12-07-89 Human Resources & Economic Development

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ffinmmttn Evart HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Go the fdnttunott Omura of tide Mttg of 601411 finite The December 7, 1989 meeting of the Human Resources and Economic Development Committee was called to order at 4: 15 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room by its Chair Person, Council Member Steve Luecke. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Zakrzewski, Niezgodski, Coleman, Luecke, and Voorde; Howard Bressire, Richard Maginot, Bruce Bancroft, Carter Wolfe, Hedy Robinson, a concerned citizen, and Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand. Council Member Luecke began the meeting by giving a brief background overview to the ongoing discussions with regard to amending the current tax abatement ordinance. He noted that discussions began approximately one year ago. He also advised the persons present that a Bill had been filed by title only. He noted that he would recommend that once the Ordinance is acted upon by the Council, that the correlative information provided by the City Clerk's Office as well as the Department of Redevelopment be separated. He noted that currently all information regardless of the type of abatement requested is provided in one basic handout. He recommended that several booklets be prepared, one for residential, one for office and retail, etc. , and one for warehousing. He noted that there should also be a separate publication addressing the procedures for personal property tax abatement requests. During the course of the meeting, several documents were provided to the committee, namely a memorandum dated September 8, 1989 addressing proposed changes to the tax abatement ordinance, recommendations of Center City Associates, Inc. dated November 1, 1989, a map addressing tax abatement impact areas, a map addressing "Central and Neighborhood Business District Tax Abatement Areas, " a map addressing Economic Development Target Areas dated January 1986, " a map addressing "Neighborhood Revitalization District (NRD) , " a map addressing the "Urban Enterprise Zone dated April 1987, " (copies of each attached to the original of the minutes) . The committee then reviewed each of the proposed tax abatement changes as set forth in the "Summary of Proposed Revisions to the Tax Abatement Ordinance" which is attached to the September 8, 1989 memorandum.