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7. PRO$RESS REPORTS (Cont'd Mr. Hel en asked what is happening to the.railroad, and if he problems have been worked out ;,on the title and abstract by the Abstract. and Title Corpo- ration? Mr. Hammerschmidt said the fina1.report has not as yet been received. Mr. Wiggins asked if any more progress has been made, as the last time the indication was that some progress has.'been made. fir. Hammerschmidt said he will check into this. he railroad has consented to condemnation. Mr. Hel en asked if any mention of price has been made? fir.. Hammerschmidt said the.,,price has not been mentioned and we do not know.what they want yet. Some may be by assignment and some maybe by fee. Mr. Hel en said this is a. very_i:ntegral_part of "the . develop ent of St. Joseph Street, as well as the post-office site. We do not want to delay develop- ment of St. Joseph Street. Mr. Hammerschmidt said he will have .a report at the next Commission meeting. We contemplate removing the railroad tracks and using the trestle as a foot bridge. The railroad will terminate at east..side of St. Louis Street. The Commission asked when concurrence will be re- ceived on the post office site? Mr. Ebel advised we are moving along rather well. Two more concur- rences were received this week and Mr. Weaver is working with owners now to get the options. We have fo r concurrences to go. b. Downtown Relocation: Mr. Miller advised our business relocation service now provides for discuss on regarding the time that,the.,Department proposes to be in a position toJ et demolition contracts in various areas of the project. Demoli- tion is expected to be completed as early as January 1, 1971 in some portions of the project area and other demolition activities could be scheduled as late as January 1, 1973. Depending on the location, the staff can now talk about a time table with the site occupants and a target date to firm their plans for new business shelter. The occupants now know where t ey stand. The reaction has been very favor- able. Mr. Ebe informed the Commission_a map has been prepare indicating the best thinking at the moment with re pect to the acquisition and clearance sche- dule an explained the display, Mr. Helmen said we propose to acquire all property by the end of Septem- ber. T is is an optimistic report and asked if this -11- DOWNTOWN--RELOCATION, R -66 ..