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Home My WebLink AboutRM 03-23-90March 23, 10:00 a.m. Presiding 1. Members Legal C News Med Others: Mr. Nimt continua 2. APPROVAL 3. 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard Mr. F. Jay Nimtz South Bend, Indiana 46601 President went: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, President ne Ms. Paula N. Auburn, Vice President Mr. Roman J. Piasecki, Secretary Mr. Foster Mr. Sandy Combs, Assistant Secretary sent: Mr. Michael Donoho sel: Ms. Carolyn Pfotenhauer ant Staff: Mr. Jon R. Hunt, Executive Director Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Office Manager Than Howell, U-93 Howard Dukes, South Bend Tribune Ms. Rebecca Neiswender, Center City Associates Mr. William Binder : announced that the Executive Session held prior to the meeting would be I following adjournment of the Regular Meeting. Upon a tion made by Mr. Piasecki, seconded by Ms. AjAxirn and unanimously carried, the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Friday, March 9, 1990, were approved. -1- COMUSSION APPROVED THE MINUTES OF ri REW.AR MEETING OF RIDAY, IMARCH 9, 1990 R 22.50 25.00 30.00 58.00 498.00 28.50 43.90 31.61 40.14 Specialists ne Indiana 7�, ars Alliance ashington Letter TravAsk J14 Mr. Foster Unitel Service Real Master PettReimbursement Petraders -1- COMUSSION APPROVED THE MINUTES OF ri REW.AR MEETING OF RIDAY, IMARCH 9, 1990 R 22.50 25.00 30.00 58.00 498.00 28.50 43.90 31.61 40.14 South Bend Regular Meg 3. APPRCN 4. John R South l Warren Total velopment CamUssion - March 23, 1990 ' CLAIMS (Cont.) continued... Tribune am & Lamont 1990 Trans Tech Electric, Inc. Total T. .F. 1988 CHID TMAL Upon a tion made by Mr. Canbs, seconded by Ms. Aubum and unanimously carried, the Cm issi n fonnally approved the claims submittei March 12 and March 19, 1990, and ordered hecks dated March 16 and March 23, 1990 to released. a. Mr. hmt read Mr. Dobson's letter into the ord: March 12, 1990 Hedy Robinson Depa tment of Economic Development 1200 County -City Building Sout Bend, Indiana 46601 -2- 120.00 140.99 747.65 $ 1,786.29 $ 870.97 $ 870.97 $ 2,657.26 CLAIM SLMNITTED NARM 12 AND MARCH • 1990 AND ORDERED M ISM MM KNRCH 16 AND NkRM 23, 1990 TO BE RELEASED Leo DI Q 0 k M NJ Dili N • . IDq South Bend Regular Me 4. cmdw a. co elogrent Ccmui.ssion - March 9, 1990 NS (Cont. ) d... Dear Hedy, We regret to inform the City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission that we must withdraw our intentions of purchasing 622 and 624 So. Columbia St. in South Bend. It was our intent of purc asing the properties to allow the moving of a house located at 718 Lincolnway East to 622 and 624 S. Col is St. The owner of the mult - family home located at 718 Linc lnway East has decided not to relo ate the multi - family home to 622 and 624 3. Columbia St. As a result of the deci ion, we purchased the house and prop rty at 718 Lincolnway East and will demo ish the house to make improvements to o r property. We a preciate the help and guidance rece ved from the City of South Bend Rede elopment Commission and staff on this small project. Sincerely, Mike1W. Dobson B & Oil Co. Inc. Mr. t noted that the original intent of . Dobson was to move the house at 718 Idncolriway East to the Columbia St. prop wty in order to increase the parking at t ie Burger Dairy Store, owned by Mr. bobs n. The owner of the Lincolnway multi - family rental unit has decided not to rrK we the home, but has sold it to Mr. Dobson who will demolish it for increased Upon a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Qxrbs and unanimously carried, the sion voided the acceptance of the purchase offer for parcels M4 -12 and M4 -1 in the Monroe Park portion of the Souo Bend Central Develognent Area. -3- •,6 r • Da • • «D I NJ DD N •• iD1 South Bend: Regular Mee 5. QLD BUS There w 6. NEW BUS a. Pub ame Dev+ Mr. fol . the the of of of t a.m. elopnent Connission - March 23, 1990 no old business. aunt entered into the record the wing items: 1) An original notice of 'Notice of Hearing on Amendment to Louth Bend Central Development Area .ognent Plan; 2) An affidavit of . Smith, Classified Manager of the L Bend Tribune, that the Notice of ng was published in that daily Japer on March 9, 1990; 3) An lavit of Ellen Hayes, Managing Editor ue Tri- County News, that the Notice aring was published in that weekly apex on March 9, 1990; 4) A copy of ution No. 921, which is the subject ie public hearing; and 5) As of 10:00 on March 23, 1990, 0 written istrances were received. Mr. Nimtz asked if there was any obj ion to these items being received into the record. There was no objection and thev were so received. Mr. t noted that the Resolution No . 