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Home My WebLink AboutSM 02-17-72e Februz ry 17, 1972 10:30 A. M. Presiding Officer: 1. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING HELD IN LIEU OF REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 18, 1972 OLL CALL resent: bsent: thers Present: Legal Counsel: PA Staff:. County -City Bldg., Room 1200 Mr. Fred J. Helmen, 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard President South Bend, Indiana 46601 Mr. Fred J. Helmen, President Mr. John E. Chenney, Vice President Mr. Donald A. Wiggins, Member Rev. Willie V. Williams, Secretary Mr. B. L. Wade, Asst. Secretary Mr. Terry S. Miller, Common Council Member Mrs. Rosetta Butts, Neighborhood Association' Mrs. Ruth Diggins, Neighborhood Association Mr. James L. Marchelewicz, WNDU -TV Reporter Mr. Rick Musser, South Bend Tribune Reporter Mr. Edgar Seybold, South Bend Civic Planning Assn. Mr. Frank Vellner, WSBT -TV Photographer Mr. Kevin J. Butler Mr. Lloyd S. Taylor Mrs. Dorothy Howell. Mr. Harrison Miller _ Rev. Billy W. Kirk Mrs. Helen S. King Mr. Richard A. Madison Mr. Edwin Bauer Mr. William Parrish Mr. Paul E. Becher Mr. William E. Slabaugh 2." APPROVAL OF MINUTES n motion by Mr..Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 4, 1972 were approved and unanimously carried. MINUTES APPROVED 3. PPPROVAL OF CLAIMS n motion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins., CLAIMS APPROVED the claims--totalling $168,827.34, were approved for payment and unanimously carried. -1- 3. PPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd P.E.A. CODE ENFORCEMENT E -3 redit Bureau of South Bend, Inc. harles E Keller illiam C. & Jean W. Horiszny P.E.A. CODE ENFORCEMENT E -5 redit Bureau of South Bend, Inca harles E. Keller auleane Parker PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -57 RehabOlitation Grant $ 16.50 70.00 125.50 Total 2 2.00 11.00 35.00 160.00 Total 206.00 Sylvester Buckingham - Wickes Lumber Co., #25 -51 $ 3,500.00 Real Estate Option he Spiritual Israel Church & Its Army, #19 -28 10.00 Real Estate Purchase he Spiritual Israel Church & Its Army, #19 -28 1,190.00 B & J Demolition 555.00 The S uth Bend Tribune 43.68 Total $ 5,298.68 PROJECT EXPENDITURES ACCOUNT FUND R -66 Real Estate Purchase rederick Baer, et al., #12 -5 $ 2,576.00 Relocation Pa men¢r Litho Arts, Inc. - Paid to ATF Chicago, Inc., #13 -1 137.04 Litho Arts, Inc. - Paid to Vic Trippel Plumbing'& Heating, Inc., #13 -1 2,753.00 Michael R. Lindburg #x-10 200.00 Arthur Murray Dance Studio, #20 -1 3,050.00 Alex's Shoe Hospital, #9 -7 5,412.00 ana Cook Co., Inc., #13 -6 666.00 Marjorie Wells, #16 -1 944.00 Loretta Daley, #28 -15 206.55 B & J Demolition 355.00 Bath nsurance Agency, Inc. 476.00 Alber Bond 80.00 Ernie Borror 208.00 -2- 3. �PPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) Burk Communications, Inc. Conti ental Assurance Co. Dor -C ek Co. Ronald E. Gettel Indiatia Glass Co. Midwest Demolition Corp. Pence Dickens & Heeter, Inc. Siefet Safe & Lock Service Sid's Plumbing & Heating Co. The South Bend Tribune South Bend Water Works Tri -C unty News U.S. Van of Indiana, Inca Waggo er's Fu6l.Co.9 Inc. Hubert M. Weaver Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc. Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc. Wolff 's Tape Town Total REDEVgLOPMENT REVOLVING FUND ayroll: February 1, 1972 through February 15, 1972 Ault qamera Shop, Inc. Bath nsurance Agency, Inc. Busin ss Systems, Inc. Commu ity Development Associates, Inc. Employers Overload Co. Holiday Inn House of Advertising Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Inter rational Business Machines Corp. Jet S eam Richa d A Madison NAHRO Northern Indiana Public Service Co. Reeves & Sons, Inc. Rink Fiverside Printing, Inc Rose Fuel & Materials, Inc. South Bend Hardware F. H. Steinbrunner Lloyd S. Taylor Rober a Wappel West. rinting Co. Xerox Total GRAND TOTAL -3- $36.00 981.56 30.00 200.00 147.30 3,692.00 3.82 12.50 325.13 24.96 188.69 27.30 35.00 136.17 350.86 88,229.62 24,348.10 284.02 136,916.62 $ 18,423.50 114.88 2,140.00 151.66 700.00 23.50 161.50 110.16 2,817.78 26.19 79.90 147.33 25.00 2,706.49 23.00 67.75 