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Home My WebLink AboutRM 04-04-68April 4, 19 8 10:30 A. M. Presiding Off 1. ROLL CALL Present: SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING icer: Donald A. Wiggins, President Donald A. W ggins, President Stephen E. Kompar, Vice President John E. Chenney, Secretary Billy W- Kirk, Asst. Secretary Fred J. Helmen, Member nt: Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Redevelopment Trustee Mrs. Helen McClatcher, "Reformer" Newspaper Reporter Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, Redevelopment Trustee Mr. Cassell Lawson, South Bend Urban League Mr. Edgar Seybold, Civic Planning Assn. Mr. Larry Morrison, South Bend Tribune Reporter L. Glenn Barbe, Assistant Director Oliver J. Scott, Relocation Director Mrs. B. Gene Skeldon, Secretary Others PresO LPA Staff: 120 W. LaSalle Ave. South Bend, Indiana 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission unanimously approved the regular minutes of March 21$ 1968, on motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. Kirk. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Upon motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. Kirk, the Commis- sion unanimously approved payment of the following claims, totaling $168,042.58. PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R=29 Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. Clyde E. Wi liams & Associates, Inc. Total 6NT FUND R-57 Options Geo. N� Beamer, Jr., Guardian of'Amos Townsend, #37-1 Real Estate Purchases Geo. K -Beamer, Jr., Guardian of Stnley Szefeik, #43-3 Julia Viatkowski, Executrix,.#46-16 -1- $ 633.86 2,896.40 $ 3,530.26 10.00 1,500.00 4,335.00 Relocation laims Ozell Tones, #22-13, Paid to Elton Gailday, Mover Bessie Thomas, #39-17 Lillie B. Pearson, #28-3 - Unit #172 - Final Queen Williams - 411-6 Mattie Golden - #28-3 - Unit #195 - Final George Sanders - #1-33 - Unit #168 - Final IT it & Wm. Morris - #1-33 - Unit #168 Mattie Golden - #28-3 - Unit #195 Lillie B. Pearson - #28-3 - Unit #172 Rehabilitat*on Claims Ornture & Della Hesiben - 15/R-57/31/1 TherreL & Lillie McElvene - 15/R-57/4 Wickes Home Improvement Service K. & S. Construction Co. Bath Insura. Credit Bur& Dore Wrecki. Douthitt Of: Hertz Rent-, John A. Kot: North Centri South Bend South Bend South Bend I Enterprise Woodruff & E. R. Knapp ace Agency, Inc. au of South Bend, Inc. ag Co. Eice Equipment Co. kll Corp. 7-enmacher - Mileage al Appraisal Co., Inc. 71xterminating Company Fribune later Works Zecord Sons, Inc. & Sons City Planniog Associates, Inc. Business SyOtems, Inc. CAPITAL F Rieth-RileylConstr. Co., Inc. FUND Bath Insura#ce Agency, Inc. IV Payroll: March 16-31, 1968 Hmard Bellinger $593.50 -2- $ 105.00 45.00 242.00 50.00 257.00 175.00 65.00 35.00 35.00 53.00 109.00 4,481.00 1,500.00 32.00 13.00 6,384.70 248.00 21.24 55.80 95.00 30.00 35.64 6.14 27.14 34,289.87 86,701.50 Total $140,937.03 $ 9.00 569.52 Total 578.52 $ 16,559.83 Total $ 16,559.83 $ 324.00 Total $ 324.00 I. Glenn Barbe $417.00 P,lbert S. Bond 45.00 ivian N. Bond 175.00 Dorothy Z. Deane 246.66 Cordon L. Harrell 260.00 Dorothy N. Howell 185.00 Fatricia L. Joers 185.00 John A. Kotzenmacher 305.00 Eva E. Kroft 197.50 Charles E. Maxwell 312.50 Welby Harrison Miller 322.50 William J. Parrish 322.50 Russell K.. Reece 353.33 Oliver J. Scott 333.66 B. Gene Skeldon 225.00 Joanna Wantuch 175.00 Geoffrey B. Watkin 281.00 Londro Munlin 61.25 Jeri Combs 68,25 Rialph Melone 103.50 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Ideal Press 120 LaSalle West, Inc. Newman & Altman, Inc. Romy Hammes Corporation Royal Office Typewriter Xerox Corpovation Geoffrey B. Watkin - Trainee Workshop Total GRAND TOTAL 4. a. LaSalle Neighborhood Center ltr of Apr 1, 1968 to Mr. Sutton, with copy to Mr. Bellinger, wherein a request is made to )lace 20 high school boys on summer employment, and suggest ?d the LaSalle Park Project area. Mr. Chenney suggested c:)ntacting the Water Works since young people could be em toyed for various jobs there, however urban renewal wor'< is accomplished under contract at the union rate and most young people do not qualify. 5. OLD BUS a. The legal counsel contract in connection with the Central Dow town Project, R-66, is deferred until the next meeting. 