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Home My WebLink AboutRM 10-02-70October 10:30 P Presidi 1. RO Pr Abs 0th Leg LPA SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT'COMMISSION. REGULAR MEETING 2, 1970 M. 1200 County -City Bldg, g Officer: Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. President South Bend, Ind. 46601 ent: Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Asst. Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member !nt: Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary ?rs Present: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, VicePresident, Board of Trustees Mr. George Cimermancic, George Cimermancic Associates, Builders and Developers, Detroit, Michigan Mr. Fritz Hoefer, Notre Dame Student Mr. Jim Miller, South Bend Tribune:Reporter Mr. John Nichols, Notre Dame Student Mr. Isadore Rosenfeld, Attorney representing George Cimermancic Associates i1 Counsel: Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt Staff: Mr. B. Ashenfelter Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Rev. Billy W. 'Kirk Mrs. Helen S. King Mr. Harrison Miller Mr. William Parrish Mr. William Slabaugh Mr. Hubert M. Weaver 2. APP OVAL OF MINUTES On notion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the min tes of September 18, 1970 were approved and motion inanimously carried. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the claims, totalling $53,294.73, were approved and motion unanimously carried. PROJECTI EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -56 Th� Bond Buyer La eshore Typographers, Inc. -1- MINUTES APPROVED CLAIMS APPROVED $ 45.96 68.45 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) South Bend Tribune St. Joseph Bank & Trust Co. Total PROJECT-EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Real Estate 0 tion Federal National Mortgage Association, #22 -7 Real Estate Purchases Federal National Mortgage Association, #22 -7 Federal National Mortgage Association, #22 -7 New Hope Baptist Church of South Bend, #46 -3 B & J Demolition Co. Gatchell Tree Service South Bend Exterminating Co. South Bend Exterminating Co. National Homes Acceptance.Corp. Rehabilitation Claim Abar Construction Co. and.Jessie & Mary Love Total PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real Estate Options James Robert McCaffery, #19 -1 Jams Robert McCaffery, #19 -2 Sylvester L. Kaminski, #23 -2 Ant ony A. Nafrady, #23 -2 Flo ence S. Simon, #23 -7 South Bend Air Products, #23 -11 Ale T. Cholis, #25 -3 Cl o d Bros., #23-2 Relocation 'Claims Man ower, #15 -3 - Paid to.A. & D. Construction Co. Man ower, #15 -3 - Paid to Adway Signs Tho as Alldrdyce, #27 -13 - Paid to Keith E. Proud Hon a of Michiana, #13 -1 - Paid to U.S. Van Lines of Indiana, Inc. Man ower, #15 -3 - Paid to Keith E. Proud" Lar y's Auto Radio Specialists, #28 -9 - Paid to Larry L. Davis. Man ower, #15 -3 - Paid to Barnes Electric Co. Lar y's Auto Radio Specialists, #28 -9 - Paid to Larry L. Davis -2- $ 16.63 16,109.63 16,240.67 $ 10.00 40.30 1,739.70 700.00 100.00 285.00 15.00 30.00 117.40 326,50 $3,363.90 $ ` 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10,00 10.00 10.00 35.00 132.00 180.00 5,425.00 200.00 468.75. 75.00 2,500.00 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) B & J Demolition Co. $ 75.00 Albert S. Bond 70.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 2.60 South Bend Exterminating Co. 30.00 South Bend Hardware Co. 3.38 S. M. Dix & Associates, Inc. 357.00 Urban Redevelopment Fund, 83.00 Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc. 10,000.00 United Community Services 300.00 Hubert M. Weaver 3,1.62.73 Total 23,179.46 REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND Payroll: September 16 to 30, 19:70 B. Ashenfelter $ 604.16 L. Glenn Barbe 520.83 Vivian N. Bond 341.66 Dorothy Z. Deane 350.00 Gordon L. Harrell 286.66 Dorothy N. Howell 341.66 Patricia L. Joers 212.16 C. E. Maxwell 354.16 W. H. Miller 375.00 W. J. Parrish 395.53 Billy W. Kirk 375.00 Joanna Wantuch 204.08 G. B. Watkin 308.33 Earl King 350.00 Helen S. King 248.04 W. P. McRae 308.33 Billie J. Wesley 291.66 Richard Madison 354.16 Viella Wheeler 60.00 Paul Becher 341.66 Frank J. Alford 320.83 John Tidwell 341.66 Janet Martin 212.16 Patricia Kennedy 195.83 Lois Hocker 266.66 Rita Kurth 99.00 Carol A. Sheehan 192.91 Sue Hunter 341.66 Annie J. Owens 191.58 Michael Mangan 286.00 Bill E. Slabaugh 437.50 $ 9,538.34 B. shenfelter 16:,92. Ault Camera Shop 6,98 Bati Insurance Agency 131.00 Dor thy Z. Deane 65.63 Frank's Wholesale Florist, Inc. 6.53 -3- 3. APP OVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) L. . Hawkin's Plumbing & Supply Co. $ 10.00 Mar Publication Co. 2.82 Rom Hammes, Inc. 12.53 Seer er Safe & Locksmith Service 3.50 She han Service Center 36.00 Wei berger Bros. 19.90 Xer x Corporation 213.55 Total 10,064.70 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND The Housing Authority Doyle Peppers - Paid to Ebony Movers Don a Braylock - Paid to Ebony Movers Jua ita Richardson - Paid to Ebony.Movers Gra ville W. Ziegler - Postmaster Total GRAND TOTAL 4. COM14UNICATIONS a. Inwood's Store, Inc., letter dated September 24, 1970: This firm is concerned with Redevelopment taking away 1/ of their parking lot and making a street out of their a ley. Preside it Wilhelm advised we will be taking 26 feet off the Wes side of Inwood's alley at the rear. There will be no o -street parking along Michigan Street to permit free ac ess to the post office and the mall. Mr. Wig ins suggested it would be well to advse'Inwoodts that in every instance, where possible, a 40 -foot alley is part of the plan and cannot be changed. Also, that the 40- oot alley will not carry vehicular traffic, but will be confined to delivery traffic. The alley will create o further hazard, but will allow more room. Presideiit Wilhelm said he is in favor of advising In- wood's tie have to go ahead and cannot deviate from our over-all plan. $ 50.00 130.00 120.00 108.00 38`..00 446.00 $ 53,294.73 INWOOD tS STORE, INC. PARKING LOT AND ALLEY, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 b. Inwood's Store, Inc., letter dated September 28, TNWOOD'S,ST.ORE, INC. 1970: Inwood's also owns the building imme_ iately REHAB 4223 SOUTH MICRIQAN1 north of their main building, at 423 South Michigan CENTRAL DOWNTOWN 'URBAN Street, known as Inwood's Gift Annex. They are request- RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 ing information as to what might be required' were they to rehabilitate this building and thus remove from our list of acquisitions. M10 4. COMMUNICATIONS (Cont'dl President Wilhelm said Inwood's will have to submit= their plans to the Review Board of the Commission and to the 3uilding Department of South Bend so the build- ing will conform in its entirety with the build ing code. He indicated the Commission does not want to work `a hardship on any one, and if the plans can be worked out to conform, they prefer to do so. c. Jerome J. 'Crowley, Jr., letter dated September 30, 197 ): Mr. Ashenfelter read'Mr. Crowley's letter, address id to Mr. Wilhelm, President of the South Bend Redevel pment'Commission. Mr. & Mrs. Crowley are owners of real estate situated on the East side'of the 100 block of Souti Michigan Street and are interested in develop ing thi property on their own. They are asking any action o acquire this property under urban redevelop- ment be deferred, at this time, to give them time to work wi h the proposed development. President Wilhelm suggested Mr. Ashenfelter get in touch with Mr Crowley and determine precisely what >he contem- plates: Bring this information back to the Commission t t k h t JEROME J. CROWLEY, JR., 100 BLOCK OF S. MICHIGAN, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 0 a e w a ever action is n2cessary. 5. OLD BUSINESS - None. 6. NEW BUSINESS a, George Cimermancic'Associates: Mr. George LASALLE PARK HOUSING Cimerma cic and Attorney Isadore.Rosenfeld: represented AUTHORIZED,- R -57 the firm, which is a low- income housing developer from Detroit Michigan (with.an office in South - Bend). They were re uesting purchase approval of bids on 20 to'27 - lots, ir the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. They su mitted proposals to build 25 single- family units, which will consist of 15 three - bedroom ranches to sell for $18,200 each, and 10 four- bedroom colonials for $21,200 each- -with full basements, brick exterior and complet ly carpeted. The down payment will be $200.00 to qualified buyers, with payments of approximately $100. °0,0 per 'month, on the -235 Pra;grattu which offers a subsidi ed interest rate. The units will be built to better than FHA minimum specifications. The grounds will be completely finish graded and seeded', with paved drive a d parking area,. no garage, and on scattered sites. They al` eady have FHA's approval, the commitment from the bank to start, and are proposing to build ten` houses on a speculative basis. Upon selling these, they will start on another group. -5- 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Mr. Ba be advised these lots have all been soil.tested. Mr. Ci ermancic said on the 235-Program, builders do not include brick exterior or full.carpeting, but he can, as the cost of the lots,is considerably lower in the LaSalle Park area. As GCA's references to the Commission, Mr. Cimermancic said they built,1,200 units for HUD out. of Chicago. They have built'2,000 single- family.homes in fifteen' years of building; including 50 single turnkey houses in South Bend for the Greater South Bend Housing Corpo- ration, which were all brick units, and 50 units for the Niles Housing Commission. Mr. Barba said this firm would be on �a release clause with 2 months to build. Mr. Hel en moved that the staff proceed with whatever is necessary to consummate this deal.. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Chesney and unanimous)ly carried. b. Resolution Nos. 317 and 318: These are master resolutions authorizing the sale, issuance and delivery of Project Notes and the execution of Requisition Agree- ments for specific projects: Resolution No. 317: Industrial Expansion Project, R -56. Resolution No. 318: LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. Mr. Bar be advised that HUD had requested we institute a master resolution for the sale of these project notes, instead of having the Commission authorize each issue. The Bond Counsel has approved the master resolution for the Central Downtown Urban Renewal.Project, R -66, and HUD feels we should pass the master resolutions for the R -56 and R -57 Projects. MASTE R 'RESOLUTIONS APPROVED: NO. 317: R -56 NO. 318: R -57 Mr. Wiggins moved for the adoption. of Resolution Nos. 317 and 318, as stipulated above. Said motion was se- ; conded Dy Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried; c. Resolution No. 319: This Resolution relates RESOLUTION NO. 319 to acquisition of property by condemnation, and authori- APPROVED, LASALLE PARK zation qas requested to mail ten (10) day notices of URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, condemnation for Parcel No. 23 -1, located at 261 North R -57 Chicago Street, in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. On moti n by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, Resolu- tion No 319 was adopted, and motion.unanimously carried. -6- 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd d. Resolution No. 320: This Resolution also relates RESOLUTION .NO. 320 to acquisition of property by condemnation,' a.nd'authori APPROVED, CENTRAL DOWN - zation Nas requested to mail ten (10) day notices of TOWN URBAN :RENEWAL PROJECT, condemnation for Parcel -No. 9 -3, located at 110 West R -66 Washington Street, in the Central Downtown Urban.Re:new:al Project, R -66, subject to Commission Legal Counsel`ap. proval. Mr.Wigg'ns moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 320, subject to Commission Legal Counsel approva.l.. Said motion was sec nded by Mr. Helmen, and unanimously carried. e. Investment in Project Expenditures Account R -66: INVESTMENT IN R -66 Authorization was requested to invest One Million Six AUTHORIZED Hundred Fifty Thousand ($1,650,000.00) Dollars in U.S. Treasurl Bonds for Project Expenditures Account R -66, until D cember 10, 1970, since these are excess funds which are not needed for current operations Mr. Wiggins moved to authorize the investment of $1,650,)00.00 in U.S. Treasury Bonds for P.E.A. R -6:6, until D cember 10, 1970. Motion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. f. NAHRO Workshop, in San Francisco, California: NAHRO WORKSHOP, - Authori ation was requested for a staff member to attend _ ACT.ION DEFERRED. the NAH 0 Workshop, in San Francisco, California, October 25th th ough 30th. President Wilhelm said to attend the Code Wo kshop and the Renewal Workshop would be an expendi- ture of approximately $400 or more possibly. Per Mr..Barbe, the San Francisco conference is the only one being held for this particular subject this year. Action was deferred to the next Commission meeting, to.be held October 16, 1970. g. Reuse Appraisals and Disposition Price,'R "66:, REUSE APPRAISALS AND The parcels involved are: Nos. 4 -1, 4 -3, 4 -65, 5-1, DISPOSITION PRICE,.R -66, 8 -1, 8-17, 10 -1 10 -1A and 10 -3. These parcels. are to ACTION, DET=ERRED be sold to public entities. Mr. Ham erschmidt, Commission'Legal Counsel, advised these areas consist of parcels.'acquired from private owners and are for resale for public purposes. All the parcels have not yet been acquired. The abo a subject will be-deferred.to.another Commis- sion me ting for action. 