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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 April 17, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., local time, at City Hall, 4th floor, Mayor’s Conference Room, 200 E. Third Street, City of Jamestown, 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).
WICKED JIMMY LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (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 acquisition of an interest in an approximately .58 parcel of land located at 115-121 West 3rd Street, City of Jamestown, County of Chautauqua, New York (the “Land”), (2) the renovation of an existing approximately 33,900 square foot building on the Land, together with the construction of an approximately 700 square foot addition thereto consisting of decks and rooftop space (collectively, the “Building”), together with related improvements to the Land, and (3) the acquisition of certain furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment and building materials necessary for the completion thereof (the “Equipment” and together with the Land and the Building, collectively, the “Project Facility”), all of the foregoing for use by the Applicant and/or its affiliates as brewery facility; (B) the granting of certain “financial assistance” (within the meaning of Section 854(14) of the General Municipal Law) with respect to the foregoing in the form of potential exemptions or partial exemptions from mortgage recording taxes, sales and use taxes and real property taxes (collectively, the “Financial Assistance”); (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; and (D) the sublease thereof by the Applicant or such other entity(ies) to Wicked Warren’s, LLC for purposes of the operation thereof.
The Project Facility would be initially owned, operated and/or managed by the Applicant (or such other designated entity(ies)).
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 mortgage recording taxes, sales and use taxes and real property taxes.
A representative of the Agency will hear and accept any comments that are made orally or in writing at the above-stated time and place. Comments may also be submitted to the Agency in writing or electronically to: rasmussc@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: April 3, 2024
COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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By: Richard E. Dixon
Chief Financial Officer
Additional File: Wicked Jimmy LLC Application
Additional File: Wicked Jimmy LLC -Public Haring Transcript