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BENTO HARBOR- The
City Commission approved a
plan aDd a request of Benton
Harbor businessman and
dadoper R Hadley to pur­
chase 3.5 acres of real property
their Wednesday, January 3,
Benton Harbor Commission
�ing
Hadley pre eared to the
commissio a plan ere he
ould de�lop a SJ.5 million
residentiaJ apartmeat complex
which would . of a mini­
mum of 75 two-bedrooms
quatity rCDtal units for middle
income working people.
Commissioners agreed to
give Hadley a six month option
on the property
City Manager Steve Man­
ningsaid the pr9pertythat Had-
nto
n apartment
ley inteods to develop is 3.5
of land off Eighth Street
behind Leroy's Body Shop,
ck to where the Benton Har­
bor Area School property starts
and around by Millers Pond 0
Ninth Street
Acc:ordiDg to Manning the
Department ofNaturaJ Resour­
ces (DNR) will have a say-so on
the construction plans of the
development because of the
TIFA to run city's Business
T e Do town Develop­
ment Authority (DDA) and
The Tax Increment Finance
Authority (TIF A) Boards held
their regular monthly meeting
Wedne day, December 20 at
their ne meeting pi ce, the
City' Bu iness Growth
Center/lncubator.
The members of the TIFA
Board voted unanimously to
enter into one year lease·
agreement with the City of Ben­
ton H rbor to over e the
operations of the Benton Har-
bor Business Growth
Centerlblcubat the comer
of Territori I and Paw Paw
treets.
With TIF A over
- , it will ha th rity
to find tenan for the Busin
Growth Center building and
collect rent monies.
TIFA' staff along with DDA
would relocate their office into
the building no later than
February 1, 1990.
The city came to TIP A as­
king for help in running the
Business Growth Center, said
Christopher Broo , Chairman
of the Board. It will take an es­
timated cost of $19,440 for
operational services, moving
• the staff and renovation of the
building for the tenants, said
Brooks.
Broo said the City would
provide janitorial services for
the Center until 50% of the
building was filled.
At the present there are only
three tenants in the building.
With the office paces full,
t e Center hould gene ate
about $3O�OOO per year, ccord­
ing to Aaron Anthony, Director
ofTIFA.
Once the Center is running
pr- senee of wet-lands. AI 0
Manning said soil testing had to
be doae,
On-site project amenities
are to include protected park­
ing, laundry facilities, in­
door/outdoor recreational
facilities such as exercise room,
jaCUXli and sauna, tennis courts,
and jogging jrail with exercise
stations. Also the complex will
include community rooms for
Incubator
smoothly TIF A would move
out, said Broo , and the lease
can be terminated with the COD­
sensus approval from both par­
ties. The lease will expire
December 31, 1990.
In other business, bills paid
by the boards included:
- An amount of $507.20 to •
Clean America Corp., for the
cleaning of the Business
Growth Center for their Open
House held November 7, 1989.
_ An amount of $760.00 to
John Devries Insurance Co., for
Bonding Insurance for
employees.
During the Downtown
Development Authority Board
meeting, Christ Brooks,
Chairman of th Board, told the
hoard members that there is still
no heat in the Liberty building
and still a lot of work is to be
done on the roof.
Brooks said their major con­
cern is to get the heat on so the
building can dry out, - get
some of the moisture out before
it starts to mildew again.
Brooks said it would cost an
estimate of $43,235 for general
construction of the Liberty
Theatre Project.
Kevin Clements, member of
the Project Committee said it
would take an estimated co t of
S40-SO,OOO to ju t demolish the
Liberty, but they want to try to
keep the building in g od hape
to show.
lements said the Liberty
has a full stage and has ab ut
1400 eats.
In other business the DDA
Board voted unanimously to
pay:
_ J ohn Devries Insurance
Co., $619.00 for Bonding In-
use by tenants and all apart­
ments will have a river frontage.
'H d1ey said the proj eel will
"attract the broadest range of
tenants living and working in
south em Michigan, bring­
ing people bac downtown,
making �ton Harbor 'livable
.again' .
Hadley said he wanted
tenants moved in the apart­
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surance for employees. .
- Clayton Co., $15,250 for
50 planters for Parking Project,
that will be put into five dif­
ferent 10 in the Spring.
'_ Pearson Construction
Co., $17,081.02 for roofing wor
on the Liberty.
_ I Yerington Construction
Co., $14,400 for demolition of a
building at 165 Pipestone St.,
(next to Joe's Barber).
Present t the meetings w r
Mayor William Wolf, Aaron
Anth ny, Director ofDDA and
TIFA, Christopher Broo ,
Chairman of the Boards, Bob
Schultheis, J. Gardener Phil­
lips, Jim ron, Kevin Cle-
ments, Willi m Nich I , ui
Jo cph, Joyce Abram and
CharJen Burn ltc. Absent
w re, van Le uc, B bby Jor­
dan and D rothy Rand lph,
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