Board of Aldermen 08-09-2022 Page 31
Also this Thursday at 1 p.m. is the groundbreaking as late as it might be for the Brian S. McCarthy Middle School. It'll be
accessible at the intersection of Cherrywood and Medallion. There will be places to park and they'll also be a beam
signing for anyone that wants to sign a beam. There are a limitation on who gets to actually have a shovel and throw the
dirt but everybody's invited. There will be tents and cold water just in case this heat continues. But it's been a long time
coming. Many things held up the groundbreaking but as you'll see if you go down there or you see a presentation that I'll
be giving shortly, not tonight obviously, but the school is the whole foundation is there, and the steel is going up, and the
thing is really moving.
Alderwoman Kelly
Can you repeat the date Alderman Dowd?
Alderman Dowd
It's this Thursday the 11th at 1 p.m.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you.
Alderman Dowd
The thing is | want to thank the Police Department for their absolutely phenomenal response to the four tragic things that
happened this past weekend. The one thing that wasn't mentioned was also thrown in there was a bank robbery. But
they were able to find the perpetrators of the crimes, including the bank robbery right away within hours. And to me, that
shows just how fantastic our Police Department is and how well they keep the City of Nashua safe. So kudos to the
Police Department.
And the one last thing is — and this has nothing to do with our Police Department, but State Police have the jurisdiction
over the Everett Turnpike and | think they've lost it. | have seen on numerous occasions cars going 90 - 100 miles an
hour and people chasing one another. Today | almost had a guy run me off the road trying to squeeze in to get in. That's
why we're having so many accidents at the intersections because people are speeding too fast and trying to make that
those turns. | think we need more - if we only knew a State Rep. — get more State Police patrols In Nashua. The only
time I've seen multiple police cars is when that person was killed the other day on Exit 6 and that's not acceptable. We
need them to slow these guys down. It's one thing if you're doing - it's a 55 mile an hour speed limit. It's one thing if you
do it 60 miles an hour, it's another thing if you’re doing 89 miles an hour and there are a lot of them doing that every single
day. It's about time something gets done.
Alderman Caron
Thank you. First of all just for the public comment, | have to agree with Alderman Klee because we have not eliminated
public comment just because we have eliminated Zoom. As we've said before, we have it before and after. People have
a right to be here and in all the time that I've been on the Board had a lot of people that have come in who are passionate
about different things. You have people on Zoom that it's the same people. It's just their form. Maybe it's their 15 minutes
of fame. | don't know, | don't care but if we take the time looking at what we can do to improve Zoom to make it easier for
IT, for the videographer to do their job, that's fine. | don’t have a problem looking to bring it back. | think right now we
need to put a pause on it.
But on an up note, | don't know if anybody went to the Fairy Tale Festival but | did have a conversation with Jeff over from
Park Rec because at the last back to school meeting, he said they had something like 200,000 likes on their Facebook
page and they were anticipating a large crowd, which they got. They probably got almost 5,000 people which is fabulous.
Unfortunately, | didn't go because my wings were at the cleaners but just so you know Mayor, and you've been around a
long time, next year marks 50 years of Summer Fest/Summer Fun. I've already told them they better plan something
really good and exciting because it is one of maybe two things that the city puts on that is free to the community and has
lasted this long. It started during the gas crisis of 1973. Not high prices, no gas. So everyone had to stay home during
the summer. So | think that's great and kudos to Park Rec for another successful some summer fun program and Fairy
Tale Festival. Thank you.
Alderman Thibeault
