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Home My WebLink AboutRM 04-02-71April 1971 10:30 M. Presiding Officer: 1. ROIL CALL Present: Others Present: Leal Counsel: LPA Staff: SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING .1200 County -City Building Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. President South Bend, Indiana 46601 2. APIrROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm,.President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Asst...Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend.Civic.Planning Assn. Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt Mr. B. Ashenfelter Mr. Paul: Becher Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Mrs.. Dorothy Z. Deane Mr. Harrison Miller Mrs. Dorothy Howell Mrs. Helen S. King Rev. Billy W. Kirk Mr. William J. Parrish Mr. Bill Slabaugh. On motion by Rev. Williams, seconded by Chenney, the mi utes of the Regular Meeting of March 19 and minute of the Special Meeting of March 25, 1971, were approv d and unanimously carried. 3. APERflVAL OF CLAIMS Mr. Wiggins moved for the payment of the claims, with the exception of the insurance bill from Bath In- surance Agency, Inc. This should cover $5,000 insur- ance on the Downtown Model rather than $12,000 for the same period. The reduction of premium would be from $360.0 to $150.00. The claims would then total $86,825.13. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Helmen and unanimously carried. PROJEC EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Additilonal Relocation Claim — I Leona Jordan, #41 -6 -1- MINUTES APPROVED CLAIMS APPROVED ADJUSTMENT, REQUESTED $ 430.50 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS`(Cont`d) Larry McKinstry Bath Insurance Agency, Inc. Credit Bureau of South Bend, Inc. South Bend Exterminating Co. Total PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real gstate Purchase G orge E., Marjorie, and Henrietta Keller, #15 -5A W. Joseph Doran (Jared L. Lake), #8 -1 Additional Relocation Claims Ida E. Lay, #16 -1 Ma el G. Smith, #15 -7 Reloca ion. Claims Patrick Glossinger, #18 -5 Jo ' ce E. Hogendobler, #4 -16 Am rican Affiliates, Inc., #4 -4 C1 udious Brooks Ro ald E. Gettel Er est Haynes In Tana & Michigan Electric Co. Je ome E. Michaels Francesco Montana, Inc. No thern Indiana Public Service Co. Ow ns Heating & Air Conditioning The Reformer Ed Siebert & Sons Contracting Co. South Bend Exterminating Co. SOLIth Bend Tribune South Bend Water Works Timothy Temple D. L. Warren 317 Jefferson Boulevard, Inc. Midwest Demolition Golden Rule Press C1 de E. Williams &.Associates Ba h Insurance Agency, Inc. Total REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND Payroll: March 16, 1971 to March 31, 1971 Ault Camera Shop, Inc. Bru a C. Hammerschmidt Indiana Bell Telephone Co. -2- $ 32.00 50.00 22.44 30.00 $ 564.84 $ 365.00 600.00 415.68 472.80 36.00 90.00 1,153.00 70.00, 2,077.00 63.00 10.80 400.00 360.00 577.61 9.00 35.00 13,611.50 30.00 51.55 12.61 60.00 46.0.0 547.02 49200.00 1,145.96 41,863.75 150.00 68,453.28 $ 14,295.08 61.11 200.00. 676.55 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd J mes.R. Meehan & Associates Pence Dickens & Heeter, Inc. Royal Typewriter Co. S eehan Service Center, Inc. Singer General Tire, Inc. B-11 E. Slabaugh South Bend Drafting Supply, Inc South Bend Parking, Inc Tire Service Co., Inc. H me -Tech Publications I liana & Michigan Electric Co. L. Glenn Barbe URBANIREDEVELOPMENT FUND I�diana & Michigan Electric Co. J mes H. Neidigh & Associates 4. QMMUNICATIONS $ 41.05 .3.77. 42.00 48.00 23.69 19.60 109:18. 75.00 7.50 22.90 10.66 50.92 Total 15,687.01 $ 20.00 2,100.00 Total 25120.00 GRAND TOTAL $.86,825.13 a. Letter dated March 24, 1971 from The Housing THE HOUSING AUTHORITY Authority of South Bend: Mr. Ashenfelter stated he and OF SOUTH BEND' Mrs. Dorothy Howell have met with Mr. Jesse L. Dickinson, Execu ive Director of The Housing Authority, relative to ho sing 19 families in the R -66 area. Mr. Dickinson assures us, in his letter of March 24th, that The Housing Authority will give us the highest possible degree of cooperation to the matter of relocat -. ing our cases. President Wilhelm asked'if we have 'any large families which can be a problem. Mrs. Howell, Director of Relo- cation, stated that this is 'a very definite problem. President Wilhelm believed we are working in the right direction. b. Letter dated March 22, 1971 from the LaSalle LASALLE PARK DISTRICT Park District Council: The Executive Board of the COUNCIL ACTION'TABLED Council is requesting the donation of four lots, located on South Dundee Street, Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7, to be set aside for use as a multiple center for the people of the La alle Park area. The present facilities are inade- quate o serve a growing community. They h ld their classes and meetings there, and want to ... enlarg their facilites and are requesting these parcels, as a c ntribution, toward the erection of a permanent faci 1 i _v. -3- 4. COMMUNICATIONS (Cont`d The bid opening date for the purchase of the remaining parce s in the LaSalle Park Project is at 2 :00 P.M., E.S.T , on April 20, 1971. The c nsensus of the Commission was to delay this matter until the next Commission meeting to further explore our limitations governing State and Federal Statutes. C. Letter dated March 31, 1971 from Clyde E. Willi ms & Associates, Inc.: The final construe tion plans and contract documents were submitted with this letter of Phase I of the Urban Renewal Project, R -66. 5. OLID BUSINESS a. Trip to Flint, Michigan: Three Commission member Messrs. Helmen, Ch enney and Wiggins, and two staff members, Messrs. Ashenfelter and Barbe, made a trip to Michigan on March 29, 1971 to see and evaluate various malls. The slides taken during the tr'p were shown to the Commission, along with a report to each Commissioner. Highlights were: JA KSON, MICHIGAN has a five -year old, three bl ck mall - -the center block being fully en- cl )sed without vehicular traffic. The single bl cks on either end are also improved but pe mit diagonal parking on either side with on lane of traffic. FLINT, MICHIGAN has canopies of concrete 6'0" to 12'0" in widths resting upon tubular steel inverted U- frames at either end. The frame co umns were approximately 4" square at build- ing line and curb line. The facia was composed of bronze vertical scored:metal: siding. Objec- ti ns were voiced of the steel frames being too li ht in appearance, with preference for the ce ter - placed columns of the EPD design. KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN has a mall of some two to three blocks from about eleven years ago at an original cost of $80,000. They are adding one block to the original, as well as renewing a wh le block, at a cost estimate of $300,000. Treatment was rather simple, with concentration of shrubs and trees, isolated trees, lighted pool and bridge, a play area, grass between.curbs.. Some sidewalks had cement strips with square brick:.. fla stones. -4- CLYDE E. WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC., PHASE I, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 TRIP TO JACKSON, FLINT AND KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN RE MALL INSPECTIONS 5. b R -66• meeti forma and A under To pr of th on a Inc., servi BUSINESS (Cont'd Extra Inspection Costs for Site Improvements, This was previously discussed in Commission gs of March 5 and 19 and tabled for further in- ion. This is in reference to Clyde E. Williams sociates, Inc. contract dated 5 December, 1969, Construction Phase 4.C, relative to supervision. vide a full -time resident inspector for supervision first phase of site improvement construction, based eriod of six months, Clyde E. Williams & Associates, in their letter of March 31, quote a fee for this e not to exceed $21,000. The Commission was of the opinion it may be better to hire a staff member which would be less expensive and the p rsonnel could be used for other duties. Addi- tional personnel, if needed, can be hired out of the conti gency fund. The Clair requested this be held in abeyance and the staff explore the details. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Signs: Depart uate t The sr R -56 H The si Type B are fr be dep as to tingen that t was pa INSPECTION COSTS FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS, R -66, TABLED The South Bend Supply Co. and McCaffery Co. THE SOUTH BEND SUPPLY The members of the Sign Committee met in the CO. AND MCCAFFERY CO. nent of Redevelopment on March 26, 1971 to eval SIGNS, TYPE A APPROVED, ie two sign proposals submitted by the two firms. R -56 �cifications for signs as applicable to Project are discussed, which are: "The location, size and construction of signs must be in keeping with the charac- ter of the area, except that billboards, free standing or lighted signs are