HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 09-15-66September 15, 1966
10 :30 A. 14.
Presiding Officer:
1.
Present:
SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
Donald A. Wiggins, President 120 W. LaSalle Ave. South Bend, Indiana
Donald A. Wiggins, President
Stephen E Kompar, Secretary
Fred J. H lmen, Assistant Secretary
Frank G. oczan
Absent:
James G. Louis, Vice President
Also Pres nt: Mrs. Guy P. Curtis Redevelopment Trustee
Legal Coun
Staff:
2. APPROV
The Commis
of S,eptemb
3. APPROV,
Upon the m
unanimousl,
PROJECT EX
Chas. W. 0
Bruce C. Hi
John R. -H`e:
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Mr. Edgar Seybold, Civic Planning Association
Mr. Sam Winston, United Community Services
Mr. Howard Bellinger, Area Plan Commission
Mr. William Drake, Urban League
Mr. William Morris, Realtor
Mr. Grant Lewis, Realtor
Mrs. Annette Brodie, Secretary, LaSalle Park District Council
_Mrs. Robert Kimble, LaSalle Park Resident
Mrs. Johnnie Oliver, LaSalle Park Resident
Mr. Marc Carmichael, South Bend Tribune Reporter
Mr. Brad Bate, WSBT -TV
Mr. Bob Helems, WSBT -TV
Mr. Jim Marchelewicz, WNDU -TV
Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt
W. Jan Chong, Executive Director
Oliver J. Scott, Relocation Director, _
Mrs. B. Gene Skeldon, Secretary
OF MINUTES
n unanimously approved the minutes of the regular.meeting
1, 1966, upon the motion by Mr. Koczan, seconded_by Mr. Kompar.
ion by Mr. Kompar, seconded_by Mr. Koczan, the Commission_
approved payment of the following claims, totaling_$185,532.79.
NDITURES ACCOUNT INDIANA R-7
e & Son, Inc. $ 1,918.34
merschmidt 40.00
tzelman 4,267.74
Total $ 6,226.08
Do
PROJECT PENDITURES ACCOUNT INDIANA R -29
Area Plan
Commission
$
10.00
Lee & Alice Lee - Parcel #31 -8
$ 10.00
Total $
10.00
PROJECT EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNT INDIANA R -56
- Travel to Chicago
Total $
-
-8.95
8.95
James R. Borror
PROJECT EXTENDITURES
ACCOUNT INDIANA R -57
Robe
t L. & Arlene Roseman - Parcel-#9 -15
351840.00
Options
Terry
Lee & Alice Lee - Parcel #31 -8
$ 10.00
Will
Myles & Mattie Myles - Parcel #30 -10
$ 10.00
Real Estate
Purchases
Mr.
larence Gee - Parcel #402
$ 565.00
Robe
t L. & Arlene Roseman - Parcel-#9 -15
351840.00
W. C
& Virrader Lee O'Brient - Parcel #41 -15
3,140.00
Will
e & Lucille Wills - Parcel #41 -14
3,990.00
DeWi
t J. Talton, Jr. - Parcel #34 -16 - refund
Title Ins. 55.00
Rich
rd & Patricia E. Landis - Parcel #9 -19
45.00
Plae
& Co., Inc. Parcels #14 -1, 15-2:- refund
Title -Ins. 350.00
Lena
7d Jones - Parcel #31 -12 :
31225.00
Abstract
ompany of St. Joseph County
215.00
Bruce C.
ammerschmidt
775.00
Indiana Bell
Telephone Co. - Field Office
38.85
Total 16,258.85
REDEVELOPMENT
REVOLVING FUND
Payroll:
September 1 -15, 1966
W. Jan
Chong $583.50
L. Glenn
Barbe 382.25
Dorothy
Z. Deane 180.00
Gordon
L. Harrell 222.50
Doro
by N. Howell -151.66
Eva
. Kroft 158.50
Fawn
Belle Rozek 212.50
--
Oliv
r J. Scott 279.50
B. G
ne Skeldon 182.50
-Vivi
n N. Bond 25.00
Patr
cia D. Wagner 88.00 Sharon L.
Housand $143.55
Char
es E. Maxwell 250.0.0 Patricia
L. Joees 183.75
Juda
E. Rozenberg 235.63 Nola R. Jeffries 22.50
Nancy
A. Kaiser 57.00 Vivian N.
Bond 28.00
James
R. Borror 312.50 Grace B.
Barbe 3325
Rosemary
Muellner 4.95
-$3,737.04
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REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND (Continued)
L. Glenn Barbe
- Travel to Chicago
$ 4.95
James R. Borror
- Mileage for August
9.60
W. Jan Chong
- Travel to Washington, NAHRO
92.00
Pence-Dickens
Company
178.90-
Schillings
Printing Co., Inc.
