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· • , .