Board of Aldermen 11-10-2020 Page 31
Alderman Dowd
Again I'd like to thank Sue Lovering for the great job, not only was it the largest election ever held in Nashua
but it was an election held under the COVID-19 umbrella. And | visited every one of the polls and everything
was running smoothly. | wish we saw that kind of a turn out in our regular elections. It certainly could go a
long way. Of course | know that Ms. Lovering probably wouldn’t want to see that many people at a regular
election. But anyway and the other thing | want to thank Dan Hudson our new City Engineer. He and | are
working together on a Charlotte Avenue project. We got the paving done because of the weather. We got
the paving done the day before the election and we wanted to make sure that Sue didn’t have another issue
at a polling place to worry about. So that worked out very well; they are finishing up what they can do right
now based on the weather, although it’s been really nice lately.
They are going to repave the entire street come the spring and at some point here, in the not-too-distant
future, there will be solar speed indicators on either side of the school and there are other efforts that we are
going to be taking to reduce the speed of cars and safety of children. The other thing is that the Middle
School Project is going well, the Planning Board passed, as | said, unanimously on the property. And also
they passed unanimously on the site plans for the Pennichuck Middle School. Come the spring they will start
the major construction at Pennichuck. Right now, Fairgrounds is moving along exceptionally well. We are
getting a lot of things done that we might not have, it’s the only benefit | can see of the kids not being in
school. But the project is moving along faster. | know that Alderman Klee took a tour of the building; | am
sure that she was very impressed by the amount of work being done at Fairgrounds.
The other thing is just really quickly want to discuss the Franklin Street Property at Committee in the full board
meeting. But it’s not just for elementary school students. There’s the alternative school that is in Merrimack at
Brentwood that we have an alternate place right now that we need a home for and that is going to occupy one
of the floors. It’s the lower grades, Kindergartens, that will be in that school to free up room. And we do have
schools that don’t have any extra room.
The other thing I’d like to again thank all the Veterans who risked their lives to protect the integrity and the
safety and the freedom of all the people of this United States. Without it we would certainly far worse off.
Thank you.
President Wilshire
Alderman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. First I’d like to send a special shout out to the poll workers at Ward 6. Vicky Henry and all of the
staff there that had a special adaptation that they had to make this election. They were working in a different
building than they were used to and they did great. | also want to congratulate Clerk Sue Lovering. It was an
incredibly different job this year and everyone really stepped up. It was amazing; | can’t imagine the task and
the work that it involved. Thank you very much. And | just want to congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
for winning the election. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Alderman Schmidt.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you, Madam President. First I'd like to commiserate with the folks who did not come out as they
wished that they had. | know it’s very hard to lose. | know that even on our Committee that when you are
trying very hard to accomplish something and you can’t make it, it really is frustrating and | am very sorry.
Then | wanted to say Ward 1 | don’t know if you came out 1 | forgot to check the numbers.
