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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 12-03-71W CL 2 Cl 0 ,M E a CL SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING December 3, 1971 10:30 A.M. Presidi g Officer: Mr. Fred J. Helmen President 1. RO L CALL Pr sent: Others Present: Leg LPA al Counsel: Staff: 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard South Bend,...Indiana 46601 Mr. Fred J. Helmen, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary Mr. Bob L. Wade, Asst. Secretary Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President, Board of Trustees Mrs. Guy P. Curtis, Secretary, Board of Trustees Mrs. Janet S. Allen, Common Council Member Mr. Dan Caesar, WSBT Reporter Mr. John W. Mack, Continental Insurance Co. Mr. Rick Musser, South Bend Tribune Reporter Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Mr. Bruce C. Hammerschmidt Mr. B. Ashenfelter Mrs. Dorothy Z. Deane Mr. L. Glenn Barbe Mrs. Dorothy Howell Mr. Harrison Miller Mr. Richard A. Madison Mrs. Helen S. King Mr. William Parrish Mr. Edwin Bauer Mr. Paul E. Becher 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On motion by Rev. Williams, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 19, 1971 were approved and unanimously carried. 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS--- I On notion by Rev. Williams, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, the clai s -- totalling $979,175.59 -- were approved for payment and unanimously carried. PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 Rehabilitation Claims MINUTES APPROVED CLAIMS APPROVED Henry & Ruthie Barnes - J. L. Powell & Son, Inc., #31 -6 $ Leroy & Queen E. Womach - J. L. Powell & Son, Inc., #30 -2 9,538.00 2,747.00 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd Lorenzo & Lila F. Brooks $ 111.50 Ize & Lucille Burns 490.50 Buford Jr. & Facility Hilliard 124.50 B. & Nettie Kirk 410.14 Joh & Helen Wells 475.50 B & J Demolition 1,011.50 Bati Insurance Agency, Inc. 18.95 Bru a C. Hammerschmidt 693.75 South Bend Exterminating Co. 30.00 Cha les E. Stafford 65.50 Total $ 15,716.84 PROJECT XPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -661- Real Estate Option L. . Chapleau, Atty & Agent for Neil V. Robertson &A Irene Nicar, #9 -5 $ 10.00 Real Estate Purchases Art ur A. Fredrickson, #9 -14 99,023.00 Bur hart Advertising, Inc. (Fixtures) 11,074.00 Relocatibn Claims Lor tta Daly, #28 -15 629.40 Con y Island, #1 -5 - Paid to Gill Refrigeration Co., Inc. 125.00 Con y Island, #1 -5 - Paid to Keith E. Proud 200.00 Con y Island, #1 -5 - Paid to Braunsdorf, Inc. 5,887.00 Con y Island, #1 -5 - Paid to Campbell Electric Co. 1,165.00 Inw od's, #26 -1 - Paid to Keith E. Proud 1,840.00 Inw )od's, #26 -1 - Paid to Dave's Electric Co. 84.00 Har ld J. Morgan, Jr. (Joy Bar), #23 -7 3,000.00 Clerk of St. Joseph Superior Court (Pink Poodle - D /L /P 525.10 Bat Insurance Agency 948.00 Alb rt Bond 160.00 City Sewer Cleaners 10.00 S. . Dixx& Associates, Inc. 357.00 Mrs Bonnie Foley (Drop -In House) 19.34 Bru a C. Hammerschmidt 5,692.50 How all Construction Co., Inc. 205,335.81 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 74.50 Ral h C. Michaels 750.00 Mid est Demolition Corp. 3,051.00 Office Engineers 732.48 Owe s Heating & Air Conditioning 68.20 C. Smith Signs 48.00 South Bend Exterminating Co. 30.00 Sou h Bend Water Works 22.02 Sou h Bend Tribune 42.04 -2- 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) Hubert M. Weaver Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc. W. Joseph Doran, Clerk St. Joseph Co. Rieth -Ri ey Construction Co., Inc. P.E.A. CODE ENFORCEMENT E -3 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt South Be id Water Works P.E.A. CODE ENFORCEMENT E -5 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt LaPlace's Electric Co., Inc. REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND $ 1,568.55 13,953.66 230,900.00 152,329.73 Total $ 739,655.34 $ 131.25 7.08 138.33 $ 131.25 1,815.00 - 1 ,946.25 Payroll: November 16, 1971 to November 30, 1971 $ 17,179.12 L. Glenn Barbe 145.66 Circle Oil Corp. 25.57 Color Tile Supermarts 81.32 Continental Casualty Co. 77.22 Employer's Overload Co. 3.90 Freeman-Spicer Co. 27.51 Bruce C. Hammerschmidt 200.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 50.32 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 656.34 International Business Machines Corp. 2.95 Earl King 32.60 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. 3.91 Office Engineers, Inc. 69.65 Osthime , Inca 15.75 Project Expenditures Account R -56 7,000.00 Royal Typewriter Co. of South Bend 47.00 Sears Roebuck & Company 69.98 South Bend Hardware 53.63 South Bend Parking Co., Inc. 75.00 Rosita Wynns 11.40 The Xerox Corp. 410.00 Granville Ziegler 40.00 Total $ 26P278'83 URBAN REpEVELOPMENT FUND Jer ine Johnson $ 265;00 Total 26b.UU URBAN REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL FUND Project Expenditures Account Ind. R -57 $ 19830:00 Total $�T;$'3�:� -3- APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd URBAN REDEVELOPMENT BOND REDEMPTION FUND I St Joseph Bank & Trust Co. $ 100,376.25 Am rican National Bank of South Bend 92,968.75 Total $ 193,345.00 GRAND TOTAL $ 979,175.59 4. COMMUNICATIONS a. St. John Missionary Baptist Church Letter Dated LETTER OF INTEREST November 29, 1971: The Commission accepted receipt of a FOR MODEL CITIES letter from the St. John Missionary Baptist Church express- PROJECT NO. 1 ing interest in purchasing certain property in a "yet to be funded" Model Neighborhood Area. Thus the Church is on record and has established interest and staff is instructed to pay special attention to this request at the point in time when we are able to dispose of certain property. b.l- S.T.A.R.T. Ecologv Campaign Letter Dated November 29, 197': Mrs. Aaron H. Huguenard, General Chairman of this program, is requesting warehouse space for the next two or three months for the recycling of trash -- papers, bottlesi cans, etc. They were previously located at the site of the Scottsdale Mall, now under construction, and are cur ently operating on West Ireland Road, adjacent to the new fire station. The Com fission said they look favorably on the program and req ested staff make a study of what is available. 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Consultant for Amendatory Application, R -66: Bids were received from the following consultants for estimated cost of their services: 2) 3) KRS Associates, Inc. 1604 Washington Plaza Reston, Virginia 22070 James H. Neidigh & Associates 401 Lafayette Bldg. South Bend, Indiana 46601 Parkins /Rogers and Associates, 925 Book Bldg. Detroit, Michigan 48226 -4- $ 7,650.00 6,000.00 Inc. 13,500.00 SPACE REQUESTED FOR S.T.A.R.T. RECYCLINa PROGRAM CITY PLANNING ASSOCI- ATES, INC. SELECTED AS CONSULTANT TO PREPARE AMENDATORY APPLICATION, R -66 5. OLD IBUSINESS(Cont'd 4) ity Planning Associates,Inc. 524 E. McKinley Highway ishawaka, Indiana 46544 $ 7,500.00 Motion was made by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Wade, to enter into a contract with City Planning Associates, as consultants to prepare R -66 Amendatory Application. Motion unanimously carried. 6. NEWIBUSINESS a. Change Order No. 7 to Contract 1, Phase I: Com- CHANGE ORDER NO. 7 mission authorization was requested for Change Order No. 7 TO CONTRACT 1, PHASE I, to Contract 1, Phase I, with Rieth -Riley Construction Co AUTHORIZED, R -66 Inc., for an increase in contract price of $7,623.93. Mr. Ash nfelter advised our engineer, Mr. Bill E. Slabaugh has approved the changes involved, and the combined traffic signal and street light standards were requested by the City Traffic Department and authorized by the Commission in meeting of October 4, 1971. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, Change Order No. 7 to Contract 1, Phase I, was approved for an increaSE in contract price of $7,623.93. Motion unani- mously carried. b. Demolition Contract No. 20: Authorization to advertise for Demolition Contract No. 20 was received in Commission Meeting of October 15,. 