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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 09-12-86September 1 10:30 a.m. Presiding 0 1. ROLL CA Members Members Legal C( Redevel( Bureau c News Me( Others: 2. APPROVAI SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR. SCHEDULED MEETING 1986 ficer: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz President Present: Absent: 1: 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana 46601 Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Vice- President Mr. Roman J. Piasecki, Secretary Mr. Sandy Combs, Member Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President Mr. Michael Donoho, Assistant Secretary Ms. Eugenia Schwartz Staff: Mr. Jon R. Hunt, Executive Director Mrs. Ann Kolata, Executive Deputy Director Mr. K.C. Pocius, Econ. Dev. Specialist Ms. Gretchen Matthews, Econ. Dev. Specialist Ms. Denise Sullivan, Office Manager Housing Staff: Mr. Ted Leverman, Acting Director Ms. Jeanne Derbeck, South Bend Tribune Ms. Cindy Ward, WSBT -TV Ms. Glenda Rae Hernandez Mr. George Herendeen OF MINUTES Upon a motion made by Mr. Piasecki' seconded by Mr. Conbs and unanimously carried, the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Friday, August 22, 1986 were approved. ...•W Upon a , Mr. Pia Commiss. submitt, 11, 198 3, Sept release OF CLAIMS ation made by Mr. Combs, seconded by ?cki and unanimously carried, the an formally approved the claims 3 August 27, September 4 and September , and ordered checks dated September nber 10 and September 17, 1986 to be COMMISSION APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1986 COMMISSION FORMALLY APPROVED CLAIMS SUBMITTED AUGUST 27, SEPTEMBER 4 AND SEPTEMBER 11, 1986, AND ORDERED CHECKS DATED SEPTEMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 10, AND SEPTEMBER 17, 1986 TO BE RELEASED South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting17 September 12, 1986 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont.) P.E.A. -66 Indiana Bell Telephone Warren rham- Lamont Small Business Report Coffee 'rime Service Jon R. Hunt Abstract Co. of St. Joseph County General Fund South nd Tribune Tri-Cowity News Makiels i Art Shop Petroleum Tranders Inc. James B'xler Indiana Bell Communications Gene's Camera Shop American Planning Assoc. The Lunch Box IRMSDCI Payroll 8 -2 thru 8 -15 -86 Payroll 8 -16 thru 8 -29 -86 Total T.I.F. $ 366.74 430.39 68.00 54.40 82.64 45.00 150.00 54.38 51.84 58.35 15.32 24.60 296.68 12.34 93.00 55.55 200.00 12,199.65 12,143.59 $26,402.47 Transfer to CD 21,892.29 Mathews Purucker Anella 2,811.51 Universal Painting Company 2,916.67 Robert Tavernier & Rienking Bldg. 1,400.00 Warner & Sons 69,062.76 Lang -Fe ney & Assoc. 594.00 Total $ 98,677.23 Ralph D Lauver Total Grand Total 4. There were no communications. 5. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. $ 600.00 $ 600.00 $125,679.70 -2- THERE WERE NO COMMUNICATIONS THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Me ing - September 12, 1986 6. NEw e. ted for Resolution No. 784 a ovin an application for rea proberty tax deduction for Transwestern tment, Inc. The�Commission agreed that this item be moved up n the agenda. Mr. George Herendeen was present representing Tra,iswestern Investment, Inc. and the South BenJ Policemen's Credit Union, and was recognized by the Commission. Mr. Herendeen noted that his client is the pro pective buyer of the property located 100 fee north of the corner of Sample and Laf yette Boulevard. The South Bend Pol cemen's Credit Union is purchasing this proDerty for the construction of a new Credit Union office building. The proposed plan is for a one story, brick building. The cost of the property is $40,000, and the improvements and building costs will be approximately $80,000, plus additional costs for landscaping. The South Bend Common Council has considered the abatement and have favorably approved their application. Yet to be completed are a final site plan to handle surface water drainage. Mrs Kolata outlined the staff report. She noted that over a three year abatement the taxes paid would equal about $3,782 with the amoimt abated to equal about $7,450 based only on the value of the improvements to the property. Mrs. Kolata also noted that the property is not properly zoned at this time, but is in the process of being rezoned. The sale is contingent upon that rezoning taking place. Mr. Herendeen stated that the Area Plan CorffAssion in its staff report has indicated that the proposed use is the best use and have giv an affirmative recommendation that the rezoning be granted. -3- South Bend Regular Me 6. NEW BU e. a. by elopment Commission - September 12, 1986 ( font . ) Redevelopment