Plan Commission
Chicago Plan Commission
Thursday, May 16, 2024
10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. CDT
121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)
City Hall, 2nd floor, Council Chambers
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
09:58 AM May 16, 2024 CDT
The first, Joe, is against the project. Says it's wrong in every way imaginable. Members of the community were strongly against it at a recent public meeting.
The Sun-Times covered the project:
It would bring in toxic pollution from diesel trucking exhaust.
Here's a presentation on the project:
Urbanize Chicago recently wrote about it.
It includes pickup and drop off areas off the street, unlike some recent developments that force rideshare to block moving lanes while they wait.
"There is no upside or additional value to" neighboring properties for an upzoning.
Says the developers have no residential experience.
No street level design appeal.
They "have concerns about the lack of transparency." Public outreach has "been clumsy and arrogant."
"This is the wrong site for this development."
He's talking about unrelated projects and giving a history lesson. I can't tell if he's opposed or not.
The guy still didn't plainly say his position or describe any benefits of it.
"I think the process is broken. This is not the first time we've encountered it but I think it's the worst."
He asks where the proposed Metra station would be.
It's "still in the works" but would be west of Ogden.
"Very preliminary."
He wants to maintain their commitment to the manufacturing district. He thinks everything west of Ogden "should be a receiving corridor."
Reyes repeats that he wants west of Ogden to be an industrial receiving corridor.
There are concerns about parking. "The Metra station will alleviate the need for parking." There will be a lot of bike parking.
"Unfortunately, we can't satisfy everybody all the time."
Staff from the Chicago planning department start a presentation:
A member of the public who spoke in favor of two other projects also favors this one. He thinks there should be more parking. A thinner building with more parking underground would allow for more green space.
That means plenty of residents will order rideshare cars that will be forced to block traffic because plans include no pickup area.
The company reps have no response about parking ratio.
There was no opposition at the community meeting.
The plan is apparently that people with six and seven figure salaries who can afford those units will bike to work when it's 100 degrees or below zero in Chicago. lol
Commissioner Soto hopes that the architecture is not so "monolithic" because this is also a residential community.
"A lot of these lots are contaminated."
Next, a Residential-Business Planned Development submitted by Alloy Property Company at 2031-2033 N. Kingsbury St.
The slide presentation begins:
Traffic is already horrendous along this stretch of Clybourne, even without all the new development.
They're proud of adding half an acre of green space and a dog park.
The Chicago Plan Commission adjourns. This concludes my live tweeting for #CHIdocumenters.
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Chicago Plan Commission
The Chicago Plan Commission is responsible for the review of proposals that involve Planned Developments (PDs), the Lakefront Protection Ordinance, Planned Manufacturing Districts (PMDs), Industrial Corridors and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts. It also reviews proposed sales and acquisitions of public land as well as certain long-range community plans.
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