HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignating Tax Abatement - Bamber LLC/Dennis Bamber, Inc. d/b/a The Woodwind & The Bassswind 5053 Ameritech Dr. (9 Year Real Property)Attest:
RESOLUTION
3321 -04
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 26, 04
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 27, 20 04
Approved and signed by me April 28, 20 04
City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
5053 Ameritech Drive, South Bend, Indiana
AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A
NINE (9) YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR
BAMBER LLC /DENNIS BAMBER, INC. d /b /a THE WOODWIND &
THE BRASSWIND
WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement has been filed with the City Clerk
for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana requesting
that the area commonly known as 5053 Ameritech Drive, South Bend, Indiana, and
which is more particularly described as follows:
Lot Numbered Nine B (9B) and Thirteen B (13B) of U.S. 31 Industrial Park, Sections
Two & Four, Second Replat recorded March 21, 2003 as Document Number 0317057 in
the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana
and which has Key Numbers 25- 1016 - 0600.12 and 25 -1016- 0600.18, be designated as an
Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et se q.,
and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et seq., and;
WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded
an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common
Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under
Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1, et sue., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et seq.,
and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other
information regarding the area in question as required by law; and
WHEREAS, that at the April 26, 2004 meeting, the Common Council adopted Resolution
No. 3321 -04 which contained a minor scrivener's error which is being corrected in this
Resolution and in all other respects said Resolution is reaffirmed.
WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common
Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area
qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South
Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the Petition for
Real Property Tax Abatement and the Statement of Benefits form completed by the
Petitioner meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et se ., for tax abatement.
SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds pursuant to Indiana
Code 6- 1.1- 12.1 -3 et. seq. the following:
a. That the description of the proposed redevelopment or rehabilitation meets the
applicable standards for such development.
b. That the estimate of the value of the redevelopment or rehabilitation is reasonable
for projects of this nature;
C. That the estimate of the number of individuals who will be employed or whose
employment will be retained by the Petitioner can reasonably be expected to result from
the proposed described redevelopment or rehabilitation;
d. That the estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals who will be employed
or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can be reasonably expected to
result from the proposed redevelopment or rehabilitation;
e. That the other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that
can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed described redevelopment or
rehabilitation; and
f That the totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the requested deduction, all of
which satisfy the requirements of Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -3.
SECTION 111. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the proposed
described redevelopment or rehabilitation can be reasonably expected to yield benefits
identified in the Statement of Benefits set forth in Sections 1 through 2 of the Petition for
Real Property Tax Abatement Consideration, the Memorandum of Agreement between
the Petitioner and the City of South Bend, Indiana, dated April 16, 2004, and the
Statement of Benefits form prescribed by the State Board of Accounts are sufficient to
justify the deduction granted under Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -3.
SECTION IV. The Common Council hereby accepts the report and recommendation of
the Community and Economic Development Committee that the area herein described be
designated as an Economic Revitalization Area and hereby adopts a Resolution
designating this area as an Economic Revitalization Area for purposes of real property
tax abatement.
SECTION V. The designation as an Economic Revitalization Area shall be limited to
two (2) calendar years from the date of the adoption of this Resolution by the Common
Council.
SECTION VI. The Common Council hereby determines that the property owner is
qualified for and is granted property tax deduction for a period of nine (9) years.
SECTION VII. The Common Council directs the City Clerk to cause notice of the
adoption of this Declaratory Resolution for Real Property Tax Abatement to be published
pursuant to Indiana Code 5 -3 -1, said publication providing notice of the public hearing
before the Common Council on the proposed confirming of said declaration.
SECTION VIII. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Member of the Common
Filed In Clerk's Office
I1W 17 2004
TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
04 -42 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LOT NOS. 9A
AND 13A, U.S. 31 INDUSTRIAL PARK, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AN
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A NINE (9)
YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR BAMBER LLC
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion, this bill
is being recommended to the full Council with a favorable recommendation as
substituted by adding a new commonly known address, 5053 Ameritech Drive.
Sean Coleman
Chairman