Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 11-06-81SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING November 6, 1981 Mr. 1200 County -City Building 10:00 a.m. Staff: Mr. 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard Presiding Officer: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, South Bend, Indiana 46601 President Per. Kevin C. Horton, Deputy Director 1. ROLL CALL Mr. Herman Lee Members Present: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President Mr. Lloyd E. Robinson, Sr., Vice President Mr. A. Peter Donaldson, Secretary Member Absent: Mr. Robert J. Cira, Assistant Secretary Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Member Legal Counsel: Mr. Kevin J. Butler Redevelopment Staff: Mr. Patrick M. McMahon, Executive Director Mrs. Ann Kolata, Deputy Director Per. Kevin C. Horton, Deputy Director Mr. Herman Lee Mrs. Hedy Robinson, Relocation Specialist Mrs. Angela Coar, Executive Secretary Ms. Fines Mosby, Secretary Community Development Mrs. Colleen Rosenfeld, Director, Community Staff: Development Mrs. Kathryn Baumgartner, Director, Bureau of Housing Ms. Janet Satterthwaite News M dia: Ms. Jeanne Derbeck, Reporter, South Bend Tribune Miss Rebecca Marr, Reporter, WSBT -TV Mr. Frank Vellner, Photographer, WSBT -TV Mr. Larry Ford, Reporter, WSJV -TV Mr. John Winey, Photographer, WSJV -TV Mr. Dave Anderson, Reporter, WNDU -TV Mr. Les Howard, Photographer, WNDU -TV Mr. Jonathan Harris, Reporter, South Bend Communicator Guests Mr. James D. Conley Councilman John Voorde Miss Karen Kiemnec Mrs. GlendaRae Hernandez Mr. Don McManus Mr. James Cronk Mr. Leslie H. Doty Mr. Ted Wasielewski Mrs. Kathryn Brookins South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a m tion by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Robinson. and un nimously carried, the Minutes of the Rescheduled Regula Meeting of October 23, 1981 were approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a m tion by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Robinson and un nimously carried, the Minutes of the Special Meetin of October 27, 1981 were approved. 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS MINUTES OF RESCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 23, 1981 WERE APPROVED MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEET- ING OF.00TOBER 27, 1981 WERE APPROVED On a m tion by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Donaldson CLAIMS APPROVED and unanimously carried, the claims totalling $242,224.97 were allowed and ordered to be paid. The authorized claims are: REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL James . McCarthy, P.E. Northfield Hilton Inn TOTAL REDEVE OPMENT DISTRICT CAPITAL OF 1972 Edwin VanRyn, Architect Edwin �_. VanRyn, Architect TOTAL P.E.A.1- MONROE- SAMPLE AREA Josephine Kutch - Petty Cash Southold Heritage Foundation, Inc. Irvin lanuszak, Clerk - Parcel 16 -23 Peggy orrest Judy R check Historic Landmark Foundation of Indiana Irvin 1. Manuszak, Clerk - Parcel 16 -34 and 16 -34A St. Jo eph County Sheriff's Department - P rcel 14 -27 Alieth D. Poland - Parcel 16 -23 Alieth D. Poland - Parcel 16 -23 Woodwojth Storage & Transfer, Inc. 2 $ 2,070.00* 234.41 $ 2,304.41 $ 630.00* 577.50* $ 1,207.50 $ 49.00* 1,604.50 ** 4,800.00* 50.00* 250.00* 239.42 ** 1,250.00* 156.43* 500.00* 4,000.00* 814.58* South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (continued) Joseph and Iva Bucker $ 4,000.00* Mary C llins & Life Realty 4,000.00* Abstra t & Title Corporation - Parcel 1 -6B 35.00 Abstra t & Title Corporation - Parcel 6 -16 35.00 Absolute Pest & Termite Control, Inc. - Par el 16 -38 50.00 Allied Construction Company - Parcel 4 -1 220.08 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 30.96 South 3end Water Works - Parcel 14 -40 9.7.9 Southo d Heritage Foundation, Inc. 1,831.63 ** TOTAL $ 23,926.39 P.E.A.1- EAST BANK AREA St. Joseph County Treasurer - Parcel 1 -2 and 1 -8 Irvin J. Manuszak, Clerk - Parcel 2 -11 Mark A Gallagher - Parcel 1 -2 and 1-3 St. Joseph Bank & Trust Company - Parcel 1 -2 and 1 -3 The Ab tract & Title Corporation - Parcel 1 -3 P.E.A. Joseph ne Kutch - Petty Cash Busine s Systems, Inc. R. L. lolk & Company Business Systems, Inc. Federa Express Corporation Federa Express Corporation I & M I Iectric Company South lend Police Department Superintendent of Documents Payroll 10/17/81 - 10/30/81 P.E.A.1- 312 LOANS St. Joseph County Treasurer's Office Engle Construction & Frank and Janis Banicki Victoria Duggan TOTAL $ 2,474.27* 5,350.00* 103,422.97* 89,102.76* 35.00 $200,385.40 $ 15.39* 9.12* 84.00* 16.14 38.00 28.07 49.52 1,661.76 i* nn TOTAL $ 10,078.40 $ 145.54 3,211.92 190.81 3 South BendlRedevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (continued) Community Development Taylor & Moyer Agency Community Development Mincze ski Company Community Development Community Development St. Jo eph County Recorder St. Jo eph County Recorder $ 70.00 74.00 135.00 161.00 175.00 117.50 34.00 .Q tin TOTAL $ 4,323.27 GRAND TOTAL $242;224.97 On a m tion made by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Donald- son anJ unanimously carried, the claims signed prior to the me ting and denoted with an asterisk ( *) were ratified and co firmed. Mr. Nimtz placed Mr. Robinson in the Chair for a motion ratifying and confirming claims for Southold Heritage Foundation, Inc., and Historic Landmarks of Indiana, Inc. On a m tion by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Robinson and un nimously carried, the claims for Historic Land- marks oundation of Indiana and Southold Heritage Foundation, Inc., were ratified and confirmed. These claims are denoted with a double asterisk ( * *). Mr. Nirtz abstained from voting. 