21 relates to adding properties to the th Berri Central Development Area a ition list. The properties that the sion will acquire ire from the lopnent Authority by lease purchase are of the 1990 TIF Lease Purchase Bond Mr. imtz opened the Public Hearing for anyo desiring to be heard concerning Reso ution No. 921. Binder: Is Resolution No. 921 wried with the downtown improvement -4- 4s��1; �4 ..• • 1 +� South Bend Pagular Me elopnent Carmission - March 23, 1990 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) a. contmiea... Mr. pfle: Yes, that's right. Specifically, we are adding to the acquLsition list the names of the projects that we previously announced that we intend to do improvements to. Name y, the sections of Niles Avenue; Madison Street, a portion of that; a portion of Washington Street; various curb and sidewalks in the Central Busimess District; a small portion of the parkLng lot...; those that have been spec fically identified in our upcoming 1990 TIF bond issue. Specifically those and bn1v those. Mr. Binder: I had a few ideas within these areas that would improve the area 5. Now, do I give these ideas to you? Ms. pfotenhauer: That might came under Drivileae of the floor. Mr. Binder: There are a couple of ideas here that would benefit the downtown area And, one of these is the sidewalk east of the Jefferson Street bridge, on the Howard Park side. It's a pretty bad E. I wrote a letter to the Mayor same of these ideas. I don't know got them or if you got then. But idewalk is in dire need of repair. Mr. t: Is this the sidewalk that runs alondr the Howard Park Wall? Mr. : No, its the sidewalk that runs east and west along Jefferson. Y ago there used to be a drinking fountain there also. Off the wall. It would be nice to have a drinking fountain also. A drinking fountain would be an asset to the Howard Park area. Also over by Memorial hospital, there is an 41ey that runs north and south -5- South Bend Regular Mee 6. NEW BUS a. con bet all Sho kn6 big Mr. med inc: Pro, is Mr. was elb Mr. jur: Mr. Ms. on Mr. Mr. get Mr. ] Mr. ] secn Mr. ] Stra Mr. l wish oppo. not, elopment Ccmuission - March 23, 1990 (Cont.) i lYRI • . en Marion and Navarre Streets. This is right behind Rocco's Barber The alley has been patched I don't has many different times. It's one patch. It definitely needs rvernent. font: Because of the funding nism that we are using, which is tax ment financing, we can only finance cts within the area where the money I was wondering, since that to downtown, if it was mtz: I don't think we have Lietion on repaving alleys. nt: No, unless we do what we are now and acquire the alley through a purchase arrangement. But this ul.ar alley is outside the TIF area. burn: We'll pass that information the appropriate person. nder: That's about it. mtz: We are always open to tions and participation. Did we cur name and address? noler: No. mtz: Please give it to the :arv. Bill Binder, 1745 Marine limtz: Is there anybody else who n to be heard, either for or in >ition to Resolution No. 921? If the Chair concludes the Public -6- South Bend lopment Commission Regular Mee - March 23, 1990 6. NEW BUSUEM (Cont.) a. con- cimuea.. . take b. Comm C. on Resolution No. 921 for action the Ccnitission desires to Ms. A Wburn asked Mr. Koepfle if the list atta,,hed to Resolution No. 921 is the same list of projects we have talked abou in the past. Mr. Koepfle responded that they are the same ones we have about several times. It was not necessary to delete any of the projects due ro construction bids. Ms. asked Mr. Hunt to see that Mr. 's suggestions were given to the iota people. Upon a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Ombs and unanimously carried, the Coamission approved Resolution No. 921. J�: t noted that Hedy Robinson, the elocation Specialist, will provide s to the Airport Authority as they perty to extend the east -west We will provide the basic set of that we have provided to other s doing relocation. Mr. Piasecki asked who is doing the nego iating for these purchases? Mr. Hunt responded that the Airport Authority is n,.gotiating with the owners for the pure of their property. When the ac 7isition has been completed by tle Airport Authority, Hedy will help the le find comparable locations. tXotenhauer noted that there are guidelines under which that is done and Hedy will be follawing those qui lines. -7- C OWUSSION APPROVED RESCUMON NO. 921 South Bend Regular Me 6. NEW BIB C. co] d. elopment Commission - March 23, 1990 (Cont.) Upon a motion by Ms. Auburn, seconded by Mr. Piasecki and unanimously carried, the Cam sion approved the contract with St. Jose )h County Airport Authority for rel 6 -ation services. Mr. t noted that Resolution No. 923 is s' ar to Resolution No. 921, adding P' to the acquisition list which the sion will acquire from the lcpnent Authority in order to make public improvements. Mr. fle noted that the properties on the quisition list in Resolution No. 21 were originally publicly owned. The being added to the a ition list in Resolution No. 923 was private donation. ••. I 1 •: • . •A D1 DIN y I DKOW 4 •. 