Confirming Tax Abatement - 4440 North Portage Road - The South Bend Clinic

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Exhibit' D Exhibit D: Supplement to Petition for Tax Abatement Proposed Project: The South Bend Clinic, Portage In an effort to better serve its current patient population and be more easily accessible to new patients and population growth, the Clinic has embarked upon expansion at each of four current campuses (downtown, Ironwood at Inwood, Granger, and New Carlisle), and relative to this Petition, acquisition and development of a new campus in a geographic region of the City that the Clinic has not historically served. Subsequent to market analysis and assessment, the Clinic identified the northwest portion of the City as a medically underserved area, one which the Clinic had a material number of patients who accessed its services but drove to its other facilities for care, and one which is undergoing and projected to continue with significant residential and commercial property development and population growth . With expansion of the Clinic's services at its downtown campus and growth of its physician population and capacity to serve at that location, it was determined that two current satellite offices of primary care physicians also in the downtown area could be relocated to better serve their patient base, and better address demographic growth patterns in the region. These two current satellite offices are located in property the Clinic leases from independent third parties, and with the proposed project, will be relocated to a new facility owned and developed by the Clinic through one of its wholly owned real estate entities. The Clinic has and will continue to be afor-profit, tax paying entity. While temporary tax abatement is being requested, the incremental effect of the Clinic's relocation of current offices, and expansion of facilities will result in an incremental tax base for the City. The land on which the development is proposed is located on an approximate 13-acre parcel on the southeast corner of Portage and Brick roads. Acquired by the Clinic in late 2005, the Clinic sought and was successful in its initiative to have the land annexed to the City of South Bend. Concurrent with property development, the Clinic will enter into a 50:50 shared venture with the City to share the cost~of utility (sewer and water) extensions north on Portage Ave to the Clinic's property. With expansion on the northwest side of town, the Clinic's satellite offices current and new satellite offices provide primary care medicine and services to the area's population in both suburban and urban center city areas. The satellite suburban locations serve as cost effective sources of primary care, while also acting as referral sources to the Clinic's main hub at its downtown campus. When patients are determined to need more complex diagnostic or treatment services, or