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South Bead Redevelopment Commission Regular T[eeting - January 18, 1980 Mr. McKnight: I am talking about the timetable for acquisition and demolition, I assume that the timetable is going to be a ered to? Mayo Parent: What I was talking about here is moving ahead with the amendments, etc. Mr. cKnight: I understand that ... but will the timetable be adhered to for demolition? Mr. llison: For the parcels that we have acau red? Mr. McKnight: Yes. Mr. Ellison: We indicated previously that we had proposed to begin the demolition proc ss sometime in April, but we have not yet ent out our 90-day notices to vacate. Unle s tenants were to voluntarily move, we could not, at this juncture, meet that April date. That may mean that we may get around to being in a position of demolishing the buildings in May or June, but we have not yet made that determination. Mr. imtz: This has been a matter of discussion with the Commission and with.various tenants. The tenants have talked with us and we are cognizant of some of their desires and no decision has been made on that. Mr. McKnight: You mean that no decision has been made on when? Are we looking for a several month delay possible or is this just going to be delayed for several weeks? Air. Ellison: Mr. McKnight, part of the concern is that we obviously need to have another Ethnic Festival in South Bend, and we need to have it somewhere. There is concern about tearing down buildings around the time the festival is giong on. I would rather have the buildings vacated and remain there until after the festival is over, than to be in the position of having demolition taking place when we have a lot of people downtown. Just as a practical matter it may be that we will demolish the buildings later to accommodate othei downtown needs, or it could be that we will get things done before the festival. TherE is no foot dragging. it is just that -12-