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South Be d Redevelopment Commission Special eeting - September 15, 1980 4. NEW BUSINESS (continued) b. Ms. Auburn continues....... ng; then give us a, report back n he has had the opportunity to a couple of bids. That way we can what kind of quality we've got m Mr. Stickler and determine if re were any problems with materials t he used. r. Robinson: In other words, if I'm istening carefully and reading between the Ines, what you are telling me is that we re still faced with the problem of inspec- ions. Even though you are rehabing a house ou don't have enough people to keep the em- loyer honest. [rs. Baumgartner: Yes, we have enough people ut until we are able to make better judgements n the costs of rehabing the house we have to se the 20% comparison figure and our.best udgement. r. Robinson: I can't understand why, if you ave the proper inspection to make sure that your id specifications are met, you don't let the ontractor try to do the job. You can make him o the job according to the specifications he bid . Baumgartner: We can. r. Nimtz: The thing of it is convenience to the roperty owner. You get the house all torn up and he contractor does his work and you make him redo t and it gets all torn up again. I think they are onceined for the convenience and the welfare f the property owner. irs. Baumgartner: Also, the loan is a one shot deal. 'ust say we get Joe Contractor off the Street and he ;ivies us a very low bid. We give the loan on that mount of the bid and he gets 1/3 of the job done end says, forget it, then we have to rebid that portion nd'odds are good that we will not be able to finish .hat job with the money left over from the loan. That .s why they have written into the guidelines that we gave to compare bids to our cost - estimate. -10-