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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRM 12-08-89December 8, 10:00 a.m. Presiding O 1. 2. 3. Members Legal Bureau News M Others: Mr. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT CX)DMSSION REGULAR iM tk Mr. F. Jay Nimtz President tsel : tent Staff: Housing Staff: L: 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, Assistant Secretary Mr. Michael Doncho Ms. Carolyn Pfotenhauer Mrs. Ann Kolata, Director Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Office Manager Mr. Larry Koepfle, Economic Dev. Specialist Mr. Ted Leverman, Rental Rehab Specialist Mr. Thom Howell, U -93 Mr. Howard Dukes, South Bend Tribune Mr. Carter Wolf, Center City Associates Mr. James Cronk Mr. Pat Brown, SiteScapes Ms. Becky Bonham, Convention & Tourism Bureau Mr. Mark Kurowski announced that the Executive Session held prior to the meeting would be 1 following adjournment of the Regular Meeting. Upon a ion made by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Pi and unanimously carried, the minutes of the Rescheduled Regular Meeting of Friday, 11avember 17, 1989 were approved. Business Systems, Inc. Business Systems, Inc. David Roos -1- $ 79.25 39.85 61.30 South Bend FedevelopTient Commission Regular Meeting - December 8, 1989 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont.) AD= 1989 continued... Star Tenporary Services United Parcel Service City & State Jaicomo Community Information Exchange Federal Express Peggy Forrest Tribune General Fund Hoosier Photo Service NCL Pub ication Sales Tri-Co News Eau* Services Peggy Forrest General Fund Ken Herceg Associates R. E. McCloskey Jerome E. Michaels National Community Development Parker & Jaicomo Petroleum Traders Peirce & Associates South Bend Tribune South License Branch Warren, rham, & Lamont, Inc. Youth icy Institute Total Adinin 1989 L.L. & Sons Total T. .F. 1988 Baker & Daniels Next Day Signs Parker & Jaicomo Plastima is Arts Howard Park Hardware Parker & Jaicomo Total C* it City 1989 GRAND -2- 264.50 17.00 20.00 27.50 50.50 450.00 881.20 24.00 17.00 148.40 228.00 320.00 103.45 8,000.00 1,500.00 3,000.00 1,125.00 1,218.48 32.11 75.00 20.09 12.75 130.90 7.00 $ 17,853.28 $ 5,770.00 3,183.50 $ 8,953.50 $ 2,181.25 220.00 194.90 46.50 10.30 263.50 $ 2,916.45 $ 29,723.23 South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - December 8, 1989 3. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS (Cont.) 4. 5. Ms. At" declared a conflict of interest on the Cla' . Upon a tion made by Mr. Combs, seconded by Mr. Dondio and unanimously carried, the Commiiss' n formally approved the claims submittel November 27, December 4, and December 11, 1989 and ordered checks dated Dec 1, December 8, and December 15, 1989 to be released. Ms. Auburn did not vote. Mrs. Kol to noted that the one communication received by the Commission pertains to item 6.a. and will be read in conjunction with that it en. a. b. Mrs. Kolata asked that this item be cunt' ued until the next Commission meeting on December 22nd. Mr. Nimtz askel if there was any objection to continuing this item. There was no obj ion and the item was continued unti the December 22, 1989 meeting. Mrs. Kolata explained that Resolution No. 897 Was on the October 17th agenda and would have started the bond process for public improvements in the Bric Olive Economic Development Area for the potential outlet mall to locate th . When that project did not move fo the resolution was not acted upon We would like to acknowledge that that resolution number was assigned but the #esolution was not approved. M911 COMMISSION APPROVED THE CLAIMS SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 27, DECEMBER 4, AND DECEMBER 11, 1989, AND ORDERED CHECKS DATED DECEMBER 1, DECEMBER 8, AND DECEMBER 15, 1989 TO BE RELEASED COMMUNICATION TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITEM 6.A. ITEM 5.A. CONTINUED UNTIL THE DECEMBER 22, 1989 MEETING South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont.) M b. cont inued.. Upor a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the CoImission acknowledged that Resolution No. 897 will not be acted upon, but that the umber has been utilized. t0s Mrs. Kolata entered the following items intc the record: 1) the proof of publication from the Tri- County News that the Notice of Public Hearing was published on November 24, 1989; 2) an affidavit from the South Bend Tribune that the Notice of Public Hearing was published on November 24, 1989; 3) a copy of e Proposed Lease; 4) a copy of