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Home My WebLink AboutRM 11-24-81SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Rescheduled Regular Meeting November 24 1981 1200 County -City Building 9:00 a.m. 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard Presiding Officer: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz South Bend, Indiana 46601 President 1. ROLL CALL Members Present: Members Absent: Legal C unsel: Redevel pment Staff: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President Mr. Robert J. Cira, Assistant Secretary Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Member Mr. Lloyd E. Robinson, Sr. Vice President Mr. A. Peter Donaldson, Secretary Mr. Kevin J. Butler Mr. Patrick M. McMahon, Executive Director Ms. Hedy Robinson, Relocation Specialist Ms. Fines Mosby, Secretary News Media: Mr. John Winey, WSJV -TV Mr. Larry Ford, WSJV -TV Mr. Mark H. Peterson, WRBR Mr. Dave Anderson, WNDU -TV Ms. Jean Derbeck, South Bend Tribune Redevelopment Trustees Guests: 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Dr. Alfred Fromm Mr. Morris L. Morrison Mr. Roland A. Kelly Mr. Carl Weinzetl Mr. William Welsheimer Mr. John Voorde Mr. Donald Wiggins Ms. Karen L. Kiemnec Mr. Richard Hill, City Attorney Ms. Glenda Rae Hernandez Ms. Kathy Baumgartner Mrs. Kathryn Brookins On a mo ion by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn and unanimously carried, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 6, 1981 were approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a mo ion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Cira and unanimously carried, the Minutes of the Special Meeting of November 13, 1981 were approved. South Bend R development Commission Rescheduled egular Meeting - November 24, 1981 4. APPROVALIOF CLAIMS On a mot on by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn and unan mously carried, the claims totalling $139,826.06 were all wed and ordered to be paid. The authorized claims a e: REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL South Bed Tribune Tri -C oun v News REDEVELORMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL OF 1972 James A. IMcCarthy, P. E. The American City Corp. Edwin D. VanRyn MONROE- SAr -1PLE AREA PROJECT $ 11.77 14.30 TOTAL $ 26.07 $ 280.00 15,000.00 A71; nn TOTAL St. Joseph County Treasurer #6 -16 St. Joseph County Treasurer #6 -17 St. Joseph County Treasurer #6 -20 Wiltfong Moving & Storage #1 -4 Wiltfong Moving & Storage #1 -4 South Bend Development Commission #6 -16 South Bed Development Commission #6 -17 South Bed Development Commission #6 -20 Derrick L. Woodson #7 -19 Derrick L. Woodson #7 -19 I & M Electric #6 -2 R. E. McCloskey & Associates #16 -40A NIPSCO #16 -24 South Bend Water Works #14 -32 J. W. Werntz & Sons, Inc. David James Thomas Lankston Donald Meyers & Anchor Doolittle Josephing Kutch - Petty Cash Territorial Engineering Tri -County News Abstract & Title Corp. #6 -6, #6 -5, #6 -4, #6 -3 Abstract & Title Corp. #6 -14, #6 -13, #6 -7, #6 -8 Abstract Co. of S.J.C. South Bend Tribune Abstract & Title Corp. #7 -10, #7 -1, #7 -6, #1 -3 Abstract & Title Corp. #7 -11, #7 -12, #7 -5, #6 -18 Abstract & Title Corp. #7 -4, #4 -1, #2 -9, #2 -8 Abstract & Title Corp. #7 -23, #7 -12, #7 -17, #7 -8 Abstract Title Corp. #1 -8, #1 -7, #6 -10, #6 -9 Abstract Title Corp. #8 -13, #2 -6, #1 -2, #1 -4 Abstract Title Corp. #6 -19, #7 -19, #7 -18, #6 -21 Don Inks Petty Cash I & M Ele tric #14 -36, #16 -24 Vivian PO llips 11120 Parcel #7 -4 2 $16,155.00 76.45 185.34 52.13 223.20 401.65 268.55 504.66 737.87 400.00 4,000.00 8.26 750.00 9.30 28.93 73.77 375.00 .375.00 14,979.00 84.50 200.00 58.48 194.00 167.00 200.00 53.39 152.00 161.00 346.00 179.00 158.00 249.00 250.00 64.50 - 67.31 500.00* CLAIMS APPROVED AND ORDERED PAID South Bend Redevelopment Commission Rescheduled Regular Meeting - November 24, 1981 MONROE- SAMPL4 AREA PROJECT(Continued) Vivian Phillips/Eva/Theodore Plajer 11120 4,000.00* Jeffery S. B ardsley 11/20 1,000.00* 6,683.75 TOTAL $31,721.29 P.E.A. - EAS BANK AREA. Cash $ 10.50 Don Inks - Petty Irvin J. Man szak, Clerk 42,593.00 Abstract & Title Corp. #1 -B, 13, 17, & 18, #2 -C(W) 371.00 First Auto Lease, Inc. #2 -C(E) Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 475.48 TOTAL $ 42,974.50 P.E.A. R -66 University of Notre Dame $ 22.55 Abstract Co. of St. Joseph County #9 -21 520.00 Community Development 6,683.75 Community Development 4,514.75 Community Development 500.00 Credit BureaL of South Bend - Mishawaka 10.00 Federal Expr ss 31.95 Federal Expr ss 38.00 First Auto Lease, Inc. 211.