Iy elected office of the T in Cif AACP, seated) Lrt.: are
retary· V rie Jo ph, cretary; and ary DeFoe, presi ent; tandin in
urnb, cond vice pr ideot· Lurlean Williams, flf vice pr . ent and Delano
y
ro
es Je
By ich er
The controversial Jenny'
Landing project received ap
proval from the Berrien County
Board of Commi ioner for it
project plan - but not with ut
a truggle. With one com-
mi ioner b nt, the board
voted v n, ye . on no: and
four b ntion.
The di enting and ab taining
mmi i ners explained they
did n t ant to ill the project
entirely, but that the rush to
get the project plan approved
wa leaving many vital quest
i n unan ered.
Charle S hren , head of the
county' economic development
corporation said usually the
corp ration had all the an wer
before coming to the board
with a project plan. Schrenk
. d the rush was due to the
changes in tax-ree recenue bond
I gislation that ould go into
effect Janaury 1. Schrenk said
the new law would make the
project le s economically viable.
e
o
The Dagar Pro per tie com
pany of Kalamazoo, of which
Darrell Jacobs is the sole part
ner, i a ing for the maximum
of 10 million in revenue bond .
Jacob is also trying to get a
UDAG grant approved by the
city of Benton Harbor for two
million dollars.
Dagar has not found a fum
buyer for the bonds yet, nor has
it received final word on the
UDAG grant. The law require
that a project cost must not go
over 10 million dollars in order
to receive 1FT, unles it receives
a UDAG grant.
With the UDAG, Jacobs e ti
mates the project would co t
11 or 12 million. Without
the UDAG, Jacobs said the
proposed boat slips, health club
and party store would be elimi
nated. If, after the bonds are
sold, Dagar receives a UDAG,
it would. reduce the amount of
bonds needed to }}e sold to
$8 million.
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e
patchln
By ich I Bee er
The Benton Township Bard
of Tru tee approved removing
Jeno' Inc., from the 1FT tax
roll at a regular meeting Dec.
20, 19 Jeno's had a ed for
an indu trial tax exempti n,
hich as never u d due to
Jeno' relocating mat of tate.
ler Jack Scott e plained that
the lTd· trict will remain in
p
.,
ry
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JANUARY 2 - 8, 1985 THE CITIZEN PAGE THREE
LMC Orientat ion
B 0 TWP - Lake Michi-
an College will hold an orien
tati n i n for ne students
at 5 p.m., Jan. 7 in Rm. 0-105
on the apier Avenue mpus
according to Cary Vajda L C
admission director.
'Sin e the mai rity of new
student registering for spring
semester will be older and
employed we feel that thi
later time will be more con
venien for them," Vajda said.
ThO new student who have
not yet taken LMC's Basic
S ills Te t can do at 6:30
p.m. in Rm. D-l05 fter the
orientation program he aid.
CIa begin t La e i hi;
gan 011 ge on onday J nu r
14 1985.
For dditional inf rmation
call 927-3571.
.VA BURE
AACP
ELECTIO S
Van Buren County br n h
A CP will hold its bi
annual el ction of ffi ers
on J n. 5 1985 at the Cov r
Civic Center at 2:30 p.m.
All members invited t
attend.
y
ed
from
nd chairman
fr m 5, 5 t
ommi i ner
th la t pay rai bard c rn-
mi i ner got wa in 1 O.
The bard pproved the 19 5
salaries for it other elected nd
appointed fficials a well. It
rai ed juror pay to 20 a day
lOa half-day and travel
e pen es to .20 � a miJe. The
board et special meeting date
for Dec. 27 January 3 and
January 24.
C DEMY GIFTS - The Student Council of Lafayett Creati
Benton Harbor, onsored a Chri m food nd toy dri e for the needy. Shown
item donated by the tudent are th e Council m mbe: neelin 1 -rt .-
• . • • • •• · • • • • '" .. • Th�m • �nd· j. Weal he";poon; taitd ing G ioet! F ollett� nd
In addition to the uncertain
financial ituation of the pro
posed Sheraton Inn Commis
sioner ancy Clark questioned
whether a hotel wa needed in
the location to b gin with as
Travel Inn is there.
Benton Harb r City Manager
Elli i chell tated that a it
learns to halt and retain traffic
thru Benton Harb r b th the
Travel Inn and the Sheraton
would benefit.
Walter Holmstead of Stevens
ville addre d the importance
of preserving the public boat
launch at the current location.
Alex Little director of econom
ic development for th city of
Benton Harbor, said that Dagar
plans to upgrade the launch,
increasing its traffic flow and
the economic possibilities Ben
ton Harbor can gain from it.
Alex Little, economic
development director for Benton
Harbor, said he found the whole
debate 'extraodinary". He
pointed out after the public
h aring the county board was
undert king no fin n ial or
legal bligation. The only par
ti s that would I if th pro
ject fell throu h were D gar,
th cr diting bank, and th
b nd hiders.
Sheraton Inn is not a
slipsh d operation 'Little aid.
They wouldn t b undertakin
this if they had an d ubt . '
itch 11 also commented ay
ing "I'm appalled by U thi .
The ity f Benton Harb r
wouldn't have approved thi
proje t if we felt it wa d om d
to failure.
The board al appr ved the
site plan for Medc America
Orchards, which propo s to
build a seven-day-a-week wal -
in health care clinic at the
Orchards all. Medco is asking
for 450,000 in bonds which
the Peoples State Ba has
handle it
dispatchin
be t b
911 y t m.
The b rd p
1,32 t
hand-held r
department. ir
Garrett pi m d t
pre nt u r 10
and n e repl in.
The board
appointing Rob rt R t
Zoning Board of ppeal
began a new policy cone ming
the township attorney. Super
visor iel n explained since the
attorney i paid on a per meet
ing ba i he will only be asked
the new equipment. to attend tho meetings wh re
Supervi or Larry iel n hi legal advice would be needed,
dr fted a read a letter ent to as determined by the agenda of
the 91 1 T sk Force, stat in th t each meeting.
B nton Township" �ani to· • , .