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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
GEORGE DEVRIES CLASS 8 PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST
WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 application containing the following information:
Applicant: George DeVries
Address: 1407 Huntington Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Calumet City
Cook County District: 4
Permanent Index Number: 29-24-400-110-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: Calumet City Resolution Number 14-20
Number of month property vacant/abandoned: Number of months vacant 13
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
TEERM (TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODIFICATION (Vacant for more than 12 months but less than 24 months - No Purchase for Value) Justification: Yes
Estimated Number of jobs created by this project: one (1) - two (2) full-time jobs
Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location: Seven (7) full-time jobs
Estimated Number of employees in Cook County: same as above
Estimated Number of construction jobs: Two(2) - four (4) jobs
Proposed use of property: Industrial,warehousing and rental of full service industrial production equipment, audio, lighting, staging and equipment
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for an abandoned industrial/commercial facility; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment defines abandoned property as buildings and other structures that, after having been vacant and unused for more than 24 continuous months, there has been no purchased for value by a purchaser and the property is in need of substantial rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, in the instance where the property does not meet the definition of abandoned property, the municipality or the Board of Co...
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