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Home My WebLink AboutRM 06-06-69SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING June 6, 1969 10:30 A. M. :120 W. LaSalle Ave. Presiding Officer: Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, President South Bend, Indiana 1. P L 2. APP Mot William .1969. mission mitted. 3. APP CALL ent• Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, President Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, Vice President Mr. John E. Chenney, Secretary -, Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Asst. Sec'y. Rev. Willie V. Williams, Member rs Present: Mr. Byron W. Sheets, President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Secretary, Board of Trustees Mrs. Janet S. Allen, Common Council Member Mrs. Jane Maager, WNDU -TV Reporter Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Mrs. Betty Stephens, Director of Relocation, Community Public Service, Newark, New Jersey 1 Counsel: Mr. Bruce C. Hamnerschmidt Staff: Mr. Howard Bellinger, Executive Director Mr. L. Glenn Barbe, Assistant Director Mrs. Helen S. King, Secretary r Staff ers Present: Rev. Billy W. Kirk Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane ROVAL OF MINUTES ion was made by Mr. Wilhelm, seconded by Rev. s, for approval of the minutes of May 16, The "ayes" were unanimous by all the Com- ers and the minutes were approved as sub- ROVAL OF CLAIMS MINUTES: APPROVED Motion was made by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. CLAIMS APPROVED Williams, to authorize payment of the claims-- total- ling $62,321.62. The "ayes" were unanimous by all Commissioners for the payment of the claims as sub- mitted. -1- 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -56 Dorothy N. Howell - Recording Fees Wa ter & Joanna Boryc, #6 -8A No th Central Appraisal Co., Inc. Ma y E. Stewart, #4 -4 PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Real Estate Purchases Julius & Rose Cako, #41 -9 Ro al W. & Olive Hughes, #37 -11 William & Eddie L. Woodward, #11 -14A William & Eddie L. Woodward, #11 -14B Relocation Payments Fr nk.Budny, #44 -10. Rehabilitation Payments Wic es Lumber Co. McKinley Lumber Co. Fre die Lee & Barbara Lindsey. Rob rt, Jr. & Lillie Mae Pryor Abs ract Co. of St. Joseph County, Inc. Dor Wrecking Company Dor thy N. Howell - Recording Fees Wil iam E. Andreae Vivian Bond Business Systems, Inc. Ern st S. Haynes Cecil James - Mileage Claim Har y Jones Ear King - April and May Mileage Ear King - Travel to Grand Rapids Ben ie J. Kirk Edw rd J. Linnear, Jr. Wil iam L. P. McRae - Travel to Grand Rapids Office Engineers, Inc. W. t. Parrish - Mileage South Bend Exterminating Co. Tri County News EPA! $ 36.00 52.99 180.00 67.29 Total 3362$ $ 4,130.00 2,260.00 6,405.00 2,740.00 117.00 3,000.00 9,533.50 5,698.26 6,453.33 111.50 11,250.20 28.00 97.00 20.02 116.88 50,00 70.39 85.00 107.60 63.62 62.10 42.00 60.62 72.48 15.30 30.00 21.02 Total $ 52,6 3. APP IOVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) REDEVE DPMENT REVOLVING FUND Pay�rol 1: May 16 to May 31, 19.69 -3- Howard Bellinger $ 604.16 L. Glenn Barbe 43750 Albert S. Bond 45.00 Vivian N. Bond 194::37 .: Dorothy:,Z` : Deane 278.33 Gordon L. Harrell 273.00 Dorothy N. Howell 207.50 Patricia L. Joers 194.37 C. E. Maxwell ;;; 333..31 W. H. Miller 343.75 W. J. Parrish 354.16 Billy W. Kirk 354.16 Joanna- Vantuch..: 183.75 G. B. Watkin 291.66 J. E. Pettit 315.41 Earl King 333.33 Londro Munlin 52.50 Hel :en S. King 236.25 John Kr O'Brien Wt 1 :1 tam E, , Andreae 3l_5.41 William P. McRae :291.66: Cecil James 300.00. Rita M. Kurth 80.00 Billie J. Wesley 183.75 $ ,69536.68 L., Tenn- Rarbe - Travel ;t. Gr..and :Rapids , _ 75.14 Bat ; Insurance Agency, Inc.'-- 10.00 Viv an N. Bond '5.50 Den en Corporation 20.25 Cen er for Continuing Education - 275,00 Citj Controller of Sotft -h Qend _ 102.77 Dorc thy Z. Deane - Pei:ty ,,Catsh i : 35.38 Green Arrow Parking = 10.00 Indiana & Mi chi gan.Electrtc Co, :. 21.77 Jor an Motor, Inc. 12.00 120 LaSalle West, Inc. : 434.50 - N.D.P. Seminar Series - _Development Research 25.00 Office Engineers, Inc. 109.72 Pence Dickens Company. 45.40 Sheehan Service Center, :Inc, 70.95 South Bend Water Works 8.. 36 Ideal Press 57.00 Indiana Bell Telephonef0o.: 177.80 Schi11ings Printing;Company -_ 22.00 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt 200.00 John Gyokeres 'Supply, 95.85 South Bend Drafting Inc. 25.60 -3- 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) South Bend Rubber Stamp Co. BID; PUBLIC OFFERING $ 15.25 G. B. Watkin wat r 47.60 North Central Regional NAHRO Conference" Offering No. 2, for the LaSalle Park Urban 50.00 Renewal Project, R -57. They bid for a total of 16 Total $ 8, 8�9.5f REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL FUND ,stated that the security deposit is normally -forfeited North Central Appraisal.Company, Inc. _ 750.00 . Bell Aluminum Sales, Inc. was collaborat- Total ; , . $ 750.0U URBAN tEDEVELOPMENT FUND Bell Aluminum Sales, Inc., and the withdrawal' .is requested Ho sing Authority of City.,of South Bend, Ind. .and find, 90.00 Ke th E. Proud -. 