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Home My WebLink AboutRM 10-16-70Octob r 16, 1970 10:30 A. M. Presi ing Officer: 1. (BOLL CALL SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, President 1200 County -City Bldg. 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Ind. 46601 resent: Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member sent: Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Asst. Secretary thers Present: Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Secretary, Board of Trustees Mr. Jim Miller, South Bend Tribune Reporter Mr. Edgar Seybold; South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Legal- Counsel: Mr. George P. Roberts PA Staff: Mr. B* Ashenfelter Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Mr. William Parrish Mrs. Helen S. King Mr. William Slabaugh Mr. Hubert M. Weaver 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. MINUTES APPROVED Wiggins, the minutes of October 2, 1970 were ap- proved and motion unanimously carried. 3. RESOLUTION NO. 283 Mr. Ashenfelter advised the Commission that our RESOLUTION NO. 283 Legal Counsel, Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt, had re- RESCINDED,,MINUTES quest Ed a motion be made to rescind Resolution No. OF DECEMBER 5, 1969 283, on Page 5, Item 6b, contained in minutes of December 5, 1969, and to have the record show that a motion was made in lieu of Resolution No. 283. The City of South Bend requested that the applica- tion lor Section 117 Code Enforcement Grant filed with 1he Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment under date of December 22, 1969, be amended to sh w that the City of South Bend, Department of Redev lopment be termed the applicant for this program. -1- 3. RESOLUTION NO. 283 (_Contd) A motion to amend the minutes and have the record show z motion was made in lieu of Resolution No. 283 was made by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, and u animously carried. 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS On motion by Rev. Williams, seconded by Mr. Wiggi s, the claims -- totalling $636,393.13 - -were approved and motion unanimously carried. PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT'FUND R -56 outh Bend Tribune ri- County News Total PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Rehabilitation Claims Annie & Jessie Harris, #12 -15 - Paid to Wickes Lumber Co. rank J. Alford redit Bureau of South Bend, Inc. lying Squad Jobs, Inc. rnest Haynes . P. McRae arry McKinstry ames H. Neidigh & Associates oodruff & Sons, Inc. Total PROJEOT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real Estate Oation CLAIMS APPROVED $ 23.90 32.97 $56.87 $ 7,745,00 27.90 5,50 365.00 72.00`• 24.80 10.00 120.00 3,546.00 11,916.20 ay William Rosenbluth, #1 -8 $ 10.00 Real state Purchases Bernard Aronson and J. William Rosenbluth, #1 -:8 Bernard Aronson and J. William Rosenbluth, #1 -8 loud Bros., #23 -2 ylvester L., Tessie, Mary Kaminski and estate of Peter S. Kaminski, Sr., #23 -2 nthony A. Nafrady, #23 -2 Reloc tion Claims 1's Upholstery Shop, #28 -2 Grace Emerson, #18 -5 Ethel Ivy, #5 -4 -2- 50,000.00 440,766.00 6,755.00 82,640.00 7,874.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 54.00 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) REDEVI I LOPMENT REVOLVING FUND ayroll: October 1 to 16, 1970 B. Ashenfelter L. Glenn Barbe Vivian N. Bond Dorothy Z. Deane Gordon L. Harrell Dorothy N. Howell Patricia L. Joers C. E' Maxwell W. H. Miller W. J. Parrish Billy W. Kirk Joanna Wantuch G. B. Watkin Earl King Helen S. King W. P. McRae Billie J. Wesley Richard Madison Viella Wheeler Paul Becher Frank J..Alford John Tidwell Janet Martin Patricia Kennedy Lois Hocker Rita Kurth Carol.; A. Sheehan Sue Hunter Annie J. Owens Michael Mangan Bill E. Slabaugh -3- $ 604.16 520.83 . 