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Sean Coleman HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Vice-President
To the Common Council of the City of South Bend:
Ann Puzzello
Chairman,Committee •
of the Whole The June 28, 19 9 3, meeting of the Human Resources and
Economic Development Committee was called to order by
its' Chairperson, Council Member Roland Kelly, at 4: 00
Stephen Luecke p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room.
First District
Persons in attendance included Council Members: Luecke,
Cleo Washington Kelly, Puzzello, Slavinskas, Zakrzewski, Duda and
Second District Ladewski; Mike Beitzinger, Representatives of AE
Piston, John Broden, James R. Caldwell, Don Porter,
Roland Kelly Berry Adams, Stan Blenke and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand.
Third District
Ann Puzzello The first items to be reviewed were Resolution No. 93-
Fourth District 53 which is requesting a ten (10) year Real Property
Tax Abatement and Resolution No. 93-54 requesting a
Linas Slavinskas five (5) year Personal Property Tax Abatement for AE
Fifth District Piston Products, Inc. , for the property located at 3605
West Cleveland Road.
Thomas Zakrzewski
Sixth District Mike Beitzinger reviewed the June 15, 1993, memorandum
Sean Coleman on the project. It was noted that between the two
At Large projects, the skirt coating project, which would be
approximately a four thousand (4, 000) square foot
Loretta Duda addition, would create twenty-five (25) jobs, with the
At Large larger phase being the building of a fifty-five
thousand (55, 000) square foot addition creating one
Eugene Ladewski hundred and thirty-three (13 3) jobs. Their current
At Large facility has one hundred and five thousand (105,000)
square feet. Their major customers include GM and Ford
with approximately ten per cent (10%) being exported to
Kathleen Cekanski Farrand Australia. The equipment in question on the Personal
Council Attorney Property would have a life of twenty (20) years.
Following further discussion, Council Member Slavinskas
made a motion, seconded by Council Member Duda,- that
Resolution Numbers 93-53 and 93-54 be recommended
favorably to Council. The motion passed.
The Committee then reviewed Substitute Resolution No.
93-50 which is a Real Property Tax Abatement request
for Greater South Bend Development Company.
Council President Luecke stated that the area in
question has been platted as single family for a
significant number of years and that there is also a
significant number of vacant land involved. Mr. Adams
requested that the Resolution be for six (6) years for
fifteen (15) houses, however, Council President Luecke
stated that he would prefer that it should be limited
to the one (1) house in question. The Council Attorney
noted that Tax Abatements must be site specific
relative to a real property legal description as well
as a key number. Council President Luecke further
noted that it appeared in the last Committee meeting
that there was an informal concerns to amend the
Substitute Bill to be a six (6) year Real Property Tax
Abatement and to treat it as a special exception. The
Council Attorney noted that the new State Law in this
area takes effect July 1, 1993, and that the Committee
should be very specific with regard to the criteria it
is using with regard to these special exceptions.
Council Member Ladewski noted that the property has
remained idle since much of the property in question
was bought as the result of a tax sale relative to a
sewer project.
Following, further discussion, Council Member Luecke
made a motion, seconded by Council Member Slavinskas,
that Substitute Bill No. 93-50 be amended to
incorporafe a six (6) year real property tax abatement
and that further amendments be set forth in Section IV.
identifying the specific criteria in that the
Substitute Bill be sent to full Council favorably. The
motion passed.
The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 93-55 which is a
Personal 'Property Tax Abatement request for Schafer
Gear Works, Inc. , for the property located at 814 South
Main Street.
Mr. Mike Beitzinger reviewed the memorandum dated June
14, 1993. It was noted that the request meets all of
the criteria and satisfies the five (5) year personal
property tax abatement standards.
Mr. Stan Blenke made the presentation on behalf of the
petitioner. He showed two (2) parts which will be made
as the result of a new contract. They will work three
(3) shifts, twenty-four (24) hours a day, as a result
of this contract.
Council President Luecke noted that the personal
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property tax abatement is site specific and therefore,
if Schafer Gear moves from their current location that
they should be aware of this standard.
Following,f`further discussion, Council Member Slavinskas
made a motion, seconded by Council Member Duda, That
Bill No. 1, 93-55 be recommended favorably to Council.
The motion passed.
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Council Member Kelly noted that both of the Ziker
Cleaner tax abatements would be continued to the next
meeting.
Council President Luecke noted that he had received a
report from Mr. Beitzinger with regard to the
compliance with the Statement of Benefits Form dated
June 28, 1993.
There being no further business to come before the
Committee; the meeting was ajourned at 5:27 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Council Member Roland Kelly,
Chairperson
Human Resources and Economic Development Committee
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