NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — On Monday, new housing in Normal caused a lengthy town council meeting.
Six items on the agenda were about new multifamily housing developments.
Three items on the agenda pertaining to the northwest corner of Towanda Avenue and Beech Street for the Carden Springs Planned Unit Development.
The audience was in an uproar about three items concerning a rezoning of property in the northeast corner of Beech Street and Shelbourne Drive or Collie Ridge Subdivision. Public comments lasting 45 minutes, with a majority, including a child, sharing their disapproval of developer Young America’s new plans for multifamily developments near their single-family homes.
In the end, all six items were unanimously approved by city councilmembers. Councilmember Kathleen Lorenz was absent from the meeting.
“And that is what our job is, to hold the developer to lower standards, to make sure we get the right mix and the right project,” said Mayor Chris Koos. “I believe this is the right project.”
Councilmembers also unanimously approved a resolution supporting Connect Transit’s sale of 104 e. Oakland Avenue to Home Sweet Home Ministries for a non-congregate shelter project.
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