2026-09-22 - Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards

May lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item,

whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly

conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the sergeant at arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any

pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and

sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun

guns, tasers, mace pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner

that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of

the meeting by the sergeant at arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the

sergeant at arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City

Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting

the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane,

threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct

of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not

permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety

hazards, as determined by the sergeant at arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers,

or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12

inches by 6 inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other

small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or

hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the sergeant at arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of

Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the sergeant at arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of

the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are

subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a

meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which

in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at arms may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such

as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the sergeant at

arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

Such items include, but are not limited to: one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five,

firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only

be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these

rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the

Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated

at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be

acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, may lead

to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling,

booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted when in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the

meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to: one, any pointed objects,

including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear

bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace,

pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not

interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by

the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at

Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of

its committees. All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two,

when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening,

harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the

meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted

when in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazards, as

determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to: one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other

forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6

inches by 12, are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear

the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of

Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of

the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are

subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a

meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which

in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions,

such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances, are not permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant

at Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12, are permitted and subject to search. And five,

firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only

be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these

rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the

Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing

gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated

at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be

acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may lead

to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling,

booing, shouting, or other loud utterances, are not permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the

meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any pointed objects,

including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear

bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12, are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace,

pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode Can only be used while seated and can only be used in a manner that does not

interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by

the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at

Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of

its committees. All individuals and their belongings are subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two,

when providing public comment during the portion of a meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening,

harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the

meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions, such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted

when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as

determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery. Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other

forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6

inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five, firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small

handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear

the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of

Conduct for Public Meetings, 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the Sergeant at Arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of

the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times that a viewing gallery or room is open for a meeting of the City Council or any of its committees. All individuals and their belongings are

subject to search at entry or upon request. Individuals must remain seated at all times except, one, when entering or exiting the gallery. Two, when providing public comment during the portion of a

meeting set aside for that purpose. Or three, when asked to rise and be acknowledged by a member of the City Council. Profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, or defamatory behavior or speech, which

in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at Arms may lead to a breach of the peace or disrupt the orderly conduct of the meeting, is not permitted. Disruptive or distracting actions,

such as the stomping of feet, waving of arms, throwing any item, whistling, booing, shouting, or other loud utterances are not permitted when, in the judgment of the meeting's chair or the Sergeant at

Arms, such actions are disrupting or impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting. Any item that poses a potential safety hazard, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms, is prohibited in the gallery.

Such items include, but are not limited to, one, any pointed objects, including knives of any kind. Two, banners, flyers, or other forms of signage. Three, food and beverages, including in glass or

metal canisters. Four, backpacks, large bags, and sealed packages. Clear bags, not tinted in color, that do not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 are permitted and subject to search. And five,

firearms, ammunition, fireworks, laser pointers, stun guns, tasers, mace, pepper spray, and toy weapons. Cell phones and other small handheld recording devices must be placed in silent mode, can only

be used while seated, and can only be used in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of other individuals to view or hear the proceedings. Individuals or groups failing to adhere to these

rules will be subject to removal from the remainder of the meeting by the Sergeant at Arms. City of Chicago City Council Rules of Conduct for Public Meetings 2023 to 2027. Pursuant to Rule 58 of the

Chicago City Council Rules of Order and Procedure, the sergeant at arms sets forth the following rules of conduct for members of the public. These rules shall be in effect at all times. And Brian's

here too. I think. Yep. How you feeling, Brian? Better? Good. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is 10:20 on September 22nd, 2026, and the meeting of the Chicago City Council's Committee on

Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards is called to order. We will start off with a roll call. Nicole, please take the roll. Alder LaSpada. Alder Hopkins. Alderwoman Dowell. Alderman Hall.

Alderwoman Harris. Alderman Beale. Alderwoman Ramirez. Alderman Moore. Alderman Mosley. Alder Sancho Lopez. Alder Fuentes. Alderman Burnett. Alderwoman Cruz. Alder Conway. Alderman Casada. Alderman

Riley. Alderman Knudsen. Alderwoman Clay. Vice Chair Lawson. Chair Villegas. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a quorum. Alderm- Aldermen- Alderwoman Clay, Alderman

Moore, and Alderwoman Cruz have requested to attend this meeting by remote means under provisions of Rule 59. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to approve the alder- alderman's request. All in favor,

please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. In opinion, Chair, the ayes have it. We're going to start this morning off with the approval of the Rule 45 report containing the minutes of the July meeting. All

members of this committee should have received a copy of this report electronically via the shared drive. Alderwoman Fuentes makes a motion to approve the report. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.

Opposed, nay. In opinion, Chair, the ayes have it. Moving on, I will now read the items to be deferred. I will read the page number and description, then take a motion for all at the end. Yes. Oh, no,

he said, uh- Yeah ... one second. I said for our item in 40 today, we're okay with moving it forward. This one? We're okay with that. Okay. All right. We're going to start the first item on the

agenda, top of page one, docket number 02026-0026265 for the sponsor, Mayor Johnson. Moving now to the middle of page eight, file number 23130 for the address commonly known as 1807 to 1809 West

Augusta Boulevard. Moving on to page 17, all of pages 17 to 20, including file number 23131 for the address commonly known as 1608 South Wabash Avenue. File number 23087 for various addresses on State

Street, on South State Street, South Dearborn, South Federal, and West Pershing. File number 23010-T1 for the address commonly known as 2721 North Monticello. File number 22818-T1 for the address

commonly known as 2212 to 2216 South Leavitt. File number 22822-T1 for the address commonly known as 2219 to 2221 West Cermak Road. File number 23122, address commonly known as 1133 West Kinzie. File

number 23146-T1, common address 1415 West Diversity Parkway. File number 23117 for various addresses on North Sheridan, West Diversity Parkway, and North Lakeview Avenue. File number 23118 for various

addresses on North Sheridan Road, West Surf Street, North Commonwealth Avenue, North Lakeshore Drive, and West Diversity Parkway. Lastly, file number 23119, address commonly known as 5946 to 5962 and

5937 to 5965 North Sheridan Road. Alderman LaSpada makes a motion to defer the previously listed items. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it,

and the items are deferred. I'd like to add for purposes of quorum, Alderman Conway as well as Alderman Byron Sancho Lopez, to the quorum call. All right. At this time, we will begin the public

comment period in accordance with the City Council's rules of order and procedure. Public comment will be limited to a minute and a half, since there are a lot of speakers this morning, and we will

have a lottery. So with that, we'll have Nicole identify the first 20 speakers, and your time is limited to 90 seconds, a minute and a half, please. Thank you. So I will call out your name, and then

I'll call out the second name. Please be prepared to provide public testimony. Our first speaker is Gabriel Medina, followed by Kimberly Robinson. Gabriel Medina, followed by Kimberly Robinson. I'd

like to also add Alderman Casada to the roll for the purposes of quorum. Mr. Medina? Good evening, members of the Zoning Committee. My name is Gabriel Medina, and I'm here on behalf of the South Side

Flourish Movement and the Ford City for Families Coalition, and residents concerned about application number 22814. This application is not a small development. It proposes changing the zoning at

7600-7400 South Kostner Avenue and 7601 South Cicero Avenue from a B-2, B-32 community shopping district to M-2 light district, followed by industrial plan development. The proposal calls for four

warehouse and distribution buildings totaling approximately 912,880 square feet, with buildings as tall as 68 feet, 923 parking spaces, and 92 loading docks. That is an enormous industrial development

in Ford City, and the question before this committee should be bigger than whether the buildings technically fit within a zoning framework. The question is, what will this project mean for the people

who already live here? Nearly a million square feet of warehouse space means a major industrial presence with the associated vehicle activity, loading operations, noise, lighting, and changes to the

character and future development potential of that part of the South Side. So I ask this committee to demand clear answers. What is the projected truck traffic? What are the expected impacts of

surrounding streets and nearby residents? Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Medina. Our next speaker is Kimberly Robinson, followed by Heather Hoeppner. Good morning, all. Morning. My name is Kimberly

Robinson. I represent the 7100 block of Woodlawn, which is in the Fifth Ward, and we are opposing the change from R-3S to RT4 because you all would like to build buildings with businesses at the

bottom on the first floor and everything. We're opposing that because that'll invite more crime into our neighborhood. And so far, the neighborhood is very peaceful, so we don't need anything or

anyone coming into the neighborhood inviting more crime along the Metro lines, and then we have to deal with issues of homelessness, of people sleeping on the Metro line that's over there on 75th.

Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Robinson. Our next speaker is Heather Hoeppner, followed by Andrew Davis. Hi, my name is Heather Hoeppner. I'm a resident of the 43rd Ward. I am a former resident of Belden

Avenue and the former lead of the Francis Parker Community Neighbors organization at the time of which Parker pursued a residential building on Belden. I was in the unusual circumstance of stepping

into that role when I was approached flagging that Parker was taking over residential buildings. Much has been covered on the history, I will not rehash. What I do want to remind everyone, however, is

that the process that was undergone disregarded much of the community's voice, and that voice has continued to be disregarded through this process. I have deep respect for Alderman Knudsen, who has

done a lot of great work within the community. This is one issue, as he knows, that I do strongly disagree with. Two minutes. The vast majority of residents who live- One minute ... within the

immediate Parker community have opposed this expansion consistently and clearly. Unfortunately, the data used to suggest that there is tremendous community support for this expansion is inaccurate.

The community does not want this. There is affordable housing and family housing, myself of which benefited from that as a young family. My kids are students at our local public school. My oldest is

now a private school student. I am not opposed to private school. I think Parker has a lot of value. However, we don't need to pursue this in order to fulfill Parker's goals. I strongly encourage this

committee to say no. There are other options, and Alderman Knudsen, you have a way of supporting the community. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Hoeppner. Our next speaker is Andrew Davis, followed by Sandra

Barreto. Good morning. Morning. My name is Andrew Davis. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan and a resident of the 43rd Ward for the last 50 years. I also have strong ties with the Francis Parker community. Five

members of my family are graduates, and two family members taught there. I support Parker's desire to meet the future new facilities. The plan submitted for your consideration today, though, while it

meets Parker's needs, does not meet the needs and interests of the larger community, nor the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago has many challenges. They include a precarious financial position and

a severe housing shortage. The housing shortage is so dire that early this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Housing Department announced a $300 million investment to create and preserve

1,223 housing units across the city. The city's investment per house will be roughly $245,000. Meanwhile, Chicago's long-term financial obligations measure in the billions of dollars, while this

year's preliminary budget deficit is measured well into the hundreds of millions. The plan that Francis Parker seeks your approval of today will make both crises worse. The proposed budget will remove

millions of dollars of high-quality housing from the city's tax base and destroy 15 homes. Now, 15 homes is not a large number in a great city. And the millions of dollars of tax base the city will

lose won't by itself cause the city's bondholders to quake. But they are each a step in the wrong direction. It makes little sense for the city to approve the demolition of housing at a cost to the

city of over $600,000 per unit while paying $245,000- Thank you, Mr. Davis. Our next speaker is Sandra Barreto, followed by Glenford Flowers. Good morning. Morning. My name is Sandra Barreto, and I am

a mother at Parker, and also I am a neighbor very close to the building. I'm here today to speak in support of Parker's School and Neighborhood Improvement Proposal, which is in front of this

committee today for your consideration. I'm joined today by many Parker students, families, and community who are here to show unwavering support for Parker's proposal, if you can. But it's not just

us here today who see the importance of this proposal. It has the support of Alderman Knutson and received unanimous approval from the Chicago Plan Commission. For 125 years, Parker has been a

nationally recognized leader and innovator for K-12 students. Educators travel to Chicago from around the country, and indeed the world, to learn about and to learn from Parker. And Parker is also a

school rooted deeply in place in Lincoln Park neighborhood and the City of Chicago. Thank you, Ms. Barreto. Thank you. Our next speaker is Mr. Glenford Flowers, followed by Josh Chodor. Good morning,

Chairman Villegas and members- Morning ... of the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards. My name is Glenford Flowers Jr, and I'm speaking on behalf of the South Side Flourish

Movement, Ford City for Families Coalition, and residents opposing application number 22814. I want to address the difference between recording our opposition and acting on it. Record F2026-0027615

expresses opposition to rezoning Ford City from commercial zoning to light industrial zoning. We appreciate that this opposition is now part of the official city council record, but that communication

has been designated placed on file. It is not a moratorium, and it does not pause permits. It does not require cumulative impact study. It does not protect residents from additional truck traffic,

industrial noise, or air pollution. A communication is not protection. A filed document is not action. Application 22814 would convert a major commercial property into an industrial planned

development containing approximately 913,000 square feet of warehouse space, 92 loading docks, and 900 parking spaces. This is not a minor zoning adjustment. It is a permanent change in the economic

and environmental direction of Ford City and surrounding Southwest Side. Residents are not asking this committee to abandon the property. We're asking you to not make an irreversible decision before

the city understands its cumulative consequences. Therefore, we respectfully request three actions. First, defer application 22814 and keep it in committee. Second, introduce a separate binding

180-day moratorium ordinance at the next city council meeting. That ordinance should temporarily pause zoning approvals and permits affecting this property. Third, use that period to complete an

independent cumulative air quality, noise, traffic, and public health assessment. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Flowers. Our next speaker is Josh Chodor, followed by Stacy Scopino. Good morning, Chairman

and members of the committee. My name is Josh Chodor. I'm a First Ward resident and concerned about the housing shortage that Chicago faces. As many of you have heard the headlines, one of the recent

ones from Axios, August 25th, "Chicago housing shortage pushes home prices higher." This is something where last week we heard in both the housing committee and the zoning committee that we have a

supply shortage in this city. And so I encourage all of the alderpeople here to continue voting in favor of projects that allow for more housing. There is a bill at the state level called BUILD that

would accomplish many of the projects that this committee has talked about. During last week's hearing, and in the opinion article you wrote, Chairman, you spoke about Nashville, Austin, Phoenix,

places that are growing their housing network. And so I encourage us to continue modeling those cities, what those reforms are doing to ensure that this housing shortage can actually be addressed.

Thank you all. Thank you, Mr. Chodor. Our next speaker is Stacy Scopino, followed by Fanji Slimaduk. Hope I didn't butcher that. Please proceed, Ms. Scopino. Stacy Scopino. I just wanted to register

for the record that I am strongly opposed to the Francis Parker School expansion and to the process with which this issue has been considered. There is an aspirational code of conduct for the city,

which says that all elected, appointed, and city officials must consider the public interest in making impartial decisions and not prefer a private interest. This process has not considered the public

interest. It has only considered a private interest, and it has been conducted completely inappropriately. Parker has not consulted with the community. They have talked at the community, and the

alderman has not considered more than 2,200 petition signatures, of which 65% are in the 43rd Ward and 35% are in the neighborhood immediately surrounding the Francis Parker School. He has not

considered any of those objections. He has not considered the community support or objections to Parker. So I would like to register that this process has been corrupt It has not been impartial. It

has preferred a private interest to the public good, and there is no demonstrable benefit to the public by destroying family homes and putting stadium lights shining into HUD housing, the most

affordable housing in the city of Chicago or in Lincoln Park. So I strongly object to this proposal. Thank you, Ms. Scapino. Our next speaker is Fangji Slimaduke. All right, let's get another speaker.

Our next speaker is Carla Longo McNamara, followed by Anita Johnson. Carla Longo McNamara? Okay. Followed by Ania Johnson. Ania Johnson. Hi, good afternoon. Thank you for letting me speak today. My

name is Carla Longo. I am the owner of the property at 4643 4639 South Wallace. Last year, I worked with the local council and city alderman to change the property zoning from RS-3 to the existing

B2-3 district. Type one approval was ratified by City Council on September 25th of 2025. Since that approval, I have invested over $125,000 of private investment in professional and developmental

expenses, pursuing permits for the project consistent with the type one zoning approval. The currently proposed down zone of this property and the ordinance would take away those developmental rights.

My plan for the property remains the same. I am proposing to develop the property with a mixed-use building that will contain my childcare center that has been established for over 20 years, along

with six residential units, one that I will reside in. I have resided at this property for 20 years, and I've owned it since 2005. I respectfully request the Committee on Zoning either defer its vote

on this matter until the permits for the already approved type one zoning project are issued, or deny the aldermanic request entirely. I am happy to provide any additional information to the committee

as it requests for consideration on this matter. Thank you very much. McNamara. Julia Ramirez is here. I'd like to also add Alderman Ramirez for purposes of quorum. One more time, Fangji Slaymaker.

And that will be after Ania Johnson. Good morning, Mr. Chairman- Morning ... and other members of the board. Thank you for allowing me to speak today. My name is Ania Johnson. I am a resident in the

Fifth District. I, on several occasions, have tried to have face-to-face communication with my alderman in regards to the rezoning within that area. It is very disheartening to know that we are facing

a tremendous amount of issues that have gone untreated and unnoticed at all. Currently, we have a bar at the corner of 7100 and Woodlawn, which maintains overactivity of patrons coming in and out of

our neighborhood, defacing our property, defecating, just as well as leaving behind litter. There is a numerous amount of abandoned homes that have gone unattended, but yes, the alderman excuse is

they're under trust and the city is not responsible. I, myself, along with other neighbors, have had to pay out of our own pocket to have either the grass cut and these particular properties boarded

up. We also face an overgrown population of raccoons. Although that is a protected species, there are several kids in that area, my daughter being one of them, who's autistic, and that is non-verbal.

So if one of these animals were able to come after her, God only knows what will happen. I am heavily oppo- Thank you, Ms. Johnson. Our next speaker is Fangji Slaymaker, followed by Patricia Caldwell.

Hi, my name is Fangji Slaymaker. I live in 43rd Ward, and also a mom of Parker. I'm really strongly to agree. I build up this neighborhood for my school so children can get a better education. Thank

you. Thank you, Ms. Slaymaker. Our next speaker is Patricia Caldwell, followed by Todd Bashet. Bassett. Good morning. Morning. Thank you for allowing me to speak, Mr. Chairman, and everyone else on

the board. My name is Patricia Caldwell. I've been in the Woodlawn area for over 50 years, and I oppose the rezoning in our area. Again, yes, we have several abandoned homes that need to be taken care

of. We have an abundance of activity going on in the neighborhood, and just the thought of additional buildings being built and just that overpopulation in our area that's not being taken care of as

of now, I'm opposed because we don't need it. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Our next speaker is Todd Bashet, followed by Adolfo Castrejan. Chair Villegas and the committee members, thank you. My

name is Todd Buysche. Hi. And I am speaking as co-chair and on behalf of the Edgewater Historical Society Bryn Mawr Avenue Historic District Advocacy Task Force. Our role is to protect and preserve

the buildings in the district and to support efforts for the district's revitalization. As presented and defended by the DPD Historic Preservation Division and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, the

legacy and collection of contributing buildings on Bryn Mawr is of great value to our city and to Edgewater. The commission has unanimously approved making the district a Chicago landmark on July 9th.

The 90-day period for the city to take action on this matter is upon us. We ask that you continue to uphold the decision of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to deny the demolition of the

contributing building 1114 West Bryn Mawr, known as the Fischer Building. And we are here to ask the commission's support and approval to make the district a Chicago Landmark designation and move

forward to the City Council for final approval within the 90-day period. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Buysche. Our next speaker is Adolfo Castrejon, followed by John Karoleitz. Good morning,

Chairman. Morning. And committee members. I just want to say, what are we doing here? We're going to approve a million square feet of space of industrial zoning in a Black and brown community, when we

could be investing in transit, we could be extending the green line connected to the orange line, put some housing in there. The Chicago Park District could have this land. Instead, we're going to

condemn it. It's still going to be industrial space 100 years after we're gone. We could bring in suburbanites into the city. This is such a critical space of zoning, and we're just going to give it

up. We don't know what's in the soil. There's claims of flooding underneath the mall. We don't know anything about that. So I'm asking the zoning committee to pump the brakes, figure out what's going

on, and come up with a better solution. Because they're going to invest $200 million. They're going to make their money right back, and they're going to laugh in all our faces. And meanwhile, the

people will be disinvested, and we can't have access to that green space, which we need. I'm a southwest side longtime resident. I'm the leader of the West Lawn Conservation Club. I work in

conservation, Chicago Park District Forest Preserves. I know all the natural spaces, all the green spaces in your wards, and I know how are you going to vote for commercial retail housing in your ward

and not offer us the same opportunity? That's what we're asking. If you asking for new parts in your ward, we want the same opportunity. Instead, you're cutting us at our feet. Thank you, Mr.