341.66 350.00 286.66 341.66 212.16 354.16 375.00 395.83 375.00 204.08 308.33 350.00 248.04 308.33 291.66 375.00 60.00 341.66 320.83 341.66 212.16 195.83 266.66 99.00 192.91 341.66 191.58 260.00 437.50 $ 9,495.01 1's Upholstery Shop, #28 -2 $ 69.00 W. Lowery, Inc., #4 -5 - Paid to U.S. Van of Ind. 963.00 B & J Demolition 80.00 Albert S. Bond 140.00 S. M. Dix & Associates, Inc. 4,068.50 Ebony Movers 108.00 Ernest Haynes 65.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 54.11 Wallace Mitchell' Plumbing & Heating Co. 188.00 Myers Sewing Center 49.95 Ritsc and Bros., Inc. 24,940.00 , South Bend Tribune 19.58 United Community Services _ 1,230.17 South Bend Water Dept. 12.00 Clyde E. Williams & Associates 2,624.21 Clyde E. Williams & Associates 623.30 Clyde E. Williams & Associates 34,000.00' Total 612,323.82 REDEVI I LOPMENT REVOLVING FUND ayroll: October 1 to 16, 1970 B. Ashenfelter L. Glenn Barbe Vivian N. Bond Dorothy Z. Deane Gordon L. Harrell Dorothy N. Howell Patricia L. Joers C. E' Maxwell W. H. Miller W. J. Parrish Billy W. Kirk Joanna Wantuch G. B. Watkin Earl King Helen S. King W. P. McRae Billie J. Wesley Richard Madison Viella Wheeler Paul Becher Frank J..Alford John Tidwell Janet Martin Patricia Kennedy Lois Hocker Rita Kurth Carol.; A. Sheehan Sue Hunter Annie J. Owens Michael Mangan Bill E. Slabaugh -3- $ 604.16 520.83 . 341.66 350.00 286.66 341.66 212.16 354.16 375.00 395.83 375.00 204.08 308.33 350.00 248.04 308.33 291.66 375.00 60.00 341.66 320.83 341.66 212.16 195.83 266.66 99.00 192.91 341.66 191.58 260.00 437.50 $ 9,495.01 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) URBANIREDEVELOPMENT FUND . B. Dick Products Company of South Bend $ 32.60 . Glenn Barbe 13.45 $ 86.00 enter of Continuing Education, U.N.D. 3.00 bony Movers outhitt's Office Equipment Co'. 5.50 aces Chevrolet Corp. 224.01 ruce C. Hammerschmidt 200.00 Inc. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 45.38 300.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 595.68 ater Department, orthern Indiana Public Service Co. 7.18 Bend (Willie Bullock) outh Bend Parking Co., Inc. 75.00 ill E. Slabaugh 7.50 City of South outh Bend Hardware 15.09 12.00 uperintendent of Documents 14.00 as Company (Juanita eisberger Bros., Inc. 40.65 ffice Engineers, Inca 163.25 ranville'P. Ziegler, 94.29 of South Bend Total 11,031.59 URBANIREDEVELOPMENT FUND REIMBORSEMENT TO REVOLVING FUND roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -56 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -57 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -66 Total 5. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Appraisal Fees for Old City Hall: Mr. Hammer - schmi t had requested, by letter dated October 12, 1970, autho ization for the Department of Redevelopment to pay the t ree (3) court - appointed appraisers for the Old City Hall it $200 each, and attached the Order on Petition to Appoi t Appraisers from the St. Joseph Circuit Court, to- gethe with the statements of the appraisers for this sum. The City feels that since they donated the property to the D partment of Redevelopment for non-cash credits, we sh uld pay the appraisers' fees. �-4- $ 561.58 8,296.62 10,715.53 19,573.73 OLD'CITY HALL APPRAISAL FEES AUTHORIZED orby Homes $ 86.00 bony Movers 774.00 ates -Way Leasing, Inc. 300.00 ater Department, City of South Bend (Willie Bullock) 18.56 ater Department, City of South Bend (Ethel Tidwell) 12.00 as Company (Juanita Richardson) 35.00 ousing Authority of South Bend (Ethel Tidwell) 90.00 ousing Authority of South Bend (Willie Bullock) - 100.00 orby Homes (Ethel Ivy) 78.00 Total $ 1,493.56 GRAND TOTAL $ 636,393.13 REIMBORSEMENT TO REVOLVING FUND roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -56 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -57 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -66 Total 5. