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4. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) <br />Mr. Gerald A. Hickey, The <br />Hickey Construction C <br />"At this time, I don't feel I have anything to say. I <br />will wait until we meet with the engineers and the <br />Redevelopment Department in developing the work sche- <br />dule and I am withholding comments at this time. <br />"I want to thank the Board at this time and want to <br />carry out as expeditiously as possible and with as <br />little inconvenience to the Downtown merchants as we <br />possibly can." <br />Mrs. Janet S. Allen directed several questions to the Commission <br />and he Executive Director, Mr. Charles F. Lennon, Jr.;In brief <br />summ tion: <br />1) What is the amount of the Contracts? <br />Mr. Lennon stated the first award to The Hickey Construc- <br />tion Company, for the General Contract, is in the amount <br />of $2,815,348.00; the next, the award to Exterior Design- <br />ing, Inc., for the Landscape Contract, is in the amount <br />of $206,474.00; or a total of $3,021,822.00, with the <br />Alternates subject to negotiations. <br />2) Mrs. Allen's concern was to eliminate some of the wells, <br />as the Paraplegics would not be able to go down in these, <br />climb the bridges; saw no necessity for these things and <br />the fountains, and certainly not when we were considering <br />curbs for Paraplegics. <br />President Helmen advised Mrs. Allen the Commission has <br />been concerned with the Paraplegics, and the curb situa- <br />tion is taken care of and in the Mall plans, and as to <br />Mrs. Allen's request for the elimination items, the Com- <br />mission will study and consider. <br />3) Engineer's estimate, her surprise that the four blocks <br />were not included, and why we started out with the entire <br />Mall at 2 -1/2 Million, made it 3 -1/2 Million, and now <br />eliminate four blocks. She said she didn't care how much <br />money we had allocated for interest. <br />Mr. Lennon advised her this has all been public informa- <br />tion, just as the information was in the two blocks on <br />Michigan Street and two blocks on Washington Street- - <br />these plans being tentative to correlate with Associates' <br />plans. The engineering estimate was approximately $230,000 <br />for basic things; adding the alternate items, the total was <br />$3.5 Million Dollars over a year ago. The low bid is under <br />our and the Engineer's estimate. It would be difficult to <br />- 5 - <br />