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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 12-05-80December 5, 10:00 A.M. Presiding C 1. ROLL CAL SOUTH BEAD REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR. MEETING icer: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz President 1200 County -City Building 227:W.'Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana 46601 Members resent: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President Mr. Lloyd E. Robinson, Sr., Vice President Mr. Robert Cira, Assistant Secretary Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Member Members Absent: Legal Co nsel: Redevelo ment Staff: Communit Development Staff: News Media: Guests: 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. A. Peter Donaldson, Secretary Mr. Charles A. Sweeney ?r. Patrick M. McMahon, Executive Director Mrs. Ann Kolata, Deputy Director Mr. Paul Falduto, Employment Targetinq Asst. Mrs. Angela Coar, Executive Secretary Mrs. Hedv Robinson, Secretary Mrs. Kathryn Baumgartner, Director, Bureau of Housing 1r. Frank Vellner, Photographer, WSBT -TV Ms. Cathy Ray, Reporter, WNDU -TV Mr. Scott Brink, Photographer, WNDU -TV Ms. Dee Armstrong, Reporter, WSBT -TV Mr. Marchmont Kovas, South Bend Tribune Ms. Shelley Hager, Downtowin Council Mr. John Kagel, Downtown Council Mr. Morris Morrison Ms. Yvonne A. Soos On motio by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Robinson, and unanimou ly carried, the Minutes of the Regular 111eet- inn of N vember 21, 1980 were approved. 3. APPROVALI OF CLAIMS Because Mr. Nimtz had a claim in for mileage for the last G-o ernor's conference, he turned the meeting over to Mr. Robinson for consideration of approval of the claims. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 21, 1980 WERE APPROVED MR. NIMTZ ABSTAINED FROM VOTING ON THE CLAIMS South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee inq - December 5, 1980 3. APPROVALS OF CLAIMS (continued) On motion by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn, and carried the claims totalling $73,560.45 were allowed and ordered to be paid. Mr. Nimtz abstained from vo ing on the claims. The authorized claims are: REDEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND Payroll: 11 -01 -80 to 11 -14 -80 $ 6,798.89 Payroll: 11 -15 -80 to 11- 28 - -80 6,626.70 Business Systems, Inc. 105.02 Dorothy Z. Deane - Petty Cash 34.82 Federal Express Corporation 35.00 Federal Express Corporation 20.00 International Business Machine Corporation 17.10 International Business Machine Corporation 32.49 Patrick M. McMahon 6.75 Postmaster News 128.37 Superintendent of Documents 8.51 Mary Ja d /b /a/ M. J. Typesetting 3.00 F. Jay Nimtz 46.92 TOTAL $13,863.57 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL Community REDEVELOPMENT Development DISTRICT CAPITAL Inc. TOTAL OF 1972 $ $ $ 1.00 1.00 1,920.46 Gruen Associates, Patrick 1. McMahon 177.08 Travelmo e 450.00 TOTAL $ 2,547.54 P.E.A. - EAST BANK AREA Bend Tribune $ 23.94 The Souti Tri -County News 26.30 TOTAL $ 50.24 2 CLAIMS APPROVED South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meet'ng - December 5, 1980 3. APPROVALIOF CLAIMS (contnued) P.E.A. -1 IND R -66 Kevin J. Butler Communit Development Indiana Michigan Electric Company Redevelo ment Revolving Fund Baird & Warner, Inc. P.E.A. -1312 LOANS Sammie C Maint Carpet 14 Roberto Const Shorty M Builders Circle L Tom and Eckler -L Hanki Russell $ 200.00 4,589.75 20.25 16,292.01 3,000.00 TOTAL $24,102.01 Brooks & Charles Brown nance Co., Inc. y and Randolph & Louanne Zima Soledad Duron and Jurtin uction ller and Lawrence Day Whitt, Inc. and John Rudnicki tuber, Inc., and John Rudnicki inda Dobbvastine .hey Lumber Inc. and Mary Goheen and Vincent Klees TOTAL GRAND TOTAL $ 393.00 495.84 26,619.16 2,649.56 1,040.00 928.02 546.57 60.94 263.00 $32,996.09 $73,560.45 Mr. Nimtz: The Chair recognizes ^fir. Morris Morrison, President of the Redevelopment Trustees. Mr. Morrison: Thank you, Mr. Nimtz, President of the Redevelopment Commission. The Trustees met last Monday, with Carl "1Weitzl not being present, and Dr. Fromm, Mr. Welshei er, Mr. Kelley and myself present. At the meeting we appointed Paula Auburn, Robert Cira, A. Peter Donaldson, Lloyd Robinson and F. Jay Nimtz to again serve another year as Redevelopment Commissioners. I want to congratulate you on your appointment. We felt you