HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignating Tax Abatement - Steel Warehouse Co. Inc. 1400 Riverside Dr. (5 Year Personal Property)Attest:
RESOLUTION
3374 -04
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 13, 04
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 14,
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me September 15, 20-L4-.
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
1400 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A
FIVE (5) YEAR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR
STEEL WAREHOUSE COMPANY, INC.
WHEREAS, a petition for personal property tax abatement consideration 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 1400 Riverside Drive, South Bend,
Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence South 89
49'52" West (bearing assumed) along the South line of said Section, 308.97 feet; thence North 89
55'00" West, 116.24 feet; thence North 00 00'27" West, 12.00 feet to the North line of a 12 foot
alley; thence North 89 55'00" West along said North line of alley, 236.61 feet to a point 120.00
feet South 89 55'00" East of the East line of Kessler Boulevard, 128.00 feet to a point on the
South line of King Street, 180.00 feet South 89 55'18" East of the Northeast corner of Lot 10 as
shown on the Second Plat of Northwest Addition to the city of South Bend recorded April 6,
1906 in Plat Book 0. pages 30 and 31; thence South 89 55'18" East along the South line of King
Street, 352.84 feet; thence North 00 00'27" West., 194.85 feet to a point on the centerline of the
East and West 14 foot alley between King Street and McCartney Street produced East; thence
North 00 06'09" East, 128.81 feet; thence North 89 46' 49" East 287.05 feet to the Westerly line
of Riverside Drive; thence South 16 37'15" West along a chord subtending said Westerly line of
Riverside Drive, 455.43 feet to the South line of Said Section 35; thence North 90 0000" West
along said South line, 156.71 feet to the point of beginning.
Commencing at the Southeast corner of the 1/4 of said Section 35; thence North 00 00'30" West
(bearing assumed) along the East line of said Southwest 1/4 a distance of 463.14 feet to the Point
of Beginning for the following described tract; thence continuing North 00 00'30" West along
said East line 336.00 feet to the South line of Queen Street; thence South 89 56'09" West along
said South line of Queen Street 176.60 feet; thence North 00 02'36" East 195.00 feet to the
centerline of the East and West 14 foot alley between Kinyon Street and Queen Street; thence
South 89 56'09" West along said centerline of alley, 131.27 feet; thence South 00 06109" West
along the East line of Lot 145 in the Third Plat of Northwest Addition recorded March 7, 1907 in
Plat Book 9, page 60 in the Office of the St. Joseph County Recorder and its Northerly and
Southerly extensions, 195.00 feet to the south line of Queen Street; thence South 89 56'09" West
along said south line of Queen Street, 12.93 feet to the East line of Allen Street; thence South 00
05'51" West along said east line of Allen Street, 329.87 feet to the South line of McCartney
Street; thence South 89 58'27" East along said South line of McCartney Street, 12.91 feet; thence
South 00 06'09" West 6.11 feet; thence North 89 56'09" East 308.71 feet to the Point of
Beginning.
and which has Key Numbers 18- 2110 -4065, 18- 2110 -4066, and 18- 2110 -4067 be designated as
an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et sue., and
South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sew., 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 sec l., 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, 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 pursuant to Indiana Code 6-
1.1- 12.1 -4.5 et seq., that:
a. The estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment is reasonable for
equipment of that type;
b. That the estimate of the number of individuals that will be employed or whose
employment will be retained by the Petitioner can reasonably be expected to result from the
proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment;
C. That the estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals that will be employed
or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can be reasonably expected to result
from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment;
d. Any other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that can be
reasonably expected to result from the proposed new manufacturing equipment; and
e. The totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the deduction requested.
SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the proposed new
manufacturing equipment can be reasonably expected to yield the benefits identified in the
Statement of Benefits as set forth in Sections 1 through 3 of the Petition for Personal Property
Tax Abatement Consideration, the Memorandum of Agreement between the Petitioner and the
City of South Bend, and that the Statement of Benefits form completed by the petitioner, said
form being prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, are sufficient to justify the deduction
granted under Indiana Code 6 -1. 1 -12. 1 -4.5.
SECTION III. The Common Council hereby accepts the report and recommendation of the
Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Community and Economic
Development Committee's favorable recommendation, that the area herein described be
designated as an Economic Revitalization Area for purposes of personal property tax abatement
and hereby makes such a designation.
SECTION IV. The Common Council determines that such designation is for personal property
tax abatement only and shall be limited to two (2) calendar years from the date of the adoption of
this Resolution by the Common Council.
SECTION V. The Common Council hereby determines that the property owner is qualified for
and is granted property tax deduction for a period of five (5) years.
SECTION VI. The Common Council directs the City Clerk to cause notice of the adoption of
this Declaratory Resolution for Personal 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 VII. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by
the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
PRESENTED
NOT APPROVED
ADOPTED 0\ -�3 _ (31
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Member of the Comrnc6CounciI
Filed In Clerk's Office
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JOHN VOORDE
CITY CLERK, 30. BEND, IN.
TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
04 -96 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 1400 RIVERSIDE DRIVE AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR PERSONAL
PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR STEEL WAREHOUSE
COMPANY, INC
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.
Sean Coleman
Chairman