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South Bed Redevelopment Commission Special eeting - June 12, 1980 6. NEW OUSINESS (continued) b, ax abatement request from Mossber & Co. elative to an area commonly referred to e street. r. Ellison: As the Commission is aware he Common Council a month or so ago, aased an ordinance which established a ew procedure for the consideration of etitions for tax abatement. The Council rdinance was designed to make more clear he local process to be used in considering hose petitions. Under the ordinance a roperty owner petitions the Council for ax abatement. The Council through the ity Clerk, then refers the petition to he Commission. The Commission has a 0 -day period in which to report its indings to the Human Resources Committee f the Council. Our job is to examine the rea in question and make a finding of hether the area in question qualifies or a tax abatement from a condition tandpoint. The staff undertook an nvestigation and prepared a report hat is included in your packet. The rea in question is further delineated n the back of the report on a map. When e say area, we are referring to the exact rea for which tax abatement was petitioned. he report concludes that the area does of qualify because the area does not eet the condition tests that are called or under the tax abatement statute. he petitioner provided some photographs, long with their petition, and we took ome color photographs of the site as well. r. Ellison pointed out the area in question the Commissioners from a colored aerial otograph). The site is located on East nroe a couple of lots West of Fellows reet. The site includes Mossberg's Office/ ctory facility, a warehouse, small commercial ructure, an improved parking lot, and an improved vacant lot on which the small mmercial structure, sits. The project lls for an erectjon of a 14,000 sq.ft. dition apparently on the improved parking t and on the east of the factory /office cility. Based on our investigation of 3