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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 04-16-71April 10 :30 Pres i c 1. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING 16, 1971 A. M. ing Officer Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, President L CALL 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Indiana 46601 ent: Mr. Dean J. Wilhelm, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Mr. Fred J. Helmen, Asst. Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member sent: Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary ers Present: Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Secretary, Board of Trustees Mrs. Janet S. Allen,'Common Council Member Mr. Rick Musser, South Bend Tribune Reporter Mr. Neil Salzmar, Musical Group Representative Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Legal CounselMr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt :'A Staff: Mr. B. Ashenfelter Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Mr. Harrison Miller Mrs. Helen S. King 2. APPROV OF MINUTES Mr. Paul E. Becher Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane Mrs. Dorothy Howell Mr. Richard A. Madison Mr. William J. Parrish Mr. Bill Slabaugh Mr. Hubert M. Weaver Mr. Wiggins moved for the adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting of April 2, 1971, with the following notation to be added to the last sentence of 7.i. "Mall Change ", under Progress Reports, Page 11: "This is simply advisory information and no action has been taken by the Commission." Said m tion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carrieJ. 3. A PROVAL OF CLAIMS M tion was made by Mr. Helmen for the payment of the claims -- totalling $509,270.33 -- seconded by Mr. Wigginp and unanimously carried. -1 MINUTES APPROVED, ADDITION REQUEST CLAIMS APPROVED 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -56 W. Joseph Doran, St. Joseph Co. Clerk Department of Housing & Urban Development Total $ 303.35 16,688.00 16,991.35 PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Real Estate Purchase Claims W. Joseph Doran $ 4,900.00 Rehabilitation Claim L. Powell & Son, Inc., Levi & Ida Howard, #29 -20 3,500.00 redit Bureau of South Bend, Inc. 33.00 ept. of Housing & Urban Development 34,051.00 ruce C. Hammerschmidt 25.00 rnest Haynes 7.00 aniel A. Snyder 75.00 outh Bend Tribune 28.22 ri- County News 21.21 Total 42,640,43 PROJE T EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real state Option Claim ulius L. Tucker, #4 -21 $ 10.00 Real state Purchase Claims 11. Joseph Doran 383,800.00 Herman Glaser, et al, #9 -10 37;029.00 Relocation Claims Albert Banks, #4 -8 108.00 ary Croop, #4 -16 99.00 anice Mae Price, #18 -5 36.00 South Bend Serving Center, #21 -12 1,272.86 lvira B. McAnally, #24 -7 1,481.00 Small Business Displacement Claim South Bend Serving Center, #21 -12 2,500.00 B. & J. Demolition 1,160.00 laudious Brooks 60.00 Bonnie Foley 12.26 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt 125.00 -2- 3. JAPPROVA_L OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) Ernest Haynes Ernest Haynes Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Thomas Long North Side Feed Store Northern Indiana Public Service Co. Rose Fuel & Materials, Inc. C. Smith Signs South Bend Tribune South Bend Water Works Tri- County News Waggoner's Fuel Co. Hubert M. Weaver Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc. $, 48.00 45.00 155.72 55.00 $87.39 127.20 132.00 72.50 123.74 33.18 104.69 159.10 802.97 2,039.37 Total X432,478.98 REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND Payroll: April 1, 1971 to April 15, 1971 L. Glenn Barbe Business Systems, Inca Dorothy Z. Deane - Petty Cash Gates Chevrolet Corp. James R. Meehan Corp. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. Office Engineers sthimer, Inc. ublic Documents Dept. aggoner's Fuel Co., Inc. erox Corp. Total URBAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND rnest Haynes outh Bend Water Works orthern Indiana Public Service ndiana & Michigan Electric Co. ousing Authority, City of South Bend reeman- Spicer Co., Inc. Total GRAND TOTAL TO RE�MBURSE REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -56 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -57 roject Expenditures Account, Ind. R -66 Total -3- $ 14,202.81 29.20 34..80 36.57 165.95 46.13 36.70 110.96 29.75 7.25 21.25 286.70 $5,008.07 $ 95..00 12.00 35.00 20.00, 37.00 1,952.50 2,151.50 $ 509,270.33 $ 494.22 7,756.28 14,989.88 X23,240.33 4. OMMUNICATIONS . Letter dated'April 16, 1971 from Messrs. RENTAL QUARTERS RE- Jeffray Urband and Neil'Salzmar: They are organizing ent musical group for the purpose of touring the QUESTED AT 119 -1/2 WVS' WASHINGTON STREET, R Cb- a stu coun ty beginning in June and are requesting'rental:_e. space at 119 -1/2 West Washington Street, for the balan e of the school term. Rehearsals will be after the dinner hour. The C mmission requested Mr. Miller explore the rent along Federal guidelines, and, if in agreement, they unanimously authorized the rental. The noise level must not interfere with the other tenants. a . Letter dated April 14,'1971 from the South SOUTH BEND PUBLIC f Bend Public-Library: Mr. Roger B. Francis, Director, that the Board of Trustees of the South Bend LIBRARY, PARCEL NO. 8 -17, R -66 reported Commu ity School Corporation, acting as the Library Board at a meeting of April 12, 1971, had directed Chas. W. Cole & Son, Inc. proceed with preparation'of preliminary development site plans and architectural perspective of a proposal for an addition to the pre- sent ibrary. These would be submitted to the Re- development Commission, in line with their desire 'to purchase Parcel No. 8 -17. The Library Board is under- taking to attempt to meet our timetable as set out in our letter of March 15th, although they are not able to meet the May 3rd deadline. Hopefully this may be ac- compl shed for the second board meeting on May 17th.. . Letter dated April 13, 1971 from Mr. R. C. Van NAME SUGGESTION, R -66 Der G acht: This individual suggested the name for the mall or perhaps some new streets. "Mercator" Mercator, in Latin and all its derivatives, relates to merchants, traders, market place, shipping or traffic. All t e terms that can be used to describe commerce. The letter was duly noted and placed on file. 5. C.LD BUSINESS . P.E.R.T. or Critical Path Administrative Control, R-66:1 Five firms submitted proposals for the "P.E.R.T." or Critical Path Administrative Control ", as follows: 1) ommunity Development Assoicates, Inca $ 22,400 8 East Hollister Street ` incinnati, Ohio 45219 2) 1 rton- Aschman Associates, Inc. 20,000 to 71 West Howard Street 30,000 icago, Illinois 60626 -4- P.E.R.T. OR CRITICAL(". PATH ADMINISTRATIVE�� CONTROL CONTRACT' AUTHORIZED =WITH COM- '-C,' MUNITY DEVELOPMENT' .ASSOCIATES, INC. d J 5. LD BUSINESS'(Cont'd) 3) arki "ns, Rogers &.Associates,: Inc. $ 46,155 25 Book "Building etroit, Michiga -n 48226 4) RS Associates, Inc. 35,000 to 604 Washington Plaza 45,000 eston, Virginia 22070 5) andeub, Flessig and Associates 22,000 151 Third Avenue North t. Petersburg, Florida Mr. L Glenn Barbe, Associate Director, advised out of the five firms only two have had "actual experience insetting. up .a computerized timetable; however, all of the firms have done preparatory work for it. The staff is recommend - ing Community Development Assoicates, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The vital factor is that all of.this. firm's . personnel ..have been former urban renewal employees, with_a -next to low proposal of $22,400. CDA has been checked o.ut with -HUD, in Ch cago, on their performance. and has an excellent re- cord. Their references,have all been checked.out by 'phone. Mr. A henfelter advised HUD required LPA offices to adopt such E computerized or manual..program. The.timetable, which is known as the P.E.R.T. or Critical Path Administra- tive ontrol, will provide instant computerized over -view of the entire downtown renewal project and will pinpoint any trouble areas. It will show up immediately on the management statement and the staff can find out what `is wrong and make the necessary corrections. This is actually a flow chart. On mo ion`by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by.Mr. Chenney,,a.con- tract was authorized to be drawn up with Community Develop- ment Associates, Inc., which will be for a period of 4 -1/2 years, at a cost of $22,400. Motion was unanimously carried. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Form A in compliance with.relocation requirements of Section 210 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Rea—lProperty Policies Act of 1970: Resolution No. 340 was adopted in Commission meeting ofeMarch 19, 1971, which. provides issuances pursuant to Uniform Relocation Assis- tance ind-Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970. for th LaSalle Park Project, R -57. Mr. Barbe advised this F rm A is in relation to all other activities, cover- ing di ferent projects. -5- FORM A EXECUTED, RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 210 6. RIEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) Authorization was requested for the President and Secretary to execute Form A. Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt, Commission Legal. Counsel, stated this reconfirms what should be done in relocation. The State Agency assures that it has author- ity under State Law to comply with Section 210 of the Uni- form elocation Assistance and Real Property Act of 1970 (Public Law 91 -646) and it also requires an opinion of the Commi Sion Legal Counsel that we can comply with this Act. Mr. Wiggins moved for the execution of Form A, seconded by Mr. C enney, and unanimously carried. Form C in compliance with the land acquisition requirements of Title III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Ac uisiti.on Policies Act Mr. C�enney moved for the execution of Form C, seconded by Mr Wiggins, and unanimously carried Contract for Professional or Technical Services: Authorization was requested for the execution of a contract with the Park 'Department , for professional and technical servi es to relocate eleven (11) families and two (2) individuals to standard housing from an area proposed for a par and a neighborhood facility within the Model Neighbor- hood irea. The park area.is a tract of land, including Lots 2,' 11 14 and 23, in the College Grove Addition, South Bend. We wo ld be compensated for staff time expended based on time ecord and payroll charges in the performance of the servi es for a maximum not to exceed Two Thousand One Hundr d and Seventy -Five ($2,175) Dollars. We will be reim- burse for all relocation payments made to relocatees in provi ing these services in the actual amount made to.each indi3located dual family.orr business as documented by,cop,ies "of. the - claim. On mo ion by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, the con- tract with the Park Department was authorized, for a maxi- mum n t to exceed $2,175. Motion was unanimously carried. quest Downti Parce' 3 -14 3 -14 I. Commercial Leases: Commission approval was re- ?d for six 6 Commercial Leases, in the Central ►wn Urban Renewal Project, R -66, for the following: No. Location Rent Per Mo. Harry C. Kisselman, Jr. $ 350.00 121 W. Washington Avenue Bartenders Hotel and Restaurant 130.00 Employees Union, Local 103 121 -1/2 W. Washington Avenue FORM C EXECUTED, LAND;ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE III PARK DEPARTMENT CONTRACT AUTHORIZED FOR�PROFESSIONAL C TECHNICAL SERVICES SIX (6) COMMERCIAL .LEASES APPROVED, PARCEL-NOS. 3 -14 (2)9 3 -15, 4 -129 9 -12, & 22 -9, CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -66 A NEW BUSINESS CCont'd Parc 1 No. Location Rent Per Mo. 3-1r. Mustang Restaurant, Oscar $ 300.00 England, 119 W. Washington St. 4-12 Joers Restaurant 375.00 114 -118 N. Michigan St. 9-12 Pete the Hatter 40.00 114 -1/2 S. Main St. 22 -9 Progressive Bakery 75.00 419 -1/2 S. Michigan St. Mr. Helmen raised the question on the leases being both residential and commercial in reference to the delin- quencies, etc. and how they are being handled. The Relocation Office is handling all the leases and the records. Mr. Hammerschmidt stated the delinquencies are all residential and not commercial. The delinquent tenants have all been given notices and the next step will be to evict. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the above stated Commercial Leases were approved for the stateJ amounts. Motion was unanimously carried. . Change Order to Rieth -Riley Contract: - Approval. CHANGE ORDER TO of plan and Rieth -Riley force account for cul -de -sac on CONTRACT FOR CUL -DE- Catal a and Chapin Streets for the R -56 project was re- SAC APPROVED, SUBJECT quest d. Chas. W. Cole & Son, Inc. gave a suggested cost - TO ENG. DEPT. APPROVAL of $9,000. Rieth- Riley's estimate will be received ap- AND ENG. ESTIMATE, proxi ately the 20th or 21st. This is to widen the cul- R -56 de -sa only-- rounded.off'on the sides. The dimensions were iven by the engineer; however, we will need final appro al by the City Engineering Department. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Helmen, the Chang Order is authorized, subject to Engineering De-, partm nt approval and subject to engineering estimate. . Option Agreement, R -57: Approval and authoriza= ONE (1) OPTION AGREE - tion was requested or the President to sign one (1) Option MENT APPROVED, LASALLE Agreement, in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57, PARK URBAN RENEWAL for Parcel No. 41 -19, located at 217 South Camden Street. PROJECT, R -57 Mr. W ggins moved the above - stated Option Agreement be accep ed and the President be authorized to sign. Motion was s conded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. -7- 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont' . Option Agreement, R -66: Approval and authoriza TWO (2) OPTION AGPEE- tion mas requested for t e President to sign two (2) Option MENTS APPROVED, CENTRAL Agree ents, in the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project,. DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL R -66, for Parcel Nos. 4 -21 and'9- 1,'located at 106 N. St. PROJECT, R -66 Josepi Street and 101 S. Michigan Street, respectively. On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by,Mr..Helmen, the above- stateJ Option Agreements were accepted and the President authorized to sign. The motion was unanimously carried. i. Resolution No. 354: This Resolution relates RESOLUTION NO. 354 to ac uisition of property by condemnation and authorizes APPROVED, PARCEL NO. themailing of 10 -day notice of condemnation for Parcel 29 -9, LASALLE PARK. No. 2)-9, located at 130 South Falcon Street. URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, R -57 On mo ion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Helmen,.Resolu- tion o. 354 was adopted and unanimously carried. . Resolution No. 356: This Resolution authorizes RESOLUTION NO. 356 the a ceptance of bid offer, in the amount of $150.00, APPROVED', AUTHORIZING from Samuel Jamerson'to redevelop Dis.position.Parcel No. ACCEPTANCE OF BID FOR 25 -10 in the LaSalle Park Urban Renewal-Project,' R -57. PARCEL NO. 25 -10, R -57 Mr. C�enney moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 356, secon ed by Mr. Wiggins, and unanimously carried. Resolution No. 355: This Resolution authorizes the execution of the Redevelopment Agreement for the dis- posit on of land and the execution of warranty deeds for the t ansfer of title.on the following: Parcel No.' Address Name 10 -10 South Kaley Street (Vacant Lot) Lewis Williams 25 -10 232 N. Kenmore Samuel, Jame.rsap,` Mr. Wiggins moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 355, secon ed by Mr. Helmen, and unanimously carried. Resolution No. 357: This Resolution relates to acqui ition o property by condemnation and authorizes the maili g of 10 -day notices of condemnation for Parcel Nos. 21 -1 8 28 -10, located at 301 South Michigan Street and 625 East Plonroe Street, respectively, in the Central.Downtown Urban Renewal Project, -R -66. Mr. Helmen moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 357, secon ed by Mr. Wiggins, and unanimously carried. 