5. COMMUNICATIONS a. Letter from Ma_Yor Roger 0. Parent November 3, 1981 Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President South Bend Redevelopment Commissioners County City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear *. Nimtz: In Nov tuber of 1979, as President of the Common Council and as Mayor - elect, I formally requested that the South Bend R development Commission continue to pursue various 4 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 5. COMMUNICATIONS (continued) a. continued... alternatives in an effort to renovate the Odd Fellows Buildi q. In my assessment of the situation at that time, I was of the opinion that, in the absence of some substantial develo ment being imminent, the City could afford the time a d effort necessary to pursue a concerted effort to savq the structure. Over the course of the ensuing two years, the Commis- sion, its staff and I have made a series of attempts to eff ct the restoration of this building. Proposals fora vide variety of projects, ranging from simple office renovation to hotel development to office and retail condominiums have been studied and found to be impossible to practically implement. Our restoration effort have not been successful to date. Recently TRANSPO received news of a Department of Trans- portation award for their much talked about terminal in downtown South Bend. As a result of discussion of recent weeks, it has become apparent that, in light of the anticipated staged development of the Century Mall blocks, the mo t logical location for their new facility is the northw st corner of the Century Mall properties. In light of these developments, I am regretfully request- ing that the efforts to save the Odd Fellows Building be abandoned, that the structure be razed and that the Re- development Commission immediately pursue the transfer of this; and adjacent properties to TRANSPO so that they may pr Geed with their long- awaited facilities. As I have done verbally, I thank you and all the members of the Commission for the time you have allowed me and my staff in our efforts to renovate the Odd Fellows Buildi icr. Sincerely, S/ Roger O. Parent The le ter was received, placed on file and referred to the st ff. 5 LETTER FROM MAYOR ROGER 0. PARENT TO MR. F. JAY NIMTZ WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE (RE: ODD FELLOWS BUILDING) South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 5. COMMUNICATIONS (continued) a. continued... Mr. McMahon explained that the transfer of the Odd Fellows property is to go to TRANSPO, another governmental unit, and it is not necessary to go through a formal bidding process, but we must sell at the appraised value and asked that the Commission acknowledge that the staff would be seeking appraisals of the property. It is also necessary to address the de olition schedule, and we would like permission to advertise for bids on November 13 and 20, 1981, with re eipt of bids at the regular meeting on December 4, 19 1. A notion was made by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. RECEIPT OF DEMOLITION BIDS Ro inson and unanimously carried to advertise for FOR ODD FELLOWS BUILDING de olition bids for the Odd Fellows Building on ON DECEMBER 4, 1981 November 13 and 20, 1981, and to receive bids on APPROVED December 4, 1981. Mr. Anderson questioned whether demolition could take pl ce during the winter and Mr. McMahon replied that it could. Mr. Anderson also asked what is the appraised value of the land right now. Mr. McMahon replied that it is approximately $2.00 to $2.10 per square foot. Mr. Anderson asked if the official price was $2.10 . pe square foot for 65,000 square feet, and if that in luded the Odd Fellows Building. Mr. McMahon re- plied that it was for a larger tract, including the pr perty where the Odd Fellows Building is. The TR NSPO people are looking at a piece of property th t runs along Washington Street all the way from Ma .n Street to Michigan Street. Ms. Rebecca Marr asked if we had an estimate of demo- lition costs. Mr. McMahon stated that we received bi s about two years ago, which were not acted.upon, anJ the low bid at that time was $102,000. Ms. Derbeck asked about proposals received for reno- vating the building. Mr. McMahon explained that we received about ten proposals and entered into serious negotiations with four or five developers over the