were doing an excellent job and we know you will continu to make South Bend thrive as a city. Mr. Nimtz: Thank you, Mr. Morrison. We appreciate the confidence you've placed in us and the nice things you have said about us on TV and in the newspapers. I can say that all the Commissioners have tried to be 3 MR. MORRISON ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF COMMIS- SIONERS South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - December 5, 1980 Mr. Nimt� continues... diligent in their efforts and do a good job. I certainly would like to say, in light of the Mlish- awaka ex erience, that we have had differences with the Mayor at various times but we settle those dif- ferences as time goes by. We have had no problems with May )r Parent. There has always been a friendly feeling, there has been no upheaval or changing of personnel, everybody does the job they are expected to do. The Chan�anuary announces that our next annual meeting will be 2, 1981, at 10:00 a.m. 4. COMMUNICATIONS Mr. McMa on: We have one important communication from the Governor's Office, and Mr. Kagel will be taking c re of that. Mr. Kage : I want you to know that while fir. Nimtz and I were in and out of the Governor's Office yester- day, he qas not aware of this little surprise andwe were hoping that members of the staff would not say anything to him about it before hand. On behal of Governor Bowen, we are presenting to you the iighest award that the Governor of the State can pres nt to an individual. This is for your out- standing work on the Governor's Annual Downtown Con - ference or which you served on the Steering Committee, the Coun it of the Sagamores of the Wabash. Mr. Nimt : Thank you, John. This is quite an honor and I do appreciate this recognition and this honor. I think ou have done half the work associated with the Conf rence. Mr. Nimtz reads as follows: SEE PAGE FIVE 4 Mr. F. JAY NIMTZ APPOINTED CHIEFTAN OF SAGAMORE OF THE WABASH Y COUNCIL SAGAMORE OF I�'Dl, JF THE MWABASH OTIS R. BOWEN Governor of the State of Indiana know all WZe" bi 14ese Pkeseds: WHEREAS, the Greatness of the Sons of Indiana derives, in part, from qualities possessed by the noble Chieftains of the Indian Tribes which once roamed its domain; and WHEREAS, it has been the immemorial custom of the State of Indiana to attract to its support those who have exhibited such qualities; and WHEREAS, there has endeared himself to the Citizens of Indiana, one , 144 - -- but #� - -- - - - - -- distinguished by his Humanity in Living, his Loyalty in Friendship, his Wisdom m Council, and his Inspiration in Leadership: NOW, THEREFORE, recognizing his greatness and desiring to avail myself of his counsel, I do hereby appoint him a Chieftain upon my Staff with the rank and title of f SAGAMORE of the WABASH VI I T N E S S my hand and the Seal of the Council of the Sagamores, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this the. -.__ J'� --------------- - day of ........... in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and- - - - - -- -------•--------------- GOVfiRNOR OF THESTATF OP INDIANA 5 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - December 5, 1980 5. OLD BUSIdESS There was no old business to present to the Commissi n. 0 NEW BUSIIESS a. Commission aooroval requested for the followi Grant Program bid contracts in accordance wit recommendation of the Bureau of Housing, sub- ject to legal counsel review and South Bend Common Council approval as applicable. Name Contractor Amount Josephine Walsh Diedrich Construction $ 2,210.00 323 Cottage 3rove Company Timoteo U Manuel Fuentes Wilton Construction Co. 10,388.00 1545 West Dunham Street Goldie Slabo a Shamrock Exteriors 2,664.00 1638 South S ott Street Johnita Walk r Shamrock Exteriors 8,525.00 639 Diamond venue Clara Algee Shamrock Exteriors 9,490.00 817 South Belidix Charles & Ge rgie Holmes Shamrock Exteriors 8,611.00 507 North Ed y Street Isaiah Cathe Jr. Jurtin's Construction 9,926.00 634 East Indiana , Avenue Company Joseph Horn Charles Brown Mainten - 10,450.00 1817 South Carroll ance Co., Inc. Mrs. Baumgartner: These are all new grants, they are iot connected with the HUD Clean -Up, and I beli ve we are recommending they all be awarded to tie lowest bidder. Mr. obinson: How come there is a difference in s me of the bids? I see a few of them have an a dition on here giving a new total. What happ ned, did