15:00 from the Commission for their decision as to whether :Total 105.00 the withdrawal and refund of bid deposit - equal' GRANDJOTAL $ 62,321.62 4. COMMUNICATIONS posliti n of the parcels may be possible without further a. HUD Letter Dated Ma`•15 1969: This letter ,:AUDIT APPROVAL, approves the final audit report -on the Chapin Street -, CHAPIN STREET URBAN Urban Oenewal Project, R- 29,•4nd the only remaining° _!, RENEWAL PROJECT, action involves the approval,of HUD -6202 forms cur- R -29 rently under their review. -This closes the file on the Ch pin Street Urban Renewal Project, R -29, final audit. b. Bell Aluminum Sales, Inc. Letter Received BID; PUBLIC OFFERING Ma 26 1969: This letter is a request for the NO 2'LASALLE °PARK wat r wa of their bid, awarded on the six parcels, URBAN RENEWAL`PROJECT, .in Public Offering No. 2, for the LaSalle Park Urban R -57 Renewal Project, R -57. They bid for a total of 16 = parcels, or a total package of $11,889. Mr. Bellinger ,stated that the security deposit is normally -forfeited when a contractor requests their bid be withdrawn after .- bid opening. . Bell Aluminum Sales, Inc. was collaborat- .,ing wi h Charles Howell. However, the bid is in the .name oi Bell Aluminum Sales, Inc., and the withdrawal' .is requested since they have reviewed their position .and find, at this time, a lack of resources to meet .construction requirements. Authorization was requested` from the Commission for their decision as to whether to accept the withdrawal and refund of bid deposit - equal' to 10% of the cost of the parcels. It was believed dis- posliti n of the parcels may be possible without further expense; if not, it would be necessary to re- advertise. - Mr., Hel en stated it would be in order to refund the money if it did not involve any out -of- pocket expense. a,a 4. COMMUNICATIONS (Cont'd Presid nt Wiggins moved for a motion to withdraw the bid ani defer consideration on the refunding.of the deposi , and motion was so made:by Mr. Helmen, se- conded by Mr. Chenney. c. Cites. Planning Associates=; Inc.. Dated May,-28, REMONSTRANCE, 1969: This eT-tter is from Mr.. T. Brooks Bra emas, .CENTRAL DOWNTOWN lsresid nt of City Planning Associates, Inc., relating URBAN RENEWAL his position in Rev. Lawrence E. Crockett's testi- PROJECT; R46 monial in the May 28, 1969 hearing thathe, Rev. Crockett, had dictated a remonstrance against the downtown project to the secretary of.T. Brooks :Brade - mas, n his letter, Mr. T. Brooks Brademas states he and his office could not .recall any knowledge of the al egation made in Superior. Court, withtthe.Honor- able N man Kopec presiding, that his firm, in fact,:. had helped draft the remonstrance against the Central- Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66. President Wiggins requested a motion to have the record show this = letter from City Planning Associates, Inc., dated May 28,: 1969, has been received and .is. to be placed on.file, and motion was so moved by -Rev. Williams,.s.econded by Mr Helmen d. HUD Letter Dated May 14, 1969: This letter identifies minor points that HUD feels had not been resoled in the Part II Application., The staff re- solved all these points immediately upon bei.ng noti- fied b HUD. These minor findings are not unusual, but ca not be answered until the-Department is so advise . 5. NEWI BUSINESS a.. Change Order No. 3A: :Contract Div. II: This CHANGE ORDER NO. 3A, is a co tract from Rieth -Ri ey Construction Co., Inc..;..: CONTRACT DIV. II, for add'tional.work required. i -n the channeltzation -. CHAPIN STREET URBAN of the 4orth half of the Chapin - Western intersection, RENEWAL PROJECT, R -29 Chapin treet Urban Renewal Project, R -29, in the amount f $705.08 -- inceease•in contract price. Rev. Wi liams asked if it has been investigated that $7 5.08 more is involved:. Mr. Bellinger ap- prised hat this has been worked out with.the City: Engineer, Lloyd Taylor, and the work A nvol;ved is out- side of the framework of the original contract. The change rder price is based on =the contract.unit.price. Preside it Wiggins stated that, in this particular in- stance, it is additional work that is required, but not at igher unit cost prices. The Chair entertained -5- 5. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd a moti n for the authorization of.Change -Order No. 3A, Contra t Div. II; said motion was.:made by Rev. Williams, second d by Mr. Wilhelm. The "ayes were unanimous for approv 1. b. Resolution No. 263: This Resolution-is to :RESOLUTION NO. 263, authorize t e. i ing o an amendatory application for LASALLE PARK URBAN the making of additional relocation claim payments, RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. A family or individual, may now receive up to $5,000 for replacement housing cost, if eligible. The relo- cation adjustment payment was raised -from $500 to $1,000 Those entitled to a :replacement hoes1ng .grant are owner-occupants of property acquired by Urban Re- newal. The difference of the purchase price of the house 4nd the replacement house cost may be provided' up to 5,000. Displaced families eligible for - -,public housin units, but find no units available, and, there f re, must secure a private rental unit, can make a plication for additional relocation payment.. This r solution would authorize the 'staff to submit an app ication so that these funds.can be.made avail- able. On motion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Chenne , Resolution No. 263 was adopted. The "ayes" were u animous for approval. Mr. Ch nney asked if the office was noti_fyi.ng the people in the project area. Mr. Bellinger stated informational letters covering these points have-been sent tc those who have been displaced or may be dis- placed, If the family, or individual, has already relocated and is otherwise eligible, they can still receive these additional grant benefits. c. Resolution No. 264: This Resolution is to RESOLUTION NO. 264, authorize the filing of an amendatory application INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION for the making of.additi:onal.relocation claim pay- PROJECT,. R -56 ments, in the Industrial Expansion Project, R -56. The Ho sing.Act of 1949 provides -for the making of additional Relocation Grant Payments and.Replace- ment Housing Payments to or .om :behalf of i ndivi diials and families displaced from the project area on or after August 1, 1968, not to exceed $1,000 per family in the case of Additional Relocation:Adjustment Pay- ments and not to exceed.$5,000 per family in the case of the Housing Replacement Payments.. On motion by Mr. Hel en, seconded.by Mr. Chenney, Resolution No. 264 was adopted. The "ayes "::were unanimous for ap- proval. V! 5. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd The authorization was requested if.other funds.are . available to consider processing these payments and replacing the sums from the amendatory application funds hen they are received. President Wiggins stated our purpose is to serve the community and is people and can see no objection to that: d.J Resolution No. 266::.-This Resolution authori- . RESOLUTION NO. 266, zes the issuance of project loan notes in connection : .LASALLE PARK URBAN with the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57: RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 This R solution is at the,request.of the: HUD office. In ord r to obtain the financial aid, it is necessary for th Local Public Agency to authorize.,and, from time t time, issue certain obligations,in the form. of Pro ect Loan Notes. On motion by Mr. Chenney, se -: conded by Mr. Wilhelm, Resolution No. 266 was adopted. The Pr Ject Loan Note is executed.by,Mayor L.loyd:M Allen, and attested by Kathryn L..Blough, City Clerk of the City of South Bend. e. Vacant Lots in the LaSalle: Park Urban-Renewal VACAN1 LOTS,, Projec - e proposa .su,mitte y ennie. . LASALLE.PARK URBAN Kirk i to c ean, cut, grade and seed 38 l:o.ts,:at.a RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 cost of $1,950, and would include the labor, equip- ment:; .e., tractor dozer, seeds and dumping cost.., This.c st compares favorably withipast demolition; and si a clearance work. On motion by Rev.: Williams,: second ihe d by Mr. Wilhelm, authori.z.atio:n was given to award contract to Bennie J., Kirk:, in:the amount of $1 , 50.00. Mr. Chenney said we: should have had another bid on it. The motion was :passed. f. Grants: Approval was requested for.three (3): GRANTS APPROVED, grants in the LaSalle Park.Urban Renewal Project, LASALLE'PARK URBAN R -579 or the following.parce.ls:. RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 Nos. 12 -2, 19 -8 and 25 -14. On motion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the above-listed grants were approved. The "ayes" were unanimous for approval. g. 0 tion Agreements: Approval and acceptance of fou 4 Option Agreements, .1n. -the LaSalle Parke Urban Renewal Project, R -57,. was requested for: the following parcels on the Amendatory.