staff report found no ,ons to exclude the petitioner from its est for abatement. L a motion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded [r. Combs and unanimously carried, the Fission approved Resolution No. 784 oving an application for real property tax .ction for Transwestern Investment, Inc. fission approval requested for proposals grants in connection with the Emergency it Program in accordance with the tion from the Bureau of Pau Carroll 318 Scholum Naa,ner Henry 217 N. Huey Mad line Bogart 1117 Birner Contractor E.J. White, Inc. Braunsdorf, , Inc. Townsend Construction Upo a motion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the Comnission approved proposals and grants in connection with the Emergency Repair Program as Listed above. b. Comnission approval requested for a bid and loan in connection with the Rental Rehab Loan Program in accordance with the recommendation fran the Bureau of Housing. N Contractor Pro Jol ne Newton Bob Grant Construction $8,016.60 915 W. LaSalle Mrs Kolata noted that the incorrect loan amoimts were listed on the original agenda. The correct amount for the loan is $4,250.00 in public investment(A federal Rental Rehab to ), $4,250.00 in private investment for the rest of the project. The total project cost Will then equal $8,500.00 which includes a sma l contingency amount over the amount of the contract. Mc COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 784 APPROVING AN APPLICATIO FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION FOR TRANSWESTERN INVESTMENT, INC. $2,177.00 $ 305.00 $2,700.00 COMMISSION APPROVED A BID AND THAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM AS LISTED ABOVE $4,250.00 (Federal Rental Rehab) South Bend ] Regular Mee, 6. NEW BUS: b. Con- elopment Commission - September 12, 1986 ( font . ) Upo a motion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the Commission approved a bid and loan in co ection with the Rental Rehab Loan Program as Listed above. c. Comdnission approval requested for a in onnection with the Homestead /So Homo Improvement Loan Program in accordance with the recommendation from the Bureau of Contractor Che ter Baldwin Townsend Construction 182P S. Brookfield Mrs Kolata explained that there was a base cost estimate prepared and then an addendum. A comparison sheet was prepared comparing the four bids received with only a portion of the addendum being considered for approval. Mr. Piasecki noted that the smoke detectors were not noted in the proposal. Mr. Leverman stated that he will follow -up and assure that the required smoke detectors are installed. Upon .a motion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the Comnission approved a proposal in connection with the Homestead /South Bend Home Improvement Loah Program as listed above. d. Comnission a roval requested for Resolution No. 783 redeclaring the Rum Village Industrial Park to be blighted, expanding the boundaries of the area, declaring the expansion area to be blighted, expanding the allocation area for ur ses of tax incremental financing and rea nrovina the development plan. Mrs Kolata stated that the Commission declared the Rum Village Industrial Park to be a Redevelopment area in 1981 being confirmed in early 1982. The staff is requesting that a sma 1 area at the north corner of the bo daries be added. This is the existing Mas is Corporation plant facility. Mastic -5- COMMISSION APPROVED A BID AND LOAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENTAL REHAB LOAN PROGRAM $7,508.00 COMMISSION APPROVED A PRO- POSAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOMESTEAD /SOUTH BEND HOME IMPROVEMENT IRAN PROGRAM AS LISTED ABOVE South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - September 12, 1986 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) d. Conftinued... Co ration has announced plans to expand their facility to the west. Redevelopment is pre ently working with the Indiana Department of rce to construct Kaley Street up from Calvert Street to provide access to Mastic's plant. As part of that project, the road wou d be constructed with funds from the Department of Commerce, a portion of which wou d have to be paid back from tax increment revenues generated from the area. Resolution No. 783 requests that the boundaries be ded to include the Mastic property in the Rum Village Industrial Park. It would then become part of the allocation area for the tax increment financing aspects of the area, although with a different frozen base date on tha property then for the rest of Rum Village Ind strial Park. If approved by the Commission, Resolution No. 783 will be considered by the Area Plan Cormiission, followed by