they miss something and correct thei bid? 9 NO OLD BUSINESS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIOn South Bend R development Commission Regular Meet.ng December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS a. con0nued... Mrs. Baumgartner: Sometimes they put in an adden- dum, they feel that there will be a better treat ment or an alternative way of handling the problem. Also sometimes a homeowner will talk about adding addi: ional items. We ask that they put this in the orm of an addendum. Mr. ira: How should we take this estimated bid- ding how accurate is it? I see it is quite a bit igher than the cost estimate. Mrs. Baumgartner: None of these exceeded the cost estimate by 20%. Mr. ira made a motion that the following Grant Prog am bid contracts be approved subject to legal counsel review, and South Bend Common Coun it approval as applicable, seconded by Ms. Aubu n, and unanimously carried. b. Commission approval requested for Souti Bend Home Improvement Loan bid ontract in accordance with r of tie Bureau of Housing-, subject se] -eview, and South Bend Common as a olicable. Name Terry Cline the following SBHIL Program rcommendation to legal coun- Council approval Contractor Amount Shamrock Exteriors $6,678.00 Mrs. Baumgartner: This is for the South Bend Home Impr vement Loan. This particular contract is bein presented to you because the Bureau of Hous- ing an no longer enter into a contract as a sig- nato y so we are now bringing all of these contracts toy u. The Legal Department is working towards elim -inating the LPA signature on contracts. We would like to have the contracts between the Con- tractor and the Homeowner and not be a party to them. Ms. the pro you kuburn: On that contract for Terry Cline with X8,900.00 cost estimate and the $6,600.00 final )sal amount, there is quite a discrepancy. Are ;till working out of the old cost estimate book? 7 GRANT BID CONTRACTS AWARDED South Bend R development Commiss:i:on Regular Meet.ng December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS b. cont6nued... Mrs. Baumgartner Yes. It is still not com- plet . If you notice, you have both bids and prop sals in front of you, and this is not a bid, just a proposal. Ms. ,auburn: Would you like to clarify that? Mrs. Baumgartner; Certainly. The money that is b inch spent here is the homeowner's money, tech ically we are not obligated to bid. We did id 312 Loans this year just for expediency, it allows us to get a starting date a lot quicker than people can get going if they are out getting estimates and contacting the contractors. There is a very great time delay in that and that is why we did bid the 312 Loans. Additionally, then it was all on proposal basis. Mr. McMahon: As Kathy indicated a moment ago, there has been a re- thinking with respect to the Commission's involvement or the City's involve- ment as a contract signatory. The Legal Depart- ment is currently reviewing this entire question. The IUD guidelines that have come down recently have indicated that we should not be signing thes contracts and that it should be a contract stri tly between the homeowner and the contractor. The -egal Department is putting together some guid lines in that regard to identify those areas wher we should take exception to it in order to prot ct the interest of the City. The fact that we a e in the stage of going from one procedure to a other is reflected by the fact that we have a number of these that were bid under the old process and a number of them for which proposals were sought under the process we are going to find ourselves into in the near future. Ms. uburn: Who bears the liability if the con- trac or defaults on performance or if the per- form nce is below code? Does that come back to the ureau of Housing, or the Redevelopment Comm scion? Mrs. Baumgartner: In the contracts now or the prop sed contracts? 