Plan Commission - Regular Meeting

Thursday, April 16, 2026
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About this meeting

Government Body
Plan Commission
Meeting Type
Plan Commission
Location
Joliet, IL
Meeting Date
April 16, 2026

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250 sections (from 291 segments)

0:000

2026 complaint commission order. Call the roll, please.

0:051

Mister Cox. Here. Mister Crompton.

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Mister Ulitz. Mister Hammock. Here. Mister Martin.

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Miss Rudakovich. Here. Mister Turk.

0:171

Chairman Kelleh.

0:21 – 0:363

Okay. We have a quorum. First item on the agenda is approval of minutes. The April minutes were in your agenda packet. Is there a motion for approval?

0:364

So move. Second.

0:380

Call the roll, please.

0:401

Mister Cox. Aye. Mister Crompton. Mister Uhlitz? Mister Hammock?

0:471

Mister Martin? Aye. Miss Rodakovich? Aye. Mister Turf? Aye. Chairman Keller?

0:52 – 1:253

Aye. Okay. Motion carries. Next item on the agenda is old business public hearing. There is none. Following that, next item on the agenda is new business public hearing. We do have several of those. And just before we open those public hearings, a statement on the proceedings. During the public hearing, staff will read each staff report and then the applicant will make additional comments on the request. Following the staff report and applicant remarks, a public comment period will be held on each agenda item.

1:26 – 2:083

Each speaker will be given four minutes to address the commission and remarks should be directed to the commissioners rather than staff, the applicant, or other members of the audience. Property owners within the zoning notice boundary may request additional time for questions. The commission may set reasonable limits on the length of comments and may limit repetitive statements. Speakers are encouraged to avoid duplicating comments that have already been made, indicating agreement with a prior comment is sufficient for the record. All participants are expected to maintain decorum by keeping comments respectful, refraining from interruptions, and avoiding applause or other reactions so the hearing may proceed in an orderly manner.

2:09 – 2:423

And with that, we will proceed to opening the first public hearing scheduled for this afternoon, which is p dash two dash 26, preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossings Drive Phase 2 subdivision, and dash one dash 26, vacation of approximately 1.7 acres of Quartz Drive. The applicant for both petitions is Cullen and Joliet LLC. Status of the applicant is developer. Requested action is approval of a preliminary plat and plat of vacation. Purpose is to create a three lot commercial subdivision.

2:42 – 3:053

Existing zoning is B 2 Central Business District. Location approximately South Of Olympic Boulevard and West Of Gateway Boulevard and Courts Drive, West Of Gateway Boulevard. Size for P Dash 2 Dash 26 is approximately 40.4 acres. For V Dash 1 Dash 26, approximately 1.7 acres. Existing land use is undeveloped.

3:05 – 3:523

Under surrounding land use and zoning to the North is undeveloped B 2 Central Business District. To the South, undeveloped B 2 Central Business District. To the East, warehouse, I 1 Light industrial into the West, Interstate 55, Shorewood office commercial institutional zoning, and Shorewood ORI office research and light industrial Zoning. Under site history, subject property lies within The Rock Run Crossings development project area, which has been designated as a tax increment financing district or TIF district since 2021. When it was created, it was the intention of the TIF district to include a future mixed use development that would contain commercial, retail, restaurants, and entertainment attractions, recreational amenities, and a multifamily residential neighborhood over the entire 309 acre district area.

3:53 – 4:323

Subject property is approximately 40.4 acres and is made up of Lot 7 from the Rock Runner Crossing's Lot 3 subdivision, which was platted in 2024. The property has remained undeveloped throughout the past several years. Right of way for Rock Run Crossings Drive shifted briefly to the west, but has since been reestablished along its original alignment. Under special information, the applicant seeks approval of the preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossings Drive, phase two subdivision and plat of vacation of approximately 1.7 acres of Quartz Drive to allow development of a three lot commercial subdivision and subject portion of the Rock Run collection development. All three lots would have frontage along Rock Run Crossing Drive.

4:32 – 5:023

Lot 3 would have frontage on both Rock Run Crossings Drive and Gateway Boulevard. Lots 2 And 3 will likely be further subdivided in the future as additional development in this area materializes. Lot 1 would be occupied by a future commercial tenant. A 10 foot landscaping easement would be provided along the Rock Run Crossings Drive and Gateway Boulevard frontages. The developer would be responsible for extending water and sanitary sewer mains down Rock Run Crossings Drive to service Lot 1 at the subdivision's southern end.

5:02 – 5:313

The applicant is also requesting for a vacation of Quartz Drive to accommodate shifting development patterns within the southern portion of the subject area. A temporary turnaround is shown at the southern end of Rock Run Crossings Drive. This turnaround will be released when Rock Run Crossings Drive is expanded further south as property of the south develops. ComEd has confirmed that it does not have any utilities within the existing Quartz Drive right of way. The applicant is working with NYCOR to determine if any of its utilities exist within the subject area.

5:31 – 6:163

And actually, since this report was written, that confirmation has been provided that there are no utilities there. As of the writing of the staff report, staff have not received any notice of existing utilities from other providers. Under analysis, approval of the preliminary plat and platification would allow for future development of a three lot commercial subdivision. All three lots have sufficient access and frontage along either Rock Run Crossings Drive or Gateway Boulevard. The developer is committed to expanding public utilities as necessary to service the development. Under recommended action, staff recommend the plan commission recommend approval of the preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossings Drive phase two subdivision and a plat of vacation of approximately 1.7 acres of Quartz Drive to city council. And that concludes staff's report.

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May we have the petitioner, please? Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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State your name, please.

6:26 – 7:085

Jim Testin. 806 Judy Court Joliet. I am the development manager for Cullinan Properties. The only thing that I would add is background on the reasoning for courts originally. It was a requirement of IDOT. They needed it to move forward with the interchange. They needed to remove the old frontage road in that area. They wanted access potentially to parcels that were south of ours. Later, we ended up acquiring those parcels. So, of course, it was never built. It was just shown on on paper. So to the staff's report, there's no utilities. Road was never built. We're looking to vacate that to increase the commercial down toward the south.

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Thank you. Any questions from the the board? Any questions from the audience? Hearing none, a motion is in order for PDash2Dash26 and VDash1Dash26. So moved. Second. Call the roll, please.

7:34 – 7:461

Mister Crompton. Aye. Mister Hammock. Aye. Mister Martin. Aye. Miss Rodakovich. Aye. Mister Turk. Aye. Mister Cox. Aye. Chairman Tella.

