Board of Aldermen 11-09-2021 Page 25
to be continually evident in a community. | have been working with the Continuum of Care. We did have a series of
meetings and we talked about having warming stations and looking for emergency overnight solutions as well. Several of
the committee members or continuing members felt that there wasn't enough data, but several felt differently. So | am
supporting any efforts to address those people who do not fit criteria are not reflected in data are very much present on
our streets. Thank you.
Alderman Tencza
Thank you, Madam President. So unfortunately | will not be able to join the parade on Thursday but | wanted to wish a
Happy Veterans Day to all the Veterans here in the chamber as well as in our community. | think we all appreciate the
sacrifices the Veterans and their families have made on behalf of all of us over the years and during their terms of service.
| Know we have a number of people who have honorably served in the city, as well as other folks such as Alderman
Lopez, Alderman Klee who have served our Veterans as they come home and have been important parts of our
community.
| think it's important to recognize that for the first time in two decades, we're not going to be we don't have people serving
formally in armed conflict overseas, which is a good thing and hopefully now we can turn our attention as a country to the
Veterans in a way where we are taking care of all of the needs and serving them properly as they come home and
continue to serve in our communities in other ways. So thank you to all the Veterans and Happy Veterans Day.
Also, just thank you to Clerk Lovering, her staff, all the poll workers. Congratulations to all the folks who ran in the
election. Certainly, it'll be another great two years for the city with the Board of Aldermen and voter education that was
elected and reelected and looking forward to watching everyone continue to bring their important ideas to the city and
strengthen us all around to the community. Thank you.
Alderman Jette
Thank you, Madam President. | want to point out to everyone that through the leadership of the Chairman of the
Infrastructure Committee, Chairman Santa Claus, the Board of Aldermen has authorized free parking from December 6th
through January 1st. So the idea of this is to encourage people to come downtown, and shop, and use the restaurants,
and support our merchants. But it does not include Main Street. So it's for Zone 3, which includes the garages. So for
the folks out there, you can park for free during this holiday period and please come downtown and support our
merchants. Thank you.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
| want to echo with my colleagues. Thank you so much Miss Lovering for your service to the city, and to us, and all your
staff, and all the poll workers. | appreciate all that has been done and to all my constituents out there that did vote for me.
| thank you as well and hope to see you again soon.
Alderman Clemons
Thank you, Madam President. | just wanted to, again, | don’t want to sound like a broken record but | think, you Know, |
just want to recognize the City Clerk in her effort because it was a truly fantastic election. Things went off without a hitch.
And, you know, we had higher | think higher than expected turnout, which is always a good thing and that went well.
| also want to just take a moment to welcome all of the new folks who will be joining us on the Board of Aldermen. We
have quite a slate of new representatives coming in. So | want to wish them all well. | look forward to working with all of
you.
And finally, | just want to wish everybody a Happy Veterans Day. Thank you.
Alderman Lopez
Sorry, Alderman Tencza reminded me because | forgot to say it. Alderman Klee and | will literally be serving Veterans on
Veterans Day. So | want to thank Joanne’s Kitchen and JaJa Belle’s coffee shop for helping us get together a meal. And
for all the members of the public who went to Joanne's, purchased a $5 meal for Veterans without pay for the costs. |
think they're getting ham, macaroni and cheese, southwestern style corn, and whatever Jess makes at JaJa Belle’s will be
amazing. So | appreciated the support for the idea. That was through operation and during welcome and we are trying to
help build a more receptive community for Veterans because there are programs that do a great job, such as Harbor Care
of helping Veterans find their place. They’ve beaten Veterans homelessness. They reached functional zero in Nashua
