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Sundland Before we start, take a few minutes, I have a prepared statement that I • would like to share with you. We appreciate the opportunity to meet with you this evening, developers, for this interview. Over the last few months we have solicited proposals for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project in accord with the adopted plan, -which was recommended by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council last summer. The purpose of this meeting is to .interview two redevelopers who have re- sponded to our request for proposals. This is a formal interview and the proceedings will go on such as this. (1) Each developer will be given a half hour to present their proposal. That half hour will be precisely timed by a clerk. (2) At the end of the half hour session, redevelopers will be requested to answer questions which the H.R.A. has prepared to deal with their particular proposal. Also, any. questions which members of the H.R.A. Board feel are appropriate will be asked at this time. Question- ing will take place for one half hour. For the people who are here, I wish to express my gratitude for your attending the meeting here tonight. This is an accumulation of a great deal of work, as you who were on the Task Force and Planning Commission know.1 I want to recognize each of you for your tremendous amount of effort that you have put into this project and ask for your continued assistance and support over the implementation period. However, because it is important to maintain a high degree of fairness and formality in the interview process, I will not be entertaining any questions from the • floor tonight, only from the H.R.A. Commissioners. This does not mean that we do not value your opinion or that your questions are not pertin- ent. It is only a means of creating.a high degree of fairness in terms of chosing a particular redeveloper. We want comments from the public and we want your individual comments concerning these proposals. As such, I would like to invite you and the general public to put your comments and questions in writing and forward them to Mr. Childs by this coming Friday. That would certainly be helpful to us. Over the next two weeks we will be reviewing the proposals and on Febru- ary 22nd we will be announcing our decision as to which redeveloper we intend to work with. You are all invited to the February 22nd H.R.A. meeting. Once a redeveloper has been chosen, that redeveloper will be given temporary status for a period not to exceed 90 days. At the end of 90 days, the redeveloper will have entered into a formal agreement with the H.R.A. for development of the area. During this 90 day period,,the Planning Commission and the Task Force will be heavily involved in areas of their concern. With this, I wish to begin the interviews with an introduction of the redeveloper to the Board, which consists of myself, Chairman Robert Sundland, Clarence Ranallo, George Marks, Richard Letourneau, Richard Enrooth and I think.you all know Mr. Childs, Mr. Soth, our attorney, and • Mr. Krier, our consultant. I'm pleased to introduce the Knutson Company, construction company, and the people who are present to present their proposals this evening, Mr. John Curry, President, Mr. Tony Vavoulis, and Mr. Bruce Knutson. Mr. Curry I will leave the floor to you at this time.