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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> Hearing Date September 6, 2018 <br /> Case No. 18-36 <br /> Property Location Generally bounded by East Marietta Street,North Martin Luther King Jr. <br /> Drive, East Wabash Avenue, and North Water Street <br /> Requested Action Rezone from R-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District, O-1 Office District, <br /> B-2 Commercial District,PD Planned Development District,M-1 <br /> Intense Commercial-Light Industrial District, and M-2 Heavy Industrial <br /> District to PD Planned Development District to allow for a Community <br /> Care Campus <br /> Petitioner Crossing Healthcare <br /> Representative Mary Cave, Chastain&Associates LLC <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The subject site is approximately 22.7 acres and currently contains a community medical facility with <br /> a parking lot and a community garden(operated by Crossing Healthcare),a planned community service <br /> center development site (Northeast Community Fund), and numerous vacant lots. <br /> In 2002, the vacant northeast quadrant of the subject site was part of a much larger redevelopment <br /> project rezoned from R-6 Mixed Use Planned Unit Development to PD Planned Development District <br /> for construction of new homes. This redevelopment project, now known as Wabash Crossing/Near <br /> North/Hope VI development, is a mix of single-family and multi-family residences with Decatur <br /> Housing Authority offices. <br /> In 2014/2015, Crossing Healthcare (formerly Community Healthcare Improvement Center) <br /> constructed a community medical facility in the west-central portion of the subject site,after a rezoning <br /> petition of the property was approved from R-6 Multiple Dwelling District to O-1 Office District. <br /> In 2016, a site plan for a community service center (to be developed by Northeast Community Fund <br /> separately)was approved for the southwest corner of North Martin Luther King Jr.Drive and East King <br /> Street,within the east-central portion of the subject site. Most recently, some site preparation has <br /> undertaken. <br /> At their upcoming meeting on September 4,2018,the City Council will consider the vacation of <br /> certain public rights-of-way(streets and alleyways)to be conveyed in conjunction with numerous <br /> City-owned vacant lots to the petitioner as parts of the overall subject site. <br />