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Home My WebLink AboutNo. 0050 resolutions previously adoptedthat were not shown in official minutes of meeting of the Redevelopment CommissionSOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING 20 September 1962 Redevelopment Commission Office 11°00 A. M. 12: West Colfax Avenue This meeting was called to order by Mr. James G. Louis, President. Commissioners present and answering to roll calls Mr. James G. Louis, President Mr. Clyde E. Williams, Vice - President Mr. Frank G. Koczan Mr. Virgil A. Place Absently Also Staffs Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Secretary sent: Mr. Lewis Haber, Reporter, South Bend Tribune Mr. William Brown, Urban League Mr. Edgar Seybold, Civic Planning Association Mr. S. Klaybor, The Studebaker Corporation Mr. J. Moorman, The Studebaker Corporation Mr. Henry Sucher, Executive Director Mr. Howard Bellinger, Assistant Director Mr. Edward Bielicki, Relocation Supervisor Mr. Frederick K. Baer, LPA Attorney I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Place and unanimously carried, the minutes of September 6, 1962, meeting were approved as read and the following business was discussed: II. APPROVAL OF OPTION The Commission reviewed, and upon motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Williams and unanimously carried, approved the option signed" by thE owner of Parcel 10 -7, Sample Street Project Indiana R -7. -1- III, APPROVAL OF CLAIMS PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT Option: Bernice Goldberg - Parcel 10 -7 10.00 Relocation Claims:, Leroy Prince - Parcel 9 -2 (Unit #387) 54.00 rs. Willa Mae Wallace - Parcel 9 -2 (Unit #386) 54.00 Abstract Co. of St. Joseph County, Inc. 30.00 Frede ick K. Baer 315.00 Edwar Eielicki - Mileage of August 26.40 Emiliz Bilinski - Relocation Office 55.00 India a Bell Telephone Co. - Relocation Office 27.19 I & M Electric Co. - Relocation Office 9.26 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. 1.38 Urban Redevelopment Fund 152078 $735.01 REDEV §LOPMENT REVOLVING FUND: Payroll - Sept 16 to Sept. 30, 1962 2,363.42 Frede ick K. Baer 200.00 Susan Presits 80.00 $2,643.42 URBAN I REDEVELOPMENT FUND: Project Expenditures Account Fund - Ind. R -7 108.52 GRAND TOTAL $3,486.95 Advance to Redevelopment Revolving Fund frog► Project Expenditures Account Fund R- 39(FS) $1,000,00 On motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Place and unanimous- ly carried, claims for payment totaling $3,486.95 were endorsed by the Commission. -2- IV. INDUSTRIAL LAND BID i On July 13, 1962, the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelop- ment published in the South Bend Tribune, The Record, and the August, 1962, issue of The National Real Estate Investor (Magazine) a notice of sale of industrial land. Proof of publications is prese ted and ordered filed. Sealed offers under the proposal were to be received at the office of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission up to 11:00 o'clock A.M., Central Daylight Time, on the 20th day of September, 1962. It now being after 11:00 o'clock A.M. on said date, the following bids were oened and examined: 1. Bid from Michael B. Lynch, dated September 20, 1962, for the purchase of approximately 30,000 square feet at 24'cents a s uare foot for a total purchase price of $7,200. Submitted with signed proposal is Treasurer's Check of the First Bank & T ust Company in the sum of $720. 2. Ir addition, there is also a bid by David S. Subar on behalf of Model Coverall Service, Inc. of Grand Rapids, Michigan, offering to purchase 13,600 square feet at a price of 23.7 cents per square foot for a total purchase price of $3,223.20 a d submitted with a proposal is a certified check of the bidder certified by the Old Kent and Trust Company of Grand R pids, Michigan, for $322.32. The Commission, by a motion made by Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. K czan and unanimously carried, took the proposed bids under advisement and requested that both bidders submit form H -6004 as required by the HHFA regulations. V. RESOLUTION NO. The Commission's attention was directed to the fact that certain resolutions previously adopted and followed as a matter of policy were not shown in the official minutes of the meetings of the Redevelopment Commission. Said resolutions were as follows: 1. at mileage allowance for all travel by private car on mmission business be compensated at 10 cents per mile, said yment conforming to the practice of all departments of the ty of South Bend. Said resolution is given full retro- active lidity to March 24, 1961. -3- V. RESOLUTION - Continued 2e Th t'the employment by the Commission of Howard Bollinger as Assistant Director commencing November 16, 1961, is approved. That his salary for the first six months of employment be on the basis of $8000 per annum and that his salary for the second six months of employment be on the basis of $8500 per annum, said employment to be conditioned upon satisfactory performance of his duties. This resolution is given full retroactive va idity to the date of employment of Howard Bellinger. 3. That the employment by the Commission of Gisella Nagy as book- keeper commencing April 21, 1961, is approved. That her salary be on the basis of $4,040 per annum. This resolution is given full retroactive validity to the date of her employment. On mot on made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Williams, the above resolu ions were unanimously adopted, VI. PIROGRESS On motion made by Mr. Williams, seconded by Mrs Koczan and unanimously carried, the Commission approved the investment of $850,000 of Sample Street Project Indiana R -7 funds (private loan note proceeds) in 90 -day Treasury Notes - The Agreement Form Concerning Investments was also a The by the Commissions Mr. Su tier reported to the Commission that federal approval and advance in the amount of $18,650 has been a thorized by the Urban Renewal Administration for tha LaSalle Park General Neighborhood Renewal Projec e INVESTMENT IND. R -7 FUNDS LASALLE PARK APPROVAL The Commission advised Mr. Sucher to get informal bids OFFICE on painting the South Bend Redevelopment Commission PAINTING offices at 129 W. Colfax Avenue. BIDS Mr. Baer was advised by the Commission to write to PARCEL Lt. James Kanouse of the Kanouse Coal Company, Parcel 1 -1 1 -1, Sample Ste Area - Project Ind. R -7, requesting that he accept a reduction of $500 from the previous offer Df $4,264.45 for subject property, inasmuch as the de olition contractor complained that certain steel railings were removed prior to the property being turned over t him for demolition. me VI. P�,OGRESS_ REPORT - Continued The Conmission, on motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded TRANSFER by Mr. Williams and unanimously carried, approved the OF FUNDS transferring of $1,000 out of Survey and Planning Funds R- 39(FS) under Feasibility Study into the Redevelopment Revolving Fund. Mr. Sucher reported to the Commission that both the Philip Hammer Associates and Blair Associates contracts on the economic and planning study of the Central Area have been submitted to URA for a definite commitment from t em before they are signed by the Redevelopment Commission. FEASIBILITY SURVEY CONTRACTS A revised contract for Mrs. Susan Presits, stipulating PRESITS monthly amounts to be paid for janitorial services, was CONTRACT approved upon motion by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Williams and unanimously carried. Mr. S the I Meet James r gave a brief report on his European trip and IFHP CON - Conference in Paris.. FERENCE adjourned 12:30 p.m. G. Louis, President -5- Fred J. Helmen, Secretary