last two years. East proposal ran into problems that pr vented our acceptance. In some cases it was the co t of funding or the cost of construction. One South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting — November 6, 1981 5. COMMUNICATIONS (continued) a. continued... pr posal was for a hotel and they had a problem get - ti g a franchise because they didn't like the way the ro ms had to be laid out around the columns in the building. Up until we ran into that problem we thought that would be the strongest proposal and we would be ab e to go ahead with it. A number of different items ha come up that caused various proposals to be either wi hdrawn or rejected by us. Ms Derbeck asked if having the TRANSPO terminal run along Washington Street would alter the shape of the Century Mall. Mr. McMahon stated it was consistent with the original plan that was done by The American Ci y Corporation and once we transfer the property to TRANSPO,we will have about three- quarters of the wh le two block area to work with. One of the reasons we discussed this particular area with TRANSPO is that it suits a staged development of the Century Mall B1 ck. 6. OLD BUSINESS R a. Commission approval requested for an amendment to Consulting Agreement with`Rolf Jensen & Associate Inc., to perform consultinq services with respect Mr by wi es wi ge co fr s qu Up Ro th at enter. McMahon explained that we have been notified Rolf Jensen Associates, Inc., that their contract 1 exceed the $5,000.00 figure that we originally ablished. We have not yet defined what the excess 1 be, but to allow this to go ahead I would sug- t to the Commission that we simply increase their tract by $5,000.00 and extend the time frame also m September 15, 1981 to December 15, 1981, which uld give us more than enough time and also ade- te funds to address whatever additional costs t have been incurred. ►n motion made by -Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Hinson and unanimously carried, the amendment to Consulting Agreement with Rolf Jensen & Associ- !s, Inc., was approved. 7 AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH ROLF JENSEN & ASSOCIATES, INC., APPROVED South Bend Redevelopment Commission. Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Co*ission a 312 Loan Pro da ion of th Name Naoma . Newsome 806 No th Elmer ,oval requested for the foll Im proposal in accordance wi 3ureau of HOUSing. Section commen- Contractor Amount Clyde Wardlow AND $1,391.00 b. Commission a roval:re uested for the followin Section 312 Loan'and "Homestead Pro ram ro osal in accordance with recommendation by the Bureau of Housing. Name Contractor Amount Lena A. Harley Charles Brown Maintenance $2,745.00 409 East Haney Company Upon motion made by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and unanimously carried, requests for a Section 312 Loan Program proposal and a Section 312 Loan and Homestead Program proposal were approved. c. Com ission approval requested for a Non - Profit Re- habilitation Grant to Phoenix'House, Inc., in the amo nt of $10,000.00 'for a house located at 3519 C awa venue. Mrs. Baumgartner explained that at the last Commis- sion meeting we extended the boundaries of the non- profit group program to include any congregate home located in the City of South Bend, and at that time indicated that Phoenix House had presented such an application to us. We have processed this applica- tioi and the Advisory Board has met, recommending we award a grant to Phoenix House. They will pay the amo nt in excess of the $10,000.00 grant. Phoenix Hou a is a half -way home for recovering women ale holies. Upoi a motion made by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Robinson and unanimously carried, a $10,000.00 Non - Pro it Rehabilitation Grant to Phoenix House was app oved. SECTION 312 LOAN PROGRAM PROPOSAL AND SECTION 312 LOAN AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM PROPOSAL WERE APPROVED NON- PROFIT REHABILITATION GRANT TO PHOENIX HOUSE, INC., FOR 3519 MISHAWAKA AVENUE WAS APPROVED South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 7. NEW BUSINESS (continued) d. Commission a' roval're nested for'Hoft melts with the followih individuals: Name Dwight D. & Marion D. Fulce Ric F. Adams Eugene P. & Rosalyn Ford Robinson Melvin D. Parkes Shirle A. Hooper Anne M rie Healy Terrance & Norma Walker Kent E. & Vivian D. Pierce Otis L. & Mary L. Dunson Diana . Flemming Dennis. C. Smith Thomas M. & Debra.G. Jeffrey Address teading Agree- 222 South Chicago 1706 S. Douglas 821 South Sheridan 1226 West Thomas 3805 West Jefferson 1133 Cleveland Avenue 817 South Meade 1124 Diamond Avenue 517 E. Calvert Street 1815 Webster Street 227 North Sheridan 1015 Cleveland Avenue Mr Baumgartner stated that in six years we have aw rded 99 homes. We have had only one default and we are processing the next one. Up n a motion made by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Do aldson and unanimously carried, the Homesteading Ag eements were approved as listed above. e. Co mission approval re