Everybody. Good morning everybody, okay? As soon as that,
No style. That's all. Are you saying that that shirt? I.
hey hey hey, y'all know my situation but you know all right
right I see everybody's well rested you. You you too can be
be down. We can put you down too again. Good morning,
everybody. The committee on transportation and public way
is now called to order.
We will now have a roll call to establish Quorum. Well, the
ottoman, please make sure their microphones are muted.
Please note that your, your yes or present response will be
deemed to be a yes vote. When this cornrow is call, is used
as a reference vote for later items. Thank you.
Chairman Mitchell present.
Vice chairman Vasquez.
Alderman Conway.
Chairman Ervin.
Fuentes.
Amman. Goutieres present.
Um, chairman Harris.
Ottoman Moore.
Ottoman Mosley.
Ottoman Nugent.
Chairman Rodriguez.
Back.
Ottoman yansi president.
There are 10 members present. We have a quorum
Alderman Harris has requested to, uh, request a remote
participation, pursuant to rule 59 of the Rules of Order
and procedure for the city council. Can I have a motion for
J from chairman, Ervin to allow remote participation from
ottoman Harris?
chairman chairman, uh,
Irving. So moose on the motion, all in favor. Say I oppose
know, in the opinion of the chair. The eyes have it?
At this time, we will begin the public comment period.
Out of respect for everybody's time public comment will be
limited to 30 minutes and each speaker is limited to 3
minutes.
Our first public speaker is Mr. George Blakemore.
Thank you. Uh,
Chairman.
For getting your act together, but however, it's still not
together. The same meeting is going on, the citizens, have
a, right to go to that meeting, and this meeting, so your
timing is not good.
And please work on that if needed time is money, and money
is time public transportation walking. Why black
Driving white black.
Transportation the public way.
I have seen you give the public way away to these business
areas during Co 19 where, uh, setting up this the sidewalk
up there in the rich area of Gibson, you can't hardly pass
by the sidewalk. They have their tables and everything
seemed like to me. This is really not a democracy here.
And we, it's not a democracy, it's about the money.
so, while I'm talking young lady,
Young white ladies, right here, right there, while I'm
speaking to you, you you supposed to listen to focus on me,
That's your job. You see, you don't only that's what you
getting paid to represent me. And when I come down here to
speak you play like you listening to me?
Don't be disrespectful. You pray like that that when these
people come down, these public citizens, come down, you
don't be so arrogant to turn your back and hold them or
come a conversation.
That's very disrespectful. Maybe you're disrespectful
person.
All right.
So I had to check. You did you know, we got to teach these
people how to treat us, they don't seem to understand how
to treat black people. Black people got to keep you be
white, folks, Hispanic and aging. And how to treat us that
you don't know how, we must teach you.
How to treat us. So again,
it's very important for public participation and it's very
important to have a high caliber person like Mr. Blo.
To be present to call you out. If anybody is somebody here
it's me.
I'm focusing on me and my people. And what's happening with
with Transportation? It can go even to the Subways, and to
bus, the transportation with us. That's something else. But
dealing with, uh, uh,
The sidewalk.
Teeth white.
Business people have extended their business onto the
public way and now is begin. They begin to be a
A new thing. So again, you stole some of my thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Blakemore
Room. The, uh,
Go home. Um,
Our next our next speaker is Zoe. Lelay look Zoe. I'm sorry
Zoe I'm sorry, did I pronounce your last name, correctly
Lee. I'm sorry.
Mr. Blakemore
Good morning, David Moore, I added you to my lawsuit. So
That's good, happy for that happy. Glad you to that because
you were response, you should have did your due to your
automatic booty and contacted us and asked us, do we need
some type of compensation? According to the, uh,
The city of Chicago Law Department on top of the Save, A
Lot that is on our Lots. On our land too that they're
trying to make a yellow banana. That's a whole another
lawsuit. So um that's that's crazy and I know it's not you
I know it's Latasha Thomas so you need to go ahead and
figure that out as far as Dell Carter um
I don't like to down our black, um, people. But someone
to talk to the veil. Carter about the number 3 because I'm
not understanding why the number 3 has 4 and 5 buses coming
at the same time. Second, I know a couple of people that
work for CTA and they say that the transit system is not up
to date and they need some techn technical people there or
somebody with a new technical system. So, everybody can be
on the same page, third there needs to be some training
some training with these young, uh, bus drivers out here
that have these attitudes and are upset. They probably
upset because
They don't know the the the they have to let homeless.
People homeless people, have to pay illegal immigrants. Can
act like, they don't know how to speak English, and put 25
and 30 cents in there, so it's just all messed up, you
know? There's no um,
There's no regulations, There's No Boundaries Chicago, just
messed up. And um, I don't think and I just, I need y'all
to understand like this.
This state is going to turn red for the first time. So
that's that's not 1. Number 2 is the justice department is
coming and it's going to be like operation grey, Lord 2.0,
but the city side is going to be involved as well. So a lot
of y'all probably going to jail um, for stealing This
Money, immigration money, and um, still in our properties.
Um and um I just hate that for y'all. But I will tell y'all
that I really would like someone to talk to derail Carter
about because I don't want him to lose his job. But that
the system is messed up and we cannot put a Hispanic in
there because there's no black and brown.
Feel free.
At all, know, black and brown at all.
Thank you, miss our next public speaker.
Is Taiwan Sims.
No, no. Hey, good morning committee. Glad I pray that y'all
had a
Wonderful, wonderful. Um break.
however, I didn't
Um, the last 2 days, I've been imagining. What Ronnie Davis
was thinking when he took when he attacked those people on
the blue line.
And then I woke up this morning to the headline, doorbell,
Carter under heat, maybe under heat for the for murders.
That took place on the blue line. However, I go back to a
few months ago where y'all had put this black man on a
whipping post. Let's say that committee.
