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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting —June 14, 2011 expense from potential adopters. We also hope to utilize the surgical suite to continue the already very popular Neuter Scooter service, for the community. • An attractive, more welcoming facility will provide us with ample opportunities to host community classes in the building. These classes can range from basic obedience classes to more advanced workshops lead by local animal health and welfare leaders such as Dr. Jocelyn Rudman, DVMM, As South Bend taxpayers, we appreciate the oversight and scrutiny your committee applies to requests made for TIF funding. We all need to be responsible stewards of the City's resources. Here are the reasons why we are opposed to the suggestion made by the South Bend Common Council to outsource our City's animal care and Control services to a private, third party agency: • The outsourcing public services to private, third party agencies results in a loss of transparency and accountability for the taxpayer. • The issues that lead to the development of an internal animal control agency would likely develop again if the City were to return to outsourcing this service. • If the aforementioned issues were to arise once again, it is an ineffective public safety model to have South Bend Police and Fire having to respond to animal care and control calls. • Over the anticipated 40 year life cycle of the proposed new facility, SBA CC will be the home of approximately 4,000 — 4,500 animals per year. With construction costs estimated at a total of $1.8 Million; the estimated upfront capital cost per animal served is only about $10. Finally, we ask respectfully that you consider our sense of urgency regarding this request. For every additional month that this project gets delayed, another estimated 223 * animals will be euthanized. 0