-Acquisition list: Nos. 11 -10, 11 -17b, 22 -17 and 41 -9. -7 OPTION AGREEMENTS APPROVED,. LASALLE PARK URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 5. NE BUSINESS (Cont'd) On motion by Mr. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr.'Helmen, the ab ve- listed option agreements were approved.. The "a es" were unanimous for approval. h. Contract "H", Landscape Improvements: CONTRACT " -H",. Authorization was requested to advertise i:n he,- LANDSCAPE-IMPROVEMENTS, South lend Tribune and Tri- County News, on June 6 LASALLE PARK URBAN and 13 to - receive bids on June 30, -1969, for land- RENEWAL!—-, PROJECT, R -57 scape mprovements', Contract . "H" in the _ LaSalle -Park U ban Renewal Project;: 'R -57. Om motion by Rev. Williams, seconded -by -Mr: Chenney, .authori na- tion was given to advertise. -June 6 and 13, and- receivi bids on June 30, :1969, for Landscap -e :. Improvements, Contract "H. "- The "ayes " - were': unanimous for approval. i. Annual Meeting of.Indiana :Chapter, American.ANNUAL MEETING, Institute of P a ners: Mr.� Be Tinger requested JUNE 12 & 13, 1969, a 'th or zation to attend this meeting on June 12 and ANGOLA, IND °IANA 13, 19 9, in Angola, Indiana. On motion by Mr. Chenne , seconded by Mr.- Wilhelm, authorization was gi en for -the - Executive tDi.rector to attend .the Annual Meeting for the dates specified. j. IAHRO Annual Meeti.ng.: The Commission was IAHRO ANNUAL MEETING, previously app r s d ofthis meeting by mailings JUNE 18, 19 & 20, 1969, which outline the program. The registration fee UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE is $40.00, and extra banquet tickets are $7:.:50 per DAME ticket. Authorization was requested for staff to attend and any of the Commission members who would like to attend are to get in touch with the staff. Mr. Hel en moved for authorization and Mr. Wilhelm duly s conded• the motion. President Wiggins'said the authorization is granted, along with the stipu- lation that one of our trustees, Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, go as our guest. The "ayes" were unanimous and Mrs. Curtis accepted the invitation. 6. PRO RESS REPORTS RELOCATION PROGRESS REPORT a. Relocation Progress Report: l) LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57: A total of nine families and three indi viduals are on our:sttaff's workload cur- rently. Three families relocated in past month into sales housing. 2) Industrial Expansion Project R -56: Three to tvt ua s and six families are to this project area -- two of these families will be moving this month. 6. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd b. Replacement Housing Payment: The replacement housinc payment will help our staff to some extent in reloca ing some of these families. Rev. Kirk stated our si a representative, Mrs. Joan Otto, who had visited our si a office last week was well pleased with the progre s our staff was making on rehabilitation and re- locati n. She was also pleased that all area residents and th se relocated have received registered letters in- formin them of the Replacement Housing Payment. Re- sponse has been received from 14 individuals in LaSalle Park, -57; and 27 in Industrial Expansion Project, R -56. Mrs. Janet Allen asked what the relative size is of the remaining families? Rev. Kirk said they vary from two to six member families. President Wiggins said that Rev. K rk has done a commendable job and he deserves to be com limented. c.� Questions & Answers: Mrs. Maager asked the progress report on the DowntJ ne suit? Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt, Legal Counse , said the status is the same as the last time h talked to Mrs. Maager. It is still under invest gation. We have filed and the suit is in litiga ion. Mr. Helmen asked when we are going to move to the County City building? Mr. Bellinger apprised that the exact date is not known. Probably not before the end of the year. Mrs. Guy P. Curtis introduced Mrs. Betty Stephens, Director of Relocation, Community Public Service, Newark New Jersey. Mrs. Stephens is formerly from South Bend, is working on relocation problems in Newark and is doing a fine job. Mrs. Curtis said: "We are very proud of her." 7. NEXT MEETING Th next regular meeting of the Redevelopment Commis ion will be at 10:30 A. M., Friday, June 20, 19 9, in the Office of the Department of Re- develo ent. 8. The Chair entertained a motion for adjournment, and motion duly made by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wilhelm, and unanimously approved. Meeting adjourned at 11:25 A. M. (SEAL) / -g- HowardlBellinger, Executiv# Director REPLACEMENT HOUSING PAYMENT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS NEXT MEETING, JUNE 20, 1969 ADJOURNMENT Dorsal d A. Wiggins, P ent