HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 03-19-64March , 1964
10:30 A.M.
SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
129 W. Colfax Avenue
South Bend, Indiana
Meeting presided over by James G. Louis, president.
Commis4ioners present and answering to roll call=
Absent:
Also
Staff =
I.
Mr. James G. Louis, President
Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Vice President
Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Secretary
Mr. William J. Brown
Mr. Frank G. Koczan
esent:
Mrs. Janet Allen, Common Council
Mr. Edwin T. Smith, Common Council
Mr. Edgar Seybold, Civic Planning Association
Mr. Marchmont Kovas, South Bend Tribune Reporter
Mr. Kenneth Augustine, Urban League
Mr. John Oliver, LaSalle Park Council Publidty Chairman
Mrs, Annette Brodie, LaSalle Park District Council
Mr. Levi Howard, LaSalle Park District Council
Mrs. Levi Howard, LaSalle Park District Council
Mrs. Leona Kimble, LaSalle Park District Council
Mr. James Badowski, LaSalle Park District Council
Mr: Henry Sucher, Executive Director*
Mr. Carl R. Nowak, Assistant Directors'
Mr.. Charles.L. Davis, Relocation Director
Mr. Bruce C, Hammerschmidt, LPA Counsel
Minutes of the meeting of March 5, 1964 were read and approved, on
motion made by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Wiggins and unanimously
carried.
II. APPROVAL OF OPTIONS
On motion made by Mr* Helmen, seconded by Mr. Wiggins and unanimously
carried, the Commission approved the following options in the Chapin
Street Indiana R-»29 area: 6 -19, 6-20, and 6--26.
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III. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
On motion made by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Helmen and unanimously.
carried, the Commission approved the following claims for payment
totali g $16,956.56:
Real Estate Retentions
William & Genevieve Paulson Parcel 14 -4 $1,500.00
Clement C. Fiwek, Treasurer, St. Joseph County 414.28
South Eend Tribune 14.98
South Eend Tribune 11.09
Total $1,940.35
PROJECTI EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FTTNT) R -2q
New Testament Baptist Church Parcel 6 -19
Rose Silberman 6 -26
Dave & C1ara.Wright 6 -20
:al Estate Purchases
Julius. Y.&Bertha Cohen Parcel 5--11.
Noel E. & Emma E. Wilson 4--8
Noel E. & Emma E. Wilson 4 -9
!location Claims
10.00
10.00
10.00
$4,187.46
2,479.70
4,653.17
Balth
sar BleJ
Parcel
3 -25
$ 81.00
Elvis
Malone
2 -11
81.00
Georg
nna Jamison
1 -17
54.00
Lillie
B. Freeman
5 -3
81.00
Dick's
Moving_& Transfer
(Arthur ,H. Allen) "
6-=5
85.00
Mary
Laisnez
3 -8
70.00
Total
$111802.33
REDEVELOPMENT
REVOLVING FUND
Direct
Mail Letter Service,
Inc..
$ 85.30
Brine C
Hammerschmidt
-
200,00
Sears,
oebuck- and_. Co.
'3..00
Payroll
-- March 16 -31, 1964
'^
2,760.10
Charles
L <.,Davis
312,50
- Dorothy
Z. Deane
133.35
C1ipp
ngex C....Fry
150.00
Theod
re..R. Golubic
270.85
Gordon
L. Harrell:.
- 213.35
Dorothy
N. Howell
155.00
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III.
APPROVAL OF CLAIMS -- Continued
immediately
REDEVE
OPMENT REVOLVING FUND -- Continued
Kroft 150.00 -
with the next step and authorize a
Eva
Gise
la M. Nagy 173,35
to determine soil conditions in the
Carl
R. Nowak 359.20
how much
Susan
Presits 40.00
etc.
Henry
Sucher 625.00
ASSOC.,INC.
Irene
V. Ungar ait 177.50
Total
$3,048.40
URBAN
REDEVELOPMENT FUND
Bell Telephone Co. -- Relocation office
12.00
Indiand
Indiand
& Michigan Electric Co. -- Relocation Office
8 -70
Northern
Indiana Public Service Co. - Relocation Office
2.98
South Bend
Water Works " Relocation Office
2,05
South Bend
Window Cleaning Co. Relocation Office
4.00
M. 0, Wolfe
and Company
135.75
Total
$165.48
GRAND TOTAL
$16,956.56
INVEST
NTS - U.S. TREASURY BILLS
Project Expenditures Account Fund R-7-
$297,300.33
From
From
Redevelopment District Capital Fund R - -7
74,426.38
From
Redevelopment District Capital Fund R-29
156,9}74.76
Total
$528,701.47
IV. P
OGRESS REPORT
Mr. Hanmerschmidt reported that:. an amended Project Eligi -- LA SALLE
bility Report has been received from the consultant firm PARK AREA
of Par ins, Rogers & Associates, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan. IND. R -41
The Conmission is of the opinion that based on the amended
report they can now go ahead and continue to study and
explore definite possibilities of a rehabilitation program.._..
for the LaSalle Park Area.
Mr. Sucher
recommended that the Commission
immediately
R--41`-TEST
procee
with the next step and authorize a
series of_testC7iINCS
borings
to determine soil conditions in the
area to see
CLYDE 7 E.
how much
work has to be done regarding excavating streets,
WILLIAMS
etc.
The Commission, on motion made by Mr.
Wiggins,
ASSOC.,INC.
seconded by Mr. Helmen and unanimously carried, approved
the hiring of Clyde E. Williams Associates, xnc. for the
fifteen test borings to be performed in the LaSalle Park
Indian R -41 Area, at a cost of $450.00.
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IV. PJOGRESS REPORT - Continued
The Commission
decided not to acquire any more properties
CHAPIN ST.
in the
Chapin Street Indiana R -29 area until (a) it is
IND. R -29
definitely
determined whether Federal support of this
-AREA
project
is in jeopardy due to the currently unclear status
of the
planned public ;housing, and (b) the Commission-
receives
a directive from the Common Council to proceed at
full speed
with the Chapin Street Project,
Mr. Da
is submitted his monthly report on relocation in
IND, R-29
the Chapin
Street Project Area, He stated there is a back..,
AREA
log of
families in need of rental housing.
RELOCATION
On motion
made by Mr. Wiggins,,.seconded,by Mr. Helmen and
STAI)IANA
unanimously
carried, the Commission-,,approved the.Offer of
PARCEL 1(e)
the St
diana, Inc. (United Parcel Service) to purchase
IND. R -7
indust
ial land in the Sample Street.R -7 Are.a.subject to
the receipt
of the architectural sketch and approval of
-the sketch
by Forrest R. West, Building Commissioner:of.:.
;:the.,,Ci
y of South Bend, Mr. West has agreed to examine
all sk
tches of future purchasers of land in the Sample St.
Are a
The Com
Mr.. Wig
ment of
Account
Meeting
Fr /ed J.
ission, on motion made by'Mrt Helmen, seconded by R--29
ins and unanimously- -passed, approved the .:reinvest- --INVESTMENT
$100,000 from -the. project Expenditures-Indiana R -29
in 60• -day U .-S;; Treasury. Notes.
was .adjourned 11:25 a.m.
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