the City Council with final approval and public hearing by the Connission on October 10th. Upon a motion made Mr. Piasecki, seconded by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 783 rede laring the Rum Village Industrial Park to be blighted, expanding the boundaries of the area, declaring the expansion area to be blig ted, expanding the allocation area for pu ses of tax incremental financing and reap roving the development plan. Ms. Auburn noted for the record that she had a conflict of interest and did not vote on Resolution No. 783. Ms. Schwartz stated that three votes were needed to pass the resolution and asked Ms. Aub n if the conflict was current contract work Ms. Auburn noted that it was a past working relationship with the Mastic Corporation that had nothing to do with the expansion. Ms. Auburn is not currently working for Mastic Corporation. Ms. Schwartz clarified that that was not a current conflict of ir.Lterest so there is no objection to her COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 783 REDECLARING THE RUM VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK TO BE BLIGHTED, EXPANDING THE BOUN- DARIES OF THE AREA, DECLARING THE EXPANSION AREA TO BE BLIGHTED, EXPANDING THE ALLOCATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF TAX INCRKYJENTAL FINANCING AND REAPPROVING THE DEVELOP- MENT PLAN South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - September 12, 1986 6. NEW BUS$NESS (Cont.) d. continued... f. Mr. Piasecki made a motion, seconded by Mr. Corrbs and unanimously carried, to reconsider the previous motion made by the Commission app ovina Resolution No. 783. Upon a motion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the Co ssion reconsidered and approved Resolution No. 783 redeclaring the Rum Village Industrial Park to be blighted, expanding the boLuidaries of the area, declaring the exp�msion area to be blighted, expanding the allocation area for purposes of tax incremental financing and reapproving the development plan. Ms. Schwartz excused herself from the meeting. Co ssion approval requested for an amendment to the Emergency Repair Program Guidelines. Mrs Kolata explained that the Emergency Re it Program is geared to having a list of contractors who will be available for certain types of work on a rapid basis. After recent questions and studies of how the different estimates have compared with the actual work prepared, the staff is recormnending that the Conmission modify the guidelines to reduce the 20% contractor estimate limit to 15 %. Mr. Combs questioned the recormnendation to accept bids within 15% of the Bureau estimate ratlier than going to a lower estimate ctui eline of 10 %. Mrs Kolata explained that the recormnendation was based on the estimates received over the past 12 months where the majority of bids fell between 7 -12% of the cost estimates. Mr. Leverman was asked by the Cormnission to rev Lew the old Emergency Repair process where several bids were accepted and then awarded for each repair. He should also take into con ideration the amount of staff time needed to lement this type of program. -7- MOTION MADE TO RECONSIDER THE PREVIOUS MOTION MADE BY THE COMMISSION APPROVING RESOLUTION NO. 783 COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 783 REDECLARING THE RUM VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK TO BE BLIGHTED, EXPANDING THE BOUN- DARIES OF THE AREA, DECLARING THE EXPANSION AREA TO BE BLIGHTED, EXPANDING THE ALLOC- ATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCING AND REAPPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN South Bend Regular Me, 6. NEW BU f . Co: a elopment Commission - September 12, 1986 ( font . ) Mrs. Kolata noted that the Bureau will be sen ing out a mailing to all contractors in order to increase the Bureau's contractor list. Upo a motion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by 4r. Combs and unanimously carried, the Coinnission approved an amendment to the Emergency Repair Program Guidelines. for ?lines for the South Bend Central Area. Mrs Kolata explained that when the Central Business District, Monroe Park and East Bank were merged into the South Bend Central Development Area the Commission established the Design Review Committee process and design guidelines. To date the Committee has operated with the existing design guidelines that were in place for each of the three separate areas. Before the Commission today are revised guidelines for the entire area. Ms. Matthews explained that the new guidelines are broken down into various categories. The first category is rehabilitation guidelines for the downtown and East Bank for anything occuring with existing structures