7:46 – 8:253

Aye. Okay. That motion will carry with a recommendation for approval to a future plan city council agenda. Next item on the agenda is p dash three dash 26 preliminary plat of Shale Road subdivision. The applicant once again is Cullen and Joliet LLC. Status as developer requested action approval of a preliminary plat. Purpose to create a three lot commercial subdivision. Existing zoning is B 2 Central Business District. Location is 1301 Shale Road. The size is 19.825 acres.

8:25 – 9:273

Existing land use is undeveloped. Surrounding land use to the North, farmland, county a one agricultural zoning to the South, future commercial B 2 Central Business District zoning to the East, future multifamily residential B 2 Central Business District zoning, and to the West, Interstate 55 Shorewood OCI office commercial institutional zoning, and Shorewood ORI office research and light industrial zoning. Under site history, Subject Property lies within the Rock Run Crossings redevelopment project area, which has been designated as a tax increment financing district since 2021. When it was created, it was the intention of the TIF District to include a future mixed use development that would contain commercial retail, restaurant entertainment attractions, recreational amenities, and a multifamily residential neighborhood over the 309 acre district area. Under special information, Subject Property is a 19.8 acre assemblage of Lots 2 And 4 of the Rock Run Crossings Lot 3 subdivision.

9:27 – 10:113

The applicant to subdivide Lot 4 into two lots to create space for future restaurant uses along the western end of Shale Road. The remaining portion of the subject subdivision consists of Lot 3, formerly Lot 4 of Rock Run Crossings Lot 3 subdivision, which consists of the remainder of the commercial retail and service district functional use stone from the master plan unit development or PUD. This area will be developed with a mixture of restaurant and retail uses and will likely be subdivided further as development plans are finalized. All three lots would have frontage along Shale Road with access to sanitary sewer and water mains. Each lot would have a 10 foot landscaping easement along the Shale Road's frontage.

10:11 – 10:553

The division of the existing Lot 4 from Rock Run Crossing's Lot 3 subdivision into two new lots for future restaurant uses is a departure in use from the original PUD site plan, which showed a hotel use at the western end of Shale Road. However, eating and drinking establishments are permitted use within the commercial retail and service district functional use zone. Because of this, staff view that the proposed modification is a minor change that does not require re approval of the PUD. The applicant is also submitted for approval of a recording plat for the Shale Road subdivision, which will be put before the city council at a future meeting. Under analysis, approval of the preliminary plat of Shale Road subdivision will allow for future development of a three lot commercial subdivision.

10:56 – 11:283

While the intention of subdividing the existing Lot 4 into two separate lots for future restaurant use is a departure from the original PUD site plan. Staff used the modification as a minor change that is permitted, excuse me, without further formal review of the PUD. The proposed uses are allowed within the applicable functional use zone. Other sites within the greater development can also potentially accommodate an additional future hotel use. Under recommended action, staff recommend the Planning Commission recommend the approval of the preliminary plat of Shell Road subdivision to the city council. And that concludes staff's report.

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May we have the petitioner, please? Yes, sir. I already sworn in, so go ahead. Anything to add?

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The staff report covers a simple three lot subdivision is what we're looking at for this area.

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Any questions from the commission? Hearing none, any from the audience? Okay. Hearing none, motions in order for p dash three dash 26. So

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moved. Second.

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Call the row, please.

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Mister Hammock.

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Mister Martin.

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Miss Redokovich. Aye. Mister Turk. Aye. Mister Cox. Crompton? Aye. Chairman Keller?

12:12 – 12:323

Aye. That motion carries with the recommendation for approval. That item will be on a future city council agenda. Next item on the agenda is p dash four dash 26, preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossing's Lifestyle Center subdivision. Once again, the applicant is Cullenan Joliet LLC.

12:32 – 13:173

Status as developer, requested action is approval of a preliminary plat with the purpose of creating a two lot mixed use subdivision. The existing zoning is B 2 Central Business District. Location is East Of Rock Run Crossings Drive, West Of Gateway Boulevard, and North Of Olympic Boulevard. Size is approximately 17 acres. The existing land use is undeveloped under surrounding land use and zoning to the North, restaurants, b two Central Business District zoning to South, future commercial, b two Central Business District to the East, the Hollywood casino location, b two Central Business District zoning into the West, future commercial and b two Central Business District zoning.

13:19 – 13:573

The site history is the same as the last two staff reports. Under special information, the subject property is a 17 acre assemblage of Lot 3 from the Rock Run Crossings Drive subdivision. The applicant wishes to subdivide Lot 3 into two new lots for the planned lifestyle center component of the Rock Run collection PUD. The preliminary plat shows space allocated for future restaurant uses within Lot 1. Lot 2 would likely feature smaller scale commercial retail fronting a central pedestrian corridor with parking accessible off Rock Run Crossings Drive and Gateway Boulevard.

13:58 – 14:303

Both lots would have frontage along Rock Run Crossings Drive and Gateway Boulevard. Access to the site's interior will be provided at several points on Lot 1 with an additional point of access proposed off Olympic Boulevard. Cross access between Lots 1 And 2 is required. A 10 foot wide landscaping buffer will be installed on all sides of the subdivision in addition to required parkway landscaping along Rock Run Crossings Drive, Gateway Boulevard, and Olympic Boulevard. All three frontage roads contain applicable utilities to service the proposed development.

14:31 – 15:103

PUD allows for multiple buildings to be located on one lot as shown in the preliminary plat. The proposed mixture of uses is generally consistent with the approved PUD site plan apart from a larger block entertainment center use, which is not shown on the preliminary plat. Larger entertainment uses are permitted by Wright in several other functional use zones throughout the PUD area. The applicant has also submitted for approval of a recording plat of Rock Run Crossing's Lifestyle Center subdivision, which will be put before the city council at a future meeting. Under analysis, approval of the preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossing's Lifestyle Center subdivision will allow for future development of a two lot mixed use subdivision.

15:10 – 15:373

The proposed uses and building layout as depicted conceptually on the preliminary plat generally aligns with the mixture and placement of uses that are depicted on the PUD site plan. The preliminary plat shows sufficient means of access to the Lifestyle Center site and all three predominant frontages contain water and sewer infrastructure. Under recommended action, staff recommends the Planning Commission recommend approval of the preliminary plat of Rock Run Crossings Lifestyle Center subdivision to the City Council and that concludes staff's report.

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Yes. And may I have to petition on this side, please? Yes, sir. Anything to add?

15:435

No. Staff report covered it very well.

15:450

Any questions from the commission?

15:493

I have one. I I guess with all of these, your intent is to develop these yourself? These units?

