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8.. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd) d. Staff Reports (Cont'd) City -Wide: No funds were appropriated for City -Wide Relo- cation. One claim remains to be paid - -a second year Rental Assistance Payment. 9. QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC: e Chair inquired if there were any questions from the public: s. Jeanne Derbeck, South Bend Tribune Reporter, asked the question n the Relocation Report, which relates to the Model Cities Extended ervices, "Staff has received no cooperation from the resident in ur efforts to establish his eligibility for relocation payments" nd asked what we do with a hold out like that? Mr. Keith P. righton, Director, Bureau of Housing, answered the question, that he homeowner has not decided what he wants to do -- whether he ants to repair his home, or whether he wants to move. Originally, he homeowner applied for assistance under the E -6 Program and the ost is well over our limits, and the question is whether or not he an afford to make some repairs. he Chair called on Mr. Allan C. Bloomquist, First Bank & Trust ompany, if he had anything he wanted to say or be recognized this orning? r. Bloomquist said he had nothing supernew to report. The general tatus is similar to what he reported a month ago that essentially rom the dismal times to last summer when the retailers said the conomy is so rotten they are not considering doing anything. Now, heir sales have improved considerably. It is kind of a major ompetitive factor at this point in time. The competition is from he University Park (shopping mall planned for construction at rape and Indiana 23) vs. the Downtown. Our present feeling is hat within three or four months we should know reasonabley well as D whether we are very alive or very dead. Our best guess now is hree or four months, and it will depend on the major retailer. 10. NEXT COMMISSION MEETING QUESTION SESSION DOWNTOWN DEVELOP- MENT, FIRST BANK & TRUST CO., R -66 As reported earlier in this meeting, (Re: Old Business, 5a), the NEXT next meeting of the Redevelopment Commission will be at 10:00 a.m., COMMISSION Wednesday, December 17, 1975, in the Office of the Department of MEETING: Redevelopment. This will be a Special Commission Meeting, in 12 -17 -75 lieu of the Regular Meeting which would normally be scheduled f r Friday, December 19, 1975, by Commission By -Laws. 11. A JOURNMENT ere being no further business to discuss, motion was duly made ADJOURN - Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Cira and carried, for adjourn- MENT nt, at 10:25 a.m. ownell Executiu�tor F. Jai mtz, Pr ident SEAL)