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Home My WebLink AboutRM 10-15-71October 1 , 1971 10 :30 A. Presiding Officer: 10 CALL SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Mr. Fred J. Helmen, President 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Indiana 46601 Pres nt: Mr. Fred J. Helmen, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Mr. Bob L. Wade, Asst.. Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member Absent: Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary Others-Present: Mr._ David Hab, Dainty Maid Bake Shop Mr: Ernest Lindstedt, Dainty Maid Bake Shop Mr. John R. Kagel, Executive Director, Downtown South Bend Council Mr. Karl King, General Chairman, Downtown South Bend Council Mr. Rick Musser, South Bend Tribune Reporter Mr. Jerry Phipps.,.Clyde E..Williams &:Associates Mr. Byron Sheets, Rodin's Electric Co Lega 1-Counsel: Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt LPA Staff: Mr. B. Ashenfelter Mrs. Dorothy_Z.,Deane. Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Mrs. Dorothy Howell Mr. Harrison Miller Rev. Billy W;., Kirk Mrs. Helen S.. King Mr. Richard A. Madison Mr. Edwin Bauer Mr. Bill Slabaugh Mr. PaulE. Becher Mr. -Hubert M. Weaver 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On motion by Mr. Wade, seconded by Mr.. Chenney, the MINUTES APPROVED minutes of the Special Meeting of October 4, 1.371, (held in lieu f Regular Meeting of October 1, 1971, were ap- proved aid unanimously carried. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS ;. On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, - CLAIMS APPROVED the clai s -- totalling $859,342.55- -were approved for payment nd unanimously carried. -1- 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Cont'd) PROJECT E PENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R-57 Re laceme t Housing Payment Bernice Elmore, #23 -2 Relocatioi Payment, Lula Minor, #40 -41 Additional Relocation Payment Lula Minor, #40 -41 Arthur E. Barnes Credit Bu eau of South Bend;, Inc. Department. of Housing & Urban Development; Hartman B ilders, Inc. Project E penditure, Ind. R -66 Regal Hom s of Indiana, Inc. Saints Me orial Church of God in Christ 5,000.00 300.00 372.00 25.00 16.50 35.00 102.00 750.00 450.00 70.00 Total 7,120.50 PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real Estate Purchases Louis C. Chapleau for Margaret Mueller, et al., #6 -1 National Bank & Trust Co. for-Nellie Vaughn Estate, #4 -1, 4 -3 & 4 -20 Allen E. Schrager, Agent, #3 -11A Relocation Payments Jay C.' Mi1ler, #28'14 LaV n Rendall, #27 -20� Copp Music Center, #20 -1 - Paid to Keith E. Proud Copf Music Center, #20 -1 - Paid to Indiana Bell Tele. Co. Ale Shoe Hospital, #9 -7 Brow Distributing Co., Inc., #26 -1 Small Business Displacement Szalay's European Custom Tail=oring, #4 -14 Hes on's Parking Service, #20 -:10 Cue Club, #13 -2 Direct Loss of Property 75,525.00 154,500.00 2,600.00 125.00 125.00 2,220.00 156.00 2,613.30 94.18 2,500.00 2,500.001, Cop Music Center, #20 -1 624.00 Alex Shoe Hospital, #9 -7 386.70 Hes on's Parking Service, #20 -.10 1,195,20 She iff of St. Joseph Co., #22 -9 2,474:90 -2- 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) Alex Shoe Hospital, #9 -7 $ 50.00 Hest n's Parking Service, #20 -10 35.00 B & B Wre king & Excavating, Inc. 23,798.65 B & J Dem lition 733.56 Albert 0. Bond 60.00 Community Development Associates, Inca 700.00 W. Joseph Doran, County Clerk 256,000.00 Bonnie Foley 7.72 South Bend Tribune 29.95 South Bend Tribune 31.10 South Beni Water Works 35.91 South Beni Window Cleaning Co. 15.00 Tri -Count News 21.21 Tri -Count News 22.47 Tri -Count i News 22.26 Tucker Freight Lines, Inc. 9.00 Cullen Walton 720.00 Warner Wrecking Co. 5,485.00 Ronald E. Gettel 2,300.00 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt 77.33 Ernest Haynes 75.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 246.53 Ralph D. Lauver 1,120.00 Ralph C. Michaels 700.00 Morse Electric Co., Inc. 13.50, Northern Indiana Public Service 11.86 O'Neal Trucking Co. 17,968.00 Rieth -Riley Construction Co., Inc. 251,908.28 Arthur- R bloff & Co. 1,000.00 Justice Smith 40.00 Norval J. Williams 40.00 Total $13,'1 P.E.A. Cdde Enforcement E -3 Credit Bureau of South Bend, Inc. 5.50 Dept. of Housing & Urban Development 70.00 Anthony F. Sergio 175.00 Total 50.50 P.E.A. CODE ENFORCEMENT E -5 Michael Mangan $ 95.00 Office E gineers, Inc. 2,805.79 Total 2- 900.79 REDEVELOP Payi L. Glenn Business NT REVOLVING FUND �oll: October 1, 1971 to October 15, 1971 Barbe Systems, Inc. -3- $ 17,504.66 300.33 6.22 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS_ (Cont'd) Dorothy 2. Deane - Petty Cash $ 66.50 Employers Overload Co. 10.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 662.60 Manpower 323.00 James R. Meehan & Associates 36.84 Harrison Miller 101.62 National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials 3.50 Office Engineer, Inc. 332.87 Osthimer, Inc. 20.55 Sears, R ebuck & Co. 48.14 Bill E. labaugh 51.10 South Bend Parking Co. 75.00 South Bend Tribune 7,20 Waggoner's Fuel 6.65 Weisberger Bros. 48.35 John J. McNamara (S.B.C.S.C.) 500.00 Total 2,601.97 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT FUND Mullins $ 43.81 Garrett Total 43.81 URBAN REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL FUND k. Fund, R -66 Total $ 15 503.71 15,503.71 P.E. GRANDITOTAL $ 859,342.55 REIMBURSE ENT TO REVOLVING FUND ct Expenditures Account Fund, R -57 $ 6,746.60 Proj Proj ct Expenditures Account Fund, R -66 13,936.05 P.E. . Code Enforcement, E -3 8,064.87 P.E. . Code Enforcement,E -5 1,426.21 Total 30,1 4. COMMONICATIONS a. Slicks Laundry & Dry Cleaners Letter Dated ORIGINAL.OWNER TO October 14, 1971: Mr. R. J. Watts, Jr. requested RECEIVE FLAT WORK permission to remove a flat work ironer #W -364, at IRONER FOR SENTIMENTAL 317 L.W.E (plant acquired by this department through & HISTORICAL VALUE, acquisition), if need be for a reasonable token, as R -66 the machiiie has sentimental and historical value for the family. Otherwise, this would likely be acquired by the demolition contractor and turned in as scrap iron. Motion wa made by Mr. Chenney to sell the ironer to Mr. Watts for a token fee of One Dollar, with the stipulate n their firm remove the ironer and be com- pletely responsible for any moving expense and /or 4. COMMUNICATIONS Cont'd any dama0es thereto. Motion seconded by Mr. Wade and unanimously carried.. b. Dainty Maid Bake Shop Letter Dated October 16, 1971: Messrs. David Hab'and nest in ste t; representing the Dainty Maid Bake Shop, stated the only solution for customer access to the rear of the shops an buildings for pick up and drop off to offset the closing of Michigan Street for the Mall is to have an acces to some form of vehicular traffic on Michigan Street. Widened zlleys will give customer access to rear of shops anc buildings and enable a flow of vehicular traffic ior puck up and drop offto offset the closing of Michi an Street for the Mall. However, the alley behind de Commerce Building with Ehninger Florist, That Bee Place, and Carson:`s Shoes; Dainty Maid with Beauteri ; Francis Shop and Robertson's -- because of the parking garages--cannot be widened, and the alley is stifled because of the large volume of truck traffic discharging deliveries all day long. c. American Investment Company of South Bend, Inc._ Letter Dated October 14, 19.71,. The letter referred to the Cham er of Commerce meeting on October 12,*. 1971 who voted overwhelmingly in favor of preserving.Jefferson and Washington Streets as,arteries through the Mall at their pr sent width without any diminution of the vehi- cular tr ffic space within the streets. DAINTY MAID BAKE SHOP REQUEST" FOR VEHIGULAR TRAFFIC ACCESS, R -66 AMERICRR INVESTMENT CO. OF -SOUTH BEND, INC. REQUEST FOR MALL PUNCTURE AT JEFFERSON & WASHINGTON STREETS, R -66 d. Robertson's of South Bend Letter Dated October ROBERTSON'S OF SOUTH 14, 1971: Mr. Philip Welber.'requests the`Commis'sion .BEND REQUEST ADEQUATE provide "Pick -Up" and "Service" lanes in the 200 block CUT41HROUGHS ON JEFFERSON of South Michigan Street instead of it being 100 %.pedes - BLVD., R -66 trian mall and that adequate cut - throughs be made on Jefferson Boulevard. Due to the existing condition of the buildings and the National Auto Park Garage, there is no possibility for an adequate service court to be built behind their building, nor is there any-possi- bility for a back entrance, except for the limited number o parkers using the garage; 5. OLDIBUSINESS a. Mall Design: Mr. Karl King, General Chairman of the Downtown South Bend Couneil,..presented minutes to the Commission of the Executive.Board Meeting held on October 12, with 30 members of the Board present with six guests of the Downtown South Bend Council. The purtntown e of the meeting was -for general discussion of the South Bend Renewal Plan and to seek -5- MALL DESIGN UNDER ADVISEMENT,'FOR ACTION, R -66 5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd consensu of opinion pertaining to the question, "Are you in favor of east -west streets cut through at two places: Jefferson,Boulevard and Washington Street ?" Mr. King stated the indication was of almost unanimous interest for the cut - throughs, with the vote taken as follows on the above question: 25 Yes 2 No 4 Abstain Mr. King also advised a petition was circulated to the Downtown businessmen, with 51,s- ignatures, which is also attached to the above communication, which states: "We believe some form of limited: access to the central mall is essential by, perhaps, a bus route down the center of the`mall.to expose the thousands of bus riders to the easiest access to all shops and buildings, also the use of two slow moving vehicular lanes for pedestrian pick up and'drop off, and some form of limited parking still leaving ample room for"�th-e beautification of the mall. We feel this.is essential if the core area is not to be stifled. Mr. Wiggins moved that the above be taken under advise- ment for action soon. Motion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and unani ously carried. b. and Disposition: Mr..'Har-rison Miller, Assistant' LAND- DISPOSITLON Director, requested this item be deferred until.another TABLED, R -66 meeting r further discussion. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. kddendum to Contract'124: Mr. Ashenfelter ADDENDUM NO. 4 requested retroactive approval for an emergency measure TO CONTRACT 12 -A taken over the weekend for cleanup and levelling of the free standing South walls and an elevator shaft, as a result of a fire October 5th, to the Columbia Storage Warehouse Co., located at 406 South Columbia Street, Parcel 260. A care -in of the South wall occurred on September.28th and Commission had given approval for partial demolition in Commission meeting of October 4th, as Demolition Contract 4o. 19, to be designated as an addendum to an existinVs ontract with the successful bidder. The fire leaves Contract No. 19 void. Mr.'Ashenfelter ad- 6. NEWIBUSINESS (Cont'd vised in light of this demolition approval, he re- quested bids be received for the emergency action as a precautionary measure so no one woul,d.be injured in climb ng over the debris of the fire and existing. remains. Two bids were received out.of s-ix firms contacted for the emergency clean -up over the weekend: Fi rm Bid Amount War per Wrecking Company $ 4,000.00_ P. 0. Box 87 Elkhart, Ind. 46514 Rit chard Bros., Inc. 4,500.00 1204 W. Sample Street Sou h Bend, Ind. 46601 The low competitive bid was from Warner Wrecking Company. They were requested to clean up on Fellows, Monroe and Columbia Streets, remove free - ;standing wall - -" U- shaped" on North end - -and elevator shaft. Most of the walls and what may cause injury to anyone is now removed. Mr. Ashe felter advised two police were hired around the clock for three days surveillance to combat pilferage. The cost for this service for two police is,-.,_$5,. 00, per hour eacl,i, around the clock, for three days. Mr. Wiggins made the motion to approve the addendum to cover the required demolition and include the cost of police protection during the time the hazard was;,present. Motion seconded by Mr. Wade and :unanimously carried. The abov demolition is being designated as Addendum No. 4 to Con ract 12 -A, for an increase in contract price of $4,000.0 to cover the emergency clean -up. b. Demolition Contract No. 20: .-Approval- was re---ADVERT:ISING:AUTHORIZED quested to advertise -for Contract.No. 20 for the demoli-: FOR DEMOLITION CONTRACT tion of the remaining building on Parcel No. 26 -1, Colum N0. 20, R -66 bia Storage Warehouse Company, at, 406 South Columbia Street, -66. The demolition would be scheduled;as soon as the b ilding is vacated. The work entailed would be - to push down the North area and to pull out the rubble and wood and have the walls in a levelled -position. The "masonry rubble" is to be left as a borrow to.be. used for filling purposes, other than for road fills. Mr-: Hammersc milt, Commission Legal Counsel, advised no combustible material is to be left,,per our land dis- position contract. -7- 6. NE14 BUSINESS (Cont'd) On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, advertising was authorized for Demolition Contract No. 20. Motion unanimously carried. c. Certificate of Completion: Authorization for CERTIFICATES OF Certifi ate of Completion of Redevelopment was requested. COMPLETION OF for the following: REDEVELOPMENT R -57 Dis osi ion Parcel No. Conveyed to AUTHORIZED, 7 -12 Hartman Builders, Inc. 8 -15 G.C.A., Inc. both located on South Kentucky Street, in the LaSalle Park Ur an Renewal Project, R -57. -- On motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, the - above Certificates of Completion of Redevelopment were authorized, and motion unanimously carried d. Resolution No. 377 This Resolution relates to acquisition of property by condemnation and authorize's the mailing of a 10 -day notice of condemnation, in the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, for the following parcels: Parcel No. Address -.�- 4-4 102 E. Colfax Avenue 4 -9 120 N. Michigan St. 4 -11 116 N. Michigan St. 4 -13 110 -112 N. Michigan St. 8 -4 1.02,& 112 S. Michigan St. Mr. Wiggins moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 377, seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. e. Acquisition of Easement, Parcel 3 -11A: Mr. Bruce EASEMENT PURCHASE C. Hamme schmidt, Commission Legal'Counsel, adv -ised APPROVED, PARCEL J.M.S. is requesting we acquire a 40 -foot easement,.lo- c:,t6 -11A, R -66 cated at the rear:of the J.M.S. Building and the Power Discount Store. This was an old easement J.M.S. had for' an old coal bin. There is no ingress or egress into,the alley. Our compromise is to acquire-26 feet of this-ease- ment, wh ch will give us a 40 -foot alley. We will repair the basement wall at the time we construct the alley. The price for the 40 -foot easmment - was $5,400, and the cost for the 26 feet of this parcel is $2,600. Mr. Wigg ns moved for the motion to approve the acquisi- tion of he 26 -foot easement, at a cost of $2,600. Said motion s conded by Mr. Wade and unanimously carried. 7. PROGRESS REPORTS a. NAHRO Conference': 'Mr. L. Glenn Barbe attended the N HRO Biennial Conference in Kansas City; Missouri, October 2 through 6, 1971, the theme being "Cities in Shock'. Approximately 1800 delegates were in attendance. ONe day was devoted to conferences oriented entirely to the urban renewal and housing commissioner and his role in shaping cities and s.haping local and national policy concerning urban blight. A detailed analysis was given of thE present pending community development legislation now d bated in Congress. Secretary Romney defended Presi- dent Nixon's economic policy and policy toward renewal and community development. b. Business Relocation, R -66: Mr. Paul E. Becher, Commercial Relocation Director, advised of claims total - ! ing $14,789.08: three for moving expenses totalling $5,083.18, three for dieett loss of property totalling $2,205.90, and three for small business displacement payment totalling $7,500.00. There have conce Bauer, and or moved locate cond c are currently 17 businesses who have moved, but Dt yet filed a final claim. Approximately 10 more ns are expected to relocate in -the next six weeks. Downtown Rehabilitation Report, R -66: Mr. DOWNTOWN REHABILITATION, Downtown Rehabilitation Supervisor, gave a written R -66 al report "Wand advised that the News and Book Center into their finished quarters, Monday, October 11th, I at 113 West Washington Street, which is the se )mpleted downtown structure. NAHRO CONFERENCE REPORT BUSINESS RELOCATION, R -66 Work c ntinues on building progress at three additional site 1 cations on the proposed downtown mall. The appare t change in building facade refacings does not reflect the numerous interior improvements behind the scenes. Mr. Ba er submitted for Commission approval a "certificate of com liance" form, which would express the city's grati- tude t merchants and owners alike who have actively parr ticipa ed in the renewal program to date and have performed their bligations to make the program successful.. The intent would be to have the form printed on parchment paper n a script lettering suitable for possible framing- The Commission concurred and Mr. Bauer is to have the forms printed. Documentation is also being directed to capturing the changi g scene along the downtown mall route for purposes of recording the "before" and "after" progress. The active file reports now total 44 buildings in the immedi- ate downtown urban renewal project area. 7. REPORTS (Cont'd Mr. Bauer advised there appears to be a conflict in many of the projecting signs, along the designated mall area. Many of the projecting signs will have to be relocated or have new signs. A report on this will bE forthcoming for the next Commission meeting. Mr. Ha merschmidt advised the Sign Committee has re- questec the sign requirements be placed into ordinance form, te presented to them and follow through with City Council for adoption of that ordinance. d. Relocation Progress Report: This report was given ty Mrs. Dorothy Howell, Residential Relocation Director: 1) Central Downtown; R- -66: 1) Central.Downtown, R -66 Total workload is 18; eleven families, seven , indi -. viduals. Two individuals moved this month. RELOCATION PROGRESS REPORT: 91 3) Having difficulties finding adequate housing for families and individuals remaining in the R=66 area. Most are of low - income and Public Housing has no available units. Housing Authority promises t ( house one of our large families Oy end of this m nth. LdSalle Park, R -57 2) :LaSalle Park, . R -57 . T tal workload is eight large families; currently working with three families in this area, two.are ,purchasing homes, one family plans to move later t ,is month, one family moving to Leased 23 Housing, ore family in substandard. Kale Kaley School Site 3) Kaley School Site Two families moved this month; one family closing a dwill probably move in November, 235 Loan pending. 