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Home My WebLink AboutSM 12-27-89Dec embX' 27 1 9 4 :00 gym. Presitiii�g Mr. -Pxman Piasecki . S6etary 1. Others: 1200 00kmty -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana 46601 Mr. Roman J. Piasecki, Secretary Mr. Sandy Combs, Assistant Secretary Mr. Michael Donoho Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Vice President wel:. Ms. Carolyn Pfotenhauer le�: Mrs. Ann Kolata, Director Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Office Manager Mr. Don Porter, South Bend Tribune Mr. Dick Maginot, WSBT-W Ms. Janine Gozdecki, WNDLJ -W Ms. Heather Richards, WZZP Mr. Ian Sindell, WSJV-JlV Mr. Joseph E. Kernan, Mayor Mr. Jack Reed, Assistant to the Mayor Jerry Hammes, Co- Chairman, Citizens for a New Corridor Committee Ms. Margaret King, Volunteer Coorinator Mr. Richard Nussbaum II, City Attorney Ms. Katherine Humphreys, City Controller Mr. John leszczynski, Director, °Dept. of Engineering Mr. Karl Stevens, Director, Park Depar anent Mr. Luther Taylor, Chief, Fire Departm t Ms. Mikki Dobski, Director, Community Affiars Ms. Ann Puzzello, South Bend C awn Council Mr. John Voorde, South Send Common Council Mr. Sean Coleman, South Bend Connnon Council Mr. Don Niezgodski, South Bend Common Council Mr. Carter Wolf, Center City Associates Ms. Becky Bonham, Convention and Tourism Bureau Ms. Josephine Kingsberry, Urban Enterprise Assn. Mr. Charles Minkler, MACOG Ms. Beverly Crone, County Auditor Mr. Bernard Pinkowski -1- South Ben evelapnent Commission M d Special ing - December 27, 1989 1. ROLL gULL (Cont.) Zhe was called to order at 4:27 p.m. as the erified petition and Auditor's Certificate were not complete until that time. Mayor &rnan expressed regrets that Mr. Nimtz and Ms. Auburn could not be present for this iwportant.veeting. He introduced Mr. Jerry Hammes, Co- Chairman of the Citizens for a New Corridor Ccmuittee and Ms. Margaret King, Vol Organizer. Mayor Kernan, Mr. env' Ms. King presented to the Commiss 324 counterparts of the petition vision the Cbamnission to authorize the Crea ` of bonds for the redevelopment of the Studoaker Corridor. Those 324 agree:; contain 6331 valid signatures verifi by the Auditor as property taxpayers in the9 of South Bend. Mayor A rnan stated that this is, to our knowl , the largest single effort at gather' signatures in the community in support of the issuance of bonds. It will permit to begin the process within the Corridor of creating an env' where we can preserve and protect the 15 jobs in the Corridor and fulfill the vision providing the environment for Crea ` 900 new jobs. It has been 26 years since. closed its doors, and we all agree:; t woe have waited long enough to remove physical scar of those buildings that:- oy no people and pay no taxes and to 81 ,. a the psychological scar. There are ,6,331: payers in the City of South Bend who with that and have demonstrated their rt for the bond issue. Mayor who ci of ow an thanked the hundreds of people d a counterpart and the thousands who signed them for their :ion of support for this very project. -2- Mayor n signatu3 Coleman, Superini Ken Hen place. Mr. Les Hammes, Corrida this Meg ammi.ss: symbolic thanloed nan introduced some of the leading gatherers: Councilman Sean 17o signatures; Mr. Karl Stevens, ndent of Parks, 167 signatures; and q and Bob Hunt in third and fourth Fox, Co- Chairman, with Mr. Jerry of the Citizens Committee for a New 'was ill and could not be present at ting. Mr. Hammes presented to the on the counterparts of the petition, of new paychecks and new jabs. He the Mayor for his leadership in ing this effort in the ccmumnity. Mayor Ean introduced Ms. Margaret King who has extraordi nary job organizing the s t, giving more people the to sign a petition in support of Ms. Kil cpporb cpporb admini; this t: experb worked �S 'tie 6,3 ardx expressed her pleasure at the ty to be involved and the ty to get to know the members of the ation as she worked with them during t. She said it was an interesting e and noted that the people who the project worked very hard. Kernan presented Mr. Piasecki, tary of the Ccmission, with the 324 erparts. He pointed out that there 8,134 signatures on the petition. auditor's office was able to verify valid, tax paying signers. He for the Commission's favorable deration to proceed with the nce of $4.9 million dollars in al obligation bonds to be used for economic development opportunity, evitalization of the Studebaker -3- r • - ��. r• .. �• i South Bend Special Mee 2. NEW BUS a. con UPO cam cou the bons Devi Cer Cam b. Sea Geri Mrs, has, Numl