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Home My WebLink AboutRM 12-19-69Decem er 19, 1969 10 :30 A. M. Presiding Officer: 1. ROLL CALL P esent: SOUTH BEND•REDEVELOPM'ENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING County -City Building, Room.'1246 Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard President South Bend, Indiana 46601 Absent: Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, President Rev.lWilli.e V: Williams, -Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, Vice President Member Mr. John E. Chenney, Secretary Mr Fred J Helmen Assistant Secretary 0 hers Present: Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Secretary, Board of Trustees Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, Vice President, Board of Trustees Mr. James F. Peacock, Member, Board of 'Trustees Mrs. Janet Allen, Common`Couneil Member Mr. Edward J. Malo, Architect Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Miss Carolyn Woolridge, Urban-League Representative Legal Counsel: Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt LFIA Staff: Mr. Howard Bellinger, Executive Director Mr. .Karl Ebel, Associate Director Mr. L. Glenn Barbe, Assitant Director Mrs. Helen S. King, Secretary Other Staff Members Present: Rev. Billy W. Kirk Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane President Wiggins welcomed the three trustees present, and the new trustee members, Messrs. James F. Peacock and F. Jay- Nimtz,.`wdre intro- duced Mr. Wilhelm congratulated Mrs. Guy P. Curtis on being awarded an honorary doctor of humanities degree, at the 125th anniversary 'convoca- tion eremonies, at St. Mary's College. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On,motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. MINUTES APPROVED Wilhelm, the minutes of December 5, 1969 were appro ed and unanimously passed. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS On motion by Mr. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr. CLAIMS APPROVED Chenn y, the claims were approved for payment— totalling $470,344.13- -and passed unanimously. PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -56 ement Housing-Payments Re 1a S nia E. Ecker, #4 -5 $ 4,296.00 Clarence Washington, #3 -'9 5,000.00 Total $— 9,296.00 PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 ement Housing Pa ments W. Kirk, #10 -19. $ 5,000,00 Re la Billy James Anna Cobb, #40 -1 5,000.00 L Eroy Miller, #29 -12 x.5,000.00 Rehabilitation Payments L. Powell & Song -Inc. 3,000.00 J. J. L..Powell & Son 3,000.00 J. L. Powell & ,Sari.,. Inc. 3,000.00 Harold K. Peterson - 3,000.00 3-Way Construction q 3,000.00 B tteast Construction Co. 3,000.00 Wickes Lumber & Building Supplies 8,430.00 R. C. Ward Construction Co.., 6,345.00 Corlett Allied Build. ing Center 7,555.00 C rl ett Allied Bpi, l,di ng; Center, 6,615.00 Corlett Allied Building Center. 5,096.00 B tteast Construction Co. 8,084.00 Hood Nursery 13,998.60 S ilts, Graves & Associates, Inc. 1,701.45 Total $ 90— 8825.05 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND co l,ip Brothers, Inc:. 57.90 Dye :Plumbing & Reating 104:17 I. diana & Mic4igan Electric Co. 4.00 Total $— 166.07 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT BOND REDEMPTION FUND St. Joseph Bank & Trust Company - Principal and Interest on Bonds of 1960 St. Joseph Bank & Trust Company - Principal and Interest on Bonds of 1963 -2 113,025.00 50,687.50 3. AI �PROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd J St. Joseph Bank & Trust Company:- Principal and Interest on Bonds of 1968: $;103;530.00 A erican National Bank &;Trust Company Principal and Interest on Bonds of:1966 :.,�- 96 156.25 363,398475 :.Total REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING -- FUND,, -, ; Payroll: December 1 to 15, 1969 Howard Bellinger _ $,,604.16 L. _Glenn Barbe 437.50 Vivian N. Bond 1,94.37 Dorothy; Z • ;Deane 278;.33.. Gordon L. Harrell :273.00 Dorothy N. Howell 207.50 Patri ci.a,:L. Joers .; , . ;. 194.37 C.E., Maxwell 333.33 W. H. Miller .343.75 W. J. Parrish 354.1:6 Billy W. Kirk - 354.16 Joanna Wantuch:. 183.75 G. B. Watkin .;291.66 Earl King 333.33 Helen S. King 236.25 John K. O'Brien 333.33 William P. McRae 291.66 B i l l ie Jean Wesley. 183.7:5 Rita M. Kurth 112.00 Richard A. Madisgp,-: 315:41: Viella Wheeler 60.00 Paul E. Becher. 315.41 $ 6,658.26 GRAND TOTAL $ 4702344.13 REIMB RSEMENT TO REVOLVING,FUND:FOR NOVEMBER, ;1969 T ) Project Expenditures Account.:Fund R -56 .19089.94 T Project Expenditures.Account..Fund R -57 12,01:9.61 To Project Expenditures Account Fund.R -66 2,677.88 —15,787.43 Total 4. COMMUNICATIONS - 5. OLD BUSINESS 0 3 a Churc Park more the s ment to Ju Chenn grant b zatio for P newal Mr. H Optio c motio Bend to be Janua Helme mous l: 7. P BUSINESS La en Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal LAYMEN CHAPEL CHRISTIAN i:. 