HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 03-13-87SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING
March 13, 1987
10:00 a.m.
Presiding Officer: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz
President
1. ROLL CAL
Members resent:
Members bsent:
Legal Counsel:
Redevelopment Staff:
News Media:
Others:
1200 County -City Building
227 W. Jefferson Boulevard
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President
Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Vice - President
Mr. Roman J. Piasecki, Secretary
Mr. Sandy Combs, Member
Mr. Michael Donoho, Assistant Secretary
Ms. Eugenia Schwartz
Mr. Jon R. Hunt, Executive Director
Mrs. Ann Kolata, Deputy Executive Director
Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Office Manager
Ms. Hedy Robinson
Ms. Gretchen Matthews
Ms. Jeanne Derbeck, South Bend Tribune
Mr. Gary Seiber, WNDU -TV
Mr. Charles Beyrer, BCC
Mr. James Leonard, BCC
Mr. Red Connery
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Upon a motion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by
Mr. Pias cki and unanimously carried, the
minutes of the Regular Meeting of Friday,
February 27, 1987 were approved with the
correction of the presiding officer being Ms.
Paula N. Auburn, Vice - President.
3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
Upon a motion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by
Ms. Auburn and unanimously carried, the
Commission formally approved the claims
submitted March 2 and March 9, 1987, and
ordered checks dated March 6, 1987 and March
13, 1987 to be released.
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COMMISSION APPROVED THE MINUTES OF
THE REGULAR MEETING OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
27, 1987.
COMMISSION APPROVED CLAIMS SUBMITTED
MARCH 2 AND MARCH 9, 1987 AND ORDERED
CHECKS DATED MARCH 6 AND MARCH 13,
1987 TO BE RELEASED.
South Bend Redevelopment Commission
Regular Meeting - March 13 1987
3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont.)
P.E.A. -66
Employee Relocation Council
Indiana Bell Communications
Indiana Bell Telephone
Keener Printing
P.D.H. Office Supply
Schilling Sales
Triangle Drafting
Burke Technologies
Busines Systems
Century Center
General Fund (Telephone)
General Fund (Print Shop)
Indiana Bell Communications
P.D.H. Office Supply
Petroleum Traders
Publishing Horizons
Hedy Robinson (Fund)
Total P.E.A.
T.I.F. B ND - 1985
City Awning of South Bend
Lawson Fisher Associates
T.I.F. Bond - 1985
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BONDS - 1972
Zuchelli Hunter & Associates, Inc.
Abstract & Title Corp.
Total Redevelopment District Bonds - 1972
GRAND TOTAL
4. COMMUNICATIONS
There were no communications.
5. OLD BUSI ESS
There was no old business.
6. NEW BUSI ESS
a. Commission approval requested for Resolution
No. 796 approving the fair re -use value of
land in the South Bend Central Development
Area.
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I
30.00
55.00
128.60
12.35
101.44
21.17
163.00
40.00
5.63
105.00
104.48
332.34
296.68
374`.04
20.22
34.95
$ 1,899.36
$ 676.00
145.47
$ 821.47
$ 18,000.00
100.00
$ 18,100.00
$ 20,820.83
THERE WERE NO COMMUNICATIONS-
THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS.
South Bend Commission
Regular Mee ledevelopment
ing - March 13, 1987
6. NEW BUS
a
(Cont.)
ued...
Three downtown parcels are being put up
for id. Ms. Matthews gave the staff
rep rt.
Parcel C4 -3 at the corner of Washington
and St. Joseph Street is 27,000 s.f. The
minimum offering price is $94,900; the
minimum development is 65,000 s.f. of
building area; the designated use is
commercial.
Parcel C4 -30 at the corner of Washington
and Michigan Streets is 35,000 s.f. The
offering price is $115,750; the minimun
development is 85,000 s.f.; the
designated use is commercial.
Coniie deration will be given based on the
tot development and the amount of
ret t and /or restaurant space included
in development.
Parcel C4 -46 at the corner of Jefferson
and Michigan, known as the Shopper Park
Free lot, is 41,000 s.f. The offering
price is $138,000; the minimum
development is 100,000 s.f. of commercial
use and projects will be evaluated based
on total square footage and the amount of
ret it /restaurant space proposed.
This completes the appraisal and offering
of 11 Redevelopment -owned land in the
dow town.
Upon a motion by Mr. Piasecki, seconded
by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the
Commission approved Resolution No. 796
approving the fair re -use value of land
in the South Bend Central Development
Area.
b. Commission authorization requested to
ublish Notice of Intended Sale of
Disposition Parcels C4 -3, C4 -30 and C4 -46
in the South Bend Central Development
Area with ublication dates to be March
20, 1987 and March 27, 1987 and receipt
of bids to be at 10:00 a.m. on April 6,
1987.
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COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO.
