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9, a ION AND ANSWER.SESSION Mrs. Janet S. Allen said she has several questions: 1) Sign Correction Request: Mrs. Allen stated in the minutes of the last meeting, in'reference to Mr. Wilcox's referral to the River Bend Plaza signs, there was no mention of the "crooked sign"- - the one by the LaSalle Street bridge. This is the one that looks like it is falling down hill and the one that is most objectionable- -not the others mentioned in the meeting. Mr. Wilcox thought the one Mrs. Allen was referring to was completed, but as the sign is a different one and still there according to Mrs. Allen, Mr. Wilcox volun- teered to accompany Mrs. Allen to the sign she is re- ferring to so that it also can be corrected. 2) Signs Entering and Leaving South Bend: Mrs. Allen referred to information that Mr. Kotzenmacher was to obtain and come up with regarding the Michigan - Main connector residents alternates in Leeper Park and Marion Street, and nothing further has been said on acquisition of the Madison Street Sonneborn building, and we should make sure the traffic and the people coming down the street will see our Plaza that we have worked so hard on. Mr. Ed Soltesz commented his address to the two physical facilities on Michigan Street and that they have talked about signs and can incorporate the signs as we utilize the physical properties, central viaducts; one -way travel, etc. Mrs. Allen suggested we have welcome signs for the people, "Welcome- -you are now entering South Bend River Bend Plaza, and also recommended signs showing, "Thank you, and you are now leaving..." Travelling along the country, signs of this respect are obliterated and not seen, but these signs were very popular, and have a psychological factor, and this would welcome the people into South Bend. Other areas in the nation are trying to do what we have done and have spent more money and have not accomplished what we have. In driving down Main Street, Mrs. Allen asked whose juris- diction would it be to incorporate signs? Mr. Kevin J. Butler, Commission Legal Counsel, advised the request should be addressed to the Board of Works. Mrs. Allen said that she has tried many times prior without success as an individual, but was requesting our cooperation as a group to implement the ideas. President Nimtz advised he will discuss these signs with the Mayor. Mr. Brownell advised the signs on the viaduct have been submitted for action to prepare so they already have that. - 16 - ADDITIONAL SIGN CORREC- TION, R -66 RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNS