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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting -November 2, 2007 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Public Hearing <br />(7) continued... <br />planning area, so that you can be planned for <br />and we can have some communication. <br />Because this area has not been in a planning <br />area, we really haven't had a lot of planning <br />resources for this area or haven't made plans <br />for this area. Now that we are going through <br />some planning processes, we actively hope to <br />involve the neighbors, involve the <br />community, involve other groups in the <br />planning process. Maybe to go back a <br />question or two, we anticipate bringing in <br />HOK, an architecture firm, here in a couple <br />of weeks. There will be ample notice and <br />ample time to get notice out to the neighbors, <br />to the affected parties, to interested parties to <br />bring you in at various times to the planning <br />process, to get input, to get feedback. The <br />church on Taylor Street, we see that as a <br />powerful resource in that area, where parking <br />will be an issue, so we need to hear your <br />comments on parking. You as a neighbor on <br />William Street. Obviously you will be the <br />last house on William Street, so we need to <br />accommodate you. The commercial <br />businesses on the corner---longstanding <br />businesses---we don't see any reason they <br />should be moved out of the neighborhood. <br />It'll be a very open, transparent process that <br />will take some time. We'll move through <br />methodically and we would like your input at <br />every step of the process. <br />MS. RICHEY: I have one last comment. <br />I'm all for progress, but I'm also for small <br />businesses. We've been a part of this <br />community for a long time and I' d like to <br />52 <br />