAN TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER J. BARRETT, 5 ELLIOTT STREET, NASHUA, TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE JANUARY 31, 2015 MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared Christopher J. Barrett duly appointed to the Historic District Commission for a term to expire January 31, 2015. Oath of Office administered by Deputy Corporation Counsel. Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee MOTION BY ALDERMAN COOKSON TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF SHERMAN SEWELL, 3 RESERVOIR STREET, NASHUA, TO THE MINE FALLS PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 11, 2014 MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared Sherman Sewell duly appointed to the Mine Falls Park Advisory Committee for a term to expire December 11, 2014. CONFIRMATION OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN APPOINTMENTS Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 8 Auditorium Commission MOTION BY ALDERMAN CRAFFEY TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE AUDITORIUM COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2014: JOHN J. MCALLISTER, 257 WHEELER ROAD, HOLLIS, AND ANTHONY V. O’MALLEY, JR., 24 WEBSTER STREET, NASHUA MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared John J. McAllister and Anthony V. O’Malley, Jr. duly appointed to the Auditorium Commission for terms to expire December 31, 2014. Hunt Legacy Trustees MOTION BY ALDERMAN VITALE TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OLSSON, 169 COBURN WOODS, NASHUA, TO THE HUNT LEGACY TRUSTEES FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2013 MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared Arthur Olsson duly appointed to the Hunt Legacy Trustees for a term to expire December 31, 2013. Ira F. Harris Lecture Trustees MOTION BY ALDERMAN CARON TO CONFIRM BY VOICE VOTE THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDITH CUDHEA, 2 ROGERS STREET, NASHUA TO THE IRA F. HARRIS LECTURE TRUSTEES FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2013 MOTION CARRIED President McCarthy declared Judith Cudhea duly appointed to the Ira F. Harris Lecture Trustees for a term to expire December 31, 2013. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – RESOLUTIONS R-12-02 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman Diane Sheehan AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A SIDEWALK EASEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH MAIN STREET AND FAIRWAY STREET Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN SHEEHAN FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-02 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-02 declared duly adopted. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 9 R-12-03 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy Alderman Richard A. Dowd RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $52,500 FROM THE GREATER NASHUA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE COMMUNITY BRANDING PROJECT Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-03 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-03 declared duly adopted. R-12-04 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,125 OBTAINED FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT #331-6286 “2012 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GRANT PROGRAM” AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF $42,616 FROM ACCOUNT #591-86007 “CONTINGENCY- POLICE GRANTS” INTO SAID SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN TABACSKO FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-04 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-04 declared duly adopted. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 10 R-12-05 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly AUTHORIZING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER TO ACCEPT TWO PORTABLE VENTILATORS FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-05 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-05 declared duly adopted. R-12-06 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly APPROVING THE PROPOSAL OF PENNICHUCK EAST UTILITY, INC. TO BORROW UP TO $525,000 FROM THE STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN TABACSKO FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-06 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-06 declared duly adopted. R-12-07 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy APPROVING THE PROPOSAL OF PENNICHUCK CORPORATION TO BORROW UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000) UNDER A REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT WITH RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN PRESSLY FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-07 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-07 declared duly adopted. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 11 R-12-08 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ($30,000,000) TO REFUND ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE INTEREST COST SAVINGS Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-12-08 BY ROLL CALL ON THE QUESTION Alderman Moriarty I apologize for not making the Finance Committee meeting where they discussed this, but I’m curious on this $30 million is there any limitation to it; is there some sort of requirement that the existing bonds have to be paid off only up to $30 million if there are any remaining funds that they be paid back or is this completely unrestricted? President McCarthy The purpose of the bond, as stated in the resolution, is to refund bonds that are at higher interest rates. That is the only purpose for which the money could be used. Alderman Moriarty So are the bonds issued as one block and not the $30 million? President McCarthy They may be issued as a block of $30 million or they may be issued in smaller increments over time. Alderman Moriarty So at any point when the bonds are issued will there be bonds that need to be paid off identified in an equal amount? President McCarthy Yes. Alderman Moriarty So at any point will bonds ever be issued where there is no corresponding bond payoff identified? Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 12 President McCarthy Not under this resolution no. Alderman Moriarty Okay. Thank you. President McCarthy Is there further discussion? Alderman Cookson Thank you. I know the other evening we talked about the $23 million that was found or identified as potential bonds to be paid off. I’m wondering, since then, has there been any additional analysis, did we find any more bonds that would result in a benefit by paying them off through this resolution? I know this is up to $30 million, we identified $23 million. Are there additional bonds that have been identified since that discussion? Mayor Lozeau Thank you Mr. Chairman. We have identified $23 million in school bonds, what we are looking at right now, and no, no additional ones at this time have been identified. Alderman Cookson Thank you. President McCarthy Is there any further discussion? The motion is for final passage of R-12-08. Would the Clerk please call the roll? A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken for final passage of R-12-08, which resulted as follows: Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman Chasse, Alderman Caron, Alderman Moriarty, Alderman Tabacsko, Alderman Sheehan, Alderman Deane, Alderman Vitale, Alderman Craffey, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Pressly, Alderman McCarthy 14 Nay: 0 MOTION CARRIED Resolution R-12-08 declared duly adopted. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS – ORDINANCES O-12-01 Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman-at-Large Mark S. Cookson Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman Kathy Vitale Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman June M. Caron Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess Alderman Paul M. Chasse, Jr. Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy UPDATING THE ORDINANCES REGARDING PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS Given its second reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-12-01 MOTION CARRIED Ordinance O-12-01 declared duly adopted. NEW BUSINESS – RESOLUTIONS R-12-10 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Kathryn D. Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $28,800 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY INTO SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT #332-6328 “2010 STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM (SHSP) HAZMAT GRANT” Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President McCarthy Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 14 R-12-11 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Daniel T. Moriarty Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Kathryn D. Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $675,088 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INTO SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT #351-6534 “NASHUA CNG VEHICLE CONVERSION” Given its first reading; assigned to the HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President McCarthy R-12-12 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman Daniel T. Moriarty Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $30,000 FROM ACCOUNT #591-86005 “CONTINGENCY, GENERAL” INTO ACCOUNT #552-59187 “PARKS-RECREATION, SPECIAL CONTRACT SERVICES” Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy R-12-13 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Daniel T. Moriarty Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Mark S. Cookson REGARDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE NASHUA MILLYARD CHIMNEY Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE and the BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS by President McCarthy Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 15 R-12-14 Endorser: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Kathryn D. Vitale Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman Diane Sheehan RELATIVE TO THE TRANSFER OF $50,027 FROM ACCOUNT #305-96900 “GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION CHANNELS CAPITAL OUTLAY / IMPROVEMENTS” INTO SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT #581-64045-2225-0734 “SCHOOL DEPARTMENT COMPUTER EQUIPMENT” Given its first reading; assigned to the BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE by President McCarthy R-12-15 Endorser: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Kathryn D. Vitale Alderman Daniel T. Moriarty Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,400,000) FOR NEW LADDER AND PUMPER TRUCKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Given its first reading; MOTION BY ALDERMAN WILSHIRE TO ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF R-12-15 BY ROLL CALL, ASSIGN IT TO THE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012, AT 7:00 PM IN THE ALDERMANIC CHAMBER A Viva Voce Roll Call was taken, which resulted as follows: Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman Chasse, Alderman Caron, Alderman Moriarty, Alderman Tabacsko, Alderman Sheehan, Alderman Deane, Alderman Vitale, Alderman Craffey, Alderman Cookson, Alderman Pressly, Alderman McCarthy 14 Nay: 0 MOTION CARRIED NEW BUSINESS – ORDINANCES O-12-02 Endorser: Alderman Paul M. Chasse, Jr. AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON