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5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd 2. To allow moAe time to study the -impact o4 4&ee paiLking on the ptcos pect i.v e mat afLea between Je44euon and Washington StAeets; 3. To avoid unneeesAaALy expense in the event the downtown mall ptLo j ec t o4 the Ptiut Bank and T,,utst Company comes into 4&uit i.on. As 4o& the thiAd nealson, I wish to emphasize that the ptLobabitity o4 zuecas o4 the Fiut Bank project cannot be deteAmined jot anothetL thtLee otL 4outL months; howevetL, o44ic%aLs o4 the k"iut Bank_ and Ttcu�st Company have indi- cated to me that they shoutd know within that petuod o4 time whether on not the it p"ject Witt proceed. In the event the p&ojeet does pnoeeed, it would be very 400ti,sh 4o& ups to enteA into a conttLact and commence, cowstnuction o4 the matt at th z time and then have to undo that eonstteucti.on at a .eaten. tome. 14ee2 that the Ishotrt time invotved 4o& the delay, ass weft ass the possibZe ,savings o4 tax money, ju/sti4ies my nequet /jots the decay. Thanking you /jots youtL a/s/s "tance, and coopeAation in this matter, I fLemain very tnuty youu, /a/ Peter. J. Nemeth Peter J. Nemeth Mayon The Chair asked if there were any comments or questions by the members of the Commission, as to this delay and as to the parking. There being none, the Chair called on Mr. Hubert Getzinger, Chair- man, Downtown South Bend Council. The Chair said that he believed this has been discussed with him and Mr. Kagel, and the merchants downtown? Mr. Getzinger responded: Yes, Mn. Cha Aman, and membetis o4 the Commission. 04 eowrse, you must be aware o4 my 4ee.eing6 in the mattetL. We were taken eomp.eeteey by zutpAi, ,se o� the announce- ment, and, out 4iut Aeaction, o4 eoutrt e, wars one o4 (shock and amazement; howeve)L, I feet that the Mayon and this admini�stAati.on does have the communi ty',s and downtown busine/s/s eommun%ty'/s intetcest at hecftt. 14eet that in tLettLospeet that he doers need /some time to study the /situation, and I would teeeommend that we would go a.eong with hi/s tcequest at this time. - 7-