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1200 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />PHONE 574/235-9371 <br />Fax 574/235-9021 <br />TDD 574/ 235-5567 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR <br />COMMUNITY HL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />JEFFREY V. GIBNEY <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />TAX ABATEMENT REPORT <br />TO: SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL <br />FROM: BOB MATHIA <br />SUBJECT: PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT PETITION FOR: <br />ROYAL HOLDINGS INC. d.b.a. ROYAL ADHESIVES <br />DATE: February 4, 2009 <br />On February 2, 2009, a petition for personal property tax abatement consideration for property located at <br />2001 West Washington Street was filed with the City Clerk by Royal Holdings. Inc. d.b.a. Royal <br />Adhesives. Pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2-84.2 of the Municipal Code of the City of South <br />Bend, this petition was referred to the Department of Community and Economic Development for <br />purposes of investigation and preparation of a report determining whether the area qualifies as an <br />Economic Revitalization Area pursuant to I.C.6-1.1-12.1 and whether all zoning requirements have been <br />met. <br />The Department of Community and Economic Development has reviewed the petition ,investigated the <br />area, and makes the following report. <br />PROJECT SUMMARY <br />Royal Adhesives is a maker of specialty adhesives for use in industrial and commercial settings. The <br />Petitioner is proposing to: (a) demolish an old O'Brian Paint building and replace it with an 8,294 square <br />foot factory building; (b) equip the new building for a state of the art specialty adhesive mixing operation; <br />and (c) add a 22,525 square foot warehouse to support the operation. A real property tax abatement <br />application is being submitted as part of the total project. <br />The equipment to be purchased includes mixers, raw material storage tanks, various pilot mixers for <br />development work and testing equipment associated with the production and testing of specialty <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL LC PROGRAM <br />PAMELA C. MEYHR DONALD E. INKS MANAGEMENT <br />574/235-9660 574/235-9371 ELrzesere LEONARD <br />FAx: 574/235-9697 5741235-9371 <br />