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" By I1e1'1II1ce
At Monday night, October 2,
Bento Harbor City Commis-
ion meeting, City Manager
Steve Manning ept everyo e in
5 pease to why he was wear­
ing a tuxedo. He said that he was
waiting for a gu to come and
then he would explain his attire.
When hi guest arrived,
Shari Hansel of Phase IT Adver­
tising and Mar�eting. Manning
told everyone that Phase n ,
who purcha ed the old
Michigan Gas Utilities building
at Wall and Pipestone, in 1988,
w one of his first "meaningful
economic development
projects in Benton Harbor".
Manping said Phase II h d.
promised three things. 'They
were going to buy the building
from the city and renovate the
first floor and occupy the first
floor; flX-UP the second and
third floor, using the second
floor for themselves and renting
out the third and providing
. three additional jobs; and have
a formal grand opening on
February 15," Manning said,
"and they said formal,. they said
the commission was going to be
there in tuxedos on February 15."
"So on the 13th of February I
went out and rented a tux. So
bout the middle of March the
tux company informed me that
I should bring the tux back or
plan on buying it. I checked with
them and they said they were
still going to have the grand
opening sometime toward the
end of March, so I said I would
go ahead and buy it," Manning
said.
"La�t Friday Phase II in­
formed me that they were n
going to have the grand open­
ing. but re going to have a one
year celebr tion."
a joke on Shari Hansel of
Phase Il, Manning said he wore
t e tux to work Monday be­
cause � didn't get a chance to
wear it. Monday night he
presented Hansel with the bill
for $11,500 for the rental of the
tux for 230 days, at $50 a day.
But the bill was marked "paid in
full" cknowledgeing service
by Phase II to th . Phase II
designed the City'S logo,
printed tionery and busine
cards.
In other business the com­
mi ion vo ed unanimously to
approve Rental Rehabilitation
grant/loan of $7,500 to WaUace
d Mary Oldham to cover on
half the cost to make repairs on
their rental property at 885 La-
aile Street, and to approve .
rehabilit tion contract wi
Oldh m Con truction Com­
pany in the amount of$15,OOO to
cover the cost of rehabilitation.
Also the commission ap­
proved another Rental
Reh bilitation grant/loan in the
amount of $8,500 to G endolyn
McHaney to cover ap­
proximately one half the co (of
rehabilitation on her rental
property t 701 Pipestone and
approved a rehabilitation con­
tract with Patterson Construc­
tion Company in the amount of
17,006 to cover the cost of
rehabilitation.
, In other matters the commis­
. on voted unanimously to ap­
prove:
- Release of a property
rehabilitatlon grant lien on
property for Beatrice J at
570 E. Empire Avenue. Th
grant and lien agreement
provided that the indebtedness
ould remain in effect for forty
one months foUowins th date
of final inspection and approval
which taken place. The time
limit expired on June 28, 1989.
- Selling of propefty at 152
and 160 E. Britain, 460 Pipes­
tone and 810 Highland Avenue
. to Andre Golliday and Paul
Boyles for the amount of $400.
According to the Resolution,
Golliday and Boyles are cting
Minister at Grace Temple
Church in Benton Harbor and
they plan to renov te the
properties and rent the houses
out.
- Selling of property at 119
to Emery McClendo of 133 .
Seeley for $300. McClendon
will rehab the trueture for rent­
a1 purpos .
- Reappointing of Evan
LeDuc and James Cronk to the
Downtown Development
Authority (DDA) board.
LeDuc an Cronk's terms on
the board had expired:
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