796 APPROVING THE FAIR RE -USE VALUE
OF LAND IN THE SOUTH BEND CENTRAL DE-
VELOPMENT AREA.
South Bend Commission
Regular Mee Jedevelopment
ing - March 13, 1987
6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.)
b. Continued...
c
Upon
a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by
COMMISSION
AUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF
Mr.
ombs and unanimously carried, the
NOTICE OF
INTENDED SALE OF DISPOSITION
Com
ission authorized the publication of
PARCELS C4
-3, C4 -30 AND C4 -46 IN THE
Noti
e of Intended Sale of Disposition
SOUTH BEND
CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AREA.
Parc is C4 -3, C4 -30, and C4 -46 in the
Sout Bend Central Development Area
Commission approval reauested for
Resolution No. 797 approving an
application for real property tax
deduction for Hale Corporation for
property located at 329- 331 -333 S.
Mich'aan Street in the South Bend Central
Development Area.
Mr. iunt noted that Hale Corporation does
business as Business Communication Center
and the property being considered for tax
abatement is the building which presently
houses the License Bureau.
Ms. Robinson gave the tax abatement
report for the staff. The property is
located in an area designated as a tax
abatement impact area by the Common
Coun il. It is also located in a tax
increment financing allocation area and
is properly zoned for the proposed use.
It will create an estimated five to seven
new permanent full time jobs,
representing a new annual payroll of
$80,)00 and will maintain 34 existing
permanent full time jobs and 6 existing
permanent part time jobs with an annual
payr 11 of $740,000. Real property taxes
paid at this location in the previous
five years total $29,548.38. The
petitioner estimates the
after-rehabilitation market value of the
prop arty to be $465,000. Based on the
ordi ance, the petitioner qualifies for a
6 year abatement. The estimated taxes to
be a ated over the 6 year period are
$53,)75. The taxes to be paid over that
6 year period are estimated at $37,393.
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South Bend
Regular Me
?development Commission
ina - March 13, 1987
6. NEW BUSI [NESS (Cont.)
C. Continued...
Mr. Leonard, President and General
Manager of Business Communication Center
explained his company's plans for the
property. The company is presently
located at 1501 N. Ironwood Drive. They
have outgrown their present facility and
have been impressed with what has been
happening downtown. They have already
purchased the property and plan to
completely renovate both the interior and
exterior of the building. He showed
preliminary architectural drawings
prepared by James E. Childs and
Associates. The BCC will offer both
retail sales and service at that
loca ion.
Upon a motion by Mr. Combs, seconded by
Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the
Commission adopted Resolution No. 797
approving real property tax abatement for
Hale Corporation for property located in
the outh Bend Central Development Area.
d. Commission approval requested for a
cont act with Automation Strategies, Inc.
for omputer services.
Mrs. Kolata explained that the downtown
data base that the department has
compiled is currently stored in four
different programs and is not yet cross
referenced. The department has recently
purc ased new database software (R -Base)
whica will be used to pull together and
mana e all of the information, but we do
not aave the staff capacity to develop
desired program applications and to pull
the information together. Mr. Dennis
Huff of Automation Strategies knows the
R -Base software and is familiar with our
database information, so would be best
qualified to set up what we need on
R -Base. They will charge $48.00 per hour
for 30 to 100 hours of work, not to
exce d $4,800. The work will be
comp eted by May 1.
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COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 797
APPROVING AN APPLICAITON FOR REAL
PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR HALE
CORPORATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
329 - 331 -333 S. MICHIGAN STREET
South Bend Redevelopment Commission
Regular Meeting - March 13, 1987
6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.)
d. Continued...
Upon a motion by Mr. Piasecki, seconded
by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the
Commission approved the contract with
Automation Strategies, Inc. for computer
services.
7. PROGRESS REPORTS
Construction work on the 100 block of North
Michigan Street will begin next week. The
business owners have been notified and a
meeting with them arranged for 5:00 p.m. March
16. All of the businesses have back or side
entrances which can be used while the street
is closed.
Mr. Red Connery joined the meeting and
expressed his disapproval of our putting the
Shoppers Park Free lot up for bid. His
concern was for the elderly and handicapped
who need parking close to the businesses.
Mrs. Kolata explained that there were no known
prospective bidders. The property will not be
sold unless there is a project of significant
size and benefit to the downtown to warrant
its replacing the parking lot.
8. NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
The next regular meeting of the Redevelopment
Commission will be Friday March 27, 1987 at
10:00 a. m.
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There be
Ms. Aubu
adjourne
meeting
ng no further business to discuss,
n made a motion that the meeting be
. Mr. Combs seconded it and the
as adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
L
, Pr'dent
COMMISSION APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH
AUTOMATION STRATEGIES, INC. FOR
COMPUTER SERVICES.
PROGRESS REPORTS
NEXT COMMISSION MEETING
ADJOURNMENT
on R. Hifnt,` Exel�utive Dikector