Reso ution No. 898 that was adopted on Nov 17, 1989. Mr. imtz: Is there objection to the receiving of the exhibits acknowledging publication and the presentation of the lease. The chair hears none. They will be so received into the record. Mrs. Kolata: As you are aware, the Pro sed Lease is for a number of public improvements that were itemized and lis out in the Proposed Lease and in our ineeting three weeks ago. That is the subject of the Public Hearing. I do not have any letters of remonstrance. I do have one letter related to the "Violin Wommill statue. It is in support of movi3iq the statue. Ann o I a t a Rede elopment Commission Dire for County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 -4- COMMISSION ACRNOW1=ED THAT RESOLUTION NO. 897 WILL NOT BE ACTED UPON, BUT THAT THE NUMBER WAS UTILIZED i - r • 21- 01 1 :� � � •• �� • Is-Nil • � : THE SOUTH BEND REDEVEMPMENT -ALITHORITY TO CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS South Bend Regular Meg elopment Commission - December 8, 1989 6. NEW BUSINESS (cont.) a. cominuea... . DearjMrs. Kolata: I read with interest the South Bend "Tribune" article by Margaret Fosmoe, "Statue Debate Gets an Encore," (December 3, 1989). I followed the controversy in 1982-83 regarding the placement of "Violin Woman" on top of the Morris Civic Auditorium fountain, and agreed whole hear edly with the position that the fountain should not have been altered by the statue's placement. I have regretted to o serve both the statue's and the foun ain's deterioration over the last six ears. Both the fountain, as it was originally designed, and the sculpture are outstandingly beautiful works of art whici grace the city. They both give plea ure to our citizens. However their juxt position does not serve either well Obviously, "Violin Woman" is not mean to be a water nymph. I en ourage the Commission, during its disc ssions about the redesign of the Auditorium Plaza, to seriously consider movi g the statute from on top of the fountain to another more suitable and noti eable place, and then to repair and rest re the fountain to its former maje tic glory. Foun ains are splendid solace to a tired and ieary citizenry and are well worth the xpense. I am sorry to have seen so many of our civic fountains built in the Last twenty years reduced to the state of disr pair they are now in. I recall the beau iful lines of Horace in his ode on the lountain at Bandusia, 0 ti 0 1 9 :ons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro... i frigus amabile. iandusia, spring more glittering than ass ... a gift of cool pleasure. -5- South Bend Regular Meg elopment Commission - December 8, 1989 6. NEV BUSA ESS (Cont.) a. contlinuea... Cordli ally, Robe t J. Hohl 2819 Date Avenue Sout Bend, Indiana 46614 Mrs. Kolata: That is our public presentation. We have plans and specifications here and I am prepared to answer any questions about the projects if tliere is anyone from the public who wis4les to speak. Mr. imtz: The Public Hearing is now open for any comments and suggestions. Does anyone desire to be heard. Mark Kurowski: I live at 1408 Woodlawn Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana. I am the person who originally started a petition drive to have "Violin Woman" relocated. I would urge the Commission to relocate "Violin Woman" to a place where it might be more prominent, or as prominent. It is not my desire at all to have the South Bend Symphony or Mr. Iangland, creator of the sculpture, slighted in any way. I just wish to have the fountain itself, whidi is a prize work because it was designed by John Simons who is the "fa er" of landscape architecture and literally wrote the textbook on the issu . So I would encourage the commission to consider strongly rel ting the "Violin Woman" and rest ring the fountain to its original stata so that we could have, as a prize for e City of South Bend, a Simons work as w 11 making it conducive to view. Mr. imtz: 'Thank you for your input. Am I co ect in remembering the engineering ret�o ? Was the "Violin Woman" too Mrs.