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By BERNICE BROWN
Co" • ."ond."t
The B nton Harbor' Downtown
Development Authority and Tax In­
crcm nt Finance Authority Board
held lh ir regular mo ly meeting
Nov mb r 19, at th City' Busine
Growth Center.
During the DDA portion of the
meeting the board approved to table
a recommendation from the City of
Benton Harbor to purcha e
Christma decorations from Display
Sale , a company located in Eden
Prairie, Minne ota, until next year,
. but approved to donate $500 to Ben­
ton Harbor Now, a non-profit or­
ganization, for Christmas tree lights.
. Christoph r Brooks, Chairman of
the Board for DDA aid he received
a prop at from Glenn Yarbrough,
Director of the City's Park and
Recreations for Christmas decora­
tions for the streets of downtown
Benton Harbor and 34 pole wraps for
Riverview Drive.
In the proposal of three plan,
from Di play Sale the city could
purchase, Plan A - 40 delux 48 inch
traditional how wreath and 74delux
18 inch pine pole wrap for an
amount of $9,220; Plan B - 40
delux 48 inch traditional candle
wreaths and 74 delux 18 inch pine
pole wraps for $10,700; and Plan C
- 20 delux eight-inch Yule Trees
with red pole wrap and 20 delux
eight-inch Yule Candle with green
pole wrap. plus 4 pole wrap for an
amount 0 8,560.
ALL 0 TH plans included:
extended 6-4-3, 100 percent warran­
ty, all mounting hardware, 12 month
loll free servic and alJ hipping
co ts.
Brooks said the project commit­
tee felt that project would not be
valid becau e, (1) the con ern with
the p rformance of the ci ty in th
past, pertaining to the present
Christma decoration, which i only
six years old, (2) the information wa
brought to the board at a late date,
and (3) the propo als had not been
bidded out, but only olicited to one
contractor.
Kelvin Clements, Chairman of
the Project Committee said the main
objection he would h ve i the way
the decorations are now being stored,
not being taken care of. If the city
purcha ed the decorations they
wouldn't have any place to store
them. At the present time, the old
decorations are stored in the Liberty
Theater.
DDA Board members William
Nichols, who i also on the board of.
Benton Harbor Now, said Benton
Harbor busine man Ro Hadley is
donating a tree which will be placed
on a vacant lot on the corner of Main
and Pipe tone Strcc in downtown
Benton Harbor.
Brooks told the board members
that Yarbrough told him-that mo t of
the Chri tmas decorations that the
city had were damaged beyond
repair and presently there is only
abo t 44 parts of Christmas decora­
tions left.
BROOKS ID in 1985 the city
purchased about $10,000 worth of
Christmas decorations and the DDA
board in the past has spent almost
$1,500 in the past three years for
various parts to help repair old
decorations.
In other bu ine ,during the
TlFA meeting the board approved
payment of an invoice in the amount
of $2,617. 0 to Abonmarchc, a Ar­
chitecture firm for torage tanks
removed from the former Benton
Hamor Department of Public Works
facility on North Street.
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