15:58 – 16:175

In this component, yes. We're developing all this. We're looking to move forward fairly quickly, especially on Lot 1, which is considered that lifestyle center area. In this section here? In in this section too. It's potentially, you know, Lot 2. We've identified number of restaurants that could be subdivided depending on the restaurant needs, but majority of it would be us.

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Great. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Any other questions? Any questions from the audience? Yes. Step up, please. Now come up to the microphone.

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You sound me swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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State your name, please.

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Aida Padilla. I lead the when they pretend to do the commercial center, the whole owner. I wanna know what is the how much we had to pay, like, the homeowners. They're trying to the the time they do that commercial center because every time they build something like commercial, the homeowners, the the taxes go up. So I wanna know if they're gonna affect to us because it's a expensive Plainfield. Like like, for example, they build a gas. They say the the price go down, the taxes. It's never happened. They go up. So it's my only questions.

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So if they're building all these commercial center, we had to pay the taxes, like increase the taxes for us?

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I don't know. Yeah.

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This is because that's the only guard, like, you know?

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Any comment, Ray, on that?

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Yeah. I can't comment on how those properties will be assessed in the future.

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Because they say the the value is more. Yeah. The value. But the taxes too.

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So We can

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take down your information and and try to provide you some more information on on what might happen there. But right now, anything I say would be speculative in nature.

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So the information come after they approve it? So it's like doesn't matter?

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So right now, this is just a recommendation body to the city council. Mhmm. So there would be no final action on this until city council hears the preliminary and recording plats at a later date. So like I said, we'd be happy to kinda take down your contact information and see if there's more information we could provide you. But right now, I I can't give you specifics on what the tax burden may or may not be.

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Okay. Thank you. And

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just to help clarify on this particular one, the area is vacant currently. We are b two zoning. We do have a PUD with commercial uses. So we are looking at a mixture of retail and restaurants here. So, none of this component considers anything residential and the rest, is usually a benefit to the community. Thank

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you. Any other comments or questions? Hearing none, then motion is in order for p dash four dash 26. Motion to approve. Second. Call the roll, please.

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Mister Martin. Aye. Mister Dokovich. Aye. Mister Turk. Aye. Mister Cox. Aye. Crompton?

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Mister Hammack? Aye. Chairman Kellen?

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That motion carries with the recommendation for approval that will be on a future city council agenda. Next item on this afternoon's agenda is v dash two dash 26, vacation of 76,289 square feet of Breen Road east of Route 53 and Platteve easement for future public utility easement. The applicant is TCIH Land Holdings LLC. Status of the applicant is owner. Requested action is vacation of roadway.

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Purpose is vacating a segment of Green Road to facilitate the required construction of a bridge over Route 53 as part of the closed loop system required by annexation agreement. Under Under existing zoning is I one light industrial. Location is Breen Road east of State Route 53. The right of way size being requested for vacation is previously stated 76,280 square feet. The existing land use is existing roadway.

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Under surrounding land use and zoning to the North, undeveloped farmland, I one light industrial. To the South, undeveloped farmland, I one light industrial. To the East, undeveloped farmland county agricultural a one, and to the West, warehouse with I one light industrial zoning in place. Under site history, Green Road is a two mile road that runs East West between Illinois Route 53 and Ridge Roughly one quarter of the road is within the city limits and is improved slightly with blacktop surfacing in a double line median. The remaining section is in unincorporated Jackson Township.

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Traffic counts from the Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, estimate that as of 2023, approximately 200 vehicle trips per day occur throughout the existing roadway. Subject request is to vacate the western portion of roadway that connects with Illinois Route 53. Under special information, the applicant is the owner and future developer of land on both sides of the subject Green Road area to be vacated. These properties are currently undeveloped and contain preexisting farmland. Subject vacation is necessary to accommodate a future connection to a bridge that would cross Illinois Route 53 to to connect the east and west portions of the Eastgate Logistics Park Industrial Development.

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The annexation development agreement for the adjoining land required that a bridge be built that would create a closed loop network for tractor trailers that would circulate throughout the development. In June 2025, the city entered into a settlement and mutual releases agreement with Hobart Road Extension JV LLC, CenterPoint Properties Trust, CenterPoint Joliet Terminal Railroad LLC, Eastgate Logistics Park Chicago LLC, NewWave Farms LLC, and Northpoint Development LLC relating to the construction of the Northpoint development in Joliet. Section 10 l of the agreement states that the east that Eastgate shall be permitted to construct an aggregate of 3,000,000 square feet of industrial warehouse buildings on the east portion and or west portion prior to approval of the site's regional traffic plan, and the city shall be permitted to issue occupancy permits for such industrial warehouse buildings not exceeding 3,000,000 square feet in aggregate, provided that any and all tractor trailer access with respect to such industrial warehouse buildings shall comply with the terms of section three of the agreement, including, but not limited to, the completion of construction of the 53 Bridge for any such industrial warehouse buildings constructed on the east portion, East Of Illinois Route 53.

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Therefore, development of the eastern portion of the campus build out East Of Illinois Route 53 cannot take place until the 53 Bridge is completed. The developer would require access to the vacated property for construction of the proposed bridge landing. Due to the need for access, the petitioner is requesting that the vacation ordinance include a condition formally acknowledging the developer's need for site access as described in condition number one. Subject property would be rededicated as a public road once construction of the bridge landing is complete. Access to Illinois Route 53 would still be provided by a connection with Green Road to the improved 3rd Coast Parkway as shown in exhibit one.

24:04 – 24:383

A roundabout at 3rd Coast Parkway and Compass Boulevard would provide access back out to Illinois Route 53 for local traffic. Local traffic traveling west on Green Road would have the option to bypass the proposed truck barrier at the west end of Breen Road. Tractor trailers will not be allowed to enter from Breen Road or exit 3rd Coast Parkway onto Breen Road unless emergency access is needed. Public utilities and public works departments are not opposed to this request. Nycor stated that it does not have any known utilities within the subject area to be vacated.

24:38 – 25:233

No other notified utility companies have submitted a response regarding this request as of the writing of the staff report. A plat of easement for a public utility easement will cover the extent of the vacated roadway to allow for colocation of utilities as needed. Under analysis, approval of the requested vacation of and plat of easement would terminate Green Road east of Illinois Route 53 as shown on the plat of vacation. Local traffic, including property owners along Breen Road, would still have access to Illinois Route 53 via 3 3rd Coast Parkway and Compass Boulevard. If the subject vacation is approved, the developer will be required to post signage to warn motorists of the proposed roadway termination once the vacated segment of roadway is no longer usable. Under recommended

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And and, of course, all future development will also have to come back. So today, we're just here to take the next, baby step, which is the vacation of Green Road, and we'd ask for your support. And we're here to answer any questions you might have.

