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Hawthorne Hills TIF
Business Development
Brandon Sehlhorst (x1692) /E. Granata (x1034)
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Declaring the improvements to certain real property parcels within the City to be a public purpose; describing the public improvements to be made to directly benefit such parcels; exempting such improvements from ad valorem real property taxation for a period of 30 years; requiring the owner of the improvements to make service payments in lieu of taxes; establishing a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of the service payments, authorizing various agreements and actions, all pursuant to sections 5709.40, 5709.42, 5709.43 and other provisions of the Ohio Revised Code; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Sections 5709.40, 5709.42 and 5709.43 of the Ohio Revised Code ("ORC") (the "Act") provide that Council may describe public improvements to be made that directly benefit certain parcels of real property located in the City, declare public infrastructure improvements (as defined in ?5709.40) with respect to such parcels to be a public purpose, authorize the exemption from real property taxation of improvements to such parcels for a period of time, provide for the making of service payments in lieu real property taxes ("Service Payments") by the owner of such parcels, and establish a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund into which such service payments shall be deposited, with such mechanism commonly referred to as tax increment financing ("TIF").
The City of Toledo ("City") desires to use the authority granted under the above referenced Act to establish a TIF exemption for certain property, known as Hawthorne Hills at 2040 S. Reynolds Rd., formerly the Southwyck Mall property, (the "Property") as more particularly described in the attached Exhibit A (the "TIF Parcel") for the purpose of providing and paying for the costs of public infrastructure improvements as defined in ORC ? 5709.4...
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