Castrejon. Our next speaker is John Karoleitz, followed by Jonathan Turk. Good morning to the committee. Morning. My name is John Karoleitz, and I'm a parent at Francis W. Parker School, and I

appreciate the opportunity to be part of this robust democratic process. I want to come back to the Parker proposal. This proposal builds upon the school's values of access and affordability with

significant benefits across education, safety, and housing. The new building that's being proposed would allow Parker to grow its student body by approximately 125 students. That's 125 more Chicago

students who would have access to a world-class education every year. It's an investment in the future of students in the city of Chicago. As part of this program, Parker would work to increase its

endowment to offer financial assistance to up to 65 more students per year, and that's on top of the 185 students that we offer financial assistance to now. More students and staff will bring a direct

economic benefit to Lincoln Park and to Chicago, both through jobs created by and helping to attract and retain residents of Lincoln Park. But this is about even more than that. As part of this

proposal, Parker would contribute a total of $500,000 over the next 20 years to support Lincoln Elementary and Lincoln Park High School. That's a direct investment in nearby public schools. With this

proposal, Parker's betting on and making a privately funded investment in Chicago's future, setting the stage for the next 125 years. Our mission is to serve the greater good, and I can see no better

illustration of that mission than this proposal. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Karoleitz. Next speaker is Jonathan Turk, followed by Melissa Massel. Masich. Great. Good morning. My name is

Jonathan Turk. Morning. I'm a life trustee of Francis Parker, having had two students go there for approximately 18 years. And then when I was on the board, I was part of the discussions about the

project in question very heavily. So, Chicago is the city of neighborhoods, and as a proud Chicagoan, the charm and character of those neighborhoods is important to me. To be clear, the rental

apartment building that Parker owns at 327 through 335 West Belden is not historically significant. The city's own planning department, through its historic preservation vision, reviewed the building

and determined it is not historically nor architecturally significant. And yet, despite that ruling, and because Parker wants to be responsive to neighborhood concerns, Parker is still making sure its

new building will honor the architectural character of the existing structure, reusing original decorative elements, brick, stone, and wood materials whenever possible. The streetscape presentation

that I've seen looks really beautiful. The building is in harmony with the character of the street, and the building height fits right in. A point that's often been overlooked is that it is currently

zoned As it's currently zoned, Parker could build something significantly taller, but is choosing not to. Parker committed to neighbors years ago that the height of the new building would be

consistent with the residential feel of the street. That's why the proposed building is only five stories tall. If Parker sold the building to a developer, that developer could build something

significantly taller and would not be as concerned with neighborhood input as Parker is and has been. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Turk. Next speaker is Melissa Maselek, followed by Stephanie Cohen. Hi,

my name is Melissa Maselek, I'm the president of Mid-North Association. Parker sits within the Mid-North neighborhood. The Mid-North district was designated a Chicago landmark in the '70s. Mid-North

strongly urges this committee to deny Parker's plans to broaden its footprint by demolishing a historic family residential building on Belden to deny the installation of stadium lighting. We conveyed

this to Alderman Knutson at a meeting on May 11th, that the Mid-North board unanimously voted to reject Parker's plans. The feedback we've received and continue to receive from local residents has

been over 90% opposed to Parker's current plans for a number of reasons, including the fact that it displaces residents and removes affordable housing. You just heard someone say that this is not

significant. However, we disagree. This building housed a well-known pioneering female architect, and it's also one of the earliest courtyard buildings in Lincoln Park. The Commission on Landmarks

stated that we are a cohesive neighborhood, and that is our strength. So by attacking this, you attack the neighborhood as a whole. You're also going to hear that there's been a lot of meeting with

the neighborhood. However, we've been talked at, we haven't been talked to. And finally, as well, you're going to hear the alderman worked with the neighborhood. However, after we met with him on May

11th to express our feedback as well as the petition of over 2,100 signatures and the alternative plan, we found out that he closed feedback on May 10th, one day before we met. We're not opposed to

Parker expanding. We want them to expand on their footprint. Please deny. Give us a- Thank you, Ms. Maselek. Our next speaker is Stephanie Cohen, followed by Colleen Kopack. Good morning. My name is

Stephanie Cohen, and I'm a current parent at Parker. I'm here to speak in support of Parker's school and neighborhood improvement proposal. I hear people compare the loss of the 15 rental units at 327

to 335 West Belden to the addition of the seven affordable housing units at 2236 North Clark to make the point that it isn't an equal trade. The affordable housing on Clark was never intended to be a

trade-off for the rental units on Belden. Also, the units at 327 through 335 West Belden cannot be considered affordable housing. The average rent is over $5,000 per month. Again, Parker is not

viewing the units on Clark as a swap with those and isn't suggesting that the Belden neighbors go live there. The real trade-off of turning those 15 rental units into an educational building is that

after the expansion, 125 more Chicago students each year will have the opportunity to attend Parker, positively changing lives for generations to come. I understand that this is stressful for the 15

renters and their families. Relocating is difficult and disruptive, and we all sympathize. But the trade-off is that expanding Parker will positively impact the lives of thousands of Chicago students

forevermore. And let's not forget that many of those added students will come from families who would not otherwise have been able to afford the tuition. This proposal has support from Alderman

Knutson and unanimous support from the Chicago Plan Commission. I urge the committee to favorably recommend this proposal today. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Cohen. Our next speaker is Colleen Kopack,

followed by Nate Petrini. Good morning. My name is Colleen Kopack. I live at the corner of Commonwealth and Belden, across the street from the proposed expansion by Francis Parker. I appreciate the

opportunity to make my voice heard. I'm here speaking on behalf of my community, my neighbors. I have four children in the public schools. I walk my children to school every day. I have a dog. I'm

talking to my neighbors on a regular. None of us want this expansion. It's frustrating because it feels that during the past decade, Parker has used their money and power to do what they want in the

neighborhood. They took over two buildings, they want to shine bright lights in the backyard of my neighbors and friends, and they want to make traffic congestion even worse. Every day at 3:00, again

at 4:00, at 5:00, cars line the blocks blocking traffic on Clark, Webster, and Lincoln Park West. They state that they've had analysis that shows expanding to 125 additional students won't create

this. The math doesn't add up. I'm asking the committee to think of the neighbors and hear our voices and those of the thousands that have signed the petition. This is the Chicago I know, in which

right beats might. Please consider our needs and that of the community. Thank you for this time. Thank you, Ms. Kopack. Our next speaker is Nate Petrini, followed by Deji Jimoh. Good morning, members

of City Council and the Zoning Committee. My name is Nate Petrini, and I'm the CEO of High Jump. We are an education nonprofit serving the entire city of Chicago, low-income students with free middle

school and high school programs. And I'm here to speak in favor of the Francis Parker expansion. I'm not an employee there. I don't send my kids there. I'm a former CPS principal. My kids go to our

South Side neighborhood school. And I know that when a school says they support a whole city, it has to mean more than just the children who attend your school. And from our founding as a nonprofit 37

years ago, when we were serving just 16 students a year, Parker has said we want to be the kind of school that supports students in every way that we can. 37 years later, we've served over 3,500

students. Our students perform better in school than they would otherwise. Our students earn more after they graduate college than they would otherwise. And Francis Parker has leaned in all the way

for those 37 years with generosity. Every single time we run programming for 175 students, it is in that building for free, with donated space, donated resources. And every time we need something to

support our students, the people at Parker say yes. And that involvement has been supercharged since Dan Frank became the head of school in 2001, and they've provided everything we've ever asked

because they care about letting their space be more than just supporting their own students. It's a space for the whole city. And I know that more High Jump students and more programs like ours will

get access with this expansion plan. So I encourage you and urge you to vote yes, just as the planning commission did. Thank you, Mr. Petrini. Our final speaker is Deji Jimoh. Morning, Chairman and

members of the zoning committee. My name is Deji Jimoh. I serve as the board president of the Francis W. Parker School. I'm here today to speak in support of Parker School and Neighborhood Improvement

proposal. An important element of Parker's proposal is the addition of new field lights. Field lights is the operative term here. These are not stadium lights. These are lights for a school athletic

field here with a small setup of bleacher seats. This is not a Friday night light situation. I would be thrilled if Parker could add lights to the field because student athletes would then be able to

get full practices and full games in the fall and spring. Games regularly get called after 15 to 20 minutes of play due to lack of light. Parker is simply trying to get more play and practice time for

younger and JV athletes who suffer the most from lack of light. Parker's varsity teams also play first because they have to get a full game per Illinois Conference rules. So the younger players, who

are still developing their skills, miss out. I'm also impressed with how much work Parker has done to find a way to light a field that is respectful of its neighbors. Their plan is to use the latest

technology and get the field certified by Dark Sky. A Dark Sky field would allow for safe play with minimal light spillover onto the surrounding neighborhood. I also understand that Lincoln Park Zoo's

leadership has reviewed the plan and expressed support for it because of how carefully it protects local wildlife. Also really proud that Parker will offer the field to Lincoln Park Elementary,

Lincoln Park High School, so that other Chicago kids can benefit- Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the public comment period. First up, we have document number 02026-0027187, introduced

by Alder Daniel LaSpada, that amends the Milwaukee Avenue Special Character Overlay District. We have Alderman Daniel LaSpada here to present on the matter. Alderman Casale makes a motion to accept

the substitute ordinance. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. Opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The substitute is before us. We have Alderman LaSpada here to present on the

matter. Ladies and gentlemen. Please, order. Please. Mr. Blakemore, there's a lottery. Mr. Blakemore, there's a lottery. We had multiple people sign up. Mr. Blakemore, that's a decision by the

chairman. Mr. Blakemore, please. Mr. Blakemore, please. Show me the rules. Mr. Blakemore, please. Mr. Blakemore, please. There'll be order in here. Sergeant at Arms, please remove Mr. Blakemore. Thank

you. I'm not leaving right now. Oh, don't touch me. Mr. Blakemore. Mr. Blakemore, you'll be asked to leave if you... Mr. Blakemore, please. I'm not going nowhere. I will see about it. I'll be back.

We'd like to add Alderman Burnett to the roll for the purposes of quorum. Alderman LaSpada, please proceed. Thank you so much. Mr. Blakemore just shares my enthusiasm for bringing a Trader Joe's to

Logan Square, and I don't blame him. So the purpose of this ordinance goes back to the Milwaukee Avenue Special Character Overlay District, which was worked on by myself, then Alderman Rosa and

Alderman Waguespack, creating design and architectural standards for development along Milwaukee Avenue between Western and, I want to say, Belmont. The ordinance as a whole has been remarkably

successful. But tucked in there was a piece related to what's called strip centers, i.e., multiple storefronts within a single commercial space with parking in the front. The challenge of this is we

have existing buildings by right that meet this description, which are hard to activate based off of the overlay district as it exists. In this case, we do have folks who would like to bring a Trader

Joe's to our community, but do not need all of the commercial space square footage in the building that they're looking at. They would like to be able to subdivide it into three separate commercial

spaces, which is currently prohibited within the Milwaukee Avenue Special Character Overlay District, or MASCOT. So what we're doing is creating pretty much a singular exception for strip centers

specifically related to adaptive reuse. I think at most, in the First Ward, we have two properties that would make use of this exception. The fact is, we have commercial spaces in the city and on

Milwaukee Avenue that are larger than the kinds of uses that we're finding these days. And so this is actually going to be catalytic for bringing economic activity to Milwaukee Avenue. And I would ask

the favorable consideration of my colleagues. Thank you, Alderman Espada. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing no questions, Alderman Casada moves do pass. All in favor,

please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. And opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The ordinance is passed as amended. The ordinance is passed as amended. No problem. Next we have document

02026-0024882, an ordinance introduced by Alderman Knutson that amends the municipal code to include religious assembly and non-accessory parking restrictions in RT4 and higher zoning restriction, the

higher districts. This item has a substitute ordinance. All committee members will find a copy of this substitute ordinance in their shared drive and in the packets before you. Alderman Burnett makes

a motion to accept the substitute ordinance. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. And opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The substitute is before us. We have Alderman Knutson here to

present on this matter. Alderman Knutson? Thank you, Chair. The idea for this ordinance came from one of our community institutions in the 43rd Ward, Church of Our Savior, who had been trying to rent

out a few of their parking spots, they have a small parking lot attached, to increase revenue pretty moderately. As we all know, churches right now, a lot of their members have moved to a more remote

viewership and it's not the same as it was in the past where you pass around maybe a bowl and raise revenue at sermons. And we know that our church and faith communities are looking for new creative

ways to boost revenue. What they found when they wanted to rent out these few parking spots is they'd have to go through a lengthy and costly zoning board of appeals process. And we had a discussion,

really parallel to now CPS schools being able to rent out their parking spots, and what if we adjusted the zoning code so that a church could rent out a moderate number of units by right, so long as

that they were an RT4 or higher district? I brought this in front of the committee initially a few months ago, and it had several questions from my colleagues. After discussions with Chairperson

Dowell, who I respect greatly, we decided to cap the number of parking spaces that a church could rent out by right in this kind of district to eight parking spaces. This is to make sure that we view

it citywide in a way where a very large church, maybe it's near a stadium, like my neighboring 44th Ward, can't then become a large for lease parking lot. So I'm hopeful that the committee passes this

today. I'm open to any questions. And what I can say is we've heard from church leaders throughout the City of Chicago really excitement and gratitude that they'll be able to raise what, again, is

pretty moderate revenue, but revenue that they need. Thank you, Alderman Knutson. Any question from members of the committee? Alderman Beale, followed by Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, are we going to get tax revenue from these parking spaces that are going to be rented out? Alderman Knutson, have you done a financial analysis on this? We have not done a financial

analysis. It would be parallel to when CPS schools rent out their parking spaces. When you rent a parking space on an app, say it's SpotHero or another piece, you pay sales tax. So indirectly, yes.

Alderman Beale? I'm not sure if that directly answered my question. Because usually if CPS rents theirs out, they're a not for profit and it goes towards our educational system. And so I'm just trying

to figure out, will we get sales tax or revenue from these parking spaces point blank? Yeah. Alderman Beale, I think based off of Alderman Knutson's response, I think if the church or the entity

that's renting that parking lot is using an app, it'd be subject to some type of tax. But would you like to add a little bit more, Alderman Knutson? No, that's correct. It is their choice right now

whether or not they want to use an app or rent them out in a different way. They are a nonprofit. Faith institutions are nonprofits in the city. So if they did it directly, they might not have the tax

revenue. Vice Chair Lawson, followed by Alderman Riley. Thank you, Chair. We have a lot of parking lots and unconventional spaces in the 44th Ward, and I know that if you're parking more than three

cars, you still require a city license. And did that come up in the conversations or? I would imagine that would still hold true here like it does for schools and other organizations. A city license

to park them out? Yes. Yeah. Right. So to my colleague's Alderman Beale's question, if they have a city license, they should be charging and remitting all of the city parking taxes for that space,

whether that's through Spot Hero or cash in hand on the street. That would be the code for any space like this, because we do see smaller lots. I've got larger lots. Because if someone had a 50 car

parking lot in an area that could raise revenue, they'd still have the ability to do this, they just can't do it by right. They would still have to get a zoning change or go to special use. And I know

some lots work better than others of size. If it's on a commercial street, it's a lot easier than if it's on a side street. So- Yep ... I appreciate the cap on this because I think that's helpful with

anything by right, as someone who knows the Wild West of parking. So I will be in support, but happy to work through any details if we need. Thank you, Chair. Thank you. Thanks, Chair. And I'll add

in, absolutely, and one thing about these parking spaces in particular, similar to why we passed this for CPS, a large portion of the week, these lots are empty. People are not going to the churches

often from 9:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday, with exceptions of course, and it's a good utilization of what's an empty space. Thank you. Alderman Riley. I'm sorry, Alderman Beale, point of

information. Can we have our zoning administrator chime in on that question? Absolutely. Mr. Murphy? Well, in regards to the zoning allowability of it, and the working with the non-accessory parking

allowances that already exist for CPS, this does match what that requirement is, albeit it's not capped. I would have to defer to BACP regarding any of your previous license questions. Thank you.

Absolutely. We'll get someone from BACP to respond. Alderman Riley? Thank you, Chairman. I'm going to support the ordinance as well. I think it's a creative solution to help faith institutions raise

additional revenue. But I would like to hear from possibly the law department and finance to understand how a church, which is a nonprofit entity, would be remitting taxes with regard to the parking

tax. So if we could before a council vote, I'd appreciate that, Chairman. Absolutely, Alderman Riley. We will get that information from the law department as well as BACP, as well as finance as well.

Chair Dowell? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I too wanted to thank Alderman Knutson for working with us around this issue. We have a lot of churches in my community. Some have very large parking lots,

and to cap it but still allow for an additional number through the regular process is something that I can support. Thank you. Thank you, Chair Dowell. Any other questions from members of the

committee or non-members? Okay, seeing none. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to accept the substitute ordinance. All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, nay. In appearance, Chair, the ayes have it. We

will have that information prior to city council, so that way you guys can take a look at it. All right. Next up we have two historical land... I thought- We did not, did we? I thought we took a

motion. I guess. But yeah, it's okay. Next up we have two historical landmark designations versus document number 02026-0027058, the historical landmark designation of the shop building at Altgeld

Gardens located at 131 South Ellis Avenue in the 10th Ward. We have Matt Crawford of the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Planning and Development to present on this matter. Thank

you, Chairman. I'm a planner and historian with the Department of Planning and Development. I'm here on behalf of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, that I also staff, to recommend to you that this

building is known as the Shop Building at Altgeld Gardens. It's also known as the Up Top by Altgeld residents. The Landmarks Commission is recommending to you that this become a Chicago landmark. It's

a modern building. It's a central component of Altgeld Gardens, which is a self-contained public housing project that was developed in the '40s during World War II for Black defense workers and their

families. Location is the Riverdale community area in the 10th Ward, and Alderman Chico supports the landmark proposal. For much of the 20th century, the building served as a gathering place for the

Altgeld community that housed essentials, including a doctor's office, pharmacy, and a grocery store. And the grocery store was initially run by the Altgeld Gardens Consumer Cooperative. This was a

nonprofit owned and operated by Altgeld residents. As a self-contained community of approximately 7,000 people, Altgeld Gardens was ideal for a cooperative, and by 1947 this co-op was the largest

store of its kind in the country. The Shop Building is also associated with Altgeld resident Hazel Johnson. During the last decades of the 20th century, the building housed the offices of People for

Community Recovery. This was an environmental justice organization that Johnson founded, which addressed environmental issues at Altgeld Gardens. This project is going to look familiar to you on this

committee, for in July an amendment to the planned development came through this committee. The landmark designation is coupled with that. It's a planned rehabilitation of this building by its new

owner, by the Hand Club for Kids. It's a nonprofit organization that operates afterschool programs for kids. You could see what they want to do to the building in the rendering below. It'll be

converted to a youth community center with a new gym, something that the Landmarks Commission has reviewed and approved, and they want landmark designation to take advantage of the permit fee waiver

for landmarks. So to conclude, the Commission is recommending landmark designation. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Crawford. Any questions from members of the committee? Alderman Beale. Thank you, Mr.

Chairman. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I know this building. So well. I represented that area for over 25 years, and a lot of the redevelopment started years ago, where we rehabbed the

entire facility of the Altgeld Gardens community to the tune of $435 million. And to see that this is one of the final pieces, and I'm really excited that Alderman Chico took the bull by the horn and

is bringing this over the finish line. So it's a great piece of property, has a great history behind it. And the people of the Altgeld community, the ones that are there and the ones that have left,

will love to see this building come back online. So it's a key piece of the community, and I support it wholeheartedly. Thank you, Alderman Beale. Any other questions or comments from members of the

committee? All right. Seeing none, Alderman Beale moves due pass of this item. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. And appear to chair the item. The ayes have it. The item is passed. Next

is document 02026-0027059, the historical landmark designation of the Bryn Mawr Avenue District, located at 900 through 1100 blocks of West Bryn Mawr Avenue. We have Eilish Tuffy of the Historic

Preservation Division of the Department of Planning and Development to present on this matter. Ms. Tuffy? Good morning, committee members. Morning. The proposed Bryn Mawr Landmark District spans the

900 through 1150 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater community area within the 48th Ward. This is a map of the district boundaries as proposed. This view towards the lake shows the eastern portion of

the district from the Bryn Mawr Red Line platform. To the west, the district extends one block, ending at Broadway. The commission on Chicago Landmarks found the district meets four criteria for

landmark designation, including criterion one for heritage as the first neighborhood commercial corridor in Edgewater, subdivided in the 1880s by developer John Lewis Cochran. The district meets

criterion four for its significant architectural design, seen in both the older lower-scale buildings and the 1920s residential high-rises, which include the pink Edgewater Beach apartment building in

the center photo. The district meets criterion five because a number of buildings were designed by architects of note. And finally, the commission found the district meets criterion six for its theme

as a district which reads as a whole. The protected features of the district are all publicly visible building elevations and roof lines. In total, the district includes 22 buildings, 15 are

considered historically contributing, and seven were deemed non-contributing. Early outreach to owners spanned nine months from July of 2025 through the commission's April 2026 vote to initiate

landmark designation. This designation was carried out through an expedited process. The reason for that expedited process is because demolition applications were received for the half-acre site

outlined above after the initiation of the landmark district. The expedited review ensures the property owner's demo applications are not held up by the city's designation process. Of the three

wrecking applications reviewed by the commission, two were approved and one was denied. The two non-contributing buildings on the site were approved for demolition, leaving the area shaded in blue in

this image fully open for redevelopment. The application to demolish the one contributing building on the block, seen here in the bottom left corner, was denied. That denial is what initiated the

expedited landmark district review. The commission is ready to review a proposal at one of their monthly meetings, just as soon as the applicant submits those plans for their review. At this time, the

commission on Chicago Landmarks recommends final approval of the Bryn Mawr Avenue Landmark District. This concludes my presentation. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Ms. Tuffy. Are there

any question from members of the committee? Alderman Laspada. Yes. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Eilish, for the presentation. Would you go back to the slide showing non-contributing, contributing

properties within that demolition? Yes. So I was just curious, because it definitely is a great place for transit-oriented development. I was curious whether the developer will have to design within

the architectural character of the surrounding landmark district. Yes, that's correct. Fantastic. Good to hear. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Alderman Laspada. Any other question from members of the

committee? Seeing none. Alderman Mona Hoppengarth. Excuse me. Thank you, Chair. I wanted to thank the Chicago Landmarks Commission for your work on this project. And I want to especially thank my

community, the Edgewater Historical Society, Bryn Mawr Avenue Historic District Advocacy Task Force Committee for their many years of work on this project. We are excited to have this happen. This is,

as Alderman Laspada pointed out, a transit-oriented development district. It's seen its ups and downs. We want to preserve the beautiful buildings, and we also want development to happen. I'm asking

for my colleagues Uh, favorable consideration for this designation at this time. Thank you. Mana Hoppenworth. No more questions. Alderman Fuentes moves do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.

