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Page Two <br />South Bend Tax Abatement Ordinance <br />Add -On Abatement <br />One to seven additional years abatement may be considered for projects achieving the following total Public <br />Benefit Points: <br />Issue <br />Points <br />Project Related Issues <br />Redevelop a site which has special. needs (Special residential conversions, historic buildings, <br />problem properties, brown -field clean -up) <br />49 <br />Business activity which is based upon the commercialization of university research <br />35 <br />Projects that accomplish a physical element in a development or revitalization plan <br />35 <br />Super-Size Development Actions (For exceeding base$ orsquare footage criteria) Cumulative! <br />100 to 199% <br />25 <br />200% to 299% <br />68 <br />300% to 399% <br />65 <br />400% and over <br />52 <br />Construction Related <br />Employ local companies for at least 75% of construction work. (Reasonably available locally) <br />20 <br />Purchase 75 % of materials locally (Of that which is reasonably available locally) <br />20 <br />100% of construction workers are employees (not Independent Contractor) (Taxpayer ID key) <br />19 <br />Pay 100% of Construction Workers US DOL, Davis Bacon Wages <br />22 <br />All Contractors must pay toward health plan <br />22 <br />All contractors to pay toward retirement plan <br />18 <br />Require Racial Diversity, as evidenced by an Affirm Action Plan <br />20 <br />Wage & Benefit Related Actions <br />Pay Average of 100% of Mean Hourly Wage per DOL BLS Metro Wage Est. for SB Metro Area <br />33 <br />Contribute toward health plan <br />34 <br />Contribute to pension or retirement plan <br />29 <br />Provide training to employees <br />28 <br />Provide day care (assistance) <br />15 <br />Provide Transportation Assistance to lower income employees <br />14 <br />Employer- assisted Housing to lower inc employees <br />9 <br />Work Related Actions <br />Create new jobs <br />42 <br />Retain Existing Jobs <br />41 <br />Maintain Affirm Action Plan <br />35 <br />Use Targeted Hiring Preferences (from targeted Census tracts) <br />34 <br />Pay for extending or over sizing municipal infrastructure <br />Over sizing <br />14 <br />Pay 26 to 50 % of extension <br />26 <br />Pay for 51 to 75 % of extension <br />39 <br />Pay for 76 to 100 % of extension <br />52 <br />