7. PROGRESS REPORTS a. Business Relocation: Mr. - Harrison.Miller BUSINESS:RELOCAITION, advised three claims were approved in this Commtssion CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN meeting totalling $8,835.75. Eight firms have moved RENEWAL PROJECT, 9-66 -7- 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd and.cla ms 'are in process. The relocation staff has receive word that another Small Business Administrate tion to n has been secured by South Bend Beauty Supply. b. advised agreemei 25 -1, WI condemn Superio, Downtown Negotiations: Mr. Hubert M.; Weaver in the post office site he has mailed two option its for out -of -town owners to sign: Parcel No. JDU and 24 -6, at 434 S. St. Joseph Street. One ition case is on file in St.. Joseph County Court on Parcel Nos. 24 -3, 24 -4 and 24 -5. We have title to 71 parcels, for a total of $2,643,535. To date 90 options have been signed, at a total cost of $3,969,023. Only one condemnation in the post office site has been filed, with:the hearing set for. October 8th All other parcels have signed options. c. Housing Clinic: Rev. Kirk stated the Housing Clinic s making progress. All the utilities are in and they hope to open next week. Rev. Kirk extended an invitation to the Commissioners for the opening. It would be a good opportunity to meet the residents and hav the residents meet the Commission. About ten familiee are interested in this type of Clinic. Mr. Helmen asked how he is going to.staff.the.Clinic? Rev.. Kirk st ted he plans to use his staff with additional staff c )ming in from:like agencies :in the community on a volun ary basis. The Urban League will lend Mrs. Watson n the field of housing, which will be of great help. ihe Clinic building is housed at: 410 L.W.E. d. City -Wide Relocation: Our staff met with the Housing Authority and the Substandard Division, on Septemb r 29th, and worked out procedures and agree- ments w ich will simplify the rehousing of families by City wide relocation. The workload should dimish within �fie 'next two or three weeks. DOWNTOWN NEGOTIATIONS, R-66 HOUSING CLINIC, 410 L.W.E. CITY -WIDE RELOCATION e. Relocation, R -66: Rev. Kirk said his September RELOCATION, workloa in R -66 was 28, with nine families and 18 in- CENTRAL DOWNTOWN dividua s'. One family and eight individuals moved with- URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, out notification and one individual moved into private R -66 sales h using. f. the tot was 39, period with a to mont $766.00 cause i receive May l t Property Management: Rev. Kirk reported that PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 1 workload from May through September 30, 1970, R -66 vacated 13. The accounts receivable for this ,as $14,453.00, >eash collected was $13,230.00, alance due of $1,223.00, credits (vacated prior 's end) $457.00, with a total balance due of Rev. Kirk stated we will get the balance, be- they do not pay the amount owed, they cannot their relocation claim. Expenditures from rough September 30, 1970, totalled $3,327.35. -8- 7. PRO RESS REPORTS (Cont'd) g. Special Workshop Meeting on'Accounting in VORKSHOP MEETING ON Indiana olis, Ind., Sept. 21 and 22, 1970: Mrs. ACCOUNTING, INDIANAPOLIS, Dorothy Z. Deane had attended this Workshop and SEPT. 21 & 22, 1970 submitted a written report to the Commission. Presi- dent Wilhelm complimented her on a very fine written report. h. HUD Office: Mr. L. Glenn Barbe gave a report HUD OFFICE REPORT on his trip to the HUD office, in Chicago, yesterday, October 1st. He had requested approval for the Site ImproveTfent Contract A and B, for the Industrial Expan- sion Pr ject, R -56. Their Engineering Department ap- proved to proceed with the taking of bids scheduled for October 8th. This will follow with written approval as soon as we send approval of the State Health Department of the "ewers. The Wor able Program section now has a new head. The review ias been completed, but they are questioning a couple f the items concerning the Building Department's City -Wi e Code Enforcement. They will approve the Workable Program specifying the items to be worked out pri r to mid review date - -a year from now. Mr. Bar )e also said, in talking with the area coordinator, they d,i cussed the 'amendatory on R -57, Rehabilitation Grants. There was a budget problem, which has now been straightened out. 8. NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Com- NEXT'"-MEETING, mission will be at 10:30 A.M., Friday, October 16, 1970, OCTOBER 16, 1970 in the ffice of the Department of Redevelopment. 9. ADJOURNMENT On motion duly made and passed by Mr.. Helmen, the ADJOURNMENT meeting adjourned at 12:20 P.M. (SEAL) elter, xecutive Director Dean J. Wilhe resident -9-