12-17-73 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 17 1973 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) Section 1. Such financing for Ridgedale Nursing Home under the Act be and the same is hereby approved. Section 2. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s/ Terry S. Miller Member of the Common Council A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Mr. Kenneth Fedder, Attorney for the South Bend Development Commission, indicated that the commission had approved the resolution becau it would be of benefit to the community. He indicated that Mr. Charles Roemer would answer any questions the Council would have. Mr. Roemer indicated that the amount of the bonds was $600,000. The construction would be an addition on the west side of the existing structure in order to allow for 70 additional beds. He stated that 80 new employees would be hired and $500,000 would be added to the annual payroll. Councilman Miller made a motion that the resolution passed by a roll call vote of Taylor, Kopczynski, Horvath, Newburn and RESOLUTION NO. 401 -73 resolution be adopted, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The nine ayes (Councilmen Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Parent, Nemeth) . A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE OLIVER DAM RACEWAY PHASE FOR THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT. WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 5503 -73, passed April 9, 1973, appropriated $500,000.00 for various Civic Center expenses and established a budget line item of $273,000.00 for Architect's Fees, Design and Special Reports; and WHEREAS, the Civic Center Authority has approved the Schematic Design Phase of the Architect's Contract and has authorized the architectural firm of Phillip Johnson and John Burgee, to proceed with the preliminary design of the Civic Center; and WHEREAS, the engineering and architectural services in connection with the detailed design of the white -water rapids proposed for construction in the existing headrace channel adjoining Oliver Dam are estimated to be in the sum of $57,500.00, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: SECTION I. That the proposed Contract pertaining to the Oliver Dam Raceway Design Phase in the amount of $57,500.00, approved by the Civic Center Authority on December 14, 1973, is hereby approved. SECTION II. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s/ Peter J. Nemeth Member of the Common Council A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Mr. Charles Lennon, Contract Administrat for the Civic Center Authority, explained that he was requesting approval based on prior authori- zation. He stated that the Board of Public Works had approved the resolution this very morning and the project has to do with a multi -facet approach to the Oliver Dam for the white -water raceway for engineering costs in the amount of $57,500. Miss Virginia Guthrie, Executive Secretary of the Civic Planning Association, asked about the total cost. Mr. Lennon stated that the total cost for the Civic Center would be approximately one million dollars. The bonding for the project and pay- ment thereof would be the responsibility of the Park Department, and this was covered in the following resolution. Mr. Lennon indicated that the estimated cost for landscaping and development of the white -water contract was $500,000 of which $264,000 would be to repair the Oliver Dam. The remaining funds would be for the landscaping of the rest of the Civic Center. Mrs. Janet Allen, 125 West Marion Street, questioned the cost of the Civic Center. She questioned the million dollar for the landscaping. She stated that, when the project was originally started, it was stated that it would be a ten to twelve million dollar project for the building. She stated that now the building was being reduced because a million dollars was going into the landscaping. Councilman Miller stated that there were project costs and building costs involved. The project costs would be the total costs and would amount to eleven million dollars. He stated that it was not possible to guarantee the amount until actual costs were obtained. Hopefully, under a half million dollars could be used for the river bank and landscaping and raceway. He stated that this was an outside estimate of the total landscaping. Mrs. Allen felt the dam should be secured before construction of the Center. Councilman Miller stated that this was considered outside the scope of the Civic Center project but it was a county, city and state concern. Council President Nemeth indicated that the engineers determined that a building could not be built without construction of a west retaining wall. Mr. Lennon indicated that he was referring to the wall immediately west of the island. Councilman Miller presented a drawing showing the raceway and the retaining wall. Mrs. Allen felt that the building was needed more than the water; and that the Park Department had many of its own projects to undertake having been straddled with the mall. She stated that some of the bonding power of the Park Department would be used for that phase of the Civic Center. Miss Guthri wondered if the dam was to be considered an additional project. Mr. Lennon stated that the dam was in need of repair and is owned by the city. It was not a part of the original proposal but it is a part of the overall area downtown. Miss Guthrie asked about the estimated cost of repairing the dam, and Mr. Lennon indicated that that figure was not available at this time. A gentlemen in the audience asked if the dam served any useful purpose, and Mr. Lennon answered that it controlled the flooding waters and the flow down and up stream. Mrs. Frederick Mutzl, President of the St. Joseph County Fair Tax Association, wondered where the money would be coming from. She stated that $500,000 had been made available under revenue sharing funds. She asked how much money would be needed from the taxpayers. Councilman Miller stated that the newspaper had reported many times the estimated costs. He explained that a portion would be >r