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South Bend edevelopment Commission <br />Regular Mee ing March 7, 1980 <br />7. PROGRES$ REPORTS <br />a. Odd l Fellows <br />Mr. Nimtz: We are all anticipating something <br />concerning the Odd Fellows Building, and I am <br />going to disappoint you, in that we can't say <br />too much this morning. I have had conversations <br />with the Mayor last evening after I arrived back <br />from Indianapolis (from attending the Governor's <br />Conference on Revitalization of Downtown) and <br />again this morning, and we don't have all the <br />papers and documents. I will let Mr.. Ellison <br />say what he may want to say, because I haven't <br />even had a chance to brief the Commissioners. <br />It is the Chair's recommendation that this new <br />proposal be referred to Mr. Nicholas Jannotta <br />& sociates Ltd., for evaluation such as was <br />don with the other proposals. <br />Mr. Ellison: I would like to put into focus <br />what has happened as a result of the Commission's <br />decision to refrain from making a decision on the <br />Odd Fellows Building after the request of Mayor. <br />Parent to allow him some opportunity to try to <br />save the building. A new prospect has developed, <br />and Mayor Parent and I went to San Francisco to <br />work out some of the details of a proposal to <br />be submitted to the Commission. This will then <br />give us a fourth possibility to look at with <br />respect to the building. It probably should be <br />emphasized that in Mayor Parent's optimism he <br />did not take the position that the building <br />irrevocably should not be torn down. Rather, <br />he took the position that the proposal is a <br />substantial one, it certainly has that appear - <br />anc , and is one that should be carefully <br />reviewed by the Commission. The result of <br />the meeting this morning was the Chair's <br />det rriination that the proposal should be <br />submitted to Nick Jannotta & Associates and <br />reviewed just as all the others were so that <br />the Commission can have the best available <br />information to make a determination at a later <br />Mr. <br />Mr. <br />of 1 <br />see <br />Nimtz: What I would like to have <br />Jannotta do is review this proposal in light <br />:he others, and see how it balances out, and <br />what his recommendation is. <br />-8- <br />DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING <br />NEW PROPOSAL TO BE <br />REVIEWED FOR THE <br />REHABILITATION OF THE <br />ODD FELLOWS BUILDING <br />