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Home My WebLink AboutRM 09-20-62SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING 20 Sep ember 1962 11;00 .M. Redevelopment Commission Office 129 West Colfax Avenue This meting was called to order by Mr. James G. Louis, President. Commis0ioners present and answering to roll call: On mot on made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Place and unanimously carrie the minutes of September 6, 1962, meeting were approved as read a d the following business was discussed: II. The Cor by Mr. by the unission reviewed, and upon motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded Williams and unanimously carried, approved the option signed owner of Parcel 10 -7, Sample Street Project Indiana R -7. -1- Mr. James G. Louis, President Mr. Clyde E. Williams, Vice - President Mr. Frank G. Koczan Mr. Virgil A. Place Absent Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Secretary Also p esent: 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 Staff. Mr. Henry Sucher, Executive Director Mr. Howard Bellinger, Assistant Director Mr. Edward Bielicki, Relocation Supervisor Mr. Frederick K. Baer, LPA Attorney I. AP ROVAL OF MINUTES On mot on made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Place and unanimously carrie the minutes of September 6, 1962, meeting were approved as read a d the following business was discussed: II. The Cor by Mr. by the unission reviewed, and upon motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded Williams and unanimously carried, approved the option signed owner of Parcel 10 -7, Sample Street Project Indiana R -7. -1- III. kPPROVAL OF CLAIMS PROJEcr EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND - Ind. R -7 Option- B rnice Goldberg - Parcel 10 -7 10.00 Relocation Claims: L roy Prince - Parcel 9 -2 (Unit ##387) 54.00 Mrs. Willa Mae Wallace - Parcel 9 -2 (Unit #386) 54.00 Abstra t Co. of St. Joseph County, Inc. 30.00 Freder'ck K. Baer 315.00 Edward Bielicki - Mileage of August 26.40 Emilia Bilinski - Relocation Office 55.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. - Relocation Office 27.19 I. & M. Electric Co. - Relocation Office 9.26 Northern Indiana Public Sevice Co. 1.38 Urban Redevelopment Fund 152.78 $735.01 REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND: Payrol - Sept. 16 to Sept. 30, 1962 2,363.42 Freder'ck K. Baer 200.00 Susan Presits 80.00 $2,643.42 URBAN Proje 2EDEVELOPMENT FUND: Expenditures Account Fund - Ind. R -7 108.52 GRAND TOTAL $3,486.95 Advance to Redevelopment Revolving Fund from Project Expenditures Account Fund R- 39(FS) $1,000.00 On motion made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Place and unanimously carried, claims for payment totaling $3,486.95 were endorsed by the Commission. -2- IV. I19DUSTRIAL LAND BID OPENING 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 noti e of sale of industrial land. Proof of publications is presen ed 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 opened 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 sq are foot for a total purchase price of $7,200. Submitted with signed proposal is Treasurer's Check of the First Bank & Tr st Company in the sum of $720. 2. In addition, there is also a bid by David S. Subar on behalf of Model Coverall Service, Inc. of Grand Rapids, Michigan, of eying to purchase 13,600 square feet at a price of 23.7 ce is per square foot for a total purchase price of $3,223.20 an submitted with a proposal is a certified check of the bi der certified by the Old Kent and Trust Company of Grand Ra ids, Michigan, for $322.32. The Co ission, by a motion made by Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Ko zan and unanimously carried, took the proposed bids under advisement and requested that both bidders submit form H -6004 as requir d by the HHFA regulations. V. RESOLUTION NO. 50 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.' That mileage'allowance for all travel by private car on. - Commission-business be compensated at 10 cents per mile, said pa ent conforming to the practice of all departments of the City of South Bend. -Said resolution-is given full ' retro - active validity to March 24, 1961. -3- V. RESOLUTION NO. 50 - continued.: _ :j ,__ 2 That the employment by.,..the Commission -.of Howard Bellinger as Assistant Director commencing November 16, 1961, is approved. Xh t h-is salary_for the fir.st..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 - ke per commencing April 21, 1961, is approved. That hbr salary be on the basis of $4,040 per annum. This resolution is given full retroactive validity-to the dateof her employment. On mot on made by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Williams,, the above i resolu ions were unanimously adopted. VI. PROGRESS RE On motion made by Mr.. Williams,,. seconded. by Mr,.. Koczan INVESTMENT - ---, and unanimously carried, the Commission approvedthe IND.R -7 investment of $850,000 of Sample Street Project Indiana FUNDS ds (private loan note proceeds).in,90 -D-day Treasury R�7 f+ Notes. The Agreement Form Concerning Investments was also a proved by the Commission. Mr.. Sucher reported to the Commission that federal-.._ LASALLE approval and advance in the amount of $18,850 has PARK been authorized by the Urban Ren.ewal.Administration APPROVAL for the LaSalle Park General Neighborhood Renewal Project. The Ccmmission 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 St. Area - Project Indiana R -7, requesting that he accept a reduction of $500 from the previous offer of $4,284.45 for subject property, inasmuch as the d molition contractor complained that certain steel raili gs were removed prior to the property being turned over o him for demolition. VI. P�OGRESS REPORT - Continued The Commission, 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 Commis ion. A revised contract for Mrs. Susan Presits, stipulating monthl amounts to be paid for janitorial services, was approved upon motion by Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Williams and unanimously carried. Mr. Su her gave a brief report on his European trip and the IF P Conference in Paris_ Meetin4 adjourned 12:30 p.m. Jas FEASIBILITY SURVEY CONTRACTS PRESITS CONTRACT IFHP CON- FERENCE �. L President Fre lmen, Secretary -5-