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6. NEWIBUSINESS (Cont'd r. Wiggins moved for the approval, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and arried. 7. PROGRESS RE a. River Bend Plaza Schedule: A copy of the Schedule for June, 1975 RIVER as enclosed in the packets. BEND PLAZA SCHEDULE, Mr. Louis N. Wi'lcox.,''Director of the River Bend Plaza Office, ad- R -66 vised that June 29th is the lst Anniversay of the Plaza and he is scheduling major activities for the 3rd and 4th. Retail esta- lishments wil] be open on that Sunday , and`at the next meeting, e will have an update report on that. b. 3taff Reports: Mr. Brownell read all staff reports in their ntirety. 1) Project E -63 Code Enforcement: Mr. John Davis, Project Direc- E -6, CODE for of the E -6 Program, in his written report, advised work 'ENFORCEMENT is continuing in the E -6 Code Enforcement Area. Two contrac- tors are engaged in physical rehabilitation for Contracts #4, #6, #12 and #14, and that Contract #9 has been successfully completed by the Michiana Construction Company. Contracts #18 and #15 were opened for bids on May 12 and May 28, respectively. Contract #15 was a re- advertised bid in accordance with HUD instructions that there were only two bidders and both were over our cost estimates. We are presently awaiting HUD approval of Contract #17 which was awarded to Newbill's Construction Company by the E -6 Ap- proval Committee on May 8. We are also awaiting a new wage decision from HUD and we are hopeful th«t it will arrive soon, in order that there will be no delay in the awarding of further contracts. Project-E-7. Bureau of Housing: Mr. Kenneth J. Schaller, E -7, BUREAU Project Director of the Bureau of Housing, in his written OF HOUSING report, advised as of June 3, 1975, there are 114 applicants to the E -7 Program. The Advisory Committee has approved 71 applications; 24 have been rejected, tabled or made eligible for relocation benefits, and the remaining 1,9 applicants are in various stages of the process of approval and /or re- jection. Twelve notices to proceed have been issued to a total of six contractors. Work has been completed on four properties and the balance of eight homes are in various stages of comple- tion and the work should be completed shortly. A total of 43 homes are presently on contract. Contract Set #8 has been opened on this date for bids and includes ten homes. Contract Set #9 will be opened for bids on June 17 and is presently being advertised. Twelve homes are included on Contract Set #9, which will be the final set issued for - 11 -