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MellDben of the Downtown
Development A: .ly and
the Tu macmeDt Fmaace
� · Boards beard plans
their 1S, monthly meet-
• about • projeds for the
NTlPA aDd of c::tion
to co icier if and en the
Boar were to di lYe.
Accordiq to Aaron An­
thony, Director of the Boards, if
DDA/TIPA decides to dis­
d, the sunset date old be
year 2,000.
OIl Api! 18, OWrman of
the Bo rd , Chri topher
Broo told the Boards that
under the ue &terprise Zone
Legislation, the DDAmFA
would Dot be collecting
revenues under the same
guidelines.
Broo elected two com-
mittees to or k on the
project/plan . Committee A
members include, Bob Schul­
theis, chairman, Kevin Cle­
ments, Jim Cronk, Dorothy
R ndolph, Evan Leduc and
William Nichols.
Committee B members are,
J. Gardner Phillips, chairman,
Chri topber Broo , Lewis
Jo eph, Charlene Burnette,
Bobby Jordan and Joyce
Abrams.
Committee A assigned
the tas of developing a
prioritized list of major projects
for DDA and TIFA Boards to
comp teo
Schultheis, chairman of the
committee, said the committee
� . the Benton
Harbor Busines Gro th
Center, 200 P P., d COIl­
. dered the existing projedl,
kDown future projects vital to
.. the .. ofDDAand11FA,
aad staff/ollerational con­
siderations required to imple­
ment the p'ojeds.
The following js a prioritized
& of six DDA and six 11FA
projects that were presented to
the Boards for coosidcntioll.
TheDDAprojectsandthe· es­
timated cost are as follows:
- ·Par� ving Project,
$85,000.
- Riverview/Empire/K ..
Mart area, SS16,000 (River­
view/Empire, Riverview
access/parking acquisition, K­
Mart Sewer Project).
- Urban Renewal Land
buy-out, $100,000.
- Main Street Projects,
SI,OOO,OOO (landscaping,
repair, reconstruction on Main
Street, signage/signalization
Main Street, misc. acquisi­
tion/demolition).
- Ninth Street (sewer and
paving), $300,000.
Waterfront Area
Projects, SI,OOO,OOO (Canal
development/restoration,
Commercial Harbor Develop­
ment).
Total estimated projects
costs is $3,001,000.
The TIFA projects and their
estimated cost are as follows:
- Territorial/Ox Creek
Bridge Approaches, $8,000.
- Tank removal (North of
Main Area), $7,000.
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- Co . ued ment
of the Growth 'Center,
lO,(XX).
- AcquisitioDldcmo�tion
deariag in 11F A area, $150,(0)
(acquisition/demolition and
cJcariDWIand)·
- Construct speculative
buildiil in TIFA area,
$200,(0).
- Ezpud B· Growth
� capacity, $4OO,®O.
Total estimlk.ci p'0ject cost
estimated stafliDWopera­
tioG cost (at current leve and
salaries) is S968, 750. .
Committee B assigned
to develop a plan of ction to
coasider if and en DDA and
TIFA Boards were to sunset.
AccordiDg to plans from J.
GudDcr Philli chairman of
Committee B, the committee
100 ed into taffing i'amifica­
tio continuatio of the Busi­
ne s Growth Center,
DDNTlPA asset distribution,
unspent funds disbursement
and review of contracts, assign­
ments and leases.
Committee B suggested that
the following cbons would be
necessary if and when the
DDA/TIFA Boards were to
unset:
- Staff would be laid off or
discharged;
- DDAJTIFA owned assets
would be ted to City or ap-
propriate agencies, or auc- .
tioned off to raise funds;
- Contracts and agree­
ments for the Busin Growth
Center would need to be reas­
signed and/or bought out;
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- U t tunds would be I Theatre, Wall Street, 6th d
repla� in the normal cJisbur- 4th Streets, with 6th, 4th dthe
semeot process for tax acquired Liberty being priority. -
faa ; and In other matter KIocko
�:-��� �uld be of- id plans for the �rvie
�! �ded. Project e comp etc d had
Pbil_Iips su� aD of these ac- been submitted to T .Jmsing He
. are predicated. on of said a public hearing has been
funding or completio of the set fo June S, at 1 p.m, in the
DDAJTIPA p�. City Commmion Ownbec .
SchultheIS id these are Klocke said the tot I
� that the Boards are plan- project includes -reconstruc-
mng to do over the next ten tion of Riverview orne, from
years. . . Main StrC(d to Empire Aveoue,
� the D�A portion of from Em}\ire to approxima Iy
the !IleetiDg Kevm �lements, 200 feet East of Woodward on
. �man of the Project com- Empi e," iit which they would .
mittee gave a report o.n the be replacing s orm sewers and
LIbrary Th�tre. �e said the correcting all the other
comnuttee IS planning a clean- problems that they have had in
up of the Liberty, taking out all the past
the ?Id plaster, �rJ?Ct and "In submitting all this mor-
deb!1' from �e. buil� and mation to the Departmea of
equip �e �uilding. With tem- Transportation, ha an op-
po�� lighting. which h� and portunity to get this pro jed on
Cliristopher Br?O Ouurman the wat, Klockow said
of the Board, will dona�e. He said Lansing will adYer-
. Benton Harbor City En- tiseforbidsandinJulyand ey
gmeer, Roland Kl�kow was would take bids and hopefully
present at the meetiD� to go in 30-d ys from the bidding
over some of the projects of proce s, construction ill
DDA. began on part of the project. He
KIockow recommended th said it would be a while "We
the project committee get would like to have $225 000 to
together and consider a master p into this project," he said·
plan hich would in�lude The fJgW'e represents 10.7 per-
develop�ent of the Liberty cent of the total project
Theatre, if they want to develop "WIien we submi all this m-
it a tre or just use. it for formation to the Department of
som � else. He also �Id the Transportaion, what they are
committee sho�ld 100 mto a going to do then is call all of the
source for funding. particip nts to verify if that
Klocke gave the Board money is availab • ld KIock-
rough estimates of �,OOO fo
projects involving the Liberty Contin d fr P
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