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PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO<br />
Julie Daigle, who is running for a Ward 4 City Council seat, is also the general manager at Mills 58.<br />
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40B, which is the state’s affordable<br />
housing law. That law<br />
allows developers to override<br />
local zoning laws to increase affordable<br />
housing in communities<br />
where affordable housing makes<br />
up less than 10 percent of the<br />
total available housing. Chapter<br />
40B enables local zoning boards<br />
of appeals to approve affordable<br />
housing developments under<br />
flexible rules if at least 20-25%<br />
of the units have long-term affordability<br />
restrictions.<br />
Approved by MassHousing,<br />
the Kings Residences project<br />
calls for a 133-unit condominium<br />
complex consisting of<br />
three five-story buildings nearly<br />
50 feet high on just three acres<br />
of land in what is primarily a<br />
residential neighborhood, said<br />
Daigle.<br />
“I am committed to making<br />
sure that Peabody remains an affordable<br />
place to live for young<br />
adults, families and seniors,”<br />
Daigle said. “But responsible<br />
housing development should<br />
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enhance the quality of life of our<br />
residents and neighborhoods and<br />
not detract from it.<br />
“Unfortunately, the housing<br />
proposal for King Street is not<br />
responsible and does not represent<br />
the best interests of either<br />
our neighborhood or our city as<br />
a whole.”<br />
In the video, Daigle says the<br />
project is too big in size and<br />
scope and that it will put added<br />
stress on city services like education,<br />
public safety, and water<br />
and sewer.<br />
Daigle said she is “running to<br />
provide the leadership that we<br />
need to prevent development<br />
that we don’t need to improve<br />
our quality of life and make<br />
Peabody an even better place to<br />
live.”<br />
Kings Residences is one of<br />
several 40B projects that have<br />
either been approved or proposed<br />
in Peabody. In April, at a<br />
standing-room-only community<br />
meeting organized by Ward 5<br />
Councilor Joel Saslaw, several<br />
residents expressed their strong<br />
objections to a proposal for a<br />
220-unit apartment complex<br />
on a 7.7-acre parcel of land off<br />
Winona and Newbury streets.<br />
That project called for three<br />
four-story buildings to be clustered<br />
near the back of the parcel<br />
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with access directly from Route<br />
1 near the entrance to Honey<br />
Dew Donuts.<br />
Just about a half-mile south<br />
alongside Route 1, construction<br />
is ongoing on a 60-unit project<br />
on Dearborn Road behind Sonic<br />
Restaurant (a so-called friendly<br />
40B as it has the support of the<br />
city). Other projects in the mix<br />
are located at or near Oak Street,<br />
Endicott Street, Wallis Street<br />
and Farm Avenue, which is also<br />
considered friendly.<br />
A lifelong Peabody resident,<br />
Daigle is a graduate of Peabody<br />
Veterans Memorial High School<br />
and Merrimack College, where<br />
she earned a degree in business<br />
administration and accounting.<br />
She currently is the general manager<br />
at Mills 58 on Pulaski Street.<br />
Prior to that, she was the executive<br />
director of the Peabody Area<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
Daigle has worked in the administrations<br />
of three Peabody<br />
mayors over the span of her 20-<br />
year career in public service.<br />
She spent a little more than five<br />
and a half years working in the<br />
Community Development and<br />
Planning office. She then served<br />
as the city’s business liaison<br />
from 2013-2017, and afterward<br />
as the city treasurer from 2017-<br />
2020, when she moved to PACC.<br />
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think it’s a great step forward<br />
for us to take.”<br />
The approved capital improvements<br />
include a new<br />
HVAC (heating, ventilation and<br />
air conditioning) unit at the police<br />
station and the purchase of<br />
seven new police cruisers. The<br />
city also plans to replace a fire<br />
ladder truck at an estimated cost<br />
of $1 million. The radio systems<br />
for both the police and fire departments<br />
will also be replaced.<br />
The improvements call for<br />
$50,000 to be spent in order to<br />
purchase “defensive equipment,<br />
tools and training aids.” Police<br />
Chief Thomas Griffin said his<br />
department was grateful for<br />
the city’s support during a time<br />
when municipalities across the<br />
country are reducing funding<br />
for law enforcement.<br />
Some Peabody schools will<br />
also see improvements, such<br />
as the Thomas Carroll School,<br />
which will receive some roof<br />
repairs. Peabody Veterans<br />
Memorial High School will see<br />
upgrades to its chiller system.<br />
The city also plans to purchase<br />
two trucks for the public<br />
works department and a tool<br />
truck for the water department.<br />
Bettencourt said during<br />
Thursday’s meeting that the<br />
city’s police department is understaffed.<br />
He stated his hope<br />
that the police department<br />
would see a return to a full allotment<br />
of officers, explaining<br />
that the necessary hires are included<br />
in the city budget. The<br />
fire department will also be<br />
growing, as six firefighters have<br />
been hired, which will increase<br />
its staffing to normal levels.<br />
Bettencourt also announced<br />
that through community preservation<br />
money awarded to<br />
the city, the Driscoll Rink will<br />
have a multifunctional play area<br />
which can be used for “futsal”<br />
— a type of soccer game played<br />
on a hard court — and street<br />
hockey. It will still have the capability<br />
of being used as an iceskating<br />
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“The whole idea is to teach<br />
folks the practical living arts,”<br />
Ingalls said. “The beauty is you<br />
can have that herb garden with<br />
you all year long.”<br />
On August 28, Ingalls will lead<br />
a program called “Marvelous<br />
Mints,” teaching community<br />
members about the aromatic<br />
family of herbs. She explained<br />
that mints aren’t merely limited<br />
to plants like peppermint and<br />
spearmint, but many of the herbs<br />
commonly used for cooking —<br />
rosemary, lavender, sage, basil<br />
and oregano — fall under the<br />
umbrella. That family of herbs<br />
have antibacterial and preservative<br />
properties, she said.<br />
In September, the farm will<br />
host a program on herbal teas,<br />
steams and scrubs. They will use<br />
what is left in the garden, drying<br />
it and mixing it with salts and<br />
sugars; in October, participants<br />
can learn about how to use herbs<br />
that have been harvested during<br />
the warm months through the<br />
winter until they begin growing<br />
again.<br />
Ingalls said that they hope to<br />
once again hold the “Fire Cider<br />
at the Farm” fundraiser this fall<br />
— which was held last year as<br />
well — although it has yet to be<br />
scheduled. In addition, they plan<br />
to promote the herb garden more<br />
over the next year, along with<br />
their other programs addressing<br />
food insecurity and accessibility.<br />
“The folks who might come out<br />
to explore the herb garden would<br />
be very beneficial in pushing the<br />
whole mission forward,” Ingalls<br />
said.<br />
The herb garden programs<br />
cost $25 per person per class<br />
and are open to ages 16 and up.<br />
Registration can be found at peabody.myrec.com.<br />
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