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That's everything from streets, sewer, water, are the
responsibility of the developer.
That being said, because this area is an area
that hasn't seen development, we do want to attract on
some of these sites that, as Mr. Garrison pointed out,
are currently abandoned, industrial, and possibly
contaminated. The city would consider, and is
considering, assisting with TIF monies if they're
available on some of these properties to assist in
developing these, these public improvements.
MS. PRUDDEN: The process seems to be to get
in line. So I did sign up to speak and I'm in line.
Lucille Prudden, 2000 Green Bay Road, Buffalo Joe's.
I have a couple things to say. And I, I
appreciate all the comments that have followed me. And
many of you are very eloquent.
There was a final draft in March of 2004. And
one of the objectives too was to encourage business
growth, to provide services, and provide local
employment. I feel that that's something we've been
doing since 1989 and 1984 at our other location.
About 15 to 20 years ago there was a survey
conducted by the city that on Green Bay Road on the
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corner of Green Bay and Foster, there were about 24,000
cars that passed by locally every day. I feel that that
is definitely something to encourage the business
climate of the area.
So that leads me to my question as to the, who
determined the boundaries of these maps? And I find it
rather unusual that the boundaries go down Green Bay
Road, turn on Foster, go around the gas station, and do
not continue on Green Bay to Emerson. And I did bring a
disc to show this. But I understand this is set up for
someone else's use. So I do feel in a somewhat degree
that we're being singled out. And my concern is that
what is the point of making us a Residential 4?
The lady that was here last week said they
spoke to the businesses affected when you switched from
this neighborhood study, which is not available as a
handout today, to the new zoning which would, proposal,
which would make us an R4. We own the majority of that
property and we were never approached, nor were we, was
it discussed with us.
Now, in the writeup that has been proposed in
the large Evanston proposed plan, Buffalo Joe's is
listed. The action, the task, is free to negotiate, to
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assist in land assembly at Foster and Emerson. And the
specifics are multiple land use owners control the land
at the northwest corner of assembling the land for
future redevelopment. This is the first time we've
heard that that would be necessary, to take our land for
future redevelopment.
Now, these are some of the questions that have
come up in this conversation today. And one of the
ladies that spoke said, one resident just wanted to know
what in the, what will happen that will benefit the
people in the ward? And I guess my question is, this
certainly does not appear to me to be as a win-win
situation.
We provide jobs to people. We improve the
corner where we do business. And you might be wondering
why I am so upset. Yes, I can continue to do business
on this corner. But I cannot improve the corner any
further. And I think if you go to many businesses in
Evanston they can improve their locations. Our
buildings go back to the 1900s. They certainly need
improvement. I'll be the first one to admit that. But
now we're locked in. We cannot improve and nor can we
expand.
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And if I were to show you these pictures that
I have on this disc, I don't really feel that my
property looks any worse. Matter of fact, I think it
looks better than the gas station, than Hecky's, than
the vacant property in between. And I wish I could show
you the pictures of the dumpsters right on Green Bay
Road in the City of Evanston. So if you're going to
talk about green space and making it look better, I
really can't buy all of this conversation.
And now you're going to tell me that it,
provided my place, if it burns down and I can build it
to that specification in 12 months, I can be in
business. No I can't be in business. Because I
probably cannot meet all the requirements of business
today. Nor can I meet the requirements of the business
I'd like to be in and be proud to be in. Thank you very
much.
COMMISSIONER OPDYCKE: Susan, Susan, could you
address the issue of, of improvement on that, on that
site? Or Arlova?
MS. JACKSON: The property can be repaired and
improved. It can't be expanded. So the size of the
facility, you can't add structure. But a non-conforming
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use can certainly be improved and maintained. It just
can't get any larger.
COMMISSIONER OPDYCKE: All right, now, is that
also true for the Cahill property?
MS. JACKSON: Yes.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Do you guys know if there's
a thousand square feet -- I'm sure you know.
COMMISSIONER OPDYCKE: What property are you
talking about, sir?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: 3000 Green Bay Road, Buffalo
Joe's.
COMMISSIONER OPDYCKE: Oh.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: A thousand square feet.
COMMISSIONER OPDYCKE: All right.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I do not -- we are seeking
right now. We are opposed right now to all the studies
that we're paying for through Residential 4 --
MS. GILES: I hate to call color, but, you
know, this is. We were asked when we had the meeting.
We asked for jobs. We asked for betterment of the
people who lived in the community. And this is just a
slap in the face.
And it's the same thing that happened on
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Emerson Street when our group of ministers attempted to
buy the YMCA on Emerson and were told it was not for
sale. That property is still sitting. And yet you're
saying, if property goes 12 months without being used
and it's forfeited for whatever purpose you, the city
may decide. That property is, and probably not, it
probably has an owner. I think it's about, slated for
redevelopment.
But why is it that we cannot redevelop? Why
is it that the city picks and chooses who can and who
cannot when we already, when we have something in
existence and we'd like to improve it?
MS. HUDSON: My name is Roberta Hudson. I
live at 1941 Dewey Avenue.
I attended some of the meetings when we first
started. And I'm a little disappointed at the city for
saying redevelopment of the West Side is what they want
to do. And I see the headlines in the newspaper, The
City Redevelops the West Side. And yet all I see being
developed is nothing but housing, which is something we
need less of. Because we need more opportunities for
our youth to develop. You have to develop the --
Developing property is not developing the West Side
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of Evanston. I'm sorry. And that's all we see in the
papers, that they are developing the West Side. Housing
is something that we need less of with the problems that
we have.
When I was coming home today from work
Fleetwood Jardin is closed. Six youth sitting on the
corner. Young kids. Bicycles. Nothing to do, nowhere
to go. And where are the people that you're going to
put in this area? Where are their kids going? There's
nothing here for the, for the city youth.
I'm just appalled that all the city can think
of is putting housing in Evanston. Evanston is a great
place to have a tech center, a skills center, a learning
center for our youth. There's no reason for them to
fall to drugs and the, and the problems that we're
having on the street. There's no reason for it.
There's greed from people who have property who
want to make as much as they can off of the, off of the
people here. We're not developing. We're not
benefitting from anything that this development is going
through. And the city knows it.
We can't even find out who owns the property.
I understand it may be a blind trust someone's trying
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