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Board hears public concerns as village moves to add 1024 Newberry to 30 First Street Barnsdale Business District
Summary
Deputy Manager Dyer and consultant S.B. Friedman briefed the board on a proposed amendment to expand the 30 First Street Barnsdale Business District to include 1024 Newberry Avenue for a planned public parking lot; residents raised transparency and parking-study concerns, and staff said demolition and asbestos abatement are scheduled.
The Village of La Grange Park held a public hearing on Amendment No. 1 to the 30 First Street Barnsdale Business District plan to expand the district boundary to include the parcel at 1024 Newberry Avenue; the village says the parcel will be used to expand a public parking lot to serve the 30 First Street business corridor.
Deputy Manager Dyer presented S.B. Friedman Development Advisors' eligibility study, which concluded the 1024 Newberry parcel qualifies as a blighted area under the Illinois Business District Development and Redevelopment Law because of "deterioration of site improvements," slower property-value growth compared with the rest of the village over the past five years, and related criteria. Dyer said the amendment package revises the district's legal description and list of PIN numbers and includes 38 proposed changes to the original plan.
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