Board of Aldermen 03-22-2022 Page 2
grew up, young people starting their own business. They are incredibly enthusiastic and I'm sure that, you know, they will
go through evolution - the company will but it's just a very inspiring group of young people here in Nashua.
So those were three economic development things that | wanted to mention Madam President. Also the Primary Bank
opened up branch - another community bank. That's a good thing. That was just this week there was a ribbon cutting.
| thought | would update you on COVID. Very good news there. | mean it's still present. The virus is still present but as
of Monday, only five people hospitalized. You remember that was up to in the 60s not that long ago. Five people in the
two Nashua hospitals. Positivity rate is 3%. You remember that earlier this year, it was 28. The number of new cases
per 100,000 in the last 14 days was 94. That was up near 3,000 earlier this year. So good news there.
One more thing | wanted to mention. In case you wanted to contribute or any of our citizens, constituents want to
contribute to the Ukraine Relief, all of the refugees, there is a fund that you can contribute to through Nashua Rotary West
and potentially through Nashua Rotary as well. They are in contact with a Rotary Club in Poland and they will give 100%.
There's no administrative costs when these Rotary contributions get made. If you contribute to the Rotary Clubs, you can
make sure your money will go to Poland to a Rotary Club there which will make sure that the money gets spent on
refugee relief. Again, | Know | did mention the Ukraine flag raising the other day last time we met but I'm not sure that |
mentioned this opportunity to contribute. If you'd like or anybody would like either contact the Rotary Clubs, or me, or
anyone who works here. So that's all | have Madam President.
President Wilshire
Thank you Mayor.
RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR - None
RECOGNITION PERIOD — None
READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting of February
22, 2022 be accepted, placed on file, and the reading suspended.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS
From: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Re: Communications Received from the Public
From: Garth J. McKinney, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools (interim)
Re: Board of Education unanimously approved Franklin Street School improvement project
There being no objection, President Wilshire accepted the communications and placed them on file.
PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO ITEMS EXPECTED TO BE ACTED UPON THIS EVENING
Kurt Mathias
Yes, Kurt Mathias, Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Boulevard. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations on the
cannery. That's awesome. It's great to see businesses come into the town. I'm here to ask you to vote in favor of the 2
am liquor license. As most of you know, we are working very, very hard to buy the Radisson Hotel as long as we can get
zoning passed so that we can have a conditional use for charitable gaming. We think that that will help us in the long run,
compete with the casinos in Massachusetts, and offer alcoholic beverages to our customers for at least another hour
during the late night hours. So we ask that you please vote in favor of that. And if you have any questions, I'll be glad to
answer them. So | don't bore you with a very long speech. Thank you Madam Chairman.
Andrea Pierce
Hi, good evening. I'm Andrea Pierce, 14 Curtis Drive in Nashua. | am also speaking in favor of the Boston Billiards or
charitable organizations having their liquor license extended to 2 am. | am an Executive Officer in Massachusetts for 16
years in the entertainment and hospitality industry. So I've seen the fluctuation of different liquor license times and how it
affects different businesses. Being a resident of Nashua my whole life, I've seen the liquor licenses in the entertainment
