>> DEVELOPERS ARE PUMPING THE BRAKES ON PLANS FOR A CONTROVERSIAL LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION HUB IN NORTH LAWNDALE.

IT COMES AFTER RESIDENTS PUSHED BACK ON THE PLAN CITING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE DEMOLITION IN THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS THAT COULD COME WITH INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC.

THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO TEAR DOWN 2 BUILDINGS, PRESERVATIONISTS SAY ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEARLY 250,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ OF THE 22ND WARD AND ADELLA BASS LOSS AND HEALTH EQUITY ORGANIZER AT PEOPLE FOR COMMUNITY RECOVERY.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO IT.

I LOGISTICS THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT, BUT HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

WE THANK OUR 2 GUESTS FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHAT IS YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO BRINGING A PROJECT LIKE THIS TO NORTH LAWNDALE?

>> WORKED WITH NOT ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY NONPROFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO TO CREATE A SPACE FOR COMMUNITY HAVE A SAY IN DEVELOPMENT FROM THE BEGINNING, WE TOLD THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION ON THAT JUST TAKES FACILITY.

WELL, THEY'VE RENEGED ON THAT IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS.

SO MY ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO NOT SUPPORT THEIR PLAN.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.

AND I WROTE A LETTER TO SUCH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE LAST PLAN COMMISSION MEETING.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

MOVING FORWARD.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT'S HIGHER PAID HIGHER WAGE JOBS.

LAST TRUCK TRAFFIC FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENCE.

I THINK THAT'S WITHIN THE INTEREST OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHAT I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AREA.

>> ADELA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A BIT ABOUT HOW MUCH TRUCK TRAFFIC AND DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BRING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> SO WHAT WHAT THIS?

IT CAN IMPOSE A BIG HEALTH.

WHY AM I JUST DID A COLLABORATION WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHO GET 30 OF A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TRAVELING ONE AREA.

I'M AT A TIME AND THE HIGHEST THAT THEY IT'S TRUCKS IN THAT AREA.

24 THERE 5,012 THAT'S 5,000 DIFFERENT RACLETTE, DIFFERENT.

A MISSION AND TOXIC INTO THE AIR.

COMMUNITIES THAT THEY THEY BUILT INDUSTRY AREA IT ALREADY.

ALREADY DEAL A LOT OF IMPACT.

>> FROM THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL COMPANY.

HAVEN'T TALK STOPPED CAN IMPOSE A LOT OF HEALTH RISKS LIKE ASTHMA.

COPD.

JUST TOO GREAT OF A WRIST.

FRONT COMMUNITY, AN AREAS IN OPEN IN THE AIR.

>> NOW, ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSAL, TRUCK TRAFFIC WOULD BE, QUOTE, LESS THAN EXISTING CONDITIONS.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO IT.

I LOGISTICS.

ALDERMAN HAS THE DEVELOPER EXPLAINED HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

>> FOR THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR OVER A YEAR NOW WITH MY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET WITH THEM.

>> WE'RE 17 TIMES AND 2 COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THE FACT IS, IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS, WHY NOT GOOD PAYING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY?

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS AND POTENTIALLY MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE DEVELOPERS SAID THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO HAVE LESS TRUCKS.

MOST CURIOUSLY BEEN THERE?

PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH THE FACT IS, IS THAT WE'VE AGREED FROM THE BEGINNING.

TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS WOULD NOT BE A PART OF DEVELOPMENT.

TAKE IT DEVELOPMENT WORK IN GOOD FAITH WITH MY ADVISOR COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

THAT MEANS THAT LOCAL INDIVIDUALS HAVE CHANCES THAT CONTRACTS AND JOBS AT THE SITE.

I HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD COME BACK SERIOUSLY WITH THAT KIND AMENDED PROPOSAL THAT I THINK MY COMMUNITY WOULD THE FINE WITH.

BUT RIGHT NOW AS IT'S WRITTEN AND I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL AS IT IS.