[Kolata: We'll get into a little bit of d scussion on that. I'm not sure that I MO South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) a. conuinuea... it 's too heavy or that it capped off the main flow of water and there's too much water pressure not going through the punTi. Pat Brown is here from SiteScapes, who as been doing the redesign of the Morris Civic Plaza. We had a meeting yesterday with the South Bend Symphony representatives which I thought was an extremely good meeting. We have all agreed that we will work this out by the end f January when they have their next boar I meeting. We feel we can work out an a 3reeable solution that will be s ing the whole community and the Souti Bend Symphony can support. I guess the point that we want to get across is that there really was no disagreement at the meeting. It was just a very positive meeting and we'll be working on that. But Pat has some information and he might be ava ilable to answer some questions about the fountain itself if you would like him to do that. Mr. imtz: Mr. Brown, we'd be pleased to havo you address the Commission. Mr. own: We have not done a complete engineering study on the fountain, but, from what we understand from what was done in the past, basically, the main jet was just capped off and the base was built to hold the "Violin Woman" and all the other parts are still there. So it's just a matter of removing the base and reconstructing the main jet. We won't know until they remove the base to see exactly what was done. But according to the wings that were done before, that was what happened. Now what was actually built, we'll find out when we take the base off. Mr. imtz: Does anybody else desire to be h ? Mr. olf: We concur very much with Mr. Kur ski. I think the real essence here -7- South Bend l Regular Meei 6. NEW BUS: a. cone is 1 mail con pre; iss hasi has wel: thi; got of ] wan hel] hel] Cit Lam` it fir, are ben Mr. MR. for the of Mr. elopment corrnmission - December 8, 1989 (Cont.) :) make this space more public and tain its parklike atmosphere in that x of the city. I think the Brvation of the fountain itself is an that he's addressed that probably 't been addressed that it, in itself, artistic value and historic value as as the "Violin Woman". We started process a year and a half ago and Pat involved and are real supportive w this has grown and evolved. We to thank, too, Chris Murphy for his in this process. He's been very ful in terms of working with the It's time has come, I think. That area has not been fully utilized as Auld be. The Christmas tree is the t step and some of these other steps xoina to make it much more intz: Thank you, Carter. You may noticed in the paper that Carter ht Chief Justice Shepard from the na Supreme Court for their Annual ng. He was quite experienced in elopment. He was the Assistant to fayor of Evansville for eight years served with him on the Historic arks Foundation Board of Directors ix years. He is now president of ric Landmarks Foundation. He ed the redevelopment efforts in the us cities and the rejuvenation of usiness area and the cultural areas e cities. Is there anything further? Mrs. Kolata: I think we need to make sure there is no one else who wishes to speak and then close the Public Hearing. Mr. imtz: Is there anyone else who des' to be heard? If not, the Chair conc udes the Public Hearing for whatever acti n the Commission desires to take. South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) a. continued... 17-P Mrs. Kolata: The action would be to approve Resolution No. 901 which authorizes the president or vice president and secretary to execute and deliver the lease in substantially the form presented at this meeting with such charges in form or substance as the president or vice president shall approve. The lease provides that rental payments that the Commission would make to the Redevelopment Authority would not ex $749,000 per year, that they would begin the day the project is completed or July 31, 1991, whichever is later and will continue through the term of the lea . The resolution directs the sec tary of the Commission to transmit to t ie Common Council a copy of this res o -ution and to file with the Council an o t1inance approving the lease between the Authority and the Commission and that the President, Vice President and Secretary are authorized and directed to file a petition for approval of the lease with the State Board of Tax Commissioners after the passage of the ordinance by the C n Council. Then, there is a general clause which says you are authorized and dir ed to take all further actions and execute all such instruments as are des' le. That is the intent of the reso ution and the lease. As I mentioned at t ie last meeting, the lease payment and lie lease, as drafted, are based on est' iates which we hope are high est' nates, and that we will be coming back foll ing the State Tax Board approval and 5ollowing the receipt of bids to modi T the lease to the actual numbers, whic 1 will be no higher than the $74%000, and