Board of Aldermen 05-11-2021 Page 34
President Wilshire
Alright Tom, Alderman Lopez?
Alderman Lopez
So | just wanted to announce that we are moving forward with the Tree Streets Block Party on June 27". It is
going to feature a futsal tournament. The kids that are participating are going to be wearing masks. The public
and the people who want to watch are also encouraged to do so. The event will encourage mask wearing
although there isn’t a City Ordinance requiring it. And we are hoping to kind of bring together a lot of different
people to address other types of healthcare needs in addition to the pandemic which has largely dominated our
focus this past year. Other issues like adverse childhood experiences, food security, we have a lot of issues in
Nashua that we need to address, we need to make sure people are getting fed, families are finding shelter,
children are growing up with access to the supports that they need.
A lot of that is communication and that’s a lot of the ways that blocks communicate is through things like this.
So we are working very closely with the Public Health Department to make sure that this is a safe and helpful
event for everybody. We already have sponsors, Neighbor works and Southern NH Medical Center. So
looking good so far, if anything happens citywide prior to that which looks like it may be a risk then we will
postpone it if not pull the plug. But marks your calendars. We are hoping for the best. | think at the beginning
| said June 27", | was a little too excited, | meant June 26".
And then additionally we are working on revising the murals in French Park in keeping with their heritage. The
older murals that we did degraded so we are working with the Richelieu Club. We have identified a number of
prominent Franco-Nashuans | guess you could call them that have contributed to Nashua’s history. And we are
hoping that we will have that project done in the park for dedication on June 25". So everybody is welcome to
follow along with that and if you’re interested, participate.
Finally, | Know a lot of the Board of Aldermen are concerned, confused as to what we are doing with the
masking ordinance. | have brought it up at every single public health meeting and | have encouraged the need
to start considering the issue, to evaluate what we can do, look at best practices elsewhere but start figuring
out whether we want this thing just to expire, whether it needs to transition, whether we need to leave a
backdoor in case some variant shows its head and we don’t have to start all over again from scratch. So the
Board of Health did vote to have a special meeting. | haven’t been told when that meeting will be yet, but | think
all Aldermen could probably coordinate with Director Bagley to make sure they are in the loop on that if they
are interested so that we can start addressing that issue. Thank you.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Alderman Schmidt.
Alderman Schmidt
Thank you Madam President. | would like to welcome back Alderman Cleaver. You were very much missed, it
is good to see you hear. Yes | am hearing a lot of questions about the mask ordinance and we are doing so
much better; we are doing remarkably better. And as far as Massachusetts that was a real issue for us, on the
border, they had absolutely no deaths today which is remarkable. It looks like we are moving forward because
of vaccinations. And one more thing, there’s a lot of things that | really enjoy about being an Alderman but one
that really makes me smile every single time is when someone steps up to volunteer on a Committee. It is just
the best feeling in the world. Thank you everybody who does that, it is just tremendous. Thank you, Madam
President.
President Wilshire
Thank you, Alderman Schmidt. Anyone else? Alderwoman Lu?