0 a. Resolution 214 received Commission approval upon motion by,Re*. Kirk, seconded by Mr. Chenney, and authorizes -3- $ 5,168.15 47.71 111.74 15.50 434.50 8.10 95.45 12.06 183.08 36.65 $ 6,112.94 $168,042.58 LEGAL CONTRACT DOWNTOWN, R-66 RESOLUTION 214 the submi tal to HUD Chicago, Form HUD-6144, Request for Concurren e in Acquisition Prices, for Parcel 40-8, in the LaSalle P rk Project, R-57. b. Having reviewed the site plans for the proposed COMMISSION REJEC- construction of a porta-bank at the corner of Chapin and TION OF PROPOSED Sample Streets, Parcel 2(a), Sample-Street Project, R-7, PLANS FOR PORTA- the staff along with the Area Plan Commission recommends BANK, PARCEL 2(a), rejection of this proposal primarily because of traffic SAMPLE ST., R-7 circulation. This planned use would be a major traffic TWO OPTION AGREE- generator and the curb cuts would create major traffic Parcels 37-1 and 43-3, in the LaSalle conflicts thus seriously reducing-the capacity of the in- R-57, tersection and at the same time creating a serious traffic Mr. Helmen. hazard. 1he Commission concurred in this recommendation that as the bank construction is currently proposed'the plans are rejected, on motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. Kirk.1 c. Two rehabilitation grants received Commission TWO REHAB. GRANTS, approval, on motion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Rev. Kirk, LASALLE PARK, R-57 and are for Parcels 36-8 and 44-25 in the LaSalle Park Project, R-57. d. The Commission approved the execution of two op- TWO OPTION AGREE- tion agreements for Parcels 37-1 and 43-3, in the LaSalle MENTS, LASALLE Park Project, R-57, upon motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by PARK R-57 Mr. Helmen. e. Resolution 215 received Commission approval, and RESOLUTION 215, is a declaratory resolution approving the urban renewal CENTRAL DOWNTOWN plan, and also the relocation plan which includes approxi- PROJECT, R-66 mately 6 basinesses that will require in excess of $25,000 for relocation expenses in connection with the Central Downtown Project, R-66. The federal government will repay two-thirds of the relocation expenditures in excess of this amount, $25,000, and therefore, on motion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Chenney the resolution ' is approved along with this olicy to consider each relocation claim individually. 7. PROGRESS a. Chapin Street Project, R-29. The overpass construe-CHAPIN STREET Lion has b2gun, and within the next few days the street PROJECT, R-29 work will 2ommence. It is hoped the site improvement work in this pr jest will be completed within three months. b. La:')alle Park Project, R-57. The Amendatory LASALLE PARK Applicatio.-i for Loan and Grant is in Washington now and PROJECT, R-57 approval i3 expected within a week or two. Once the Amendatory is under contract this phase of the project can be completed rapidly. Mr. Scott reported that reloca- tion resou?ces are urgently needed and the staff continues to meet wi:h the Greater South Bend Housing Corporation and the Housin), Authority as an indication of our willingness i :7 y to coopera--e n any way possible to activate housing con- -4- struction and plans. Out of a total of 167 on the reloca- tion workload to date, 27 remain in the LaSalle Park area and 140 have been relocated. 70 families and 9 individuals have been relocated into sales housing, 32 families and 6 individuals into rental housing, and 18 families and 5 indi- viduals into public housing. Two of the large families have been relocated, one having 10 members and one having C-11 8 members. The greatest problem is to find suitable hous- ing for large families. At this point, Mr. Lawson, Execu- tive Director of the Urban League was introduced, and he in turn volu eered every possible means of cooperation with the Redevelopment Department and also the LaSalle Park Dis- trict Coun il. C. Industrial Expansion_ Project , R-56. The staff has INDUSTRIAL EXPAN- been informed that the Chicago office will transmit this SION PROJECT, R-56 application to the Washington office within the next 10 'days. Her again, relocation will be the greatest problem. d. Staff Report on recent HUD Workshop. The 2 staff HUD WORKSHOP members, Messrs. Parrish and Watkin, expressed appreciation for the opportunity to attend the workshop which consisted of general training sessions oriented to new LPA employees. The next rogular meeting of the Redevelopment Commission NEXT MEETING will be at 10:30 A. M., April 18, 1968, in the office of the Redeve opment Department. 8. On motion luly made and passed, meeting adjourned at 11:40 ADJOURNMENT A. M. Howard Bellinger, Executive Director fonald A. Wiggins, /Vesident