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Originally Posted by BonoboZilla4
I cannot wait until we get rid of aldermanic prerogative... my dream would be no aldermen at all though
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Prerogative is a problem, but this process strikes me as more how not having prerogative should look. Rather than one alderman pushing something through, others are weighing in. Which is how this should work. This isn't a liquor license. Its effects are consequential, far reaching and long term.
I haven't followed this plan or process closely, but it doesn't appear much thought has gone into impacts from the subsequent development eventually coming to that entire area. This site shouldn't be viewed in isolation; holistic thought should be put into the area. And, for example, the public transit ideas seem only high level. Has the CTA put together plans for how it will address transit in that area over time, or how that would affect service in other areas? Obviously, the subject of TIF and overall revenues to the City as well as how development in this area affects planned development elsewhere. These are subjects the entire Council should have an interest in. And why we do actual urban planning