November 9, 2020 City Council Meeting – Item 15 Additional Information on Notice of Motion

From: Denis DENT

Sent: Monday, November 02, 2020 9:42 AM

To: clerks <clerks@citywindsor.ca>

Subject: Notice of Motion

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I am writing in connection with Item 15 (Notices of Motion) on the City Council Agenda for November 9, 2020.

I do not support the construction of the new regional acute care hospital on County Road 42. I am very concerned about its impact on our future taxes. The financial impact of the infrastructure required to support this greenfield development has never been analyzed and transparently disclosed to Windsor taxpayers. Windsor has a significant infrastructure deficit already and this expansion will make it more difficult to maintain the city's roads and sewers.

Windsor's Brownfield Redevelopment Strategy recognizes that the cost of greenfield development is typically higher than the cost of building in a location where the infrastructure is already in place: Redevelopment of brownfield sites for residential, commercial and other uses represents an excellent economic opportunity for the City of Windsor to significantly increase the property tax revenues generated by these properties without incurring the significant public infrastructure costs typically associated with greenfield development.

I am also very concerned about the region's only full service acute care hospital being so close to the airport. It doesn't make sense.

I support a new hospital, but it needs to be where people already live.

Sincerely,

Denis Dent