HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignating Tax Abatement - Stouffer Industries, Inc. 1801 Commerce Dr. (5 Year Personal Property)RESOLUTION
NO. 1937 -92
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
April
28,
92
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Attest:_ `tP" - 11A- �� Clerk
Attest:
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, I
April 29, 92
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Approved and signed by me
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April 30
of Common Council.
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Clerk
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. (V 37 -Q A
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1801 COMMERCE DRIVE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA
FOR PURPOSES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR
STOUFFER INDUSTRIES, INC.
WHEREAS, a Petition For Personal Property Tax Abatement
Consideration has been filed with the Common Council of the City of
South Bend, requesting that the area commonly known as 1801
Commerce Drive, South Bend, Indiana, 46628, and which is more
particularly described by a line drawn as follows:
PARCEL I:
A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section Thirty -
three (33), Township Thirty -eight (38) North, Range Two (2)
East, City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, more
particularly described as follows: Commencing at a brass
plug at the center of said Section 33; thence South 90 000100"
West on and along the North line of said Southwest Quarter of
said Section 33, a distance of 1,205.66 feet to a concrete
monument on the West line of a 75 foot public street; thence
South 00 129121" East on and along the West line of said 75
foot public street, a distance of 473.176 feet to an iron at
the point of beginning; thence continuing South 00 029121"
East on and along said West line of said 75 foot public
street, a distance of 237.00 feet to an iron; thence South
89 030139" West, a distance of 362.00 feet to an iron; thence
North 00 029'21" West, a distance of 237.0 feet; thence North
89 030139" East, a distance of 362.00 feet to the place of
beginning; said tract being Lot Numbered Twenty -five (25) of
the Airport Industrial Park, Phase II.
PARCEL II:
A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section
Thirty -three (33), Township Thirty -eight (38) North, Range
Two (2) East, City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana;
more particularly described as follows: With a point of
beginning arrived at by commencing at a brass plug at the
center of said Section 33; thence South 90 000100" West on and
along the North line of said Southwest Quarter (1/4) of said
Section 33 a distance of 1,205.66 feet to a concrete monument
on the West line of a 75 foot Public Street (Commerce Drive);
thence South 00 029121" East on and along the West line of
said Commerce Drive, a distance of 473.176 feet to an iron at
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the point of beginning; thence continuing South 89 °30'39"
West a distance of 362 feet; thence North 00 029'21" West a
distance of 120.5 feet; thence North 89 °30'39" East a
distance of 362 feet; thence South 00 029121" East along the
West line of Commerce Drive a distance of 120.5 feet to the
place of beginning, being the South 120.5 feet measured North
and South taken off at the entire South end of Lot Numbered
Twenty -four (24) of the Airport Industrial Park, Phase II,
St. Joseph County, Indiana now a part of the City of South
Bend.
and this Real Estate has Key Numbers of 18- 2183 - 688603, 18 -2183-
688612, 25- 1008 - 033502, and 25- 1008 - 133508, be designated as an
Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code
§6 -1.1- 12.1 -1, et seq, and South Bend Municipal Code §2 -76, et seq;
and
WHEREAS, the Department Of 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 -1, et
seq, and South Bend Municipal Code §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 Human Resources 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 that:
A. The estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing
equipment is reasonable for equipment of that type;
B. The estimate of the number of individuals that will be
employed or whose employment will be retained by the
Petitioner can reasonably expected to result from the
proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment;
C. The estimate of the annual salaries of those
individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be
retained can be reasonably expected to result from the
proposed installation of new equipment;
D. Any other benefits about which information was
requested are benefits that can be reasonably expected to
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result from the proposed installation of 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 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. That the Common Council hereby accepts the
report and recommendation of the Department of Economic
Development, and the Human Resources and Economic Development
Committee's favorable recommendation, that the area herein
described be designated an Economic Revitalization Area for
purposes of personal property tax abatement and hereby makes such
designation.
SECTION IV. The Common Council determines that such
designation if for personal property tax abatement 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 to be
published pursuant to Indiana Code §5 -3 -1 -1 et seq, said
publication providing notice of the public hearing before the
Common Council on said declaration.
SECTION IX. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by
the Mayor.
Me� of e Common Council
ffI signed only to provide an
opportunity for public disc.; ^ion
-and Council action on the issue.
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RESENTED 5/ -�2 $ -% a
NOT APPROVW
Filed in Clerk's Office
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