8 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting December 5, 1960 6. NEW BUSINESS b. contlinued... Ms. Auburn; Both. Mrs. Baumgartner; I believe that point will re- main somewhat consistent in both our old contracts and the new. Right now we are totally responsible to sae that the job is performed correctly and that no payment will be made until the entire job meets with our approval. Under the new contracts we will advise the homeowner that this job meets with our approval or does not meet with our ap- proval. They then have the option to move as they wish. Mr. ira: Why would you call it a proposal and not bid? Mrs. Baumgartner; When you call it a bid you have certain obligations and requirements in terms of advertising and in terms of just what is required when this is bid out. With proposals the con- tractors that are on file with us are notified when proposals are available. The homeowners are then given packets, they give the packets to whom- ever they wish and the packets have to be back by a certain date and the contractors that have pre- sent d proposals by that date are considered. Mr. obinson: After they make this change do you have to use your staff to supervise and see that the job is complete? Mrs. Baumgartner: Yes. Ms. uburn: Is the homeowner free to deal with any �ontractor they want? Mrs.lBaumgartner: Yes, within St. Joseph County. Ms. uburn made a motion that the following South Bend Home Improvement Loan Program bid contract be a proved, subject to legal counsel review, and Soutl Bend Common Council approval as applicable. The notion was seconded by Mr. Robinson and unanimously carried. 9 SOUTH BEND HOME IM PROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM CONTRACT APPROVED South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meet ng December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSIINESS c. Commission approval requested for th Sect on 312 Loan bid contracts in ac reco mendation of the Bureau of Hous to 1 gal counsel review, and South B Coun it approval as applicable. following )rdance with ig, subject id Common Name Contractor Amount Joseph & Jac ie Majewski Wilton Construction $10,748.00 750 South Ph'llipa St. Thomas Sherer Charles Jurtin Con, 5,150.00 1133 East So in St. struction Company Mr. ira: On Thomas Sherer, that is a 30% under cost estimate, you mean to tell me that they are going to do the same work that the other bidders are going to do for 30% under the cost estimate? How are you going to know for sure they will give you the job that you need done? Mr. McMahon: He may be 30% under the cost esti- mate, but he is right in the same ball park with everyone else that bid. Apparently the cost estimate was in error. Mr. Cira: How can you go by this cost estimate if apparently it was a mistake, but we don't kno for sure. What kind of guidelines can we use for this process: Mrs. Baumgartner: We have been using the 20% guidelines. Mr. Cira: But you are 30% under. Mrs. Baumgartner: These contracts do not go to the Advisory Board to get their approval. Ms. Auburn made a motion for approval of the 312 Loan bid contracts subject to legal counsel rev ew, and South Bend Common Council approval as pplicable. The motion was seconded by Mr. Rob nson and unanimously carried. lut 312 LOAN BID CONTRACTS AWARDED TO CONTRACTORS PER BUREAU OF HOUSING South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meet ng December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSIINESS d. Commission approval requested for the followi Section 312 Loan proposal in accordance with reco mendation of the Bureau of Housing. Name Amount Jose Rodrigu z Shamrock Exteriors $8,383.00 1548 Poland 3treet Mrs. Baumgartner: The Bureau would like to with- draw the contract proposal and loan application for ose Rodriguez, listed as Item 6d and 6e on the genda, because the appraisal did not come in. Mr. obinson made a motion to withdraw the above mentioned 312 Loan proposal and 312 Loan appli- cati n for Jose Rodriguez as requested by Mrs. Baum artner. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cira and unanimously cajried. e. Commission approval Section 312 Loan a Name quested for the followini. cations. Amount Loan No. Jose & Nicol sa Rodriguez $ 8,800.00 18 /OMC- 001/119/1 1548 Pol.and treet South Bend, ndiana Thomas G. Sh rer 1133 East So in Street South Bend, Indiana Joseph & Jac ie Majewski 750 South Ph'llipa St. South Bend, Indiana 5,500.00 18 /OMC- 0011/118/1 11,250.00 18 /OMC- 0011/117/1 Mrs. Baumgartner: Since the Rodriguez application has been withdrawn, I would ask that you approve only the loans for Thomas Sherer and Joseph and Jackie Majewski. Ms. Auburn made a motion for approval of the Sher r and Majewski 312 Loan applications. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robinson and unanimously carried. 11 312 LOAN PROPOSAL OF JOSE RODRIGUEZ WITH - DRAWN 312 LOAN APPLICATION WITHDRAWN FOR JOSE AND NICOLASA RODRIGUEZ 312 LOANS APPROVED FOR SHERER AND MAJEWSKI South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting S December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS f. Commission approval requested to amend contract previously awarded under Section 312 Loan Pro - ram in accordance with recommendation of the Bureau of Housing. Name I Contractor Amount R. Solmos I Aardvark Construction $13,810.00 1240 Lincolnjay West Company Mr., 1cMahon: This is a request to amend a con- tract that was previously awarded under the 312 Loan Program. We previously awarded, on Septem ber 12, 1980, a contract in the amount of $17, 95.00. It has been requested by the Bureau of H using to reduce this to $13,810.00, based on i put from the property owner. Mrs. Baumgartner: This particular loan was ap- prow d on September 12, 1980, in the amount of $17, 95.00. When this loan was submitted to HUD it was requested that it be cut and it was also the omeowner's wish that the amount be reduced. It w s possible to reduce the loan to $13,810.00 by c tting out things that were not code items. Mr. ira: How did Aardvark Construction get that bid t $17,295.00, and Shamrock was the low bid- der f $17,170.00? Mrs. Baumgartner: Shamrock submitted an incomplete bid. Mr. ira: By cutting this bid by $3,500.00, is this house going to be livable? Mrs. Baumgartner: Certainly. All the code items will be taken care of, we just cut out cosmetic item;. In a 312 Loan you are allowed up to 40% of tie loan to be used for cosmetic items. Mr.;, Robinson made a motion to approve the amended cont act previously awarded under Section 312 Loan Prod am. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cira and unanimously carried. 12 SECTION 312 LOAN PROGRAM CONTRACT AMENDED. South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS g. Commission approval requested for the followi Section 312 Loan proposals in accordance with reco mendation of the Bureau of Housing.. Name Contractor Amount John Rudnick' Tri -State Home Improve $ 7,630.00 721 Cottage 3rove ment Louis & Donald Land R. A. Stickler Contract - 6,992.00 1023 California Ave. ing Estella McFadden Bob Frame Plumbing and 268.00 3501 West Huron Heating, Inc. Linda Mason Cloud Custom Interiors 2,152.80 1305 Woodward Ave. Jeanne Welsh Floyd Wachowiak Concrete 385.00 722 Cottage Grove Construction Jeanne Welsh Albert H. Meyers 1,730.00 722 Cottage Grove David & Deborah Allen Joer's Floor Center 407.93 701 Cottage Grove Vincent Klee Stephen Eddy 490.00 917 West Was ington Conrad Damiai E. J. White 917.00 718 East Broadway Jeanne Frisz Cloud Brothers 907.83 617 Rex Street Dennis Nolan Jack Frost Company, Inc. 570.00 701 St. Vincent Street Mr. McMahon: Kathy, is there anything particular or specific that we should be aware of? Mrs. Baumgartner: Yes, you will notice in some cases the homeowner was only able to obtain one proposal. All of these proposals are to spend the balance of 312 Loan accounts that remain after work has been completed that was approved 13 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meet .ng December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS g. (conth nued ) Mrs.lBaumgartner continued... with the initial 312 Loan. Some people have money left in their account. We have to either do More work on their homes or send the money to Kiseell Corporation which is a service agency. All of these people were given the opportunity of spending the money remaining in their account on their homes or sending it back to Kissell Corporation. These particular homeowners have chosen to have additional work done. Mr. Cira: I don't like the idea of awards being given on one bid. Mrs. Baumgartner; The only problem I have with this is that in recent monitoring by HUD in Indianapolis on the 312 Loan Program, they wanted us to close out 91 outstanding 312 Loan accounts. Mr. Cira: Is it that much of a problem to get two or three bids? Mrs. Baumgartner: Yes. People have been given thr e weeks and they pass out the bid packets and in ome cases only one proposal is turned in.. Mr. Cira: Some of these have as many as seven or eig t bids. I don't know if the effort was there to et more than one bid. Ms. Auburn: Many of the one bid items are small ite s. Mr. ing Mrs . rid put! Mr. the sell Nimtz: The thing is that the Bureau is try- to clear out the balance and get rid of it. Baumgartner: We have been requested to get of these as quickly as possible and this a tight time strain on people. Robinson: On the John Rudnicki residence, low bidder wasW t necessarily the contractor acted. How come? 14 South Bend R development Commission Regular Meeting - December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSI ESS g. continued... Mrs. Baumgartner: Barany did not want to work on a Bureau contract. When he submitted his proposal he did not realize it was in connection with a 312 Loan. Mr. limtz: What is the pleasure of the Commission? Do y u want to vote on them in mass or go through and reject the ones that only have one bid? Mr. ira: I realize that some of these are only $450, $350, and $550, but it is just a matter of that policy we want. Mr. IcMahon: You may wish to consider something like rejecting those that only have one bid that are flore than $1,000. With less than $1,000 I don't know if you would be far off in any case. [4s. uburn: You probably would be creating more admi istrative work. I'ir. 'agel: When did [IUD say you have to get rid of t iem? Mrs. Baumgartner: They didn't say exactly when, they just said as soon as possible. Their letter was sent the 25th of November, and they wanted us to get rid of as many as possible after that date. Ms. Auburn: I would like to see these approved, but with a caution to the Bureau of Housing that they should pursue getting more than one bid in the future. Mr. 'imtz: This is cleaning up the program, isn't it, Kathy? Mrs. Baumgartner: There are ninety -one on this list, and a lot have turned the balance over to Kiss all Corporation. Ms. uburn: Maybe you can help the homeowner find a co ple of contractors who will be willing to bid on s all cost items. Mr. Robinson: Is this clean -up program the same one that we have been talking about for the last couple of meetings? 15 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meetng - December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS g. contfinued... Mrs. Baumgartner: No it is not. These are 312 Loan balances. Mr. obinson: How many more clean -up programs are you oing to have? Mr. ira: It depends on how many mistakes they find Mr. McMahon; This isn't a mistake. Mrs. Baumgartner: No, this isn't a mistake. This is p ogle who had extra money in their account. MIS. uburn: This is actually to our benefit. Mr. iimtz: These people had a loan balance in their acco nts and, as I understand it, they were asked to eith r send the money back or put it on the house. Some of them sent the money back to HUD, others are sayi g they need storm windows, floor covering, etc. Isn' that right? F'irs.lBaumgartner That is correct. iris. uburn: Actually we are getting more home im- prov ments for our dollar than we originally thought we w re going to get, so we are better off. Mr. 1cMahon: In light of the fact that it is the home wner's money, in essence. Mr. ira: I have no gripes about that, I just don't like the idea of getting only one bid. Mr. imtz: I understand that. They still have to repa the loan. Mrs. Baumgartner: Right. They have been, in these cases, repaying this loan for one to three years. Mr: bit go 0 of o Robinson: I understand what you are saying, t is going to cost more for the people here to t and get it rebid. It`s going to cost more r dollars. 16 South Bend R development Commission Regular Meeting - December 5, 1980 6. NEW BUSINESS g. contfinued... Mr. ira: Don`t you feel that the next time we do this it won't happen again because they know we will not accept it. They will make sure that there is more than one bid. Mr. 'imtz: Sometime the contractors do not like goin out and spending two hours bidding on $400 jobs Ms. Auburn made a motion to approve the Section 312 SECTION 312 LOAN Loan proposals per the recommendations of the Bureau PROPOSALS APPROVED of Housing, with all future proposals requiring at least two bids to be submitted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robinson and unanimously carried. 