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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - September 20, 1996 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) <br />e. continued.... <br />Social Security Administration, which the <br />representative hoped to have by <br />September 13, 1996. GSA would then <br />go out with the request for proposals. <br />GSA hopes to have a decision by mid - <br />December. <br />Mrs. Kolata noted that neither SSP <br />Properties nor BCP Partnership met the <br />minimum bid price that the Commission <br />could accept at this point. SSP <br />Properties has a bid price of $150,000, <br />they would require the Commission to <br />have the building torn down and to <br />complete any environmental remediation <br />that is required. The staff estimate on the <br />environmental investigation (not including <br />remediation) is approximately $15,000. <br />The staff anticipates that the $150,000 <br />purchase price from SSP Properties <br />would cover any environmental <br />remediation and the demolition of the <br />building. <br />Mrs. Kolata noted that if the building was <br />to be torn down, the staff has serious <br />concerns about the style of building that <br />is suggested by SSP Properties. There <br />was no site plan or design for a new <br />building on this lot, instead photographs <br />of other buildings that SSP Properties has <br />constructed in other cities were <br />submitted. These buildings were <br />suburban type, single -story buildings <br />which is not exactly what is desired on <br />the site. The staffs other concern <br />C, consisted of the experiences that they had <br />-14- <br />