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AGENDA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN JANUARY 27. 2015 1. PRESIDENT DAVID W. DEANE CALLS ASSEMBLY TO ORDER 2. PRAYER OFFERED BY CITY CLERK PAUL R. BERGERON 3. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG LED BY ALDERMAN DAVID SCHONEMAN 4. ROLL CALL 5. REMARKS BY THE MAYOR 6. RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR 7. RECOGNITIONS 8. READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING Board of Aldermen 01/13/15 Public Hearing Conducted by PEDC 01/20/15 9. COMMUNICATIONS From: James B. and Mary E. Cutter Re: No Parking Sign at 85/87 Palm Street PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS EVENING 10. PETITIONS 11. NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS Appointment of Timothy Lavoie to the Capital Equipment Reserve Fund • Tabled 8/12/14 12. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE Finance Committee 01/21/15 Human Affairs Committee 01/15/15 Committee on Infrastructure 01/14/15 Planning & Economic Development Committee 01/20/15 13. WRITTEN REPORTS FROM LIAISONS 14. CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS UNFINISHED BUSINESS - RESOLUTIONS R-14-097 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman-at-Large Diane Sheehan Alderwoman Pamela T. Brown Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Ken Siegel Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $58,000 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO POLICE GRANT ACTIVITY "FY2015 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GRANT PROGRAM" AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF $51,622 FROM DEPARTMENT 194 "CONTINGENCY," ACCOUNT #70120 "CONTINGENCY, POLICE GRANTS" • Human Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage R-14-098 Endorsers: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau Alderman Michael Soucy Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire Alderman-at-Large Diane Sheehan Alderwoman Pamela T. Brown Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja Alderman Ken Siegel Alderman-at-Large Daniel T. Moriarty Alderman June M. Caron Alderman Richard A. Dowd Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $25,865 FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY "STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM" INTO FIRE GRANT ACTIVITY "2014 HOMELAND SECURITY GRAN PROGRAM" • Human Affairs Committee Recommends: Final Passage UNFINISHED BUSINESS - ORDINANCES 0-14-033 Endorser Alderman-at-Large David W. Deane ESTABLISHING THE UNNAMED STREET BETWEEN PEARSON AVENUE AND PARK STREET AS A ONE-WAY STREET IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION • Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Final Passage as Amended 0-14-036 Endorser: Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess RESCINDING THE NO U-TURN ON DANIEL WEBSTER HIGHWAY SOUTHBOUND AT THE EASTBOUND J-RAMP • Committee on Infrastructure Recommends: Final Passage 0-14-037 Endorser Alderman Sean M. McGuinness INCREASING THE PERIOD OF VIABILITY FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES • Also assigned to NCPB; Favorable Recommendation Issued 1/8/15 • Planning and Economic Development Committee Recommends: Final Passage as Amended NEW BUSINESS - RESOLUTIONS R-15-105 Endorser: Alderman Richard A. Dowd APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NASHUA BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE NASHUA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FROM JULY 1, 2014 THROUGH JUNE 30,2016 AND AUTHORIZING RELATED TRANSFERS R-15-106 Endorser Mayor Donnalee Lozeau RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $25,780.50 FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INTO TRANSIT GRANT ACTIVITY, "HURRICANE SANDY RESILIENCE PROJECTS" AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,593.50 R-15-107 Endorser: Mayor Donnalee Lozeau APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF NASHUA AND LOCAL 365 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME), AFL-CIO FROM JULY 1, 2014 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2017 AND AUTHORIZING RELATED TRANSFERS NEW BUSINESS - ORDINANCES 0-15-039 Endorser: Alderman David Schoneman AMENDING THE PARKING TIME LIMIT ZONES ON A PORTION OF CANAL STREET PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN Committee announcements: ADJOURNMENT From: James B. and Mary E. Cutter 889-4246 86 Palm St., P.O. Box 69-Nashua, NH 03061-0069. Date: January 20, 2015. To: Alderman-At-Large David W. Deane, President, Board of Aldermen/Alderwomen, Nashua, NH. Cc: Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess, Chair Infrastructure Committee Subject: No parking