ZBA Hearing - August 3, 2021

facility, since the year 2000. As you can see, it's located directly adjacent to the Roosevelt

Boulevard in what has been created as a land condo. Other uses in this condo include a medical

office building as well as a former acute care center. This proposal is generated by the fact

that Harmony Place has consistently had difficulty getting tenants located in its

existing assisted living facility. There are 72 beds at this location. Currently 19 of them are

operated. So this is a creative way to adaptively reuse this existing building and provide class A

rental option in this neighborhood. As you can see, there are several other multifamily uses in

existence here. These are just a few of those that are nearby, so it would not be out of character

with this location. DePaul Group currently operates 18 different multifamily neighborhoods

throughout the city and surrounding area with 4,400 units under management. These are some of

photos that show the level of finishes that the DePaul group currently builds when they

refinish apartments. And this is what we'll be proposing here. This proposal generates

just the single use refusal. As I mentioned, this is zoned RSA 1 for single family. But again,

it's been operated as an assisted living facility for the last 20 years, and it is located within

that land condo, which lends itself very nicely to being utilized for this purpose.

We met with Ron Hirsch Civic Association on two separate occasions. Through some ongoing dialogue,

we were able to address some of the current concerns they additionally raised, and obviously

they are available today to speak to those comments, but they have been appeased and have

provided a letter of support. We believe this project will not alter the essential character

of the neighborhood, as evidenced by the neighboring similar uses. Again, we are providing

one-to-one parking, which we feel is appropriate here, as well as there is a transit stop here

right on the boulevard, which is directly at the entrance to the land condo. We do not feel that

this will impair or deprive the adjacent uses because, again, we are part of that land condo

with existing commercial uses. And lastly, it will not be detrimental to the public welfare

because again we do have letters of support from both the councilman's office as well as the rco

i would just ask mr de paul to please raise his hand so that he can adopt my testimony

i have a mr lee horn and mr patrick callahan with their hands raised

uh so mr patrick callahan would be owner's representative for mr de paul

so if he can be promoted first and then um mr horn from ron her civic is he speaking or is he

presenting just speaking thank you i'll allow him to speak

yeah hi this is peter depaul uh p-e-t-e-r-d-e-p-a-u-l good afternoon mr depaul do you swear

affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do thank you miss uh mr

Thank you. Mr. DePaul have you heard my testimony today? I have. Would you agree that it's true and correct? That is true and correct.

I have. Would you agree that it's true and correct? That is true and correct. Would you adopt it as your own? Yes, I would. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from the board? No. No. Anyone else would like to testify in this case? Please raise your hand.

mr lee horn has raised his hand i have allowed him to speak sir

please identify yourself sir spell your full name and i'll swear you in

lee l-e-e horn h-o-r-n-e we're a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

I do. Please proceed. Mr. Chairman, members of the board. My name is Lee Horn. I am the zoning chairman for Ronhurst Civic Association. You've received our letter dated July 27, 2021. And I'll spare you repeating everything that it says.

we appreciate that you're welcome i am providing testimony in case there's any questions from the

board uh as mrs missomer said we we um we had met with them twice they allayed our fears and

made concessions that caused us to change our position and we are now standing in support of

their project thank you very much anyone else to testify

no hands at this time sir thank you the planning commission

good afternoon chair peter bernard for the planning commission

this property is indicated for residential mixed use in the comprehensive plan and has not yet

been remapped accordingly we have no objection to the granting of the variance thank you mi 2021

121-001-004. 8400 East Roosevelt Boulevard, unit number, unit letter C. My vote is yes.

Professor Plaza, my vote is yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.

Thank you. Mr. DePaul, it's good to hear from you.

thank you all right everyone have a good day uh any unfinished business on the board side

or the uh administration side i should say not on our side chair but if we could request that

um inquiry of the attendees that would be great

anyone who feels as though they've not been recognized please raise your hand

I see no hands, Mr. Chair.

Thank you.

As usual, I want to thank everyone, especially those folks behind the scene, for making this happen.

And we will see you and or hear and speak to you tomorrow morning.

Thank you, Chair.

Thanks to everyone.

Have a good night.

See you at a mall.

Okay.

Good night.

I'm sorry, Ms. Doyle, are you there?

I am.

Did everything go okay for you?

Yep.

Smooth sailing.

Thank you very much.

okay if you need anything you can reach out to me through jennifer by email okay

i sure will thanks tanya i appreciate it thank you miss doyle appreciate you good night all

take care bye-bye good night all thank you