or lots. There are also separate new construction guidelines for the downtown and the East Bank. There are also guidelines for the Monroe Park area which are divided into residential, comnercial and industrial guidelines. The way the guidelines differ from the existing ones varies depending on the area. Within the Central Business District the only guidelines that have ever been in place were written in 1968. The guidelines have been revised to inc ude the new aspects of rehabilitation as wel as new construction within the Central Business District. Within the East Bank the guidelines are basically reiterating the existing guidelines and are a little more exp icit including some items that are reqViired in design considerations and building spe ifications for Redevelopment disposition COMMISSION APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMERGENCY PROGRAM GUIDELINES South Bend Regular MeE 6. NEW BUE g. Cor. elopment Commission - September 12, 1986 (Cont.) erty. The Monroe Park guidelines are lar to the existing guidelines but also ude the covenants that were established commercial and industrial property. Upon a motion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the Comnission approved Design Guidelines for the South Bend Central Development Area. Ms. Matthews noted that the new guidelines will be sent to all property and business own rs within the South Bend Central Dev lorment Area. h. Re rt on bid opening of September 2, 1986 of Parcels C9 -1 and C9 -2 within the South Bend Cen ral Development Area. Mrs. Kolata reported for the record that no bidF, were received on September 2, 1986 for Par els C9 -1 and C9 -2. There has been one in iry as to whether the Commission would lea 3e the entire lot for surface parking. The sta f is looking into that request and will givp a recommendation to the Commission. Mrs. Kolata also reported that the State The ter storefront leasing proposals are due on 3eptember 15, 1986. There were several lea 3e packets picked up by interested parties. i. Comnission authorization requested to hire Law on- Fisher and Associates for design se ices and construction management in the Sou :h Bend Central Development Area. Mrs Kolata explained that this request is related to the riverbank easement granted to the Park Department by the Orthopedic Associates. This is a joint consideration contingent upon the Park Board's approval. Thr e proposal were requested from engineering firns for designing a walkway along the riv rbank and coming back along the alley lea ling up to Sycamore Avenue. One firm stated they were unable to submit a bid, ano her missed the deadline for submission of COMMISSION APPROVED DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE SOUTH BEND CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AREA REPORT ON BID OPENING OF SEP'T'EMBER 2, 1986 FOR PARCELS C9 -1 AND C9 -2 South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - September 12, 1986 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) 7. i. Continued... a. pro sals, and one bid was received. The Eng'neering Department reviewed the bid and the staff is reccmending that the Commission acc pt the bid. the the for and not uded in the contract will be a survey of existing conditions and how it relates to riverbank, design plans and specifications the walkway, preparation of cost estimates bid documents, etc. The contract is set to exceed $14,000. Upon a motion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the Comnission authorized the hiring of Law on- Fisher and Associates for design se ices and construction management in the Sou h Bend Central Development Area contingent upoti Park Board approval. s Mrs Kolata reported that applications for the Ho stead drawing are being accepted until Sep ember 19, 1986. There will be app oximately six houses available for the dra inq . 8. NEXT COMMISSION MEETING 91 COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THE HIRING OF LAWSON- FISHER AND ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN SER- VICES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTH BEND CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AREA CONTINGENT UPON PARK BOARD APPROVAL PROGRESS REPORTS The next Regular Meeting of the Commission NEXT COMMISSION MEETING will be held on Friday, September 26, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. There bAng no further business to come before ADJOURNMENT the Co ssion, Mr. Combs made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Mr. Piasecki seconded the motion and it was unanimously carried. The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 a.m. Paula N. A urn, Vice President /6ri-R. Hunt, Executive Director -10-