2.65 22.37 62.00 168.84 46.60 65.00 643.94 28,730.04 $ 168,827.34 3. #PPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont'd) IMBWRSEMENT TO REVOLVING FUND Project Expenditures Account Code Enforcement E -3 $ 8,779.79 Project expenditures Account Code Enforcement E -5 7,148.68 Project Expenditures Account Fund R -57 2,072.31 Project Expenditures Account Fund R -66 9,329.63 Urban Redevelopment Fund 984.41 Total X8,314.87 4. COMMUNICATIONS i. . Tele ram from HUD to Mayor Jerry J. Miller, HUD REQUESTING dated Fe ruary_ , 19 This telegram has previously AFFIRMATIVE ACTION been reported by the news media. Re meeting in Mayor's PLAN WITH UNION Office on February 2, 1972, in which HUD staff states AND CONTRACTORS that HUD funds relating to specific programs would be stopp d until the City submits an acceptable Affirma- tive ction Plan. -Also reiterated at the meeting with union and contractors on February 3. Statec are the conditions which apply to funding of HUD p ograms in the South Bend area. HUD will insist that re- Construction Conferences precede conveyance of title by the LPA and any private developer in the case cf any and all currently approved and on -going coast uction projects. In PU lic Housing, no new construction will start until an Affirmative Action Plan is accepted. Multi- famil3 subsidized housing, no new applications will be ap roved and no currently approved applications will rroceed to construction. Special compliance re- views may be requested on projects already under con- struction. HUD i requesting the Mayor's assistance in bringing the p oblem existing between the union, contractors and t e minority community to an early resolution. 5. QLD BUSINESS . Tunnel: Mr. Taylor presented estimated costs TUNNEL REDESIGN of th ee possibilities for a tunnel under St. Joseph AUTHORIZED, R -66 Stree to the Cultural Center, R -66: and r Chang 1) Multi -Plate Arch $60,000 2) Elliptical Multi -Plate Arch 75,000 3) Rectangular Multi -Plate Arch 75,000 Dmmended Tunnel Design No. 2, with design , for an approximate cost of $60,000: 10 e 5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd 18 ft. 1 in. span x 11 ft. 10 in. rise, with multi -plate pipe arch. The interior of the tunnel is to have a concrete drive 12 ft. in width, with a raised sidewalk on each side. The interior is to be galvanized steel with one row of fluorescent lighting at the peak of the rise. With the above changes, this tunnel would cost the same as De ign No. 1 ($60,000). Mr. Taylor said Tunnel Design No. 3--costing in the neighborhood of $75,000 - -is less acceptable and costs more. No. 3 is the concrete box - type, and unless put on pile, may crack and leak. Mr. Wiggins made the motion the Executive Director be autho ized to proceed with the change order for Tunnel Desigi No. 2, with design changes as noted above, for an ap )roximate cost of $60,000. Motion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and unanimously carried. 6. NEW BUSINESS . Preliminary Loan Notes: Bid opening was held at 1: 0 p.m., E.S.T., on February 8,.1972, for the Centr 1 Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, First Serie , 1972, for the amount of $12,675,000.00. The bidde s were: Bidder's Name and Address Disco nt Corp. of New York By Fi -st Bank and Trust Co. of S.B., as Agent Unitel California Bank 600 S uth Spring Street Inc A gales California Int. Rate Premium 2.64% $731.00 2.66% None PRELIMINARY LOAN NOTES AWARDED TO: nTcCOUNT CORP. OF NEW YORK, BY FIRST BANK AND TRUST CO. OF SOUTH BEND, AS AGENT, R -66 Morgai Guaranty Trust Co. of N.Y. 2.68% $220.00 ** 23 Wall Street 220.00 ** New York, N.Y. 10015 117.00 ** *$220.00 premium for $5,000,000 each, and $117.00 for $2,675,000. The Northern Trust Co. 2.74% $660.00 A. G. Becker & Co., Inc. Weede & Co., Inc., Joint Mgr.. Bankers Trust Company 2.77% $377.00 ** 16 Wa 1 Street 377.00 ** New York, N.Y. 10015 202.00 ** *$377.00 premium for $5,000,000 each, and $202.00 for $2,675,000. -5- PRELIMINARY LOAN NOTES AWARDED TO: nTcCOUNT CORP. OF NEW YORK, BY FIRST BANK AND TRUST CO. OF SOUTH BEND, AS AGENT, R -66 R1 BUSINESS (Cont'd Didder['s Name and Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago The First Boston Corporation, Joint Manager By Co tinental Illinois National Bank 8 Trust Co: of Chicago 231 S LaSalle Street Chica o, Illinois 60690 Int. Rate Premium 2.84% $795.00 The First National Bank of Chicago 2.92% $ 21.00 Municipal Bond Department One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60670 The successful bidder for the Project Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of Twelve Million Six Hundred Seventy -Five Thousand and No /100 ($12,675,000.00) Dollars, for the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, was Discount Corporation of New York, by First Bank end Trust Co. of South Bend, as Agent, with an interest rate of 2.64% and premium of $731.00. Notice of Sale was published on January 25, 1972, in The S uth Bend Tribune and The Daily Bond Buyer. A mas er resolution (Resolution No. 281), for the Centr l Downtown Urban Renewal Project, R -66, covers the a thorization of these Project Notes. Presi ent Helmen asked what the rate was on the previous retired notes in comparison to the above rates The previous bid opening was on February 9, 1971, with an interest rate of 2.34 %, in comparison to the above 2.64 %. . Phase II -B Contracts: Authorization was re- quest Ed for the President and Secretary to execute Phase II -B Contracts, which were awarded by Commission in Meeting of December 17, 1971, to Arco Engineering Construction Corporation, in the amount of $559,008.75, for Bituminous pavement and sewers, concrete curbs, sidew lks, signal foundations and conduits for signali- zatio -- construction primarily of St. Joseph Street from Wayne Street north to its intersection at LaSalle and also a short piece from Monroe to Western coming off Michi an Street, west side of post office site; to Rieth Riley Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $327,S78.42, for the Colfax Bridge demolition and re- placement, and the Addendum for the protection of high volts a conduits. -6- PHASE II -B CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED FOR COM- MISSION EXECUTION, R -66 Q 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) HUD c 1972, Equal the c Mr. F Mrs. I of Jai incurrence was received by letter dated January 4, from Indianapolis Area Office. Pre- Construction, Employment Opportunity, Conference was held with ntractors', subcontractors, and HUD EEO Officer, ank Longoria and Wage Compliance Representatives, arie Frazier and Miss Nancy'`Jozsa, under date uary 14, 1972. The c ntractors did not use the South Bend Hometown Plan ut they submitted their own Affirmative Action Progr ms.- All the necessary statutory meetings have been ield. A dis ussion followed on the Hometown Plan with the build ng trades and the telegram directed to Mayor Jerry J. Miller from HUD. . Demolition Contract No 24: Authorization to ADVERTISING AUTHORIZED adver ise for Demolition Contract No. 24, for the de- FOR DEMOLITION CONTRACT molit on of the Family Book Store, located at 124 South NO. 24, R -66 Michi an Street, Parcel No. 8 -10, R -66, was requested. Mr. Taylor said this is of a unique nature - -we are ac- quiri g the building, but not the land. We will de- molish the building and the owner will rebuild on that site. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, per- mission to advertise Demolition Contract No. 24 was authorized, and unanimously carried. . Site Plan and Construction of Proposed Resi- SITE PLAN AND CONSTRUC- denti 1 Structure: Commission approval of the plan TION APPROVED, PARCEL submi Ind ted by Errickson and Sons Construction Company NOS. 27 -37 & 27 -389 was r quested, for a ranch -type home, 28' x 48', to R -57 be bu it on Parcel Nos. 27 -37 and 27 -38, lot size 100' 129'. The sketch shows a 26.2' area on one side the other 28.0'. Mr. M dison said under the Industrialized Housing Conce t these homes meet satisfaction of the engineers and a e structurally sound. On mo ion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the p ans as submitted, and noted above, were approved and u animously carried. . Certificates of Completion of Redevelopment: THREE (3) CERTIFICATES Autho ization was requested for the President and OF COMPLETION OF RE- Secre