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South B Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - April 25, 1980 4. COMMUNICATIONS a. Mayor Parent continues... one very substantial work there that as been publicly recognized. He has een written up in the newspapers there. r. Kalman is personally a member of the alifornia Economic Development Commis - ion. We are dealing with someone who s highly respected in his home town, so e have no reason to believe that someone f his stature and financial strength ould have any reasons to come over to outh Bend and say.. "I want to rehabili- ate the Odd Fellows Building" in the ack of his mind thing "I am not really aterested, I am just playing a game." Ls. Derbeck: After the meeting where t was announced that Mr. Kalman was the erson interested, I attempted to find ut something about the Miichiana Warehouse. he Chamber of Commerce couldn't tell me nything and even the Better Business ureau couldn't help me. In fact, the eople in the office, when I called their umber were very cagey. After the story as in the paper I had a phone call from company that said "what in the heck is oing on, this company has owed me money or a long time and they won't pay." I now this sometimes happens. That doesn't ule them out, but I have not heard any - hing that reassures me about Michiana arehouse. ayor Parent: Without addressing all of hose concerns, let me put it this way. took office on January 1, 1980, and I ade a commitment to attempt to get the uilding rehabilitated. It is a long time ommitment on my part. We worked with t. Kalman and Mr. Nelson and the choice hat we face is that we either go ahead nd attempt to rehabilitate the building f if they don't do the work the Commission ants them to do, what they committed them - elves to do, and we get the $200,000, we hen tear it down in eighteen months or so. t does not stand in the way of Century -24-