1. for as Indian N.A.H.R.O. Meeting: Authorization was requested taff mem.er to attend the N.A.H.R.O. Meeting, in polis, April 22, 1971. RESOLUTION NO. 355 APPROVED, PARCEL NOS. 10 -10 & 25 -10 FOR TITLE TRANSFER, R -57 .RESOLUTION NO. 357 -APPROVED, PARCEL NOS. 21.1 & 28 -10, R -66 N.A.H.R.O. MEETING,` INDIANAPOLIS, IND., APRIL 22,1971 91 BUSINESS (Cont`d Mr. H lmen' moved to have a -staff member attend the N.A..H.R.O. " Meeti g stated above. Moton'was seconded by.Mr. Wiggins, and unanimously carried.',. n. Investment Funds: Authorization was requested INVESTMENT FUNDS to in est 900,000 in U S. Treasury Bills from Project AUTHORIZED Expenditures Account R -66 through December, 1971. Also authorization 'to invest $700,000 of the $1,000,000 maturing April 22, 1971 through December, 1971. Motior was made by Mr. Helmen, seconded by Mr. Wiggins,,for. investment of the above funds as requested. The motion was unanimously carried. . Dis osition Price: Motion was requested to DISPOSITION PRICE establish the disposition price of the.following. parcels: ESTABLISHED, PARCEL NOS. 9 -1, 9 -8 & 9 -9, Parcel No. Disposition Price R -66 9 -1 $ 4.75 per square foot 9 -8 4.50 per square foot 9 -9 4.50 per square foot. Mr. Wiggins made the above motion, seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. 7. P.ROGRESS REPORTS . Employment of Rehabilitation Architect, R -66 APPLICANTS FOR and of an Inspector for Site Improvements, R -66: Mr. REHABILITATION Ashen elter advised that we are currently advertising for ARCHITECT & applicants for these positions. INSPECTOR FOR SITE LMPROVEMENT, . Hand -Out, .f Maa11n ►Brochures, R -66: Thpse,; R -66 broch res have been well received and are being di`si;ri= buted. BROCHURES, R -66 c. Downtown Negotiations: Mr. Hubert M. Weaver, DOWNTOWN NEGOTIATIONS, Downtown Negotiator, said that the total number of parcels R -66 optio ed to date is 130, at a total purchase price of $5,83 ,680.00. The total parcels on which title has been taken is 110, at a cost of $4,883,785.00. The amount of budge ed funds is $13,010,220.00, less the total purchase price of optioned parcels of $5,833,680.00, leaving a balan a of $7,176,540.00. d. Business Relocation, R -66: Mr. Paul E. Becher, BUSINESS RELOCATION, Comme ci"al Relocation Director, submitted a written report. R -66 Approval was requested for one claim for moving expenses in thE amount of $1,272.86. There is also one claim for the Small Business Displacement Payment in the amount of $2,500.00. AT present, there are eleven (11) claims pending. One more relocation is expected in April, with approximately eight (8) more in May. -9- 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd) a report the first, .Commi ss ion. me.eti ng. of every month 8. NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting of -the Redevelopment -Com- NEXT MEETING, missi n will be at 10:30 A. M., Friday,:May.7, 1971, in MAY 7, 1971 the Office of the Department of Redevelopment. 9. DJOURNMENT n motion duly made and passed by Mr. Helmen, the ADJOURNMENT meeti g adjourned at 11:35 A. M. B. As entelterf Lxecutive Ulrector (SEAL) -10- D n J. Wi1hel Pr sl ent: . Relocation Report, R -66: Mrs. Dorothy Howell, RELOCATION REPORT, Residential Relocation Director, also submitted a written R -66 report. She reported -the present workload is 17, comprising of 10 families and 7 individuals. One individual and two families moved this month - -one family will remain on the workl ad as they moved temporarily within the project. Three firms -- Parcel Nos. 1 -5, 13 -1 and 13-6--were given notices to quit premises, th.e first two: On or before the of May, last on or before the 1st day of May. ,15th City- ide three families were moved. f. Annual Report. The Annual Report should be ANNUAL REPORT ready for distribution next week by Mr. Harrison Miller. " . Rehabilitation Report, R -57: Mr. Richard A. REHABILITATION Madis n, Rehabilitation Director, advised he will give REPORT, R -57 a report the first, .Commi ss ion. me.eti ng. of every month 8. NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting of -the Redevelopment -Com- NEXT MEETING, missi n will be at 10:30 A. M., Friday,:May.7, 1971, in MAY 7, 1971 the Office of the Department of Redevelopment. 9. DJOURNMENT n motion duly made and passed by Mr. Helmen, the ADJOURNMENT meeti g adjourned at 11:35 A. M. B. As entelterf Lxecutive Ulrector (SEAL) -10- D n J. Wi1hel Pr sl ent: