Picking up where they left off on a First Monday
West Lafayette revisits a trio of discussions on New Chauncey, PRF’s downzoning promise on initial SK hynix site and natural landscapes for residential yards. And more from Lafayette City Council
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A few notes heading into First Monday sessions for city councils and county commissioners …
A ‘WHERE WE LEFT OFF …’ EDITION FOR WEST LAFAYETTE
A trio of discussions set to the side in recent months are listed for the monthly West Lafayette City Council meeting Monday.
Downzoning request tied to SK hynix (finally) arrives: A downzoning request for 125 acres in the Purdue Research Park – a promise from Purdue Research Foundation that played a role in the controversial rezoning of neighboring property in West Lafayette for a $3.87 billion SK hynix advanced chip packaging facility – is scheduled to land before the city council Monday after two months of delays.
The rezoning request followed a promise in May by Purdue Research Foundation in the hectic hours ahead a West Lafayette City Council vote on a preferred site for the SK hynix semiconductor facility. PRF’s request to rezone the land north of Kalberer Road and west of Yeager Road from industrial to office/research uses essentially softens the intensity of uses on that property.
PRF and SK hynix officials in May offered the downzoning on what has been labeled as “Site A,” contingent on the West Lafayette City Council voting for an industrial zoning request on the opposite side of Yeager Road for the South Korean company’s plans for a 340,000-square-foot R&D and advanced chip packaging facility to assemble microchips into high-bandwidth memory for a burgeoning AI market.