Opposed, nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Next, we have two permit fee waivers for historical landmarked property. The first is document number OR2026-0026945, a permit

fee waiver for landmark property located at 30 North LaSalle. We have John Ritsu of the Historic Preservation Division of Department of Planning Development to present on this matter. Mr. Ritsu? Thank

you, Chairman. Good morning, and good morning to the committee as well. The first permit fee waiver is for the conversion of the lower 18 floors of an office building into residential uses at 30 North

LaSalle Street. The project is in the 34th Ward, Alderman Conway, in the Central Planning Region, Loop Community area, number 32. The landmark building is on the west side of North LaSalle Street

between West Washington Street and West Calhoun Place. 30 North LaSalle has been recently designated a landmark. Okay. The scope of the work is to convert the lower 18 floors of office space into 349

apartment units. Residential amenity areas and a residential lobby will be provided. The owner plans to spend $99 million on renovations and seeks a permit fee waiver in the amount of $317,000. The

staff of the commission has reviewed the plans and scope of the work for the project and determines that it meets historic preservation guidelines. Alderman Conway is in support of the permit fee

waiver, has provided a signed order, and has transmitted the order to the city clerk for city council introduction. That concludes my presentation on this fee waiver. Thank you, Mr. Ritsu. Any

questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Conway? Oh, okay. As you all know, this is already landmarked, so therefore it qualifies for this fee waiver. I'd ask you to support it,

which is commonly part of the practice we enjoy here in the city of Chicago. Thank you kindly. Thank you, Alderman Conway. Seeing no more questions, Alderman LaSpada moves do pass. All in favor,

please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Next up, we have large signs... That's John Ritsu. Yeah, there's a second- I'm sorry. There's a second one.

My fault. Okay. Thank you. Next up is document number OR2026-0026802, a permit fee waiver for landmarked property located at 26 West Chestnut Street. Once again, we have John Ritsu. Right. This permit

fee waiver is for the interior renovation of a three-story residential single-family dwelling house with a detached garage and coach house at 26 West Chestnut Street. Okay. This was a fee waiver that

was approved in the past and actually is a reapplication. The project is in the 42nd Ward, Alderman Riley, Central Planning Region, Near North Side Community area number eight. The building is within

the Washington Square Historic District extension. The building is in the north side of the avenue mid-block. The existing building is a three-story single-family house with detached garage coach

house. It is located within a designated landmark district. It is an infill building located mid-block, adjacent to existing face brick row houses. The scope of the work is a new interior renovation.

No exterior renovation will be done. Parking will be provided for at least two cars in the detached garage off of the alley. The owner plans to spend $500,000 on the construction of the renovation and

seeks a permit fee waiver in the amount of $1,800. The staff of the commission has reviewed the plans and scope of the work for the project and determined that it meets historic preservation

guidelines. Alderman Riley is in support of the permit fee waiver, has provided a signed order, and has transmitted the order to the city clerk for City Council introduction. That concludes my

presentation on this fee waiver. Thank you, Mr. Ritsu. Any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Riley? Thank you, Chairman. The current owner of this structure has been a

good steward, and obviously is putting more money in to improve it, and is doing so within the guidelines set forth by the Landmarks Department. So I'd appreciate a favorable vote by my colleagues.

Thank you. Thank you, Alderman Riley. Seeing no further questions, Alderman Cecil Lopez moves do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. The

item is passed. Next up, we have large signs over 100 square feet in area, 24 feet above grade. We will hear them all together. I will read the ward, followed by the address, and take a motion at the

end. First up, in the First Ward, one sign located at 1819 West Division Street. In the Second Ward, one sign each at 1201 North State Parkway, 1933 North Marcy Street. In the 14th Ward, 2744 West

55th Street. Two signs in the 27th Ward, located at 400 North Aberdeen Street. Two signs in the 32nd Ward, located at 2639 North Elston Avenue. In the 34th Ward, 550 West Randolph Street. One sign

each in the 41st Ward, located at 11601 West Touhy, and 8600 West Bryn Mawr. Four signs in the 42nd Ward, located at 600 North Michigan Avenue. One sign in the 42nd Ward, located at 21 East Hubbard

Street. Two signs in the 42nd Ward at 304 North Michigan Avenue. Four signs in the 45th Ward, located at 4777 North Milwaukee Avenue. Two signs in the 46th Ward, located at 804 West Montrose Avenue.

Lastly, one sign in the 50th Ward, located at 6199 North Lincoln Avenue. If there are no further question by committee members, Alderman I have one by Alderman Moore. Alderman Moore? Alderman Moore.

Alderman Moore. I'm just saying, move to pass. I appreciate it. Thank you. Alderman Moore makes a motion to pass. On the orders, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of

the chair, the ayes have it. The orders are passed. We will now move on to the map amendments. In an effort to ensure the committee meeting runs smoothly as possible, items will be grouped together

according to witness, and will be heard in that order rather than ward order. First up is a series of three map amendments introduced by Alderman Yancy in the 5th Ward. I will read them all into the

record. We will have one presentation and take a vote all at the end. File number A-9139, common address 2132 to 2238 East 71st Street, and 2135 to 2325 East 71st Street. Change requests B1-2, B1-3,

B3-3, and C1-3 to B2-3. File number A-9140, common address 1600 to 1820 East 71st Street. The change request is a C2-2 and B3-2 to B2-3. And file number A-9141, common address 1834 to 2126 East 71st

Street, 1853 to 2070 71st Street, 7109 to 7129 South Bennett Avenue, and then 7108 to 7116 South Euclid Avenue. The change request is B1-3, B3-2, and B3-3 to B3-3. We have London Walther and Justin

Petersen of the Department of Planning and Development here to present on these matters. Gentlemen? Good morning, uh, Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Justin Petersen. I am the

Supervising Planner for the Southeast Planning Region of the Department of Planning and Development. I'm here today to present the proposed zoning changes on 71st Street from approximately Stony

Island to Yates Boulevard. The rezoning recommendations presented today are a direct response, uh, to the 2025 South Shore Chamber of Commerce's plan, uh, called Corridor Live, uh, which included

multiple stakeholder meetings and public engagements. DPD was engaged with the South Shore Chamber and their planning team from the beginning and provided guidance and connections to other agencies

like Metra and CDOT, although this was not officially adopted by Plan Commission. These are the existing conditions on 71st Street. This is one of the more intact historical commercial corridors in

the Southeast region, with several blocks of multi-story buildings centered around the intersection and transit Metra Electric stop there at Jeffrey Boulevard. As you move west and east on either end

of the corridor, their vacancy increases, including large vacant lots. The city owns, uh, five sites immediately adjacent to 71st Street, two of which are reserved for affordable housing under the

Jackson Park Ordinance. Those are highlighted. It's a little hard to see, but in the red outline boxes. These are the land use recommendations from the Corridor Live plan, which promoted streetscaping

and mixed-use development to increase walkability and active retail businesses with an emphasis on restaurants and bars, cafes, and other active retail spaces. Notably, the plan recommended

prohibiting non-local auto intensive uses such as gas stations, car washes, and repair shops. This is the current zoning. The dashed line on the west and on the southern portion there, that's, uh,

actually in the 7th Ward scope, so that'll be something that follows, uh, in, uh, the next month. Uh, what's before us today is just what's in the 5th Ward, which is outlined in the darker red line.

Um, note that except for the C2 district close to Stony Island, most of this is actually B1 or B3 currently, and in most cases, the FAR is dash 3 or dash 2. These are the zoning recommendations. Um,

so essentially what we're doing is, uh, keeping a B3 close to Jefferson, uh, Boulevard-- or sorry, Jeffrey Boulevard there. And, uh, that's in order to just provide more flexibility in terms of the

ground floor uses and again, promote the, uh, bars and restaurants and so forth. And then on the either end, uh, a B2, which will allow, in addition to a, a pretty broad range of, uh, local commercial

uses, ground floor residential and relive work units. Uh, which we've seen, uh, more and more recently as a way to activate, uh, provide active street fronts, uh, in the Southeast region. Sorry. This

is just a comparison of the B and C districts, uh, which, uh, you can see here that we're looking at B2 and 3, and again, the B2 is more restrictive on the auto-oriented uses. And again, the logic

there, if we go back to the map, is, uh, those vacant sites that, uh, tend to be on the west and east end. Uh, the B2 just provides a, a another level of protection against, uh, again, things like car

washes and, uh, auto repair shops. And again, just to note that this geography is within the Jackson Park Ordinance, so we have, again, the two affordable housing sites, uh, on the corridor. Uh, and

this zoning would support the development of those sites as such. DPD recommends the passage of this proposed zoning district to help the continued revitalization of 71st Street, and is happy to

answer any further questions. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any questions from members of the committee? All right. Seeing none, um, Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to pass on the 5th Ward

automatic applications A- A-9139, 9140, and 9141. All in favor, please say "aye." "Aye." Opposed, say "nay." Independent chair, the ayes have it, and the ordinances are passed. Next up, we have two

map amendments introduced by Alderman Yancy in the Fifth Ward. I'll read them together. We will have one presentation and take a vote for both at the end. First is file number A-9142, common address

7104 to 7128 South Drexel Avenue, 7105 to 7135 South Drexel Avenue, 7102 to 7154 South Ingleside Avenue, 7105 to 7201 South Ingleside Avenue, 7102 to 7220 South Ellis Avenue, 7103 to 7243 South Ellis

Avenue, 7100 to 7244 South Dobson Avenue, 7103 to 7157 South Dobson Avenue, 7102 to 7326 South Greenwood Avenue, 7103 to 7345 South Greenwood Avenue, 7102 to 7358 South University Avenue, 7103 to 7357

South University Avenue, 6900 to 7356 South Woodlawn Avenue, 7901 to 7293 South Woodlawn Avenue, 6900 to 7056 South Kimbark Avenue, 6901 to 7055 South Kimbark Avenue. 1200 to 1318 East 69th Street,

1215 to 1241 East 71st Street, 1214 to 1238 East 71st Place, 1211 to 1237 East 71st Place, 1204 to 1230 East 72nd Street, 1201 to 1229 East 72nd Street, 1212 to 1226 East 72nd Place, 1211 to 1221 East

72nd Place, 1200 to 1216 East 73rd Street. The change request is RS-3 to an RT-4. The second file is A-9143, common address 7343 South Woodlawn Avenue, and that change request is M-1-2 to a B2-3. Once

again, we have London Walther and Justin Petersen of the Department of Planning and Development here to present on these matters. Thank you, Chair. Again, my name is Justin Petersen. I'm with the

Southeast Planning Region. Mm-hmm. I'm here today to present proposed zoning change from RS-3 to RT-4, primarily in the Greater Bronzeville Crossing area from approximately 69th to 75th Street. This

is just south of Oak Woods Cemetery, between the Skyway and the Metra Electric tracks. This is a map of the existing land ownership in the area. The city owns about 35 parcels, half of which are

reserved for City Lots for Working Families program with the Department of Housing under the Jackson Park ordinance. There are also about 50 tax-delinquent parcels in this geography. The proposed

zoning is intended to improve the financial feasibility of redeveloping these vacant and tax-delinquent properties by expanding development possibilities beyond single-family homes. So the question

is, why change the RS zoning? This is essentially an economics question. The cost to construct a new single-family home in the city of Chicago starts at about $500,000. Without subsidy, the purchase

price of that tends to be around $700,000 or more. So this is only affordable to households making approximately $180,000 a year, which is almost twice the area median income for the Chicago area. A

new construction single-family home also costs twice as much as existing homes in neighborhoods like Auburn Gresham and Chatham, so there's not much of a market, really, for new construction of

single-family homes in this area. Virtually all of the market rate construction that DPD has facilitated through land sales has been in RT-4 and RM-5 districts on the south side. It's also difficult

to finance the renovation of non-conforming buildings like two-flats or three-flats when the zoning is RS. It's just a lending issue. It's easier to get lending to deconvert that to a single-family

home than to maintain the two units. So that directly leads to a loss of housing units and gentrification. This is the recommended zoning, again, to RT-4. It does not, of course, prohibit single-

family zoning, but will allow up to three units on a standard city lot. The ordinance is also proposing changing the one larger city-owned site on South Woodlawn, next to the Metra Electric stop at

75th Street, that's the lower right-hand corner there, to B2-3 to allow for future transit-oriented development. That's a city-owned site, so it could be subject to a future RFP. We would work with

the community and the Fifth Ward, of course, to outline that. Mm. These are just some examples of the non-conforming buildings that are currently in RS-3, so the six-flat, for example, there. Again,

it's difficult to get financing to renovate that. And again, back to the housing economics. Ultimately, a three-flat, of course, is a more expensive building, but when you divide that by three

households, it's a more affordable housing option that's closer to the area median income and closer to the just general household size. Also, just on this point, this is from the DePaul Institute of

Housing Studies, showing that Chicago's losing a lot of these small multifamily buildings. It's really been one of the foundations of our naturally occurring affordable housing stock. So it's a

typology that we need to help rebuild. And then finally, again, DPD has seen significant success in our region, in the southeast region, with new construction in RT-4 and RM-5 districts. We're

currently managing about 200 infill residential land sale applications, proposing up to about 800 units in this geography alone. So we're hoping that by increasing the development rights here that

we'll be able to also improve the feasibility of, again, marketing those vacant lots and building new housing. This kind of scaled housing is really the most cost-effective way for us to build new

units right now. So DVD recommends the passage of the proposed zoning change to help facilitate new construction and greater cram costing and increased housing supply, and return dozens of vacant

parcels to the tax roll. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Peterman. Alderman Spada, followed by Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Chair. First, a bit of a logistical question. Did

we have to send a mailing to every property within that area? This is a- Yeah ... sizable- Right ... map amendment. I'm genuinely curious. So yes, and I can tell you that our committee, based on some

of the members' actions in upzoning, our budget has been impacted. Which again, we're more than happy to help to do the work. We're just going to be asking for some type of amendment at some point,

because there's been a ton of mailings that have mailed out for Broadway, this project, and other projects that are in the queue. So, yes. I was going to say, because I genuinely applaud the appetite

and the ambition of the level of map amendments we've been seeing, particularly over the past year. But man, the postage budget that this represents is striking. So, curious on that point, but also

this whole presentation is so compelling in helping us think about the true cost of housing in the City of Chicago, and what is permitted by right, how transformative map amendments like this can be.

Could I just ask for this presentation to be provided through the chair? Sure. Absolutely. Yeah. It should be in your shared drive, but more than happy to have it- There we go ... directed to you.

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Chair. I will, I guess, echo the comments of my colleagues from the 1st Ward. I think this is a really good presentation, and

there's a lot of good information here we can use in other parts of the city. And so I know it was in our Zip drive maybe yesterday, but it's worth bumping that, because R4 is the workhorse of our

urban density, and I don't think anyone's actually afraid of a three-flat, no matter where you live. And we need to create opportunities for more three-flats everywhere. So, kudos to my colleague,

Alderman Yancy, who's taken a real look at his ward. I'll say the same while I have the mic for Alderman Mosley, who's done a lot of very thoughtful zoning work in his ward as well, because I know

it's not easy to do. So thank you, and I'll make the motion when needed. Thanks. I concur on that as well, Vice Chair. Any questions from members of the committee? Any other questions? All right.

Seeing none, Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion do pass on 5th Ward automatic applications A-9142 and A-9143. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes

have it, and the ordinances are passed. Our next item, we will- Skip ... we'll skip the next item. The sponsor is not here. Next up, we have a series of four map amendments introduced by Alderman

Mosley in the 21st Ward. I'll read them all into the record. We'll have one presentation, and take a vote for all at the end. File number A-9131, common address 355 to 725 West 111th Street, 360 to

420 West 111th Street, 11031 South Eggleston Avenue. And that change request is RT-4, and a B1-1, and a B3-1, and C1-1 district to a B2-3. The next file is A-9132. The common address is 11115, South

11157 South Normal Avenue, 114th to 11154 South Eggleston Avenue, 11115 to 11157 South Eggleston Avenue, 11114 to 11148 South Stewart Avenue, and 406 to 410 West 112th Street. And that change request

is RS2 and RS3 to an RT4. The last file is the file number A-9133. The common address is 301 to 347 West 108th Place, 300 to 346 West 109th Street, 301 to 347 West 109th Street, 318 to 346 West 109th

Place, 301 to 341 West 109th Place, 300 to 340 West 110th Street, 301 to 347 West 110th Street, 302 to 346 West 110th Place, 301 to 345 West 110th Place, 300 to 314 West 111th Street, 303 to 329 West

111th Street, 300 to 332 West 111th Place, 301 to 331 West 111th Place, 300 to 334 West 112th Street, 301 to 329 West 112th Street, and then 302 to 324 West 112th Place. And that change request is RS3

to an M1-1, to an RT4. And then lastly, file number A-9134. The common address is 318 to 344 West 111th Street. That change request is a C1-1 to a B2-3. We have Jasmine Gunn of the Department of

Planning and Development here to present on these matters. Ms. Gunn? Yes. Thank you, Chairman, and good morning to you and the members of the committee. For the record, my name is Jasmine Gunn, and

I'm a planner with the Far South region at the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development. I am here to present and speak to the items surrounding 111th Street and Eggleston in 21st Ward.

So the parcels here in the map amendment are located in the 21st Ward with Alderman Mosley in the Roseland community area, and is located in the DPD's Far South planning region The main driver behind

the proposed zoning changes is the Red Line Extension project, which will extend the Red Line 5.6 miles from 95th Street to 130th, adding four new accessible stations. As seen on the map in the slide,

the 111th Street Station will be the second of the four new stations to be created. Of course. Yeah. So after being promised for almost 60 years, the project reached a major milestone with the

groundbreaking taking place in April of this year. So construction is expected to be completed in 2030. So in order to successfully secure funding for the project, one of the requirements was of the

Chicago Transit Authority, in partnership with the Department of Planning and Development, was to complete and create a transit supportive development plan. This process included engagement with

residents, business owners, and local organizations who helped to create a vision and identify opportunities for economic development and investment in the community surrounding the new transit

stations. This was adopted by Plan Commission in 2023. So for the 111th Street area in the plan, this diagram shows what new development could look like if the vacant land and buildings were

activated. The yellow buildings were vacant buildings that were identified that could be rehabbed, and the orange was vacant land that could be reactivated with new buildings. The property circled in

red near the station was identified as a catalyst site, where investment in these locations could spur additional investment in the surrounding area. So to this point, another reason for the timing of

the rezoning and the map amendments is a request for proposals that DPD released this summer to get developers to propose their vision for the city-owned site highlighted in yellow on the screen here.

