05-18 3527 Lincoln Way West Zone Map Amendment

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trees, more green space and lots of flowers. This center will not only blend with the residential character of the neighborhood,but it will enhance it. The WCC model embraces home-like centers and will provide an excellent transition from the commercial structures to the east and the neighboring residences to the west. III. ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF REMONSTRATORS Eleven (11) letters or emails were received by the APC. After reviewing the letters (i) none of these letters or emails appear to have been written by neighbors of the Property;and(ii)we believe in large part, Women's Care Center is being mistaken for other political organizations. The major themes of those in opposition to the WCC petition do not address the Legal Criteria the Council is required to review but rather relate to: • WCC overpaid for the Property(actually helps the adjoining property values). • WCC bought the Property to impede reproductive rights and protest the property to the east which is owned by Whole Woman's Health Alliance ("WWH"), an abortion provider. (mistaking WCC for other political organizations). • Taking property off the tax rolls cost the City tax money to its detriment. • Safety. We have responded to these concerns in a letter to each person who communicated his or her opposition to the rezoning. Attached is a copy of a response to a remonstrator, and to the Whole Woman's Health Alliance,the neighboring property owner. Simply put: • WCC may have "overpaid" but it matched the offer of another interested buyer for the property. The other offer came from an individual who aggressively protests abortion providers (which WCC does not). WCC believes the location of the Property is ideal to serve those women who need the services it provides. As mentioned above there is a tremendous need for a west side WCC facility to replace the dated and tiny Chapin Street facility presently in use. This Property has great value to the WCC which others might not value as much - for instance as residential property. WWH and WCC being adjacent to each other serves to ENHANCE choice for women. There is a reason "competitive" businesses locate near each other. Examples include hotels, fast food restaurants, and gas stations, all of which are bunched on Lincoln Way. In addition to being in the middle of the west side,the site is on a bus route with a bus stop very close by on the corner of Lincoln Way and North Illinois. Convenient pedestrian access is available from Elwood which abuts the Property to the North. • WCC is NOT a politically active orp-anization. It has not and will not protest WWH locating its facility on Lincoln Way. WCC has played no role in the licensing issues which face WWH. WCC assumes they will overcome those issues and begin to operate at some time in the near future. However,even if they do not, WCC has every intention of operation at the Property. WCC WILL Page 3 of 4