ex- pressly prohibited." In marked Type A is approximately 29 feet high, is 3 feet high. As the two signs suggested �e standing and lighted, their acceptance would ?ndent upon action of the Redevelopment Commission, whether they would waive the specifications. Con - t on this, Mr. West moved, seconded by Mr. Kagel, ie sign marked Type A.be accepted, and said motion ;sed. Type B was considered too small. With t ese recommendations, Mr. Wiggins moved Design A be ado ted, without precedent by reason of waiver, se- conded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. b. Demolition Contract No. 10: Advertisement for DEMOLITION CONTRACT the demolition of streets, curbs and sidewalks, for the NO. 10 AWARDED, CENTRAL Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, appeared DORNTOWN'URBAN RENEWAL in The South Bend Tribune on March 8 and 15; Tri- County PROJECT, R -66 -5- 6. NEk BUSINESS (Cont'd News oi March 12; and The Reformer on March 14, 1971, with a bid opening date of March 22,._1971, at 1:00 P.M, E S.T., in this office. Eight-(8) firms sub - mitted bids, out of eleven (11) who received plans, and their bids were: Name of Contractor Bid Recd Rieth- iley Construction Co., Inc. $ 18,720.00 P.O. B x 775 South 3end, Indiana Ritsch rd Bros., Inc. 16,685.00 1204 W Sample Street South 3end, Indiana 46601 Warner Wrecking Company 15,577.40 P.O. B x 87 Elkhart, Indiana 46514 O'Neal Trucking Company 19,900.00 1737 N Elmer Street South 3end, Indiana 46628 Woodruff & Sons Construction Co. 29,074.00 P.O. B x 315 (2125 East U.S 12) Michigan City, Indiana 46360 Ed Sie ert & Sons Construction Co. 26,480.00 131 East Second Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 B & B drecking & Excavating, Inca 49,250.00 5041 Pearl Road Cleveland, Ohio 44109 Midwest Demolition Corporation 22,800.00 215 West Marion Street South 3end, Indiana 46601 One firm submitted bid documents too late for the bid opening and were not opened. OEO, ii Chicago, asked to have.shown on the documents how may minorities each of these firms had involved. Mr. Al Baugh stated Warner Wrecking Company, in Elkhart, would hire four minority people and one con- tractor with his own equipment - -no subcontracting. As the low bidder was Warner Wrecking Company of Elkhart and,they have done satisfactory work for us bef re, Mr. Wiggins moved Contract No. 10 be- awarde to Warner Wrecking Company, Elkhart, Indiana, second d by Rev. Williams, and unanimously carried. 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd c: 'Rehabilitation Grant: Authorization was re- quested for one 1 Rehabilitation Grant, in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57, for Parcel No. 30 -5, located at 118 South Lake Street, in the amount of $3,500.00. Due to late submission of this grant by staff or this Commission meeting, authorization was reques ed subject to further staff review. On motion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the above rant was authorized, subject to further staff review, and unanimously carried.' ONE (1) REHABILITATION GRANT APPROVED, PARCEL NO. 30 -5, LASALLE PARK URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 d. Option Agreement, R -57: Approval and authori- ONE (1) OPTION AGREE - zation was requested for the President to sign one (1) MENT APPROVED, PARCEL Option Agreement, in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal NO. 10 -1, LASALLE PARK Project, R -57, for Parcel No. 10 -1, which is -a vacant URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, lot on Bendix Street. R -57 On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Rev. Williams, the above-stated Option Agreement was authorized to be adopted and the President be authorized to sign. Motion was unanimously carried. e. zatior Optior Projec On mot above - adopte was un Option Agreements, R -66: Approval and authori- TWO (2) OPTION AGREE- was requested for the President to sign'two (2) MENTS APPROVED, PARCEL Agreements, in the Central Downtown Urban Renewal NOS. 4 -2 & 15 -3, t, R -66, for the following parcels: CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 Parcel No. Address 4�2 Mill Street (Parking Lot) 15-3 307 -309 L.W.E. ion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Helmen, the >tated Option Agreements were authorized to be i and the President ,e authorized to sign. Motion inimously carried. f. Resolution No. 350: This Resolution relates to RESOLUTION NO. 350 acquisition of property by condemnation and authorizes APPROVED, PARCEL NO. the mailing of 10 -day notice of condemnation for Parcel 32 =14; LASALLE PARK No. 32-14, which is a vacant lot located on South Chicago 'URBAN'RENEWAL PROJECT, Street, in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. R -57 On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev. Williams, Resolution No. 350 was adopted and unanimously carried. 9• acquis the ma follow Resolution No. 351: This Resolution relates to ition of property by condemnation and authorizes fling of 10 -day notice of condemnation for the ng parcels - -all under one ownership, in estate: -7- RESOLUTION NO. 351 APPROVED, PARCEL NOS. 4 -1, 4 -3 & 4 -20, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Parcel No. 4 -1 4 -3 4 -20 A ress ' ....... 132 -134 E. Colfax Mill Street (Parking Lot) 106 -116 N. Mill Street On motion by Rev. Williams, seconded by Mr. Chenney, Resolution No. 351 was adopted and unanimously carried. h. Resolution No. 337: Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt, Commis ion Legal Counsel, requested Resolution No. 337, adoptel in Commission meeting of February 19, 1971, authorizing the mailing of 10 -day notices of condemna- tion, a changed to delete Parcel Nos. 12 -13 and 12 -15, as the wrong owners were listed. On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, the deleti n of Parcel Nos. 12 -1.3 and 12 -15 in Resolution No. 33 was authorized. Said motion was unanimously carrie . i. Resolution No. 353: This Resolution authorizes the mailing of 10 -day notices of condemnation to the above two Parcels to be deleted from Resolution No. 337, which ire as 'follows: Parcel Nos. Address Owners 12 -13 12 -15 On, mot Resolu 229 S. St. Joseph & 115 -121 E. Wayne 219 S. St. Joseph Neil Robertson & Irene Nicar Samuel Coffman, Louis Coffman & Harry Coffman ion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Rev: -lion No. 353 was adopted and unanimously carried. RESOLUTION NO. 337, DELETION APPROVED OF PARCEL NOS. 12 -13 & 12 -15, CENTRAL DOWN - TORN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R-66 RESOLUTION NO. 353 APPROVED, PARCEL NOS. 12-13 & 12-15, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 j. Resolution No. 352: This Resolution authorizes RESOL- UTION.NO. 352 the filing of amended HUD Form for concurrence in acqui- APPROVED, 39 PARCELS, sition prices, real estate and irremovable fixtures, for. "CENTRAL DOWNTOWN 39 parcels, in the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project, URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66. R -66 On mot on by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, Resolu- tion N . 352 was adopted and unanimously carried. 7. PROGRESS REPORTS a. Critical Path 'for Overall Operations: Mr, Ashen- CRITICAL PATE{ FOR felter said they will interview three or four companies OVERALL OPERATIONS, dealing in perk or critical path operations. Upon R -66 interviewing them all, we will arrive at a recommenda- tion for Commission action. b. Urban Design Review Committee Meeting: Mr. Ashen- URBAN DESIGN REVIEW felter advised the Urban Design Review Committee met in `a COMMITTEE R -66 meeting yesterday, April 1st, at which time procedures and standards for rehabilitation work were decided upon. Letters will be mailed within the next two weeks to the tenant and /or landlords, so they will be aware of the proced res. c. R -57 Contractors for Muck Property: Fifteen (15) R -57 CONTRACTORS contra tors have indicated interest and received plans to build iouses on the lots if they can. They have received maps f om us designating the buildable and unbuildable lots and ar aware of the soil conditions and the depth of the muck. The plans for the homes will be submitted to us for ap roval. The bid opening will be on April 20th. d. Sample of Tartan: The Minnesota Mining will pave R -66 AREA TO SOUTH a sample area of the East -West alley in three colors and OF PARKING STRUCTURE let tha material weather. The City is also interested ON MAIN & COLFAX in pav ng the alley from the North -South alley to Michigan Street The Ch it suggested our staff go-to Mr., Lloyd Taylor, City Engine r, and have the material placed where traffic is much h avier, cigarettes dropped, etc. This decision will be up o the Board of Works. The consensus of the Com- missioi is to get a heavier traffic spot to have a fairer test oi the product. e. Downtown Negotiations: ..Mr. Hubert M. Weaver, Downtown Negotiator, advised.the total number of parcels optioned to date is 128, at a purchase price of $5,726,,389.00. The total number of parcels on which title has been taken is 107, at a cost of $4,816,992.00. He advised the ones in condemnation are moving also. The amount of budgeted funds is $1.3,010,220:00, less parcels option d $5,726,389.00 or a balance of $7,283,831.00. f. Commer( port. penses of $1" Payment Business Relocation, R -66: Mr. Paul E. Becker, ial Relocation Director, submitted a written re He said there is only one claim for moving ex- before the Commission at this time, in the amount 53.00. There are no Small Business Displacement ,s or Direct Loss of Property claims this morning. DOWNTOWN NEGOTIATIONS, R-66 BUSINESS RELOCATION, R -66 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd There are currently two over $10,000 claims in Chicago for concurrence, and there are approximately nine concerns whose claims are in process at this time. Our staff anti- cipates five to seven businesses will relocate in the month cf April, and perhaps another six in May. g. Rehabilitation Report -, R -57: Mr. Richard A. REHABILITATION, Madiso , Re a ilitation Director, was unable to attend R -57 the Commission meeting, but his written report covering the period of March 19 through April 1, reads in essence as follows: The following parcels have had re- inspections: Nos. 9 -18, 1 -20, 21 -48, 22 -51 and 25 -5. Construction has been started on one new home since the submission of the last report - -the contractor being George Cimer- mancic. There are 13 new homes in the planning stage. The Mo el Cities trainees are progressing relatively well ir classes. They have been present at five in- specti ns conducted by our staff. They inspected the site office under supervision and inspected a house on Mea a Street completely on their own.. Two days were s ent with the trainees in observing the construc- tion o new homes in various stages of construction. h. Handout or Mailing Brochures: The brochures printed by the Golden Rule Press, Elkhart, are all printed and an adequate supply will be delivered to this office today. President Wilhelm advised the staff inform Mr. John Kagel the brochures are available and have his office pick up a few hundred to pass out. These brochures are set up as self - mailers, i. all Change: Mr. Helmen expressed interest in the sug ested budget change on the mall. The staff will make duplicates and mail to the Commission. Mr. L. 3lenn Barbe, Associate Director, advised the interest return on investments of surplus project funds was an item not included in the original budget. In the remaining life of the project, an additional $1,000, )00 can be earned by a close management of surplus funds. We are and bou $108,15 Eliminating any distinction between interior idary streets per new directives. This adds 3 to project improvements. -10- HANDOUT OR MAILING BROCHURES, R -66 PROPOSED BUDGET NO. 3, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN PROJECT, R -66 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd) Prelim nary cost estimates from the Mall Design Engineer shows an estimated minimum cost will be $2,600,000 in 1971. Our request is that an additional $1,300,000 be added o site improvements to cover the cost of this projec improvement. ** j. Re -Use Appraisal Request: Commission requested RE -USE APPRAISAL staff lire Dick Muessel to appraise Parcel Nos. 22 -9, REQUEST, PARCEL NOS. 22 -10, 22 -11, 22 -12 and 22 -1 with alley vacation, and 22 -9, 22 -10, 22 -11, have t is ready, if possible, by next Commission Meet- 22 -12 & 22 -1, R -66 ing of April 16th. These parcels are located on Western and Michigan. Mr. Ba be advised the appraiser has to value the parcels on our set of rules -- consider what restrictions we will place n to change the value of the property, the use that i going there, and what the market will bear. This i listed as Service Commercial. 8. NEXT MEETING Th next Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Com- NEXT MEETING, missio will be at 10:30 A. M., Friday, April 16, 1971, MARCH 19, 1971 in the Office of the Department of Redevelopment. 9. ADJOURNMENT On motion duly made and passed by Mr. Chenney, the ADJOURNMENT Meetin adjourned at 11:55 A.M. (SEAL) N LA bw elt r, Executive Director Dean Wilhelm, Prbsident * *Amend�d in minutes of April 16, 1971, to add: 'This is simply advisory information and no action has been taken by the Commission." -11-