26:430

Any questions from the commission?

26:4410

I have one. Is this the bridge that was tied up for quite some time in litigation and everything?

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The bridge that was tied up for through litigation, as I understand it, is the bridge over the UP, the railroad bridge. This bridge was inadvertently tied up because they're all tied to the same agreements. So while the litigation and everything was pending, everything was in a standstill. However, however, this one, the only current holdup as I understand it is IDOT will not finalize their review until the landing, which is part of Breen Road, has been vacated so we can properly finish the permitting with IDOT. Thank you.

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Any other questions from the commission?

27:264

Yes. So the bridge will go now this is just North Of Mill Millsdale Road. Right?

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In yeah. Well, I believe it's actually South Of Millsdale Road.

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I'm sorry. I'm I'm guessing something.

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Eventually so it'll cross over 53 into the existing, partially completed, part of 3rd Coast Parkway, which then eventually goes up and then crosses the railroad tracks at, just South of Millsdale.

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And do you know about I know all these are baby steps, but do you know about when you're looking to start that construction or when that whole plan? Fall

28:012

of this year. Okay. Assuming, of course, IDOT, you know, maintains its ever glacial pace of approving anything. Okay.

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Any other question? Okay.

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So what is the access points for the residential for the residents in that area? How are they getting in and out after you?

28:18 – 28:352

So the residents would be able to go east, and I believe the next Rowell, I believe is the next road. And then they'd be able to take Rowell north or south to then get to, I believe it's either Millsdale or Schweitzer or I think they could go all the way up to Lairway if they wanted on

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Rowell. Okay.

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Any other questions? Any questions or comments from the audience? Step up, please. Saw miss Water tell the truth, the whole truth, and not the better truth? I do. State your name, please.

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My name is Scott Scheer. I live at 18960 West Breen Road. My property is basically surrounded. Right both where it says Breen Road truck barrier, that's my three acre plot right there. I've been told that we were gonna be bought out, then I've been told that, well, we really don't need your property. Who would wanna live in that? I don't. I know they've said that they can construct barriers. I don't want no barrier around it. I enjoy the breeze out there.

29:33 – 30:1612

Now they're gonna start all this construction. And when they were constructing the three buildings on the other side, all we did was pick up garbage that blew across Brain Road or 53 on the Brain Road. My neighbor, Paul Bus, he can attest to that. This is a disaster that you let these people come in here and build without even having any agreements with the people that live there. All that's gonna do is if I if I did wanna stay, all it would do is devalue my property for residential. It'd be worth nothing. These people are gonna come in. You're gonna allow them to build this stuff and not have agreements in place with us. I wanna be bought out. I wanna go.

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But I don't wanna give it away. And I all I want is a fair amount, same as what they paid for the ground touching mine. And I've been told, well, we can't do that. It's sad. You let these people come in and get away with that, and there's no agreements with the residents out there, and we're the one that paid the price. I've been out there since 2004. I annexed in to the city. I worked for the city. I had to do that. I love being out there.

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And now all this comes out there, and it's nothing but a headache. You don't know if you're gonna get run over by some truck that doesn't have brakes, got fenders flopping off it. Nobody's policing that stuff out there. We got trucks running up and down Breen Road down, and it's it's just a disaster. And I'm hoping that you folks will hold this up until we get some agreements made with us property owners

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out there.

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I don't know if the neighbors wanna stay or go, but something needs to be done. And if this just keeps and I understand we can't stop progress, but this steamrolling, they're just gonna steam right roll right over the top of us. So I'm asking for you to hold this up until we get some

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agreements made.

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Thank you.

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This always swear it's all truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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State your name, please.

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My name is Kathleen Dorthes. I ask that you stop abusing people and stop letting development keep on destroying people's lives. I have disabilities, so I ask you to stop abusing me because of my disabilities. Stop killing me because of all your abuse, physically and mentally, has caused me. It causes me so much physical pain, and it's killing my heart and my brain.

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It's making my nights sleepless, nights and nights nightmare with no end sight because you keep on voting to destroy industrial development that keeps on abusing me. It has made me cry nonstop because of the way you church treat me, you'll you'll make my life feel like I don't deserve to live or I don't, like, deserve to even be able to breathe air because you'll have keep abusing me with the industrial development. It has made me lose everything in my life, so I can no longer have anything to be happy about or to cherish my life for. So it's killing me because of your abuse, because you won't stop the industrial development. It's made me lose my family.

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It's cost me my mom's life. It killed my mother. It's made my other family members hate me and everything. Caused greed in my other family members. So much greed to where they don't even care if I live.

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They don't care if I end up on the street dead. They don't care if I have a heart attack because of it all. It has just torn our family apart, which we no longer speak to each other, we no longer enjoy the holidays like we used to because what development has done and make it greed in people is take away my rights. I can't even have you know, my rights have been violated so much now because industrial development has taken away employees, follow local law enforcement, state's attorney, and no longer think that I feel have any rights because they feel development has more right to take everything they have from me. Even, like, when my car got stolen.

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I don't even have no rights. Went to Wilkes Barre sheriff about getting my getting a report done and getting justice done on when my car was taken from me by my own brother. I other people get arrested for stealing cars, but yet I couldn't get no justice in my brother stealing my car for me because the industrial has taken that from me. It's taken my rights away. And you don't realize that how law enforcement's end up treating me, state's attorney, judges, everybody treats me differently now because I don't all know I have no rights because industrial industrialization has taken my rights away from me.

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Yet, I cannot ask I cannot kill myself or ask to die without threats to my life or people forcing me to live and suffer more abuse and more emotional pain, which leads to you more suffering and more physical pain in my life, making my life impossible to live twenty four seven, three hundred sixty, five days a year, unbearable. Yet when you can't even shit anymore because you got so much stress in your life, which causes the toxin buildups in your in my system. Makes me lightheaded, weak, choking, shakes, chills, sickness, throwing up all the time. So I ask you to stop abusing and killing people. We did not ask to get we did not get to choose to be born, so I shouldn't have every right to die if I want because I no longer wanna have to suffer pain with what the industrial development has done, taking away avenues, taking away my friends, and everything.

