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7. PROGRESS REPORT (Cont'd 2) Naming of the Mall: Mr. Lennon advised he had met with he Downtown Council month or so ago regarding the naming of th Mall. Entries will be received until midnight, tonight, to be gathered, collated, typed, etc., for judging. Time and date o be set to meet with the Downtown South Bend Council Executive Committee Officers along with.Redevelopment Commis- sioners and Mr. Lennon, to review and recommend ten (10) names to the Mayor. 3) Mall Authority: Mr. Lennon said at the present time the R development Commissioners are the Mall Authority. After the c mpletion of the Mall, a Mall Authority will be needed and Vat appointment is to be made by the Mayor. This and the m intenance costs are up for discussion. Downtown Council had s id it will cost $110,000 for maintenance per year. The maint nance is not included in the city budget. It is in the Park apartment's, but has not been accepted by City Council. Mr. W ggins suggested setting up assessment districts. This shoul ( be well explored and a breakdown made, which would be the fairest way of approaching this. The responsibility for the maintenance of the Mall must be determined, same as this mornings discussion on the responsibility of the cleaning of the s dewalks. Unless everyone does, it is a mess, as witnessed outsi a right now. In re erence to the issuing of Completion of Certificate after the Mall is completed and turning the maintenance -over to an Agenc3, Mr. Butler advised basically this is being explored and t e information will be made in advance of the completion of th ( Mall. NAME THE MALL CONTEST MALL AUTHORITY 4) S. S. Kresge Store: Mr. Lennon read the letter received S. from Mr. William J. Reinke, with the law firm of Thornburg, McGill, Deahl, Harman, Carey & Murray, dated December 17, 1973. He stated Mr. D. H. Burdick II, Director of Property Management and Assistant Corporate Secretary of S. S. Kresge Company, advised they �re exploring a variety of alternatives and expects to be 1n a osition to reach a decision within the next six weeks. 5) South Bend Public Transportation Corporation: Mr. Lennor advised President He men requested to bring up the subject of the status of the bus land. Bill Richardson, Chairman of the Committee, is to meet with the City Engineers, our Redevelopment Engineers, and the Mayor next Thursday morning, to get their reaction to the status of that property. We had hoped that the Bus Company would be in a position to use it. We have not had a response from them. They want to do it on a permanent basis, not temporary. Mr. Wade stated to contact the Bus Company. They have an ob- ligation to the businesses to do something, even if it is temporary. We went out of our way for them. President Helmen stated that we acted in haste to accommodate the Bus Company M sJE S. KRESGE STORE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORP. PARKING LOT STATUS