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South Be *d Redevelopment Commission Regular eeting January 2, 1980 4. COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Vimtz continues.... i.e other thing I regret is the listing of he policies which were written by Michiana itle Corporation. The majority of those itle policies were not ordered by the adevelopment Commission. They were ordered y someone in the Bureau of Housing, and we had :) control over the ordering of those policies. he Commission only approves claims, in which ark or services have been done for the Bureau f Housing. I have discussed the memorandum ith one or two of the Commissioners informally, ut I haven't had time to have a full meeting ith all of the Commissioners concerning this atter. Mr. Butler: To this point I have basically remained silent on the matter, but I would like to make a few comments now for the record. I have also reviewed the Mayor's and Mr. Brunner's memorandum in some dept . It includes four charges of conflict. First of all the East Bank Title work. Last summer, Mayor Nemeth told the Redevelopment Department staff that he wanted the Monroe - Sample and the East Bank declared "blighted" before he left office. That declaration process is lengthy and it involves a number of steps including securing the title information, surveys and appraisals for each of the parcels. In September, the staff determined that the title information could not be provided within the time available without utilizing all three of the title companies present in the community. Michiana Title Corporation processed ten orders for the Depa tment of Redevelopment at $50.00 per order. The 3econd area of charged conflict is the First Bank rriott leasehold title work. On Monday, October 15, 1979, three days before the HUD imposed deadLine for closing, AE'INA Insurance Company, the lend r, called to ask for immediate delivery of the title work. I called the Redevelopment Department to ask when the title work had been submitted, and was told at that point that no title work had been orde ed. Because of the obvious, critical emergency I assumed responsibility and immediately ordered the preliminary commitment for title insurance from Mich Lana Title Corporation because I was absolutely confident that it would then be available for delivery the next day, Tuesday, October 18, 1979.