Board of Aldermen 03-22-2022 Page 18
Alderman Comeau
Thank you, Madam President. | wanted to share a brief piece of good news. Several months ago in my Ward we lost the
institution of Kinsley House of Pizza. In speaking with a couple of the owners, they are hoping to reopen at some point
this summer. So hopefully that is on track and | wish them the best of luck getting the building back up to code so they
can open up at some point during the summer. It would be great to see them back.
Alderman Dowd
Yes continuing with some good news. We have started to commence the work on the new middle school down in south
end. It actually came about quicker than we thought. We're having to do a little change in the approach. We're going to
be accessing the property from the emergency access road at the corner of Cherrywood and Medallion instead of from
Buckmeadow because this Friday we hope to get the Dredge and Fill Permit so we can start working on the main access
road off of Buckmeadow. Until that's completed, we'll be entering the property through the emergency access road.
Currently, we have an even more temporary road off that same intersection to allow the trucks to bring the heavy
equipment onto the property so they can start clearing trees, working their way over, and digging the foundation. So itis a
construction site and it will be closed until the school opens. So we prefer not to have anyone trying to see what's being
done because the equipment up there is pretty intense. Work will be from seven in the morning till five at night.
Also, this summer the Pennichuck School site will again be closed because of the extensive work that's going to be done.
Access to the fields, and in the back, and the track, and all of that will be accessed through over the Henry Bourque like it
was last summer. So those are all for safety reasons and we're moving very quickly on the middle school project. We are
trying to move ahead so that we can keep the schedule and not incur any additional costs with what's going on in the
world. So thanks.
Alderman Cathey
Thank you, Madam Chair. Some of my thoughts might have been better suited for general discussion because they're
more like questions. Alderman Klee mentioned the spending cap and | know that has something to do with accepting
grants and sometimes we have resolutions that have grants in them. So | didn't know if we would soon be learning
information more about the spending cap and how it affects Nashua, and how it affects these resolutions, and ordinances.
| know there was discussion about that but I'd rather have that sooner rather than later because when I'm looking over
ordinances and resolutions that involve grants, it's sort of confusing to say, yeah | want to support this but would it really
matter if the spending cap is going to cause problems? Wouldn't that be the problem we would have to address first
before we move forward?
Another question - is there any way that we could have a home screen? It is super distracting to look at members of the
public on a giant screen when they're done talking. No offense to them but it’s just - after they're done, | feel like they’re
still talking so.
| did want to mention something on the back of the Kinsley. The owner of Chicken and Chips apparently owns Uncle
Joey's Pizza, Merrimack. | talked to them and they are looking to reopen and rebuild Chicken and Chips. | don't know
when that would be but | was really pleased to hear that they aren't going anywhere because | really liked that
establishment.
The final thing I'll say is one of the members of the public mentioned about the bonding schedule. | believe we talked
about that last night where CFO Griffin is going to give us a presentation about the bonding schedules and how they work
into the future. So that information will be coming to us momentarily. So | just wanted to make that clear. Thank you.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Madam President. I'm sorry. | always have a lot to say. First thing, | just want to wish Alderman Klee the
best and hopefully she feels better soon and can rejoin us as soon as possible.
| also want to champion Alderman Moran. You know, the term conversion, the word “convert” is in the word and | think it
was you and everyone else up there that voted the same way. Thank you for that. | appreciate that.
| want to thank the Mayor for bringing up all the companies coming to Nashua. I'm always looking at empty spaces going
what's going in there. | hate that. | want more revenue into the city and that's great that we have those three companies.