Well, the young Velasquez brought him up and said, or
what's his name? What Tim who, who was the, who was the
ultimate in Belmont from Belmont, for Belmont? What's his
name? Tim whatever. The little guy little, I don't know his
name, I know he he is the ultimate for Belmont, brought it
up saying because of his War, you got the most beautiful L
station. Like he got the most beautiful beautified transit
system in the city. You just had a monument bought up what
the fetra. So why y'all complaining about this black man,
the most qualified to do the job. What is it 300 that he
getting? Or it's the fact that it's 10,000 jobs on the line
75% of those are black Americans.
See, this is the attack that we suffer, because if y'all if
y'all go through the door, we gonna see like education. We
gonna see like work force, we gonna see a hit once again
and y'all talking about Black Americans at the immigrants.
When I have see, Joe Lopez standing in front of a
countless, Palestinian immigrant Americans screaming. We
immigrants. He ain't say we Chicagoans. He ain't say we
Americans. He ain't say the residents of Chicago. He said,
We immigrants have something to lose. So I can't imagine
what a black American has to lose when we already at the
bottom of the wrong.
And y'all want to try to map us as the as the problem.
Come on now.
Let us hold each other accountable.
Let us all check our own plank before we look out at the
next person.
I'm just saying because where is all inclusive. We see
that. It's not all include. We not included, we take in the
economic hits. Yep. So F eventually black Americans going
to be where
I'm saying in the next 4 years.
Under this new supposed Administration, that's once, we're
not going back.
We trying to get some, we trying to go forward, but every
time we try to get forward, y'all seen to put y'all foot on
our neck to hold us back and utilize, y'all representation
to do it and enough is enough. I said from the bottom of me
me, I ain't never been. So um enthralled with politics as I
I am now, where I get the stand out? American citizen
resident of Chicago would be called a, a republican
fascist, and I'm not part of the Republican party, but hey,
I got a new team. I got a new team.
Team red. Let's go.
Team red. Let's go and I promise you I'm I'm diligent in my
work. I'm diligent in knowing that when I'm being attacked
I got to see my opponent and I got to go at that opponent.
Where all due diligence y'all got to be out? Y'all mind.
Thank you, Mr. Sams. Our next speaker is Michael Young bae.
Man, I'm disappointed.
I'm disappointed, Mr. Caller, not here.
That's the last time I spoke and I spoke some facts and
Truth.
And that's what I try to do to the best of my ability. I
don't care if I'm in the wrong. I got hard enough
encouraged enough for the truth.
because my different my look on, you know, and the thing
that he said, after the public speaking far, as he been
threatened, with racial things and Satan things like that.
Where, where did that racism come from?
Where did it come from? Who do it come from?
You know it seemed like once the pressure was on them now
he got to speak up about some somebody threatening him and
attacking him over the phones and things like that. Where
did they come from?
Ask yourself what did it come from? Who do it come from?
It came from them, damn Democrats.
was in in power, they the ones trying to get them up out of
their
y'all need to turn red like the blue line.
I spoke on that last time. If you go and and he got mad, he
he bought this face up.
All while I was sitting up front and I still sit up there
with a big smile because I'm telling the truth, the Blue
Line it, the the the CTA period is struck. It's it's set up
Rachel.
They fix up.
Things and their neighborhoods and European neighborhoods.
I ain't going to call you white white man, Purity Purity,
man, God and God made ruler of land. Ain't no white man
that paper in his hand white know your colors. I ain't
going to call you something. I ain't going to say white
supremacy because that by then you giving the power then.
So I'm saying Europeans and they from all different
nations.
So now, back to the point.
Back to the point that I'm making when you go down there to
express where that I I have what they call a cocaine,
Highway whatever you want to name it.
You know what I'm saying? And you see the difference?
Of the Medical District. And then you look at the stocks
that going through the west side, all people neighborhoods
Start so bad and things like that. It ain't even painted
blue. The paint on it. Look, red. That's why I say it.
Going to turn red.
You see what I'm saying? It going to turn red. We going to
turn red.
We already turn red.
As a man speaking. So it is we speaking things into power
down here and a lot of these Europeans don't even like it.
They gave that dude some estimate with some with the fast
on it saying like he was up there thinking for for hours,
but when I come up here with my fast on they know I'm
speaking some truth.
They know I'm speaking some facts.
I ain't ain't no personal attacks or nothing like that. I
don't take nothing personal though. I've been personally
attacked down here.
and now so you better get that s*** out your ward, but we
deal with you
so, I'm violating
the racism today.
Thank you, Mr. Bay our next speaker is, uh, Jessica
Jackson.
You still have a call? Yeah, let's see. 1 2. Yes sir.
all right, so
here's the thing.
Black men in here.
Now, you know, I love y'all. Y'all my brothers, I love
y'all.
You know that?
Y'all got to do what you got to do and 1 of the things that
y'all got to do is y'all got to leave the Democratic Party?
now, I know y'all in the bad situation, so you think
But you really not.
Cuz y'all black men you know what it is.
You cannot continue on this path that you're on.
You cannot have.
This Hispanic Alderman running this city to the dirt like
this. You cannot have Jessie fentes.
After witnessing, Rosa mess up the sanctuary City vote by
allowing this lady right here, noon Nunes, whatever her
name is to lose complete control of that meeting and allow
Rosa to mess up that vote like that. And then she so
ignorant and so much of a racist
That when she supposed to be doing her job, like being an
attentive alter person, she sit there and talk.
And then, when you have a older woman, like Alderman, lie,
that was trying to be respectful to us, and listen to us
her and Julia. What's that Silverstein kept whispering in
Alderman? Lee's ear to try to make her disrespect us? She's
not worthy to serve.
She's another seat. We gonna come for, we ain't just come
up for black Alderman, seats, don't you?
If Jesse for win, test could stand up and say, Sanctuary
City or not. These buses going to keep coming. Is that
right?
Is that right?
Who told you you going to play the city of Chicago like
that?
Who told you that?
Kylie Conway, who told you?
that you could deal with protesters outside your, that's
exercising they protesting rights and because you don't
like what they protesting about you gonna mess with their
rights.
So y'all doing too much, you can't even go to the end of
Chicago because Brian Hopkins won't get those immigrants
from over there. I can't even enjoy my Chinese food over
there. Why we gonna have to get you now you know me and you
was cool.
