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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting —June 4, 2004 <br />IL 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />C. Sample -Ewing Development Area <br />(1) continued... <br />The site is located between Fellows Street <br />and Carroll Street in the Sample -Ewing <br />Development Area. Habitat for Humanity is <br />requesting the Commission grant them a <br />90 -day study period of the property <br />beginning June 4, 2004 and ending <br />September 3, 2004. <br />Staff has had no other parties interested in <br />the property to date, deems the request to be <br />appropriate and recommends favorable <br />action by the Commission. <br />Mr. Hunt noted that any favorable action by <br />JC the Commission does not set a precedent <br />related to options on properties for sale by <br />the City. <br />Ms. Greene advised that the referenced <br />property has been held by the City for <br />eighteen months with no proposals for <br />purchase. Favorable action by the <br />Commission will be assisting a <br />not - for - profit organization which is <br />dedicated to providing opportunities for <br />lower income persons to obtain suitable <br />housing. Approval by the Commission will <br />be consistent with development of the area, <br />and would be an expansion to similar <br />development projects in the overall area. <br />Upon a motion by Mr. Kahn, seconded by <br />Mr. Blake and unanimously carried, the <br />Commission approved a request for a <br />property study of the East Sample Street <br />Development site located between Fellows <br />14 <br />COMMISSION APPROVED A REQUEST FOR A <br />PROPERTY STUDY OF THE EAST SAMPLE STREET <br />DEVELOPMENT SITE LOCATED BETWEEN <br />FELLOWS STREET AND CARROLL STREET IN THE <br />SAMPLE -EWING DEVELOPMENT AREA. <br />(HABITAT FOR HUMANITY) <br />