File #: 18-3163    Version: 1 Name: SMS REALTY (BLUE ISLAND) LLC CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER)
Type: Resolution (Class 6B) SER Status: Approved
File created: 4/9/2018 In control: Business and Economic Development Committee
On agenda: 4/25/2018 Final action: 5/16/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION SMS REALTY (BLUE ISLAND) LLC CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER) WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) application containing the following information: Applicant: SMS Realty (Blue Island) LLC Address: 3000 West 139th Street, Blue Island, Illinois Length of time at current location: 25 years Length of time property under same ownership: Five (5) years Is there evidence supporting 10 years of the same ownership and/or occupancy (tenancy): Yes Age of the Property (Building): 52 Years Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Blue Island Cook County District: 5 Permanent Index Number(s): 28-01-111-060-0000 Municipal Resolution Number: City of Blue Island Resolution No. 2017-025 approved July 11, 2017 Evidence of Economic Hardship: Yes Number of blighting factors associated with the property: Three (3) Dilapidation ...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), DEBORAH SIMS

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

SMS REALTY (BLUE ISLAND) LLC CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER)

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) application containing the following information:

 

Applicant: SMS Realty (Blue Island) LLC

 

Address:  3000 West 139th Street, Blue Island, Illinois 

 

Length of time at current location: 25 years

 

Length of time property under same ownership: Five (5) years

 

Is there evidence supporting 10 years of the same ownership and/or occupancy (tenancy): Yes 

 

Age of the Property (Building): 52 Years

 

Municipality or Unincorporated Township:  Blue Island

 

Cook County District: 5

 

Permanent Index Number(s): 28-01-111-060-0000

 

Municipal Resolution Number: City of Blue Island Resolution No. 2017-025 approved July 11, 2017

 

Evidence of Economic Hardship: Yes

 

Number of blighting factors associated with the property: Three (3) Dilapidation - the loading dock and part of the yard floods; Obsolescence - There is no sprinkler system, and the storage building needs plumbing and electrical work and Deterioration- Physical wear and tear of the building due to lack or maintenance and repair.

 

Has justification for the Class 6b SER program been provided?: Yes

 

Estimated # of jobs created by this project:  None

 

Estimated # of jobs retained at this location:  100 full-time, 20 part-time

 

Estimated # of employees in Cook County:  Same as above

 

Estimated # of construction jobs: None

 

Proposed use of property:  Industrial - Manufacturing: Processing scrap metals, steel mill services, intermodal truck container, and railcar dismantling, ship and oil rig recycling as well as trailer leasing operations

 

Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for a long-term existing industrial enterprise that meets the qualifications of the SER program ; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment requires that an applicant under the Class 6b SER program provide evidence justifying their participation in the subject program; and

 

WHEREAS, Class 6b SER requires a resolution by the County Board validating the property for the purpose of the Class 6bSER Program; and

 

WHEREAS, the industrial enterprise that occupies the premises has been at the same location for a minimum of ten years prior to the date of the application for the Class 6b SER Program;

 

WHEREAS, the industrial enterprise that occupies the premises has submitted evidence of economic hardship to the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development supporting a determination that participation in the Class 6b SER Program is necessary for the industrial enterprise to continue its operations at its current location and maintain its staff, and without the Class 6b SER the industrial enterprise would not be economically viable causing the property to be in imminent risk of becoming vacant and unused; and

 

WHEREAS, the applicant is not receiving another Cook County Property Tax Incentive for the same property; and

 

WHEREAS, the municipality states the Class 6b SER is necessary for the industrial enterprise to maintain is operations on this specific real estate.  The municipal resolution cites the qualifications of this property to meet the definition of the Class 6b SER program; and

 

WHEREAS, industrial real estate is normally assessed at 25% of its market value, qualifying industrial real estate eligible for the Class 6b SER can receive a significant reduction in the level of assessment from the date that the application is approved by the Cook County Assessor.   Properties receiving Class 6b SER will be assessed at 10% of the market value for 10 years, 15% for the 11th year and 20% in the 12th year; and 

 

WHEREAS, the applicant understand that the Class 6b SER classification is not renewable and also the applicant vacates the specific real estate while the Class 6b SER is in place the designation will terminate and the assessment level will immediately revert back to the 25% assessment level; and 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Board of Commissioners of the County of Cook, that the President and Board of Commissioners validate the above-captioned property is meets the requirements of the Class 6bSER Program; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Office of the Cook County Assessor

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