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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting –August 26, 2009 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> <br />A. Public Hearings <br /> <br />(3) continued… <br /> <br />REPRESENTATIVE FROM AIRGAS: We <br />have a property on Lafayette St. Are you <br />intending to acquire it? Mr. Relos responded <br />that he has had discussions with Leigh Purdy <br />about acquiring the property. Staff is putting <br />it on the acquisition list so we could move <br />forward if we come to mutual agreement on a <br />price. The representative asked if the <br />company should hold off on listing it with a <br />realtor. Mr. Relos responded that that is <br />entirely up to the owners of Airgas. The <br />company might want to wait until the <br />appraisals come in. <br /> <br />SPEAKER NO. 2: Does the property owner <br />have the right to decide if and when to sell. <br />Mr. Relos responded that the property owner <br />does. <br /> <br />SPEAKER NO. 3: My house is in the 1500 <br />block of Indiana Avenue, south side. Is my <br />house part of this plan? Mr. Relos responded <br />that this plan does not affect any one on the <br />south side of Indiana Avenue. <br /> <br />Mr. Gibney noted that staff has met with the <br />Rum Village Neighborhood Association <br />several times. They looked at the physical <br />condition of parts of the neighborhood. They <br />felt that the north side of the street was most <br />troubled, with its vacant storefronts and <br />residential lots. The north side of the street <br />seemed a natural boundary for Ignition Park. <br />Staff and the neighborhood association felt <br />that expansion of Ignition Park to Indiana <br />Avenue would then strengthen the south side <br /> 9 <br /> <br />