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alley be paved, but objected to the proposed vacation. on motion by Mr. Kompar and seconded by Reverend Kirk, the Commission ill take the proposed alley closing under advise- ment and notify Mr. Nowak as to their decision. MR a. Pu newal Pro e lic Hearing, on the Central Downtown Urban Re- t -R -66: Mr. Bellinger apprised the Commission hearing,-on the Central Downtown Urban Renewal PUBLIC HEARING, DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, of the public Project, R-56, to be held in the auditorium of the Public R -66 Library, on October 8, 1968, at 7:00 P. M., C.D.T. Upon com- pletion of the public hearing and favorable action.by the Commission at a special meeting tentatively scheduled for October 10, 1968, the -staff will assemble the Part II of the application and submit it to HUD for their review. Upon Federal approval of-the Part II, Loan and Grant.Applieation, the Commission will receive the loan and grant documents. b. Chapin Street Project R -29: The Redevelopment De- CHAPIN STREET partment has requested a final inspection of the site improve- PROJECT, R -29 ment work for this project on October 1, 1968. The pedes- trian overpass should be completed by mid - October. Improve- ments to the North half of the Western Avenue and Chapin Street intersection cannot begin until the City has acquired all properties involved. It appears that this acquisition will take longer than was originally anticipated. c. LaSalle Park Project R -57: Most of the site improve- LASALLE PARK ment work under contract has been completed, which included PROJECT, R -57 streets, curbs, sidewalks and storm sewers. The proposed alley paving may not be put in place until the spring of next year. The original plan called for adding this work, through a Change Order, to the paving contractor currently under con- tract. The contractor has notified the Redevelopment Depart- ment they cannot assure the Department this work can be undertaken this construction season, due to their other com- mitments. With this in mind, the staff feels securing com- petitive bids for this work may result in savings and project improvement costs. Chas. W. Cole & Son, Inc. is currently working up a cost estimate -and appropriate bid,documents.for- consideration by the Commission. d. I dustrial Expansion Project R -56: The Redevelop- INDUSTRIAL EXPAN- ment Department has secured approval, from the Board of Works, SION PROJECT, R -56 to burn buildings, scheduled for demolition within the Indus- trial Expansion Urban Renewal Project. Considerable time has elapsed from the planning of the project to actual acquisi- tion, and budget costs for demolition work may not be suffi- cient to cover this cost. It is the intent of the Redevelop- ment Department to develop a demolition contract and bid do- cuments encompassing alternate demolition procedures. If demolition can be accomplished within the framework of the budgeted f nds, burning will not be required. In the event 7