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SOUTH LEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SPECIA MEETING: July 10, 1975 Page 8. degrees in any of these judgments. Our basic concern - -as a Commission - -I feel is to try to project South Bend's future and to provide the best ways that this future can develop to maximize the land and the use of the land, and the develop- ment of the South Bend area. We are as a Commission - -to the process that we have to employ here - -to a degree handicapped, in that we can create the area, but we do not have direct control of the development, since we are not developers nor can we be developers, and that one of the ways we have to operate is to try to provide the guidelines and incentives to have happen the things that we feel are are told that need to happen for orderly development. Commissioner Chenney raised questions on International Con - structors, that they didn't submit a bid to which the Chair answered International submitted a proposal and plans to the Commission. Mr. Brownell advised Mr. Chenney that he had been absent at the last Commission meeting, at which it was suggested each Commissioner come in at any time at their convenience, and to go through the confidential papers submitted by International, as Mr. Chenney commented he hadn't seen the confidential plans to know what they want to build. Mr. Taylor requested permission from the Chair to comment on that, which was granted. "As you know, Mr. Nimtz, I am not a lawyer, but that gives me a little bit of a problem though. It seems to me in reviewing our bid, which was a legitimate bid for this property, then the review of documents - -if those con- fidential documents are used to influence the decision of your group in any way, then it seems to me that it should be made public. Now- -like I say - -I am not an attorney, so I could be totally wrong." Mr. Brownell replied, "I think, Mr. Taylor, that I would have to say this, that part of your bid is confidential. Mr. Taylor said that is the part only that is designated by HUD to be con - fidential. Mr. Brownell replied, "That's right, and that will not be disclosed by us to the public and likewise in connection with the proposal that was made by Medlock's group, part of it is public, and part of it is confidential. We would not disclose the confidential part on either bid. Now, I have no quarrel or comment on what should be made public or not; we will not disclose anything given to us as confidential material." Mr. Medlock stated their intention in asking some of this be kept confidential is to prevent this from being used to their disadvan- tage if they were given an opportunity to put in an acceptable bid. "If it becomes a question of propriety, or if in your judgment you would like to make a portion of that public - -as the portion that would be made public if it were a fully responsive bid - -I am sure I can obtain approval of our company for that portion to be made public.` We have, in fact, made public a portion of the plans