4) 0 en Space F (ur families from area have been relocated, three families moving this month, one individual is wait - i g for Public Housing unit. 5) R ndolph- Samson Street Project F ve families remain on workload; three families M ved; one family moved October 15; four families f and homes and will be moving in near future. -10- 4) Open Space 5) Randolph- Sampson Street Project 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd Mrs. Howell said one of the.large families who had been quite di ficult'to relocate:_n "the. 500.. block on Monroe Street w 11 take early relocation sometime in November. We have it commitment from The.'Housing Authority to take another family from Monroe 'Street. By November 15th, Mo roe Street will. "be completely empty. e. Rehabilitation''Repor-t Mr.". Richard A.' REHABILITATION REPORT, Madison, Rehabilitation Director, gave a verbal report: E -3', E -5 & R�-57' At present, alterations are being made on the E -5 site office, ocated at 128 North Birdsell Street, in the Model Cities area. Our staff is "working out of this office, Without telephone installation as yet. 27 inspe tions were made in E -3 and three-in the R -57 area. S Oren loans have been prepared to go to Indian apol i s aid el everr',.grants --three in E -3 and eight. in R -57. Mr. Madison said, at present there are two secretary trainees in their office who will be transferred to the Modell Cities E -5 office. President Helmen asked how -the Model. Cities personnel are prog essing. Mr. Madis,on'advised _it is entering its fifti month of approval. We will; have to be prod'ucti a in,the next seven months to `get funding for the ollowing year, plus answer some questions HUD askel previously for approval of the Code Enforce- ment Pro ram. f.` Downtown Negotiations, R -66: Mr. Hubert M. DOWNTOWN NEGOTIATIONS, Weaver, owntown Negotiator, said he has been foll'owing'' R -66` up on on as we are having problems with and recommended commence ent of condemnation. g. Parking Structure Location: Mr. Bruce C. PARKING STRUCTURE Hammersc midt advised we need a decision on where the LOCATION parking structure is to be located - -that decision is pertinent. We need to make a move on where we will put the gara e . _Bring it to a head;; confer with Ci ty. or someone n what is the proper planning of this struc- ture. M% Barbe advised the City Engineer gave us a letter t that effect - -on the location of the garage. The loca ion would be in the middle of the block. It is the C mmission's option to what would best suit the plan. h. Post Office: President Helmen asked what is POST OFFICE the latest on the post office? Mr. Hammerschmidt advised the post office authorities are very anxious to comptete the acquisition of the post office site prior to October 29th and we are in position to do so finally. We have the titl policy. The letting date will likely be in January f next year. -11- 8. BUSINESSMEN PRESENT President Helmen sa id,.on behalf_ of the businessmen MALL DOCUMENTATION TO _ who are here in this meeting, ail of these documents -7 BE STUDIED`AND EVALUATED including the action of the Downtown Council.,.as sae- ' 'BY COMMISSION, R -66 flected In their minutes, and the petition - -will all be considered when the Commission makes their decision on the penetration of the Mall, which he said' will have to be pretty -soon. "Our decision on this „matter is becoming more important because the..,preliminary planning for the . Mall has to be started.” 9. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Ashenfelter regretfully advised of the death of our HUD site representative, Miss Margaret White, who was killed iti an automobile acci .dent near Lafayette... She had represented us for approximately one year'and had been most cooperative and helpful. 30. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the.Redevelopment Com- NEXT MEETING, FRIDAY, mission will be at 10:30 A.M.', Frtday, November 5, T971, NOVEMBER 5, 1971 in the Office of the Department of Redevelopment. a 11. ADJOURNMENT On motion duly made and passed by Mr. Wade, the ADJOURNMENT meeting adjourned at 11:50_A..M, . e ter, Executive Director :Fred_J.'_Hellmen, President, (SEAL) 11 ADJOURNMENT On motion duly made by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Rev. Williams, the meeting adjourned at 12:15 P.M. . AS (SEAL) S III r, Executive Director 13- ADJOURNMENT 4a Hdlm4enPres1denr--___,