Board of Aldermen 02-23-2021 Page 35
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-20-053
Endorser: Alderman Ernest A. Jette
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Patricia Klee
AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON SHAWNEE DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH CONANT ROAD
Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, by President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
President Wilshire
Is there anyone that wishes to address the Board? OK name and address for the record please. And just note
that we have a three minute limit.
Beth Scaer 111 East Hobart Street. | haven’t been able to call in the last few times because | have night class.
But | just wanted to let the Mayor and Alderman Schmidt know that they have made my Save Women’s Sport
Flag very famous. | am bringing it to Washington, DC for International Women’s Day on March 8". And
everybody is really looking forward to it. It is a shame that they wanted to censor it, that they opposed the
message of protecting women’s right to have their own sports. But the upside is that they made a big splash for
my flag and | appreciate it. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Is there anyone from the public that wishes to address the Board? Mr. Keating?
Bob Keating 5 Colburn Woods. Again | want to echo that | am very pleased by the initial idea of the Housing
Trust Fund and the support all the way across the Aldermen. | knew there’s been strong support for Affordable
Housing. | appreciate Alderman Cleaver’s offering the idea that he has expressed before about 15% for the
School Street. | think there’s a lot of room there within the Housing Trust in terms of how to fund that forward. |
saw the proposals, they have a minimum of $10,000.00 and | would suggest that in looking at other Housing
Trust Funds, having some ways tied to development projects is one way that help it move forward generally,
more easily than having a standing set amount from the Board itself. This is a start, just very appreciative in
hearing that and | think a lot of the community will too. And | think it does each what | have heard again and again
that many people want to be able to, you know, the Mayor and the Board to do something that we can create a
more permanent structure to be able to address the critical needs within our community. With that, that’s what |
wanted to say. So thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Anyone else wish to address the board this evening. | am not seeing anyone.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Dowd
Yes just a couple quick things. One | mentioned last night at the Budget Meeting that | just want to say that it has
been sad that we have lost over 500,000 people to COVID-19. | think we all should keep those people in our
minds because it is sad for all these families to lose someone. The other thing is as far as COVID here in
Nashua, I’d like to thank Bobbie Bagley and her staff for doing such a fantastic job of keeping COVID-19 in
Nashua and the area to as much of a minimum as possible. And also the vaccine site as Nashua High South,
