TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dustin Anderson, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Ordinances Associated with Hope Manor Village Joliet:
Ordinance Approving the Preliminary Planned Unit Development of Hope Manor Village Joliet (PUD-7-24)
Ordinance Approving the Final Planned Unit Development of Hope Manor Village Joliet (PUD-8-24)
Ordinance Approving the Recording Plat of Hope Manor Village Joliet, a Planned Unit Development (RP-13-24)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, VOA Illinois, is requesting approval of the preliminary and final Planned Unit Development and recording plat of Hope Manor Village Joliet, located at 1301 Copperfield Avenue. The proposed development is a 48-unit supportive living facility for women recovering from addiction, especially opioid addiction. The development would serve individual women and women with their children and offer supportive services such as counseling, recovery groups, and children’s programming. VOA Illinois, a social service provider that manages affordable housing properties across Illinois, will be the owner and service provider for the facility. In December 2023, the City Council approved a Special Use Permit (Ordinance # 18575) to allow a women’s opioid addiction supportive living facility at this location.
The Planned Unit Development for Hope Manor Village Joliet consists of two 24-unit buildings, accessory surface parking, and an outdoor recreation area. The east building, Building B, will contain a one-story common space with offices, meeting rooms, and activity areas. The buildings are three stories and collectively contain 44 two-bedroom units and 4 one-bedrooms units. Two-bedroom units average 850 square feet in area and one-bedroom units average 629 square feet in area. The building exteriors will be a mix of face brick and fiber cement board (James Hardie board). The proposed landscape plan meets the City’s landscaping requirements and includes building perimeter landscaping, parkway trees, and miscellaneous parking lot and site landscaping. The site has two parking areas with a total of 54 spaces.
The 2.1-acre subject site is located in the former Silver Cross Hospital Campus at the southeast corner of Maple Road and Walnut Street. Other uses on the former hospital campus include the Department of Veteran Affairs Joliet Outpatient Clinic, Aunt Martha’s Joliet Community Health Center, and Hope Manor Joliet, a supportive living facility for veterans and their families that is owned and managed by the petitioner, VOA Illinois. The proposed development will be accessed directly from Copperfield Avenue on the west and from a private driveway off Copperfield Avenue on the east. The private driveway, as well as the western portion of Copperfield Avenue that was previously vacated, are owned by Silver Cross Hospital. Ingress/egress easements will be provided over these areas. Site improvements include resurfacing Copperfield Avenue from its western terminus to Hebbard Street, providing streetlights along Copperfield Avenue, and replacing any deteriorated public sidewalk. Storm detention is provided off-site in the existing detention facility to the north.
The PUD attachments include the site plan, floor plans, landscaping plan, architectural plans and renderings, and project narrative. The project narrative includes a scope of development, phasing plan, financial plan, and marketing plan. The project will be primarily funded through programs from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). Residents will be identified through referrals from the Will County Problem Solving Courts as outlined in the attachment.
Water and sewer connection fees, school donation fees, and development impact fees will be required for this development. This site does not require a park district contribution due to its location in the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone, per Section 8.9 of the Subdivision Regulations.
PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING:
The Plan Commission held a public hearing on this matter at their meeting on November 21, 2024. Marco Murillo, petitioner with VOA Illinois, represented the petition. One person spoke in support of the petition. No one appeared or submitted comments in opposition to the petition. Meeting minutes are attached.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION:
Jeff Crompton moved that the Plan Commission recommend approval of the Preliminary Planned Unit Development and Final Planned Unit Development of Hope Manor Village Joliet, located at 1301 Copperfield Avenue.
Brigette Roehr seconded the motion, which passed with nine (9) aye votes and no nay votes. Voting aye were: Kella, Cox, Crompton, Perez, Roehr, Orlando, Radakovich, Turk, and Martin. Voting nay were: none. Absent were: none.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff concurs with the recommendation of the Plan Commission and recommends that the Mayor and City Council adopt the following:
1. Ordinance approving the Preliminary Planned Unit Development of Hope Manor Village Joliet
2. Ordinance approving the Final Planned Unit Development of Hope Manor Village Joliet
3. Ordinance approving the Recording Plat of Hope Manor Village Joliet, a Planned Unit Development, subject to the receipt of the following fees and documentation:
a. A performance bond or letter of credit for public improvements in the amount of $60,715.73;
b. A one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) inspection fee for public improvements in the amount of $723.00; and
c. An engineering review fee in the amount of $15,509.00.
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