But you gonna mess up South Shore like this.
I got to catch you.
You know, I don't want to do it but you didn't did a
Carmela Harris. What she turned black? Now, you didn't turn
a Haitian.
Oh Lord it don't go like that. Black you know what it is?
We gonna have to deal with you.
All right, all right.
See you later. Thank you. Miss Jackson our final place.
final speaker is Doris Lewis.
Where you looking got black, paint sharing black people
out.
Okay.
Everything.
My way of traveling in the city of Chicago.
And particularly in my community, height park has been
compromised because of this m here.
This is a paternalistic.
White supremacist. All the women would you, please pay
attention.
Look at who over the weekend.
Posted these this sign? Yes, see
All over High Park.
Black people hating on immigrants because of your policies.
That the mayor has proposed and you're sanctioning by
passing these policies, you have emboldened this white man
to put a Target on our backs.
This is harassment.
This is intimidation. This is an anti-black hate crime.
People are afraid to come out of the condos that they live
in where I am.
People are Faith afraid to walk. The street walk around in
Hyde Park, which is what we are accustomed to. I have lived
there 50 years and I have never seen anything like this.
Yeah, see I worked very hard to get you in. You have failed
me, you have hurt me. You have failed your constituents.
Because you are not doing what you're supposed to do.
We're angry, there's anger in the black community. The
anger is brewing.
and you're setting it up for violence to occur in this city
and when the Blood starts to roll down the streets of the
city, it's going to be on y'all's hands.
Because we're not going to sit back and allow our children
to be slaughtered our women to be beaten. I am 80 years
old.
I'm here. Exercising my civic responsibility.
And I'm saying to you all the men, all the men with you,
please pay attention over there.
Thanks, you're racist. I'm not talking about, I'm talking
about him.
You all are disrespectful for to us when we come down here
and talk to you.
That's what I'm supposed to do.
I'm not afraid to come out.
We're going to deal with this man on Sunday. How dare he
tell us, we should know better.
This paternalistic white boy whose net worth is. 1.6 million
million dollars? So this is what he's using his money to do
to intimidate us to harass us.
Because we're saying we're not going to sit back and allow
these policies to drive us into the assess pool.
A hole where we have no resources, we can't help our
children. We can't help our families. We have a
responsibility to speak out, and I will be doing it. I will
do it until I am dead.
Yes, I do it. Thank you. Miss Lewis.
That concludes um the public comment period. Um I would
like to take at this time acknowledge uh Auto auto auto
Hopkins more.
For purposes of Quorum and non-member, vice mayor Walter
Bernett.
Excuse me all can I say there something just 2 minutes,
please.
Just a second or 2. I'm sorry, sir. You, if you'd have
caught me before I end the public comment, I apologize for
that. I gotta, I gotta move it along. All right, all right.
Good. I can talk to you after, if you got something to say
to me, I could talk to you afterwards if that's okay. Okay,
okay. All right, all right.
um, at this time, I moved to approve the roof 45 report for
the committee on transportation and public way meeting held
on July 10. 2024, can I get a motion from, uh, David Moore
to recommend approval of this item?
Alderman, more so moves on the motion. All in favor, say, I
oppose know and the opinion of the chair. The eyes have it?
Today we have a let them 11 items on the agenda. Going out
of order on page 10 item 1 is a substitute ordinance for a
vacation item located in the 34th. Ward
Can I get a motion to accept the substitute ordinance?
Alderman Conway. So moves on the motion all in favor, say I
those opposed
In the beginning of chair. The eyes have it.
Page 2, item 1 includes.
A a mayoral uh for land, acquisition of 48.01 West argal,
in 4801 West, Angley Street ordinance, 2024000010 09660.
At the request of the commissioner of Transportation. This
ordinance, uh, authorizes. The acquisition of property
located at 41001 West argal Street in 41001, West Angley
Street for a road Improvement project.
Um here to speak on that item is uh Bill Bill Higgins, from
C do.
Thank you, commissioner, uh, chair. And uh, Committee
Member, excuse me, committee members, uh, for the record.
I'm Bill Higgins. Uh, assistant Commissioner of
intergovernmental Affairs at C Dot?
Um, these 2 points of land, acquisition are 2 houses at the
intersections of Cicero Avenue that have been involved in
multiple semi-truck crashes. Um, and discussions with the
local Alderman, um, Alderman Gardener and office of budget
management. We've determined that the
Most cost effective path to ensure safety and public good
is to acquire these properties. Um, so that, uh, residents
living in these houses, no longer have, uh, semi-truck,
scratching into them.
um, here, for any questions you may have, this is
H.
That is a great question. At this time, we do not have a
letter from
45, what Almond?
I believe there is 1, I'll I'll make sure it gets to you,
okay? To. Uh, can you can you, uh, take the time to find
out now because I I like to be consistent and to make sure
that all my aware was going in a war before. So I'll hold
this until verification that. Uh, I'll put in the call.
Thanks. Thank
You to be not too.
Far away.
All right, while we hold on, I'm gonna move on to the next
item.
Page, 3, item, 1 amendment of Municipal Code 10 -2020.
requiring City coordination on pavement, restoration
working in work, impacting 60% or more of sidewalk.
Can I get a motion to recommend approval of this item?
Uh, ottoman Martin. Nobody specifically from C dot was
designated to speak on this item. How
I was saying, however, if that's the, uh,
if that's the, the will of the members of the committee
here from C dot regarding this ordinance. Now I will tell
you more that V, uh, chairman viegas has been working on
this ordinance and we got clearance from him. I mean in in
in the city that, uh, they, they worked it out in to
proceed like, for a
uh you know, absolutely that that but if that's not
understood I'm just saying I'm I don't do it. No go ahead.
No. I was I was going to raise the same question because um
it talks about payment restoration.
Uh, sidewalk you're talking about asphalt and roadways. It's
it's about, it's in relation to sidewalks. Yeah, this is
this is cement work. Okay? And then there was also
conversations that there were issues and concerns from the
department, but nobody's here to talk to that so we can get
some clarity here. So uh, personally would prefer that it
be be held until we get some answers on some of these
questions. And if the and I guess all the viegas is not
here either. So it's running he's running committee right
now. Okay, yeah.
