Board of Aldermen Page 18
September 14, 2016
NEW BUSINESS — ORDINANCES
O-16-016
Endorser: Alderman David Schoneman
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Don LeBrun
AUTHORIZING STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCK STREET AND CROSS STREET
Given its first reading; assigned to the COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE by Vice President Wilshire
O-16-017
Endorser: Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AMENDING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by Vice
President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Mr. Paul Shea, 102 Tolles Street
| am the Executive Director for Great American Downtown. | came here this evening in case there were
any questions about the escrowed items relative to the holiday lighting and the music festival. | stayed to
say thank you. It is great to have a Mayor and a Board of Aldermen who are supportive of the initiatives
that we are taking. There have been music festivals in other communities that have been a boom for the
local economy. It’s our hope to have proof of concept for this idea for Nashua this year. It’s not going to
be anywhere near the full scope that | believe it can be with a few years of building. On September 24"
from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m. and September 25" from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. | will have a full line-up
of programming. We are also working to development a few small additional venues throughout downtown
for Saturday's events. The response from the community has been prenominal, we’ve already seen about
1,200 folks that are interested. | want to thank Alderman Lopez for holding it down at the community
garden today. | also want to thank Alderman Schoneman for working to get us a stop sign at Lock and
Cross Streets.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Lopez
l’d like to thank the public for the support of the Welcoming City initiative. | had initially planned to
suspend the rules to allow for final passage because the Welcoming Week is next week but in speaking
with my colleagues | thought it was important to recognize the process. | would like to encourage the
public to come to the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee meeting and hopefully the following
Board of Aldermen meeting as well.
We recently had an unfortunate incident in my Ward with the Islamic Society where stones were thrown
directly through their window on September 11". Although the facts are not known we do know that
community was hurt. | am proud to say that my community does not approve of that and was very vocal
about saying that we should step up and let people know that they are welcome in our community. |
organized an event in about six hours and it was a great opportunity for neighbors to meet each other.
This Saturday | am doing a library trail clean-up in the morning from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. That
evening from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Positive Street Art is organizing a movie with Veteran’s. We've
arranged for Top Gun to be shown at the Renaissance Park and it’s open to the public and the idea is to
build a stronger community between civilians and Veterans. The following day is the Downtown Art’s
Festival. There is a lot of talent and excitement and will be running from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.
