Board of Aldermen 03-09-2021 Page 19
So we will be able to study that between now and really 2023 and get a plan in place that will then produce,
hopefully a new way of the Downtown Improvement Committee getting funding. So this is just the start of a
new downtown and a new way to approach how we are going to fund this Committee. But essentially what it
does is it just makes sure that the funding source is going to be there in July of 2022. So | am happy to take
other questions. But | do hope that | can get the support of my colleagues. So thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
| have a question for Attorney Bolton if | can ask through the Chair?
President Wilshire
Sure.
Alderman Lopez
If we pass this and we think it’s a good idea now and then things start to look not-so-good next year, say in
February or January, can we un-pass it?
Attorney Bolton
You can introduce another Ordinance to change the numbers, delete the numbers, decrease/increase, develop
a whole new formula. It remains within the Board’s ability to adjust.
Alderman Lopez
Ok then | mean for my part as Alderman of Ward 4 and definitely a utilizer of the downtown services, | see
what Alderman Clemons is trying to do. | appreciate what Alderman Jette is bringing up and | think it is
important that we don’t necessarily earmark special projects when we know we are going to have make some
difficult decisions as Aldermen coming up. But this doesn’t sound like that’s doing it, it sounds like we are
presenting faith in our downtown. We are giving them a little bit of courage, | guess, to be able to invest a little
bit more readily and aggressively in the events and activities as it becomes safe for them to do so.
| think that’s going to be very important for Nashua’s morale. | think a lot of times people look at the downtown
area as competing in need with other areas of the City, maybe. It is our storefront, it’s where people see
Nashua as the center of Nashua; that’s what a downtown is. | would say, in practice, no not everybody
downtown is living riches, we have some of the poorest census tracks in the country, adjacent to downtown.
So there’s definitely benefit in investing in that area for the people living in that area and for the businesses that
basically telegraph to the rest of the region, whether it is good to business in Nashua or not. So | think |am
going to support alderman Clemons’ motion while expressing appreciation for Alderman Jette.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Alderman Klee.
Alderman Klee
Thank you Madam Chairwoman. | am going to echo what Alderman Lopez said. | don’t truly disagree with what
Alderman Jette said but one of the things that we have been trying to do is bolster the downtown and we have
been a lot of projects to it. | am a firm believer that our downtown is the heart of our City. It is not all of the City
but it is the heart of the City.