Or maybe if they if they can solve it before we get back
before we adjourn?
All right, I I, I, I fundamentally agree. So we'll, we'll
hold this item.
Um, and revisit at the end of this, this pending um,
someone from C dot speaking about it.
All right.
Moving to the next uh, page pages 4 through 7 includes 29,
29. Ordinances for miscellaneous items. Introduced by the
ottoman from Wards 1 1248 171920, 222232527303. 3132353638
4243 and 47.
Can I get a motion to recommend approval of these items?
So move.
Chairman or Irving, so moves on the motion all in favor,
say I, I oppose know and the opinion of the chair is the
eyes have it.
Page 8 item 1 hearing hearing on delays to the Grayland
station project, resolution 20240000110 012. This item will
be held in committee per the request of the mayor's office.
Page 8, item 2, jrtc Holdings. LLC ordinance 2024000011 048.
048, amendment to pedestrian walkway easement at the
building formerly known as James R Thompson Center. Located
West Randolph, Street jrtc Holdings. LLC now owns the
property and wishes to redevelop the property jrtc and C
dot have. Determined that a reduction in The Pedestrian.
Walkway easement is appropriate for redevelopment and will
continue to serve the public use uses of The Pedestrian.
Walk easement, this site is located in the 42nd. Ward here
to speak on this item, we have Bill Higgins, c. Assistant,
commissioner,
Morning again.
Okay. Okay, let's do this again for the record. Uh, my name
is Bill, Higgins assistant, commissioner at C dot, we're
here today. To express our support for the ordinance,
regarding the proposed amendments to the Thompson Center
Redevelopment and the related easements.
The Chicago Department of Transportation and collaboration
with the law department, has thoroughly reviewed the
processed, uh, excuse me, proposed changes, um, to the
terms of the easements, uh, that were existing on the
property.
And have deemed these changes to be acceptable and in
alignment with the public good.
The existing encroachment on Lake Street elevation which
has been in place for several decades is mirror inches of
the facade and does not impede the public way in any way.
Uh Minor Adjustments to the overhead clearance on both
lacell Street and Clark streets uh are insignificant to any
use of the public sidewalk and public way.
on lell Street, the reduction, to the overall sidewalk
easement with
um, is not expected to any negatively impact pedestrian
flow and primarily the building will have less, uh, public
business and access at this point.
Under the new use.
Uh, terms of The Pedestrian, the pedway connection, uh,
which are still under negotiation, uh, will be a benefit to
the city as well.
And a standout feature will be the renovation and the
include improvements by the developer to the CTA station,
uh, within the Thompson Center which at the uh,
with, with the exception of CTA equipment will be
constructed entirely by the developer Within
this investment in public transportation.
And infrastructure will provide significant benefits to the
city enhancing accessibility and convenience for thousands
of daily commuters that come through this station.
C dot is confident, that the ordinance will serve the best
interests of the public and support Chicago's
Transportation infrastructure.
Thank you for your time and consideration. And if you have
any questions I'm available,
uh,
Ottoman, Conway questions.
so if um, uh,
Thank you. Uh, uh
Assistant commissioner. Thank you. Yes. Okay great. Yeah.
um, so can you just
Tell me what this is doing in a like I'm a 5 year old or an
alderman. I guess I sound like getting rid of the overhangs
on LaSalle and Clark and then changing the padway. But I'll
maybe I'll let I don't want changing the overhangs a little
bit, okay, uh, when it was built in the 80s as a state of
state of Illinois building, um, it actually over the, the
overhangs are on the property.
Property of the property line is actually at the curb on
Clark, so there was no pedestrian space. We required that
it have pedestrian space so that a sidewalk could be, uh,
operable there. Um so there was a setback and the building
overhangs that the change and the redesign is uh very minor
just a few feet that it's dropping slightly, but it's still
well above. 88 clearance on the Clark side.
On the LEL side it's the same thing. However they also are
are extending out the vestibule area to part of the
overhang on the, the LEL side. Um, this had been 1 of the
main entrances to the building when it was used for a lot
of public. Good, the DMV, and all the state operations in
the building. Um, so that won't be as much of a public high
pedestrian, uh, entry point. So we didn't really have any
issue with them uh changing that and it reduces it still
plenty of sidewalk with for uh downtown standards for
people to get by over there. How how far is it coming out
on the sale?
Um,
I don't have the plan in front of me. Um, ballpark 8 8.5
feet? Yeah. Okay. So it's just an additional 8 feet of the
vestibule area that's being uh narrowing. What is currently
under the overhang.
Wonderful. Well know noting that uh this project is across
the street from my ward and and a couple different ways I
think I can speak for not only the 34th floor but the whole
city that we're very excited about it and appreciate uh
your your hard work as well as the hard work of the
developers and getting this done. Thank you, happy to
support this Mr. Chairman you're welcome.
Are there any?
I'm out of my office.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, will the north south pedway
connection under, uh, Randolph and under Lake Street? Will
they remain open and publicly accessible? That is the plan.
We're still negotiating, the terms, the the use terms of
the, uh, pedway connection. That's not, uh, part of the
specific easement ordinance, but that is uh, ongoing and
expected to follow the standard pedway. Agreements, we have
across the city.
are there, uh,
Any more questions regarding this? Uh,
Side.
Uh the committee has received and reviewed the letter of
support from Alderman, Reilly there's no compensation due
with this package but this project
uh,
Chairman, Ervin, so moves on the motion. All in favor, say,
I oppose know and the opinion of chair. The eyes have it.
Thank you, Mr. Dickens, uh, moving along the page, 9 item
1,
Raina, resub division.
Ordinance 202400010604.
A proposed reign of subdivision, being a subdivision in the
block bounded by railroad Road, approximately South
Rockwell Street, West 23rd Street Southwestern Avenue in
West 24th Street. The property is located in the bit. In
the 25th board here to speak. We have, uh, Nick. Yes. Fatik
Tony laws of Samuel.
