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Council refers Memorial Park rezoning to March 10 hearing; city says development work has started
Summary
The Hammond Common Council moved the proposed rezoning of parcels around Memorial Park to a public hearing March 10 after City officials said construction activity on the Memorial Park development has begun. Council members asked staff to check on residents' concerns about removed fences.
The Hammond Common Council on Feb. 24 referred a rezoning measure tied to the Memorial Park development to a public hearing on March 10 and heard from city officials that work on the development started this week.
The rezoning measure would reclassify property in the Memorial Park area from a recreational designation to a residential district to allow the proposed Memorial Park development to proceed, Councilman Tyler said during the meeting. He moved for first and second passage and referred the ordinance to a hearing set for March 10 at 5:15 p.m.
The matter matters because the rezoning is a prerequisite for the Memorial Park project to proceed under the city's development plan; Councilman Tyler framed the change as enabling the next steps of construction. Mayor (unnamed) told the council earlier in the meeting that Memorial Park development "started this past week," and that the council would be asked to approve a related change that evening.
Council members and residents raised a question about fences in the Memorial Park area. Councilman Tyler asked staff to follow up on reports that some residents' fences had been taken down. The mayor said he would check with parks leadership, specifically naming parks leader Jim Talon, and would report back.
The rezoning ordinance covers specified addresses referenced by the council as 5919 through 5963 and 1339 Highland Street. At the Feb. 24 meeting the council did not vote to adopt the rezoning; it moved the ordinance to a public hearing for additional review and public comment. No timeline for construction beyond the mayor's statement that work had "started this past week" was provided during the meeting.
The council did not take final action on the rezoning at the Feb. 24 session; council members are scheduled to consider public testimony and further discussion at the March 10 hearing.
