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5. PUU <br />IC HEARING (Cont'd) <br />r. Amaral: Yes. <br />r. Brownell: That was requested by the developer who has been awarded <br />an award by HUD to build some elderly housing which was <br />the first requested. He had a... <br />r. Butler: That was an increase to 350 units. <br />. Brownell: He had the problem of 191 units and he needed the units for <br />the people who are handicapped - -the 10 % - -so he added 19; <br />that made.it 211, for that elderly housing, and in the dis- <br />cussions that followed, the Commission decided to change <br />the limit on dwelling units from 200 to 350. That was a <br />change on limitations. <br />Wiggins: As a point of order, will all people who have questions in <br />this Public Hearing, identify themselves for the record. <br />May I have your name, sir? <br />. Amaral: Certainly. My name is Joseph Amaral. I am an attorney. <br />I practice at Suite 501, of the Lafayette Building, in <br />South Bend. <br />. Wiggins: Thank you. <br />Brownell: Did we answer your questions? <br />. Amaral: Yes. <br />. Brownell: Is there any other question? <br />. Amaral: Now, again, basically the same question: About when was <br />the decision, and how, and at whose insistence, to put up <br />a hotel? To allow a motel or hotel complex? <br />Brownell: Well, the Commission made that decision. <br />. Wiggins: I think probably what you are asking, in part, is how did <br />the change come about, or what prompted it? In part, this <br />is a result of the developers' activities; in part, it's <br />a result of the activities of a Committee that has been <br />established by the Mayor seeking additional business and <br />business firms into the downtown area. The actual necessity <br />for change is demanded by the change in space requirements. <br />Inasmuch as there has been evident interest in luxury housing, <br />it was deemed advisable to expand the possibilities of addi- <br />tional housing, rather than go for 211 units which are imme- <br />diately required from the 200 that we had projected into the <br />plan, to 350, to accommodate whatever may develop. Now, <br />this does not necessarily mean that there will be 350 units <br />built, you understand. <br />As long as the changes were being made, it was the feeling <br />of both this Committee, and the developer of the property <br />- 6 - <br />