9.50
South Bend
Drafting Supply
29.47
Xerox Corporation
47.03
Total
$ 4,108.49
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
FUND
Bruce C. Hammerschmidt
$ 210.00
South Ben
Tribune
- 12.67
Tri-Count3
News
14.11
Total
$ 236.78
REDEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT CAPITAL FUND R-219
St. Josepk
Bank & Trust Co. -- Purchase Treasury Bills
$158,683.64
Total
158,683.'64
GRAND TOTAL
.:;$185,532.79
Reimbursement
to Redevelopment Revolving Fund
for Expenditures
for Month of August
From Project
Expenditures Account Indiana R -7
$ 724.69
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tt IT - tr R -29
87.53
tt tt
tt tt tt R -56
131,595.02
tt TM
,t tt tt< R -57
4,649.33
tt UrbaTi
Redevelopment Fund
1,329.91
Total
$ 8,386.48
4. COMMUNICATIONS
Letter from
Lloyd Taylor, City.Engineer, to Redevelopment
CITY APPROVAL OF
Department,
dated September 12, 1966, states City approves
STREET IMPROVE -
the improvement
of the northerly portion of Wester- Chapin
MENTS, CHAPIN,
Street intersection
to be engineered along with the Chapin
R -29
Street Project,
R -29, street improvements. City approval
is needed
because the Chapin Street Project boundary ends in
the middle
of the street and the north half improvement
cost must
be borne by the City.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. -The
Commission approved Resolution 146 authorizing -the RESOLUTION 146,
filing of
Form 9-6144, Request for Concurrence and Acquisition R -57
Prices, upon
the motion by Mr. Kompar, seconded by Mr. Koczan.
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This request consists of 5 parcels, and concludes the- -
Redevelopment Department's original purchase plans for
LaSalle Park. However, some adjustments might have to be
made later. A total of 236 parcels to date have been
submitted to Chicago DHUD office.
b.
Commission approval was given for acceptance and TWO .OPTION AGREE -
execution of two signed option agreements for Parcels 31 -8 MENTS APPROVED
and -30 -10 in LaSalle Park upon the motion by Mr. Koczan, FOR LASALLE PARK
seconded by Mr. Kompar. -
e. Resolution 147 authorizes filing of Amendatory- RESOLUTION 147-,,-
Application to increase Loan and Grant for Chapin Street R -29
Project, R-29, to make relocation adjustment payments of
small busi esses, families and elderly individuals. The
Resolut -fa will be supported by other documents, and the
request will be for $89,500 of federal money. After federal
approval of this Amendatory Contract amount for.-the Chapin
Street Project, the staff will notify all eligible recipients
of relocation payments. The motion to adopt Resolution 147
was made b Mr. Koczan, seconded by Mr. Kompar, and received
Commission approval.
d. The Redevelopment Commission voted to affiliate with AGENCY MEMBERSHIP
the prefes- Tonal private organization on urban renewal, WITH NAHRO
housing, and code enforcement, the National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment Official -s (NAHRO). The motion
was introduced by Mr. Kompar, and seconded by Mr. Koczan
that the C ission become an Agency member for a period of
six months from October 1966 to April 1967, at a cost of $250.
e. Mr. Horvath, Aerospace Company, developer of Parcel
l (c) in the Sample Street Project, R -7, has asked to build a
garage --on - his property. In reviewing with the Area Plan
Commission it appears there is no objection. The staff and
legal council will pursue this possibility but at this time no
formal act on is to be taken by the Commission.
f. T
meet in I
Friday, S
motion by
staff mem
use the o
this meet.
g. In
Management
adjustments
the aequisi
ance of the
6 -4, 40 -12,
DEVELOPER OF PAR-
CEL 1 (c), SAMPLE
STREET, R -7
Indiana Urban Renewal.Association (IURA) will IURA MEETING.IN
ianapolis for its regular bi- monthly meeting on INDIANAPOLIS
tember 16, 1966. The Commission approved the
r. Koczan,,,seconded by Mr. Kompar, that three
rs: Mr. Barbe, Mr. Borror,'and Mr. Scott, are to
ice vehicle, with expenditures paid, to attend
accordance with the Redevelopment Department PROPERTY MANAGE -
?olicy, which states the Commission is to approve MENT,-LASALLE�
in rent to accept other than the 2% rental fee of PARK, R -57
Lion price, the Commission.voted to approve accept
present monthly mortgage payments on Parcels 28 -9,
28 -1, and 26 -15 (vacant), as monthly rents. The
- 4-
2% rent
il fee would be higher; in each case and would present
hardshi
s. The motion was made by-,Mr. Kompar, seconded by
Mr. Koc
an. Also in connection with Property Management, the
staff r
ported that of the 28 rental units to date, the staff
has col
ected rent from 26. Mr. Borror continues to -be doing
an exce
lent job of collecting rent.