that tour sign reqL be Mr. Coca rew C. COM Mrs. sets $4.9 from tax i elopement Commission - December 27, 1989 (Cont.) t a motion by Mr. Donoho, seconded by Combs and unanimously carried, the fission accepted for filing the 324 iterparts of the petition requesting Cmmd.ssion to authorize and issue s for the Studebaker Corridor lopnent Area and the Auditor's ificate to the Redevelopment Kolata noted that the Certificate as attachments, Counterparts :red 1, 3, and 9 and the affidavits verify those counterparts. Those exparts contain more than fifty tures of valid property owners, a rement before the bond process can ski., Secretary of the i, executed the Certificate the petition. Kolata noted that Resolution No. 903 out that the bond will not exceed million, that the bond will be paid a special tax levied on all of the yens in the district, that the .ssion will proceed to undertake the ition and redevelopment of the area rdance with the declaratory ion and development plan, that is an obligation and i- debtedness of -4- AMU ?MVMM • •a• i a• IN • M, • • - MR. «n SEcRETARy OF E CC149MION EXECUTED TIM . •V South Bend: Special Mee 2. NEW BUS C. con the of and and bony Upa Mr. Corn pre Berg the bore to ] acq Stun ,d. C om elopment Commission - December 27, 1989 evelopment district, not the City h Bend, the bonds shall be payable y in amounts not to exceed one years, and the interest cannot twelve percent per year. It also .the Secretary to post and publish of the filing of the petition ing issuance of the bonds and of the determination of the ion to issue the bonds. Kolata noted the the twelve percent wenty -one years are maximum limits he interest rate and term of the issue could be less. a motion by Mr. Donoho, seconded by tabs and unanimously carried, the .scion approved Resolution No. 903, a minary bond resolution of the South Redevelopment Commission authorizing .ssuance of redevelopment district for the purpose of procuring funds .y for the cost of property sition and redevelopment in the baker Corridor Development Area. tion by Mr. Ccanbs, seconded by o and unanimously carried, the n authorized the publication of Z etition for Issuance of Bonds 29, 1989 and posting of the three public places in the on December 29, 1989. -5- ..•� • W 9 '*�*- Q*-1J • / �. • camssION AUTHORIZED THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS ON DECEMBER 29, 1989 AND POSTING OF THE NC ITICE IN '1= PUBLIC PLACES IN THE DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 29, 1989 South Bend Special Me 2. NEW BU: e. coi Mr. Cram Not a Dec the pla, 198: f. Fil. a el cpament Cortunission - December 27, 1989 (Cont.) a motion by Mr. Donoho, seconded by tauibs and unanimously carried, the scion authorized the publication of e of Determination to Issue Bonds in al Amount Exceeding $5,000.00 on ber 29, 1989 and January 5, 1990 and osting of the Notice in three public s in the District on December 29, Mrs. Kolata noted that the Commission is not being asked to approve Resolution No. 904 at this time, but to file it and set Jarnay 12, 1990 at 10:00 a.m. as the Publ c Hearing on the resolution. iTpon a motion by Mr. combs, seconded by Mr. noho and unanimously carried, the ion accepted Resolution No. 904 for fling and set a Public Hearing date of J 12, 1990 at 10:00 a.m. Upon Mr. 1 1989. motion by Mr. Ca-abs, seconded by ioho and unanimously carried, the ;ion authorized the publishing of of Public Hearing on Proposed nal Appropriation on December 29, C'+OMMIISSION AUTHORIZED THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF DETESTATION TO ISSUE BONDS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT EXCEEDING $5,000.00 ON DECEMBER 29, 1989 AND JANUARY 5, 1990 AND THE POSTING OF THE NOTICE IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES IN THE DISTRICT ON DECEMBER 29, 1989 COrMIISSION ACCEPTED RESOLUTION NO. 904 FOR FILING AND SET A PUBLIC BEARING DATE OF JANUARY 12, 1990 AT 10:00 A.M. COW41SSION AUTHORIZED THE PUBLISHING OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION ON DECKER 29, 1989 South Bend 'Redevelopment Cmmnission Special Me ing - December 27, 1989 3. OTHM There no other business. 4. NEXT QQtMSSION MEETING The meeting of the Redevelopment Comniss on is scheduled to be its Annual Organizational Meeting on January 2, 1990 at 10:00 a m. 5. ADJ There being no further business to come before the Commission, Mr. Donoho made a motion that the meeting me adjourned. Mr. Combs nded the motion and the meeting was adjournod at 4:45 p.m. Raman J -I Piase*, Secretary -7- 101- r- • ZRIN.-W-F.1 1 NEXT COPMZISSION MEETING PA Arm . Kolata, Director