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Home My WebLink AboutRM 12-16-771. ROLL Commiss SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION County -City Building Room 1200 227 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana 46601 COMMISSIONER'S REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1977 -- 10:00 A.M. PRESIDING OFFICER: F. Jay Nimtz, President ners: F. Jay Nimtz, President A. Peter Donaldson, Secretary Robert J. Cira, Assistant Secretary Lloyd Robinson, Sr., Member Legal Co4nsel: News Media: RedeVel.o -Oment Trustees: Community] Development Staff : LPA Staf 2. APPROVALIOF MINUTES Mr. Kevin J. Butler Mr. Edward Chapleau Dave Anderson, WNDU -TV Dan Caesar, WSBT -TV Roland Kelly, Secretary James M. Harcus John E. Davis Kenneth Schaller Richard E. Pfeifer C. Wayne Brownell Marc Brammer Christine L. Trippel With the following correction on Page 5, Paragraph 3; "Mr. Nimtz requeste that this letter of credit from St. Joseph Bank and Trust for and cn behalf of the investors be accepted and approved, motion made by Mr. Robinson for acceptance and approval, seconded by Mr. Cira and unanimously carried." - - -- Mr. Robinson motioned for approval, seconded by Mr. Cira and the amended minutes of December 2, 1977 were unanimou ly approved. 3. APPROVALIOF CLAIMS Can motion by Mr. Donaldson and seconded by Mr. Cira the following claims in the aniount of $30,090.73 were approved as submitted and allowed and ordered aid: SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES Page Two December 16, 1977 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (CONT'D) REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND Payroll: 11 -19 -77 to 12 -2 -77 Payroll: 12 -03 -77 to 12 -16 -77 Comet Car Wash Credit Bureau of South Bend - Mishawaka Gates Chevrolet Corporation International Business Machines Corp. Indiana Bell Telephone Company Osco Drugs Pence/Dickens & Heeter, Inc. Postmaster Xerox Cor oration Amoco Oil Company TOTAL PROJECT EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT INDIANA R -66 Kevin J. Real Esta Redevelop South Ben Curly's S John Dobs 312 LOANS Butler to Research Corporation nent Revolving Fund i Hardware Iles & Service Dn & Company D & B Alu inum Contractors Tom Ford Home Improvement J & R Insulation, Inc. 4. COMMUN I CACP I ONS TOTAL TOTAL $ 2,989.24 2,845.24 7.90 11.55 214.46 238.63 217.89 13.37 105.00 27.78 35.40 87.22 $ 6,793.68 $ 1,167.50 5,303.47 6,791.41 17.62 17.90 2.468.00 $ 15,765.90 $ 3,691.15 3,600.00 240.00 $ 7,531.15 GRAND TOTAL $ 30,090.73 Mr. Nimtz introduced Mr. Roland Kelly, the 1977 -78 secretary of the South Bend Redevelopment Trustees. Mr. Kelly announced on behalf of Mr. Morris Morrison, president of the Redevelopment Trustees, that at the annual meeting of the Trustees on December 5, 1977 the Trustees voted to maintain and re- appoint the present redevelopment commissioners due to th excellent job they have done this year. All commissioners SOUTH BEND F Page Three December 16, COMMUNI LOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES 1977 IONS (CONT'D present acknowledged their approval of re- appointment. At this time Mr. Nimtz entertained a motion by Mr. Cira announcing the date of the Annual Organization Meeting of the Redevelopment Commission to be on January 3, 1978 at 10:00 a.m., seconded by Mr. Donaldson and carried. Letter dated December 13, from Choice Edwards, Acting Director, regardin Project I diana R -66 Audit Report. Mr. Brownell reported that this letter received from HUD indicated their review of our audit report for Project Indiana R -66 for the period ended June 30, 1977 was found by HUD to be in compliance with their audit requirements. We are now allowed to proceed to pay the audit fee. Mr. Nimtz directed that this be received and placed on file. 5. OLD BUSINIESS a) Odd FeIllows Building wall Mr. Brown 11 indicated that he had been informed by Mr. Bill Slabaugh and Mr. J hn Leszcynski that there are some loose bricks on that wall that should be removed as soon as possible. They ( Slabaugh and Leszcynsk') are also working on repairing and fixing the wall on a permanent basis. As an emergency matter Mr. Brownell would like to be authorized to consult and hire a contractor to remove the loose brick and remove the danger. Julius O'Neal is working in the area and we mi ht be able to get Mr. O'Neal to remove the brick. Mr. Robinson noved that Mr. Brownell be authorized to proceed with emergency action to remove the loose brick on the wall adjoining the Odd Fellows building. Mr. Cira seconded the motion, and it unanimously carried. 