VP Banks.
Yes, sir.
Good morning, chairman and committee members. My name is
Nick fatik from the law offices of Sam Banks. I'm here on
behalf of the applicant Iranian 24th, Western LLC. The
applicant owns the subject property generally located at
2400 through 2446 West 24th Street. The uh subject property
property contains approximately 74,000 190 square feet of
total lot area and is located in an M23 zoning District.
Uh, the applicant is proposing to subdivide the property
into 2 independent Parcels, uh, the Western lot. Uh,
identified is Lot 1 on the proposed. Plat of subdivision
was
Was recently developed with a newer, 1 story, uh, Duncan
restaurant with the drive-through Lane, uh, for the record
that project was reviewed and approved by the zoning board
of appeals, uh, under calendar number 45322, s the Eastern
portion of the site, which is Lot 2 on the proposed plaid
will remain improved with a 1 and 2 story industrial
building and accessory offsite parking.
Uh, so accessory off, street parking. I'm sorry. Uh no.
Other changes are improvements are proposed to the property
at this time. I also point out that there are no alleys or
public ways running through the property. So, the proposed
subdivision is entirely contained among the the adjoining
Parcels. Uh, the purpose of the Sub sub subdivision is
actually rather straightforward. The applicant is seeking
to establish 2 separate lots that can function independent
from 1, another. Um, the applicant has worked with the 25th
board, Alderman Byron to Lopez, uh, and we believe he's
contacted your office, uh, to confirm his support for the
subdivision. And with that, we'd be happy to answer any
questions you are. The committee members have
Okay. Uh committee members any any uh questions for this
Witness?
We also have Vic Patel the manager of Raina 24th, uh,
Western LLC also.
Okay, if there's no questions, the committee, uh, has
received and reviewed a letter for from ottoman CTO Lopez,
there's no compensation due for the project.
Uh, can I get a motion to reckon approval of this item?
Ottoman Fuentes. So moves on the motion. All in favor, say,
I oppose know the opinion of the chair. The eyes have it,
Moving along the page, 9 item, 2 center 8, resub division,
ordinance, 20240000010 03778 resub division being a
subdivision bounded by North Major Avenue West, Ed Edie
Street, North Central Avenue in West Cornelia Avenue. The
property is located in the 30th. Ward here to speak on this
item, we have Emily Hoffman project manager. Good morning,
good morning.
And just before you speak do we also have Gary cook here.
Yeah. Okay. You just step up soon.
Okay.
I just wanted to mention a, a slight um, correction in the
agenda, the name of the resub division is Central 8.
And the agenda says Center. Yeah, just for clarification.
All right, thank you for that. Thank you for clarification.
Uh, good morning, Mr. Chair, every change will be made in
records. Okay, thank you. Uh, members of the committee. My
name is Emily Hoffman. This is my associate Garrett, cook
with cook Engineering Group.
Where the civil engineering consultant for FEMA,
construction, located at 1707 West Rusty Drive in Mount
Prospect Illinois.
We're representing Mr. Darius Wiki of um Fila construction,
who's the owner, and developer of the project Central 8.
I'm appearing before you today in support of Mr. Wiki's
proposal to resub divide the existing south southern 7.
Lots at the northwest corner of West, Cornelia Avenue and
North Central Avenue into 8 New. Lots the project is
located in the 30th. Ward Alderman. With Ruth Cruz, has
previously expressed her support for the project. Um, I
have an electronic copy of the plat of Reuben. Um, if you'd
like to see it, the property was rezoned in early 2023 from
B 3-1, Community shopping district, to be 2-2 neighborhood.
Mixed use with the intent to develop a multi, family
residential project. The central 8 project is an 8-unit
Town Home Development with
Semi-attached garages and a private driveway proposed each
unit will have a private utility service for water and
sewer. Um, various public improvements as required by seed
dot, including, uh, new public, walk, Landscaping, curb and
pavement. Um, that concludes my presentation and I'm happy
to answer any questions.
Are there any questions? Uh, I would have been more.
Thank you.
Thank you, Jim. So I just want to be clear this Center. A
the 5. Yes.
That's correct.
any, any more questions uh for this witness from the
members, the committee
All right, uh, the committee has received and reviewed a
letter of support from ottoman Crews. There's no
compensation to this project. Can I get a motion to
recommend approval of this item?
Fuente. So moves on the motion, all in favor, say, I oppose
know,
And the opinion of chairs. The eyes, have it?
Page, 9 item 3 fryer Servants of Mary in apartment resub
division. Ordinance 202400001010 985.
A proposed order, a proposed fryer Servants of Mary and
apartments, reach subdivision. Being a subdivision in the
block, bounded by North Orleans, Street West, Illinois.
Street North Franklin Street, and West, hover Street. The
property is located in the 42nd Ward.
Here to speak. We have veto pacione attorney p, p p p.
Good morning. Chairman Mitchell members of the committee.
My name is veto pacione and I'm the attorney attorney for
the applicants 3 of Chicago, 311 Illinois, LLC 311, West
Illinois, rjf, LLC, RPF Buffalo Creek, LLC and 311 ilrms
together, own the real property at 311 West, Illinois.
Street, that is improved with an apartment Tower known as
the 311 Apartments, the base of the apartment Tower. Is
contains a multi-level parking garage next to the apartment
Tower is a church owned by the frige Servants of Mary
Church, that's at 3:23, West Illinois, Street,
And since 2016, the church has utilized 35 parking spaces
in a separate. Parking attendant booth in the garage via an
easement right and the church now desires to own the 35
parking spaces and the parking Booth Lobby uh, outright and
feet. I, I'm appearing before.
Today in support of our proposal. To approve, the new fryer
Servants of Mary in apartment, resub division, Platte
the plat merely subdivides out the 35 parking spaces and
the church's separate Booth so that they may be deeded to
the church. The subdivision will not involve any
construction work or physical changes to the site to
subdivision is needed. Merely to facilitate the transfer of
the parking spaces in the booth space to the church.
The subdivision also resolves, the lingering, shared real
estate tax pin between the apartment owner and the church.
