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South Bend evelopment Comission Regular Mee ing - May 10, 1991 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) a. conuinuea... conier anywhere, you need to write a letter to everyone in the neighborhood explaining to them what's going on. Let thex i come and see what you are doing." Two weeks later there came a letter in the mail. Who was at that meeting? I thilk it was three people in there from the time I was in there. But the fact of the matter is, like I said, I told them I didn't want to sell. They got a nice idea. They got a nice plan. But don't share with me. Don't have the City take my property. They told me from day one, like I said, I knew the City was going to buy the property years ago. And the Historical Society said, "Well, back off and let us try to handle it. Then, if we can It handle it, in so many words, we'll and get you to save us? That's just wha the City's doing today. I'm going to save them because, the bottom line is, the r created the problem with me that the want the City to resolve. Like I sai if they came to me fair, we could hav gotten it done. 'Then I tried to tal them into a deal where, my lots are bac to back. Let me have one of your lots, I'll give you the lot you want. Then we'll be fine. They didn't even wan to talk about that. "Why can't you buy a lot somewhere else ?" I said, "Why can I t you buy a lot somewhere else? Thal: 's my property." And like I asked thed, I got some property across the street. I said, "Well, OK, give me in writing that you won't, in a few years, decide you want the house across the street and you're going to tear that down and keep moving." They said, "Well, right now, we don't have any plans, but we 't tell you what the future is." Thai: 's a cop out because I got a feeling the got plans, but they are only going as ar they are going now, as far as they can get away with to get the City to back them up. Originally they only wanted -11-