>> DE SOME CRITICS OF THIS PROPOSAL HAVE SUGGESTED OTHER LOCATIONS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IT SAYS ABOUT DEVELOPERS ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS IF THEY CONTINUE TO PUT OPERATIONS LIKE THESE IN COMMUNITIES LIKE A LITTLE VILLAGE OR NORTH LAWNDALE.

>> DIFFICULT.

I'M THANK YOU.

IMPOSE THESE HELPED RICK BUT THE BENEFIT THE FINANCE TIRED OF COMMUNITIES THAT THEY THE TOXIC ISSUE THAT JUST LET IT BREATHE AND LIVE HAPPY THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR OWN THING.

YOU'RE THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY WITH.

IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FROM THE INDUSTRY, THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THIS OPEN SPACES THERE, SUPPORTERS THAT THEY COULD TAKE IN END.

LITTLE MAKE WAR THAT THEY HAVE THAT PLACE THERE IN BASIN OUT.

SO WHEN THE PARTICLES MISSION PEACE TALKS WELCOME TO THE AIR, IT'S NOT AFFECTING THE LITTLE KIDS PLAYING ON THE STREET OR SENIOR WHO WAS OUT WALKING HER DOG.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO THINK ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND THE RISK >> POTENTIALLY DO IN THE COMMUNITY, THOUGH, JUST FINDING ANOTHER SPACE IS PLENTY OPEN SPACE AND SUBURBS AND OTHER COMMUNITY AREA THAT I LEFT THAT WILL HAVE LESS IMPACTFUL.

>> NORTH LAWNDALE ADELE.

IT'S ONE OF MANY AREAS THAT ARE DEEMED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS.

ACCORDING TO THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT REPORT.

DO YOU THINK ENOUGH IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE IN IN THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

>> I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE ON IT.

HAPPENED RIGHT NOW ABOUT A TRUCK THAT THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE RECORDS SHOW THAT IMPOSES.

AND VIOLET WHO WORKED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

COULD IT KILL IT?

IMPACT HAS SHED LIGHT ON COMMUNITY, BUT IT WE'RE TALKING DECADES OF CLEANUP AND HAVEN'T TRUCK STOPS AND OTHER INDUSTRY THINGS LIKE THESE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S JUST ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE.

I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULDN'T CONTINUE.

NOW THAT THE LIGHT HAS BEEN SHED ON COMMUNITY AND UP THE COMMUNITY, IT THAT.

IT WHAT PCR AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION FAULT OR TO AS IT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

WE'RE TIRED OF BEING THE COMMUNITY.

WOULD OPERATOR IN INDUSTRY.

PEOPLE IN DEVELOPER.

WE'RE KIND OF LIVING AND DYING AT THAT THEIR FINANCIAL DAY.

OPENED AFTER THE NOW.

>> THERE'S THE HEALTH CONCERNS BUT ALSO PRESERVATION, CHICAGO, HIS NAME TO THE BUILDINGS ON THIS PROPERTY AMONG THE CITY'S 7.

MOST ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF THEIR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OLDER MEN.

ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE LOST IF THEY ARE DEMOLISHED?

>> COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS I THINK JUST DIVERSE SET OF OPINIONS FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT THOSE I HEARD A COMMUNITY MEETING ATTENDED BY OVER 80 PEOPLE IN DECEMBER THEY DIDN'T LIKE TO SEE THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE THEIR SIGN ON HISTORY WHERE BLACKS WERE UNEMPLOYED IN LOCATION RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT BUILDINGS ARE ABOUT BOTTOM LINE FOR ME, I WANT GOOD PAYING JOBS IN MY WILL.

I WANT THE RESIDENTS OF MY WARD WERE BLACK AND BROWN TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF NORTH LAWN THERE, PARTICULARLY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS.

BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THEM TO MORE TRUCKS COMING BY.

AND IF THIS DEVELOPER WANTS TO BRING GOOD-PAYING JOBS THAT WILL CREATE CRANES AND PUT CRANES IN THE SKIES.

THAT'S GOOD.

I WANT THAT THEN BUT SPENT HELP THE MY MIND OPEN NEIGHBORS, NOT AT ALL.

>> WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE'LL KEEP A KEEP LISTENING OUT FOR.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ AND ADELLA LAWSON.

>> THANK YOU.