Uh, the 311 property in the church are located in Alderman,
Brendan Riley's 42nd, Ward Alderman. Reilly is aware of the
subdivision and he introduced you to the, the, the July
city, council meeting, this concludes my presentation. He,
he happy to answer any questions.
Any questions, uh, on this item from the members?
All right, the committee has received and reviewed the
letter of support from ottoman Riley. There's no
compensation due for this project. Uh, can I get a motion
to recommend approval of this item? So ottoman, Iran. So
moves on the motion, all in favor, say I I opposed in the
opinion of the chair, the eyes have it. Thank you, sir.
Page 9 item 4 regions. Part 2 resub uh regions part 2,
subdivision ordinance. 20240010769 a proposed regions part,
2 Series, subdivision, being a
Being a re subdivision in the block bounded by West Pratt
Avenue North. Whipple Street North Kedzie Avenue in West
Albion place. The property is located in the 50th Ward here
to speak. We have Leah button, Butler Attorney from Taff
law and Moshe zeran. All right, thank you, developer
Bernhard, capital investment partners.
Screams.
Thank you. Uh Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My
name is Liz Butler. I'm an attorney at Taft. Uh stenius in
Holland.
Cluster and I represent the petitioner in this matter. Um,
Ccbs MGR LLC. And I'm joined today by Moshe Z Raven on
behalf of the applicant
We're before the committee today. Seeking your favorable
consideration of a resub division of a portion. A 1.43 acre
portion of a previously approved uh Region's Park.
Subdivision, this is within sub area, B of residential
plan, development, number 826, the subject property is
located in the West Ridge Community area on the city's far.
North side in the 50th Ward, which is indicated on this
community area map with a red star.
Uh, the Region's Park, plan development was initially
approved in 2002. It contemplated a mix of town home and
single family, residential development. You can see here on
this slide, this is uh, the a site location map showing
roughly the existing conditions. Uh kedzi is to the West.
Whipple is to the east albian to the South and you can see
Wallen is a private drive that runs through the center of
the subdivision. And those are some photos of the existing
homes that were constructed, um, on the western portion of
the original regions Park subdivision.
The original subdivision was approved by City Council in
2003, consisted of 36, lots of record. And here you can see
on the western half of the subdivision. Um, this is
primarily 30 foot wide. Lots, those lots have all been uh
developed and are improved with single family homes, the
eastern half of the subdivision, which is the subject of
this request? That's before you today, consists primarily
of 60 foot wide. Uh, Lots
and those are predominantly um vacant and unimproved. So
here you can see um the Eastern portion which is vacant and
and unimproved, you saw the aerial view, um, that's
highlighted in yellow, that was acquired by the applicant
in, uh, 2022. Um, this is the area that we're proposing to
resub the yellow portion,
And in 2022 dpd approved a minor change to the PD, to
adjust the widths of the lots and the configuration of the
Lots, um, in order to, uh, accommodate current market
preferences for, um, development of the remaining Lots. So
this resub division is, um, really a technical cleanup, uh,
that aligns, the lots of record to the dimensions of the
lots that were approved, um, with the 2022 minor change,
um, without this re subdivision, these Lots can not receive
house. Number certificates, can't get utility service. Um,
so this
Resubmission will allow the lots to be developed as
contemplated by the PD.
Um, and just to note, um, The Proposal is to divide divide
8, existing lots of record into 16 new, lots of record.
So here um, is uh an excerpt of the plat of subdivision or
the re subdivision um that you can see again 8 Lots 8, 60
foot wide, Lots being divided into 16 new, lots of varying,
widths, mostly 25, um, feet wide, to 30 feet foot wide.
Lots
Um, the 16, Lots will be developed with 16 new homes uh,
with a mix of single family, detached homes and uh Town
Homes. Each will have a detached garage.
The current owner, um, who is the petitioner in this
matter? May develop the Lots themselves, or they may sell
the Lots once. Um, they are. Um,
Re subdivided. So the applicant has discussed the resub
division with Alderaan uh Silverstein who is in support of
the development and has issued a letter of support to the
committee and we understand that was provided in advance of
the hearing. Um so we uh respectfully request your support
of this matter and we're available to answer any questions
that you might have.
Uh, question ottoman, Conway question, okay? Um,
Mrs. Aaron, due to develop correct? Yeah. I'm I'm I'm just
curious. Uh, What, uh, what, what, what's the value of
these? Lots the value. Well, that would be determined by
the market. Um, we haven't done, we, we sold so there's 2
existing houses which are under contract current currently,
um, and we're selling them for 750.
Um, we're actually losing around 200 for home. It was it's
more of a community project for us.
That's curious. Okay? Any any questions from the members?
Um, okay, we we have received a letter of support from
ottoman Silverstein, there's no compensation due for this
project. Can I get a motion to recommend approval?
Auto and more so moves on the motion, all those in favor.
Say I
Oppose know.
In the opinion of the chair. The eyes have it. Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
Page, 10 item 1.
1 168. North Clinton LLC.
Substitute ordinance 20224000000 8282.
A proposed vacation of a 10-foot wide East-West oriented
alley in the block bounded by North Clinton Street, North,
Jefferson Street, West Lake Street West Randolph Street.
The property is located in the 34th Ward here to speak. We
have Michael asger attorney.
Costa asgar LLC.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman Michael Edgar uh from the locker
room of a castas g LLC and I'm here on behalf of the
applicant 1 168, North Clinton. And it is uh, for a 10 foot
wide Ali to be vacated. And as you can see, in the aerial
of the photo, it's uh, parallel to in south of Lake Street
and the um,
Ali is shown here. The applicant owns the building to the
South or left side of this image and the parking lot to the
right side. And the purpose of the vacation is to connect
these uh properties and to they can improve the alley and
expand parking. Uh, we've worked closely with sedat and
also with Alderman Conway from the 34th board and um, he's
here today. So um, we're here to answer any questions.
Uh uh questions from members uh, Autumn Fuentes.
It's a vacation of reality will the only be preventing any
public access from 1 side of it to the other. So there,
all would be part of their property and um, they, they
would not be because well, they're not planning on building
on it. So it'll be it'll remain improved as a parking lot.