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Appraisal Fees for Old City Hall: Mr. Hammer - schmi t had requested, by letter dated October 12, 1970, autho ization for the Department of Redevelopment to pay the t ree (3) court - appointed appraisers for the Old City Hall it $200 each, and attached the Order on Petition to Appoi t Appraisers from the St. Joseph Circuit Court, to- gethe with the statements of the appraisers for this sum. The City feels that since they donated the property to the D partment of Redevelopment for non-cash credits, we sh uld pay the appraisers' fees. �-4- $ 561.58 8,296.62 10,715.53 19,573.73 OLD'CITY HALL APPRAISAL FEES AUTHORIZED 5. COMMUNICATIONS (Cont'd The Commissioners were in concurrence. Motion was made b y Mr. Wiggins to pay the three appraiser fees, at $200 each, seconded by Rev. Williams, and unanimously carried. L. South Bend Public Library letter dated SOUTH BEND PUBLIC Octob r 13, 1970: Mr. Ashenfelter said that as a LIBRARY result of a meeting with Mr. Paul Ivankovig, Presi- dent f the School Library Trustees of the Soth Bend ommunity School Corporation, Roger B. Francis, Director and Jasper H. Wright, Assistant Director of thE South Bend Public Library, on October 8th, they set out their priorities: 1) Acquisition of the property of the first Christian Church for eventual expansion f the Main Library building. 2) Acquisition of a site and construc- tion of a branch library to serve northeast South Bend and southeast Clay township. They are requesting the purchase price on the First Christian Church site and are offering to buy the land subject to redevelopment at a later date- -- possi ly 1975. They might temporarily consider landscaping the area, servicing the two bookmobiles or im roving access to the drive -'in window presently operating on the north -south alley. President Wilhelm advised the normal procedure, in other than governmental agencies, the Commission accepts sealed bids, with the highest bidder being awarded the parcel of land. Governmental agencies may purchase the land for the appraised value. Mr. --Wi- gins: moved the South Bend Public Library be advised the First Christian Church site may be purchased by them for $87,962.00, cash, and be in accordance with no parking usage. Said motion was seconded by Rev. Williams and unanimously passed by th Commission. C. Business Systems, Inc. letter dated October, 13, 1970: This firm is interested in purchasing land . located on the south side of Washington Street in the 100 Block West, and as positioned between the alley and the Odd Fellows Building. Mr. Wi gins made the motion that it might well be within our bounds of propriety to advise Business, System , Inc. that we have not yet acquired this -5- BUSINESS SYT.EMS, INC. 5. QOMMUNICATIONS (Cont'd) property; however, they may want to acquire same on their own. If they can acquire it, the Com- mission will remove this parcel from the acquisi tion list. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and u animously carried. 6. OLD BUSINESS one. 7. MEW BUSINESS .. Batte st Construction Co. 1229 Madison'Street South Bend, Indiana 46617 H. De Wulf 58600 Executive Drive Mishawaka, Indiana 46544 McInt re & Jones Con= struc ion Co., Inc 2526 . 6th Street Misha aka, Indiana 46544 Bradb rry Bros., Inc. 20061 Dice Street South Bend, Indiana 46614 I Contract C2 Contract C3 $ 20,914 17,724.00 $ 32,622.75 31,218.60 Resolution No. 321: This Resolution ap- RESOLUTION NO. 321 proves and authorizes the submission of a Code Enforce - APPROVED, CODE ENFORCE -, ment Grant Application be filed with the Department of MENT GRANT APPLICATION Housing and Urban Development on behalf -of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, under Section 117 o the Housing Act of 1949, total cost estimated to be $968,419.00. On mo ion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, Resod tion No. 321 was adopted and unanimously carried.. Contracts Cl, C2 and C3 for Site - Improve SITE IMPROVEMENT CONTRAC ments in Indiana R -56: The bid opening, date for the NOS. C1, C2 and C3 AWARDtu site improvement contracts, in the Industrial Expansion INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION Project, R -56, was on Thursday, October 15, 1970, at PROJECT, R -56 1:30 .M., E.D.T. The advertisement appeared in The South Bend Tribune on September 24 and October 1, 1970, and i the Tri- County News on September 22, 1970. The bids eceived were: .. Batte st Construction Co. 1229 Madison'Street South Bend, Indiana 46617 H. De Wulf 58600 Executive Drive Mishawaka, Indiana 46544 McInt re & Jones Con= struc ion Co., Inc 2526 . 6th Street Misha aka, Indiana 46544 Bradb rry Bros., Inc. 20061 Dice Street South Bend, Indiana 46614 I Contract C2 Contract C3 $ 20,914 17,724.00 $ 32,622.75 31,218.60 7. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Bidder Contract Cl Contract C2 Contract C3 Rieth Riley Construction $ 63,865.65 $ 17,282.00 $ .25,297.10 Co., I nc. 24355 State Road'23 South Bend, Indiana 46614 Chas. W. Cole & Son, Inc., who handled the bid tabulation on these Contracts, recommended the contracts be awarded to Rieth -Riley Construction Co., nc., who was the apparent low bidder on all three contracts. The bids received for Contract Cl and C2 were below the engineer's estimate, and C3 was slightly above. The Chair entertained a motion for the award of Contracts C1, C2 and C3 to Rieth-Riley.Construc- tion Company, in the amounts of $63,865.65, $17,282.00 and $25,297.10, respectively. Said motion was made by Mr. Wiggins and seconded by Rev. Williams, and unanimously carried. c. City Water Works: Approval was re- CITY WATERWORKS APPROVED quested of Force Account work to the City Water. FOR FORCE ACCOUNT WORK, Works of South Bend for work on Indiana, R -56, _ INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION Industrial Expansion Project. Their proposal PROJECT, R -56 was received to do the water lines in the area for $23,089.45. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded.by.Rev. Williams, the contract for the extension of water mains was awarded to the City Water Works for the above amount. Motion was unani- mousl carried. d. Commercial Leases: Commission approval TWO (2) COMMERCIAL LEASES was requested for two 2 Commercial Leases on - APPROVED,;CENTRAL'DOWNTOWN the following parcels, in the Central Downtown URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 Urban Renewal Project, R -66: Firm Parcel No. Address Mo. Rent City Bar-B -Cue, Inc. 9 -12 112 -114 N. Main St. $225,00 Roaring 20's 22 -1 108 Western Avenue .100.00 The lease for the Roaring 20's is for three months only. On mo ion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. Williams, the a ove two leases were approved and motion unani- mousl" carried. -7- 7. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Option Agreements: Approval and.author- izati n was requested for the President to sign six ( ) Option Agreements, in the Central Down- town Urban Renewal Project, R -66, for the follow- ing parcels: Parcel No. Address 1 -1 234," N. Michigan Street 24 -6 434 -436 S. St. Joseph Street 25 -1 429 S. Columbia Street 27 -3 412 S. Fellows Street 27 -4 416 S. Fellows Street 27 -18 544 L.W.E. Mr. W ggins moved for the Option Agreements on the a ove- listed parcels to be approved and the Presi ent be authorized to sign. Said motion' was s conded by Rev. Williams and unanimously carri d. SIX (6) OPTION AGREEMENTS APPROVED, PARCEL NOS. 1 -1, 24 -6, 25 -1, 27 -3, 27 -4 & 27 -18, CENTRAL.DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 NAHRO Workshop: This subject was de- NAHRO WORKSHOP, SAN FRANCI;SCO,' ferred to this Commission meeting for further CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 25 THRU review for the authorization of a staff member 30. to at end this Workshop, in San Francisco, Cali forni , October 25th through 30th of this year. The Chair advised the Commission has agreed that due to the expense and destination to be travelled, they are not completely in favor of this ype of expenditure at this particular time. Mr. C enney made the motion not to send anyone to th NAHRO Workshop session, seconded by Mr. Wiggi s and unanimously carried. 8. EROGRESS REPORTS Downtown Negotiations: Mr. Hubert M. Weave advised..that to date 95 options have been signed, at a total cost of $4,150,040. Two of these options (WNDU and Hamilton - Harris) were autho ized in this meeting and this takes.care of th post- office site, with the exception of three in condemnation. PAC Meeting: Mr. Ashenfelter advised they met with the Southeast Neighborhood resi- dents Wednesday, October 14th, with-Rev. Williams . in attendance. Accomplishment was in the way of knowl dge and feelings of the Project Area Com- mitte . Our plan now is to prepare and submit the a plication to HUD, which we will do directly. DOWNTOWN NEGOTIATIONS, R -66 PAC MEETING, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1970 8. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd We a e making progress and Rev. Williams is very sati fied -- emphasizing the matter of communication. C. Business Relocation: Messrs. Miller and Becker were in the HUD office today and President Wilhelm read Mr. Miller's progress report. In esse ce: Car Parts, Inc. has found a new loca- tion in which to move and will move before Decem- ber 31st. With one possible exception of the Joy Bar, all business concerns in the post office site have either completed moves or are in some pahse of completing their moving plans. The Joy Bar has not yet made a determination as to whether they will relocate the first of the year or discontinue oper tions. Cloud Brothers are temporarily moving into the Pearless Press building while they con- tinu their efforts to acquire a permanent location. Three claims are before the Commission this morning, for Parcel Nos. 4 -5, 28 -2 and 18 -5, totalling $6,032.00. Four claims are in process awaiting fina statements or documentation. Eigh een business concerns have firm plans and,a loca ion in which'to move. Pres dent Wilhelm said these two men are doing a good job. d. Housing Clinic: Mr. Ashenfelter advised Rev. Kirk has about ten applicants for instruction and has the blessing of some of the City adminis- tration. They are pleased Rev. Kirk is starting this program. Mrs. Guy P. Curtis raised the question of how to get the people there and providing the incentive for them to want to go.' A discussion followed. Mrs. Curtis advised the Housing Authority has a Social Services Department who is trying to ac- celerate this program. She asked an informative letter be sent for their next Commission meeting, the ath Wednesday of the month, telling them of this setup and ask them for cooperation in refer- ring problem families. The referrals should be to Rev. Kirk. President Wilhelm asked Mrs. Curtis to bring this up in the Housing Authority meeting, and suggested Rev. Kirk's technique in getting people to go is all his own. -9- BUSINESS.RELOCATION, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 HOUSING CLINIC 97 0 8. PROGRESS REPORTS (C_o_nt'd) Rev. Williams advised that he will be recruiting in his area and will be working closely with Rev. Kirk. He said many in his community need this help and he will set up an informational booth in his church office. Housing Center: Mrs. Curtis asked what is happening to the Housing Center for the City and where are we now? Mr. Ashenfelter stated there is still some activity. Mrs. Otto was to have met with Mr. Bellinger of Area Plan Commis- sion recently. Mrs. Curtis suggested a building for the Housing Cent r: Union Station, owned by Penn Central. 9. NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting of the Redevelop - ment Commission will be at 10:30 A.M., Friday, November 6, 1970, in the Office of the Depart- ment of Redevelopment. 10. the r (SEA 0JOURNMENT in motion duly made and passed by Mr. Wiggins, ieeting adjourned at 11:25 A.M. ,nente _1 , Executive Director -10- HOUSING CENTER NEXT MEETING, NOVEMBER 6, 1970 ADJOURNMENT