ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE an Adjustment to an Interim Step Regarding the OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, Ordinance No. 13,168, as Amended, in the N-1 (Institutional) District for a Medical Center and Associated Uses to 1) Construct a Temporary Entrance and 2) Allow an Interim Helipad, Properties are Commonly Known as UNITYPOINT HEALTH - METHODIST HOSPITAL Located at 221 NE GLEN OAK AVENUE, Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
The Methodist Official Development Plan contains approximately 36 acres of land; and is zoned N-1 (Institutional) District.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The subject property, and property to the east, is located in the N-1 (Institutional) District, and is subject to an Official Development Plan (ODP).
The original ODP for Methodist Hospital was approved in 1991. Since that time, amendments have been approved to add new medical facilities, relocate the chiller plant, and address other development issues. The most recent amendment was approved in 2012, in Ordinance 16,867, to add property to expand the plan boundary. The approved ODP included demolition of the parking deck and physicians tower east of Hamilton and south of Glen Oak. In its place, a new Acute Care Facility will be constructed.
The Institutional plan includes provisions for phased building construction; and an interim location of the helipad during construction of the final location. The proposed timeframe and the interim location for the helipad have changed.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL
Please see the attached information, submitted by the Architectural Design Group. It indicates new timing, revised heliport location and plan information, and updated building needs for a temporary entrance for the surgery center. Both items for a period of five to ten years; prior to any construction, Site Plan Review Board approval, including all ...
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