And you can see here that there's there's a, um, the
properties on both sides of it are are the applicants?
There is a north south Ali that runs uh that's improved and
it's a new ally uh that you can sort of see it here on this
here on this uh plat of vacation. It's this north south
Ali, that Services all the other uh properties. And so the
more the part that is being vacated is only adjacent to
these properties. I, I forgot to mention that the alley was
appraised. And there's, uh, compensation that would be due
due of 5200000, which the applicant has agreed to pay. Um,
and that letter was support provided to the law department
and see that
Okay, bottom and more. I'm assuming in the north south Ali
is where the Refuge was collected. Exactly. And and it's a
pretty wide, it's a nice alley. Uh, nicely improved Ali. I
would say um unlike the and you can see it sort of in in in
this area, right in here in between the buildings. It's uh
it's paved. It's it's newer because
there's a new building on it, you can see the new building
in the background here and so this alley again is is um
it's not very functional. It's it's not in very good shape.
So
I'm assuming. Um, yeah, I I can I can Echo a lot of
attorney asu's comments. I mean, this is really an unused
unused alley at this point and, you know, when it
uh, the property of the of the owner and this and this will
and this will help us uh, improve the curve there. And it
doesn't really it doesn't really go anywhere. So therefore
I, I would ask the uh, committee to support this vacation.
Thank you.
We can't protest.
You right there, uh, ottoman Conway. Can I get a motion to
recommend approval of this item? Uh, so moved. Uh, Mr.
Chairman on the motion. All in favor. Say, I
Oppose know.
In the opinion of chair. The eyes have it. Thank you very
much. Um,
Uh uh, committee members. Can you, uh, I'm asking for quick
10 minutes, there's some items that some, some changes, uh,
changes, uh, to the agenda that I want to make sure I have
right before I pass them out. So if you give me 10 minutes
of recess, um, David, can I get a motion to recess for 10
minutes?
Reset.
Ottoman Moore. So moose
all those papers say I
closed. No, they pin the chair of the ice, have it? Okay.
Give me a minute. I still need you guys. I still need you
guys. So we got
All right everybody, thank you for that for allowing me an
opportunity to get get some things in order. Um the meeting
is now called uh, recess call to reconvene meeting round
reconvene.
Okay, so page 2.
Page 2 item 1 which include a mirror acquisition. A mirror
form for the acquisition land acquisition for 48001 West
argal and 48001 West Angley Street. Um uh we did receive a
letter of support from from the local ottoman, ottoman
gardener.
Uh, with that said, can I get a motion to recommend
approval of this item?
Uh, ottoman quente, so moves on the motion all in favor,
say I those opposed no in the beginning of chair. The eyes
have it.
Uh, page 4.
That's the last 1 page, 4 item 3.
um, is a substitute ordinance for Miss uh, for
miscellaneous items in the
Second war.
Can I can I get a motion to accept the substitute?
Alderman Moore, so moves on the motion all in favor. Say, I
I those opposed no and the opinion of the chair, the eyes
have it, um,
Are there any questions regarding this item? This
miscellaneous items?
Uh, hearing okay.
Hearing no, there being no questions. Uh, can I get a
motion to recommend approval of this item Fuente? SOS on
the motion, all in favor, say I those opposed no.
Any opinion of the chair, the eyes have it. Uh now for the
last item, page, 3 item 1, it is a substitute ordinance to
the amendment of Municipal Code 10200155 Dash or ordinance
202400100913.
Uh, the amendment of the municipal section, 10-20 d155
requiring City.
Uh, Khan Khan coordination on pavement restoration. Work
impacted 60% or more of the sidewalks can I get can I get a
motion to recommend approval of the substitute ordinance?
Alderman Moore. So moves on the motion all in favor, say I
Oppose know any opinion of the chair, the eyes have it?
now, here to
here to speak on that item. So is because there was some
questions about this, uh,
This, uh, this item here to speak. We have
Uh, from Cedar Bill Higgins. And uh ottoman. Who is
sponsored this ordinance? Uh, G chairman viegas.
I'll let you take. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and
members of the transportation uh committee. Before you use
a substitute ordinance, that was agreed upon between the
Department of Transportation and my office regarding the
restoration of sidewalks. For those of you Alderman that
have not yet had people's gas ComEd.
constellation uh, AT&T or any other utility come to your
neighborhood, um, to provide an upgrade their equipment or
their service lines, um, you should you should be, um, in
support of this ordinance and I'll tell you what, so right
now what we have is, uh, the utilities come in to the on to
your block and they will tear up the squares and uh, on
that block in order to upgrade their equipment.
Under under city law, they're required, just to restore the
blocks that they damage. And so I put some renderings up
here for your at, for for you to see on some of the
examples on why we need to pass this ordinance to ensure
that the asset
The sidewalk, which belongs to the city of Chicago, uh, is
repaired and restored. So that way people can divert
Traverse the city in a way that allows them without risking
any type of injury. And so here you have an example of
where there was some work done at the corner, the squares
that are just south of it were damaged prior to the work
being done. However, since the contract
Ctor did not disturb those those squares. He was not
required or the city was not required to restore that as a
result you have a an asset here that is uh, structurally,
not sound. Another example here is where you have, um, some
blocks that were taken out, and there was more work done to
preserve that 1 block.
No type of uh buffer or Expansion Joints, put next to the
concrete and a result later on, you'll see that with with
the cold weather and hot weather. It's going to it's going
to chip. So what we're doing here, is we're just trying to
get some common sense legislation passed, that would say,
that when the constituent is being burdened, by all this
infrastructure improvements, the least we can do is make
sure that once we leave that block is taken care of that.
All those squares are restored. Structurally, but also,
this is this is Pennies on the dollars that were that were
realizing for this asset, the sidewalk belongs to us. So
60% of that sidewalk is Disturbed, 40% of the of that. The
rest of the remaining will be done by the city, meaning
that we get, we pay 40 cents for 100% Improvement. Um and
and and again, this will make sure that the constituents
that live on those blocks are happy. Because I can tell you
that, the calls that I received based on the the people's
gas upgrade and AT&T upgrade, it just doesn't make sense.
