The Peabody City Council held subcommittee meetings (Legal Affairs, Industrial & Community Development, Finance) followed by a regular meeting. The council addressed public hearings, subcommittee reports, and routine approvals. Key actions included advancing a snow removal ordinance, rejecting a land sale, continuing a zoning hearing, and approving budget transfers.
I'd like to call to order the uh subcommittee for legal affairs. In attendance is myself as chair, Councillor Rosignal, Councillor Daigle, Councillor Hockman, Councillor Peach, and Councillor Turko, as well as Councillor Latoff. We have three items on the agenda. Uh purchase of city owned land, Sarah Pulaski, a motion by Councillor Peach regarding ordinance enforcement and a motion by Councillor Peach regarding snow removal. First item on the agenda is the purchase of city owned land, Zero Pulaski Street. In our packet, we also have a memorandum from community development regarding um the recommendation not to purchase this land. We have somebody from community development here. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There's a resident um that would like to speak on this item if you'd allow. Absolutely. If you'd like to speak on this matter, please step forward, state your name and address for the record. Well, thank you so much. Uh my name is Patricia Cohen. I grew up and live on Gardner Street, and in one of the most densely populated wood precincts in the city. This is a large our largest open conservation space, and you can't give away the people's land. Just because somebody has this ideal that they will go for food for the community. We have Tilly's community gardens. But what about nature? Who nature's not here? Foxes, coyotes, birds haven't flown in to speak. But I'm speaking for them. We need to keep as much for ecological resilience, as much open space as possible. Thank you. And so I am speaking against this, and this also opens a pathway for any adjoining neighbor on Zero Pulaski Street, which is a huge area, to say, oh, I'd like this for a garden. I'd like it for this. Thank you very much. Okay, all right. That's it. Thank you. You clearly understand? Clear information that you all clearly understand. Yes, thank you. Okay. And again, recommendation for city council, you've got to come up rules about giving away land. It's the people's land. Thank you. Members of the committee. Councillor Peach. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um if no other committee members have any comments on this, I would make a motion um to dispose of this. Correct me on the proper terms of should we make a motion to not do this to you to the clerk or the same okay, so uh so a motion not to do this, which would need an affirmative vote. Okay. So at this time I'd make a motion not to sell Zero Pulaski Street. So moved. You heard the motion. Any discussion on the motion? Councilor Chaco. Thank you.