Committee on Housing and Real Estate meeting, December 12, 2024
- When: Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 11:00 AM (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
- Video: https://vimeo.com/1038332245
- Transcript: full text (2,547 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 short meeting with one ordinance on its agenda after hearing two public commenters, one on workforce diversity and meeting scheduling and one on vacant and abandoned properties. The committee approved its Rule 45 reports. The Chicago Department of Transportation presented a negotiated or quick-take acquisition of land along Taylor, Canal, Wells and related streets in the 34th Ward for a TIF-funded Taylor Street bridge and viaduct project, and the chair corrected a typo noting the project figure is $93.5 million. After a question about which parcels would be acquired, the committee recommended passage of the acquisition ordinance.
Topics: Taylor Street bridge, Land acquisition, Rule 45 reports, Vacant and abandoned properties, Public comment
Agenda items discussed
- 21:51 Approval of Rule 45 reports: passed
- 22:39 Negotiated or quick-take acquisition of properties on portions of Taylor, Canal and Wells streets for the Taylor Street bridge and viaduct improvement project, 34th Ward (O2024-0014194): passed
Alderpersons who spoke
- Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (alderperson): Noted a letter of support from Alderperson William Conway and asked which properties would be acquired and whether they are developed. (27:10)