STEVENS STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH LAWNDALE AVENUE Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by President McCarthy Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 16 O-12-03 Endorsers: Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. CHANGING A NO-PARKING ZONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST HOLLIS STREET NEAR PALM STREET TO A TWO-HOUR PARKING TIME LIMIT ZONE Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by President McCarthy O-12-04 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane Alderman Michael J. Tabacsko Alderman Diane Sheehan Alderman Kathryn D. Vitale Alderman Arthur T. Craffey, Jr. Alderman Mark S. Cookson Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly Alderman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman-at-Large Brian S. McCarthy AMENDING THE EXEMPTION FOR ELDERLY PERSONS BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED COMBINED NET INCOME FROM $42,000 TO $46,000 Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by President McCarthy PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Stacie Laughton, 11 Cottage Ave., Apt. #2 I am one of your Selectmen in Ward 4. As is tradition in the past, whenever I have decided to run for higher office I have informed the board, and here I am tonight informing the Board of Aldermen than I plan to seek a term as a New Hampshire State Representative this fall. If you have any questions for me I will be available after the meeting. I just figured I would inform you. I am a little shaky tonight; this is one of my first announcements in a while, and I would like to say roughly since 2010. Excuse my jitters. Thank you very much. James Cutter, 86 Palm Street Open letter to Alderman McCarthy: At the December 27th Aldermanic meeting, I submitted a Broad Street Parkway plan that would relieve Main Street traffic because it would be a quicker way to get in and out of downtown. It is an express route with just one set of traffic lights at Charles and Franklin Streets to Main Street. The Franklin/Main Street area was rejected earlier because of poor air quality. Since then, with vehicle emission controls and the upcoming traffic signal system improvements, we should not be concerned. Alderman Pressly, who lives in Clocktower Place, will agree with me that the Millyard is far from being dormant. Millyard tours have always been on Saturdays so no one could see how busy it is. Since the Millyard is not dormant with 133 businesses it should convince you there is no need for a bridge to it. The three bridges we already have in our small city is enough. And, just think, it will save the City about $30 million. If that still does not convince you, try crossing at the corner of Pine and Kinsley Streets at commuter time when traffic is going toward Main Street. You will be taking your life in your hands. I have thought how bad it would be if more traffic was coming from the Millyard. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 17 So as not to neglect the Millyard, I wonder if there is a building with room to house the Jan Streeter Theatre that is now in a poor location; maybe as a dinner theatre. Sincerely. Thank you. President McCarthy Mr. Daly did you want to address us during this comment period? Geoff Daly, 48 Walden Pond Drive Good evening again. Tonight you’ve got an endorsement on the books here R-12-07 for $10 million. During the closure of Pennichuck, the City acquired $60 million of debt. Why are we going out for another $10 million of revolving credit? How come this has not been discussed/placed up front during all of these months and years of discussion? I have looked through all of the minutes and I really can’t find a reference to $10 million. That is one aspect. The other one is we’ve talked about the bond. That is great, that is going down. We took out over $147 million for two Nashua high schools. I believe those were fairly expensive. I believe this Aldermanic Chamber should revisit and look if any of those bonds that were taken out can be included in this $30 million. The Mayor said we got the Pennichuck deal at 4.09%. That is great. Can we get any other bonds down to that level? From what I’m reading in the paper the answer is yes. Now I come onto the Millyard. I have found out that … audio inaudible … should by either Wednesday or Thursday of this week have finished their asbestos abatement and cleanup and the EPA will go in and give it a bill of health. A group of us have actually been in touch with the final contractor and he has agreed to discuss the possibility of saving some of the historic aspects of the Boiler House assemblage, namely the doors, framework, some of the tube and shell material, there are turbines and there are some manifold stuff, as long as it doesn’t affect his time and cost of doing it. We do have some people who have stepped up and will offer assistance engineering wise and equipment to assist audio inaudible … from Lowell in that job. I would ask the Mayor and the President who is also part of this whole organization in the Millyard that beside the Chair of the Historic Commission that I myself be allowed to go in and be part of the review when the EPA come on site along with … audio inaudible … to make sure that we can point out what we want to preserve. And I come back and say we cannot just keep dumping stuff in this country because it is too costly to save it. You are throwing away the history of the Millyard. We’ve got one company left in the whole world who makes Gramophone needles. It is the Bagshaw Company. They sell millions all over the world. If they ever move out I want to make sure the equipment they have is retained and has the name Nashua on it. The other one is concerning Pennichuck. We paid a lot of money for it. The Mayor announced that the Hayden Green people closed on their deal with the Southwood Corporation on the Monday. Today I visited with Attorney Bennett to ask for a meeting concerning Ordinance amendment 84-51 amended 96-06 whereby, and I will read this. The Southwood Corporation shall provide the sum of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) in lieu of providing an area for recreation. Said sum is to be placed in a special revenue restricted account 352-7505 to be used for the recreation purposes for Yudicky Farm. Amended, Southwood Corporation through its parent company, Pennichuck Corporation, shall authorize the use of approximately a 3.5 acre parcel of land at the eastern extremity of the recreational field at the Pennichuck High School by the City of Nashua for recreational purposes for an indefinite, repeat indefinite period of time. The City will be able to make whatever improvements it wishes on this site. Ladies and gentlemen, since ’96 the citizens of Nashua have been barred from entering that property. There has been a padlock across that gate. The only time you can get in is after you make an application to Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 18 the Pennichuck Corporation then an employee comes down and unlocks it. We’ve had the Spartan Drum Corps. practice down there, we’ve had a few people play soccer down there, that is it. I understand from Attorney Bennett tonight that there was an agreement for an easement. I hope that easement Mayor was not with Hayden Green because again we cannot find how property of Parcel F Hayden Green acquired. We don’t even know what the City has purchased. We don’t even know how much of Parcel F the City actually has in its jurisdiction. I want to know when all of this stuff is going to come out, when a lot of the stuff is redacted from the closed door minutes that this board has had over the past year. Here we have the opportunity for the citizens of Nashua to have had a recreation facility at the end of the Pennichuck School since 1996 and they have not had access to it. That is a disgrace. Also, where is the money? How was the money that was put into 352-705 spent? We can go back through some of the minutes and there are numbers put up, but there is no full accounting for it. Tonight you put in R-12-12. Is this going to be part of an amendment that will include the Parks & Recreation people to maintain this area of the end of the Pennichuck School? Are they now going to be responsible for maintenance of it? Have any of you seen this agreement between, if it is Hayden Green, for the easement and the use of this land when we have an ordinance dated back to ’96, started in 1984 saying the City has indefinite use of this property? If Hayden Green got hold of it, how come; somebody dropped the ball and didn’t have this included. Through perseverance, a lot of us have gone back through all sorts of records and with the help of the Clerk’s Office and God bless them, we found some of this patron information. If we hadn’t tonight we would not know, and I still want to know, is all of Parcel F sold to Hayden Green or is it only the area shown on the Hayner/Swanson map? Passed by the board, the Planning Board having gone through the Conservation Commission … audio inaudible… and through the ZBA, and yet the Mayor stated she had been in negotiation, and it is on public record, for nearly a year. We spent all of this time, all of this money, City time and money, and we still don’t have a full answer. I think it behooves all of you tonight to think very carefully and maybe ask some questions before the end of this evening how do we go forward, how do we get this settled, and where is this document that says they have now negotiated an easement. If Attorney Bennett wants to address any of it I would like to hear it. Thank you very much. Michael Gallagher, 9 Old Coach Road Mr. President thank you for your leeway, I was up at the ZBA meeting. I’m assuming the resolution or ordinance in regard to the pawn shops passed tonight. I just wanted to briefly state I was at the committee meeting when that was discussed and the Sergeant did a great job explaining the reasoning and his work with Alderman Wilshire with the Police Department in understanding it. I’m not opposed to the legislation. I think what we missed the opportunity as a City was to engage our business community. For the very few pawn shops or second hand dealers that we have in this City, all of whom have licenses, all of whom we have all of their accurate contact information be it phone number, e-mail address or regular mailing address, we could have reached out and let them know that we were doing this, that there is going to be a significant impact to the way that they do business going forward and solicit some feedback. This has been done in the past. When we were considering the Business Improvement District, there were a number of Aldermen who were very proud of the number of businesses that they went to and took a poll, most recently with the parking district. I understand that all of the minimums were met; the meetings were posted, comments were accepted, if there were any, but I do think that again we just have an opportunity to do a little bit more and I would encourage you to do so in the future. Thank you very much. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 19 REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Pressly Thank you Mr. President. The reason I wanted to speak up at the minutes of the meeting on the 24th was that I want you to know that I have conquered some technology and I now know how to go online and push the word find. So I went online and I determined that there were 34 times at that meeting that the word Parcel F came up, and I thought well if I can do that for one meeting I should be able to do it for all of them. What I have done that I would like to share with you, and I hope you will take it home and look at it, at that meeting it was suggested, since there was a difference of opinion, why don’t we go back to the minutes, and I thought what a great idea. If you all will remember there were 16 minutes that regarded the due diligence for the Pennichuck purchase and the first one is March 31, 2010 and ended November 9th. I have taken the liberty of going online and checking out the words in all of those meetings. Now the three words I looked up were Parcel F, Southwood, and conservation, and it really was quite fascinating. What I have done, I have taken copies of all of the times that those words were used, I’ve color coded it, and put it in different format here so you can look at it. Probably the most significant part I would ask you to take a look at is the yellow highlight, which was Parcel F. What was interesting for me, the highlighting that you see in these minutes were put there by the Legal Department because they were redacted for a period of time and then reintroduced. That is the one time that Parcel F is spoken to at all throughout all of those 16 minutes, 16 meetings, and it was right at the, I think I had said close to the last item of due diligence, it in fact was and is the last item of due diligence. It was also interesting too in your reading this you can understand that most everyone including the counsel and all of our consultants, there was a lot of confusion about it. The other thing that I found particularly interesting was looking up the word conservation. Low and behold most of the times that it was discussed it was a conservation easement not conservation land. I think also there was a lot of confusion on the part of some members as to what is a conservation easement. It is quite different from conservation land so I have taken the liberty of pulling up a definition of an easement that is from Wikipedia, and I have included a page of that. This will give you a quick summary of all of the minutes of all of the meetings of the due diligence, the sequencing, and I would like to share these with you. What is also interesting as you look over this Southwood was discussed right at the beginning of these meetings and not very much towards the end, only towards the end on October 12th, but the only time that Parcel F is referenced at all in the minutes are November 9th, pages 35 to 38, and you can look them over and I think you can get an understanding of what people were thinking. Bear in mind it was late at night. I believe it was about 10:00 p.m. because right after we talked about that we did go into a discussion of what were the procedures after that, and then we took the vote. So that was the night of the vote. Thank you. I hope everybody will take a minute or two. I suggest that you particularly read the yellow highlighted part and the conservation, and please understand that a conservation easement is not the same as conservation land as Parcel F would be. Thank you. Alderman Cookson Thank you. I guess first I would like to make a comment with regard to the community branding project that we accepted funds from the Chamber I believe it was. A contribution of $52,500 from the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce towards the community branding project. I know that it is has been several months since we have heard an update and in fact there might be some members of the Board of Aldermen, the current sitting Board of Aldermen, that are not familiar with this. I certainly think it might be helpful to get an update of that; what some of the timelines are, what some of the expectations are of that project, and where we are in meeting those milestones. I think I would like to make a request that we use one of our committees to receive an update on that when appropriate. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 20 President McCarthy I would expect that the Planning & Economic Development Committee is the correct place to do that. Alderman Cookson I look forward to seeing that in Alderman Tabacsko’s committee. Second thing was with regard to some news, and I know that there was a Liaison report submitted for the Board of Public Works, but I’m not sure if everybody had the opportunity to read it, and there were some significant happenings during the February 9th meeting. They are summarized in the Liaison report so if you haven’t had an opportunity to read it, please do so. I would like to point out just a few things. I’m not sure how widely this has been made known, but our Solid Waste Superintendent has submitted his resignation so I’m assuming that we will be looking for a new Superintendent of Solid Waste. The river harvesting for our Water Chestnuts is happening again. This is one of the things that I thought was particularly interesting was that while we are focusing on the rivers and doing the harvesting of the river, there is going to be a project that is done to spread herbicide on the canal and the Mill Pond. Hopefully we will get some more information about that. But I believe that is going before the Conservation Commission and probably won’t be heard or seen before the Board of Aldermen so keep your eye out for the Conservation Commission when they speak about this. I think it is a great research project and just as information you might be interested in that to share with your constituents as well. There were 16 vehicles that were identified for purchases through all of the departments within Public Works. I think that is going before