VOL. 1 NO. 25
Benton H rbor City
Commissioners Friday tao
ction that should lead to
th be innin of 200 to
300 ne hou ing units in
th old IC Flats" Mea.
The commission voted
6 to 2 nting Capitol nd
Associates of Chicago a 90
d y extension on an option
to purch 22 cres of City
o ed urban ren aI land.
Au orizing ichipn
Stat Housing Development
uth-ority to proceed ·th
Capitol's mortga applica
tion, th resolution came,
ccording to Commission r
Ch rl .. ic ev" Y r
b ou , as "big rush. "
Tued v's City Commi
on m tin s to hear
n tion from Brazel-
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AY 29, 1979
SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTER
ton nd Associ t of
Southfield, Michigan. Bra
zelton h d Iso b n grant
ed an option on the land,
but ccording to city attorn
ey Morris G vin, the option
expired December 19, 1978.
Brazelton is maintain
ing that its option did not
begin on June 19, 1978 as
Gavin ys, but rather began
on October 3 when the firm
actually paid mon y for the
option.
An earlier motion on
the commi ion floor to
favor Capitol and Associates
fail d on ay 7. When
Commissioner Tommie
Par s switched his vote on
Friday, motion p d.
Also IWOting yes on th
resolution re orval
eiss, Mildred Wells, Ar
nold Bolin, Edmond Eaman
and ayor Joel Patterson.
ichael Grovatos and
Charles Yarbrough cast
opposing votes. Juanita
Echols as absent.
Attorneys for Brazel
ton are scheduled to make
presentation to the city
Commissioners today, Tues
day, at 4:00 to explain
hy they feel their option
is still good.
Dispute among the
Commissioners as to which
firm would build the ne
hou ing led to charges and
counter-charges at earlier
me tings.
Oci Mitch II h d char-
d vor with receiv-
ing possible kic-b
from Capitol when he emer
ged as a strong proponent
of that firm. Capitol had
reportedly offered to con
tribute to the all-weather
track fund for th high
school.
Carl Bro" n had ques
tion d hether or not hou
sing ould ever be a reality
in the area. He pointed to
the confusion as a y of
avoiding construction of
any new homes.
Th "Flats" area is
behind K- art, from r-
et to Britain Streets. At
the ay 14 City Com
mission meeti ng, the land
rezoned from light
industrial to residential to
ccommodate con truction
of th apartments.
CASH
FO
E ARD OFFE ED
ATE BOO
The Benton Harbor
Water Department i
offering cash reward
for the return of a
meter book contain
ing records of water
meter re dings.
A pokesman for
the water department
said the book as taken
from an employ I
PM ed car last Tues
<by.
sures four by 10 inches.
Anyone ho has the
book or information
to here it is should
contact AI Whitfield,
superintendent of th
water department.
The spoke m n
said that the boo is of
o value to nyo e but
the water department.
�eplacing the informa
tion contained in it.
. uld involve consider
able work.
There is a related edi
aters" on
y
ment of Inter City Ban
prior to the CET A po t.
The BCU Board also
greed to p�y intere t for
the first time this year on
time depo its. Rates ill
range from 6� percent
for a six month deposit
of $500, up to 7 � per-
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OVER 200 BOATS WERE lAU CHED from this Benton Harbor City�wned boat
.�"4illmp on mor�1 Day. The property will be under discussion at tonight's City
:Ommi 'on meeting when commissioners decid deuils of·a proposed 40 year
of the property to a private developer ho is constructing a hotel and restaurant
compl x be n the ramp nd Empire A venue. Developers hop to use th re nu
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ed to retire bonds floated to
finance the venture. When
this newspaper contacted
city hall this morning to
obtain exact figures on the
net profit or loss to the city
from the ramp operations,
no specific figures r
available hours prior to the
commi ion discussion. Th
$2 million grant appliation
submitted by the city to 0b
tain funding for the project
incor:porated nr:nJ) revenu
a means of bond repay
ment.
John A. Die ey has
been hired as Director of
the Benton Federal Credit
Union, 420 E. ain, Benton
Harbor,
Dickey, owner of John
A. Dic ey and Associates, a
real estate dev lopment firm
and Ebonie Oil Company in
Chicago, will assume the
$18,000 a year job on June
4.
Dickey received a B.S.
. from Roosev It University,
Chicago nd has don gradu
ate work at Chicago State
University. He attended the
Roosevelt University Law- A federal ta school
yer Assistant Program nd for small business 0 ners
pecialized in Banking and will be' held in Benton
Finance. H is a member Harbor, Wednesda, ay
of the Board of Directors 30, th Internal Revenu
Chicago Ventures, Inc.; Service announced.
Cosmopolitan Chamber The school i sp -
of Comm rce, Highland sored by the I RS and is
. Community Bank, Mor- open to an current or
gan Par Savings and prospective small bu iness
Lo n, Chicago. 0 n r. There is no fee, but
In Benton Harbor, IRS would Ii e interested
Mr. Dickey serves on th per ons enroll in ad nce.
Board of United Commu- The school will be held
nity De elopment Corpor- at th I RS office, 175
ation and the Arts Alliance. Territorial, in the federal
In other Credit Union building.
Business, the Board ppoint- Anyone ishing to
ed Zelma J. orris, Do - attend can enroll by call
gic, Deputy Director of ing '-800-482-0670, e ten-
CETA, to th Board. sion 674, and as for
s. orris wor ed rs. Hel n dro, tax- tion
in th Personnel De part- payer education coord ina- of
cent on $5,000 for 0
years depo it.
Alfred iIIiarn
elected President of
Board. J m s Cro ,
n nce Dir ctor for
city is Tre urer of
Credit Union. Barb r
inan is Secretar .
three-hour program
ill includ discussions on
ub jects uch as incom
tax, ithholding for em
ployees and othe employ
ment es, proper r cord-
eeping, filing requirem t
for various bu ine tax re
turns, methods of Ie II
minimizing taxes, and IRS
assistance available to sm II
bu iness p opl .
Th ta chool, par
of IRS's program of year
round ssistance to sm II
bu ine s taxpay
plem nted b
rvice i cludin
lin for II