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York Vallette Business District top selection for updating Consultant asks for ranking of ten areas
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By a wide margin, the York and Vallette Business District was ranked as the top priority for updating development by members of the Development Planning and Zoning (DPZ) Committee and the Zoning and Planning Commission (ZPC). At a joint meeting on January 19 of the two groups, a consultant asked fourteen people, including City staff members, to review the list of ten existing subareas in the City and identify the four most in need of updating. The York and Vallette Business District received fifty points. Consultant Nik Davis of Houseal Lavigne noted “Clearly there are high vacancies. There are a lot of conflicting uses. There are goofy grade changes at one spot on the corner. There are dated buildings. I see a lot of opportunities. ” Next on the list were fifty four points for a combined group of the Lake Street Corridor (thirty six points), nine points for the North York and Grand Corridors, as well as nine points for the Elmhurst Employment District (the Industrial Park area). There are a lot of opportunities, Davis said. Third on the list were the First St. and York Block Redevelopment with twenty five points. John Houseal of Houseal Lavigne noted that this area has a lot of opportunities for a more cohesive development.” Fourth on the list was the North Ave. and Route 83 area with eighteen points. Davis stated that “there a lot of issues including better pedestrian use. There are huge opportunities, but there is a flood
plain issue.” Fifth on the list was the Yorkfield area with seventeen points. Davis noted that the area could benefit in the long term from uses being located near the Hospital. The South Riverside Corridor received ten points. Davis commented, “This area is truly a junk drawer for the City. Every house has one and many cities have one.” He noted that there a lot of valuable uses. The Spring Road District received five points. Davis said the area was already doing well. “There are some vacancies, but not a lot.” The Elmhurst Memorial Hospital area did not receive any points. Houseal commented that the area was being developed well. Houseal said the meeting was meant to be informal and not a dog and pony show. He noted that there had been a lot of changes since the 2009 Comprehensive Plan. “We want your input. It is not our call.” In attendance at the meeting were Scott Levin (5th Ward), chairman of the three member DPZ Committee, Mark Mulliner (7th Ward), a DPZ member, and Michael Honquest (4th Ward), a DPZ member. From the ZPC attendees included Kurt Warnke, Dan Corrado, Susan McCoyd, Frank Mushow, Susan Rose, Lisa Callaway and Dave Gardner. Absent from the meeting were Darrell Whistler, chairman and Jordon Uditsky. Future meetings will include ones with business owners and property owners in area workshops and a public open house. A report will go to the ZPC where there will be a public hearing. Then the DPZ Committee will examine the report before sending it to the full City Council.
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