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Jory Guerra, who said she has lived at 1304 Clara Avenue for 37 years, told the council that only a handful of houses received mailed notice and that many neighbors first learned about the proposal after a sign went up on the property. Guerra said cut‑through traffic from Joliet Catholic Academy (JCA) students already strains neighborhood streets and that past traffic counts were taken at off‑season times and therefore understate peak school traffic. “This complex that they are proposing to build will hold between 5,500 and 7,000 people,” Guerra said, adding that even a fraction of those attendees would meaningfully increase neighborhood traffic and safety risks.

Guerra asked that the city stop the zoning item from moving to the zoning board until a neighborhood meeting with full notification is held and until traffic counts on local streets (including Ingalls and Wyoming) are completed in representative school periods.

City staff and council members acknowledged the request and said that the special‑use process includes mailed notice to addresses within a 600‑foot radius; staff said one household on Clara Avenue did receive the mailed notice. Council members encouraged petitioner outreach and said staff could request additional traffic analysis if warranted at the zoning stage.

Why it matters: A sports complex of the scale described would create vehicle and pedestrian traffic near predominantly residential blocks. Neighbors said earlier outreach was inadequate and asked for fuller notice and study before zoning decisions advance.

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City staff said the proposed lease is standard and that the task force historically pays a nominal lease (the city has leased the property for $1 per year in prior arrangements). Deputy director Luis Sayalen described renovations funded with grant dollars — new windows, doors, gutters and added air conditioning — and said the task force has used grants to upgrade the interior and build capacity. Sayalen said vehicle needs prompted a proposed trade‑in: two older units in exchange for a 2021 Bronco Sport and a planned Dodge Durango better suited to task force operations.

Sayalen told the council the task force collaborates with Will, Kankakee and Grundy counties and several municipal police departments, assists local departments on vehicle theft cases and has distributed anti‑theft steering‑wheel clubs to the community.

Why it matters: The task force operates regionally and its lease and vehicle purchases affect local enforcement capacity and grant eligibility.

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Museum board member Greg (transcript spelled both \"Craig\" and \"Greg\") Pierbould said the museum opened a railroad display in May at the former UD Tower at the Gateway Transportation Center, opened the PlanetSec Market exhibit focused on Slovenian cultural heritage, and completed a first phase of construction work at the old Joliet Prison with roughly $6 million in outside investment and state and federal grants. Pierbould said the prison site has attracted visitors from 42 states and 18 countries and that the museum has recorded about 1,200 visitors to the prison since March.

Pierbould also said the museum received five awards from the Illinois Association of Museums, including Museum of the Year, and thanked city staff for partnership on multiple projects. The museum asked the council to consider grant support listed later on the agenda.

Later in the meeting the council considered Council Memo 2 65 25, a resolution approving a grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum. The pre‑council transcript records the museum presentation and the council’s consent/resolution agenda listing but does not show the final vote on the grant in the pre‑council portion of the transcript.

Why it matters: The museum’s projects involve city property (the Gateway Transportation Center) and grant funding that can affect tourism, downtown heritage preservation and local economic activity.

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City staff and the applicant said the site meets local setback and parking requirements; staff noted the proposed location is roughly 3,200 feet from Joliet West High School and therefore outside the city’s proximity limits for protected uses. The council engaged the applicant on security and expected municipal revenue.

An applicant identified in the meeting as the dispensary owner described business operations and local plans and answered council questions about traffic and taxes. The owner said the company typically sees high sales at established locations and offered a conservative local projection: “I would say around $500,000,” the applicant said when asked for a conservative revenue estimate; he also described a northern location that “we currently hover right at under 1,000,000 a month.”

Council members and staff pressed practical issues: a council member asked whether the owner planned to hire police for on‑site security and the owner answered he would prioritize local hires and “employ as much military and police as humanly possible.” Staff and the applicant said many customers pre‑order and that in‑store transaction times tend to be short, limiting parking demand. The city’s memo to council estimated annual municipal revenue between about $308,000 and $800,000 based on projected sales.

Council discussion also covered age‑verification and security measures. A council member noted dispensaries typically check identification and maintain substantial security; another asked the applicant whether sales at the Joliet site would cannibalize sales at other stores or draw new customers from outside the city. The applicant said he expected the Joliet location to draw customers who currently travel farther to buy cannabis and that he planned charitable and community initiatives.

No final vote on the special‑use permit appears in the pre‑council transcript; the item remained on the agenda for later consideration. Why it matters: Municipal cannabis retail generates sales tax and other local revenue but raises neighborhood questions about traffic, safety, and whether sales largely shift existing local spending.