'Laymen Chapel is located in the LaSalle METHODIST :EPISCOPAL Irban Renewal Project, R -57, at 303 South Ken- CHURCH, LASALLE PARK ,treet. The Church purchased the land across URBAN RENLWAG PROJECT, reet for parking facilities; and, due to incle R -57 Leather, are requesting an extension of time, e, 1970, to pave this lot. On motion by Mr. y, seconded by Mr. Wilhelm, authorization was. d for the time extension. Option Agreement: Approval and authori- OPTION AGREEMENT for e PFesident to sign Option Agreement "APPROVED; PARCEL NO. rcel No. 6 -5, in the LaSall_e,Park Urban Re- 6- 51ASALLE PARK Project, R -57, was requested: On motion by URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, lmen, seconded by Mr. Wilhelm,`the above R -57 Agreement was unanimously approved. Annual Meeting: The Chair entertained a ANNUAL MR- ,TING, for an Amendment to the By -Laws of the South �'AMENDMENT•TO BY -LAWS edevelopment Commission for:the Annual Meeting held at 10 :00 A.M., the first working day of y. On motion by Mr. Wilhelmi. seconded by Mr. the above amendment was duly- passed and unani approved by all Commissioners-present. OGRESS REPORTS a Central Downtown Urban Renewal�Project, R -66 CENTRAL'AWNTOWN URBAN Mr. Bellinger apprised that within the next week or �RENEWAL'PROJECT, R -66 so ac uisition activities will beginfor concurrences which have been received. It will -be several weeks befor .doncurrence is received on all the properties to be Mr. H been Mr. B made figur. HUD 1h submi of an cited fans. Mr. He proj ec any pr prised tenant our HU area. acquired in this project. lmen raised the question on why concurrence has eceived on certain parcel =s and._not " on- others ?. - : llinger said some of the irremovable appraisals y the appraiser were included = -%n -the: real estate which should have been appraised•separatelys s requested the mechanics: be'adjusted- -and re -;, t ,to their office: Mr. Helmen asked for an example irremovable object? As an example, Mr. Bellinger specialized built -in equipment, such as exhaust Imen asked if the negotiators for the Downtown have been properly indoctrinated and if we have )blems with tenants downtown? Mr. Bellinger ap- the negotiators have been indoctrinated. The are very anxious to acquire, and we will assure Office that we must move very rapidly in this -4- 7. REPORTS (Cont'd) Mr. Wilhelm inquired how we are moving on the loan? Mr. B llinger stated he received word today that the loan for interim finance bas been provided and we shi uld receive confirmation within a, week's time.: Mr. H lmen asked how much = money is-Involved? He was apprised approximately Two,Mil-lion Dollars for three months, which is a direct .loan from the Federal Government. Mr. Hammerschmi:dt, Commission Legal Counsel stated we are also making application for project loan notes from private source, and the target date for bi ddi ng iis .February, 8, 1970. Mr. C enney raised the question inr'what sequence will v a be acquiring the ` property? Mr. Be1linger -- said i n attempt wi 11 be made to acquire: proper =_.', ty as soon as we receive =concurred= iii��val ue's'. Mrs. anet Allen inquired on why .we advertise for private financing when we have a, Federal .loan from.-: the Government? President Wiggins stated the Federal Gover ment will only finance for an interim period of th ee months maximum, and the "contract rate ins 6%. The d rect loan from the Federal Government will be repaid immediately upon private financing, and the private financing is for a considerably longer period of time. This is to have money to- acquire the proper- ties s soon as possible. b Industrial Ex ansion Pro'ect, - R -56:. This INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION is co on y re erre to as= ithe GummUs :project, PROJECT, R -56 which is South of Cummins,:.a total clearance larea with approximately 60 structures =, in &14 -acre tract The land has been acquired and -vvirtually all c eared. The successful developer is South Bend -. Supply Company. The original plan was for Cummins expansion plans, with no internal street work. With South Bend Supply Company _being the successful bid- der, additional internal street work is necessary, and an amendatory application has been filed with HUD for additional funds -to cover ,the, street improve- ments, We have been apprised the application should be completed by the early part of next year, to be sent in the Regional Office for review and approval. Chas. W. Cole & Son, Inc. is the engineer for the site improvement work. c Code Enforcement Program: Mr. Bellinger ap- CODE ENFORCEMENT prise he was p eased to report that the-Mayor signed PROGRAM the C de Enforcement Program. The program is centered in th Northeast section of the community. Loans and grant will be made to rehabilitate property by the Federal Government. Favorable -- approval must be re- ceived from HUD and could take several months. How- ever, the staff will continue to meet with area resi- dents -5- 7, NkQGR €S$ -REPQR :S- (Gent' d d Neighborhood Development Program;: This `NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOP- was fc rmerly referred to as the Ohio- Keasey -area,. MENT PROGRAM which is more properly referred.to;as: the "Nea:r Southeast Section ", as, the area involved As Targer than hio- Keasey Street area. Last Tuesday, Decem- ber If, 1969, a meeting was held,wi;th:;the area:resi dents and hopefully a Project—Area Commi:ttee..ean be structured by the early part of next year. The membership consists of alarge segment of people in various occupations in the.area. :,Harland.Bar- tholoff ew and Associates .will, assist, our -staff: in preparing the program. This work .