9394-03 Amend Chapter 2, Replacing in its entirety Article 6 Entitled Tax Abatement Procedures

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the construction, reconstruction or Rehabilitation of a building, facility or complex; the construction, reconstruction or Rehabilitation of public infrastructure, facilities or community amenities; the removal of blighting physical elements; and the conversion of obsolete sites, buildings, facilities or complexes into productive and positive physical aspects of the identified area. (Thirty-six (36) Public Benefit Points] 2. "Super-Size" Pro}ect Development Actions. Produce new construction or Rehabilitation that exceeds either the number of square feet or the amount of Hard-dollar Cost that is required to qualify under the applicable provisions of Sections 2-77 through 2-83 by one hundred percent (100%) or more. [Two hundred ten (210) Public Benefit Points awarded in cumulative increments based on the percentage by which the number of square feet or the amount of Hard-dollar Cost that is required to qualify, as follows: a. 100% to 199% Twenty-five (25) Public Benefit Points b. 200% to 299% Sixty-eight (68) Additional Public Benefit Points c. 300% to 399% Sixty-five (65) Additional Public Benefit Points d. 400% and over Fifty-two (52) Additional Public Benefit Points] 3. Constnaction Related Actions. The applicant will: a. Employ Local Companies. Employ Local Companies for at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of construction work associated with the project, except for the cost of any construction work that is not reasonably available from a Local Company. [Twenty (20) Public Benefit Points] b. Purchase Materials From Local Companies. Purchase from Local Companies at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the materials used in construction associated with the project, except for the cost of any material that is not reasonably available from a Local Company. [Twenty (20) Public Benefit Points] c. Require Employees Instead Of Independent Contractors. Require the companies performing construction work associated with the project to hire one hundred percent (100°I°) of the workers (except for any person who is operating as a business that has its own Taxpayer Identification Number) on the project as employees instead of as independent contractors. [Nineteen (19) Public Benefit Points] d. Require Target Wage Levels. Require the companies performing construction work associated with the project to pay workers on the project a scale of wages that is at least one hundred percent (100%) of the most current wage rates for each classification of laborers and mechanics which the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor has determined to be prevailing in St. Joseph County, Indiana and has published on the Davis-Bacon Tax Abatement Ordinance Page 25