Proposals are due September 30th, and again, it's located directly next to the 111th Street site. So this image shows what development could look like along that site, with higher density buildings

and mixed use buildings along 111th Street itself. And then the buildings and the housing would step down in scale as it goes deeper back into the neighborhood. This is a rendering from that same plan

that just shows a pedestrian-level view of what development could look like at this site at 111th. So the target area for the site for this map amendment was specifically the corridor right along

111th Street, that does have business and commercial uses now, and then residential areas that have higher amounts of vacant land and buildings that have the potential for change over time as the

train is being developed. So the existing zoning in the area varies. It has a large range. You can see it under the red category, the red column. Right now, a lot of the existing zoning does allow for

auto-oriented uses, such as auto shops and gas stations, that really undermine the large transit investment that is being made. So we are proposing zoning changes that will still allow for a variety

of housing options and still allow for a lot of businesses, but just discourage some of those more auto-oriented uses. So this is just a map showing what the existing zoning is. There's a lot of RS3

and two in the residential area, and then there's C and B districts along 111th Street. And then the proposed zoning would reflect the character of the community, putting RT4 where there's largely

residential, and then B2-3 where there's largely business and commercial districts now. With that, I will conclude my presentation and open it up for any questions. Thank you, Ms. Gunn. Are there any

other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Mosley? Thank you, Chair, and good morning, committee. I want to first congratulate Jasmine on this amazing work that she has been

a true partner in, helping to usher in this development that has taken nearly 60 years. This is exactly what we want to start doing to prep sites to prepare for that groundbreaking, catalystic

development, and would ask for this committee's favorable support. Thank you. Thank you, Alderman Mosley. Seeing no other questions from members of the committee, Alderman Ramirez makes a motion do

pass on 21st Ward automatic applications A-9131, 9132, 9133, and 9134. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. And opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it, and the ordinances are passed. Thank

you. Congratulations. Now we're moving to the bottom of page four. File number A-9131 in the 21st Ward. Document number 02026-0026313. Common address, 355 to 725 West 111th Street, 360 to 420 West

111th Street, and 11031 South Eggleston Avenue. The change request is RT4, residential, two-flat, townhouse, and multi-unit district, B1-1, neighborhood shopping district. I'm sorry. My bad. We're at

the bottom of page. Yep. I said the bottom of page four, and I went to the top of page four. My apologies. Strike all that, please. Bottom of page four. File number A-9145 in the 23rd Ward. Common

address is 5345-5353 South Archer Avenue. The applicant is Alderwoman Silvana Tabares. The change request is RS-2 residential single unit, detached house district to B3-1 community shopping district.

We have Emma Ortega of the 23rd Ward here to present. Ms. Ortega? Good morning, committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Emma Ortega, and I'm with the 23rd Ward

Alderman Silvana Tabares' office. I'm here to ask for your support on behalf of Alderman Tabares for O2026-0026887 for the zoning reclassification of map number 12K at 5345 to 5353 South Archer

Avenue. This zoning reclassification is for a current lot that is vacant and will then allow a Paisan's Pizzeria to be built for the 23rd Ward community. The 23rd Ward has garnered community support

from both the Archer Heights Civics Association- ... and the Midway Chamber of Commerce. She's going to come back. This one? This zoning, we respectfully request your support for O2026-0026887 for the

zoning reclassification map of number 12 at 5345 to 5353 South Archer. Thank you for your attention on this matter. Thank you, Ms. Ortega. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing

none. Alderman Spada makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. We're going to skip the next two, right? We'll skip the next two

items, and we will be file number 23135 in the third ward. Common address is 3927 to 3933 South King Drive. We're going to take a motion to defer. Okay. The change request is RM-5 residential multi-

unit district to a B3-3 community shopping district. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to defer the previously read item. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. Independent chair, the

ayes have it. The item is deferred. Back up here? Back down. Okay, cool. All right. Bottom of page five, file number 23134 in the 30th Ward. The common address is 3745 North Cicero Avenue. The change

request is a B3-1 community shopping district to a C1-2 neighborhood commercial district. Attorney Mark Kupiec is here to present on the item. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Mark

Kupiec. I represent the applicant of this case. The applicant has a business there on Cicero Avenue. He actually makes salsa. He has two buildings. He's got this principal building where he's got the

business office, where he has his current business license, but he also, right down the block, has an off-site small warehouse. And business licensing paid him a visit and told him that he needs a

separate license for the warehouse building because it's a separate building. So we're asking for the zoning change so he could get that business license and continue his business. Thank you, Mr.

Kupiec. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Harris makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. Independent chair, the ayes

have it. The item is passed. Thank you, Mr. Kupiec. Thank you. All right. Top of page six, file number 23145 in the eighth ward. Common address is 7200 South Dorchester Avenue. The change request is

RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to B2-2 neighborhood mixed use district. Attorney Jessica Watkins is here to present on that matter. Please proceed when prepared, Ms.

Watkins. Hi, good morning, Alderman Villejas and members of the committee. My name is Jessica Watkins, and I'm an attorney with the law offices on 1917 West 103rd Street. I'm here on behalf of

applicant and property owner Rebuild Foundation, not for profit, located at 7200 South Dorchester Avenue. The subject property is a 24,833 square foot lot, improved with an existing three-story brick

building with a basement and 15 off-street parking spaces, one of which is ADA accessible, with access to two existing driveway facilities onto East 72nd Street. The applicant is seeking approval of a

map amendment application from the current RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to that of B2-2 neighborhood mixed use district. For this reason, we are required to file a type

one map amendment application. This application is being filed in order to allow for the addition of a proposed limited use restaurant, a cafe, inside the existing improved with no change to the

building footprint. The existing community center with offices and meeting rooms are to remain. I've spoken to Alderman Harris's office, and she has indicated her support for this application. With me

today is representative for the applicant, Ms. Afton Battle, and Mr. Kareem Mousawir, our land use consultant. Should the committee or chairman have any questions, we are here to answer them.

Otherwise, we humbly seek approval of the amendment of the zoning property from RT-4 to B2-2. Thank you, Chairman Villejas and committee for your grace in this matter, and thank you to the zoning

staff for your help and consideration. Thank you, Ms. Watkins, did you mention that you needed to amend to type one in your presentation? Yes. One second. Give our zoning staff one minute It's good?

It's not a Type 1, Ms. Walke, according to zoning. Would you like to comment, sir? Individual zoning is allowing it to go forward without a Type 1, and that's fine. The reason that is because it's

going from a RS-3 to a business district, and the floor area is increased more than double. Okay. Yeah. Zoning's weighed in. They're okay with it being as is. Okay, great. Thank you. Are there any

questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Chair Harris. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For people that don't know, this building has gone through an extraordinary change. It's an existing

100-year-old-plus building that was there. It formerly belonged to St. Lawrence, from the Catholic side of the universe, and it was a school. In fact, it was my daycare, my first preschool program

that I was entered into when we moved early into the community. And so they have rehabbed it. It's a beautiful existing structure that is amazing. It's artist lofts. It's a beautiful auditorium. And

so I am in 1,000% support, along with my community, so I ask for a favorable vote on this item. It's an amazing place and what they have done to transform the former St. Lawrence School. So only

1,000%? Okay. Only 1,000. I could go 10,000 too, if you want me to. All right. Seeing no other questions from colleagues, Chair Dowd makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed,

say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Yeah. To the next item. We're going to go back to 9144. Go like that, and then we'll

take a more- All right. Before we move on to the next item, we will go back to file number A-9144 in the 15th Ward. The common address is 4639 to 4643 South Wallace Avenue. Alderman Knutson makes a

motion to defer the previously read item. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is deferred. Two. Right here, Rosana. No, the

next page. Right. Ms. Rosana. Okay. All right. Now we're up top of page five, file number A-9135 in the 33rd Ward. The common address is 3034 to 3042 West Lawrence Avenue. The applicant is Alderman

Rosana Rodriguez Sanchez. And the change request is to de-designate as a pedestrian street a segment of West Lawrence Avenue right of way, a line 149.73 feet east of parallel to North Albany Avenue on

the west, and a line of 349.73 feet west of and parallel to North Sacramento on the east, along West Lawrence Avenue. Ms. Rodriguez Sanchez to present on the item. Thank you, Chair. We are requesting

the de-designation of this fragment of Lawrence as a pedestrian street. We have a long-standing business in that area that is a body shop, and for a very long time, this business just had lots of cars

everywhere. It was a mess, and it was a threat to safety as well. We have done a lot of work in the area since we designated that area a pedestrian street, with curb bump-outs, bigger sidewalks, and

we have made it a lot safer. The owner of the business acquired the lot next to his business, and now he has gotten all of his cars in order. Everything is organized and beautiful. There's beautiful

lighting. And in order for him to be able to continue operating, we need that stretch to be de-designated, but also with all of the safeguards that we have been able to create together as a community.

So I am requesting a do pass for this item. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from members of the committee? All right. Seeing none, Alderman Spada makes a motion to recommend pass of this item. All

in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Here. All right. Next file is number A-9102 in the 39th Ward. Common address is 4626

North Knox Avenue. The applicant is Alderman Samantha Nugent. The change request is RS-3 residential single-unit detached house district to a C-1-1 neighborhood commercial district. Aldermen Nugent.

Good morning, and thank you, Chairman and members of the committee. I met with the Irish American Heritage Center regarding their proposal to change 4626 North Knox Avenue from an RS-3 residential

single-unit district to a C-1-1 neighborhood commercial district for the sole purpose of applying for an outdoor patio license. After the issuance of the license, the property will be returned to an

RS-3. I've met with neighbors and spoken to the community association regarding this proposal and have no objection as of today. I ask for your favorable consideration of this matter. Thank you. Thank

you, Aldermen Nugent. Any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Aldermen Ramirez makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the

chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Going to the bottom of page nine, file number 23141-T1, also in the 39th Ward. Common address is 4865 North Elston Avenue. The change request is a C1-1

neighborhood commercial district to a C1-3 commercial neighborhood district. Attorney Paul Kopack is here to present on the item. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon. Again, thank you very

much for taking me out of order. My name is Paul Kopack, I represent the applicant JNN Group LLC, to change the existing zoning from C1-1 to that of the C1-3 to erect a three-story building with

commercial and residential components. Lot will be measured at 3,750 feet, and there will be four dwelling units with four off-street parkings. The plans and the narrative have not changed, and we ask

that they be included in the representation. We have met with Alderman Nugent and her advisory committee. We do have a letter of support, and I believe the alderman would agree. Are there any

questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Nugent? Thank you again, Chairman, members of the committee. As Mr. Kopack said, I did meet with the applicant for 4865 North Elston

Avenue, reviewed their requested amendment and plans, shared them with community, and we have received no objections. I, too, have no objection to this application, and again, ask for your favorable

consideration. Thank you, Alderman Nugent. Alderman Knudson makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say "Aye." Aye. All opposed say "Nay." In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. That item

is passed. Regular order of business. All right, now we're back to the regular order of business. Second item on page six, file number 23137-T1 in the 11th Ward. Common address is 2815 to 2819 South

Stewart Avenue. The change request is M1-2 limited manufacturing business park district to RM-5 residential multi-unit district. Attorney Tyler Manick is here to present on the item. Thank you, Mr.

Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Tyler Manick. I'm an attorney with Shane, Banks, Kenyon & Schwartz. I'm the land use attorney for the property owner, Grantland 2819 South Stewart

LLC, which owns the property at 2815 to 2819 South Stewart. The property is currently unimproved and surrounded by residential uses, including townhouses, making the current manufacturing zoning

incompatible with the surrounding uses. The applicant seeks to rezone the parcel from M1-2 limited manufacturing business park district to RM-5 residential multi-unit district to construct eight

townhouses. The application also requests an administrative adjustment to increase parking to 100% parking ratio, and a variation to reduce the end wall setback from the street from 10 feet to four

feet. We did submit substitute type one narrative that I would like incorporated into the record, please. Type one. Okay. There's no amendments. What's that? No type one amendment. It's the substitute

narrative. Plans and ordinance are the same. Okay. All right. Vice Chair Lawson moves to accept the substitute narrative plans for the type one application. All in favor, please say "Aye." Aye. All

opposed, say "Nay." In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The substitute narrative plans are accepted. Thank you. The applicant met with Alderwoman Lee and participated in a general community

meeting hosted by the alderwoman, and the alderwoman has provided this committee with her letter of support. In sum, I respectfully request this committee's recommendation to pass the zoning map

amendment application rezoning 2815 to 2819 South Stewart from an M1-2 to an RM-5 zoning district, and I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. Manick. Are there any questions from members

of the committee? Seeing none, Chair Harris moves do pass. All in favor, please say "Aye." Aye. All opposed, say "Nay." In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you.

Thank you. Our next item up is file number 23126-T1, 34th Ward. The common address is 1331 West Flournoy Street. Change request is RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to RM-5

residential multi-unit district. Nick Fatigas from the office of Samuel P. Banks is here to present on the item. Mr. Fatigas? Thank you, Chairman. For the record, Nick Fatigas from the offices of Sam

Banks. We are seeking a zoning change in this case for the property at 1331 West Flournoy, from RT-4 to RM-5, in order to bring an existing five-unit residential building into full compliance. No

physical changes or expansions are proposed to the existing structure. This is a type one zoning change. There's no parking currently provided, nor will there be any after the permitting, bringing the

five units into compliance is complete. This as a type one, though, we did seek for additional setback relief for those existing building conditions. There was no substitute on this one. No plan set.

Everything stayed the same. And based on that, I believe we have Alderman Conway's support to proceed today. Thank you, Mr. Fatigas. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none,

Mr. Steve Valenciano is here from the 34th Ward to present on this item. Yeah. Steve Valenciano, representing Alderman Conway, and everything that Nick laid out is correct. This is an existing

situation, and it's just making this legal nonconforming building a legal nonconforming building. And it will be rezoned back to the RT-4 after permits are pulled to adjust everything. Thank you,

Steve. Any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Beale makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say "Aye." Aye. All opposed say "Nay." In the opinion of the chair,

the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you. Top of page seven, file number 23128-T1 in the 47th ward. Common address is 4545 North Ravenswood Avenue. The change request is a C3-3 commercial

manufacturing employment district to a B3-5 community shopping district. Nick Fotikos from the law office of Samuel B.P. Banks is here to present on the item. Mr. Fotikos? Chair, again, for the

record, Nick Fotikos from the law offices of Sam Banks, representing the applicant and property owner. Chair, in this case, the property is currently improved with a four-story retail and office

building. The proposed rezoning from C3-3 to B3-5 will permit the residential conversion of the floors above grade. The retail component at grade will remain. The project also proposes a partial fifth

floor addition for a total of 15 residential units. And for the record, the affordable housing units that are triggered as part of the zoning change will all be provided on site. We worked very

closely with Alderman Matt Martin's office, and I believe a letter of support is on file. No changes to the plan's narrative or ordinance on this type one application. Thank you, Mr. Fotikos. Are

there any questions from members of the committee? Alderman Beale. Of the units are in this project? Great. Say that one more time. Three. And all three will be on site. Okay. Thank you. Any other

questions from members of the committee? We do have a letter on file from Alderman Martin. Seeing no other questions, Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye.

Aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. File number 23075-T1 in the 27th ward. Common address, 219 North Elizabeth Street. Change request is a M2-3

light industry district to a DX-3 downtown mixed-use district. Attorney Nick Fotikos is here to present on the item. Mr. Fotikos. Chairman, again, for the record, Nick Fotikos from the law offices of

Sam Banks. I'm here on behalf of the applicant and property owner, 219 North Elizabeth LLC. The applicant is proposing to adapt and reuse the existing building and construct a partial third-floor

addition to it in order to establish a restaurant on the first two floors of the building. The property is currently located in a manufacturing district, which limits the size of a restaurant to less

than 4,000 square feet. The proposed restaurant will contain approximately 6,000. This project, as a matter of procedure, was presented to the Chicago Plan Commission because it is located within an

industrial corridor. So I would ask that the Plan Commission recommendation be incorporated into today's proceeding. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission. Alderman Sigcho-

Lopez makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The records are

incorporated. And then, Chair, also as a matter of procedure, just to be safe, we filed a substitute plan set. No changes to the narrative, no changes to the ordinance. But we did file a substitute

plan set with staff to make sure that the plans that were presented to Plan Commission matched the type one submittal. Got you. Thank you for that explanation. Are there any questions from members of

the committee? Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Chair. You mentioned it was a restaurant user? Yes. Is it a new one or an expansion? It's a new location. It is Chef Eric Williams. That's all I'm allowed

to say at this point. That's exciting. It's enough to say. I move to pass. Thanks. All right. Seeing no other questions from members of the committee, Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to pass. All in

favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed as revised. Our next is file number 23076-T1 in the 28th ward. Common address is

2954 West Roosevelt Road. The change request is a C1-3 commercial neighborhood district to C3-1 district. Nick Fotikos from the law offices of Samuel B.P. Banks is here to present on the matter. Thank

you, Chair. Again, for the record, Nick Fotikos from the law offices of Sam Banks. I'm here on behalf of the applicant and property owner. The proposal in this case is to develop the subject property

at 2954 West Roosevelt with a new gas station and retail convenience store. In this case, Chair, we are seeking a rezoning to the C3-1 commercial manufacturing employment district. This is a type one

application consistent with the recent change in the ordinance to allow the establishment of the gas station, irrespective of some of the limitations that have recently been in place on gas stations.

I will point out for the record, too, that we did file substitute plans and a substitute narrative. I'd ask that those be incorporated into today's proceeding. Alderman Spada moves to accept the

substitute narrative plans for the type one application. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Substitute narrative plans are

accepted. And Chair, we worked directly with Alderman Irvin on this application. I believe he's provided confirmation of support to proceed today. There is confirmation of support from Alderman Irvin.

Are there any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Chair Harris makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the

ayes have it. The item is passed. Last section. Good afternoon, folks. In the top of page eight is document number 23127-T1 in the 36th ward. Common address is 2431 West Thomas Street. Change request

to RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to RM-5 residential multi-unit district. We have attorney Nick Fotikos. So again, for the record, Nick Fotikos, law offices- Of Sam

Banks. I'm here representing the applicant and property owner, Castleview Holdings LLC. Vice Chair, in this case, the proposal is to redevelop the subject property with a new three-unit residential

building. In this case, it's filed as a Type 1. There are no changes to the plan set, narrative, or ordinance. We are seeking, though, relief to reduce the setbacks, increase the parking ratio to

100%, as well as any relief that's required for the proposal. We also worked closely with Alderman Vegas's office, as well as our immediate neighbor, and I don't believe there's any objection to the

project proceeding today. Great. Thank you. Chairman? Thank you, Vice Chair Lawson. I look for favorable consideration of this matter. Nick Fatikis worked closely with our office and the neighbor

immediately adjacent to the property. Thank you. Any questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Espada moves due pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, say nay. Hearing the chair the

ayes have it. Item is passed. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Vice Chair. You got it. All right. We are on the bottom of page eight, file number 231 dash... I'm sorry, strike that. File number 23129-T1,

27th Ward. Common address is 2339 to 49 West Grand Avenue. The change request is M1-2, Limited Manufacturing Business Park District and B3-3 Community Shopping District to a B2-5, Neighborhood Mixed

Use District. Attorney Nick Fatikis is here, and in the office of Samuel VP Banks to present on the matter. Thank you again, Chair. For the record, Nick Fatikis. Law Office of Sam Banks. In this

application, Chairman, we are seeking a zoning change from a split zone to M1-2 and B3-3 districts to a uniform B2-5 zoning district in order to permit an eight-unit residential building. In this

case, the proposed dash five zoning will overcome the subject lot's 105-foot lot depth dimension. So, it's allowing for the size and height of the proposed structure. This is a Type 1 application

where, again, we are seeking to increase the parking ratio as well as reduce the rear setback and any other relief needed for the project. There are no changes to the plan set ordinance or narrative

in this case. We did work with Alderman Burnett's office, and I believe he's confirmed support to proceed. There is confirmation of that support from Alderman Burnett. Are there any questions from

members of the committee? Alderman Espada. Thank you, Chair. I just want to make sure I heard it right. B2-5, five stories, and there's eight units in the building? Correct. Okay. All right. Thank

you, Chair. Any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Knutzon makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the

chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Top of page nine, file number 23133 in the 11th Ward. Common address is 3540 to 3542 South Halsted Street. The change

request is a B1-1 Neighborhood Shopping District to C1-2 Neighborhood Commercial District. Monte Boatwright is here to present on the item. Okay. Do you want to press it? Yeah, that's fine. Single

line. Yeah. Hello, Chairman, Committee. Good afternoon. My name is Monte Boatwright, attorney. Here with me is the applicant, Mr. Michael Bartucci. Also present is the architect, Sam Pamina. Can you

speak into the mic? Thank you. This is a request for a zoning change, a rezoning from B1-1 to C1-2. The intended use for this location is a very high-end auto repair shop and sports car assessment,

and in the front is going to be a very nice coffee shop to merge together. We also wish to thank Alderwoman Nicole Lee for her support on this one. Thank you, Mr. Boatwright. Are there any questions

from members of the committee? All right. Seeing none, Chair Dowd makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The

item is passed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next item is file number 23139-T1 in the 11th Ward. Common address is 2901 to 05 South Lowell Avenue. Change request is RS3 residential

single unit, detached house district to a RM4-5 residential multi-unit district. John Piekarski is here to present on the matter. Mr. Piekarski? Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.

