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Benton Harbor City
Manager Steve Manning a,nd
Mayor William Wolf were in
Detroit Monday. June 4. to
meet with officials from the
U.S. Department of Hou ing
and Urban Development to
di cu s the City's Community
Development Bloc Orant
program (CDBO).
The City wa given until
the first of June by HUD to
pre ent a plan to them for the
operation of the CDBO pro­
gram.
"WHEN YOU LOOK at
the pa t history of Benton
Harbor and the problems that
we've had and the many,
many different directors that
we've had in that department.
- It really require us to tand
b ck and take a second look at
the problems," said Wolf.
He id th tHUD's con-
cerns are to ee that the funds
are properly monitored.
In March City Manager
Steve Manning ent a letter to
the Community Development
Department notifying them of
a temporary hut-down a of
March 30.
Manning had aid thc
department wa "costing the
city too much money to
oper te."
CDBO mon y i g nerally
used for demolition, treet
repairs and rehabilitation.
The city is allowed to use
up to 20% or S75,O 0 o� block
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meet with HUll
grant money for administra­
tion.
Any additional money for
administration would have to
come from the city's general
fund.
If the CD department is
abolished, the city can take
the administration portion of
each grant to pay city staff.
The result is a savings to the
general fund at the expense of
jobs in the CD department.
Wolf said within the next
30 days more definite plans
for the program will be
presented.
IN OTHER BUSINESS
the city commission vote to
award a contract to Klett Con-
truction Co., of Hartford,
Michigan, for the amount of
S 108,294.60 for street and
parking improvement and
two parking lots in the city's
downtown area.
According to the resolu­
tion, the project will be
funded by the Downtown
Development Authority and
the Michigan Urban Land A -
embly Loan.
Manning said $32,000 of
the fund i coming from the
Michigan Urban Land As­
ernbly Loan and the rest from
Downtown Development
Authority.
Some of the commi ioner
were not in agreement with
the resolution, because it did
not tate what streets or parke,
ing area were to be im-
, proved.
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Manning said the project
include improvements on
Fourth and Sixth Streets and
parking lots on Water and
Wall Streets.
He also said there will be
work on the curbs and gutters
and the sidewalks near the
City's Busines s Growth Cen­
ter (Incubator) in the North of
Main Industrial Park area.
The funds from the Michigan
Urban Land Assembly will go
toward the work on the curbs,
gutters and sidewalk near the
Business Growth Center.
He stated that Wall Street
will be the last phase of the
project.
The parking lot project at
77 Wall Street will he ex­
cluded until the litigation be­
tween Charle Kelly and the
City of Benton Harbor is
resolved, said Wolf.
There were two other bid
besides Klett. They include,
Consumer' Asphalt, Benton
Harbor, for 60,404.60 and
Whelan Con truction, Benton
Harbor, for S115,883.45.
Consumer's bid was low be­
cause they only bid on the a -
phalt part of the project.
Commi sioner Charles
Yarbrough ab tained.
ALSO DURING TH
meeting, Commis ioner
Ralph Cren haw said there
was a 10 percent penalty for
late payment for water bill .
He said he would like to ee
the senior citizens of Benton
Harbor exempted from paying
BONDED
Five· run for
one BHAS seat
There will be five can­
didates competing for one
. eat, a four-year term on the
Benton Harbor Area School
Board, at the Monday, June
11. Benton Harbor Area
School Board Election.
• The one seat will be va­
cated by Virgil May, who is
not seeking re-election.
The five candidates run­
ning include:
- GEORGE BARFIELD,
50, 1735 Fairplain Avenue,
St. joseph. He i a father of
ix and is Dean of Jordan
College's Benton Township
carnpu . He ha a Bachelor'
degree in Health Education
iod a Master's 'degree in
Recreation.
- JAME. DUnLEY, 67,
1294 Broadway, Benton Har­
bor, i retired from Whirlpool
Corp. He .erv d a a former
Benton Harbor Area School
Boardmember for nin year.
AYMO IIODGE,
:-\ , 243 Pac Sr., Bc nro n
Township. He i the father of
four and a Benton Harbor
fireman. He hold' a
Bachelor' degree in Sccon-
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City's Attorney John Pos­
te lf i said the city charter
states that, the service for
water bill become delinquent
22 day from the date of the
bill A 10 perc nt late penalty
i charged after the bill be­
comes delinquent.
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University.
Hodges said he 's seeking
election to "help improve the
quality of the educational ex­
perience in the district."
He said, "Improving the
quality of the educational ex­
perience in the Benton Harbor
School District i a mu t if
there is to be any improve­
ments in the Benton Harbor
area. "
- BARBARA MCKI '"
42, 19 9 Hatch si., Benton
Town hip is the mother of
seven. She ran unsucce sfully
for the Benton Harbor Area
School board in 1987 and
.1988.
- nUAN � MITCHELL,
0, 2) 25 Joy 'St., Benton
Town hip i th father of four.
He is a manager at Bendix
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The ... Picnic will be held in
the Riverfront Park, next to
the bridg in Benton H rb r
on Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m.
The event i h Id each year
to promote racial harmony
and unity in the Twin Citie
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