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been demons rated by various stores within the community by their donation of equipment and/or clothing for this program. Letters of commends ion and appreciation will be sent to each of the stores cont ibuting, namely Goldblatt's, Robertson's and Sears. b. Ind strial Expansion Project R -56. Options on property INDUSTRIAL EXPAN- are now ei g taken by the staff. A meeting was held with the SION PROTECT, R -56 project residents and appropriate staff members, and it is grati- fying to re ort the residents' attitude is very receptive and cooperative to the project plans. About 80% of the residents were in att ndance, and the staff's responsibilities were ex- plained in onnection with the relocation process and assistance. Mr. Scott p inted out that in talking with the elderly of the project are , residence has been established perhaps up to 25 years there )y creating different kinds of relocation problems but not imp ssible ones. c. Cen ral Downtown Project, R -66. It is the staff's under- CENTRAL DOWNTOWN standing th t the federal review of the Project Application is in PROJECT, R -66 the final w ap -up stage. The staff has sent the top official of HUD, Mr. Fisher, a letter indicating the urgency for approval which South Bend feels, and also a letter to Congressman Brademas seeking spe ial assistance in this matter. d. Citizens for Continuing Central High School. Two repre - CITIZENS FOR sentatives f this committee approached the Commission on the CONTINUING CENTRAL possibility of including Central School as a part of the Phase I HIGH SCHOOL of the Downtown Project. The Commission responded by stating that no sch of facility has been included in the planning for the first phase of the Central Downtown Project, nor would it be passible to change the plans. It was also asked of the Commis- sion if there would be any future plans for developing an inner city school complex to go along with urban development. A lengthy discussion Dursued but it was pointed out that all future plans would be male in accordance with demonstrated needs and the suc- cess of the first phase of the Downtown Project. At present, plans call or the development of mostly high rise apartments and would not a d significantly to school enrollments. It was ex- plained tha this Commission does not initiate urban renewal pro- jects. The a decisions are made by appropriate city officials and committ es with supporting studies to indicate the need for such a proj ct. Mrs. Curtis spoke on the new concept of total planning fo a city wherein appropriate city officials plan to- gether and incorporate all the needs of the city into the program. Mr. Belling r indicated that this is what the Area Plan Commission is accompli hing in completing the city and area wide Comprehen- sive Plan. 5_