35:25 – 35:576

Yo. Like, I've had suffered so much with Cerepoint. When they take roads away and laid the in this industrial development right down the roads, and then they end up taking my life away and taking the place I had to live away away. I have nothing to be happy for. So I ask you to stop your abuse. Stop the industrial abuse on people because I only speak for myself. I speak for hundreds of other people. We ask that you stop the industrial abuse because it's killing people. I have nothing left to live for, and yet I can't die. And I wanna die.

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Any other comments? Do you solemnly swear to tell truth on something about the I do. State your name, please.

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Paul Bus. Green Road, Jackson Township. I spent forty eight years as highway commissioner down there, and I'm really concerned about our our roads. You know, I'd like this to go away, but I don't think it's gonna go away. I'm pretty sure they're gonna get this thing through.

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And I wanna do one thing, though, is make them have in written in writing in their agreement or promise writing that we are going to have the road the the connecting road well, it won't be connecting. The end of Green Road go to the south and then veer over and go right back onto 53. That's where it's supposed to be, and that's where a print that I saw quite a while ago was supposed to be. But I wanna make sure that that's that's promised or in writing that that's gonna be. And we can't have Green Road closed and vacated until they put that other build that other road.

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Fire department's concerned about it and all kinds of safety and everything's concerned about this about just closing this road off, and that's their only way of getting right back to Scott's house and all the rest of them down the road. There's a lot of traffic on this road, but that's what we need. If definitely going to go through, we want to make that that's a promise. That that road is gonna go over to 53, so Green Road can come right down to that cul de sac and go around over to 53. And it's gonna be right at Scott's house is where it is.

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But if the other one if you make them keep the other road open the road now instead of I mean, vacate it if they're gonna vacate it. But instead of cutting it off, leave that gold until the new gold is put in there. That's what problem that I have. So anyway.

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Any other comments? Any comments on what you heard?

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To address Mr. Shearer's concerns, it is my understanding that Mr. Shearer, by way of his legal counsel, has reached out to my client, and I believe their intention is to have discussions about the acquisition of his property. As North Point has always maintained, You know, we have a good neighbor policy where we are willing to pay, and I forget the exact percentage, so I do not want to misquote it here, but it is some percentage over appraised value. My understanding is that has been communicated to Mr.

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Shearer before, and we still stand behind, honoring that commitment as we have with many other property owners in the general vicinity. So, certainly, I anticipate those conversations to occur. I believe they call might be scheduled as early as tomorrow. So we will be speaking with him and certainly hope to address his concerns. With regards to the, interconnection of Breen Road as it will exist after it is, assuming, of course, the, vacation were to be approved, in line with our annexation agreement and other agreements that are in place.

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There is already on our designs an interconnection for emergency vehicles. So police, fire, ambulance, anybody who would need to get there will be able to, get through and get in. Trucks will be barricaded. As far as passenger access, that's an open ended question. We're are willing to and we are engaging with staff, but whatever the traffic study and the city dictates as far as what is best for public health and safety and long term planning, we are willing to accommodate.

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If that is full passenger access to get through there, we are willing to accommodate that. Right now we are only showing emergency vehicle access because that is what our discussions had been heretofore. But certainly that is something we are willing to consider. But all of that would be handled as a part of the final planning for the next phase of development, which is not what we are here to discuss today. It is only to discuss the vacation of Green Road to allow for the future Route 53 bridge.

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Alright. Thank you. Any questions after that? Any more?

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So you're saying in terms of closing Green Road, you are open to us still allowing them to have access to it, passenger access, just not truck access.

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Is that

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Truck access is prohibited and that's by both our agreement and the city's desires. So the point of interconnection, if you look at the and I don't know if you can see it on your screens. The little red box where it says Breen Road truck barrier, that area will connect the cul de sac that would be the new termination point of Breen Road proper after the vacation and after construction has been completed. That little interconnect between Breen and, 3rd Coast Parkway on our designs is currently platted, platted or planned for emergency vehicle access, and it will have a truck barricade. Truckers can't get off of 3rd Coast and get on to Breen.

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Likewise, they can't come down Breen to get on to 3rd Coast, which is the desire to discourage and really prohibit trucks from going in. That's why there's the turnaround in the truck barrier. Emergency vehicles will have a bypass access to get in and out for speed and convenience. We were not anticipating, due to the fact that this is supposed to be a closed loop truck network and is not really meant for, passenger vehicles to be traversing on the regular basis, or at least that's not our anticipation. But if the city and the traffic study would dictate that that is a reasonable accommodation, we are certainly happy to accommodate it. It is just not what we have had in our plans to date, but we are open to it.

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Mr. Bust, does that answer your question, your concern?

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Still concerned about this road. You're talking about a road gonna hook up Green and going to this closed circuit closed for emergency vehicles. How are they gonna get there? I mean, it's closed circuit. You gotta have a Well way to get from 53 to Green Road?

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Yeah. So the the plans that are currently on the screen are what we currently anticipate the road configuration to be after we submit for planning at the next phase of development. The 50 item marked 53 The bridge is where we're vacating a portion of Green Road, where it says Green Road truck barrier, there would be a connection point between the cul de sac and 3rd Coast Parkway. And where it says on the map proposed Route 53 connection point, that's where people emergency vehicles could come down, go through there, come around, and then use that emergency bypass to get right in front of Shearer's house. We did not have that currently earmarked for full passenger vehicle access due to the intermingling with the trucks. Originally, we did have

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it because I've got a drawing at home that shows it. And they show they show the road Green Road. They show it's cut off there. Then they show it being tied in later or before. It goes down through the field on the east side and goes back onto 53 as just a regular intersection the same as we have now. And that way, emergency vehicles could get in also through there. They all all the rest of them could get through there. And that's what we were told, and I got paperwork at home on the map that shows that not cut off, not for emergency.

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Well, certainly, as we've stated right now, based on the information we've had in our discussions with the city, you know, it was only anticipated to be emergency vehicles. But certainly, if it's a big enough source of concern and if it's something that, you know, is based on the traffic data and the engineering is good for the health and safety of the residents and other passenger vehicles, we're open to keeping that open for passenger vehicles, just no trucks, but that's something that would be decided upon when we go to plat the next phase. That's not something that's going to get decided by way of this road vacation because the two items are not directly related because the new road configuration will be part of the next round of platting. This is just vacating the road. It is not putting any new streets access or anything in place.

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So that road will still be open at fifty three.

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Let me make sure there's

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something in the. I don't know if

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it's while they're working on their first phase. So they get this road up south of the bridge. They're gonna leave Green Road open. It's the only way you can get in and out of this.

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Green Road will be open for emergency vehicles and construction access. It will not be it it if it is vacated, it is private property and it will not be open. It would be a legal liability issue.

