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Otce <br /> ,NOV 14 2022 <br /> • <br /> From:Alison Mynsberge<alisonrm.00@gmail.com> DAWN M.JONES <br /> Sent:Saturday, November 12, 2022 5:35 PM CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN <br /> To: Leslie Wesley<Iwesley@sb.school>; Lori K. Hamann <Ikhamann@southbendin.gov>; Rachel Tomas <br /> Morgan<rtomasmo@southbendin.gov> <br /> Subject:Tax abatements& redevelopment loans <br /> Hi, <br /> I would like to voice my opinion that the City and Redevelopment Commission should not be further <br /> subsidizing the dinosaur museum (which was given the land it is being built on) or further subsidizing <br /> high-end non-family housing that is already in a tax-advantaged opportunity zone (such that the <br /> investors are double-or triple-dipping if these additional city tax abatements are offered). <br /> This is because the city has failed to follow through on basic wants and needs of its citizens: the kids <br /> who went through COVID have no outdoor public pool in the entire county available with a day-use <br /> pass. The kids of the west side of South Bend are still driving and biking and walking past Drewery's <br /> Brewery. The school district still lacks needed funds and staff, and tax abatements and TIFs are part of <br /> that disruption to SBCSC finance growth. <br /> The city also still hasn't implemented its independent police board or addressed the loss of the Portage <br /> Meat Market. <br /> Finally,the city's Transpo disruptions are a much bigger impediment to economic mobility for some <br /> individuals in SB than the dinosaur museum could be an opportunity. <br /> I'd like to reiterate that a pedestrian/bike path across the river at Pinhook Park would be an excellent <br /> improvement to local active transportation and recreation networks, especially since the Dinosaur <br /> Museum could exacerbate traffic on LWW and Portage/Bendix alternatives into downtown or the east <br /> side of SB from the northwest side. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Alison Mynsberge <br />