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South Bend evelopment Commission Regular Meeting - November 9, 1990 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) e. continuea... something else. They come to the city, and the city can go and take this grotrid. You never owned your ground to tha extent. If you owned the ground I would think someone would say would you sell it to me. And you could say yes itfs for the betterment of the city, or the betterment of the area. The a mer WOLL d quote the price. The way things are going we don't awn our ground. We were told "the appraisers are coming in and they'll give you a price and you could counter." If you're taken off the gratuid you've developed, I hope none of you have to go through this. Ms. Kolata stated that we have had several conversations with Mr. & Mrs. PerxLl and we are aware of their concerns. Mr. Pendl stated that he wants to tell all of you something, and he hopes that you are all fair with all of us. This is not right the way you are taking our ground. This is for private enterprise, thi is a private golf curse. You can go c ut to St. Patrick's Park, you can go to z ny park and anyone who takes care of the.e e grounds is paid for by city funds. The.c e people that work at this golf co are going to be paid by private victuals. These private individuals are going to put money in their pocket. We c rot a certified letter, and if I had kn what it was I would have never sigred for it, from the appraiser that the are going to appraise our ground. We I ave never been told the city even wanted our grounds. Ms. the the :olata stated that that is Teat. We were slow in sending you a .r, but you were aware that we were -ested in your property. I talked to wife, I talked to you, and it was in gaper that the Cottmiission had hired ppraisers. I apologize that I was -16-