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5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd Mr. Taylor stated, "I don't think that -their bid is going to be acceptable, frankly. They have to be able to indicate that they have some interest in the property. Of course, an option certainly is an indication of interest, but it seems to me that there should be a way to word this terminology so that this thing is acceptable. I don't think that we would want to go into the detailed technical problems." President Nimtz said, "I think this is the reason for the meeting between you, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Brownell, to get these resolved. Mr. Taylor stated he wished this could have been resolved yesterday because they are so ... minimal problems. Mr. Butler asked if the Commissioners are amenable to a special meeting - -if, between now and the early part of next week, we can come to some conclusion, some resolution. All responded they would be available for a special meeting, with the exception of Mr. Nimtz on dates of 11th and 12th of July, the dates he would be out of town for a case in Elkhart. Mr. Butler and Mr. Brownell are to proceed to work with Mr. Taylor and when resolved, a Special Commission Meeting is to be called for the discussion of the consideration of the bid on Disposition Parcel No. 6 -1. The motion was so made by Mr.. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and carried. The meeting wi''ll be public. Ms. Jeanne Derbeck, reporter for The South Bend Tribune, asked what is happening to Gordon Medlock's bid, and Commissioner Wiggins said, "He didn't make a bid; he made a proposal." Mr. Brownell advised Mr. Medlock's request was that we reject any- body else's bid, whoever it was, and then we change the land use so that he could bid according to his desire. Ms. Derbeck said Mr. Medlock was very eager and he wants a chance to make a formal bid, and that if Mr. Taylor's group gets it, then Mr. Medlock's group will not have a chance to bid. Mr. Butler advised, "That is something the Commissioners will have to consider when they make their decision. We will be considering it, of course, when we make our recommendation to the Commissioners." Commissioner Wiggins responded to various questions Ms. Derbeck raised, and in all fairness to her in a reporting problem, he advised, "We underwent a lot of 'flack' here- -most of us present are aware of - -with the bid that Associates made that had some technical difficulties; that it could not really be accepted. It was held on that kind of basis. We are not getting into that again. That is what we are looking at right now." Ms. Derbeck again referred to Medlock's proposal - -that they are begging to bid and want to build something. Commissioner Wiggins advised Medlock's proposal required- -not a zoning change- -but a land -use change. They didn't want to bid under the terms that we had the property up for bid. "Now, I can appreciate the difficulties in this, and I would hope that everybody who wants to get into the act, that there could be a place for them, because we can use all the eager people that we can find, and, hopefully, maybe - -we have some other properties - -we are not entirely out of properties." -6-