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South Be *d Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular eeting April 25, 1980 <br />4. COM4 NICATIONS <br />a. i4r. Ellison continues... <br />>f conveying to the public the fact that <br />:he staff did not communicate with each <br />if the developers in the process. I will <br />invite the press to contact the other <br />ievelopers to find out some information <br />is to whether we had talked to them. <br />Crue, we have not sat down around a <br />Zegotiation table and in effect said... <br />'okay Mr. Brademas, you can do this... <br />this ... and this, and in effect we will <br />like it." Part of the reason for that <br />is because the Odd Fellows Building obviously <br />is a unique property for the Commission to <br />handle. The Odd Fellows Building, during <br />this past year has not been assumed to be <br />a property that would remain standing, <br />and obviously, in the mind of... <br />Mr. Brademas: Certainly not in the mind <br />of the Mayor because, in his public <br />statements, he felt that the building <br />should be renovated. <br />Mr. Ellison: That is correct, but bear in <br />mind that we acquired the building last <br />April before the election. During the <br />course of the process of handling the <br />building we simply tried to indicate that <br />it was a somewhat unique situation for the <br />Commission and for the staff, so if we are to <br />be kicked for not handling this as we <br />would ordinarily handle a vacant piece of <br />land, then fine, but I do think we have <br />in fact communicated; we have not <br />negotiated in a way in which you would <br />consider to be formal or normal, but I <br />do think that anybody who would contact <br />the other developers would discover that we <br />have in fact communicated with them all along. <br />I also want to point out Mr. Brademas that <br />after the start of the ninety day period of <br />exclusive negotiation you reacted in just <br />the way the other developers did. That <br />is, you supplied us with additional infor- <br />mation. You provided us with information <br />and marketing, and you talked about financing <br />a time or two with me, so that we have indeed <br />obtained additional information, informal, <br />but additional information during the whole <br />process. <br />-19- <br />