1971, and the advertise- ment appeared in The South Bend Tribune on October 20 & 27, 1971; and in the Tri- County News on October 22, 1971, with a id opening date of November 24, 1971, at 1:00 P.M., EST. S ven (7) firms submitted bids out of ten (10) who receive plans, and their bids were: Name of (Contractor Bid Amount Woodruff & Sons, Inc. East U.S. #12 (P.O. Box 315) Michigan City, Ind. 46360 $ 34,686.00 B & B Wrecking & Excavating, Inc. 5041 Pe rl Road Clevela d, Ohio 44109 48,240.00 O'Neal rucking Company 1737 N. Elmer Street South B nd, Indiana 46628 14,944.00 A & J Demolition & Salvage Co. 1307 W. Linden South Bend, Indiana 46628 7,800.00 DEMOLITION CONTRACT NO. 20 AWARDED TO: A & J DEMOLITION & SALVAGE CO., R -66 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Midwest De olition Corporation 215 W. Mar on Street South Bend Indiana 46601 $ 26,800.00 Warner Wre king Company P. 0. Box 7 Elkhart, I diana 46628 19,979.00 Ed Siebert & Sons Contracting Co. 131 East 2 d Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 24,900.00 This is foy the demolition of the remaining building on Parcel 6 -1, Columbia Storage Warehouse Company, at 406 S. Col mbia Street, R -66. The work entailed is to demolish t e North end of the building, and remove the wood and c mbustible material. The "Masonry rubble" is to be 1 ft as a borrow to be used for filling pur- poses, oth r than for road fills. On motion Ly Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Rev. Williams, Demolition Contract No. 20 was awarded to low bidder, A & J Demolition & Salvage Company, in the amount of $7,800.00, and that the President and Secretary be authorized to enter into a contract, subject to approval of Commiss on Legal Counsel and HUD concurrence. Motion unanimous) carried. c. Demolition Contract No. 21: Authorization to advertise Tor Demolition Contract No. 21, by invitation, was receiv d in Commission Meeting of November 5, 1971, for demolition of four frame houses located at 309 Alexis Court and 14 -16 -18 S. Carroll Street, on Parcel No. 18 -5, R46,rProje t v-,_Three (3) bids were received out of six (6) who received plans, as follows: Name of Contractor Bid Amount Midwest De olition Corporation 215 W. Mar on Street South Bend Indiana 46601 $ 2,140.00 Julius 0'N al Trucking Co. 1737 N. E1 er South Bend Indiana 46628 2,536.00 Warner Wre king Company P. 0. Box 7 Elkhart, I diana 46514 2,000.00 When the cc demolition ment. ntract amount is less than $2,500.00, then is by invitation only and not by advertise- 10 DEMOLITION CONTRACT NO. 21 AWARDED TO: WARNER WRECKING COMPANY, R -66 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd On motion by Demolition C Warner Wreck the:,Presiden a contract, and HUD conc Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, 3ntract No. 21 was awarded to low bidder, ing Company, in amount of $2,000.00, and t.and Secretary authorized to enter into subject to Commission Legal Counsel approval irrence. Motion unanimously carried. d. Demolition requested to Contract No. Parcel No. Contract No. 22: Authorization was advertise by invitation only for Demolition 22, for following in Project R -66: Address The South Bend Parking Company, 228 N. Mich. ADVERTISING AUTHORIZED FOR DEMOLITION CONTRACT NO. 22,1R-66 1 -4 (Remove building and brush lot). 1 -5 The Coney Island, 226 N. Michigan (Remove sign and sign posts). 1 -6 Parking Lot (Remove black top, posts, and building foundation). On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Rev. Williams, Demoli- tion Contract No. 21 was authorized to be advertised.by in- vitation. Motion unanimously carried. e. Reh bilitation Grant, E -3: Authorization was re- REHABILITATION GRANT quested for ne rehabilitation grant, in the amount of APPROVED, PARCEL NO. $2,811.00, r Parcel No. 31 -38, located at 727 North 31 -38, E -3 Frances Street, in the Northeast Code Enforcement Project E -3. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the above grant as approved and unanimously carried. f. Signs: Mr. Ashenfelter advised the Sign Com- mittee members met in our office on November 29th, at 4:00 P.M., to consider two signs for the Southwest Corner of Main and Colfax, and the lighting of the Sherland Building. On the Sherland Building, the SightCommittee advised the architectural firm of Mathews, Purucker & Associates Inc. of the likelihood of Mall canopies interfering with their suggested lighting fixtures. President Helmen requested the staff have something in writing from them stating they under- stand the situation and are aware of what our plans are. Southwest corner of Main and Colfax: A billboard sign on the south wall of this