6.. NEW BUSINESS a) Commis ion apg change orders: roval was requested of the following four (4 Change Order #1 Siding Masters - Contract SWCD2 /PR /CS -2/09 738 So th Phillipa, deletion of $80.00 - - -- Motion for approval made b Mr. Cira, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and carried. Change Order #3 Stickler Plumbing - Contract #CS -04A 437 Pu aski, addition of $119.00 to replace water closet clogged with 1 me - - -- Motion made by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and ca ried. Change Order #1, Stickler Plumbing - Contract #CS -04A 417 So th Harris, addition of $60.00 for a new kitchen sink - - -- Motion for approval made by Mr. Cira, seconded by Mr. Donaldson, and ca ried. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES Page Four December 16, 1977 NEW BUSINESS (CONT'D) Change Or er #2, Stickler Plumbing - Contract #CS -04A 1345 West Dunham, addition of $60.00 to replace water lines to washing machine and lavatory, box them in and insulate them - - -- Motion for approval by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Cira and carried. b) Proposed lease of Plaza Park to the Park Department Mr. Brownell indicated that he was requesting permission of the Commission to have legal counsel prepare a lease with the Park Department and authorize its execution. The bridge has already been repaired and the lights will be repaired by the Commission as a clause in the lease agreement. Mr. Donaldson moved that this be allowed and prepared, seconded by Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robinson asked if the lease would have a provision that the Park Department would take care of any further maintenance and care of the park. He was assured such a provision would be included in the lease. The motion unanimously carried. Mr. Brownell announced the resignation of Christine L. Trippel effective December 22, and indicated we are sorry to lose Chris. Mr. Ni tz thanked Chris for her efforts and work, she will be hard to replace and she has done a good job. Mr. Br and As in Blo a cert commis comp an that t the in obsery the wo confor this r moved by Mr. 7. PROGRESS November by John E Programs. and North completed inspectio northwest northeast apply. P reports b wnell received a hand delivered letter from James E. Childs ociates regarding inspection of the St. Joseph Branch Bank k 6 for the purpose of enabling the Commission to authorize ficate of completion. Mr. Nimtz read the letter to the ion and the letter discussed the visit of the site in the of the branch manager. Child's professional opinion was e building is complete and in substantial conformance with ormation shown on the plans and the specifications. The tions contained in the letter were not intended to judge k in any way with respect to the quality, correctness or ance with code. Mr. Nimtz indicated that on the basis of port we can issue the certificate of completion. Mr. Robinson or the issuance of the certificate of completion, seconded Cira and unanimously carried. onthly progress reports were submitted to the Commission Davis for the North and Northeast Housing Assistance Rehabilitation is currently proceeding in both the Northeast est Target Areas. Contracts 2, 3B and 5 are now all being in the northeast and northwest areas respectively. Final s totaled 29 in the month of November of which 18 were in the area. Three homeowners were approved for grants in the area and additional applicants are being processed as they ogress is good in all areas. Mr. Nimtz directed these received and placed on file. SOUTH BEND R DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES Page Five December 16, 1977 Mr. Brownell indicated that there was a request by one of the tenants in the mall area regarding a letter explaining the time table of acquisition. Mr. Butler is in the process of preparing a uniform statement of information for all such requests which will be received in the f ture. Mr. Robinson asked Mr. Butler about a rumor about the appeal of the recent court case against Redevelopment by Mr. Woods. Mr. Butler and Mr. Chapleau both indicated they had not received any official type of indication of a confirmed appeal request at this time. They indicated that the statute allowed Mr. Woods and his clients 60 days to appeal the decision. 8. ANNUAL OIGANIZATION MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WILL BE HELD ON ANUARY 3, 1978 at 10:00 a.m. 9. Mr. Donaldson made a motion for adjournment, seconded by Air. Cira, the meeting was adjourned at 10:35 a.m. •