I am Tom Piekarski of the law firm of Gordon and Piekarski, representing the applicant, Paul Wong. We're before you seeking approval of an application to amend the zoning of the property, commonly

known as 2901 through 05 South Lowell Street, from the current RS3 to that of an RT4.5. Subject property is 50 by 124 feet, and that is currently improved with a single family home that is Mr. Wong's

residence. Mr. Wong seeks the zoning amendment- You have to- ... to subdivide the existing 50-foot wide zoning lot into two 25-foot wide lots. The resulting lot at 2901 South Lowell will maintain the

existing home. The resulting lot at 2905 South Lowell will be improved with three residential units, with the intention they be occupied by Mr. Wong's family The block on which the proposed

development is located is largely composed of multi-unit buildings, so a three-unit is consistent with the area. This will also allow a longtime resident of the block to continue to live in the

community with his family. We have reviewed the proposal with Alderman Lee, who has issued her support in the form of letter previously submitted to the chair. We have presented the plan through a

rigorous community review and have received community support. Therefore, we ask a vote by the committee recommending approval of the application to the full city council. Thank you, Mr. Pekarski. Are

there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Chair Harris makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have

it. The item is passed. Thank you, Mr. Pekarski. Thank you for your time. We go out of order to page 16. In the middle of page 16, file number 22814 in the 18th Ward. Common address 7600 to 7400 South

Kostner Avenue, 7601 South Cicero Avenue. The change request is a B3-2 community shopping district to a M2-2 light industry district, then to an industrial planned development. Attorney Liz Butler is

here to present on the item. Ms. Butler, when you're ready. Good morning, Chairman Vegas and members of the committee. For the record, my name is Liz Butler. I'm a partner at the law firm of Taft

Stettinius & Hollister. We're located at 111 East Wacker Drive in Chicago. Our firm represents the applicant in this matter, Midwest RE Acquisitions LLC, an affiliate of Chicago-based industrial

developer Curve Industrial. I'm joined today by members of the development team, including representatives of Curve Industrial, Space Co., the civil engineer for the project, Kathryn Talty Associates,

the landscape architect for the project, KLOA, our traffic engineer, and Roux, our air quality consultant, as well as ARCO/Murray, and our community engagement consultant, Empower Strategies Group,

and my colleague, Janet Sengle. The applicant is before the committee today seeking its favorable recommendation on a planned development application for the redevelopment of the approximately 67-acre

Ford City Mall site, located at 7601 South Cicero Avenue. The application was considered by the Chicago Plan Commission at its August 20th hearing and received a favorable recommendation. We would

respectfully request that the transcript and record of the Plan Commission proceedings be incorporated into the record here today. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission.

Alderman Spata makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The

records are incorporated. Thank you. The property is generally bounded by a private road known as West 74th Street and the Tootsie Roll property on the north, Kostner Avenue on the east, a private

road known as 76th Street on the south, and Cicero Avenue on the west. The requested zoning change is from the existing B3-2 community shopping district to an M2-2 light industry district, and then to

an industrial planned development. Because the site exceeds the applicable acreage threshold for industrial development on M-zoned land, this was a mandatory planned development. Nicole, is somebody

going to progress through the slides? Thank you. The property includes the now vacant Ford City Mall and the surrounding surface parking lots. The site's history is closely tied to industrial

development. During World War II, it was part of the massive Dodge Chicago plant, which constructed aircraft engines for the war effort. Ford Motor Company later operated at the property, which gave

Ford City its name. A portion of the former industrial complex was subsequently redeveloped as the Ford City Mall, which opened in 1965. In recent decades, the mall experienced significant decline and

disinvestment. Today, it is completely vacant and the property has deteriorated to the point that the mall was ordered to be closed due to public health and safety concerns. The proposal before you

today would replace the vacant and obsolete property with a modern industrial campus and would return this historically industrial site to a productive economic use. Curve Industrial is the contract

purchaser of the property and proposes to demolish the existing mall, undertake environmental remediation necessary to redevelop the site, and construct four new Class A industrial buildings totaling

approximately 1.1 million square feet in floor area. The buildings are being developed on a speculative basis, so no specific end users have been identified yet. The buildings are designed to

accommodate modern industrial logistics, distribution, and manufacturing users consistent with the proposed zoning and the planned development. The development has been comprehensively master planned

as a campus with truck loading, employee parking, and internal circulation organized within the site to minimize impacts on surrounding properties. Particular attention has been given to separating

truck traffic from passenger vehicles wherever possible and providing safe and efficient circulation throughout the development Importantly, this is more than the construction of four new buildings.

The redevelopment includes substantial investment in infrastructure that serves both the property and the surrounding area, including a new CTA bus terminal, new and reconstructed roadways and

sidewalks, new utilities, and significant water and sewer infrastructure. The project also includes approximately 913 new trees and more than eight acres of native landscaping and stormwater

management improvements. The property currently lacks modern stormwater management infrastructure. The development will also introduce a comprehensive stormwater management system that's designed to

substantially improve conditions on the site and reduce potential for flooding. The project will be designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and will comply with the city's sustainable development

policy, achieving 100 points from that sustainable development policy matrix. The development will also establish the Ford City Heritage Plaza, a new publicly accessible landscaped gathering space

that will recognize the unique history and evolution of the Ford City property. Altogether, the development represents an investment of approximately $200 million and is anticipated to create

approximately 185 permanent jobs and 90 construction jobs. The developer has also established MBE and WBE participation goals of 26% and 6% respectively. The application was filed in July 2025. The

project has undergone more than a year of extensive community, stakeholder, and departmental reviews. During that time, the development team worked closely with the Department of Planning and

Development, CDOT, the Department of Water Management, the Department of Buildings, the law department, as well as the CTA to address infrastructure, transportation, and operational issues associated

with the redevelopment of this unusually large and complex site. Alderman Curtis hosted community meetings in September 2025 and again in September 2026. The development team also met with the Greater

Southwest Development Corporation on several occasions and with the property's immediate neighbors and other community stakeholders. Those discussions resulted in meaningful changes and enhancements

to the proposal, particularly with respect to public safety, open space, traffic management, infrastructure, landscaping, and minimizing impacts on surrounding properties. The project has received

strong support from neighboring property owners and stakeholders, including Tootsie Roll, the ownership of Dart Solocup, the owner of the Holiday Inn, and the developer working to rehabilitate

approximately 300 affordable housing units at the Ford City condos across the street. A consistent theme in the letters of support that were provided to the committee in advance of this hearing is the

importance of reinvesting in this long-challenged property and replacing this shuttered, vacant, and unsafe structure with productive new development. This application represents the culmination of

more than a year of planning, community engagement, and departmental review. It will replace a vacant and deteriorated mall with substantial new private investment, return a historically industrial

property to productive use, create new employment opportunities, and deliver significant improvements to infrastructure, transportation, landscaping, and stormwater management. If the project receives

favorable recommendation from the committee today, and proceeds through city council approval, the developer intends to acquire the property by the end of this year and move promptly to demolition and

site preparation, with construction of the development anticipated over approximately a two-year period. On behalf of Midwest RE Acquisitions and the development team, we respectfully request the

committee's favorable recommendation, and our team is available to answer any questions that you might have. Thank you, Ms. Butler. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Chair Harris.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to say that I grew up going to Ford City Mall, and so I'm familiar with the back roads and all the roads and the ways that you get into the complex. And I, as an

alderman, understand how difficult it is to manage big sites like this and to get a project that works for everybody. I want to commend Alderman Curtis on finding something that fits on the site of

this size and this magnitude and commend him on working on it on time, over time, to get where you need to be for your community. And so I am enthusiastically supporting this development. And I know

that my colleague has done his due diligence in his community, and so, I will be voting in support of this project. Thank you, Chair Harris. Any other questions from members of the committees?

Alderman Ramirez. Well, just like you, Chairwoman, I grew up going to Ford City, and so I'm southwest side adjacent to the 18th Ward, but I have a lot of fond memories of going to Ford City Mall.

Actually, the movie theater was one of the first places that I ever got to go on my own with my friends when I was in grade school. And so when I think about that, I think about what's next for that

area and what it's done for so many of us, I guess in the Chicagoland area, because Chairwoman, you're a bit further away, so it's cool that you would go to Ford City. And so, I'm asking questions on

behalf of a lot of folks that I know that are in the 18th Ward, more closely adjacent to the area. And people do have concerns, and this has happened also in my ward, but can you guys talk a little

bit about what demolition will look like for the surrounding area, for the neighbors, and what they should expect? In terms of any soil testing that has been done, and public reports that they should

be expecting moving forward? Ms. Butler. And just have your person from your team identify prior to speaking. Okay. Say your name. Good afternoon. My name is Kurt Pascoe. I am the Vice President of

Development with Curb Industrial. I'll start with the questions related to the demolition process. The city of Chicago has a very well-defined process, this would be what is considered a complex

demolition, which also includes detailed plans that are shared with the city, as well as a additional, I believe, community meeting required as part of that permit process. So, any demolition that we

undertake here would be compliant with not only the city's processes, but as well as other county and state jurisdictions that apply for a complex demolition such as this. As it relates to soil

testing and other testing done at the site, we've completed some initial testing. There's nothing particularly unique about the property. It's typical construction methods and so forth. Curb

Industrial has a long history of working on complex urban infill properties and are excited to work on this one as well. Awesome. Thank you. I just wanted to make sure that that was on the record

because there are concerns once reaching that point, and people just want to make sure that they remain safe. And then, I'm sorry if I missed this, are there any current tenants that are looking to

utilize this space? No. At this time, we would propose to construct all four buildings speculatively or without tenants, and then lease them to tenants upon completion. Do you have any sort of idea of

any prospects or anything that the community could possibly look forward to seeing? Not at this time, no. Given the long construction process, as Liz noted, with it being complete in early 2029, it's

not typical to see tenants until they need space six months or 12 months ahead. So, it would be typical to not have tenants identified at this time. Great. Thank you. And just curious about green

space. Can you guys sort of reiterate what sort of space you guys are going to be utilizing for community on the grounds? Ms. Butler. Yeah. Thank you for the question. Part of the development includes

the Ford City Heritage Plaza, which is shown on the screen now. This is about three and a half acres, or how large is the- The Heritage Plaza itself is approximately one half an acre. An acre. And

then, Kurt, could you talk about the landscape plan a little bit, or are we getting for Catherine? Yeah, I would turn it over to our landscape architect, Catherine Talty. Good afternoon. I'm Catherine

Talty. The plaza as proposed is a little bit over a half an acre, and intended to be kind of a passive recreation space with a monument to the previous use of Ford City. Could we pull up the landscape

and open space plan? So furthermore, we anticipate providing a total of 644,000 square feet of green space on the site. Previously, we calculated the green space to equal about 127,000 square feet. We

are also proposing to be in compliance with the Chicago Landscape Ordinance and provide over 913 trees. Great. Thank you. Well, thank you for taking my questions. I do, on the record, want to make

sure that the folks that are in the community, they shared with me that they hosted additional meetings that you guys may have not participated in. And so curious if anybody wants to sort of speak

about that engagement, or if you guys are aware that other meetings were held about this property. And if not, that's fine. We were aware of other- Okay ... meetings, but we didn't attend them, so-

Yeah ... we can't speak to the conversations that took place at those meetings. Yeah. So I just want to speak on behalf of the groups that they shared with me that they had a total of seven town hall

meetings where they didn't have folks that are here today presenting on this project. They weren't able to attend those meetings. And so, all I ask is that you guys engage with those community groups

moving forward, because I think it's fair to sort of imagine this space as you guys are asking for a rezoning, and this really changes the dynamic of the usage of this space. And people just want you

guys to be a little bit more creative in terms of green space. And there's been ideas like extending the Orange Line over into the 18th Ward community. And so, wanted to make sure that I shared those

voices here today. But I will be a no on this project. So, thank you. Thank you, Alderman Ramirez. Any other questions from members of the committee? Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez. Thank you. Thank you,

Chairman, and I appreciate the remarks of Alderman Ramirez in terms of the implications for the area for this large development. We talk about 1.1 million square footage I know that in Planning

Commission we had some questions around the environmental impact. I continue to have concerns about the community impact, especially environmental impact on nearby residents. The proximity of the

facility is literally touching almost porches of residential areas. So I want to reiterate my concerns and also ask once again, because some of the assumptions made, especially when trucks are idling,

and I want to make sure that committee members understand how large and how much the impact on the wellbeing of residents can be. So just for the record, if the applicant can share with us how many

dockets do we have, especially for trucks, what kind of trucks there is expected. What are the assumptions made in terms of the idling and the pollution that will come to residential areas? And if

there have been conversations, there are schools, there's at least one school with very close proximity to this site. So, in Planning Commission, I brought up these concerns. I was not satisfied with

the answer, especially around the environmental implications. So just for the record, the number of docks that you're going to have for trucks, how much the impact will be in terms of pollution around

idling in particular and the community impact. Because there are already a lot of traffic coming from Midway. So I want to make sure that it is on the record, the environmental impact and what was the

environmental study that was produced. So I don't know if that was presented to the committee members, but maybe that can be presented to committee today. Ms. Butler. Thank you for the question. It

was, I think, a multi-part question, so we'll do our best to address this. This project was subject to the city's air quality zoning ordinance, and so an air quality study was performed and a traffic

study was performed. Both of those documents were submitted to the city and reviewed by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Transportation as part of the planned development review.

A community meeting was held to review those reports, and all of those reports were posted publicly on the city's website and were available to members of the community. To answer the questions about

docks and assumptions, in the air quality study, we have our traffic engineer from KLOA and our environmental consultant available to address those questions. The project does commit to an anti-idling

policy on site. I'm not sure what the specific question on idling was, but we can say the project has committed to that. Louis, could you speak to the docks and the truck count? Good afternoon. My

name is Louis Abuna. I'm a principal with KLOA. As far as the number of docks, there'll be about 100 docks proposed for the entirety of this development. In terms of the amount of truck traffic that

will be generated, these type of developments generate truck traffic that is spread throughout the day, so there's not a high concentration of truck traffic during any time period. That help obviously

reduce the impact on the area roadway system, as well as any congestion that might occur as a result. Mir, could you speak to the air quality study that was performed and the assumptions? Good

afternoon. My name is Mir Sadegh-Abassi, and I'm the technical director at Rue Associates. And Rue has conducted the air quality impact statement for this project. As Ms. Butler said, this has gone

through the CDPH review of the air quality study. And for that, we have looked at the worst-case scenarios of all of the trucks idling at a site, all of them at the same time for one minute. And as

Ms. Butler said, there is an anti-idling signs are going to be on the site. So, following that policy, this is a very worst case scenario that we have assumed for the site. And we have made a lot of

worst-case conservative assumptions for this air quality impact study. This was submitted at the time to the CDPH, and they reviewed and approved this. They went through all of the technical aspects

of it, the air dispersion modeling of it, and it was posted on their websites for all the community to comment on it. And it was approved at the end. So we don't expect this to have any kind of impact

on the national ambient air quality studies. We have included all the background concentrations of the pollutants that the city of Chicago is worried about, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matters.

And that we have found that With all of the worst case conditions and assumptions, the project is going to have a very insignificant impact on the overall air quality in the area, and it's not going

to have any adverse impact. They're going to be, all of them, below the EPA standards of the national ambient air quality. And if you have any other questions, I'm happy to answer. Alderman Lopez.

Yeah, Chairman. Just want to be clear in terms of the-- Because it does matter, in terms of how many docks there are. I think in planning commission, at least, I thought some of the presentation added

216 loading docks. Now I'm hearing it's 100, or there's 160 dedicated trailer parking spaces. So I just want to be clear how many actual-- Because you're making an assumption in terms of how much,

even how much time. All at once, one minute. I still think that, I'm not sure how realistic that is. But in terms of, I'm hearing it's 100, it's 216. How many docks are there? Thank you for the

question. It's 216 loading spaces and 160 truck parking spaces. Okay. So that's why I want to be clear, because what I heard was early was 100. It makes a very big difference if you do 100 versus 216.

Right? And if you had those assumptions, what the assumptions were made based on what- The traffic study does follow these assumptions that are in the plan development. Mm-hmm. So I'm correct, because

I heard that you were expecting 100 docks. Is that correct? I'm just repeating, that was based on what the applicant said. I think that I just answered the question. It was 160 truck parking spaces

and 216 loading spaces, and the traffic study includes those pieces of data. Right. And- And has analyzed that. Okay. In terms of- I just want to make sure I answered the question that was asked.

Thank you. In terms of the air quality, then, how many trucks then did you assume that will be idling at any given point? So empty dock is not going to produce any air emissions. Mm-hmm. The way that

we look at based on the results of the traffic study and the number of trucks that enter, idle, and exit the site, that is what matters during the day on the peak hours, which is, we have the trip

generation from the traffic study. And so the number of the trucks that are going to be at the site varies throughout the day, and it's not going to be equal the number of docks or the loading

stations. If there is an empty dock, there's not going to be any emission there. So our calculations into the air dispersion model would be based on the results of the traffic study and the trucks

that go into the site, idle at the site. They are not allowed to idle at the site. But we have assumed that every truck that is on site on every hour, they're going to idle, which is a very worst case

conservative assumption. But, again, to your question... How many are those trucks? That's what I'm asking. What was the assumption based on one minute, all of them idling, how many of those trucks

did you calculate? I don't have the actual number of trucks. I can look it up. I'm just saying. That is a very basic question. Alderman, the way that the city's review process works is that the plan

development includes the number of truck parking and loading spaces. The traffic study is based on the proposed plan development and includes that data, and then the air quality study is based on the

traffic study. So the quantities in each of the studies follow what is proposed in the plan development, and the review process ensures that they all match, correspond, have analyzed the same numbers.

So, we're happy to provide those studies through the chair, but they have been reviewed by all of the departments to ensure that the assumptions are based on and follow and correspond with the plan

development as proposed. Thank you, Ms. Butler. What I'm concerned about is, in some of the calculations that I've seen, calculations talk about 470 semi-trucks per day. Yes. I am very concerned about

that is a high level of traffic, right? I am concerned about the diesel emissions, and these are very toxic emissions that are going to be in close proximity to residential areas. So I'm very

concerned that we don't even have a specific number. We do. Based on something that we already went through planning commission. We do have a specific number. Yes. We do have a specific number. It is

in the Appendix B of the air quality impact study that was submitted to the CDPH and reviewed by them, and approved by them. And again, it varies throughout the day. And it is in the orders of 10 to

20 trucks every hour that we have assumed for the entire 24 hours. Again, variable based on the trip generation and the peak hours of the day and the way that it is resulted from the traffic study. So

that is directly coming from the traffic study, and that has gone through the CDOT review and approval. So, again, by just looking at the number of docks or number of parking lots, if you look at the

Fourth City Mall ... parking lots. It is empty, and there is no air emission from them right now. So, it is based on the number of trucks that go on site, idle, if any, at the site, and leave the

site, and their movement on site, in addition to all the passenger cars and everything. So again, it's not going to be in the hundreds per hour. What are the precautions that you take in terms of,

again, because we do have some concerns, still I remain concerned about the actual numbers. But are there going to be air monitors? How are we going to make sure that we have accountability in terms

of what you're telling me is going to happen when the logistics facility opens? Are there going to be air monitors? How do we check on that this is not going to affect the quality of life of

residents? Go ahead. The project is not proposing to have air quality monitors, and that's not something that's been required for projects of this nature in the city of Chicago. The studies are based

on projections that are based on the Institute of Traffic Engineering. It's based on the floor area and the proposed use. So these are engineering best projections for the proposed traffic volume

that's accepted throughout the industry for development. In terms of noise pollution, was there anything that was study assessed in terms of noise pollution as well? Again, because of the close

proximity, and also the safety of children because the hours that the trucks are going to be in and out, I want to make sure that. Also, was there anything done around the schools, around nearby

schools, assessing the risk, the safety of crossing pedestrians, especially children, as well as noise pollution? Is there anything in the study that provides that information? There was not a noise

study performed. Do you expect any problems in terms of noise pollution? No. So my concern, again, at all, Curtis, on this in planning commission, is that these large facilities do represent a serious

issue in terms of the health and well-being to residents. This is a highly residential area, already polluted by high traffic area that goes to Midway. Adding to that, not sure how much benefit versus

the cost that will implicate to the residents in the area. I am concerned. I think logistic facilities should be at the bottom, not at the top of proposals. Going from commercial, residential to

logistics facility of this nature, I think will have a serious effect in the quality of life of residents in the 18th Ward, and thus I will vote in opposition of this item. Thank you, Chairman. Thank

you, Alderman Chuy Garcia. Alderman Beale? All right. A couple of questions. How many cars or trucks are going through there right now? Ms. Butler? I'm going to ask our traffic engineer if we have

that baseline data. Again, Louie Abuna with KLOA. Cicero Avenue carries about 58,000 cars a day. No, I'm referring to the site itself. How many cars and trucks are going through this site today? It's

an empty site, correct? It is, but- So that would be zero. There are- That would be zero ... there is some truck traffic. Okay. That would- Sorry. Go ahead. Okay. So when this project was at its peak,

when it was Ford City Mall at its peak, how many cars were going through here? Do we have that number? Yes, we do. And, again, that's obviously because the mall is empty or going to be empty. I want

to know when it was in its peak, when it was thriving, full of stores and traffic, how many cars do we know was going through this site every day? About 35,000 cars a day. 35,000 cars, and nobody

asked for a traffic study, nobody asked for a environmental study, nobody asked for monitors, and nobody asked for anything with 35,000 cars and trucks going through this site every day. Now, we have

a site that is being put into reuse that's going to create over 500 jobs with less traffic, less truck traffic, but still create an opportunity. How much tax revenue is this site generating right now?