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That's great.

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I don't think we write this thing. Anything else. This is not well, I said that once before. I got a drawing showing that there's rope located it. 053, hooking green on the South Side of Green going through the field there and hooking back up to 53. That's after this road is cut off. This piece of green road is cut off. Now you're saying no. We're gonna order itself.

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I would say you you can comments into the microphone, please. Thank you.

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As you can see, what's displayed is what the in the proposed configuration will be. And as you can see, the Green Road truck barrier boxes where the interconnection would be between Green Road as it currently exists where there will be a cul de sac and where it would hook back into 3rd Coast Parkway. Green Road, the reason it's being vacated is a bridge will be landing on what is currently the road, so there will be an embankment with a large elevation change. There is no way to have a road that would both comply with our annexation agreement for a closed loop truck network and have any sort of immediate access point directly onto 53 at where at or near where Marine Road currently is for full passenger access because it will not be a road or a street any longer. When we come in to actually develop the site and go through the plotting process, we anticipate there will be a road configuration as is highlighted in the orange, which would allow for an interconnection point onto 53, and somebody could hook around.

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You know? Again, this is the plan as I've understood it for quite some time. That is what we're moving towards. And, again, we are fully willing able to accommodate emergency vehicles, so there should be minimal, if any, actual change in response times there. However, as far as passenger vehicles, that's something we will continue to discuss with staff. And at this time, it has not been suggested that full passenger access would be the best course of action, but we can certainly continue to discuss that with the city. And if the city would like us to provide that, we are absolutely willing to provide provide passenger vehicle access on that Breen Road to 3rd Coast Parkway interconnection.

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I feel before you're asking these guys to hold any of all this, then then you're gonna maybe you'll throw stuff in later that's gonna change all that stuff, and you already did change some of it. What was what happened with the way that it was designed to have Green Road look back into 53 south of the bridge.

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Engineering changes all the time, sir.

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And coming over. They were looking a new looking Green Road going into the the field on this east side on the yeah. East side. And they were gonna be going over or through the closed so called closed circuit closed system. And then right on over to 53, and the vehicles go back in. This tire trucks, everything come up as really the same as they always did. So that road has to be left open, that that green road, till you get this other one done.

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Sir, I've answered the question to the best of my ability, and, you know, I don't know if we're talking past each other or not, but there will be emergency vehicle access and passenger vehicle accesses on the table and we'll discuss that with the city staff.

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It's on the table. Okay. You guys do, sir.

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And do you have any comments?

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Just one more question. Go ahead. Mister chairman. So the whatever happens today, does the final plat come back to this commission?

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We haven't even submitted yet a preliminary plat for the next phase. So the the vacation of Breen Road is a requirement from IDOT to get the Route 53 Bridge permit. We cannot get the permit to even begin work on the Route 53 Bridge until this has been vacated so that we have a place to land the bridge. The actual plotting that will plot the subdivision phase that will put all these roads into place has not even been submitted yet to the city. It is in the works, but we need to check this box first before we can even move to that box because if this road isn't vacated, that would obviously dictate other potential changes.

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So if this goes forward, we anticipate within the next several months having those preliminary plats and everything submitted to the city for review and engineering, which would then bring it back before you to then have a more definitive discussion on these issues that are being raised today. But today is not the time really to finalize that. It is really when we come back in several months with that plat. But as I've said today, we are not a I would not say we are opposed to the passenger access. We are open to that.

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But right now, again, we've been working with traffic studies. We've been working with the city staff. And, you know, there is a certain level of public health and safety with passenger vehicles intermingling with what is supposed to be a closed loop truck network to handle all these semis to separate them from passenger vehicles. So that's why right now it's proposed as an emergency vehicle access only. But if city staff and the residents are that adamant about it, we are open to making that a passenger vehicle bypass as well. Okay. Thank you.

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Question. Go ahead. Question.

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Do you so you're so you're saying right now, you don't have any drawings or anything of all the the bypass or anything resident?

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I believe there are drawings of it. I believe some that has been submitted. However, it's all preliminary and none of it can be finalized until we've actually submitted the plotting that will go along with it. So even if there are some preliminary drawings, I will tell you right now the preliminary drawings are suggesting that the connection would be for emergency vehicles only. But again, these are preliminary drawings only. We are open to making it open to passenger vehicles, and it's all subject to final engineering and city's review and approval. And again, my understanding is any drawings that were submitted have been submitted very recently, and I don't even know if they've been even initially reviewed yet alone in a position for us to offer any feedback.

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So has the residents seen any of information? I mean, preliminary or

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Nothing has been submitted for any sort of public hearing. So Okay. Nothing has been distributed outside of two city staff as far as I'm currently aware.

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Okay. I mean, drawings are cheap. So to win the residents, us, don't you think we should see what that

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Certainly. Like? During the public hearing process because until we've actually the Platts for hearing, everything is subject to revisions, changes. So something that's a preliminary concept, until it's ready to actually go to hearing, meaning it's at final concept, whether or not at what stage it's circulated, that's why we have public hearings, so the residents get the notices, get the drawings, and then can offer their feedback at the hearing process. Right now, this is just a staff level process, and it's in these very infant stages.

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So as the gentleman mister Buss commented, he's claiming he has drawings that I, frankly, have been around this project since near its infancy, and I don't recall that ever being the case. I'm not gonna say definitively it wasn't, but he's talking about drawings that are probably years outdated, you know, engineering changes in plans, changes in scope and scale of development, different property configurations. Until we are actually ready to plat something, it is all just discussion. So that is why I say we are still in the early stages. We are willing to consider full passenger vehicle access at that interconnection.

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But right now, our thought was for the safety of the residents and the citizens, emergency vehicle access was most appropriate. But that is not to say that that will be the final design and there will a public hearing on that final design and we anticipate that occurring in the next several months once we go through the review process and submit our plans. The actual plans for public hearing, not just initial concepts for staff coming. Thank you.

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Any more questions? Okay. So we have a motion and order for v Dash2Dash26. So moved. Second. Call to roll, please.

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Ms. Rodakovich. Aye. Mr. Turk. Aye. Mr. Cox. Aye. Mr. Crompton. Aye. Mr. Hammack.

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Mr. Martin.

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Chairman Keller.

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Okay. That motion, carries with the recommendation for approval, that will be on a future city council agenda. Next item on the agenda is public hearing for PUD dash four Dash 26, final planned unit development of 580 Caton Farm Road. The applicant is Project Development Group LLC. Status of the applicant is contract purchaser.

