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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - February 15, 1980 7. PROGRESS REPORTS a. conitinued... Mr. Ellison: The Mayor is still committed to taking a period of up to three months to become personally involved with the determination co erring the building. One problem that Mr. Brademas commented on is the exterior of the building, particularly the brick walls on the south and east sides of the building. There has been some question as to the Gruen Mall design and the need to have the mall redesigned to accommodate the building. There has been a great deal of interest on my part in seeking to settle the Odd Fellows question by addressing the exterior question. Thus, the contract addendum that the Commission authorized earlier, sees advice on what to do from a design stand- poi it with those exterior walls. We will sub- seq ently select an option and dictate that to i developer. They would then have to refLect our imposed exterior treatment and mat rial usage in the cost of the building. As ou may recall from the previous proposals, each developer wanted to approach the ext rior in different ways, and it was difficult for us to sort out the impact of particular mat rial usage and whether in fact those materials wer reflected in the cost of the proposals as giv n. It seemed to us that this process will all 3w the Odd Fellows to move along at a more rapid pace. Mayor Parent has been involved wit these matters to try to get the questions settled. Ms. Derbeck: In reference to Mr. Brademas' mar eting survey, you said that you sent the que tionnaire out to about 200 people, and a o t loo were received. That is only twenty answers you received. Mr. Brademas: In terms of the universe that we wera selecting... the universe being attorneys, CPA's and others who may want a downtown location, that is an excellent return. Obviously, it wouldn't have made sense to make a random selective samAe through the phone book because they would not be people who have an incentive for a downtown location; but attorneys, CPA's, advertising agencies, and insurance agencies are the type of firms who are in the downtown area or would like to come back intb the downtown area.