lot was outside the jurisdiction of the Committee. As to the free - standing sign, though prohibited, because of the nature of the use, the Committee recommended to the Commission the suggested sign be approved if kept inside property line. -7- COMMISSION IN AGREE- MENT WITH SIGN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, R -66 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) Mr. Wiggins made the motion to authorize the variance as made by the Sign Committee, seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. g. Commercial Lease: Mr. Hammerschmidt, Com- COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR mission Legal Counsel, advised the City is interested PARKING LOTS APPROVED, in three lots for parking facilities, using the surplus R -66 proceeds to apply on the bond fund for parking structures: 1) Lot No. 2, on North Michigan Street, Redevelopment Parcel �o. 1 -1, 1 -2 and 1 -3. 2) Lot No. 3, on South Michigan Street, Redevelopment Parcel No. 22 -1, 22 -12, 22 -11, 22 -10 and 22 -19. 3) Lot No. 4, on Wayne Street, Redevelopment Parcel No. 14 -4. These parki g lots were discussed previously, and Lot No. 1, City Hal , Redevelopment Parcel No. 2 -6, has been eliminated, and is not included in the lease. This lease is on a month -to -month basis, commencing December 1, 1971, in the amount of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per lot, per month. Exhibit A attached to the Lease stipulates any and all improve ents to be made and the agency assigned. On motion bY Rev. Williams, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, the above Commercial Lease was approved between the South Bend Redevelopment Commission and the Board of Public Works and Safety of Civil City of South Bend. Motion unanimously carried. h. Option, R -66: Mr. Hammerschmidt, Commission Legal Couns 1, requested Commission authorization bf one (1) Option Agreement, in the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, for Parcel No. 9 -5, located at 114 West Washington Street. Mr. Wiggins moved the Option Agreement be accepted and the Preside it be authorized to sign. Said motion se- conded by Rev. Williams and unanimously carried. i. Agreement for Sale of Improvements on Real Estate: Mr Hammerschmidt, Commission Legal Counsel, presented a agreement between Marie Bernero, Seller, and the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, Buyer. He advised qe are going to purchase the building only, seller, Mare Bernero, is going to enter into a long- term lease arrangement with the Family Book Store. We are to closa this sale no later than February 1, 1972. The Family ook Store plans will be submitted to the Design Revi w Committee as soon as possible, no later than Februa .v 1st. and the OPTION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED, PARCEL NO. 9 -5, R -66 AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF IMPROVEMENTS ON REAL ESTATE APPROVED, R -66 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Mr. Wiggins moved for approval of this agreement and the President and Secretary be authorized to sign. Motion seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. j. Real Estate Consultants: Commission ap- REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT pr©val', was requested for expenditure of $300.00 for EXPENDITURE APPROVED, further consultation on sale of downtown properties R -66 by out-of-town real estate consultants. On motion ty Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Wade, this expenditure was authorized and unanimously carried. k. En(ineering Agreement with Chas. W. Cole & REVISED ENGINEERING Son: Comm ssion approval was requested of a revised CONTRACT APPROVED WITH contract with Chas. W. Cole & Son on Site Improvements, CHAS. W. COLE & SON, in the Northeast Code Enforcement Project, Ind. E -3, E -3 Form 97 -A, replacing the original Engineering Contract dated June 18, 1971. Mr. Ashenf lter advised the revision has already been accomplish Ed with this firm in our Model Cities East Code Enforcement Project, Ind. E -5. On motion ty Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the revisec contract with Chas. W. Cole & Son on Form 97 -A was a proved, subject to Commission Legal Counsel approval. Motion unanimously carried. 