our Finance Committee. Just a couple of things that I wanted to make you aware of that happened at the Board of Public Works, exciting things. Thank you. Alderman Pressly Thank you. We have not had a meeting since we had the Pennichuck purchase, and I would like to thank the Mayor for our water glasses. Thank you very much Madam Mayor. That was a nice touch. I have one other announcement; Access Nashua, which is Channel 96, will be having a Public Hearing by their agreement with the City. It will be Monday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. upstairs in the City Hall auditorium. It is a public hearing and everyone is invited to come and learn about the station and the programming. They are seeking opinions, suggestions, and they certainly welcome public participation in our new public access TV station. I hope a lot of people will try to attend. Again, that is Monday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Thank you. Alderman Deane Thank you for the update Alderman Cookson. It seems like it is time to come up for a little air. Lincoln Park, I believe a lot of the design work and oversight requirements that were placed over there pertain to the Department of Environmental Services in Concord. I don’t believe this board had any authority to override or make any suggestions of permanent structures on that property because of the cap. Through you Mr. President to Attorney Bennett, when the DES puts provisions on properties, when we capped that landfill …audio inaudible… was if we wanted to penetrate the cap or put any structures… Stephen M. Bennett, Esq. I missed some of that. I couldn’t hear you… Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 21 Alderman Deane I’m sorry. When we got permitted through the State to put a cover on that former landfill that we were restricted from having any structures placed on that property or penetrating through the liner that was put over the old landfill and the athletic fields were built on top of it. I would like to know Mr. President if we could find out what the requirements were and whether this board or any one Alderman could actually put a building up over there if they wanted to or stop a building from being put up. I was under the understanding that DES has authority over there. That was one of my questions. I would like to thank the Mayor for her earlier remarks about Mr. Lambert and Mr. Grandmaison. They were awfully young fellows. It came as quite a surprise to me. And then Mr. Kenison, he was an interesting guy. He was fun to talk to outside of work. He was quite an activist. He was into athletics. Once he got into it with his kids he never got out of it. As the paper stated, when the City of Concord hosted the 18 year old Babe Ruth World Series, he was up there putting bleachers up. He was a good guy. He had a lot of knowledge. He was a very interesting individual to speak with. I enjoyed the conversations I had with him. I didn’t really know him that well. He stopped over the ball field in front of Holman a couple of times and we talked about baseball and I think that was about it. He will be missed. Speaking of baseball, Nashua North Baseball is accepting applications so I want all of you children that live in the 03064 zip code area. We have applications available on line NNBaseball.com. It is real simple; the application is under the data center right? My Treasurer is over there. We are looking to try to bolster our numbers. Mr. President I will not be able to attend your public hearing and/or your Budget Committee meeting on the 1st of March. I’ve had a work commitment scheduled for 1 through 4 for the last; it was scheduled 11 months ago so I will not be able to attend. Thank you. Alderman Sheehan Thank you. I just wanted to remind people that this Saturday I am looking forward very much to attending the First Robotics initial competition; Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Alderman Moriarty Last week I believe it was, I attended the International Competition on visions of the future of the Millyard, and they were quite impressive. Apparently I am not a very good visionary because the ones I selected got voted down. Nevertheless, they are all good and they are on display on Main Street I believe. If you wanted to be a proponent of the Broad Street Parkway then you would like to encourage people to see those. If some of them came into fruition they might actually make a believer out of Mr. Cutter. I attended a fundraiser for the Symphony on Friday. It was excellent. I encourage everybody to attend the Symphony. I attended the Mayor’s Gala on Saturday. Thank you for inviting me. Almost everybody danced. I did learn that Alderman McCarthy has got moves. If I were to introduce an ordinance, I would probably make it a law that whenever a Mayor throws a gala she must dance at her own gala, alone in front of everybody to see. Alderman Caron I would like to make a clarification to the gentleman that spoke about the Pennichuck land that is near the Pennichuck Junior High School. As the former Superintendent of Recreation for the City, we have used that facility many times for either the Pop Warner League, the soccer league, and also for the Drum & Bugle Corps’ practice. It wasn’t a field that was designated to any one particular group because of how far it was out there and people had to drag things from the parking lot on, but we have used it periodically when we had a lot of teams that needed to practice. I don’t want anyone to think that they have never used it. Yes it is locked because they don’t want people driving out there, but we have used it and we have lined it up. I don’t want Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 22 anyone to think that it has