7. PUBLIC HEARING a. Public hearing on proposed development for the East PUBLIC HEARING ON Bank Development Area. EAST BANK DEVELOPMENT AREA Mr. 1cMahon: Mr. Chairman, we have a number of items that I would like to enter into the record before we get into the section for comments. fir. imtz: You may proceed to enter the necessary item into the records. Mr. icMahon: I have before me the original public noti e for the hearing; an' affidavit from the South Bend Tribune on publication; affidavit from Tri- Coun y news on publication; notice that public hear- ing iotice was delivered to the Area Plan Commission, Boar of Public Works, Board of Zoning Appeals, Build ing epartment and other City agencies that we're re- quir d to notify; the original Area Plan Commission Resolution with respect to this public hearing; a certified copy of the Resolution of the Common Council base' on their public hearing, as well as a copy of Resolution No. 626 of the Redevelopment Commission with a copy of the development plan attached. I would ask that the Commission consider adding these items to the ecord. 17 South Bend R development Commission Regular Meet ng - December 5, 1980 7. PUBLIC HEARING a. contfinued... Mr. imtz: The Chair receives from the Director the various notices as listed here and the affidavit cones cern'ng the giving of notice concerning this public hearing, and unless there is some objection, directs that they be entered into the record of the proceed- ing Ltoday for this public hearing. They are so en to ed . Mr. IcMahon: I believe this is the fourth time that the ast Bank Plan has come before some public body for iearing purposes. We had our meeting here for the original filing of the Declaratory Resolution, The Area Plan Commission has had a public hearing on it, as indicated by one of these documents. With respect to their resolution, they have a favorable recommendation. The City Council has also held a hearing JA :this regard We have also had.a number of meetings with the property owners on an indi- vidual basis, as well as a group meeting, and have had questions and answers. In light of the fact that this has been discussed on four separate occasions, I would leave it to the pleasure of the Commission as to the extent to which we present info oration this morning, rather than rehash in its totality everything that has been discussed. It seem a review of some of the pertinent items that are lecessary to be placed on the record would be appr priate and then open up for questions. Mr. Vimtz: I feel it is essential that we show that the rea Plan Commission has approved this plan and prop sal and they are in favor. Secondly, that the City Council has approved and is in favor of this prop sed plan and development. Correct? Mr. Sweeney: That is my understanding. Mr. 4imtz: Is there anything other than the official noti es that we need to specifically point out this morning? Mr. new ahon: We have some information that would be the record that Mrs. Kolata will present. in South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - December 5, 1980 7. PUBLIC HEARING a. contfinued... Mrs. Kolata I would like to summarize that the area we are looking at extends from Jefferson Boul vard on the south, from Sorin Street on the nort , the river on the west, and till Street on the ast. As stated in our Resolution of Octo- ber 3, the area has become blighted and con diti ns can not be corrected by the regulatory proc ss or by ordinary operations of private ente prise as evidenced by its current condi- tion The irea is roughly 52 acres, excluding public righ -of -way and streets. Of that 52 acres, 47% f the land currently is vacant. It has been zone "D" light industrial since 1922 and at one poin it was heavily used as light industrial, but its ise has decreased over the years and buildings have been demolished. The declining industrial population has had an adverse effect on what resi- dential population has been in the area. Since 1960 the opulation of the area has declined from 262 to 57, qhich is a decline of 78 %. Also, the number of households has declined from 130 to 21 for a decline of 84'110. There are currently 86 structures in the area of the 86 approximately 25% are deficient requiring varying degrees of repair. When we say degr es of repair, I am only considering those that have some structural problem and need some correction, and that if the problems are not corrected the build- ing nay require demolition. I am not referring to merely cosmetic items. Beca se of its current conditions, the land does not generate much in the way of tax revenue for the City. Currently the total assessed valuation for the area is $1,701,730, and at the current tax rate of 13.463 per hundred we are bringing in $178,052 per ear in taxes which comes out to about $3,300 or $ ,400 per acre in taxes. As y u can see, within a half mile of the downtown area we have a large area that is greatly under utilized. We believe by redeveloping the East Bank Area the land use will be increased, the tax base will be increased, and this will be of public benefit to the bublic health and welfare. 