Ms. Butler. Hi, Kurt Pasco with Curve Industrial. Today, the property generates approximately 1.6 million in annual property taxes. But if the property remains vacant in its current condition, we

would estimate that that would drop to approximately 1.3 million in annual property taxes. Because you will go in and get a reduction because it's vacant and underutilized, right? So once it's fully

operational, what's the proposed tax implication once it's fully operational? If the property was redeveloped as proposed, we estimate that it would generate approximately 3.5 million in annual

property taxes. I'm sorry, end. If redeveloped as proposed, we would estimate that it will generate approximately 3.5 million in annual property taxes. 3.5 million, half of that goes to our schools,

doesn't it? Yes. Oh, okay. All right. I'm just trying to understand that we have a vacant site that's not generating anything, and the alderman has looked to put an adaptive reuse in place. From my

understanding, he's had several community meetings And I think this is a great opportunity to put this big plot of land back in operation that will have less impact than it did when it was at its peak

of 35,000 cars, and still generating tax revenue. I think this is a great opportunity, and I commend the alderman for putting this together. I commend everybody who has done the traffic studies, all

the studies that went into this, environmental studies and everything, because I'm looking at the green spaces being what? Going from 114,000 square feet to 400,000 square feet. So we're being

environmentally friendly with this particular site, while putting it back in reuse. I think this is a great opportunity. I want to commend you, Alderman, for putting this back in place. I want to

commend everybody who's making it happen, and I move do pass. Thank you, Alderman Beale. I'd like to have Alderman Curtis close, if that's okay. Thank you. Any other questions from members of the

committee? All right. Ms. Quin. Very important for the record, diesel trucks are exponentially different than regular trucks. Point of clarification, 500 trucks is probably the equivalent, if not

more, than those 35,000 cars. Just for the record, because it's important that committee members understand the difference between diesel and not. And also for the record, I would like to see, maybe

we can have the results of the test of the soil as well, because that is also important as we redevelopment. Thank you. Yep. So whatever tests were submitted to the city, whatever was required, we'll

be more than happy to submit that through the chair to either the chair driver or to the other members that requested it. No problem. Alderman Curtis. Thank you, Chairman Villegas, and members of the

committee. I'm here today to strongly support the proposed redevelopment of Ford City Mall in the 18th Ward. As many of you know, Ford City has been a part of the southwest side for generations. We

remember this property, what it once was, and we also know what it has become. For me, the most important issue has always been public safety. A vacant property of this size is difficult to secure. We

have seen unlawful activity at this site. We have seen the tragic loss of life. This summer, the court ordered the property vacated because of safety concerns, and the fire department has raised

concerns regarding deteriorating infrastructure and emergency access. We can continue trying to manage those problems, or we can address them by putting this property back in productive use. I believe

this redevelopment give us that opportunity. My office has been closely involved with this project from the beginning. We have pushed the development team to listen to the community, work with

surrounding property owners and businesses, and make meaningful investments in the 18th Ward. The proposal before you reflects that work. This project represents nearly $200 million in new investment

on the southwest side. There we go. It will replace a vacant, deteriorating property with new development that can bring jobs and economic activity back to Ford City. This project includes significant

investments in infrastructure that has been failing for years. It will reconstruct 76th Street, provide new roads and sidewalks, replace underground water, sewer, and utility infrastructure, improve

storm water management, deliver a new CTA terminal, which right now they're using port-a-potties. It also includes substantial new landscaping, near 1,000 new trees and public space, recognizing the

history of Ford City. The planning commission has recommended approval of this project, and I'm asking this committee to help move this forward. Thank you. Thank you, Alderman Curtis. Alderman Beale

has made a motion do pass. All in favor, please say "aye." Aye. Opposed, say "nay." Alderman Sancho Lopez and Alderman Ramirez would like to be recorded as voting no on this matter. All right. This

motion does pass, so congratulations. Yes. Pass as revised. Thank you. Right at the top of page 10. Are we good to... All right, ladies and gentlemen, back to the top of page 10. File number 23144-T1

in the 25th Ward. The common address is 1704 South Racine Avenue. The change request is RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to RM 4.5 residential multi-unit district. Attorney

Ximena Castro will be presenting on this matter. Ms. Castro, when you're ready. I had to look at the time. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Jimena Castro. I am a

partner at Acosta Esquer, here today on several matters on behalf of my firm. The first one located at 1704 South Racine, located in the 25th Ward. The property is located in an RT-4 zoning district.

It is TSL to the Blue Island bus, and it is comprised of a one and a half story residential building with two dwelling units, zero parking spaces, and we're proposing to rezone it to an RM-4.5 to

construct a three-story residential building with four dwelling units and three parking spaces. We are seeking two variations as part of this type one, which will include a reduction of the front

setback to zero, and an increase of parking from zero to three. We do have aldermanic support, and we went through the aldermanic review and process with his zoning advisory board, and we'd like to

seek your favorable consideration. Thank you, Ms. Castro. Alderman Cecilia Lopez? Yes, Chairman. Yes, I am in support, and I ask my colleagues for favorable support on this item. Thank you. Any

questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Hopkins moves do pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Seeing that the ayes have it, item is passed. Middle of the page is

document number 23016-T1 in the 26th Ward. Common address is 3601 to 3611 West Courtland Street, 1844 to 1856 North Central Park Avenue. Change request, RM-5 residential multi-unit district to RM-5

residential multi-unit district. Ms. Castro. Thank you again, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. For the record, my name is Jimena Castro. I am a partner at Acosta Esquer, here representing

the applicant for the property located at 3601 through 11 West Courtland. I'd like to ask at this time if the substitute narrative and plans to please be incorporated into the record. Thank you.

Alderman Beale moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans for the type one application. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Seeing that the ayes have it, substitute narrative and

plans are accepted. Thank you very much. The property is located in an RM-5 zoning district. It is improved with a five-story residential building with 15 parking spaces. Previously, it included a

transitional residence use for teenagers. We are seeking to rezone it to an RM-5, but with a type one to allow for the renovation of the building to include a four-story addition, 42 units, ARO units

will be on site, and 34 parking spaces. We are also seeking variations as part of the type one, which will include the following: a reduction of the front setback to zero, a reduction of the north

side setback to zero, a reduction of the south side setback to zero, a reduction of the combined side setbacks to zero, reduction of parking 20% from 42 to 44 parking spaces, to reduce the loading

berths from one to zero, to reduce the rear yard open space to zero, and to allow for an height increase for the addition to be 59.83 feet, which is not more than the existing height of 64.42 feet.

We're also seeking relief from the landscape ordinance to reduce the interior landscaping from 580 square feet to 256 square feet, and we're seeking, lastly, to reduce the interior trees from five to

zero. And all of these variations are required because it's an existing building, and we're merely trying to work with what is already existing on the site, while also providing parking. And we have

presented to the community multiple times. This is a project that has been under community review for several years now, and we'd like to ask, now that we have the alderwoman's support for the

committee on zoning, to please vote favorably for this project. Thank you. We do have a letter from Alderperson Fuentes. Do I have any questions by committee members? Alderman Beale. Chairman. How

much is this project? I am not sure. You're not sure? So this project, I'm covering for my partner, Rolando Acosta. Okay. I am unsure of the number, but I can find out and get back to you. All right.

Is the alderman here that we can ask questions how much this project is? I know she was in. I'm not sure. There's another committee, too, so she may be in another. We can come back to it if you want.

Yeah. I'm just curious. I want to know how much the project is, how much city money, how much private money, how much are we borrowing, how many units, how much per unit. I'd like to know. Sure. So

we'll go ahead and hold this for now. You got a couple others, I think. Yes. One of which is in the 25th Ward, or 36th Ward is next. Yeah. 32nd Ward is next. Geez. That's why I need these. All right.

So we'll hold document number 23016-T1. Moving on to the bottom of page 10 is document number 23069 in the 32nd Ward. Common address is 2235 through 59 West Oakdale Avenue and 2901 through 27 North

Oaklea Avenue. Change request, WRPD1127/M12 to RM-5, and then WRPD1127 as amended. Once again, Ms. Castro. Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. My name is Jimena Castro. I'm a partner at Acosta Esquer Here

today for the property located at 2235 through 259 West Oakdale, and also located on Oakley. I am covering for my partner Michael Eisger. As a preliminary matter, this was heard and unanimously

approved in the August 20th Plan Commission hearing, and I respectfully request that the record of that proceeding be incorporated into the record today. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago

Plan Commission, and Alderman Beale makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Okay, the chair of the ayes have it and

the records are incorporated. Thank you. This property was approved as a planned development from a year ago, allowing for the new construction of 35 townhomes. The applicant now seeks to amend this

previously approved planned development to permit the construction of 14 additional three to four-bedroom townhomes, each with attached garage parking. The buildings have a maximum height of 51 feet.

As part of this planned development, the applicant is extending the publicly accessible river walk from the Lathrop homes to the east all the way to Oakley Avenue, which has been closed to vehicular

and pedestrian traffic for many years. We have worked closely with Alderman Waguespack in the 32nd Ward office, as well as CDOT, to open and significantly improve Oakley Avenue's right of way, and to

include way-finding signage for the river walk so that the public will have a nicely paved entrance to the river walk, which you can see on the slides. The alderman has expressed support for this

project, and we're available to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions by committee members? You said these are all townhomes? Yes. Single fam-- Okay. Seeing none, Alderman Hopkins moves do

pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Thank you, Chair, the ayes have it. Item is passed. Thank you. As revised. Top of page 11, document number 23140-T1 in the 27th Ward. Common

address is 167 through 171 North Morgan Street. Change request C12, neighborhood commercial district to DX5 downtown mixed use district. Ms. Castro. Thank you very much. For the record, again, my name

is Ximena Castro, partner at Costa Esgar, representing the applicant here today for the property located at 167 through 171 North Morgan Street. The property consists of an existing industrial

building that has been vacant for many years, and it is located on the east side of Morgan Street, approximately 140 feet from the Morgan Lake CTA station. The applicant proposes to construct a new

five-story mixed use residential building containing 20 units, including four affordable units on site with no automobile access or spaces, as there's no alley in the back, and 20 bicycle parking

spaces, and also ground floor commercial space. The proposed maximum height of the building is 68 feet and three inches. To allow the proposed development, the applicant seeks a zoning change for the

subject property from a C12 to a DX5, and the applicant is filing a type one rezoning application and seeks all relief necessary and as allowed by the Committee on Zoning, including but not limited

to, a variation to reduce the required rear yard setback to zero, a variation to eliminate the on-site open space requirement, and lastly, a variation to reduce the required number of automobile

spaces from 10 to zero. We have worked closely with Alderman Burnett for the 27th Ward zoning process, presented to two community organizations, had a full community meeting, and we have received no

objections from WILCO. And we have a letter of support from WCA, and a letter of support from the alderman, which the committee has. And we are available for any questions. Thank you. We do have the

letter from Alderman Burnett. Any questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Quesada moves do pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Okay, the chair of the ayes have it. Item

is passed. We're going to go back then to the middle of page 10 in the 26th Ward, document number 23016-T1 at 3601 through 11 West Courtland Street, and 1844 through 1856 North Central Park Avenue.

Change request here is RM-5 to RM-5, which was already read in. Alderman Beale had some questions that the local alderperson, Alderperson Fuentes, who's rejoined us, may be able to answer. Alderman

Beale. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a couple of questions regarding this project. Can you give me the full financial stack on this entire project? Are you able to answer that, Alderperson? No.

I don't have the financial stack for this project. And if you're referring to the project we discussed, it's not this one. It's in finance. The next one. Okay, that's the next one, not this one? The

project you're worried about is not in this committee, it's in finance. This is just a zoning variation for a project that had already been approved on Courtland. Okay. I apologize. Move we pass. All

right. Thank you. Alderman Beale moves we pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Okay, the chair ayes have it, item is passed. Middle of page 11 is document number 23143 in the 37th

Ward. Common address 1640 North Linder Avenue. Change request RS3 residential single unit, detached house district to RT4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district. Ms. Castro. Thank you

very much, Mr. Chairman. For the record, again, my name is Ximena Castro, partner at Costa Esgar, here today for the property located at 1640 North Linder. The property is located in an RS3 zoning

district. It is improved with a two-story building with basement and a two-car garage The building includes two dwelling units on the upper floors and one dwelling unit on the basement that is non-

conforming. We're seeking to rezone to an RT4 to legalize the basement unit, and we do have aldermanic support for this matter, and we seek your favorable consideration. Thank you. Any questions by

committee members? I'll ask a quick one. If this were an ADU zone, could we use that mechanism, or is it too big or too... For this one, I believe we discussed it with the alderwoman, and the rezoning

was recommended. Great. Thank you. Yeah. Seeing no questions, Alderman Hopkins moves to pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Seeing the chair, ayes have it, item is passed. Bottom of

page 11 is document number 23097 in the 43rd Ward. Common address is 1724 North Dayton Street. Change request, RT4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to RM5 residential multi-unit

district. Ms. Castro. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Again, for the record, my name is Ximena Castro. I'm a partner at Acosta Esgar, here today to represent the matter located at 1724 North

Dayton. I'd like to ask at this time if the substitute narrative and plans please be incorporated into the record. Yes. Alderperson Fuentes moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans for the

type one application. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair that ayes have it, substitute narrative and plans are accepted. Thank you. The property is located in RT4 zoning

district, improved with a single family home that is three stories and includes a two-car garage that is attached with the garage roof deck as well. We are proposing to rezone this to an RM4.5 to

construct a partial third-floor addition to increase additional living space for the family. Sure enough. The parking will stay the same. The height also will stay the same. And as part of the type

one filing, we're seeking the following variations: to reduce the north side setback, to reduce the south side setback, to reduce the combined side setbacks, to reduce the rear yard setback to zero,

and to relocate the rear yard open space to the existing garage roof deck. The alderman and the community have reviewed this matter, and the alderman has no opposition. We seek your favorable

consideration. Thank you. Any questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Citro Lopez moves to pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair that ayes have it, item

is passed. We're going to skip around again. We're going to the top of page 19, document number 23142-21 in the 40th Ward. Common address is 5636-40 North Ashland Avenue. Change request, RS3

residential single-unit detached house district to RM6 residential multi-unit district. Ms. Castro. Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. My name is Ximena Castro. Again, for the record, partner at Acosta

Esgar. Here today for the matter located at 5636-40 North Ashland. At this time, I'd like to ask the substitute narrative and plans to please be incorporated into the record. Yes. Alder Quesada moves

to accept the substitute narrative and plans for the type one application. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair the ayes have it, the substitute narrative and plans are

accepted. Thank you. The property is located in an RS3 zoning district. It is also TSL to the Clark Street bus. It is comprised of three lots, each improved with a two-story residential building.

We're proposing to rezone it to an RM6, per the community's request, to improve the property with a new five-story building with 27 dwelling units, 13 parking spaces, 24 bikes. There will be no ground

floor commercial, and we will have five ARO on site. As part of the type one filing, we're seeking the following variations: to reduce the front yard setback, to reduce the rear yard setback to 12

feet, reduce both side setbacks, and to reduce the loading berth from one to zero. We do have aldermanic support for this matter, and we'd like to seek your favorable consideration. Thank you. Any

questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Knutson moves to do pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair the ayes have it, item is passed. Thank you, Ms.

Castro. Thank you. Returning to the top of page 12, document number 23125-21 in the 26th Ward. Common address is 3300 West Pierce Avenue. Change request, RS3 residential single-unit detached house

district to B2-5 neighborhood mixed-use district. We have Graham Grady on his way. Morning. Good afternoon. Mr. Vice Chair and members of the committee, my name is Graham Grady. I'm a partner at the

law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister, located at 111 East Wacker, Chicago. I'm pleased to be here with my client, Mr. Nicholas Vandervort, who is the representative of the applicant. This is an

application to rezone a property located at the subject address from RS3 to a B2-5. This is an exciting project because it presents an opportunity for an adaptive reuse of a church that was

constructed in 1899. It's currently vacant. The proposal will allow the adaptive reuse to establish 20 dwelling units, six of which will be affordable. The project is TSL located with bus lines close

by on North Avenue and on Kedzie. We would like to thank Alderperson Fuentes for her support and that of her staff. We are unaware of any opposition to the project. We're happy to answer any questions

that you may have about the matter And we appreciate your favorable consideration. There's also a letter on file from the alderperson. My notes say that there's a substitute narrative and plans for

this application as well. Yeah, you beat me to it. Yes. Okay. We have a substitute narrative and plans that we'd like to have the committee incorporate into the application. Yes. Alderman Hopkins

moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans for this Type 1 application. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair of the ayes have it, substitute narrative and plans

are accepted. Alderperson Fuentes? Yes. Thank you, Chairman. We have gone through a robust community process for the adaptive reuse of a church that has been in our community for a very long time, and

it has sat vacant for years. Nick is a developer who has done many projects across the city of Chicago, and who heard the concerns of residents in the Humboldt Park area, giving us more affordability

in this project and working out parking solutions across the community. With that, our community-driven zoning committee has approved this project, therefore it has my support. Thank you, Chairman.

Thank you, Alderperson. Any questions by committee members? Seeing none, Alderman Knutson moves to pass. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say nay. Hearing the chair ayes have it, item is passed.

Thank you. Thank you both. Middle of page 12 is document number 23121 in the 27th Ward. Common address 370 North Morgan, 400 North Morgan, 401 North Morgan, and 403 North Carpenter. Change request is

M23 Light Industry District to DX7 Downtown Mixed Use District, as well as DX7 Downtown Mixed Use District and Residential Business Planned Development number 1578 to Residential Business Planned

Development 1578 as amended. Attorney Katie Jankey Dale. Thank you. Good afternoon. For the record, my name is Katie Jankey Dale from the law firm of DLA Piper. Along with my colleague, Hannah Warren,

we represent the applicant for this matter, which is an affiliate of New York-based Vista Property Group. As a preliminary matter, this application was heard by the Planning Commission last Thursday

at the September 17th meeting, and we do request that the record of that proceeding be incorporated today. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission. Alderman Casada makes a motion

to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The records are incorporated. Thank you.

The proposed amendment would expand the planned development to incorporate additional property at the northeast corner of Kinzie and Carpenter, and also revise the plans for the next phase of

development, which will be a 427-unit building with an overall FAR in the planned development of 10.02. We work very closely with the local community groups and Alderman Burnett on this matter, I

think he's still here, and would respectfully request a positive recommendation from the committee. Thank you. Are there any question from members of the committee? All right. Seeing none, Alderman

Burnett? Thank you, Chairman. I want to say thank you to the developer here for going above and beyond to provide more green space in Fulton Market. This has been something that has been requested not

only by me, but from the community for two decades now. And as this area continues to develop, courtesy of the amazing projects that Vista are creating in between the two train tracks, it's going to

be even more important that we have thoughtful retail and more homes that allow this to be a more walkable and accessible community. And so their ability to gather all the land needed in order to make

this possible, and then utilizing that land to create space for the community to use, both for the residents in the building but also for the broader neighborhood, is extremely important. And I thank

them for working with the community groups which have approved this, both WCA as well as WILCO. And we're really excited about this, and I ask my colleagues for their support. Thank you, Alderman

Burnett. Any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Hopkins makes a motion do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Hearing the chair the ayes

have it, item is passed. All right. Next file is number 22491 in the 34th Ward. Common address is 37 South Sangamon. The change request is a Planned Development 1948. The Planned Development 1948 as

amended. Katie Jankey Dale is here to present on this matter. All right. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Hannah Warren with the law firm DLA Piper, on behalf of the

applicant, Sangamon Row LLC, an affiliate of Fernhill. This matter was heard at the August 20th, 2026 Planning Commission hearing, and we request that the transcript from the Planning Commission

hearing be incorporated into the record today. The property is located at the north- This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Planning Commission. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to incorporate

all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The records are incorporated. Thank you. The property is

located at the northeast corner of South Sangamon and West Monroe. It is currently zoned PD1498, which was approved in 2021 to allow for a 258 foot, 80-unit multifamily building. The applicant is

seeking to amend the planned development to make the underlying zoning DX7, and change the use to residential to allow for a 302 foot, 70-unit condo building and 14 off-site affordable condos. The

development team worked closely with DPD and Alderman Conway and various community organizations, and I'm available to answer any questions. Thank you for your time. Are there any questions from

members of the committee? Seeing none, Steve from Alderman Conway's office. Steve Valenziano representing Alderman Conway. The alderman supports this application. Notably, this is very similar to what

was previously approved in 2021, except that it has an addition of public restrooms to be for park users at Mary Bartelme Park right across the street, and some storage space that can also be used by

the park, as much needed for the markets and everything else that occurs at this location. So he strongly supports this application. Thank you, Steve. Seeing no other questions, Alderman Knudson makes

a motion, do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item passes. Thank you. Top of page 13, file number 23123-T1 in

the 27th Ward. Common address 940 to 942 West Erie Street, 660 to 662 North Milwaukee Avenue. Change request M1-3, limited manufacturing business park district to a DR-5 downtown residential district.