ary to execute the three (3) Certifications DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED, conve ed to George Cimermancic Associates, Inc., for PARCEL NOS. 12 -5, 12 -15, Dispo ition Parcel Nos. 12 -5, 12 -15, and 22 -16 & 17, AND 22 -16 & 17, R -57 in th LaSalle Park Urban Renewal Project, R -57. -7- 6. INEW BUSINESS (Cont'd These houses are now completed and have been inspected. In discussing the homes built by George Cimermancic, our Redevelopment Staff approved the changes from the original plans. On motion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, the Certi icates of Completion of Redevelopment were ap- prove for execution and unanimously carried. . Amendment to Contract with Clyde E. Williams & Associates Inc.: Mr. Taylor advised the proportion of amendment in Article VI -G stipulated a maximum fee based on percentage of contracts at $170,000. With the additional work under design now, based on the same perce tage of fees, it will run higher. The maximum allow ble fee is only being changed, to: $350,000. The professional service fees were dated December 6, 1969--all under Article VI- D - -and the hourly salary costs have increased. This maximum allowable fee will cover the contingencies. This is for design - -on a perce tage basis- -all standard engineers group. The maxim pm amount was established on the original site impro ements, which have been considerably higher. The c sts may run about $300,000. Mr. W °ggins moved for approval of the Amendment to Contr ct for Professional Services with Clyde Willi ms & Associates, Inc., and the President and Secre ary be authorized to execute the Amendmo - +. Said otion was seconded by Mr. Chenney and unani- mousl carried. J -� AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH CLYDE E. WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC. APPROVED, R -66 . Resolution No. 390: This Resolution author- RESOLUTION NO. 390 izes he execution of Redevelopment Agreement for dis- ADOPTED, R -57 posit on of land and execution of warranty deed for trans er of title for Parcel No. .25 -28, Spiritual Israe Church and Its Army, R -57. On mo ion by Mr. Chenney, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, Resol tion No. 390 was adopted, and the President autho ized to execute said Redevelopment Agreement and W rranty Deed and the Secretary authorized to at- test aid documents. Motion unanimously carried. h. Resolution No. 391: This Resolution author- RESOLUTION NO. 391 izes she Redevelopment Commission donate the installa- ADOPTED, R -56 tion of the two cul -de -sacs. and the relocation of the crossing signal as a non -cash grant -in -aid to the proje t and that the President be authorized to sign any n cessary documents pertaining thereto, R -56, Indus rial Expansion Project. On mo ion by Mr. Wiggins, seconded by Mr. Chenney, Resol tion No. 391 was adopted and motion unanimously carri d. : 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) . Investment: Authorization was requested to INVESTMENT AUTHORIZED, invest $560,000 from P.E.A., Ind. R -66, for three R -66 months;, and $1,500,000 from P.E.A., Ind. R -66 for six months. Mr. W ggins moved for the authorization of the above inves ment, seconded by Mr. Chenney, and unanimously carri d. 7. .ANNOUNCEMENT . Resignation: Mr. Paul E. Becher, Business Re- MR. PAUL E. BECHER location Director, submitted his resignation, effective RESIGNS March 16, 1972. He is planning to travel abroad. The Commission expressed their thanks to Mr. Becher for his s rvice and wished him bon voyage nn his travel abroa . Mr. Becher's resignation was accepted. 8. PROGRESS REPORTS Mr. Taylor advised the progress reports are all PROGRESS REPORTS being submitted for the first Commission meeting of the m nth. 9. NE he next Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Com- NEXT MEETING, missi n will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 3, 1972, MARCH 3, 1972 in th Office of the Department of Redevelopment. 10. n motion duly made and passed by Mr. Wiggins, se- ADJOURNMENT conded by Mr. Chenney, the meeting adjourned at 11:20 a.m. I C-,00�, Lloy, . Taylor, Execut' a Di ctor Fred X. HeMelh, President 10