Board of Aldermen 12-22-2020 Page 4
Alderman Tom Lopez, from Ward 4 was part of the tour as well. And conditions over there are pretty rough and
the new shelter is just another world. So the Soup Kitchen has done a very good job in terms of beginning on
that project. They still need to raise some additional funds and complete the upper floors but it is very promising
and | think this will be a boost for it in terms of our effort to make sure that we do everything we can to make
sure that anyone who wants a place to live, to stay, roof over their head in Nashua, can get it.
| would to conclude Madam President by wishing everybody happy and safe Holidays. | am talking about all of
the Members of the Board, of course but all of our community members, everybody who works for the City. It is,
again, a time when we want to get together with family even with the pandemic, so again, just please exercise
caution and let’s all return to a renewal in 2021 and hopefully we will see conditions improve next year and we
can get on with life in a more normal fashion.
RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR
Alderwoman Kelly
You're on mute.
President Wilshire
By the time we get used to this we will be back in person. Responses to the Remarks of the Mayor?
Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderwoman Kelly
Yes | just wanted to thank him for bringing up the new shelter. | actually just missed you Jim, | was coming
as you were leaving, so | got to get in there as well. | Know that the Board worked really hard to put those
beds in last weekend, so Michael was saying that hopefully it will be ready to go in the next couple of
weeks, first week of January. So | commend them for stepping up and meeting the need right now that we
have and the rest of the building will be renovated by 2022. So we will have a lot more space for families,
we have expanded for single women as well. So we are looking forward to being fully open but | think the
emergency opening is really critical. So thanks everyone who was involved.
President Wilshire
Anyone else, Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you, Madam President. And | echo Alderwoman Kelly’s comment about the shelter. But I’d also like
to add to what the Mayor said about Carrie Schena and her crew as well as Director Marchant. The City is
lucky to have them for the grant that they did help us get. | know they helped secure the Block Street Grant
and so many others that I’ve heard of since I’ve been here and they helped shape the City. | just wanted to
say thank you very much for all of their hard work, so thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
Yeah | just wanted to respond the Mayor’s comments about the tour of Ash Street, the exciting thing,
particularly about Spring Street is the possibility that it may be open very, very soon. With the onset of
COVID-19, emergency shelters were all forced to reduce their capacity considerably. The State had an
opportunity to develop an overflow shelter system, this is back in May and instead chose to hand out more