4411 1• ' • •� KO) :• • 1• . • I •. DI• N Upon a motion by Mr. Combs, seconded by CCW4ISSICN ACCEPTED RESCiLUTICN Mr. Piasecki and unanimously accepted NO. 923 FOR FILING AMID SET 10:00 Resolution No. 923 for filing and set the A.M., APRIL 6, 1990 FOR A PUBLIC Public Hearing on Resolution No. 923 for BEARING CST RESOLUTICN NO. 923 10:0 a.m. April 6, 1990. e. stat Stud Mr. aske Corr has repo; sign irre revii Mrs. aunt noted that the Commissioners had i for a follow -up on the Studebaker Ldor Bond ramnstrance. Mrs. Kolata Britten a memo to the Commission sting on the number of certified mtures that were obtained and same jularities which were noticed in a .w of the petitions. Mr. Hunt read Kolata Is mew: r�•ii South Bend Regular Ma elopment Carmission - March 23, 1990 6. NEW BUSI.WM (Cont.) e. contanueca... TO: Redevelopment Commission FROM Ann Kolata SUBJECT: Studebaker Bond Issue Remonstrance DATE March 22, 1990 Earl'er this week St. Joseph County Audi or Beverly Crone sent us her cert'ficate concerning the remonstrance to tie $4,900,000 Studebaker Corridor gene al obligation bond issue. She cert'fied that of the 3,528 total signatures on the remonstrance petition, 2,825 were owners of taxable real prop rty in the redevelopment district and 702 were not. Thus, the remonstrance was iinsuccessful. I hare very briefly reviewed copies of the :emonstrance petition and have noti ed some irregularities on the coun erparts that I would like you to be awarB of. Since the petition process was len hy, I know it is possible that some property owners could have forgotten that they once signed another one. I found numerous duplicate signatures on various coun erparts and want to bring the foll wing names to your attention: Joseph J. Guentert 51A (2 times), 109 Mary Ellen Guentert 109, 465, 471, 482, 804 Ruth Garen 101, 191, 191A, 469, 480 Wayne Werts 475, 803 Evelyn Shelton 122A, 123A, 125A, 126A, 130A Edwa3.,d Shelton 123A, 124A, 126A, 127A James L. Cronk 131, 134, 469, 474, 814, 841, 842 Crev n Corp. (James L. Cronk) 131, 474, 842 Cronk, Investments (James L. Cronk) 89A (verifying affidavit not signed, 131, 134, 474, 814, 841, 842 Grac L. Henderson 108, 117B, 117, 118, 610, 807, 808 (2 times) 809 Jero a P. Ivacic 116A, 144A (6 times), 150 Erin Real Estate (Jerome P. Ivacic) 144A (12 times) Tha aturgus, Inc. (Jerome P. Ivacic)144A (2 times) Miri M. Dreibelbeis 462 (2 times), 471, 479, 844 -9- South Bend Regular Meg elament CamAssion - March 23, 1990 6. NEW BUs=m (cont.) 7. e. cony. =ea... These are just some of the examples that I saw on the petitions. There may have been other irregularities and I know there were other duplicate signatures. There appears to have been a general lack of c ncern about the integrity of the petition process by the remonstrators. Mr. Nimtz noted that the Auditor's REPORT ON THE STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR CertLficate certifies the number of valid BOND ISSUE REWNSTRANCE signatures. The Auditor does not check for licate signatures, so the cent'fied number is inflated. Mrs. Auburn asked if taxpayers are alloged to sign once for each piece of propBrty they own. Mrs. Pfotenhauer resp)nded that each taxpayer may sign a peti ion only one time - either in favor of o against an issue. Mr. Hunt reported that Mrs. Kolata is in PROGRESS REPORTS Indi lis today with the Mayor making the presentation on the Studebaker Corridor Bond Issue to the Local Property Tax Control Board. Mr. Hunt also reported that the March 1990 of the Busliess Digest contains a major story on Ms. Auburn and her consulting business. Mr. Hunt also reported that there is more progress on the East Bank. The McGladrey building is moving along and Karl Schrann's condmiinLums, the East Race Villas, will have a ground1zeaking in early April. We expect to have a. meeting with East Bank property owners mid business owners to explain the public rks improvements in the East Bank within the next month. Mr. Hunt noted that he and Mrs. Kolata toured The Pointe at St. Joseph apartments. Approxinkitely 50 apartments are leased now. -10- South Bend F Regular Meet 7. PROGRESEC Mr. Hunt Doc Weed former F 8. NEXT CO! 9. development C a nission rig - March 23, 1990 REPORTS (Cont.) also noted that the architects for have been in town to look at the nney's building. ISSION MEETIM The next meeting of the CamAssion is a Rescheduled Meeting on April 6, 1990 at 10:00 a. m. There beLng no further business to come before Cam- Lission, Mr. Combs made a motion tiat the meeting be adjourned. Ms. Auburn sBconded the motion and the meeting was adionmed at 10:34 a.m. ID#:iq_ OR-11h 1 `-rllj ,k, uID1wMIk,, I Wky i Presi t Nolata, Director -11-