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Home My WebLink AboutRM 02-15-68SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING February 15, 1968 s 10:30 A. 14. 120 W. LaSalle Ave. Presiding Officer: Donald A. Wiggins, President South Bend, Indiana 1. ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Donald A. Wiggins, President John E. Chenney, Secretary Stephen E Kompar, Vice President Fred J. Helmen, Member Billy W. irk, Asst. Secretary Others Present: Mrs. Jane Maager, WNDU-TV Mr. Dean Wilhelm, Redevelopment Trustee Mr. Edgar Seybold, Civic Planning Assn. Mr. Dick Maginot, WSBT-TV Mr. Larry Morrison, South Bend Tribune Reporter Legal Counsel: Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt LPA Staff: L. Glenn Barbe, Assistant Director Oliver J. Scott, Relocation Director Welby Harrison Miller, Relocation Specialist Mrs. B. Gene Skeldon, Secretary 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Commission unanimously approved the regular minutes of February 1, 1968, upon motion by Rev. Kirk, seconded by Mr. Kompar. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Upon motion by Mr. Kompar, seconded by Rev. Kirk, the Commission unanimously approved payment of the following claims, totaling $8,325.63. PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT IND. R-29 Eva E. Kroft - Recording Fees $ Total $ PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT IND. R-57 Real Estate Purchase Gather & Mandy Alford - Parcel #39-4A Barany-Ca irerly-Scheid Ins. Agency Lester Carey William H ell I. B. M. � -1- 10.00 10.00 $ 490.00 193.00 63.25 122.00 918.00 John A. Rotzenmacher Eva E. Kroft - Recording Fees Dell Owens South Bend Hardware South BenO Tribune South Ben Water Works Departmen� of Housing & Urban Development REVOLVING FUND Payroll: IFebruary 1-15, 1968 Howard Bellinger $593.50 L. Glenn Barbe 417.00 Albert 45.00 Vivia-i N. Bond 175.00 Dorotly Z. Deane 24§.O0 Gordoi L. Harrell 260.00 Dorothy N. Howell 185.00 Patri2ia L. Joers 185.00 John A. Kotzenmacher 305.00 Eva E. Kroft 197.50 Charles 312,50 Welby Harrison Miller 322.50 William J. Parrish 322,50 RusseLl K. Reece 353.33 Oliver 333.66 225.00 Joanna Wantuch l75'OO Loodr u �77.00 Jeri s 54.25 RalphlMelone 99.00 Ault Came �a Shop, Inc. Dorothy Z. Deane - Petty ob Ideal Pre3s Indiana B�ll Telephone Co. C. E. --- Company Nat'l Ass'n of Housing Redevelopment Officials Pence Dickens Company Russell K. Reece ^~^^^^~~^^ Tire Center, Inc. South Bend Drafting Supply South Beno Tribune South Ben Water Works Xerox Corgoratioo $ 282'5O 76.80 39.00 10.55 11.19 19.97 9.15 Total S2,830'4I $4,884.40 ]l.4b 19.04 60.50 48,48 36.70 65.00 12.00 43.32 53.60 23.00 5.79 28.60 27.25 Total $5,48S.22 GRAND TOTAL $8,325'63 4. a. City Engineer ltr of Feb 8, 1968 to Mrs. Reedie White, 214 S. Falcon Street, with copy to Rede- velopment Dept., enclosing copy of petition objecting to subject street being used for heavy trucks involved in LaSalle Park Project, R-57. on notification, all contractors have promised that a strong attempt will be made to comply. If damage to the streets result, liability falls upon the contractor, and Falcon Street is not one of the streets to be paved by the Redevelop- m nt Department. b. HUD Chicago ltr of Feb 12, 1968, confirms appro7 v of the Part I Amendatory Application for La-, Salle Park Project, R-57, and is a follow up of t recently received telegram from HUD Wash. D. C. The letter establishes a deadline of 4 m�nths to submit the Part II Application for f . nal approval to the Regional Office. 5. NEW a. Tie Commission approved three applications for Section 1L5 Rehabilitation Grants for Parcels 34-3, 34- 14, and 4+-11, in the LaSalle Park Project, R-57, on motion by Rev. Kirk, seconded by Mr. Kompar. b. Tie Commission approved an "out of pocket" expense by reducing the rent to $25.00 per month in the case of certain church property in the LaSalle Park Pro- ject, R-57, identified as Parcel 10-19, upon motion by Mr. Kompa , seconded by Rev. Kirk. -no REPORTS 3 REHAB GRANTS LASALLE PARK, R-57 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LASALLE PARK, R-57 a. Central Downtown Project, R-66. Mr. Joe Becker CENTRAL DOWNTOWN of the Ch Leago Regional Office is here today to person- PROJECT, R-66 C3 ally review with the staff the recently submitted appli- cation. This is an indication of the expeditious ser- vice South Bend is receiving on this project. b. L program i grants ap area; HUD loan clos duled for amount of is a trem initiativ iSalle Park Project, R-57. The rehabilitation 3 moving along encouragingly. With the 3 )roved today it means a continuation in that approval of 2 loans was received this week; 2 Lngs in Mr. Hammerschmidt's office are sche- this week. The staff is encouraged with the self-rehabilitation in Che project area. This ?ndous help in reaching the city's goal and the ? of these residents is very encouraging. -3- LASALLE PARK PROJECT, R-57 c. ndustrial Expansion Project, R-56- T1.e staff is compilinc, all the documentation for the he Part Il Application, and it is anticipated that this submission can be made next week to the Chicago HUD office. In answer to Larry Morrison 's question, the.staff knows now that a Land Utilization and Marketability Study (LUMS) will not be necessar because we will receive a letter of intent from Cummins Ingine Company committing them to bid on the pro- perty. C ther bidders are interested in the land and therefor E competitive bids will be easily obtained. It was poin ed out however, that development of the land is necessart a good distance in the future. good EXPAN- SION PROJECT, R- 56 i d. Redevelopment Department Emblem. President Wig- REDEVELOPMENT gins has designed an emblem as a means of identification. DEPT. EMBLEM C) It was the consensus of the commission to receive more opinions on the design before printing. The fact that M this Department has never had an emblem for identification stimulated the idea. The next regular meeting of the Redevelopment Commission will be at 10:30 A. M., March-7, 1968 in the office of the Redevelopment Department. 7. On moti A. M. Grenn T duly made and passed, meeting adjourned at 11:15 , Assistant Director -4- NEXT MEETING ADJOURNMENT Donald A. Wiggins, PrOJAent