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 475.48 McIntyre - J nes Construction Co. 2,367.42 National Lea a 198.10 Postmaster 140.60 South Bend P lice Department 2,190.00 Smith Petroleum 86.55 Dorothy Z. D ane 329.00 Dorothy Z. D ane 112.80 Don Inks - P tty Cash 9.47 University of Notre Dame 249.16 Federal Express Corp. 9.50 Josephine Kutch - Petty Cash 8.00 McGraw Hill Publications 24.00 Value House 39.82 F. Jay Nimtz 113.89 Patrick McMahon 149.33* Payroll 11/13/81 to 11!13/81 8,471.33 TOTAL $ 27,506.95 P.E.A. 312 LOANS Wickes Lumbe & Ronald Johnson $ 616.06 Shaul Wholesale & Carlis Phillips 1,242.66 Wickes Lumber & Salvadore or Hilda Navarrete 290.78 Christopher Costello 2,792.08 Williams Home Center & Ronald Johnson 750.96 Circle Lumbe and Edwards M. Romero 253.80 Calho Fence to., Inc. &- Carlis Phillips 660.60 3` South Bend Commission Rescheduled �edevelopment Regular Meeting - November 24, 1981 4. APPROVAL. OF MINUTES (continued) Samuel Wright Custom Masonry & Carlis and Priscilla Phillips Montgom ry Wards & Joyce Savari Sears, Roebuck & Company & Sammie Brooks Tri -Stale Home Improvements & Bert H. Wisely Clyde W rdlow & Naoma B. Newsom Carol F iend TOTAL GRAND TOTAL 4 985.00 1,833.62 590.00 9,851.00 1,391.00 184.69 $ 21,442.25 $139,826.06 South Ben Redevelopment Commission Reschedul d Regular Meeting - November 24, 1981 5. COMMUNICATIONS a. Lotter from Lewis A. McGann MA. F� Jay N.tmtz South Bend Redevelopment Comm,zzioneA 511 W. Cot4ax Avenue South Bend, Indiana. 46601. Deah At. N.cmtz : LETTER FROM COUNCILMAN McGANN, REGARDING ODD FELL014S BUILDING Last week, I had eonvvtzation with two potential devetopeu o f the Odd Fe tows Bu ed.ing, MA. T. BAoohs BAademas and MA. RobeAt RaheA. Both o4 these gentt2emen Aa.ized sexious questions about the handling a4 theft development ptoposaez by the Redevelopment Sta4j. A. SAademas eta&" he had a � itrm commitment on the 4.inancing package and had tenative commitments J&om seveka,Q pto�specti.ve tenor . He 4eU that his. proposal was 4.inaneiaP.ly via.bte enough that he was w.iUing to pteaeeed with the Renovation. . Rake& claims that he teanned o4 the puposed demot t i.on o4 the building 4&om TAdseo Systems, Inc., the �3iAm he had a signed contA et with to do the exten ioA Renovation. They appoAentty weAe told By someone jynom the Redeve.eopment Sta44 on October 29th. He JuAthEA claims that .someone itom.the Redevelopment Sta6j contact BeaAd and WaAneA, the Chicago ji&ms, he was deaf i,ng with 6oA perman- ent itnancing, and told them that the bu c td.ing was going to be de mot ins ed. He jwttheA estates that he and his attorney weAe toad that the $200,000.00 in Community Devetopment Funds that the Coun- cil a pRopAiated weAe not avaitabte. It .us my undejustand.ing that this matter wiU be Aa.used pubticty tonigP,t at ouA Council meeting. I have discussed this matteA with otheA membeu o4 the Councit and have decided that .i4 this matteA us Aaized tonight, that the Council's Human Reis ouAees and Economic De- vetop ent Commission, Sta44 and the pRopozed developeAz to "Ctea& the ." In view o4 the above in4oAmati.on, I wou,2d Zike to Aequest that the Redevelopment Commission not award a demotction eontnaet until this atteA is Aezotved. S.ineeAet y, Lewis A. McGann Pre s,ident cc: edevetopment Commuss.ionetus Maya Parent attri.ch McMahon ouncil Membetus ouneil Attorney LAM /.l6 5 South Bend ledevelopment Commission Rescheduled Regular Meeting ;November 24, 1981 5. COMMUNI ATIONS (Continued) a. continued... Councilman Voorde explained that last evening during the pri- vil ge of the floor at a council meeting, we were addressed by Mr. Brademas and some other individuals who represented themselves as potential developers who had been frustrated by the Redevelopment Department. In any case allegations haVE been made. The public believes that perhaps a good faith effort has not been made in seeking out developers for the Odd Fellows Building and in response to that the Human Resources and Economic Development Committee feels that it as to do something and I guess we look to you first to see what your thoughts are. Mr. Nimtz stated he was pleased to have Councilman Voorde here and would refer it to the staff and to Attorney Kevin Butler for recommendation and report. He assured Mr._ Voorde that this will receive due consideration and commented on the fine cooperation between the Commission and the Council and tha ked him for being here and bringing it to our attention. Cou cilman Voorde asked if the demol -ition bids are going to be ope ed December 4th. Mr. McMahon replied they would be. Cou cilman Voorde asked if these claims could be looked into bef re that time. Mayor Parent stated there was no validity to the claims. Two years ago he asked the Redevelopment Commissioners to give additional time to take a look to see if someone could give a via le plan to renovate the Odd Fellows Building and we took a long, long, look at it. Obviously you accuse the staff or me or others of having