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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—September 13, 2012 <br /> and have right-hand turn on Michigan Street. <br /> Ladies and gentlemen that simply won't <br /> happen. Human nature tells us in past <br /> experience that people will simply tried to <br /> get around it by going up Fellows Street. <br /> This is been proven time and time again <br /> when we do a partial repair instead of taking <br /> care the future plan upfront. <br /> The leaders of the South Bend community <br /> needs to look at the future and what we can <br /> expect will be needed as we grow the <br /> community. The entire job of leadership in <br /> South Bend and the surrounding community <br /> is to protect us and plan for growth. There <br /> are plenty of cities in America would love to <br /> have any growth that might take place when <br /> the recovery happens to our economy. We as <br /> a community must be ready for this growth <br /> or suffer the loss of so many other small <br /> communities that simply just accept the bare <br /> minimum. <br /> Turning to another subject, even if we <br /> decided that we wanted to simply use one of <br /> the less perfect plans, we will have a <br /> financial responsibility to those that already <br /> made plans to sell their homes to the city <br /> and/or either decided to buy other one or plan <br /> on moving into some other type of the <br /> community like a retirement situation. As I <br /> set through that meeting it was clear to me <br /> that most of the people that were in that <br /> meeting had assumed that the city was going <br /> ahead with the project and several more <br /> already made plans and the financial <br /> commitments to implement those plans. So <br /> it's very clear even if we decided we wanted <br /> to use the "cheaper plan" the City of South <br /> Bend will still have some financial <br /> responsibilities for the promises already <br /> made to those residents that have made those <br /> 35 <br />