7. PROGRgSS REPORTS a. P destrian Mall: Mr. Ashenfelter advised of MEETING WITH CONSULTANTS results of meeting held in this office on November 24, ON PEDESTRIAN MALL, R -66 1971, with following in attendance: Mr. Philip Simonds, Environmental Planning & Design Mr. G off Rausch, 11 11 " Mr. C arence Muggy, Clyde E. Williams & Associates Mr. G R. Phipps, 11 " " Mr. H E. Bartram, Mgr., S. B. Public Transportation Corp. Mr. S ephen Lobdell, Pres. " Mr. R bert J. DuComb, Atty. Mr. C em Hazinski, Traffic Engineer Mr. L oyd S. Taylor, City Engineer Mr. B Ashenfelter, Dir., Dept. of Redevelopment This meeti g was to review transit routes and stops. Mr. DuComb, at orney for the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation, requested a centrally located space be found for bus transfers. They hoped to use an area on the North- east corney of Main and Jefferson temporarily and hopefully on a perma ent basis the first floor of the proposed parking garage to te constructed on the corner in the future. 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd Mr. Ashen elter advised no decisions were made in this meeting and the Environmental firm is to come up with some recommendation. b. Business Relocation, R -66: Mr. Paul E. Becher BUSINESS RELOCATION, Commercial Relocation Director, submitted a written report R - -66 advising there are two relocation claims for moving expenses before the Commission totalling $9,301.00, and two direct loss of property claims totalling $3,525.10 - -total of all claims is 12,826.10. Approximat ly five additional businesses are expected to complete their relocation before January 1, 1972. The re- mainder of the workload consists primarily of Michigan and Washington Street merchants included in the Mall area. c. D wntown Rehabilitation Report, R -66: Mr. Edwin DOWNTOWN REHABILITATION Bauer, Dow town Rehabilitation Supervisor, submitted a REPORT, R -66 written re )ort advising priority emphasis is being directed to Mall ac ivity on a newly projected block - parcel basis as outlined b our consultants, Community Development Associates. Form guidelines for development of Mall completion dates for individual tenant - owners will be conducted according to new scheduling A total of 83 structures now comprise the re- view file that forms the urban core. There appe rs to be currently a greater interest in develop- ing some 1 ng- standing vacant properties as evidenced in recent wee s by inquiries received. Mr. Bauer stated we have benefited by some news media releases which have spurred ac ivity along identification lines, focusing attention n sign criteria for the proposed Mall. Community participat on is an important ingredient in promoting a successful Mall venture. d. Rehabilitation Report, Site Offices: Mr. Richard A. Madison Rehabilitation Director, in his written report advised: R -57 Project: Two re-inspections, four final inspections, and five progress inspections were made by our staff in this project. Reservations have been made for fundi g of six loans. -3 Project: Eight initial inspections and six re- inspections were made by staff. Five owner rehabilitations have been completed. The Diagnostic Survey staff is working on the last five blocks and are looking forward to the Homemaking Service Project that will folio the completion of the survey. -10- REHABILITATION REPORT, SITE OFFICES 1) R ,,57 2) E ,73 its 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd) E -5 Project: 19 initial inspections have been made. Five grants 3) E -5 and two loans are currently being processed. Also, 2 loans and 19 grants are still in progress for Project R -57 and E -3. 8. NEXT MEETING The next Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Commission NEXT MEETING, FRIDAY, will be at 10:30 A.M., Friday, December 17, 1971, in the DECEMBER 17, 1971 office pf the Department of Redevelopment. r fl to OURNMENT motion duly made and passed by Rev. Williams, the ADJOURNMENT adjourned at 11:47 A.M. (SELL) Executive Director Fred J—.HeAnen, President -11- 9. ADS On C meeting L 0� B. Asher 0 0 M to OURNMENT motion duly made and passed by Rev. Williams, the ADJOURNMENT adjourned at 11:47 A.M. (SELL) Executive Director Fred J—.HeAnen, President -11-