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The owner is David A. Ashby, Mark Ashby, Bonnie Pinow, and the Ashby Trust. Requested action is approval of the final planning and development of 580 Caton Farm commercial subdivision. Purpose is to allow a commercial subdivision for daycare and several retail and or restaurant uses. Under existing zoning, it is b one neighborhood business zoning.

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Location is 580 Caton Farm Road. Size is five acres. Under existing land use, it's vacant farmstead land. Under surrounding land use and zoning to the north, residential with detention ponds for the Autumn Field subdivision and r two single family residential zoning. To the south, undeveloped agricultural with r two single family residential zoning.

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To the east, residential homestead with Kendall County a one agricultural zoning. And to the west, undeveloped agricultural with RB restricted business zoning. Under site history, the preliminary plan unit development of 580 Caton Farm Road was approved by the city council in January 2026 along with the annexation of the property and classification to the B 1 Neighborhood Business Zoning District. An annexation agreement was also approved that addresses the required public improvements and timeline for their completion. Additionally, the zoning board of appeals approved a special use permit to allow a day care facility at 580 Caton Farm Road at their 11/20/2025 meeting.

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The five acre subject property currently contains vacant farmstead. The property is located on the south side of Caton Farm Road across from Autumn Fields Boulevard. Clubland Subdivision is located to the southeast of the property and Autumn Fields Subdivision is located to the north across Caton Farm Road. Adjacent to the west and south of the property is an 18 acre parcel that was recorded as part of the Clubland Subdivision Neighborhood 1, Unit 2 In 2001. This adjacent parcel is currently undeveloped and has RB restricted business zoning on the North and R2 single family residential zoning on the South.

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The petitioner and contract purchaser, Project Development Group LLC requests approval of the final plan unit development of 580 Hayton Farm to allow a commercial center with a day care facility, retail building and a restaurant building. Plan unit development will establish a site layout, landscaping and other design elements for the entire property. The final PUD includes the same variation request and has a site plan substantially similar to the approved preliminary PUD. The proposed elevations of the day care facility are the same as those approved with preliminary PUD. Final plan unit development of 580 Caton Farm creates three commercial lots and one detention lot on a five acre site.

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Proposed lot one is planned for a day care facility with a 10,000 square foot building and a 5,000 square foot outdoor play area. Proposed Lot 2 would contain an approximately 12,000 square foot commercial building for several retail tenants. Proposed Lot 3 would contain a 2,000 square foot commercial building for a restaurant tenant. Lot 4 would contain storm water detention for the entire development and would be collectively owned and maintained by all lot owners. The development is required to provide access to the adjacent properties to the west, south, and east in order to minimize access points to Caton Farm Road.

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The development will include cross access easements on the subject lots to allow future access from the adjacent properties to the east and west. Additionally, the development includes a new North South Street that would provide access to the residentially zoned property to the south if it were to develop. The new street will be aligned with the existing section of Autumn Fields Boulevard to the north and will be dedicated to the city as public right of way. The petitioner is requesting a variation to allow the new street to have a reduced right of way width of 60 feet instead of the current standard of 66 feet. Staff is not opposed to this request as the right of way will still be an adequate size to serve the PUD and the adjacent undeveloped parcel.

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The right of way will not include space for public sidewalks. However, Lot 1 will include a sidewalk established by a public sidewalk easement along the west side of the new street. The plan unit development request typically includes architectural plans for the proposed buildings. Elevations and floor plans are included in the proposed day care facility on Lot 1. The petitioner has not determined specific users for the commercial buildings on Lot 2 And 3, so staff is not requiring those building plans at this time.

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The petitioner will need to amend the PUD in the future through the plan commission and city council process once those design plans are available. The current site plan includes the building footprints for Lots 2 And 3 and has been designed to accommodate future drive thrus for these buildings. Since the users are unknown, the petitioner cannot yet apply for drive thru permits for these lots but will still need to apply in the future as needed. If a future drive through approval changes the site plan, the petitioner will need to amend the PUD to reflect those changes. The proposed site plan includes adequate parking for the proposed uses.

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The day care would contain 60 spaces while Lots 2 And 3 would collectively contain 75 parking spaces. The configuration of parking the parking row along the east side of the site could change if access is extended to the adjacent lot in the future. The attached site plan currently shows future access at the south end of the right of way. The proposed day care facility will be located on Lot 1 of the subdivision. Zoning ordinance requires that day care facilities not be located within 40 feet of other lots within residential zoning.

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The PUD includes a variation from this spacing requirement to allow the outdoor play area to be within 40 feet of the lot line shared with the undeveloped residentially zoned property of the South. Staff supports this variation because it allows for a safer and more practical site layout and the petitioner is still providing a 15 foot buffer between the play area and adjacent lot. A final landscape plan is included with the PUD submission that is very similar to the preliminary plan. Petitioner is requesting a variation to reduce perimeter landscaping from 30 feet to 10 feet along the north property line adjacent to Caton Farm Road. According to the petitioner, the site cannot accommodate the required parking and circulation for the proposed uses if the plan includes a 30 foot wide landscape area.

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The petitioner was required to include the new right of way for Autumn Fields Boulevard between Lots 1 And 2, which removed around 18,000 square feet of usable area from their site plan and also impacted the circulation requirements. The landscape plan includes the required five foot landscape areas along the west and east sides and the required 15 foot landscape area along the south side adjacent to residentially zoned property. There we go. There's also landscaping around the detention pond and the parking islands as required. The city's landscaping regulations also require a 30 foot landscape area adjacent to the new public right of way.

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The petitioner requests a variation from this requirement to reduce the landscaping from 30 feet to zero feet along the east side and from 30 feet to four feet along the west side. Staff supports these variation requests through the the site constraints created by the addition of the new public street, which at this point in time will only serve the 580 Caton Farm development. The proposed development will be required to connect to city water and sewer, which are available in the area. Proposed public improvements will be required per the subdivision regulations and public works department and will include a 10 foot bike path along Farm Road, improvements to the south side of Farm Road along the property frontage, dedication of the new public right of way, Autumn Fields Boulevard, and dedication of a portion of Farm Road right of way. A record plat will be required for city council review that establishes the proposed easements and right of way dedications for the property.

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Approval of the final planned unit development of 580 Caton Farm will allow the development of a commercial subdivision with a day care center facility, retail uses, and restaurant uses. Staff supports the request and its variations which are needed to accommodate adequate parking and circulation for the site's proposed uses. The site provides future access for adjacent uses as requested by staff. The petitioner has provided adequate landscape buffers along the west, south, and east perimeter. The proposed daycare elevations meet the city's non residential design standards. PUD amendments will be needed in the future to include elevations and floor plans for the two commercial buildings on Lots 2 And 3. And that concludes staff's report.

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May we have a petitioner, please?

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I'm back again. Nate Washburn, KGG LLC. I'm the attorney, for the applicant and petitioner. Staff did a very, thorough job of, explaining what we're here to do. This came a while ago now.

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I believe this, it was November, of last year when we brought the preliminary plat along with, our annexation request, and some of the other aspects of this development to the plan commission. It was approved in January by the city council. We've been working with staff to finalize the engineering, and we're back now asking for the approval of the final planned unit development plat. So we can take this to city council along with the record plat to allow for the current development of Lot 1, the day care facility. As staff noted, we don't have an end user for Lots 2 Or 3, and we will be back again at some point in the future when we do have end users for those to bring those before you.

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But today, we are here to ask you for your recommendation of approval for the final plat and answer any questions you might have.

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Any questions from the Commission? None? Well, there's no audience to answer. I got motion out of

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the way by taking my lumps before this. No. Thank you. Appreciate it.

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Yeah. A motion is in order for p u PUD dash four dash 26.

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So moved. Second.

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Call the roll, please.

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Mister Turk. Aye. Mister Cox. Aye. Mister Crompton.

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Mister Hammack.

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Mister Martin. Aye. Miss Rodakovich. Aye. Chairman Keller.

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Aye. Okay.

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That motion carries with a recommendation for approval that will be placed on a future council agenda. Next on the agenda is citizens to be heard on agenda items. This section is for anyone wanting to speak regarding non public hearing agenda items and are allowed a maximum of four minutes. It is not a question and answer period and staff and the planning commission members do not generally respond to public comments. Please note speakers who engage in conduct and juries to the harmony of the meeting shall be called to order by the presenting officer and may forfeit the opportunity to speak.

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Is there anyone who wish to speak on non public hearing agenda items? Seeing none, the next item on the agenda is old business. There is none. Following that, the next item on the agenda is new business. We have a couple items here. First is election of a new chair. It's my understanding our current chair is stepping away from those commissions.

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Yes, can I make a comment now?

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Yeah, Go ahead, please.

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After you make your comment, got some additional things to say. Oh. Okay.

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Well it's been my honor and privilege, you know, serve on the plant since the ninety's. Worked with a lot of the staff. We have a great planning staff here and commissioners. A lot of different commissioners over the years. So I really appreciate that.

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It's gotten to the time in our life that time to downsize from a two story house to something leveled. You know? You know, we're getting older, and my wife, Patty, and I decided, you know, we've been doing this talking about it for a year now. So we decided the thing timing finally got right to buy something. And so we're gonna be moving, you know, to to Romeoville, you know, and and then one story, you know, no no maintenance outside or anything. Going from, you know, two story Victorian house to something newer that's got a big change. I want to thank everybody for your support. Reg, I'm done.

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Well, I'll just add my comments quickly. So John, I have down that you were appointed on 10/07/1997. Yeah. That would be twenty eight and a half years of at least if I'm doing my math right, being on the Planning Commission. So that's that's just incredible. We also, I wanna note that you've been a dedicated member of the Cathedral Area Preservation Association holding board positions there for the last I mean, probably longer than the plan commission.

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Yeah. That was thirty eight years there.

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Oh my goodness. Okay. You've also renovated and restored your historic Italianate house. Yes. And it which is a local historic landmark. So another thing that has just really benefited our city. And I know there's numerous other things that I could say, but I'll end with we've enjoyed your face throughout the years as Santa Claus.

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And then we do have a cake for you at the end of this meeting. Hopefully commissioners can stay with some of the staff here and it's in the Executive Conference Room. So we'd like to further recognize you at that point in time. So thank you.

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Alright.

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Is there a motion for a new chair?

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I'd like a motion to nominate mister Jason Cox.

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Kelsey, if you could call the roll on that.

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Mhmm. Mister Crompton. Aye. Mister Hammock.

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Mister Martin. Aye. Miss Rudakovich. Aye. Mister Turk.

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Chairman Keller. Aye. Mister Cox.

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vote for

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myself? Yes. Alright. Good luck.

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Oh, whoops. Motion carries. Right. Next item on the agenda is election of a vice chair. Our vice chair recently stepped down from this commission. So there is a vacancy. Is there a motion for vice chair?

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I'd like to make a motion to nominate miss Deb Rodakovich.

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Second. There's a motion and a second. Please call the roll.

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Mister Cox. Aye. Mister Crompton. Aye. Mister Hammock. Aye. Mister Martin.

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Even with the look. Aye.

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Mister Turk. Aye. Chairman Cullen. Aye. Ms. Rodakovich. Aye.

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Congratulations. Okay.

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carries. Next item on the agenda is new or old business not for final action or recommendation. We do have a few updates. Jane's gonna provide those updates and Jane's gonna sit over I'm

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just gonna sit. Okay. The just to these are just really quick this time. So for our Joliet comprehensive plan, we are now in phase four out of the five phases of the Joliet comprehensive plan process. And what that means right now is our consultant is working on preparing draft plan.

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So that is the stage that we are in right now. They will be working on the draft plan throughout the summer and then in conjunction with our advisory committee reviewing information throughout the summer. We are tentatively eyeing a September, a date sometime in September for our third and final community workshop for the Joliet comprehensive plan. So as soon as we lock in that day time and place, we will let everyone know. Any questions about the Juliet comprehensive plan?

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Okay. The Interstate 80 Des Plaines River Bridge community plan, the city staff continues to work with the consultant as well as IDOT on design refinements for a shared use path that is weaving through the neighborhood. And we are still planning on having having one final community meeting which would probably be in the fall of this year. We still have a couple steering committee meetings to further vet design alternatives with that group. So that project is still on track and still moving.

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And finally, we are moving still moving forward with our Downtown Joliet transit oriented development zoning code updates. So we have a consultant who's right now working on outlining options for zoning updates. And the plan commission is expected to review these options in the summer or even in continuing into the fall. And we do anticipate having a public open house after some of these options have been vetted by staff and the Planning Commission. And that zoning package would potentially come at the 2026.

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It would go to the plan commission first and then it would get go to city council with a recommendation from this commission. Any questions about that project? Okay. And that's it for me.

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Okay. Next item on the agenda is public comments. I'll note for the record there is no public left in attendance at this point. And final item on the agenda would be adjournment.

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Okay. For my last time, do we have a motion to adjourn? So moved. All in favor? Aye.

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