Special Board of Aldermen 12-14-2021 Page 5
we can counsel on placing yard debris, and snow, and everything into the street that we passed within the last four
years. So maybe that's something just education that we could work on with Lisa. Low hanging fruit to get that moving.
President Wilshire
Anyone else?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. I'm sorry, Carolyn | didn't catch your last name.
Carolyn Choate
Choate.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. Are you an employee of the city?
Carolyn Choate
No. | was the one summer.
Alderwoman Lu
Is this a volunteer...?
Carolyn Choate
Oh absolutely.
Alderwoman Lu
And where does the Beautification Committee receive its funding?
Carolyn Choate
We don't have any funding.
Alderwoman Lu
Okay so it's all comes out of your pocket? Anything that...
Carolyn Choate
We don't spend any money. We just clean up things. | take that back in one regard. We pick a project each season and
two seasons ago we picked the girls home at that time. The girls home on Concord Street. When we do raise money, it
all goes into the city coffer and is not to be used on any private property matter only city property. So that was a private
property issue obviously. So we went to the neighbors. | did a fundraiser and neighbors were so generous. We raised
$2,100 and we had three large trees removed. | got a discount for replacement plantings from Country Brook Farm in
Hudson. I'm a Rotarian and my Rotarian friends own a landscape company. He gave his things for free. We got
plantings and there's still some money, | believe, left in that kitty for maybe some lawn work, etc. We don't need money.
We just do projects out of the goodness of our heart and we work with commercial property owners.
When complaints come to us and | typically go to the business owners myself and say hey someone called about a
property that you have. Didn't know if you were aware that you have three dead trees on the property that would really
look great if you replace them? Oh, | had no idea. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. So it sounds like you do some fundraising.