some ulterior motive for demolishing at this point. There would have been no point in delaying the dem lition for 2 years, if it was just meant for me to carry the Odd Fellows on my back for a couple of years. I will will- ingly give it to anybody else who wants to carry it on their back for a couple of years, but I came back to the Commission a couple of weeks ago after 2 years of hard work by a lot of people, Pat McMahon, Carl Ellision while he was here, Kevin Horton, and myself. We made trips around to people, some of the people that are coming up now, particularly in the person of Mr. Brademas. As a matter of fact his proposal was one of the weakest ones. We did not get into a whole public discussion as to-why the proposal was weak or strong and I am not so sure it would be proper to have a public discussion of that but I am assured and I am pleased that the Commission did take 2 yeas and did delay and gave me and my staff and your staff time to work on the whole situation. I am not going to change my position after taking 2 years of planning on it. I am just telling you that frankly it is your decision to make. I am not asking you to delay it any further. I am more than pleased that you gave the Odd Fellows Building 2 more years of life, 2 more years for developers to work at the project, and I could not in good conscience ask you for additional time. I think that the allegations that have been made are wrong. South Bend redevelopment Commission Rescheduled Regular Meeting - November 24, 1981 5. COMMUNI4ATIONS (Continued) a. continued... Mr. Nimtz announced that receipt and opening of demolition bids for the Odd Fellows Building would be placed on the Agenda December 4th. In the mean time arrangements would be made for a joint meeting of Councilman Voorde's Committee and the Redeve- lop.ent Commission and Staff. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. ThelCommission had no old business to present 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Recognition of Redevelopment Trustees Mayor Parent stated that there have been some changes in the State Law in the manner in which the Redevelopment Commissioners wou d be appointed. The law has eliminated the Redevelopment Trustees. In the future the Commissioners will be appointed by loth myself as Mayor and the Council. I am going to be ap- poi ting 3 persons and the City Council will be appointing 2 per ons. So the Commissioners will now be appointed directly, but in recognition of the good work that the Redevelopment Tru tess have done in selecting Redvelopment Commissioners over the years, I want this morning to present you with a plaque to recognize that effort and good judgement on your part. Mayor Parent presented plaques to Dr. Fromm who is the present Chair- man of the Redevelopment Trustees, Mr. Welsheimer, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Weinzetl. I am going to miss you as I hav always depended on you for the selecting of the Commis - sio ers. So I thank you very much. b. Bidi for Disposition Parcels 2 and 3 in the Monroe- Sample c. Area Mr. McMahon explained that these parcels are located directly behind the Color -Tile Building on George Street in the Monroe - Sam le Area. We received bids last Friday and opened them with our Attorney and have held them over for this meeting in order to report to you that those bids were received. Kevin Butler has reviewed them briefly at that time and will be reviewing them with us between now and the next Commission Meeting. We wil be back with the Commission at the next Commission Meeting and hope to take action at that time. Com ission approval requested for the following Section 312 Loan Pro ram proposal in accordance with recommendation of the Bureau of ftusina. Mr. McMahon the next item on the Agenda is the request for the app oval of a Section 312 Loan, its for 1211 E. Madison Street, Ale anian Brothers is the contractor in the amount of $650.00. That is the only 312 Loan we have this morning before us. On a 7 NO OLD BUSINESS RECOGNITION OF REDEVELOPMENT TRUSTEES BIDS RECEIVED FOR DISPOSITION PARCELS #2 & #3 IN THE MONROE SAMPLE DEVELOP- MENT AREA SECTION 312 LOAN PROPOSAL APPROV- ED FOR 1211 E. MADISON STREET South Bend R Vgular evelopment Commission Rescheduled Meeting - November 24, 1981 NEW BUSINESS (Continued) c. Continued... moti n made by Mr. Cira and seconded by Ms. Auburn and unani- mous y carried the proppsalwith the 312 Loan Program was approved. d. Comm ssion approval requested for awarding of a proposal in con- nect on with the South Bend Home Improvement Loan Program in acco dance with recomendation of the Bureau of Housing. Mrs. Baumgartner explained that Michiana Remodeling was the lowest bidder on two of the Proposals. Michiana Remodeling is new with the Bureau of Housing