Board of Aldermen 03-08-2022 Page 27
how to take care of the City, especially if there is no time limit. So that’s how | personally thought it through and that’s why
| ultimately put it back down to Budget so we can talk about it again.
To Mr. Gouthro’s comments about the library. At the Budget Review Committee meeting, | asked Director Kleiner about
grants for historic buildings for Court Street and she said that they are looking to get a grant right now for that particular
area outside the library, the courtyard area. You guys call it the “Library Mall”. | don’t know if that will get approved, |
don’t know if we'll get the grants, but they are looking at getting grants to take care of that part of the library. | Know there
are other things that need to be fixed, but we’re doing what we can | guess and trying to make improvements that we
need.
And lastly the things that | care about the most and I’ll try to make this brief. | grew up in New Jersey. | don’t know if a lot
of people know that. There is a strong, strong Ukrainian community in South Jersey and | know a lot of people with a lot
of family members in Ukraine. | was very close to a Ukrainian family in New Jersey and | am very happy that the Mayor is
hosting this event for our solidarity with Ukraine. | think what is happening over there is nothing short of evil and someone
who is just trying to take away the rights of people to do what we do in the horseshoe and talk about how they want their
Country to be. So what little we can do, let’s do that because honestly I'll tell you right now call me on my word if | can go
over to Ukraine and put on a military uniform, I'd be there now because they need it and they deserve it. So if this little bit
we can do, I’m for it. I’m for supporting Ukraine, and their freedom, and independence. Thank you.
Alderman Gouveia
Thank you Madam President. | just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight on Zoom for talking and being part of
the process and look forward to tomorrow night where I’m sure we’re going to hear a lot of passionate testimony both for
and against the expanded dining. | look forward to hearing that from anybody who will be attendance on tomorrow night’s
meeting as well. Thank you.
Alderman Dowd
Hopefully some good news. | just want to let everyone know that we have received the Alteration of Terrain Permit from
the State for the new middle school and construction will start next Monday. It will be moving along and the new school
will open up hopefully in 2024.
Also this evening there was a new ordinance for a bond for Franklin Street. There was a very detailed, extensive briefing
that was done at the Joint Special School Building Committee on Franklin Street which lays out all the reasons for the
costs and I’m going to send that to everybody on the Board. Some of you people have already seen it.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
No please don’t. Bring it to a meeting, pass it out at a meeting.
Alderman Dowd
It has already been at the Joint Special.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
Pass it out at a meeting of this Board please.
Alderman Dowd
Did | refer to the fact that it’s in the minutes of the Joint Special already. It was made part of the minutes.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
You've already said that’s - don’t send out an e-mail about it please.
Alderman Comeau
Thank you Madam President. I'll be brief. So the last time we met two weeks ago in this period for comments from
Alderman before | talk about civility and | agree with all that. | agree that when members of the public are speaking they
deserve to be treated with respect, but | do agree that goes for also the ones that we don’t particularly like or agree with.
