Elmhurst holds public hearing on Edward Elmhurst Health annexation for Kendall Avenue parcels

Elmhurst opened a public hearing Monday on an annexation agreement between the City of Elmhurst and Edward Elmhurst Health for three unincorporated parcels commonly identified as 0 S 551 Kendall Avenue, 0 S 561 Kendall Avenue and 0 S 571 Kendall Avenue.

At the hearing City Manager described the project and the history of approvals. “The property subject to the annexation agreement were recently acquired by Edward Elmhurst Health and are going to be incorporated into the city of Elmhurst,” the City Manager said. He told the council that a planned unit development (PUD) for a three‑story medical office building and a parking lot received preliminary PUD approval in 2023 and that the parking lot was constructed in 2024. After a systemwide space‑needs study and the property acquisition, the applicant revised the plan and is now proposing a two‑story building at the southeast corner of the consolidated site, the City Manager said.

The City Manager said the additional three parcels will allow the applicant to add parking and to relocate the existing surface detention facility underground. As part of the annexation agreement the applicant has agreed to contribute an amount not to exceed $89,000 “towards the city's cost of resurfacing Kendall Avenue from Lexington to Harvard Street,” the City Manager said. The agreement also calls for design of a new sidewalk along Kendall Avenue to be completed before a medical office building permit is issued and gives the owner five years to begin sidewalk construction. The owner also agreed to install a sidewalk along Harvard Street.

The City Manager told the council the annexation will be followed on the agenda by several related approvals: an ordinance authorizing the annexation agreement, an ordinance annexing the parcels into the city, and an ordinance rezoning the site, approving a final plat of subdivision and granting an amended conditional use permit for the PUD with site development allowances.

The clerk reported there were no written comments filed for the record and no members of the public spoke during the hearing. Alderman Brennan moved to adjourn the public hearing; Alderman Nardini seconded the motion. The hearing was adjourned by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

The related ordinances and map amendment remained on the council agenda for final action later in the meeting as part of the consent docket.