11-02-07 Redevelopment Commission Minutes

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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Rescheduled Regular Meeting -November 2, 2007 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Friday, October 19, 2007. Mr. Peczkowski made a motion to reconsider and enter a correction into the Minutes on pages four, five and six. He noted that if an error was made in the acceptance of a petition, it is the parliamentary right of a member of the voting majority to request that the motion to approve be reconsidered. It was stated by our Commission that the petition is objecting to something for which there is no plan. It implied that those circulating the petitions were paying credence to rumors. Mr. Peczkowski had drafts, one confidential, that were given to Commissioners which include a point eight stating nothing but demolition intended for the Fat Daddy's project; there was no mention of the possibility of rehabbing. He noted that all Commissioners received this draft dated August 8. Then the same statement was repeated in the Mayor's press release of August 17. Mr. Peczkowski wanted to accept the petition again, however without the caveats, and to apologize for the dismissive tone with which the petition was originally accepted by the Commission as if it were a case of a petition being presented based on rumor. Mr. King noted that the Minutes state, "So far no decision has been made to demolish the buildings." Ms. Jones noted that that is, in fact, correct. The Commission has not made a decision one way or the other about demolition of Fat Daddy's. She believed that was the spirit of the statement that was made at the October 19 meeting. While rumors and plans by individuals outside of this Commission may have been stated or made or published, this five-member Commission which has the authority to make that decision, has not made that decision. It hasn't even entertained