never been used because it has. And I have walked it. Trust me I have walked it plenty times. The other thing is that Senator Jeanne Shaheen is hosting a Senior Consumer Protection session at the Nashua Senior Center on Temple Street on February 21st from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Space is limited so you are asked to call. But this is to talk about identity theft and medical discount scams. Of course I’m sure you all read the scam about people calling and saying their children or grandchildren are in jail. If anybody is interested, I think it is going to be a good session that people should think about going to. Thank you. Alderman Wilshire Thank you. I also would like to convey my condolences to the family of Ansel Grandmaison and to the family of Leon Kenison. The other thing I would like to bring up is the Public Health & Community Services Department has been really busy in the community. They kicked off their Healthy Homes initiative on January 30th at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. They had a lot of stakeholders at the table, and that is a really great initiative. They are also working on a Community Health Improvement plan, which is the result of the Community Health Assessment that was done here in the City and there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes here in the city that doesn’t get a whole lot of attention, but they are working really hard over there. I have been kind of involved with the Community Health Improvement planning process itself, and it is really good. There are a lot of good people at the table working through things and identifying health issues here in the community. They are working towards putting some kind of a plan together with some goals and objectives. I’m looking forward to the final product coming out of that. I commend them for their work. On next Wednesday, Nashua High South Empty Bowls is a fundraiser for the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter. It is at Nashua High South at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It is a great event. There is a snow date for the 23rd. I would encourage all to attend. That is a great event. Thank you. President McCarthy I would like to reiterate the finalists in the design competition are on display at I believe it is 87 and 100 Main Street. 87 is the old Jordan Luggage building, which now has the train store, which I was actually surprised to find that is still there because it has very little external signage. Committee announcements: President McCarthy There will be a public hearing on Thursday, March 1st before the Budget Committee. Alderman Cookson We will be having a Committee on Infrastructure meeting next Wednesday the 22nd of February. Just again, the memo that was released earlier indicates that the Committee on Infrastructure will be meeting on the 4th Wednesday of every month as a standing meeting and the 2nd Wednesday of every month is going to be used for when something can’t wait until the 4th Wednesday or shouldn’t wait until the 4th Wednesday of the month. Bd. of Aldermen – 02/14/12 Page 23 Alderman Wilshire The Human Affairs Committee will be conducting site visits for the Community Development Block Grant this Friday starting at 9:00 a.m., and running pretty much all through the day until 3:30 p.m. Alderman Dowd Tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m. we have a meeting of the School Construction Projects Committee followed by the Joint Special School Building Committee. We just need to pay some invoices. It will be a very quick meeting. Alderman Chasse Also the Finance Committee will meet tomorrow night after the Joint Special School Building Committee meeting. Also on Monday, March 5th, the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee will meet at 7:00 p.m. in these Chambers. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY ALDERMAN DEANE THAT THE FEBRUARY 14, 2012 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BE ADJOURNED MOTION CARRIED The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Attest: Patricia Piecuch, Deputy City Clerk  t -. • .. ~ r ~ -''; ....... James B. Cutter 86 Palm St., P.o. Box 69 Nashua, NH 03061 February 14, 2012 Alderman-At-Large Brian S. McCarthy, President and Board of Aldermen City of Nashua OPEN LETTER. Dear Alderman McCarthy, At the 12/27/2011 Aldermanic Meeting, I submitted a Broad Street Parkway plan that would relieve Main St. traffic because it would be a quicker way to get in and out of downtown. It is an express route with just one set of traffic lights at Charles and Franklin Sts. to Main Street. The Franklin/Main Sts. area was rejected earlier because of poor air quality. Since then with vehicle emission controls and the upcoming traffic signal system improvements we should not be concerned. Alderman Pressly, who lives in Clocktower Place will agree with me that the Millyard is far from being dormant. Millyard tours have always been on Saturdays so no one could see how busy it is. Since the Millyard is not dorment with 133 businesses it should convince you there is no need for a bridge to it. The three(3) bridges we already have in our "small" city is enough. And, just ~hink, it will SAVE the City about 30 MILLION DOLLARS. If that still does not convince you, try crossing at the corner of Pine and Kinsley Sts. at commuter time when traffic is going toward Main Street. You will be taking your life in your hands. I have thought how bad it would be if more traffic was coming from the Millyard. So as not to neglect the Millyard, I wonder if there is a building with room to house the Jan Streeter Theater that is now in a poor location? Maybe as a dinner theater. Sincerely, Pc. Donnalee Lozeau, Mayor (Over)