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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) will hold a public hearing on November 12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., local time, at SUNY Fredonia Center for Innovation & Economic Development, City of Dunkirk, County of Chautauqua, New York, pursuant to Section 859-a of the General Municipal Law, as amended (the “Act”). The purpose of the public hearing is to provide an opportunity for all interested parties to present their views with respect to the “Project” and the “Financial Assistance” (as such terms are defined below).
WELLS ENTERPRISES, INC. (including an entity to be formed for the purposes described herein, collectively, the “Applicant”), presented an application for financial assistance (the “Application”) to the Agency, which Application requested that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the “Project”) consisting of the following: (A)(1) the retention of an interest in approximately 23 parcels of land aggregating approximately 18.3 acres located at 1 Ice Cream Drive, City of Dunkirk, County of Chautauqua, New York (the “Land”), (2) the construction of an approximately133,000 square foot addition (the “Addition”) to the existing approximately 217,500 square foot building located on the Land (the “Existing Building” and together with the Addition, collectively, the “Building” and together with the Land, collectively, the “Facility”), together with related improvements to the Land, and (3) the acquisition of certain furniture, fixtures, machinery and equipment (the “Equipment”) necessary for the completion of the Addition (collectively, the “Project Facility”), all of the foregoing for use by the Applicant and/or its affiliates as a manufacturing facility; (B) the granting of certain “financial assistance” (within the meaning of Section 854(14) of the General Municipal Law) with respect to the Addition in the form of potential exemptions or partial exemptions from real property taxes and sales and use taxes (collectively, the “Financial Assistance”); and (C) the lease (with an obligation to purchase), license or sale of the Project Facility to the Applicant or such other entity(ies) as may be designated by the Applicant and agreed upon by the Agency.
The Project Facility would be initially owned, operated and/or managed by the Applicant (or such other entity(ies) designated by the Applicant and approved by the Agency).
The Applicant (or such other designated entity(ies)) would receive the Financial Assistance from the Agency in the form of potential exemptions or partial exemptions from real property taxes and sales and use taxes.
A representative of the Agency will hear and accept any comments that are made orally at the above-stated time and place. Comments may also be submitted to the Agency in writing or electronically to: strandbr@chqgov.com.
A representative of the Agency will provide a report or reasonable summary of all such comments to the Agency’s members.
Subject to applicable law, copies of the Application, including an analysis of the costs and benefits of the Project, are available for review by the public online at www.ccida.com.
The public hearing will be streamed on the Agency’s website in real-time and a recording of the public hearing will be posted on the Agency’s website, all in accordance with Section 857 of the New York General Municipal Law, as amended.
Dated: October 28, 2024
COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
By: Richard E. Dixon
Chief Financial Officer
Additional Files:
Wells Enterprises, INC. – Application
Wells Enterprises, INC. – Public Hearing Transcript