uested to execute a contract wi h T. Brooks Brademas pur8uAnt to'the Rental'Reha De onstration Program in the amount of 210;335.00. Mr. McMahon explained that we previously received bids from a number of individuals with respect to the Rental Rehab Program. Mr. T. Brooks Brademas was awarded fifteen (15) units and has gone through all of the HUD paperwork and is now ready to execute a ma ter contract for the entire program. That con- tract is in the amount of $210,335..00. Mr. Brademas ex ects to start on these buildings Monday. All fifteen units are located on the southeast side and will be fully rehabed. There are Section 8 certi- fi ates that accompany them. It's really a new pro - gr m, one which we hope will be successful in the So th Bend area. Upon motion made by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Donaldson and unanimously carried, the contract with T. Brooks Brademas in the amount of $210,335.00 was approved. 9 COMMISSION APPROVED HOME- STEADING AGREEMENTS COMMISSION APPROVED CON- TRACT WITH T. BROOKS BRADEMAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $210,335.00 FOR RENTAL REHAB DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 7. NEW BUSINESS (continued) f. Commission approval requested for the following Re- ha ilitation'Grant Pro ram'bid'0htr6cts in accor- da t6 with'recommendation'of'the Bureau of Housing, peiding Common Council concurrence if bid is in ex Name ess of 10;000:00 and legal review. Contractor Amount Mandy lford Charles Brown Maintenance $ 9,960.00 1237 Bissell Shirley Layton Michiana Remodeling 10,839.40 313 East South St. Domini Macri Shamrock Exteriors 8,250.00 2108 S uth William Frances Waller Michiana Remodeling 10,543.70 1119 E. Miner St. Steven & Barbara Michiana Remodeling 11,720.00 Mol ar 126 Ea t Broadway Up 3n motion made by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. REHABILITATION GRANT Ro inson and unanimously carried, the Rehabilitation PROGRAM BID CONTRACTS Grant Program bid contracts were approved as listed ab ve. g. Conmission authorization requested to terminate lease with South Bend Parking Com an , Inc. Mr. McMahon explained that we needed to terminate this lease in conjunction with demolition of the Odd Fellows Building and the proposed sale of land to TRANSPO. Up )n motion made by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. Ro inson and unanimously carried, the lease with So th Bend Parking Company, Inc., for land east of th Odd Fellows Building was terminated. h. Commission approval requested for agreement with So t of Heritage Foundation, Inc;, an Tower ed- 6'ral Savings '& Loan Association, esta s ing a Loan Fund fop-short term loans' t0 move 0uses In tTo , Monroe- amp e DoveToomoht Area. 10 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 7. NEW BUSINESS (continued) h. cohtinued... Mr Robinson was placed in the Chair for considera- ti n of this item. Mr 3. Kolata explained that the agreement establishes a )ne-year revolving loan fund of $90,0000.00 that will be deposited in Tower Federal Savings & Loan As ociation. Tower will then make one -year loans at 3% interest to people who are moving houses within tha Monroe - Sample area. The loans will cover the co 3t of moving and rehabilitation of homes. At the en of that one year period, Tower will give a per - ma ent mortgage to the homeowner at 1% below the cu rent market interest rate:, but in no case higher than 18 %. After the one year period, when the loan fund expires, the money will return back to the City and will be reprogrammed into Community Development. AGREEMENT WITH TOWER Up )n motion made by Mr. Donaldson, seconded by Mr. FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN Ro inson and unanimously carried, the agreement with ASSOCIATION AND SOUTHOLD To er Federal Savings & Loan Association and Southold HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INC. He itage Foundation, Inc., was approved. WAS APPROVED Mrs Nimtz abstained from voting. 8. PROGRESS REPORTS Mr. Horton reported that the Marriott Hotel has so far hired 40 people in conjunction with our Targeted Jobs Program, and we expect the final number to be about 60 -70. We are pleased with the cooperation of the Marriott people in this regard. Mr. McMahon reported that we had hired two real estate people last summer to handle real estate closings for us in the Monroe- Sample area. We contracted with Peggy Forrest and Judy Rosheck, and they closed 99 properties fora total cost of $5,000. They did an outstanding job ano performed in a timely manner. 9. NEXT CgMMISSION MEETING The ne :t commission meeting will be held on Friday, NEXT COMMISSION MEETING Novemb r 20, 1981 at 10:00 a.m. 11 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - November 6, 1981 10. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Com- ADJOURNMENT missi n, Mr. Robinson made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded by Mr. Donaldson and unani ously carried. The meeting was adjourned at 11:02 a.m. �.iaYNN�Xptz, President rick M. McMahon, Executive Director 12