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6. NEWIBUSINESS (Cont'd Summarizing further questions by Mr. Evans and answers by Mr. Brownell: The letter is only requesting the appraisal and value of the land, with the answer being the land cannot be appraised until we have the proper land use. What was not stated in the letter, per Mr. Brownell, is in their negotiations with him they are talking about a change in the land use4, The present zoning is for public parking and partly commercial, and- it;was envisioned that there would be a building on that property with public parking below and commercial use above. Commissioner Wiggins said if we went ahead with this and it were possible for them to do what they proposed to do, it would be a very minor use for that amount of land. About the time you did it, a short time later you might get a proposal from some corpora- tion who may want to locate their home office here and build a building and have the bus terminal underneath, and then we wouldn't be able to do anything about it. The land use that we have set up on that property is not the land use that would accommodate what the Bus Company wants to do. Appraisal under the terms of this land use would be meaningless to the Bus Company because they can't use the land under these terms. For us to change the land use is an involved procedure and we don't want this to develop in that manner anyway, so it just becomes kind of a mute question actually in terms of appraisal. The motion was carried as noted above. b. Commercial Lease, R -66: Authorization was requested to enter COMMERCIAL into a Commercial Lease with John Spagnolo and the Department of LEASE AP- Redevelopment, at 114 South Michigan Street, on month -to -month PROVED, basis, commencing November 1, 1975, as a fruit and vegetable 114 SOUTH market, in rental amount of $200.00 per month, which includes MICHIGAN, the utilities (heat, water and electricity) no other costs, R -66 Project Indiana R -66. Mr. Spagnolo was present and said he wanted to thank the people who gave him the opportunity to further South Bend, and "I am not one of those hypocrites, so to speak, who sits back.and com- plains about South Bend not doing anything. Now I have a chance to do something. We brought people downtown. You gave me that opportunity. I have proven it; the town has proven it- -that South Bend has survived downtown- -River Bend Plaza. I was not only being a good humanitarian, but we are making money'. That's what it's all about." President Nimtz thanked Mr. Spagnolo for his very complimentary letter he had in the "Voice of the People." Mr. Wiggins stated that we appreciate Mr. Spagnolo's activity on the Plaza and he would be very happy to move for the authori- zation of the lease, as noted above. This is a month -to -month lease, with Mr. Spagnolo expecting to remain for two months- - until the end of the year. Motion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and carried. This building is next door to our Plaza Office. - 11 -