hopefully will be less than M South Bend Regular Meg 6. NEW BUI b. coi C. elopment Commission - December 8, 1989 (Cont-) Mrs. Kolata noted that Resolution No. 901 authorizes the President and Secretary of the Commission to execute the lease in substantially the form presented at this meeting with such changes in form or substance as the President or Vice President shall approve. Mrs. Kolata noted that the rental pa is that the Commission would make to the Redevelopment Authority would not ex $749,000 per year, that they would begin day the project is completed, or July 31, 1991, whichever is later and continue through the term of the lease. The Secretary is directed to transmit to the Common Council a copy of this resolution and to file an ordinance approving the lease. The President, Vice President and Secretary are authorized to file a petition for approval of the lease with the State Board of Tax Commissioners after the passage of the ordinance by the Commbn Council. Mrs. Kolata reminded the Commission that the figures in the lease, including the lease payment, are based on high estimates and we hope to come back with lower costs and a lower lease payment. Upon a motion by Mr. Donoho, seconded by Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 901 authorizing the execution of a lease for certain land and public improvements on beh4f of the City of South Bend and regatdinq other related matters. -10- COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 901 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE FOR CERTAIN LAND AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND REGARDING OTHER MATTERS South Bend edevelcpment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) c. cominuect... II Mrs. Kolata noted that the owners have met the requirements of the Rental Rehab Program. This Certificate of Waiver waives the 10% of the loan for property located at 1518 Lincolnway West for De 1, 1986, December 1, 1987, DecoTber 1, 1988 and December 1, 1989. The unt waived for each year is $2,2 3.00, totalling $9,132.00. Upon a motion by Mr. Doncho, seconded by Mr. ColTbs and unanimously carried, the Commission approved the Certificate of Waiver for Vernon K. Grable and Lois J. Powell in connection with the Rental Rehao Program for property located at 15181 Lincolnway West. Mrs. Kolata noted that at the November 17th meeting the Commission appropriated fund3 for the purchase of the East Sector Substation from a donation connected to the 1W General project. Resolution No. 902 appropriates the balance of that donation to cover predevelopment costs in the South Bend Central Development Area and the Studebaker Corridor Development Area The majority of those costs are elig' le for repayment from bond proceeds and it is our intent to reimburse this accamt when we have bond proceeds. Upon a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Combs and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 902 appropriating funds for partial payment of a6crued architectural, engineering, leg 4, planning and appraisal costs. -11- COMMISSION APPROVED THE CERTIFICATE OF WAIVER FOR VERNON K. GRABLE AND IRIS J. POWELL IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1518 LINCOINWAY WEST COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 902 APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PARTIAL PAYMENT OF ACCRUED ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, LEGAL, PLANNING AND APPRAISAL COSTS South Bend edevelopment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) 7. d. continued... Mrs. Kolata noted that three of the claims approved in item 3. of this agenda are to be paid from these appropriated funds and need to be re- approved. Upor a motion by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by lvr. Doncho and unanimously carried, the Commission reaffirmed their approval of the claims submitted November 27, December 4, and December 11, 1989. Mrs. Aub redeclared her conflict of int est and did not vote. Ms. Bonham, from the Convention and Visitors Bureau, asked the Commission what the progress was with the proposed downtown hotel. Mrs. Kolata responded that the staff has been discussing design issues and market issues with the developers. We have asked for information about their market research and have not received that yet. We are nearing the end of the 60 day exclusive negotiating period. Ms. Auburn stated that questions have been raised aocut the need for another downtown hotel ani the Commission does not want to move forward until the need has been