Board of Aldermen 01-26-2021 Page 10
Just veering off the COVID for just one second, I'd like to recognize and thank Alderman and State Rep
Linda Harriott-Gathright for her efforts on the MLK Event that we had a week ago. It was incredible
considering it was done virtually, it is usually a breakfast that they have. | was eating my breakfast while
listening and being part of it. It was amazing and they did a phenomenal job.
And back to the COVID, I’ve heard from a lot of people who've had a little bit of a difficulty with trying to log
in, get appointments and so on and | just want to let the public know that there are two emails that they get;
the first one is from the State and that basically just states that yes, we have confirmed that you have
registered. And that is obviously after you have registered. The second one is from the CDC and the
VAMS and when you get into that there will be a link, when you get into that the very first question is, no
you have not registered. So many people are hitting yes that they’ve registered because they’ve registered
with the State. But you haven't registered with the CDC and that has been the biggest stumbling block that
most people are falling into.
Another one that they are stumbling into is the role of the person; you can leave that one blank. That’s one
of those fields that you can leave blank. You are going to get to the end and it is going to ask you where
you want to go. If you say you are going to stay within 20 miles it will bring you to Nashua. They are
booking up until the end of March for Nashua right now. | think | helped five people today and all of them
were March 23. So | am willing to help but | am sure that there are other State Reps and so on that will
help. But 211 is a phenomenal source, they are really helping people to register and so on. And | can tell
you first hand, my husband registered, we had a little problem with his so | know all the pitfalls but he got
his vaccine today and we got in line, it was the smoothest, amazing process that | couldn’t have even
imagined. Everybody was incredible, the National Guard, a very young, female National Guard Private
gave him his vaccination. She was professional, she was incredible, we sat there for 15 minutes and knock
on wood he hasn’t had any reaction to it other than a sore arm he said.
| think that we can get through this; | think it’s important for us to get the vaccines and as each phase, |
think | am looking at probably June or July for my phase, but | think every person that gets vaccinated that
is one less person that’s going to get sick. So please don’t give up, if you are frustrated call 211 or calla
neighbor or someone that has done it; they can help you. Thank you.
Alderman Jette
Thank you Madam President. For the Ward 5 Residents out there, the City is in the process of doing a
study on overnight parking; whether or not the current Ordinance which prohibits parking on most streets
for more than 2 hours between midnight and 6:00 a.m. is being studied by a firm to see whether or not they
are going to recommend whether or not it would make sense to make any changes to that. So if you have
any thoughts about whether, you know, how you feel about overnight parking on your street, there’s a Town
Hall Meeting for Ward 5 residents this coming Monday at 6:00 p.m. And you can get the link from the City
Website, if you go to the Parking Department you can get it there or you can get it from the Ward 5
Community Facebook Page or the Ernie Jette Ward 5 Alderman Facebook Page. And | welcome you all to
come and express your opinion and hear what other people have to say about it. So if you have thoughts
about it, this is your opportunity to be heard. So please come this Monday at 6:00 p.m.; it’s via Zoom.
Thank you.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you Madam Chairman. And along the same line, our Ward 6 Zoom Meeting for the Parking Study is
tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. Thank you.
Alderman O’Brien
Thank you Madam President. Earlier while the Clerk was having some of the sound glitches there, until it
got rectified, | really must compliment Alderman Lopez who had in his background screen shot a fully
