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SOUTH BEND (INDIANA) REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br />STATEMENT DISCLOSING THE IMPACT OF AMENDING THE RIVER EAST <br />DEVELOPMENT AREA AND RIVER EAST ALLOCATION AREA NO. 1 <br />2 <br />AMENDMENT OF THE AREA, ALLOCATION AREA NO. 1, AND THE PLAN (Cont’d) <br />assessment date in excess of the base assessed valuation described in Section 39(b)(1) of the Act, multiplied by <br />the current property tax rate, excluding any rate established by a post-2009 referendum and, any post December <br />31, 2022 Fire Territory rate established (referred to throughout as “Tax Increment”). The base assessed value <br />means the net assessed value of all the property in an allocation area as finally determined for the assessment <br />date immediately preceding the effective date of a declaratory resolution establishing the allocation area pursuant <br />to Section 39 of the Act. The Expansion Allocation Area will have a base assessment date of January 1, 2024 and <br />the base assessment dates of the Allocation Area No. 1 is unchanged. The Expansion Allocation Area will expire <br />no later than 25 years after the date on which the first obligation is incurred to pay principal and interest on bonds <br />or lease rentals on leases payable from Tax Increment, or as otherwise required by law. The expiration dates of <br />the other components of the Amended Allocation Area No. 1 will be unchanged. <br />PROJECT SUMMARY <br />In order to accomplish the Amended and Restated Plan, the Commission plans to undertake certain public <br />infrastructure projects listed in the Amended and Restated Plan that are in, serving or benefiting the Amended <br />Area (the “Projects”). The Commission intends to utilize the Tax Increment generated by Future Development <br />(defined herein), along with Tax Increment currently being generated within the Allocation Area No. 1 to fund the <br />Projects in order to facilitate future development within the Expansion Allocation Area that would not occur without <br />the use of Tax Increment to fund the Projects (the “Future Development). The Commission may issue bonds or <br />enter into leases payable from Tax Increment to fund the Projects. <br />ESTIMATED TAX INCREMENT <br />The Commission currently captures the Tax Increment in the Allocation Area No. 1, which is located within two <br />taxing districts: South Bend - Portage Township and South Bend – Clay Township. Per the St. Joseph County <br />Auditor’s office, the total existing incremental assessed value in the Allocation Area No. 1 is $283,927,063. The <br />incremental assessed value for the South Bend - Portage Township and South Bend – Clay Township are each <br />multiplied by their respective certified 2024 tax rates, less the combined South Bend Community School <br />Corporation (the "School Corporation") referendum rates of $0.3840. After multiplying by the respective net tax <br />rates and after the application of the Circuit Breaker Tax Credit, the estimated annual real property net Tax <br />Increment generated in the Allocation Area No. 1 is $8,116,800. The Expansion Allocation Area is located within <br />the South Bend – Portage Township and South Bend – Clay Township taxing districts. <br />The Commission intends to capture the real property Tax Increment from Future Development in the Expansion <br />Allocation Area. For the purposes of this analysis, the estimated Tax Increment from the Future Development is <br />based on an illustrative incremental real property assessed value of $10,000,000 in each taxing district of the <br />Amended Allocation Area No. 1. Holding all else constant, the increase in the assessed value of the overlapping <br />taxing units due to the Future Development results in an estimated tax rate decrease in the School Corporation's <br />Debt Referendum tax rate of $0.0001. The estimated incremental assessed value is multiplied by their respective <br />tax rates, net of the School Corporation's post-2009 referendum rates of $4.9708 for South Bend - Portage <br />Township and $4.9544 for South Bend - Clay Township. The estimated annual real property Tax Increment <br />generated in South Bend - Portage Township is $361,480 and the estimated annual real property Tax Increment <br />generated in South Bend - Clay Township is $361,280, after the application of the Circuit Breaker Tax Credit and <br />accounting for the impact of the Local Income Tax Property Tax Replacement Credit (the "LIT PTRC"). The actual <br />assessed value of the Future Development will be determined by the St. Joseph County Assessor upon <br />completion and the actual assessed value may be materially different from the values used in this analysis. <br />No adjustment for future statewide reassessments or trending was made in this analysis. Future tax rates and <br />assessed values may differ from the tax rates and assessed values used in this analysis, and the differences <br />could have a material impact on the actual Tax Increment but should not change the impact of the Expansion <br />Allocation Area on the overlapping taxing units. See the sections below for additional information about the recent <br />legislative changes as they relate to property tax changes.