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Helen Hunt Community Center development plan illustrating a two phase project for the renovation of the existing structures onsite and installation of a new parking lot, located at 917 East Moreno Avenue.
(Quasi-Judicial)
Related File: CPC ZC 17-00015
Presenter:
Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director
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Summary:
Applicant: RTA Architects
Owner: John E and Margaret L Lane Foundation
Location: 917 E Moreno
This project includes an application for a zone change from R2 (Two-Family Residential to PBC/CR (Planned Business Center with Conditions of Record) and a development plan for Helen Hunt Community Center illustrating a two phase project for the renovation of the existing structures onsite. The site is 2.8 acres, located 917 East Moreno Avenue.
Previous Council Action:
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Background:
Helen Hunt Elementary School closed in May of 2016. After the school closed, The John E. Margaret L. Lane Foundation approached School District 11 about a proposal for a non-profit campus on the site. District 11 approved the sale to the John E. Margaret L. Lane Foundation in August of 2016. The site currently contains Building A which is 32,112 square feet in size and was the original school building constructed in 1902. Building B is 24,957 square feet and was constructed in 1966. The applications submitted include a rezone to PBC and a development plan for the non-profit campus to include office, daycare and specialty food sales uses in the two existing buildings. Although the name of the project is called out as a community center, this is not a typical community center. A non-profit foundation has taken ownership of the site and intends to find users that maybe non-profits needing office space or users that provide a service to the community.
The property is currently zoned R2 (Two-Family Residential), which is co...
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