6. PROGRESS
REPORTS
a.
Pedestrian Overpass, Chapin Street, R -29. Mr. Chong
PEDESTRIAN OVER -
will meet
tomorrow with -the design engineer from the Clyde
PASSE CHAPIN,
E. Williams
and Associates of Indianapolis to -'go- over all
R -29
suggestions
in connection with the design of the overpass for
the Chapin
Street Project, R -29; The Redevelopment Depa , ft-
ment--has
allocated $35,000 for this structure and, if necessary,
an additional
monetary request will be made in order to make
the structure
attractive. Cardboard design models were dis-
played to
show possibilities.,
b.
Mr. Chong showed a large map prepared for the purpose
PROPOSED WIDENING
of indicating
the small businesses previously relocated by the
OF WESTERN AVENUE
Redevel
pment Department from.the Chapin Street-Project, R -29,
NEAR CHAPIN STREET
and other
businesses which are affected by the proposed new
PROJECT, R -29
intersection
by the State Highway Department because of the
-
widening
of Western Avenue. The Crystal Cleaners,'previously
relocated
by the Redevelopment Department will be affected,
and per
aps the Liquor_Store. However, the Gas Station's
relocation
will be under the jurisdiction of the City. It was
pointed
out that the other businesses located there by the
Redevel
pment Department had access to off street parking.
Mr. Morris
is establishing a meeting to be here in South Bend,
with the
small businesses to be affected and the Indianapolis
State Highway
Department. He stated that the Redevelopment
Department
staff, and the Area Plan Commission staff would
be invited
.-
to attend the meeting.
C.
cation
staff h
the app
d.
of the p
cause tr
them to
oriented
e.
has re
indivi
pation
'he Diagnostic Survey and Referral Service appli- - DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY
s been transmitted to the Chicago DHUb� office. The FOR LASALLE, R -57
been asked to restudy the questionnaire -,sent with
.cation.
r.`Chong reflected the kind feelings-towards the staff RELOCATION STAFF
ople living in the Place homes in LaSalle Park be- COMMENDED
nsportation by the Relocation staff had been provided
he Housing Authority in order that they could be
to the Housing Authority regulations and procedures:
:itizen Participation, LaSalle Park, R -57' The staff CITIZEN-PARTICI-
Lved only six replies to the letter asking pertinent PATION, LASALLE,
ils to express their views on wider citizen partici R -57
i the LaSalle Park Project area. Generally, the staff "
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has rec
ived kind thoughts about such a program. About ten
people
ave not replied to.the letter, and.the -staff will
follow
ip on this correspondence. The staff plans to dove-
tail th
previously announced committee with the new committee
now bei
g organized. The staff is still.in the process of
arranging
a meeting with the LaSalle.Park District Council,
and wil1
probably have a date established for next week.
MEETING
OPEN TO DISCUSSION
Mr= Drake
mentioned if there could be no provision made for
WAYS AND
persons
who were not financially able to make the $50 deposit
MEANS OF
to establish
residence in:the Public Housing Authority, that ._HELPING
the South
Bend Urban League was willing to initiate ,,a way to help
RELOCATEES,
these people.,
The Redevelopment Department will investigate the
R -57
possibility
of utilizing the new relocation adjustment payment
for these
residents. The suggestion of ,using the Redevelopment
rental
collections is impossible as this money is used.for
maintenance
and property management, and this money is subject
to and
.
Mrs. Curtis
inquired as to the status of the 221 (d) (3) housing
PROS-
,which will
be built in the LaSalle Park Project. Mr. Chong
PECTIVE
expects
to know something in a day or so. A firm promise7from
R£-�_;"
a local
financier has been received on: developing 221 (d) (3)
DEVELOPERS
housing
in the project area, but his name cannot be revealed
OF 221 (d)
at this
time. The staff must first review this application
(3)
for acceptance..
HOUSING,
R -57
7. ADJOURNMENT:
On motion duly made and passed, the meeting
12 noon
zl
e
Gong,. Executive