sign at 85/87 Palm Street. Dear President Deane, When, John Vancor was preparing for work to be done on the BSP. His assistant had the responsibility of recording where our No Parking sign was installed because it is the law to return it to the same place after the sidewalk work is completed. I do remember John Vancor talking about a lost parking space which I presumed was the one lost to the residents because of installing the speed hump on the west side. Nothing was ever said to me about the No Parking sign. We would like Ord. #0-00-24 reinstated in Sect. 320-69 of Ord. #0-12-025 to read as follows: Name of Street Side Location Palm Street West From a point 200 feet north of Kinsley Street north for a distance of 20 feet And, we would Like you to be the endorser. Sincerely,  AMENDED O-14-033 ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THE UNNAMED STREET BETWEEN PEARSON AVENUE AND PARK STREET CITY OF NASHUA In the Year Two Thousand and Fourteen The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 320 “Vehicles and Traffic”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: 1. In Article III “Stop and yield intersections”, Section 320-4 “Stop intersections”, add the following new underlined language in the appropriate alphabetical order: “§ 320-4. Stop intersections. … D. The following intersections are hereby designated as stop or through streets, and authority is hereby granted for the erection of a stop sign at the corner so designated in accordance with the tenor of this chapter: Stop Sign on Sign Location At Intersection of … Unnamed street connecting Southeast corner Pearson Avenue Pearson Avenue and Park Street” 2. In Article VIII “Certain Classes of Traffic on Certain Streets” add the following new section: “§ 320-30.1 No through traffic. Through traffic is prohibited on the following streets, with the exception of any vehicle owned and operated by the City and emergency vehicles:  Name of Street Location Unnamed street connecting Pearson Entire length Avenue and Park Street” All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall become effective at the time of removal or installation of the necessary sign(s).  AMENDED 0-14-037 ORDINANCE INCREASING THE PERIOD OF VIABILITY FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES CITY OF NASHUA In the Year Two Thousand and Fourteen The City of Nashua ordains that Part II "General Legislation", Chapter 190 "Land Use", Article XV "Zoning Procedure" of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new underlined language as follows: 1. In Section 190-134 "Special exceptions", subsection H: "190-134. Special exceptions. H. Scope of approval. A special exception shall authorize the applicant to apply for approval of a site plan or subdivision plan, if required, and a building permit and certificate of use and occupancy. A special exception shall be null ond void 12 months from the date of approval unless the applicant files a complete application for a building permit, site plan or subdivision plan within that time period. Special exceptions shall be valid if exercised within two (2) years from the date of final approval, or as further extended by local ordinance, or by the Zoning Board of Adjustment for good cause, provided that no such special exception shall expire within six (6) months after the resolution of a planning application filed in reliance upon the special exception. Any time to appeal a determination as to completeness of an application does not count toward the twelve month two (2) year period." 2. In Section 190-137 "Variances from zoning", subsection H: "190-137. Variances in zoning. ORDINANCE 0-14-037 H. Scope of approval. The granting of an appeal by the Board shall not exempt the applicant from any provision of this chapter not specifically ruled upon by the Board or specifically set forth as accepted in this particular case by a provision of this chapter. An authorized variance shall be null and void 12 months from-the date of approval unless the applicant files a complete application- for-a-building permit, site-plan, or subdivision plan concerning that parcel within that -time period. Variances shall be valid if exercised within two (2) years from the date of final approval, or as further extended bv local ordinance» or bv the Zoning Board of Adjustment for good cause, provided that no such variance shall expire within six (6) months after the resolution of a planning application filed in reliance upon the variance. Any time required to appeal a determination as to completeness of that application does not count toward the twelve-month two (2) year period." All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall become effective at the time of passage.