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COMMISSIPNER'S REGULAR MEETING Friday, March 17, 1978 6. NEW $USINESS C. (CONTINUED) Mr.' Brownell: The proposed contract provides for work to be done within thirty days, and to be billed at $2,100.00 to review the appraisals that have been made. There are thirty such reports; fifteen from each appraiser. Mr. imtz: Mr. Butler, is this a HUD requirement? Mr. Butler: Yes, this is a HUD requirement. Mr. Wiggins moved approval of the proposed agreement with Mr. Ralph C. Michaels to act as reviewing appraiser, seconded by Mr. Donaldson, and it was carr -ied. 7. PROGRESS REPORTS Thero were no progress reports at this time. FLOOR DISCUSSIONS e Chair at this time, recognized Mr. T. Brooks Brademas: Mr. rademas: I will try to be as brief as possible, but what I would like to s are with you this morning will require a little time to explain and you may Vave some questions. As an architectural designer I am unable to commun- icatE without drawings, so if you will bear with me, I will try to place these (dra ings) where they may be easily seen. What I would like to present to you this morning is a proposal that I think will help the City in conjunction with the rroposed mall development. I will be coming before the Commission with some chances in a section of the downtown, but in terms of priority, I believe that what I am proposing today certainly, in my view, has first priority. I have just received permission to occupy the 8- story, 4 -unit high rise apartment building that was just completed for the elderly in the 100 Center. I was impressed by the fact that a substantial number of the tenants moving into that development, while it is true that they are elderly, were not receiving a subsidy, or if they were, only a minor amount of subsidy. I think that this speaks well for the kind of thing that I want to share with the Commission today. There are people in the community who have contributed a great deal, and I am thinking of women such as Janet Allen, Virginia Guthrie, and my own mother who has been a teacher in the area for many years. All of these wonderful women are now retired. They do not require, nor do they need large homes, as they are in most cases, by themselves, and yet to try to find housing in close proximity, (the kind they are interested in), such as our cultural center, is very difficult. About the closest apartment housing that we have would be possibly the Mar -Main. Many people in that circumstance' do not require cars. -7-