Board of Aldermen 02-23-2021 Page 5
RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR
Alderman Lopez
Madam President my hand was up.
President Wilshire
Oh | am sorry, Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
| just wanted to thank the Mayor for his leadership in areas of developing affordable housing. He is correct
there are additional projects that are underway by Neighbor Works and Habitat for Humanity in addition to
some larger scale ones. So it is important to recognize people who are actually working towards that end of
helping develop appropriate, affordable housing for the needs of the families in Nashua. | also wanted to
congratulate him, not prematurely, but in getting us this far in seeing a reversal of our outbreak over the
holidays.
The Board of Public Health did meet | think last week if not the week before and we discussed the value of
keeping the curfew Legislation that is currently tabled on the Board’s Agenda. They are feeling that it probably
isn’t really going to serve its purpose. Its main goal was to focus on that cluster of holidays with Christmas and
New Year’s. So they are interested in having us remove it but they wanted to take the opportunity to
specifically encourage people to practice precautions over the upcoming holidays; St. Patrick’s Day and
Easter. Make sure you are practicing your social distancing and continue masking because while we have
managed to reverse the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nashua at present, we don’t want to invite any additional
strains and we don’t want to give them any opportunities to mutate. So it is important to maintain course,
continue vaccinating, continue social distancing, practice precautions and let’s put this whole era behind as
soon as possible. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you Madam President. Actually | did have a quick question for the Mayor and | apologize. | am sure he
said it and | just missed it as | was writing my notes. The event at Holman Stadium for the Nashua Dodgers,
this celebration, what date would that be. | know you said it would be aired?
Mayor Donchess
It's Thursday at 3:30.
Alderman Klee
This Thursday at 3:30?
Mayor Donchess
Correct.
Alderman Klee
Thank you so much, sir.
