JULYl 1
�A/TIFA approve stree�p"··vi; 9 projects
By. Bro
Coin,-nt
B.ENTO HARBOR -The
Do ntown Development
Authority and the Tax Increment
Finance Authority Boards held
eir regular monthly meeting
I Wednesday, Jun 20.
During the DDA portion of the
meeting. Director Aaron Anthony
d iscu ed with the board
members a resol ution approved
recently by the Benton Harbor
City Commission, where the city
entered into a contract agreement
I with Klett Construction Co .• of
Hartford, Michigan, in the.
amount of $108,294.60 for street
and parking improvements in the
downtown area.
Anthony aid the re olution
tated that funding was to be
provided from DDA and the
MiChigan Urban Land Assembly
Lo n for the orth of Main
lnd trial Par .
Anthony said he wanted to.
inform the boa rd tha t
approximatel y $82,672.70 of the
. $10&294.60 would be funded by
DDA.
The project includes:
S29, 747 .20 for Sixth Street
(Main-Water); S 14.883.60 for,
Fourth Street (Main-Territorial);
$11,558.80 for the parking Jot
next to the Liberty Th ter: and
$26.482.50 for the Wall Street si te
project. According to Anthony,
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Sixth and Fourth Streets would be
top priority.
Anthony said the project
would be $26,482.50 less
depending on the outcome of a
ettlement of a lawsuit filed
against the City of Benton Harbor
by Charles Kelly for illegal
demolition of his property at n
Wall Street.
At the June 4th. Benton
Harbor City Commi ion meeting
when the contract wa approved,
City Manager Steve Manning said
$32,000 of the funds w coming
from Michigan Urban Land
Assembly Loan.
In other matters, Kevin
Clements. chairman of the Project
Committee for DDA. gave the
board an update on the Liberty
Threater.
Ciements s id he had al 0 met
with Glenn Yarbrough, Director
of the City of Benton Harbor's
Park and Rccreation about
having youth group' clean up the
Liberty. Wor' is to begin as soon
as lighting is put in the building,
id Clements.
The youth groups would be in
the building on rainy day under
the supervision of Yarbrough.
id Clements ..
Also at the meeting
Chri topher Brooks. Chairman of
th Board, said he and ether
executive board members met
with the city regarding status of
job dutie for the Bo rd Director
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Aaron Anthony.
Brooks. aid the board had
requested -that the city review
Anthony's job functions with the .
city in lieu of the DDA Board
hiring him on full-time b is.
"The line item for Economic
Development for the c:ity' budget
fOT next year has been replaced
with zero," he aid.
Brook informed the board .
that DDA collection date for
ummer taxe i September 15
and winter taxe is February 15.
The Executive Board members
of DDA mel after their regular
meting to hammer out a former
agreement for Anthony for his
employment well as a job
descnption.
Brooks aid the executive
board will al 0 be looking at
DDA's budget for next year.
The Board : member .
authorized Chairman Brooks to
send a letter to tbe City
Commission reque ting a 30 day
extension on expediture for
DDA/TIFA's next year budge .
During the TI FA portion of the
meeting, C�airman Christopher
Broo said the executive board
had met with DDA/TIFA Board
Director. Aaron Anthony and the
City Manager. Stev Manning
about the le agreement for t
Business Growth Center.
Brook said the lease wa
brought to the Board for approval
about Ilve months ago, but there
The saga of Pfc. James Grimn treatment wa 0 inten e, "I
of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida began thought I w 'going to be killed."
when hi rifle wa stolen.
ere a "couple of typographic
errors" that needed to be corrected
. and the 'lease needed to be
signed.
Broo told the members th t
Mayor William Wolf had given
him a copy of the lease agreement
but the correction had not been
made. He said once the errors a
corrected and it is approved and
authorized by the ci ty
commis ion. the Board wit)
approv d it.
Members ere. ent wer :
Director Aaron Anthony,
Chairman Christoph r Broo ,
Bob Schulth is, Jim Cronk, J. G.
Phillip, Kevin Clement.
Dorothy Randolph, Bobby
Jordan, and Evan Leduc (present
for DDA meetin only).
Absent were: Mayor William
Wolf, William Nichols and Louis
Jos ph. The Boards have two
vacancie to be filled.
Black soldier's rank res­
tored after brutal army
treatment
WASIIINGTON. D,c.-A
mistreated Black soldier whose
tory was told recently on the
"GO-Minutes" television program
has had his rank restored and h'
been granted $10,000 in back p' y.
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and then subjected him to 18
hours of brutal que tioning by
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Army and glv n a di honorable
discharge. During his televi ion
interview Griffin aid hi
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