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Redevelopment commission opens South Main Street bids, schedules special meeting; approves property transfers, contracts and mortgage subordination
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Summary
The Commission opened two bids for the South Main Street streetscape—Reeth Riley at $4.576 million (base plus alternate) and Selge Construction at $3.553 million (base plus alternate)—but deferred award after consultants could not finish bid tabulation; commissioners approved several contracts, a property sale and a mortgage subordination by voice vote.
The Elkhart Redevelopment Commission opened sealed bids for the South Main Street streetscape project on April 14 and approved a slate of administrative actions and contracts.
Adam Fan, assistant director of redevelopment, read two bids: Reeth Riley submitted a base bid of $4,285,830.84 with an alternate of $290,727.31 for a total of $4,576,558.15; Selge (spelled in the transcript as "Selge") submitted a base bid of $3,247,222.95 and an alternate of $306,007.56 for a total of $3,553,230.51. Fan said staff and the project consultant would perform a quick bid tabulation and "possibly award at the end of the meeting," but later reported the consultant could not complete the tabulation in time and the Commission confirmed a special meeting on Monday to complete the review.
Beyond the bid openings, the Commission approved a series of routine items by voice vote during the meeting, including:
- Transfer of three parcels acquired through the tax‑sale process to the City of Elkhart acting through the Board of Public Works (motion approved). - Acceptance of an offer from Carolyn Axum to purchase the 1913 Yuma parcel for $6,500 and authorization to execute a purchase agreement (approved). - Approval of a work order using the DLZ on‑call contract for Woodland Crossing geotechnical services, not to exceed $27,150, funded from the South Elkhart allocational special fund (approved). - Approval of a contract with FOCUS to prepare a Lilly Endowment Arts & Culture grant application (not to exceed $5,000) and a separate contract with Meticulous to support Railroad Museum Phase 1 work (not to exceed $8,500) to be paid from downtown special funds (both approved). - Approval of an annual inspection contract with La Casa, Inc. for CDBG owner‑occupied rehabilitation inspections in the amount of $20,000 (approved). - Award of landscape maintenance and mowing services at Woodland Crossing to Advanced Property Maintenance (South Bend) for $17,980 (approved). - Agreement to subordinate the Commission’s $25,000 mortgage on 229 West Garfield to a Longbridge Financial refinance and HUD liens, and authorization to execute the subordination agreement (approved). - Approval of a Warwick & Boeing invoice for $16,914.88 (approved).
Most items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the transcript. Several items were explicitly tied to specific fund accounts in staff motions. Because the consultant could not finish the bid tabulation during the meeting, commissioners set a special meeting for Monday to complete the streetscape procurement and consider an award.
