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COMMUNICATIONS (Cont'd) received. The award shall be made to the highest bidder. The manual provides the procedure to be followed, in- cluding a statement of the circumstances justifying a donation of any personal property. Such circumstances would include the lack of interest or need for the pro- perty by the LPA at the fair market value, the results of the open bid competition, the salvage or scrap value of the property, and documentation of efforts to solicit prospective purchasers. The city obviously would be con- tacted as a prospective purchaser. After all efforts des - cribed in the manual have been exhausted to dispose of the property for project proceeds, the property can be donated to any party the LPA deems appropriate. c. South Bend - Mishawaka Area Chamber of Commerce letter dated March 4, 1975, to Redevelopment Commission: This letter is from Mr. John R. Kagel, Executive Director of the Downtown South Bend Council, with attached South Bend Tribune news item dated March 3, 1975, referring to a 'fire holocaust' in the downtown Terre Haute, which, for period of hours, had threatened the central busi- ness district in Terre Haute. The letter states, the main shut -off valves within the area of downtown South Bend has been discussed in several of the Commission meetings. Mr. Kagel is stressing one basic map showing all shut -off valves, and other pertinent information, would assist in all future planning activities by the City of South Bend. Mr. Brownell advised the Commissioners the firemen, in the Terre Haute fire, couldn't get to the shut -off valves, lo- cated in the boiler room of the building, which sprayed torchlike flames from the basement to the second floor, and that part of the building had to be torn down before the utility crews could safely plug the broken main. They were afraid the vibrations from the ground might send the wall right down on the men. Mr. Kagel advised he is bringing this to our attention as a follow -up on what can happen, and also so that the official city will request and have the drawings for the shut -off valves for all utilities shown on maps and be available for the Fire and Police Departments. As we are having the updated "As- Built" drawings prepared to make certain the utilities and the cut -offs are shown. Mr. Brownell advised the engineering firm is placing all the updated "As- Built" drawings on the original tracings, but that it will not include the utilities. The utility - 4 - CHAMBER REQUESTS SHUT -OFF VALVES TO BE SHOWN FOR ALL UTILITIES, RIVER BEND PLAZA R -66