And so again, this is an opportunity to, uh, put forth,
some common sense legislation
Initially, I I had asked for uh, 100% however, in
negotiation with sedat, we came to a conclusion that 60% is
something that they can uh that they can handle. Uh and so
I'm asking for your favorable consideration, we do have C
dot here. Answer any questions. If you have any questions.
and I should mention that the funding source for this is
is the capital Bill. We passed a capital Bill uh about 3 or
4 years ago 3.7 billion dollars in there. There's a line
I'm associated with sidewalks. Um, and I would, and I
would, um, this has nothing to do with the ordinance per
se. But as we talk about another Capital bill, I would
remind our members that we should be taking a look at line
adding line item in the Appropriations to make sure that we
do have the buckets of resources available for the, for
the, for the requests that we get from constituents. We
know that the reason why we pass a capital bill was really
to deal with the bread and butter issues that our offices
receive lighting. Alleys, sidewalks, curbs streets. Um,
unfortunately we didn't do that last time.
With the line item and I think that moving forward and we
do pass another Capital bill that it would be wise of us to
line items to make sure that we have the necessary funding
available for the projects that typically Focus call in for
us. And so with that, I will, uh, answer any questions from
the members, uh, and see do that is here to support any
type of uh, answer any questions that the members may have
as well.
Right. Uh, I will call on Alderman Moore. You had questions.
No, I don't have any questions. Um, I got I got my
questions answered during recess, but I will say, I fully
support. Um, this ordinance, as I went through some of the
same challenges, um, when people gas, um, uh, came to my
ward and it cost me a lot of time, um, staff time, um, to
go back out there and identify, um, I mean over 10 blocks.
Um, the problems and had to walk through each block, and we
were able to get it fixed, but it cost us a lot of time.
and energy and I think it cost us money too from the city
city standpoint because if it was done um, simultaneously,
um, then it would have been less when you got to do setup
costs again and bring everybody out. Um, equipment,
machinery, uh, even materials. Um, it's it, it it was a, it
was a larger cost to the city and it and it so it's going
to save us. Um, it's a cost Savings in the long run as
well. Thank you chairman for bringing it. Um, this item up.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Um, this is this is for
either the chairman or our our, uh,
Uh, assistant, commissioner do. Um, um
What was what's been the feedback from the utilities about
this to the extent that we've reached out to them?
Um, I think it's been pretty receptive. They I mean of
course they don't want to do any more than they're required
to do, right. But uh, requiring them to communicate with
us.
Fixes. Uh,
Problems with, you know, if a problem comes up, uh, to your
point, it ends up being more time and more money on
everybody's part to track resolve it case like this. Um, it
it costs less for us to fix it all at once, then come back
later and and patch that part that's, uh, that was left
behind. So I think they understand and because
Ultimately, well, we might be pushing the, the utilities to
make sure that they're doing their part right. Making sure
those Expansion Joints are in that ultimate. Biggest
mentioned, in 1 case, didn't didn't show up. Um, with this
program, we'll be using our own Capital Bill to repair the
rest of the block. So uh, it's all uniform and and new so
I'm trying to think of any unintended consequences of this,
you know, we have obviously a lead service replacement
program that's going too slow or we somehow slowing it down
by putting this in or anything like that. I don't know if
there's been any
thought of thought of some of those unintended consequences
that are difficult for me to think through at this moment.
Yeah. I understand, I, I think because it's structured, as
a consultation, we can take it on a Case by case basis and
look at the details of that stuff and it's not just
automatically. Yeah, the whole block has to be redone, but
we'll look at it and see what needs to be done. We can
check our schedules for
Perhaps another uh, permit has already been filed for, you
know, a lead service line.
Down the block and we can say, okay, well, we'll do the
rest of the block when that project comes through rather
than uh, at the same time. But yeah, that's fair. It gives
us a lot of flexibility to do that. Yeah, no. Thank you.
Thank you. Uh, thank you both for bringing this forward and
happy to support it. Thank you.
All right. Thank, thank you. Um, any more questions from
from Members? Um, uh
Before I move past this side, I had to make a couple of
comments. First of all, I want to absolutely thank, uh,
channel, viegas for his work on this, this, this, I
Just looking at the pictures, that's exactly what my word
looked like a couple of weeks ago about a month ago. And I
had to go through the argument task of getting things,
taken care of. So this is, this is a no-brainer and, you
know, I hesitate, I mean, you know, in dealing with this
our constituents had for a type of sentiment about it and
it was they wouldn't do that in the in certain other Wars
in certain areas of Chicago. So why I do it in our
neighborhoods so um can't prove it. But with this at least
least with this this uh ordinance we can actually make sure
we don't have the checkerboard effect on our sidewalks and
that our our our sidewalks get get uh get get repaired. Um,
because also something that was not mentioned when you do
things like that, it the
The care from the laborers to ensure that the sealed that
the cracks, that that the lines are sealed around that 1
square.
It it's it makes no sense and first winner.
Oh, snow thaws freezes. It's already tore up. Again Vegas.
Thank you man. I look forward to continue to work with you
on things like that. We've been working together on things
like this for the last 10 years, so let's keep keep going.
I like the fact that you mentioned, this is common sense.
These are things. We shouldn't have to do. Our menu is only
1.5 million
Every, every senior in my ward wants that sidewalks
repaired. We shouldn't have to deal with this. So, with
that said, if there's no questions, uh, Alderman more
moved, passage of this, uh, of this item,
uh,
an ottoman more motion to reveal this item, all those in
favor on the motion, say, I
Those opposed, no.
Any opinion that she has the eyes, have it? Thank you, Mr.
Chairman members of the committee. Thank you.
All right. Thank you guys for enduring this committee
meeting with us there being no further business before this
committee. Can I get a motion to adjourn by the same roll
call vote. It was applied to determine Quant.
Ottoman Conway. So moves on the motion all in favor, say I
those opposed no in the opinion of the chair of the eyes.
Have it? Good afternoon, everybody.