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Plan Commission finds City Hall redevelopment plan consistent with land-use guidance, forwards resolution to council
Summary
The Hammond City Plan Commission found the City Hall Redevelopment Plan consistent with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the 2003 North Hammond neighborhood plan, and forwarded a resolution and report to the City Council with a favorable recommendation.
The Hammond City Plan Commission voted that the proposed City Hall Redevelopment Plan is consistent with the city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and with the 2003 North Hammond neighborhood plan, and forwarded a planning commission resolution and associated materials to the City Council with a favorable recommendation.
Petitioner presentation explained the multi-step process for redevelopment: a declaratory resolution at the Hammond Redevelopment Commission stage (which establishes an allocation area and a base year for tax increment calculations), a plan-compliance determination by the Plan Commission, and a confirming resolution by the City Council followed by a public hearing before the Redevelopment Commission. Staff and the petitioner said the declaratory resolution sets the allocation base year as 2024.
The redevelopment plan covers the Calumet Avenue corridor within Hammond City and divides the area for organizational clarity into northern, central and southern portions based on character differences (nearer downtown vs. closer to the expressway vs. light-industrial areas near Michigan and Hoffman streets). The petitioner said the plan includes land-use guidance, general design guidelines, and standard redevelopment plan language intended to supplement zoning for the corridor.
Staff noted consultants and staff spent time making technical corrections to the draft and that the version before the commission reflects those edits. The commission acknowledged consultant Brian Bodich for his work on technical revisions.
The commission adopted a motion making the compliance determination (vote recorded as unanimous) and separately adopted the planning commission resolution to forward materials to the City Council; the latter motion passed with two abstentions recorded. Commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions during the public hearing portion; no members of the public spoke on this petition during the meeting.
Forwarding the resolution and report to the City Council begins the legislative steps that could lead to the creation of an allocation area and future redevelopment actions; further public hearings and governing-body actions remain required before any redevelopment incentives or projects proceed.