establi ed. She asked Ms. Bonham her opinion Of the need for a hotel in the Ms. Bonhm stated that the Convention and Tourism Bureau tracks all of the convention business that South Bend loses. In the last two years there have only been two conventions that inquired here and did not choose South Bend as the location for their convention because of a lack of downtown hotel spice. Both wanted their meeting and sleeping space in the same building and subsequ tly chose very large hotels which could a to that requirement. She -12- COMMISSION REAFFIRMED APPROVAL OF CIA.IMS SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 27, DECEMBER 4, AND DECEMBER 11, 1989 South Bend 4edevelcpment Commission Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 noted that she does not consider two losses in two years a trend. Ms. Bonham stated that the site is optimal for a hotel and hoped that it could be held for a hotel use in the future. However, she did not feel that a hotel was needed at this time, nor that the type of hotel being considered was what was needed. Ms. Boritam noted that the Chamber of Commerce, the Hotel/Motel Tax Board and Project Future plan to do a study in 1990 to determine the hotel /exhibit space needs in the future of South Bend. Mrs. Ko ata noted that the configuration of the hotel being considered for the site has changed greatly from the original proposal. She alsc stressed that the Commission and staff are very aware of the market issue and are it a prime consideration in the Mr. Nim z noted that, as a plate collector himself, he has many contacts from the Plate Collectors Convention. They have much praise for Brian Hedman and Century Center, but do not like to be housed out of the center of activity and bussed to the site of the convention. Ms. Bonham responded that the Plate Collectors are the one convention that Century Center serves whose hotel needs cannot be met downtown. They would also like more exhibit space. But she noted that a hotel would be hard pressed to stay in business based only upon the yearly Plate Collector's Convention. Ms. Bonhxm noted that there are approximately 40 sell- ut nights in the South Bend area per year, anI the occupancy rate of the two, present downtown hotels is not high enough to justify other downtown hotel at this time. Mr. Nintz, stated that the Commission has not made a decision on this matter yet. Mrs. Kolata noted that the staff will be meeting later tcday with the developers of the proposed hotel. -13- South Bend edevelcpment Conmi.ssion Regular Mee ing - December 8, 1989 =M Mr. Wolf asked Ms. Bonham if she thought an office building on that site would have an adverse effect on the long term Convention and Tourism goals. Ms. Bonham responded that in the best of worlds, this site could be saved for hotel use in the future. It is an ideal site for a hotel. The concept of a hotel on the present parking lot of Century Center is also an excellent idea. But growth in exhibit space must go hand in hand with growth in hotel space, and as Century Center considexs moving the Studebaker exhibit from Discovery Hall to obtain more exhibit space, they are not sure there would be enough demand to justify that. Having more space doesn't guarantee more business. It merely offers the opportunity to solicit a different market. Mrs. Kol to noted that no decision has been made on the hotel proposal. The Commission is waiting for more information from the developer and is still in the exclusive negotiating period with the developer. Ms. Bonb m stated that since that is such a prime s' for a hotel, if, and when, one is built e, it should be a full service, convent' n hotel offering roam service and food seriice. Mrs. Kol to reported to the Comnission that Coldwell Banker moved their commercial office to downtown South Bend. It is now located on the first floor of the One Michiana Square Office Building. We would like to welcome them herb. Mr. Wolf reported that a new store, called The Crockery, has opened in Center City Place. The next Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Commission is scheduled for December 22, 1989, at 10:00 a.m. -14- NEXT COMNBSSION MEETING South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting - December 8, 1989 ADJOURNMENT 9. AATO There being no further business to come before the Commission, Mr. Donoho made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Mr. Combs seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourn at 10:40 a.m. F. Jay I�jimtz, "P.re l! ni 14/( -� Arin -E. Kolata, Director -15-