Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 14
confused with the bridge. There’s a bridge that connects Nashua to Hudson and that has a similar name as
well. And then initially the Legislation before us had changed the road along the National Guard Armory to
Armory Street which is virtually identical to Amory Street when you say it so they had changed that as well and
so that, | believe, is Independence Way now or Drive. So that’s the summary in a nutshell.
Alderman Jette
Thank you. Thank you very much.
President Wilshire
The motion is to amend. Further discussion on the amendment?
Alderman Jette
Seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman O’Brien, Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Dowd,
Alderman Caron, Alderman Lopez, Alderman Tencza,
Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Jette, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman Laws,
Alderman Cleaver, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Wilshire 13
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN LOPEZ FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-21-121 AS AMENDED, BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Lopez
So | think this is important to do particularly now because last year we didn’t have the same kind of celebration
or recognition for veterans that we have done in the past. And this year, the organizers weren’t comfortable at
the time we need to begin organizing doing that as well. | know that the parkway has a program already in
place by DPW where families can submit the names of their loved one and images to honor them. | think that’s
a great program because it lets people throughout the year consider the contributions and sacrifices that our
veterans have made. And | think in a lot of ways is superior to a parade. | Know the public likes to come out
and celebrate and show that visible sign of support and | think we need to get back to that when it is safe to do
so. But | also think throughout the year veterans are still struggling with issues like Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder with overly convoluted expectations of how they can access the basic healthcare that they were
promised on discharge.
There’s a lot of areas that we don’t quite meet the bar when it comes to treating our veterans as best we can.
And | don’t think any of that is going to change unless we do something to constantly remind ourselves that
they are a priority, they are something that we are proud of here in Nashua and that they are people that we
want to welcome into our community. So | think this is a good step. | think we can have ongoing discussions
about things that we do well like our City approaching functional zero with veterans’ homelessness, ensuring
that any homeless veteran has a pathway to shelter within 24 hours if not faster of experiencing homelessness.
There are a lot of things that we do really well here but there’s always going to be more that we can do for
people who basically committed to give everything for us to do business every day and live in the community
that we enjoy. Thank you.