","Council members and the dispensary applicant discussed setbacks, traffic, security and estimated tax revenue for a proposed cannabis dispensary at 2121 W. Jefferson; no final council vote was recorded in the pre‑council transcript.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6274627,"Joliet council hears hours of objections over Prairie Landing subdivision; engineering team offers interim flood fixes",5425,343000,5768000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2987028-c78c90be027932030e9f4c8225e0edc6&start=343&end=5768","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2987028-c78c90be027932030e9f4c8225e0edc6/thumbnail_343000.jpg","/articles/6274627/Joliet/Will-County/Illinois/Joliet-council-hears-hours-of-objections-over-Prairie-Landing-subdivision-engineering-team-offers-interim-flood-fixes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6274627-3bd36e743225adefe5d23847990837b1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770981434&Signature=LrKw-zvwBT-~Ke0M8JBhUgrjjWrVUwBaW-aQ0SfreVP6wYsT~iRZEten~Cs-s95s2D33ZK4ztSIqplgkgX6WHofOt3wZBLbv4DaQKgvdMPdHxdQJa1ooairXXlHyoyiiQUAEQ7AUjyRdD3MhRB-lZPq0CCuhWnE01RkWEp1K8xeaYFh-YgaeCOPP1ogaecEFvx8XjEMzfZ3KyMQqNVblB-0QASzhk2jFQmgejc8xP0sHD-gftH~TmxnnF~HSemqMBp76yxHBuKqtHgnyBnkvQ5V~bAZARMIWYpoFJMBCvPFyvKIlmczE~SVOOnMZopbZZAra~sjEQeU6rVHfE5RWQQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Joliet City Council heard more than two hours of public comment and technical testimony Monday about the proposed Prairie Landing subdivision, a single‑family housing development on an annexed farm field east of Essington Road.

Residents urged the council to delay action, saying the project would worsen flooding, remove long‑standing tree buffers and increase traffic; the developer’s attorney and the project engineer replied that the plan complies with R‑2 zoning and that stormwater measures being proposed would reduce short‑term flooding risks though they would not fully fix an upstream drainage problem.

The attorney for the project, Steve Bauer, identified himself as “attorney and entitlement manager with D.R. Horton Midwest” and told the council his team had secured temporary and permanent easements on nearby park property to allow off‑site storm infrastructure to be installed. Bauer summarized landscaping and tree work and said, “there will be a total of 30 trees preserved, a total of 603 trees added, plus an additional 1,080 shrubs for a total of 1,759 total new plantings.”

Design engineer David Reando of Manhart Consulting answered residents’ technical questions and described an interim storm sewer strategy the developer intends to construct immediately: a large trunk line and detention basin within the Prairie Landing site sized to carry runoff up to the 10‑year design storm. “We designed our storm sewer system low enough to catch that drain tile,” Reando said, adding that “we are accepting everything that’s coming at us,” meaning the development will receive upstream flows rather than block them.

Reando and Bauer repeatedly told the council that full relief for the neighborhood’s chronic flooding depends on future development and a detention pond on the larger unincorporated farm field upstream (the parcel residents referred to as the “Heron” property). Reando said that when that upstream property is developed with a detention pond and held to lower release rates, flows into the subdivisions would fall significantly; until then, the developer’s interim system will reduce but not eliminate overland flooding on very large storms.

Residents pressed on several points: whether the new subdivision would connect to Gulfview Drive (staff and counsel said the southern 20 feet of that right‑of‑way was vacated and ownership transferred, and no connection is planned), the sufficiency of notification to nearby households, whether lot density matched surrounding neighborhoods (city staff said proposed lot sizes meet the R‑2 minimum of about 7,500 square feet), and how school‑district capacity would be affected (the developer said Plainfield School District provided a letter saying it can accommodate the project’s anticipated student generation).

Several homeowners asked for a continuance to review final engineering plans; Bauer and the engineer said detailed plans were on file and that Reando would remain after the meeting to meet with residents who wanted to review them.

The council did not take a final vote on Prairie Landing during the pre‑council session. Multiple presenters said the item was scheduled for council consideration the next day. Residents and council members said they expect further technical review by city engineering staff before any building permits are issued.

Why it matters: The project would convert an open farm field annexed to Joliet decades ago into 20 single‑family lots under an R‑2 zoning approach the developer says conforms to city code. For neighbors who have experienced recurring basement and yard flooding, the matter raises questions about whether interim fixes and required city inspections will be enough until the larger upstream drainage area is developed and a major detention pond can be built.

Local context and next steps: The developer and engineer said they will be available after Monday’s meeting for residents to review engineering plans; city staff and the council indicated any final land‑disturbance permits and grading must meet city stormwater standards and be inspected before homes are built.

","Residents of Piccadilly, Warwick and nearby subdivisions pressed the City Council on stormwater, tree preservation and traffic ahead of a planned vote on the Prairie Landing preliminary plat; developer and engineer said a temporary pipe and detention design would reduce some flooding while full relief depends on upstream development.","actionData","errors"]

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