19 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting -- December 5, 1980 7. PUBLIC HARING a. continued... Mr. McMahon; Mr. Commissioner, there will also be a.i formal statement of findings on behalf of the Redevelopment Department that will be filed prior to our next meeting on December 19, at which time the final Commission action will come forward. Mr. imtz: As I mentioned previously, the only question raised at the afternoon meeting at the Park Department was the question of Niles Avenue. Would you like to tell everyone about the plans for Niles Avenue, Mrs. Kolata? Hirs. Kolata: The plan that we have proposed had sugg sted that in the future Niles Avenue, between Jeff arson Boulevard and Washington Street, and betty en Madison Avenue and Cedar Street, would be clos d with the rerouting of traffic from Niles Aven e over across Cedar Street and then down Hill Stre t. There would be access to those businesses or w atever development that is in;this area, there woulJ also be access from Jefferson Boulevard and Washington Avenue, but our intention is to limit Nile Avenue as a through street so that proper development can take place. It is not our inten- tion to deprive people who are in the area or will be g ing to the area their access, but we do want to limit through traffic. We do not have intentions of vacating those portions of the street because there are utilities in place underneath. Mr. McMahon: Perhaps when we refer to this in the future, we should not refer to the street as being closed, but we should simply say it will be closed to through.traffic. In all other respects it will remain open. Mr. Kagel: In other words it will be limited access? Mr. the' trai as one Mr. McMahon: Yes. No one will be denied access to r property, simply that we would like the through fic, the traffic which does not have that area destination or source, to utilize Hill Street or of the other nearby streets. Cira: Will they be vacated? 20 South Bend R development Commission Regular Meet ng December 5, 1980 7. PUBLIC HARING a. continued... Mr. lcMahon: They will not be vacated and the stre t itself will not be closed. We will take step to restrict through traffic. Mr. ira: There isn't too much residential in that area. Mrs. Kolata: No, but the idea behind our whole plan is to:create a residential area. Mr. ira: You think you could with all that comm rcial /industrial? Mrs. Kolata: Yes, because right now you have half of tie land vacant and some of the buildings that are in there right now, some of the older buildings, are uitable for conversion to apartments. Mr. McMahon: Or commercial. Mrs.lKolata: Yes, either one. Mr. '1cMahon: If there are no other public state- ment3 state- ment for the record this morning, you should recess on t is particular item to be continued until the 19th of December. Mr. imtz: Are there any comments or questions by the ublic or the press? If not, the Chair would ask if there is any objection to recessing this public hearing and further consideration of this resolution until the regular meeting of the Commis- sion on December 19, 1980. Hearing no objections, the hair now directs this item to be placed on the ages a for the regular Commission meeting on Decem- ber 19, 1980, for further consideration of the Commission. 8. PROGRESSIREPORTS There wee no progress reports to present to the Commission. 21 NO PROGRESS REPORTS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION South Bend R development Commission Regular Meet ng - December 5, 1980 9. NEXT COMMISSION MEETING The next regularly scheduled South Bend Redevelop- ment Commission meeting will be held on December 19, NEXT COMMISSION MEETING 1980, at 10 :00 a.m., and as stated before, the regular organization meeting of the Commission will be held on January 2, 1981. 10. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Com- mission, Ms. Auburn made a motion that the meeting be ADJOURNMENT adjourned. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robinson and unanimously carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a. m. , Pr e"s4dent 22 fT • 1 •