and has three contracts that they have just begur and for that reason I am requesting that we not award them any lurther contracts until we have had an opportunity to rate theiy performance. Upon a motion made by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. ira and unanimously carried, the propsals connected with the Sout Bend Home Improvement Loan Program were approved. e. Comm ssion a corm coon w Home tead Pr of H using. roval requested for awarding of a proposal in the South Bend Home Improvement Loan Program and ram in accordance with recommendation of the Bureau Upon motion made by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn and unanimously carried, the proposal in connection with the South Bend Home Improvement Loan Program was approved. f. Commission approval requested for the following_ commercial lease in t e East Bank Development Area. Mr. McMahon explained that this proposed lease is for the property occu ied by Standard Mechanical Contractors Incorporated, at 345 Hydr alic Avenue in the amount of $1,600 per month. This is consistent with previous lease payments made on the property. The first payment date is February 1, 1982. It should be noted that the lease payments will be placed in an escrow fund and should the company choose to relocate within the City of South Bend the lease payments will be refunded to Standard Mechanical. Upon motion made by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr..Cira and unanimously carried, the lease with Standard Mechanical was approved. G. Commission approval requested for Resolution Number 648 amending the Monroe- Sample Plan. Mr. McMahon explained that we are revising the Monroe - Sample Development Plan to expand the Design Review Committee to seven members so that we might have broader representation on that Committee. That is the only modification that is represented by this plan amendment. Upon motion made by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. 4uburn and unanimously carried, Resolution #648 was approved. SOUTH BEND HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM PROPSAL APPROVED SOUTH BEND HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM AND. HOMESTEAD PROGRA PROPOSAL APPROVE LEASE APPROVED WITH STANDARD MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS IN THE EAST BANK AREA RESOLUTION NUMBER 648 APPROVED South Bend edevelopment Commission Rescheduled Regular Meeting - November 24, 1981 NEW BUSINES (Continued) designated re uested for Disposition Parcel No. 4 h. Commission in the Monroe-Sample Development Area Upon motion made Ms. Auburn, - seconded by,-Mr.-Cira and.unanimous- DISPOSITION PARCEL ly darried, Disposition Parcel No.4 in the Monroe- Sample De- NO. 4 IN THE MONROE vel pment Area was approved. SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT AREA DESIGNATED i. Commission approval requested for Resolution No. 649, approving the fair market re -use value of land within the Monroe-Sample Development Area. Upon motion made by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn and unani- mou .ly carried, Resolution No. 649 was approved. RESOLUTION NO. 649 APPROVED j. Commission authorization requested to publish Notice of Intended Sale of Disposition Parcel No. 4 in the Monroe -Sam le Develop- men Area, with publication dates to be November 27, 1981 and Dec tuber 4, 1981 and receipt of bids to be at 10 :00 a.m. on Dec tuber 14, 1981. Upor motion made by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Cira and unani- mously carried, the staff was authorized to publish Notice of Intended Sale of Disposition Parcel No. 4 in the Monroe- Sample Dev lopment area. k. Commission approval requested for "Consent to Transfers of Int rest in RAHN Properties II South Bend, Marriott." Upo motion made by Mr. Cira, seconded by Ms. Auburn and unani- mou ly carried the on sent to Transfers of Interest in RAHN.- Pro erties II South Bend Marriott was approved. 8. Progress Reports AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE REGARDING DISPOSI- TION PARCEL NO. 4 CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN RAHN PROPERTIES II SOUTH BEND MARRIOTT APPROVED Upon be ng asked a question regarding South Bend Toy Corporation, Mr. McMahon rated that he believed the new ownership of the company was PROGRESS REPORTS conside ing a location in the Studebaker Corridor. 9. Next Commission Meeting The next commission meeting will be held on Friday, December 4, 1981 NEX'r COMMISSION at 10:00 a.m. MEETING 10. Adlourn ent There being no further business to come before the Commission, Ms. Auburn made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was ADJOURNMENT secondec by abd unanimously carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m. Jay tz, Prri<2eW trick M. McMahon, Executive Director W,