bop Tu u blast
a.
compromi
night' city commi ion meting.
Dr. lph Chandler, e tern
ichigan Univer tty profe r
told th commission r during
public hearing meting, hi
recommond tion to federal
Judge En lin ould be forth­
comin no later than four
ee .
This a th cond public
he ring regarding th redr y. ing
of ard boundarie. The city
h d ignored reque ts for re p-
ion nt until
fil d by four city resi dent
forced the mo . The plaintiff's
re repre nted by St. Jo ph
ttorney Tat P ri ,who attend­
ed the m t ing.
Re pportionrnent will alIo
e ch rd to contain nearly
sam number of per on .
Dr. Chandl r, appointed by
th fed ral jud e, indicated a
lution ould b to u the
1980 U.S. Cen u include resi­
d nts living t River Terrace
ccord-
, when
a taken
River Terrace had not yet been
built, therefore as not part of
the censu report.
Attorney Parish said that
the plaintiff' concern to
make ure the proce i fair.
Th simplist way, "which i
said, would be to get the man­
ager at River Terr ce to sign
an affidavit stating ho many
residents live there and add thi
Continued on p 3
I L ft out of
$17 million d al
)
n� Veto .
tricen poli
US 0 - Ho many
minority contractors re in­
volved in the construction of the
new 17 million Hilton Hotel
and us egon County Conven­
tion Center going up on the
corner of Third Street and
We tern A enue? Zero. 0 .
Jerry Lottie, affirmative act­
ion direct r for th City of
uskegon, confinned that 'a
of now there are no minority
subcontr ctors 'involved in the
project.
The project has recei ed
4.1 million Urban Development
Action Gr nt (UD G) from the
Department of Hou ing and
Urban Development (HUD).
In ddition u kegon Coun-
ty Economic Development Corp.
authorized . uance of bonds
totaling .8 million for the
project. Th County Building
uthority has backed a 2.65
million bond sale to help the
financing and th city' build­
. g au ority i u d nother
I. S million in
Subcontractors ill get
in on the S 17 million project
incl e:
uskegon Roofing and
TU TOPAG 1
Sheet etal, u egon ill b
doing th roofing and h t
m tal ork: J .C. Con tru tion
0., us egon, concerte, r-
peting and rna nry; ercury
Building aintenan e Grand
Rapid, caul ing and aling:
us e on Garag Door o.
uskegon fire door' et 1
Building Specialties, Landsin -
gla , glazing and indows:
uskegon Til and Floor Cov r-
ing uskegon, ceramic ti e and
vinyl floors: Otis EI vator Co.
Lan . ng, elevator; orthem a­
terproofing and Building Re-
to ration G d pid wa er- .
proofing; Port ity Plumbing
and Heating-Downey Inc.
us e on plumbin and heat­
ing; Sobi Co. Gr d R pid
lathe pl ering acoustic , and
drywall; AJ. Vallier In., us­
ke on, painting and finishing,
till tuds; Stre Core Inc.
South Bend Ind., pre-c t floor
sl bs: Van D llen Ste 1 Inc.
Grand Rapid , ructural and
miscellaneou iron or; Re-
liable Tru and Cran Inc.
uskegon, excav ling and lt
or . Whittaker Electric Co.,
onp 7
