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owners, Randy and Kathleen Hess were divorcing and Mrs. Hess has no interest in the property and is unable to transfer title to the property because of several reasons including an outstanding warrant out for the arrest of her husband. She also noted the bank has foreclosed on the mortgage and has been attempting to sell it for over a year to no avail. In addition she noted the City had affirmed the demolition order and had worked with no less than half a dozen prospective buyers who had all decided the City's estimation of $30,000 to make repairs was a conservative estimate plus all of the title problems. She explained there are also back taxes owed on the property which further raised the cost. She also had discussion with other property owners including Ron Farr of 740 Bronson who had circulated a petition asking for the approval of the demolition. Mrs. Dempsey presented the Commission with the petition which bore 55 signatures of property owners in the Edgewater Place Historic District. She concluded with that evidence, she believed the structure to be a burden to the tax payers of the City of South Bend. She explained the City had incurred bills in excess of $700 to clean the property and bills in excess of $1,100 to keep the property secure. She concluded that it was a blight on the neighborhood and unsafe to the public and the only available solution she saw was demolition. Commissioner Bullene inquired if anyone from the district had opposed the demolition. Mrs. Dempsey responded she was not aware of any. Commissioner Choitz noted it was late now, but that Southold Restorations had not been notified and they might have been able to do something. She noted she had no idea from the statements given what the initial investment would have to be to get the property nor did she know how big the house was. Mrs. Dempsey replied she believed there were no more than two bedrooms. Commissioner Bullene noted it goes back quite far. Mr. Duvall clarified the size of the building to be 5 rooms as the original house with 2 subsequent layers of additions and he stated removal of some of those additions would be appropriate. President Oxian inquired of Mr. Duvall how much he estimated the rehabilitation cost to be. Mr. Duvall agreed with Code Enforcements assessment of $30,000 for contract labor. lie noted the real impediment was not so much the construction cost, but the entanglements of ownership. Commissioner Choitz inquired if anyone had clear title. Mr. Duvall said last time he had spoken with TransAmerica they had not foreclosed, but Mrs. Dempsey had more recent information. Mrs. Dempsey said she was advised by the Legal Department that $10,000 in legal fees would get the problems remedied and a year or two in court would be necessary. President.Oxian inquired if Mrs. Dempsey felt by the time all of that could be taken care, nothing would be left of the house. He inquired if the house was secured now, in two years would the house be in a state that someone could rehab it. Mr. Duvall said if you could control access to it, the porch would probably be gone and the roof may have problems. President Commissioner inquired if the house was rehabilitated for $30,000 and $10,000 in legal fees were paid, would you be able to sell it for $40,000 in that area. Commissioner Choitz said houses in the area did sell. for that amount, but she was not sure. Mr. Duvall could not give a definitive answer either. Commissioner Hostetler asked if any adjoining property owners had established they would assume the property and care for it. Mrs. Dempsey reported the question had not been asked, but some property owners had been maintaining the property. Commissioner Hostetler restated the question. Mrs. Dempsey replied the only way that could legally happen was for it to go through tax sale to have the title cleansed. Mr. Duvall asked if this was on the October 1 tax sale. Mrs. Dempsey replied it may have been and that it