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Taschetta/Hughes Family 1029 Riverside Drive and 512 River Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46616 / 406601 April 19, 2006 Historic Preservation Commission 227 W. Jefferson Street South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear Commissioners, First, we would like to thank the Historic Preservation Commission for providing a community context for recent dialogue regarding the upcoming sewer outflow repair at the corner of Riverside and Leland. At your last meeting, various commissioners raised thoughtful and challenging questions and decided to postpone action on the City's application for a Certificate of Appropriateness. Indeed, while the Commission neither approved nor denied the application it received, I feel plan that it ws partially If funding is that dialogue and your good offices th at an alternate p forthcoming and the new plan is executed, it is expected to provide a more long -term solution and have a much less deleterious impact on Shetterley Park. Again, we appreciate your support in this process. We are also writing today to urge you to consider action or advocacy in relation to the repair currently underway on the North Michigan Street bridge. As we understand it, there was at one time a pedestrian underpass beneath the bridge. The restoration of this historical feature beneath the south side of the bridge would connect Leeper Part East and West. It would allow much ortant enhancement not possibly only to e park and adjacent historic and would provide an imp neighborhoods, but also to the community as a whole. Historically speaking, South Bend probably used to be more walkable in many respects than it is today. In the interest of Leeper Park, nearby historic neighborhoods, and the overall "walkability" of our community, in what way or ways might the Historic Preservation Commission advocate for such an underpass at this point? Thanks again for your continuing good work. Sincerely, Rolanda L. Hughes and Joseph J. Taschetta