25-52 Resolution Approving and Adopting the LaSalle Park Neighborhood Plan

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Sustainability Principles South Bend is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050,and each neighborhood has a role to play in reducing the community's emissions.The projects put forward in the LaSalle Park Neighborhood Plan support the City's sustainability goals related to green infrastructure,built environment,and clean transportation. w d. -fir Kk v • .. _ +L 1 K� �. �', transpo. 5 • S 4111 + 'I mn mm r„a Iiiiii Green Infrastructure Built Environment Transportation Green infrastructure plays a central role in improving air,soil,and Reducing energy use in South Bend will significantly cut greenhouse Transportation represents one of the largest sources of emissions in water quality by reducing energy use in buildings.supporting the gas emissions. our community.so making biking,walking,transit,and other forms of capturing and use of carbon,and improving stormwater filtration. shared mobility more accessible to residents is critical. • Rehabilitate existing structures to reduce carbon emissions and • Increase the number of trees planted to improve the energy construction waste. • Allow an appropriate mixing of land uses to reduce the amount efficiency of buildings by lowering the energy needed to heat or • Reuse materials or select lower-carbon building materials when of travel required. cool a building. constructing new housing. • Add new bike lanes and improve walkability to allow more • Plant street trees to help extend the useful life of street • Promote the use of solar panels for energy generation. people to safely bike and walk.reducing vehicle-related pavement due to increased shading of pavement. • Encourage urban residential infill and the use of existing emissions. • Reduce paved surfaces in the neighborhood to help lower public utilities and infrastructure to reduce the need to extend • Construct shared use paths.which put less stress on the stormwater run off.improve water quality.and reduce services into rural areas existing street infrastructure,ultimately reducing the frequency vulnerability to the urban heat island effect. of street repair. • Seek to have water be absorbed where it falls instead of • Promote public transportation,which compared to driving transferred off site for processing. alone,reduces emissions and improves air quality. L„,.ttti.P.tl. Nr•I,IIi I+,.,I,.,t-;d pt,it, NedclhborrO .d f-I--tu 49