Board of Aldermen 12-28-2021 Page 9
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
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Laurie Ortolano
We're all concerned about the load on the hospitals. However, these are regional hospitals that support patients from all
over the area. Communities that are more population in the City of Nashua, we should assume that it's only Nashuans
that are filling the hospital beds. It's a misrepresentation. | expect more from our Board of Health when it comes to data
and | think they fell woefully short. Thank you.
Penny Ferreira
Okay, thank you. My name is Penny Ferreira. I'm on John's computer and we live at 3 Birchwood Drive in Nashua, New
Hampshire. Thank you for letting me speak again and | hope all of you had a really safe and blessed holiday with your
families. Thank you for all the work that you do, because this has been a learning curve for me and God bless you all.
So | had a wonderful exchange with Mr. O'Brien this afternoon. He's not only a dapper dresser but he's a good debater
and | told him | was gonna do a pros and cons and many of my neighbors have stayed in some of the bets that | wanted
to. One of the comments though that John Sullivan stated, respectfully John, if you look on page 178 of the Master Plan,
the main goal says, “recreation and open space to expand and enhance existing open spaces to balance the protection of
Nashua’s environmental assets with the opportunities for redevelopment”. Fran Murphy spoke so eloquently about
opportunity for this. He also educated me about the spring that is underneath this property. | heard from another
neighbor too that the land - the Barker land is kind of moist because of this spring. The only thing that's keeping it from
flooding are those trees. There's also a commitment | know from Alderman Klee that you are passionate about climate
control. This is a perfect opportunity to do that - to follow the Master Plan and to check off a huge win for climate control.
Mr. O'Brien you said that there were other Wards that said they don't have the green spaces because Greeley. Well they
may not have had the opportunity because of how their area is built but the southern quadrant is it's slated for the most
opportunity for building and it's also in your Master Plan that you will work with developers coming in to develop more
green space. So they have an opportunity to get their green space. Maybe not as big as Greeley but that can also be on
the added expense of the builder. | know that our Economic Developer Tim Cummings and Matt Sullivan will do a good
job at making sure that that happens. There are other Wards like Ward 1 with Jan Schmidt. You said that you...
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
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Penny Ferreira
...you would love to save the green space but you didn't hear it from your constituents. | have friends that live in your
area. | hope you got more e-mails this year stating that there are people in your area that use Greeley and would gladly
pay a higher tax. Caron you also lost property in your area. But again, it's a city. It's a city park so you have an
opportunity to save this land for the entire city. And even though...
Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Your time is up.
Penny Ferreira
Okay. Thank you. | really appreciate it. I'll come back.
Alex Comeau
Thank you. Alex Comeau, 4 Lewis Street. I'd like to begin by thanking the seven outgoing members of the Board —
Alderwoman Caron, Alderwoman Harriott-Gathright, Alderman Lu, Alderman Cleaver, Alderman Schmidt, Alderman
Tencza and Alderman Cleaver. Thank you for your service to City of Nashua. | speak for a lot of people in my
neighborhood and we thank you for everything you've done for us.
