Overview
- The Hobart Plan Commission approved a fill permit 5-3, allowing dirt to be moved on roughly 605 acres south of 61st Avenue near Colorado Street while prohibiting broader construction.
- The petitioner said a detailed site plan is expected in three to four months, and commissioners added conditions on site access and a trail, with the fill permit expiring once a site plan is approved.
- Hobart previously approved the $11 billion project with an economic revitalization designation and a 10-year tax abatement, and the city has received a $47 million upfront payment from Amazon.
- City documents outline additional payments of $45 million, $43 million and $42 million tied to construction milestones that have not been publicly defined.
- Residents objected over absent environmental, health and noise studies and the lack of renderings, and four homeowners have sued city officials as one plaintiff said she will seek an injunction over the latest action.