Agnes Plecha is here to present on the item. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. For the record, my name is Agnes Plecha. I'm an attorney with law firm of Jaffe & Berlin LLC,

and I'm here on behalf of the applicant, Bakuli Development Inc. And number one thing, since our original filing, we've done some additional changes in response to the feedback from the community, and

we did submit substitute plans and narrative, and we respectfully ask to proceed on those substitute plans and narrative. Thank you. Alderman Beal moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans

for the Type 1 application. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the substitute narrative and plans are accepted. Thank you, sir. Very

simply, we have a very unique location, northwest corner of North Milwaukee and West Erie. We have a trapezoid irregular lot, and it's already improved with an existing three-story commercial

building, which also was actually originally improved with zero front and zero rear setback. The applicant is proposing to demolish this existing building and redevelop with new seven-story

residential building with 48 dwelling units, with 24 parking spaces, with some rooftop deck and open common space on the principal building. We do need that rezoning in order to allow residential use

of the property and also to comply with the underlying bulk requirements. Most importantly, this project will generate 10 AR units. All of those units will be built and provided on-site. We do have a

TSL location. We are complying with the 0.5 space for each unit. However, we do ask, because this is such a challenging site to design, we do ask for some variations, and we do ask for elimination of

that one loading space. The variations are for the rear and front setback. Again, very challenging site, trapezoid shape. So we are asking to reduce from 24 feet on the rear setback to 8 inches and to

10 inches on the front setback. We worked very closely with Alderman Burnett. We had multiple community meetings. We've met with Riverwest. The applicant incorporated multiple revisions to their plans

to accommodate those feedbacks, and Alderman previously expressed his support. We're hoping he will confirm that today as well, and we ask for your favorable recommendation as well. Thank you, Agnes.

What is the square footage on this lot? Square footage on this entire lot. On the entire land? Lot. Lot. I would have to go back to my- Oh, just give it to me afterwards. I'm asking only because I

have two of these and I'd love to see something done. It's a triangular lot as well. So just curious when you're done. Yeah. I will send that to you, sir. Thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah. Any

questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Burnett. Again, thank you, Chairman. I want to say thank you to the owner and the developer here for so much community input. This was

multiple revisions and back and forths over months in order to get to this final product, and it came to a conclusion where the community was happy. Me personally, too much parking, but that's what

the community desire. And the amount of work that they've done in order to be amenable to their neighbors directly adjacent and to the remainder of the folks in the broader neighborhood is really

admirable. And so providing additional housing, more family-sized units, parking for those families in an area that it's a tough lot. It's not an easy lot to build on. So I'm very grateful for their

continued partnership and the way that they engaged in this community process, because we've seen in this neighborhood, particularly in Riverwest, that not every project gets approved and not everyone

actually does the work to make everyone feel comfortable. So they really did go above and beyond, and I ask my colleagues to support it as well. Thank you, Alderman Burnett. Alderman Knudson makes a

motion, do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you. The substitute narrative. As amended? Okay. All

right. Next is file number 23124 in the 33rd Ward. Common address 4634 to 36 North Avers Avenue. The change request is RS-3 residential single-unit detached house district to R-2, four residence to

two-flat townhouse, a multi-unit district, as well as a RS-3 residential single-unit detached house district. Agnes Plecha is here to present on the item. Thank you, sir. Again, for the record, my

name is Agnes Plecha. I'm an attorney with law firm of Jaffe & Berlin LLC, and I'm here to represent 4634 Avers LLC. And very simply, this rezoning is sort of like a technical Technical fix for a

improvements that were not really done recently, but to actually subdivide an existing improved zoning lot. We have two lots. One of the lot is improved with an older 100-year-old two-flat, two units.

The other lot is vacant, and in the past, they were under common ownership. These days, they have been split without obtaining proper variations and proper MLA compliance. So this zoning change is

proposing to rezone the lot with the two-flat to an RT4 district to comply with those MLA and setback requirements with optional relief. And the vacant lot will be developed with a single family home,

which was actually designed in strict compliance with the underlying RS3 district, so that portion will stay RS3. We worked extensively with Alder Rodriguez Sanchez. We responded to their community

concerns as well. Alder expressed her support for the project, and hopefully you guys have the letter on file. So we ask for your favorable recommendation on this one as well. Thank you. We do have a

letter of file on support for this project. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Hopkins makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed

say nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. Next item is number 23132 in the 27th Ward. Common address 2739 West Monroe Street. Change request is RT4

residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to RM5 residential multi-unit district. We have Sabrina Harrell here to present on the item. Ms. Harrell? Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Good

afternoon. For the record, Sabrina Harrell of Logic Legal, on behalf of the owner applicant of the vacant lot at 2739 West Monroe Street. The applicant seeks a rezone from RT4 to RM5 to permit the

construction of a four-story building consisting of eight dwelling units. The applicant did have a community meeting with Alderman Burnett as well in November 2025. And the applicant actually has been

working to bring new housing to this particular community. A project at 2655 West Monroe was completed a couple of years ago, and currently they're working at a property at 2653 West Monroe, and this

would be another addition to that. So we hope we have your support, and I'm here to answer any questions you may have. Thank you, Ms. Harrell. Any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none,

Alderman Burnett? So we have more development in the 27th Ward outside of the Fulton market area. Thank you. So this is really exciting. Yeah, we do it all over. But again, amazing developer building

their chops over on the west side, continuously working with the community, both commitment to community hiring, but also diligent in the community engagement process. So we are super excited to

support diverse developers and ask my colleagues to support it as well. Thank you. Thank you, Alderman Burnett. Seeing no other questions, Chair Dowd makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say

aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. Item is passed. Thank you, Ms. Harrell. Thank you. Have a great day. Our next item up is number 23120 in the 32nd Ward. Common

address is 1838 to 1842 North Elston Avenue, 1839 to 1843 North Beasley Court. The change request is a residential building plan development number 1506 to residential building plan development 1506

as amended. We have Katrina McGuire here to present on the item. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. Katrina McGuire from Thompson Coburn, here on behalf of 1838 Elston Avenue LLC.

This is a rather straightforward request where we are seeking to amend the use list in the existing PD, which was initially approved in 2021. The matter was heard by the Planning Commission in August,

and the Planning Commission recommended approval, and accordingly, we would request that the transcript and findings of the Planning Commission be incorporated herein. This item was heard and passed

by the Chicago Plan Commission. Alderman Cecil Lopez makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Independent

chair, the ayes have it. The records are incorporated. So the request here is simply to add construction sales and services, as well as building maintenance services to the PD use list. And I believe

that Alderman Waguespack did issue a letter of no objection. Thank you. We do have a letter of support from Alderman Waguespack on file. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing

none, Alderman Casaldi makes a motion do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. All opposed say nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it. The item is passed. Thank you. Thank you. Middle of

page 14, number 23136-T1 in the 35th Ward. Common address 2522 to 2524 West Diversity Avenue. Change request is RS3 residential single-unit detached house district to a B2-3 neighborhood mixed-use

district. Sarah Barnes is here to present on the item. Ms. Barnes, when you're ready. Good afternoon, honorable chair and esteemed members of the committee. For the record, my name is Sarah Barnes,

and I'm a partner with Neil and LeRoy, located at 20 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois. And I have with me here today my colleague, Jordan Briggs. We are here this afternoon on behalf of the

applicant, MCL Developments LLC, seeking a type one zoning map amendment with any required secondary relief for administrative adjustments Or variations as deemed required at the time of permitting.

And that's in order to redevelop the subject site with a new four-story, eight-unit multi-family residential building that will feature on-site parking for nine vehicles and five bicycles. I do want

to commend Alderman Quissata for having just such a robust and meaningful, open community-driven development process. We've spent almost two years on this development, and it was worth every day and

minute towards that end because, I do want to note that because the project doesn't otherwise fall under the Affordable Requirements Ordinance, but acknowledging the need for more affordable housing

opportunities in the 35th Ward, the applicant and our development team did work very closely with Alderman Quissata, as well as Logan Square Preservation and the Logan Square Foundation, towards an

agreement to help create more affordable housing throughout the 35th Ward so that it is better dispersed throughout the ward and not just saturated. So we're very proud to have been a part of that

process as well. And with that, I just respectfully request your support. Thank you, Ms. Barnes. Are there any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Quissata. Thank you,

Chairman. Yes, this went through our community-driven zoning development process, met through our neighbor-led committees and organizations. This has the support of our community, and I ask for

favorable consideration. Thank you. Alderman Knutson makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. This item is passed.

Thank you, Ms. Barnes. Thank you. Our next item is number 23138-T1 in the 37th Ward. The common address is 4701 to 25 West North Avenue. The change request is a M2-2 light industry district to a C3-2

commercial manufacturing employment district. Change request. Alderman Quissata moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans for the type one application. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All

opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Substitute narrative and plans are before us. Patrick Thompson is the attorney representing the matter. Mr. Thompson. Thank you, Mr.

Chairman, and members of the committee. Thank you for accepting the substitute narrative and plans. The applicant is the contract purchaser of subject property. Property is currently zoned M2-2, and

pursuant to 1790190H. The applicant is seeking a type one zoning map amendment to rezone the property to a C3-2 commercial manufacturing employment district for the purpose of constructing a gas

station. It's within 1,000 feet of another gas station, which is why we're doing the type one, and it's also within 2,600 feet of a Metro station. So we need to comply with the landscape and

screening. We're seeking variations on that and the setbacks, as well as the zoning change as part of this type one. Alderman Mitts is very supportive of this project and I believe has submitted a

letter to you. Mr. Thompson, we do have a letter of support from Alderman Woman Mitts. Are there any other questions from members of the committee? Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Chair. I know we've

changed our ordinance recently. With the zoning change to type one, do you still have to do special use or is it all wrapped into this change? It's wrapped into the change as part of the ordinance

that you guys amended. Great. Thank you. I move to pass. Thank you, Vice Chair. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to pass. All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair,

the ayes have it. Pass as amended. Thank you. Thank you. Next, top of page 15, file number 23092, 2nd Ward. Common address is 301 to 363 East Huron Street, 300 to 362 East Erie Street, 333 to 425 East

Erie Street, 659 to 679 North Fairbanks Court, 628 to 678 North McClure Court, 629 to 649 North McClure Court, and 400 to 424 East Ontario Street. The change request is a DR10 downtown residential

district, DX-12 downtown mixed-use district, and an institutional planned development number 1214 to a DX16 downtown mixed-use district, and then to an institutional planned development number 1214,

as amended. Carol Stubblefield is here to present on the matter. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Members of the committee. For the record, Carol Stubblefield with Neal & LeRoy. Office is

located at 20 South Clark, here on behalf of the applicant, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. With me today from the applicant team is Charlie Cloutier from Northwestern, Jerry Johnson, our principal

architect with Perkins & Will, Sophia Camp, our traffic consultant from Kimley-Horn, and Jack George, attorney for Shilye Rhan AbilityLab. Mr. Chairman, this matter was presented, heard, and

unanimously approved at the September 17th, 2026 Chicago Plan Commission. We ask that all the findings, conclusions, documents, drawings, plans, reports, and findings that were given to the Department

of Planning and Development be adopted into today's record. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission. Alderman Cecil Lopez makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings

from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The records are incorporated. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The applicant proposes to

amend Plan Development 1214 to expand the boundaries of the existing plan development to create three sub-areas for the purpose of constructing a new hospital with two pedestrian overpass connections

to Galter Feinberg and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The project is located in Streeterville Northwestern Campus in the Second Ward. Sub-areas A and B are owned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and sub-

area C is owned by the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The new hospital will have over 200 new medical, surgical, and intensive care beds to increase patient capacity. This is a 1.2 million square foot

hospital building with three levels of below-grade parking with 600 parking spaces. Ingress and egress will be off of East Huron Street, with ingress only and passenger drop-off along East Erie. The

project has been designed to increase access to nature for patients, staff, physicians, and the public, with a meaningful setback at grade, providing open space and a fourth floor roof garden. This

project is approximately a $1.8 billion project that will create 3,000 temporary construction jobs and 1,000 new full-time employee permanent jobs. The applicant has engaged in an extensive community

process with multiple hearings and meetings with neighborhood organizations, condo boards, residents, and two aldermanic-sponsored community meetings. The project has the full support of Alderman

Hopkins, and that completes our testimony today. We'd be happy to answer any questions. Respectfully ask your favorable approval of the matter. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any questions from

members of the committee? Looks like a great project. Great investment in the city of Chicago. Alderman Hopkins. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased to support this project. It was an extensive

community process, as counselor has alluded to, but it did result in significant community support, which I do want to point out is remarkable when you're building a new tower in the middle of

residential area. Typically, you get the types of NIMBY pushback, people lose their views, et cetera. That didn't happen here, largely because people recognize the importance of the use. Northwestern

Hospital has documented a 30% increase in the demand for cancer treatment. This facility will not only treat cancer patients, a disease that we've all been touched by at some point in our lives with

friends, family, loved ones, or even us personally, but there'll be the site of clinical research here. They will be testing new treatments, new drugs, new medications. This will be eventually a

global center for cancer research. And who knows what could happen right here in Chicago as a result of it. So, it's necessary, it's needed, and people understand that and they support it. And even

the neighborhood of Streeterville considers it an honor to house a facility like what this will eventually be. I have a letter on file, which is part of the record from SOAR, the neighborhood

organization of record, that says SOAR strongly supports this new tower and believes it is necessary to enhance healthcare opportunities for the entire region. I also want to go back to 2004, quite a

long time ago, when the site was first acquired by the hospital and cleared. There was some talk of putting a surface parking lot there. Instead, SOAR worked closely with then Alderman Riley, who

represented that area at the time, to ensure that it would be open green space for the duration until these plans came to fruition today. And I just want to read from a Tribune article back then. The

Tribune was quoted as saying, "The site will support a medical complex of between 1 million and 1.5 million square feet. It's clear something will eventually be built there. There's no city block more

ideally suited for medical expansion in this town," said a source at Northwestern Hospital. "It's been the key to our expansion plans for decades." Again, that was 2004. So for those newer residents

in the neighborhood who said, "Why are you taking away green space?" Well, it's been officially on the books for a long time that a new facility would eventually be built there. We wanted it to be

green space in the interim. That did happen. As counselor said, there will be additional green space that will be preserved for the foreseeable future after this project is completed on the eastern

portion of it, with also some rooftop space and healing gardens and things like that for the patients and staff at Northwestern. So we're doing our best to keep the green space that we can for the

period of time that we can. But I just wanted that to be part of the record that the community has known about this day for decades. And we're actually glad that this day has finally come. So, I urge

my colleagues to support this project with an aye vote. Thank you, Alderman Hopkins, and those records are on file in the shared drive for those that want to look at it. Any other questions from

members of the committee? All right, seeing none, Alderman Beale makes a motion do pass. I'm sorry, strike that. I'm sorry, Alderman Beale. Just got a quick question. My apologies. Are there any

representatives from Northwestern here? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. I have an offline question for you. But I just want to say this is an absolutely gorgeous building. I was looking at the architecture. It

is very complimentary of the overall community. It's appealing. So I want to just commend my colleague for bringing us to where we are today, and good luck going forward. You'll also make the motion

as well, Alderman Beale, right? Okay. All right. Seeing no other questions or comments from my colleagues, Alderman Beale makes a motion do pass. All in favor, please say aye. Opposed, say nay. And

opinion to chair, the ayes have it. It's passed as revised. Thank you. Congratulations Our next is number 23093 in the 43rd Ward. Common address is 330 West Webster Avenue, 327 to 335 West Belden

Avenue. Change request is R6 residential multi-unit district and institutional plan development number 697 as amended to institutional plan development number 697 as amended. We have Carol

Stubblefield here to present on the matter. Ms. Stubblefield, when you're ready. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. For the record, Carol Stubblefield with Neil and LeRoy, here on behalf of the

applicant, Francis Parker School. With me today is my colleague, Langdon Neal; Dan Frank, principal with Francis Parker; Chip von Weissie, principal architect with von Weissie Architects; and Sophia

Kamp with Kimley-Horn, our traffic consultant for the project. Mr. Chairman, this matter was heard and unanimously approved at the September 17th, 2026 Chicago Plan Commission. We ask that the

findings and conclusions of the Chicago Plan Commission, all documents, drawings, plans, and reports given to the Department of Planning and Development be adopted into today's record. This item was

heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission. Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say "Aye." Aye. All opposed say "Nay."

In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Records are incorporated. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The applicant proposes to amend Plan Development 697 to expand the boundaries of the existing PD to add a

parcel on West Belden Avenue for the purpose of constructing a new educational building with a pedestrian overpass connection to the existing school and certain improvements, primarily lighting, to

the existing athletic field. This is a new five-story school building that will be approximately 59,000 square feet and 53 feet in height. The project is located in the Lincoln Park community within

the 43rd Ward. This new project will allow for the addition of 125 new students over a seven-year period. With the exception of the pedestrian bridge connection to the existing building across the

alley, there are no proposed changes to the existing school building. The applicant proposes to incorporate brick, stone, wood, and other architectural materials that are compatible with the

surrounding residential neighborhood and that is consistent in the context of the neighborhood. The project will create approximately 60 temporary construction jobs and 30 new full-time employee

permanent jobs. The applicant has engaged in an extensive community review process over the last two years and has met with neighborhood stakeholders, community groups, condo boards, Lincoln Park Zoo,

adjacent property owners, and the Mid-North Association. Project has the full support of Alderman Knudson. That concludes our testimony today. We respectfully request your approval of this matter, and

the team is available to answer any questions. Thank you. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none. Alderman Knudson. Thank you, Chair. For nearly a decade, the Lincoln Park

community has discussed Francis W. Parker's proposed expansion, including an extensive community review process led by my office over the past three years. Our goal has been to ensure that any plan

serves not only future generations of students at the school, but also the community at large. Today, the planned development amendments Parker is requesting would allow the school to expand to

provide access for more students and add athletic field lighting. The expansion would convert an existing market-rate residential building on Belden Avenue to educational use, which is a permitted use

under the building's current zoning. Parker has been a fixture of the Lincoln Park community for more than 125 years. That said, we do not take a change like this lightly. In 2025, Parker presented a

previous version of this plan to nearby homeowners and the Mid-North Association. Based on feedback from that plan, I told the school I was not willing to bring that plan to the broader Lincoln Park

community without significant revisions and additional community benefits. Parker subsequently made new commitments related to affordable housing and the preservation of residential housing on Belden.

After securing those initial commitments, I agreed to hold a full community meeting this past March. We presented the plans and collected feedback for more than a month by phone, email, and in writing

to my office. While opinions were divided, a majority of respondents to our feedback process supported both the proposed expansion and the addition of athletic field lighting. Given that mix of

opinions, my office entered into extensive negotiations with Parker to strengthen the proposal and secure additional benefits for the surrounding community. I believe that the resulting agreement

represents one of the city's most in-depth community benefits agreements to date. Importantly, many of these commitments, including those related to affordable housing and historic preservation, were

not a part of Parker's original proposal and directly responded to concerns raised by the community. I want to highlight just several of the major commitments that resulted from these negotiations and

that are now built into a plan of operations. Number one, Parker has committed $500,000 in direct, unrestricted support to Lincoln Park High School and Abraham Lincoln Elementary School. This is in

addition to field and facility use for those public schools and I believe represents a Chicago first-of-its-kind direct financial investment by a private school into its neighboring public schools.

Number two, Parker has agreed to keep its property at 317 to 225 West Belden as a multifamily rental apartment building for at least the next 30 years. Number three, Parker has committed to converting

its office building at 2236 North Clark Street into seven 100% affordable units under Chicago's ARO standards. These units will be targeted towards qualifying first responders and public school

teachers. To do so, Parker will contribute the roughly $1.5 million building, plus $500,000 in cash for renovations, and this property will then return to the city's tax roll. Number four, for the

athletic field lights, Parker has committed to dark sky certified technology to minimize light spillover. The lights may not operate earlier than 6:30 a.m. and may not operate later than 9:00 p.m. The

lights also must be off at all times when the field is not in use. To start closing, striking a balance between the needs of a longstanding institution like Parker and the surrounding community is no

simple task. The Mid-North Association remains opposed to the expansion and has voiced its concerns throughout this process. Those concerns have been carried into our negotiations. Today, after years

of community discussion and negotiation, I am proud to announce my office's formal support for the proposed Francis W. Parker School expansion. I believe the commitments secured through this process

are significant, and in many cases, they are unprecedented, and they represent a balanced outcome for both the longstanding institution and the broader community. I respectfully ask my colleagues to

support this project as well. Thank you. Thank you, Alderman Kunetz. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Alderman Hopkins, followed by Alderman Beale. Yeah, I just want to commend

my colleague for managing a contentious process. As you mentioned, there were some strong opinions on both sides. Reasonable compromises were sought and largely attained. Is everybody satisfied? No,

of course not, but that's normally the case in a situation like this. But the bottom line is, this is an outstanding project, and several hundred more kids will get an opportunity to go to a great

school like Parker because of it. So, I'm pleased to support this outcome, and I urge an aye vote. In fact, I'll make the appropriate motion. Thank you, Alderman Hopkins. Alderman Beale? Thank you,

Mr. Chairman. I, too, wanted to commend my colleague on this project, managing both sides. I know sometimes it's not easy when you bring a development like this forward, and you have to do what's best

for everybody. But if everybody comes out of it not happy, then it's usually a pretty good project. And so, I do have one question for the alderman. What's the logic behind the 9:30 on the lights?

