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REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 4, 1977 PAGE SEVEN 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT'D) cussed this very item and that more training and upgrading of the inspectors was a future goal. The motion carried unanimously. b) C mmission approval is requested of the following change orders r quested by the Bureau of Housing South: 11. Change Order #1 Contract No. CS -1 101 to increase by $50.00 Mr. ohnson indicated that this change order was for the replacement of a bathroom water closet collar. Mr. Robinson moved for approval supp rted by Mr. Wiggins and carried unanimously. 21. Change Order #3 Contract Set 3/10 to increase by $702.72 Mr. Johnson indicated that this change order was to repair water dame e to dining and living room ceilings caused by leakage from the second floor bathroom. The contractor would secure the present ceiling while installing new ceiling tile by screwing one by three furring strips to the second floor joist. When asked why not ,just plaster patching Mr. Schaller replied that in most cases it is just as e pensive to patch the plaster as it is to replace the ceiling. By removing the loose parts of the ceiling and screwing the furring stri s to the floor joist the remainder of the ceiling would be held inta t. Mr. Donaldson moved for approval supported by Mr. Robinson and 3arried unanimously. 3�Change Order #4 Contract Set 3/10 to increase by $523.00 and decrease by $173.00 for a total increase of $350.00. This change order will correct damage to the kitchen and rear hallway ceilings by a leak in the roof that had been corrected. Ceiling tile will be installed in each room by securing one by three furring strips into the joist. Mr. Wiggins moved for approval seconded by Mr. Donaldson and carried unanimously by the Commission. At t is time Mr. Nimtz read into the record of the meeting the foil wing letter from One Hundred Center Development Company as sign d by T. Brooks Brademas: "Dea Members of the Commission: I am taking this opportunity to shar with you my continuing concern that I know you share for the succ ssful renewal of our central area. Nothing is more critical to tie future health and welfare of our community of South Bend than a su cessful rebirth of the central area. I am hopeful that all of you ieard Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris' remarks when she was visi ing the city last week, in which she stated that one of the corn rstones of energy conservation is the revitalization of the central cities. She noted that there is where sewage, utility, and transportation facilities are more economically concentrated. She specifically stated that we will achieve this revitalization goal through new construction of low and moderate income housing in the