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South Bend edevelopment Commission <br />Regular Mee ing - December 4, 1981 <br />9. NEXT COOMISSION MEETING (continued) <br />which the cork was pulled and the downtown business com- <br />munity started down the drain, right there, right then. <br />However the people then couldn't see it, the Councilmen <br />couldn't see it, and.I doubt if the majority of the pub- <br />lic cou d see it. But this is where it was, the com- <br />munity ad not recognized the automobile yet, this was 30 <br />years a o. We still aren't sure about it, but you have to <br />create z climate that will allow the things to happen that. <br />you wani to happen. This is what this whole process is <br />about. <br />Mr. Butler: You have visited city after city, you also <br />John, WE are much further ahead in this city. The leader- <br />ship here has been much more creative, much more far- sighted <br />than in many, many cities around the country. <br />Mr. Robinson: One other comment, and I think just like <br />anybody else when they talk, they want to cutt off the <br />debate right afterwards. Let me say one thing, we've <br />had so a m many surveys of this downtown area that I <br />don't e en want to find out how much of our taxpayer <br />dollars we've spent on surveys, and we were suppose to <br />be talk ng to all the experts in the country every time <br />we had ne. I know its been way up there, almost as much <br />as what the cost of demolition is, I'm sure. <br />Mr. NIm z: John Pence, I see you here, did you want to <br />be reco nized this morning? <br />Mr. Pen e: No, I just came as a citizen; I appreciated <br />Joe Ettl's remarks because I used to office over there, <br />and the privy word was very well put. I think the Com- <br />mission should be complimented to bringing this thing to <br />a head and getting this show on the road. <br />Mr. Nimtz: You've made my day. <br />Mr. Don ldson: I would like to say, and especially to <br />John, ir two years Mr. Brademas didn't get anything to- <br />gether, so how is he going to do it in 90 days. He had <br />two years to do this, and I mean we sat on it. <br />Mr. MC M hon: And quite frankly, John, even with the show <br />that Jo n was able to put on the last week and a half here. <br />Mr. Butl <br />er: Tom, you mean, I'm sorry, the question was. <br />41 <br />