# Committee on Housing and Real Estate meeting, February 18, 2025

- When: Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 12:30 PM (Chicago time)
- Where: Room 201A, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street - Chicago, IL 60602
- Status: Scheduled & Published
- Committee: [Committee on Housing and Real Estate](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/housing-and-real-estate)
- Video: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8928563/video/1057938978
- Transcript: [full text](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/transcripts/1057938978.txt) (1,027 words, official captions)

## Meeting notes

> AI-written from the transcript. Speakers are inferred from cues in the recording, so treat names as estimates and check the video at the linked time.

The Committee on Housing and Real Estate held a brief meeting, allowed Alderperson Jeanette B. Taylor to participate remotely, and noted two written public comments. It considered one item: a redevelopment agreement and $65,000 sale of a city-owned former fire station at 6411 S. Central Ave. in the 13th Ward for conversion into a single-family home, with part of the price held in escrow for environmental remediation. The Department of Planning and Development explained the sale process dating to 2021 and an updated 2024 valuation, and the committee recommended passage for the February 19, 2025 City Council meeting.

Topics: city land sale, former fire station, single-family home conversion, environmental remediation

### Agenda items discussed

- [4:25](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/1461B113-B0E8-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=265) Motion to allow Alderperson Jeanette B. Taylor to participate remotely under Rule 59: passed
- [4:50](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/1461B113-B0E8-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=290) Redevelopment agreement and sale of city-owned former firehouse at 6411 S. Central Ave. for a single-family home (13th Ward): passed

### Alderpersons who spoke

- [Walter R. Burnett](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/27) (alderperson): Asked how the applicants chose their contractors and commended their choice of a minority-owned, women-led firm. ([8:49](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/1461B113-B0E8-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB?t=529))

## Documents

- [Notice](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/6552c4df-e199-43f0-9f24-381cb05c0ffd.pdf)
- [Summary](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/c9e07e7c-ecaf-479c-9d23-503af3adbd37.pdf)
- [Agenda](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/meetingattachmentspublic/60ff371b-ac8e-4156-8526-d66f2d7da3f2.pdf)

---
Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/meeting/1461B113-B0E8-EF11-8EEA-001DD804C7AB · Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt