File #: O-493-19    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 10/1/2019 In control: Economic Development Department
On agenda: 10/15/2019 Final action: 10/15/2019
Title: Approving a Community Reinvestment Area real property tax exemption for International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, 3515 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, for the construction of a new union hall facility located at 2412 S. Reynolds Road, Toledo, Ohio 43614, property in the Hawthorne Hills Community Reinvestment Area; authorizing the execution of an agreement and other documents related thereto; making certain findings and determinations in connection therewith; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A, 2. Audio: Agenda Review 10/8/2019, 3. Audio: City Council October 15, 2019
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DNBD-CRA-InternUnionEng.Local-18
Development/ Real Estate
B. Sehlhorst ext. 1692 /cew

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Approving a Community Reinvestment Area real property tax exemption for International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, 3515 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, for the construction of a new union hall facility located at 2412 S. Reynolds Road, Toledo, Ohio 43614, property in the Hawthorne Hills Community Reinvestment Area; authorizing the execution of an agreement and other documents related thereto; making certain findings and determinations in connection therewith; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 111-17, enacted on April 18, 2017, designated the "Hawthorne Hills Community Reinvestment Area", pursuant to Sections 3735.67 through 3725.671 of the Ohio Revised Code, and declared that these tax exemption incentives promote and expand conforming use in the designated area. This area was subsequently certified by the Ohio Department of Development as Community Reinvestment Area ("CRA") effective May 18, 2017.

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18 (the "Owner") has submitted an application and agreement for a CRA real property tax exemption. The exemption is requested for the construction of a new union hall facility located at 2412 S. Reynolds Road, Toledo, Ohio 43614. This facility sits on approximately 1.5761 acres of land. The Owner proposes to construct this 7,790 sq ft facility at an estimated investment cost of $3,500,000.

This proposed project is in conformance with Toledo's Hawthorne Hills Community Reinvestment Area requirements as established by the above referenced ordinances. The Toledo Public School District was notified and has approved the granting of a fifteen (15) year tax exemption, and has entered into a School District Payment Agreement with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18 for an annual payment in lieu of taxes. This Ordinance is required to author...

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