Yeah, and I think it's 9:00 p.m. on the lights. And maybe I punt this to the school, but there's a time where IHSA games, you need the lights to be staying on until for IHSA to allow games, and it was

a bit of a negotiation because they originally, I think, asked for 10:00 p.m. So, we pushed it as early as we could in a way that would still allow for IHSA games to be played on this field. The

reason I ask is, I'm still a high school baseball coach- ... and I can assure you, games are going to go past 9:00 sometimes. And so, I don't want you all to lock yourselves in to having the lights

just being shut off in the middle of a game, because we've had that happen. And so, you need some flexibility, especially if you have a game where you have the varsity playing first and the JV playing

second. The JV game is going to be pushed, and possibly past 9:00. So, I just want to caution you on that, because I've had games where the lights just automatically shut off in the middle of a ball

game. And so, I don't want the kids to be at a disadvantage because of going just past 9:00. Thank you, Alderman Beale. Any other questions from members of the committee? Alderman Conaway. Yeah, I

guess as a point of information in response to Alderman Beale's, I happened to go to a rival high school of Parker's, and I believe the baseball games are played at Lincoln Park, not the soccer field

that is at Parker. It's not that big. We would be hitting home runs all the time. So, the baseball games are going to deal with the park district, not with the area that's at issue here, for what it's

worth. Yeah. And it's an athletic soccer field that's used for different activities, like field hockey, that are played on the soccer field. Principal Frank, do you want to address the field and

lighting use? Yes. Thank you. My name is Dan Frank. I'm the principal at Francis Parker. The field is used for recess, physical education classes, and probably three-quarters of our students play on

athletic teams. Kids love to play, and there just isn't enough sunlight. I appreciate the alderman's thought about games running longer. We are going to do our very best to make sure that doesn't

happen. It's 9:00 p.m., that's our commitment, and we'll make sure we backend all scheduling to make sure that it all fits within those time parameters to be respectful to our neighbors and to honor

our commitment. Thank you. Thank you, Principal. All right. Seeing no more questions, Vice Chair Lawson makes a motion do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. All opposed, nay. Opinion to

chair, the ayes have it. The item does pass as revised. Thank you. Thank you. Next item is number 23068 in the 14th Ward. Common address, 2800 to 3156 West 51st Street, 4911 to 5061 South Kedzie

Avenue, and 4914 to 5058 South California Avenue. The change request is an M-2-2 light industry district to planned development. Attorney Mara Georges is here to present on the item. Good afternoon,

Chairman Villegas and members of the Zoning Committee. My name is Mara- One second, Mara Georges. Ladies and gentlemen, let's go. Thank you Attorney Georges Chairman Villegas and members of the Zoning

Committee, my name is Mara Georges, and I and my colleague, Rich Toth, represent the applicant in this matter, amazon.com Services LLC. Here with me today to present from the development team, or from

the owner, which is Amazon, Asher Cousin and Kyle DiGiulio. From the development team, which is Venture One, Jeff Calley. The architect is Progressive Companies, Jason Vincent is with us. The civil

engineer is Atwell, Cody Ringham is with us. Our traffic consultant is KL OA, and Lue Albuna is with us. Our general contractor is Power Toro Joint Venture, and that's Sean Glowaz and Ron Maldonado.

The site contains approximately 69 acres and is bounded on the north by the CTA Orange Line and other rail lines, on the east by California Avenue, on the south by 51st Street, and on the west by

Kedzie Avenue. The property is zoned M2-2 Light Industry District, and that underlying zoning will remain under a proposed new industrial plan development. The site was previously operated by Central

Steel and Wire, but its operations were discontinued years ago. Amazon.com Services and Venture One seek to replace the former Central Steel and Wire complex and establish a new state-of-the-art

fulfillment center, supporting Amazon's Last Mile Delivery network in Chicago. The project will greatly increase landscaping at a site that is currently covered in concrete. Over the past several

months, Amazon has been working with various city departments and agencies, local residents, and 14th Ward Alderwoman Haley Gutierrez to best integrate the project into the fabric of the neighborhood.

On behalf of the applicant, I'd like to give a special thanks to Alderwoman Gutierrez, as well as members of DPD, including Andy Wang and Noah Zafranek, who supported us throughout. This application

was presented to and received the recommendation of the Chicago Plan Commission at its meeting on July 16th, 2026. I ask that the report of proceedings before the Plan Commission, together with the

records and drawings previously transmitted to DPD, and the Plan Commission findings and recommendations be made part of this record. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission.

Alderman Knutson makes a motion to incorporate all records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

Records are incorporated. Thank you. Alderman Gutierrez has provided a letter of support. I do have an extra copy if you need one, Mr. Chair. We have a copy of the record on file. Thank you. Thank

you. I am going to turn the presentation over to Jeff Calley, the Senior Vice President of Development Services with Venture One, to take you through a couple of the slides. Thank you. Thank you,

Chairman. My name is Jeff Calley. I'm the Senior Vice President of Development Services at Venture One Real Estate, based in Rosemont, Illinois. We are the developer. What you can see on the screen is

the heart of what makes this proposal unusual for a site of this scale. This is a single-story building, roughly 44 feet tall, with parking and circulation that only encompasses about 30 acres of the

69-acre site. The M2-2 zoning would permit a significantly larger structure equaling millions of square feet of floor space, yet we are proposing roughly 235,000 square feet. In other words, we're

thrilled to propose one of, if not the lowest density uses of this site could reasonably hold, and that has possibly ever been proposed in Chicago, with the exception of a park. We're taking a

property that has been fully industrial since the late '30s, most recently a steel and wire fabrication and distribution plant, and replacing it with a low-profile, heavily landscaped facility that

gives a great deal of land back to open space. That low density is what drives the pedestrian experience along the street. The site has almost a mile of frontage, about 4,800 lineal feet, and rather

than build up right to the sidewalk, we've pulled the building deep within the site. It's not a tall structure, and it will be heavily screened by trees and shrubs. Along 51st Street and Kedzie

Avenue, we're dedicating right of way to create a wider roadway and safer sidewalk, and we're providing an internal pedestrian path to Kedzie Avenue so employees can walk directly to the Orange Line

station and bus routes. We've also set aside approximately two acres at the southeast corner for open space that we intend to donate to the Chicago Park District. The environmental story here is just

as strong. Today, the site is about 69 acres of impervious surface. Our plan cuts that more than half, a 51% reduction, with four new dry stormwater basins and significant native and adaptive

landscaping. The building is fully electrified. We're exceeding the energy code, and the site is built for an electric delivery fleet with 108 EV charging stalls. Under the City's Sustainable

Development Policy, our strategies total 110 points against 100 point requirement. I also want to note that prior to demolition, the available electrical power to the site from previous use was

approximately 40 megawatts, large enough for a data center, and we're reducing that need down to five megawatts, returning significant capacity back to the surrounding grid. The community benefits are

real as well. Roughly 105 million invested, about 350 construction jobs, and about 200 permanent Amazon positions starting at $21.50 an hour, with full benefits, plus 400 plus driver roles through

delivery partners. Finally, on process, this has been a genuine conversation and collaboration with Alderman Gutierrez, the surrounding neighborhood, and the ward. We presented at community meetings

hosted by Alderman Gutierrez On February 17 and again on May 12, delayed our filing at her request so we had time to implement enhancements she worked tirelessly to incorporate both in and around the

site, contiguous and non-contiguous, with further benefit to the community. Other members of our design team are here to address any questions you may have. Thank you. Subject to the planned

development approval today, all bulk use and density items will be in compliance with the zoning ordinance. On behalf of the applicant, I request your favorable recommendation. Thank you, Attorney

Georges. Alderman Beale. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How many last-mile facilities do we have in the city of Chicago right now? I'm going to turn that over to Kyle. Kyle DiGiulio from Amazon. We have

three currently. Three? Okay. Well, I am the recipient of one of the very first Amazon facilities here in the city of Chicago, and I can tell you, we have a fleet of 100% electric vehicles, so there's

no emission. But the traffic that it has brought to the area is the reason why I have so many other opportunities in the area, because of the traffic that it has generated. And so I commend my

colleague for bringing this to the 14th Ward. It is going to be a huge asset. Two years, going to bring a lot of jobs and a lot of traffic, and I look forward to other projects that this is going to

generate because of this facility. So congratulations and thank you. Thank you so much, Alderman Beale. Any other questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderwoman Gutierrez. Thank you

so much, Chairman. As you all know, over the past months, I've been working and regularly in conversations with Amazon, but most importantly with our community. And I do appreciate their willingness

to listen, engage, and recognize that they're coming into a community that historically has been underserved and too often overlooked for investment. That is why my office hosted two community

meetings, giving residents the opportunity to hear directly from Amazon, ask questions, and voice their concerns. In addition, Amazon created a dedicated website where residents could continue

submitting questions and feedback throughout the process, especially right now during demolition. The overwhelming message we heard was the need to address traffic and pedestrian safety. I understand

and respect and share the concerns that many of my residents have expressed. Traffic, pedestrian safety, and quality of life are valid concerns, and my office has taken those concerns seriously

throughout this process. At this time, it's important to remember that this property was purchased in 2021 and has long been zoned for industrial use. Industrial corridors are a critical part of our

city's economy, creating jobs and supporting small businesses. As we can see in the plans before us today, Amazon is also making a significant investment in the site's green infrastructure. A large

portion of the property will be dedicated to landscaping and stormwater detention. But most importantly, in addition, Amazon has committed on donating two acres, but not only donated that land, but

also to fund the construction of that space. Our community's happy to learn that they're being good neighbors, and I hope to continue, taking those concerns, those questions, and anything that arose

seriously, and that they'll continue to respond to those commitments. As a result of these conversations, my expectation and this partnership, I hope is not over after the construction is over, and I

hope Amazon continues showing up, listening to residents, honoring the commitments, and being a good neighbor. I look forward to continuing to work with Amazon to ensure these investments benefit both

the residents of the 14th Ward and the company for years to come. For these reasons, I respectfully ask for your support to this planned development. Thank you, Chairman. Thank you- Thank you ...

Alder Gutierrez. Okay, seeing no other questions or comments, Alderman Knutson makes a motion do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Independent chair, the ayes have it.

Thank you. David. Alderman Moore, I'll get you next time. My apologies. Yeah. All right, our next item is 23070, also in the 14th Ward. Common address, 5050 South Kedzie Avenue. The change request,

rather, is a business plan development number 272 to B3-1 community shopping district and then to business plan development number 272 as amended. Liz Butler and Janet Stangel is here to present on

the item. Attorneys. Thank you, Chairman Vargas and members of the committee. My name is Janet Stangel, and I'm an attorney with the law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister, located at 11 East

Wacker in Chicago. Our firm represents the applicant in this matter, LXG Kedzie Retail LLC, an affiliate of Level Capital. I'm joined today by my colleague, Liz Butler, partner at Taft, and Jin Yoo,

Vice President of Development and Construction for Level Capital. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property, generally located at 5050 South Kedzie, from business plan development number 272

to the B3-1 community shopping district, and then to business plan development number 272 as amended, to allow additional business and commercial uses as permitted uses to the plan development The

plan development application was considered by the Plan Commission at its September 17th meeting and received a favorable recommendation. We request the transcript and the record of the Plan

Commission proceedings be incorporated and made a part of the proceedings here today. This item was heard and passed by the Chicago Plan Commission. Alderman Riley makes a motion to incorporate all

records and findings from that hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The records are incorporated. Thank you. The property

contains approximately 10 acres of site area and is improved with an existing 174,000 square foot, single-story commercial building and a large surface parking lot. The shopping center has experienced

significant vacancy and disinvestment. The site was previously anchored by a Kmart, which closed in 2016. Today, the applicant seeks approval of a planned development amendment to restore the site as

a Southwest Chicago shopping destination, including national retail tenants. The amendment will permit additional use types, including food and beverage retail sales, to support expanded dining

options and a new food hall along South Kedzie. The proposal includes two new outlet buildings in the parking area and subareas A and B to modernize the development. The project includes several

modifications to the site, including updated building facades, enhanced landscaping, upgraded parking areas, and changes to site access, circulation, and loading. These improvements are allowed under

the planned development and were reviewed and approved administratively earlier this year. The planned development amendment application was filed in May 2026. Alderwoman Gutierrez hosted a community

meeting on June 15th, 2026, where the proposed development was presented to community members. The outreach resulted in support for the project. The committee has received a letter of support from

Alderwoman Gutierrez, a letter signed by several vendors at the existing shopping center, and a letter of support from the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council. The redevelopment represents an

approximately 30 million investment, which includes tenant improvement costs. The project is anticipated to create approximately 150 to 200 construction jobs and 150 to 200 permanent jobs. In

conclusion, the project will transform an underutilized commercial site into a more active, marketable shopping center with a diverse range of retail, dining, and service uses. We thank the committee

for its consideration of this matter and respectfully request your favorable recommendation of this request. We're available to answer any questions. Thanks. Thank you, attorneys. Are there any

questions from-- Alderman Lapata. I have very quick questions here. I was so curious because there's a rendering that is your generic favorite places to shop, like retail tenant, and then there was

another one that showed specific names attached. Do we have interested lessees for these spaces? Jin from Level Capital. As of now, there's two existing tenants, they're nationwide, and then as of

this morning, the two additional lease got executed, and there's two of them that we're just waiting on final signing. Well, all righty then. That's fantastic. Yeah. Congratulations, and

congratulations in the back. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Alderman Lapata. Any questions from members of the committee? Seeing none, Alderman Gutierrez. Thank you, Chairman. I'm just happy to see

these developments to come to the 14th Ward. But not only that, especially important for our ward because all of these projects and developments have been with our community upfront. They'll be the

ones coming to our meetings. They'll be the one asking questions, concerns, and it's been beautiful to see how the community now has a voice in our office, and they know that all decisions made at the

end, yeah, I'll send out a letter of support, but at the end, that decision is made because of them. So I just want to reiterate that, that I'll continue to uphold our community and make sure that the

processes continue to be transparent and with our community in the forefront of every decision. As we've said, this property has experienced significant vacancy and disinvestment for over 10 years,

and I'm just happy to see that the new owner is acquiring this property and is having a great project that is going to not only benefit our community, but also is going to create more jobs. As you

saw, the first picture is so sad to see the conditions that the building is now, but happy to see what it will become. The redevelopment includes several site design improvements, but also he's

committed to bringing some safety measures, also some more trees, but also security in the parking lot. And we've spoken about many things that need to stop around there, and I'm happy to know that

they have the commitment to help in this. But most importantly, I'm happy to support this project because our community also oftentimes, they need to travel far to get what they need. And I'm just

happy to know that now it will be in a walking distance or maybe just driving a couple of blocks, and they'll be able to shop with dignity, and also having these type of things that we all deserve in

the southwest side. With all of this, I'm happy to support this project, and I ask my colleagues to please support it as well. Thank you. Thank you, Alderwoman. Seeing no further questions, Alderman

Lapata makes a motion do pass as revised. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. This item passes. Congratulations. Our final item is number

22999-T1 in 43rd Ward. Common address is 754 West Belden Avenue. The change request is RT-4 residential two-flat townhouse and multi-unit district to a B2-3 neighborhood mixed use district. Liz Butler

and Brandon Lord are here to represent on this matter. You can take this up, please. Alderman Lapata moves to accept the substitute narrative and plans for the type one application. All in favor,

please say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have, the substitute narrative plans are accepted. Thank you, Chair. I'm keeping an eye out for my client who might have

stepped out of the room. Okay. But we'll get started. So thank you, Chair, and members of the committee. For the record, again, my name is Liz Butler. I'm a partner at the law firm of Taft Stettinius

& Hollister, located at 111 East Wacker Drive in Chicago. Our firm represents the applicant, who is also the property owner, Over the Rainbow Association, or OTR. OTR is a non-profit organization

that develops and operates affordable, accessible housing for adults with physical disabilities. My client is somewhere in City Hall, and he may be joining me soon. Eric Huffman, who is the executive

director of Over the Rainbow Association. The applicant is requesting a type one zoning map amendment for the property located at 754 West Belden Avenue from the RT4 residential two-flat townhouse and

multi-unit district to the B2-3 neighborhood mixed use district with optional administrative adjustments and variations related to bicycle parking, building location, off-street loading, and setback

adjustments. The zoning change is to redevelop the property with a new five-story, 30-unit affordable barrier-free residential building. This is an approximately 9,375 square foot property that is

currently improved with a two-story building with eight existing affordable barrier-free apartments and a surface parking lot. OTR has owned and operated affordable, accessible housing at this

property since 1982. The existing building is more than 40 years old, and the demand for OTR's accessible housing dramatically exceeds the available units. The waiting list for this property

frequently exceeds 80 individuals for the existing eight apartments. So the applicant is proposing to replace the existing building with a five-story, approximately 58-foot tall building with 30

barrier-free dwelling units. All 30 apartments will remain affordable and income restricted. No commercial space or on-site parking is proposed. The project will remove the existing surface parking

lot and close an existing curb cut and provide new landscaped open space and an outdoor patio as a residential amenity for the tenants of the building. The applicant worked closely with Alderman

Knutson and the 43rd Board office with DePaul University, the Lincoln Central Association, and neighborhood residents throughout the review process. A community meeting was held on August 12th, and

the plans for the project were subsequently refined in response to community feedback, including changes to the building design, exterior materials, and the west facade geometry. The applicant also

agreed to a plan of operations, which we worked on closely with the alderman and his team. The project will allow Over the Rainbow to continue its mission that has existed at this location for more

than 40 years while increasing the number of affordable, fully accessible apartments from eight to 30. We thank the committee for its consideration of this matter, and we respectfully request your

favorable recommendation of the zoning change, and we're available to answer any questions that you might have. All right. Any questions? Vice Chair Lawson. Thank you, Chair. No questions. I just

wanted to commend Over the Rainbow and Eric Huffman for the work that they do. They recently completed a 37-unit building that is similar in nature right across from the 19th District station on

Addison, two blocks east- Excellent ... of Wrigley Field. They were great partners throughout. The lease-up went well, and they deliver a product that is not often found and sorely needed in dense

neighborhoods like ours. So, this has my full support, and I just wanted to thank the team. Yes. Thank you, Chair. Any other questions or comments from my colleagues? Seeing none, Alderman Riley makes

a motion do pass as amended. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you knew. I had told Nicole. Riley's ready to go, so I'm ready to go, too. He's like, "He's talked

enough today." My apologies. Before we make the motion, Alderman Knutson, to close. My apologies. No, thank you, Chair, and I know I've spoken quite a bit today, and this one won't be as long as the

last one. But it's a really important project for the 43rd Ward, and one that I am, and my whole team is incredibly proud to support. As Liz said, and Liz has worked so hard on this, Over the Rainbow

is building a new five-story building at 754 West Belden with 30 fully affordable and accessible one-bedroom apartments for adults with physical disabilities. These units will be deeply affordable,

with residents generally below 30% of the AMI. It is also worth highlighting on the project that this project is being developed without a direct City of Chicago capital subsidy, utilizing IDA

financing and tax credits. The location is in a dense area with many businesses, public transportation, and museums, all of which I know new residents will utilize. The need for affordable, accessible

housing is significant. In fact, earlier this year, the city entered into a settlement with Access Living that requires Chicago to identify or build 2,800 affordable, accessible units over the next

decade. This project, although just 30 units, is a great example of the type of accessible housing we need more of in the city. Our team held a community meeting like we always do on this project, and

what I can say is residents were really enthusiastic. The applicant was great at negotiating with us on items like brick tone. We wanted to make sure that the brick matched with the rest of the

community, making sure the loading zone worked and that the awnings fit as well, and I'm very grateful to OTR. Separately, I want to note our office is going to be working with CDOT to support traffic

and pedestrian safety improvements and investment around this infrastructure. So, thank you again. This is a great project. I want to thank Over the Rainbow. This is not a new project. When I came in

as alderperson, we talked about it immediately, so I'm so happy that we're finally getting it across the finish line, and I hope all of us on Committee on Zoning will support this. So thank you. Thank

you, Alderman Knutson. Alderman Riley renews his motion. Do pass as amended. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. In opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Ladies, there being no

further business before the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Buildings, this meeting is adjourned. Roll.