-has been held : n abeyance at the request of the Federal Government because of added and new rev:ised,guidelines for the NIP approach; however;, at :this .point, we feel ,- we car begin the program;.- The ltentati.ve plan :of appro ch is to evaluate the more deteriorated areas under the conventional renewal approach. A meeting is scheduled for January 6; 1970';: and, hopefully, the Project Area Committee. wi 11: be established shortl thereafter. Mrs. Guy P. Curtis asked if the;SQ.utheast Section comes under the same program.as :: the Northeast or the over-all renewal program, or what: is the pre- sent prospectus on that? Mr._ Belliniger apprised. the first stage will - be problem identification and;: analysis. Extensive areas of substandard condi- tions iill require more extensive treatment along the 1i_es. of. renewal and will take more time to get in '.o action phase. We will.not have to wait for tW general urban renewal phase.i:n. areas only needing code enforcement. Mrs.. Curtis al.s.o -asked . what the extent of the loan ,is whi.ch;;people, may.; get in Code Enforcement? Mr. Bellinger,st.ated the sae basic loan is ava- ilable- to property ;owners: as and r the conventional renewal program. :The: loan m ximum is $13,350, and property owners.with low i n ome are eligible for grants provided: they meet c rtain eligibility .requirements. . The . g rant . ; maxim is $3,000, and the early part of-next year it will be raised to $3,500.. Mr. Bellinger apprised Large scale, clearance ,i s not being forecast for the Southeast area ;;however.;, in any older section of South Bend -- whether NDP or conventional renewal - -there will be clearance areas. If the Federal Government shouldscrap the NDP program, then another approach,;._wi ll:.be us.e&- perhaps conventional. i 6. 7. POOGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd -. Mrs, Illen suggested the staff g.et Aogether with the Housing Authority,_as,,we.may find ourselves with ro homes. Mr. Bellingerstated the Urban Renew 1 Act states there must be, "one for. one" housi g replacement, an.d this gives.the.area residents added assurance that.there will ;be no displacement without adequate housing. The replacement housing grants -- maximum $5,000- - makes relocation considerably less difficult. This akes care of the difference from our ac- quisi ion price and the actual cost to the owner to se ure standard housing; .;howe=ver, this is only or owner - occupants and not to renters. The r . nt adjustment payments have been increased. This overs displacement under any Federally- assisted program. Mr. Bellinger stated that dis- placement, under any program is difficult, and he gives his assurance he and the staff are vitally concerned about the well being of those to be displaced. The most difficult aspect of renewal is re ocation and that relocation is the pivotal point of success. The relocation staff has...done an excellent job in the 'past and this good record will continue. e Public Affairs Program for Information: Mrs. urtis apprised this program was presented last Tuesday evening, December 16, 1969, at 7:30 P.M., on WNDU -TV. She stated the TV presentation by the Redevelopment Commission was exemplary. We feel it is of great value to the people and empha by with Commission and public reported with quest ons answered. We hope you have more of these This has been a good example and was very well one. The South Bend Housing Authority is askin WNDU -TV for a time schedule allocated in the near future for a similar program. The three moder tors were: Mayor Lloyd M. Allen; Donald A. Wiggi s, President of Redevelopment Commission; and H ward Bellinger, Executive Director, Depart- ment cf Redevelopment. President Wiggins apprised the C mmission and staff are aware that getting in the current state of development in the Downtown Project, we need to seek and encourage public under- stand ng of what we are doing and what we propose to do The future and success of the community is the business of Community attitudes and understand- ing, and awareness. We need an involved and inter- ested community to be a part of things that happen. This s the real life of South Bend. d►AI PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM, WNDU -TV 8. NEXT MEETING The South Bend Redevelopment Commilssion'A6hdal NEXT MEETING: 1-2-70 Organizational Meeting will be'at 10:00.A.M., Frtday, January 2, 1970, in the Office of the Departinent',of ANNUAL': 10:00 A.M. Redevelopment, in the County - City - Building, Room -REGULAR: 10:30 A.M. 1246. At approximately 10:30 A.M.1 the -Regular'Meet ing of the Redevelopment Commission will ' follow the': Annual Meeting. 9. ADJOURNMENT On motion duly made by Mr..,He.lmen, �t4el -meet i ng '--'ADJOURNMENT adjouried at 11:47 A.M. Howard Bellinger, ExecutivePDirector PpAn :.J. W lfieTm .,President. (SEAL) •