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ITEM # 8.1. <br /> City of <br /> Elk <br /> River <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Economic Development Authority <br /> FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development <br /> DATE: August 8, 2005 <br /> SUBJECT: Consider Recommendation to City Council for Approval of Tax <br /> Rebate Financing Assistance to Provo Enterprises, LLC <br /> (Alliance Machine, Inc.) <br /> Attachments <br /> • Public Hearing Notice,Elk River Star News,August 3, 2005 <br /> • • Northstar Business Park Preliminary Plat <br /> • Memo from Sid Inman of Ehlers &Associated dated August 3, 2005 <br /> • Resolution Approving Property Tax Abatement <br /> • DRAFT Tax Abatement and Business Subsidy Agreement <br /> Background <br /> On July 11, 2005, the EDA reviewed a Tax Rebate Financing (TRF) concept for Provo <br /> Enterprises,LLC (who will lease the property to Affiance Machine, Inc.) and recommended <br /> that the City Council call a public hearing for August 15, 2005 to consider providing TRF <br /> assistance to Provo Enterprises,LLC. Attached is the public hearing notice that appeared in <br /> the Elk River Star News on August 3,2005. <br /> Established in 1997,Affiance Machine, Inc. conducts light,precision machining of plastic <br /> and metal components for national and international clients in the aerospace,medical, <br /> defense and computer industries. The company is owned and managed by father and son, <br /> Pat Provo and Bryan Provo. Bryan is a graduate of Elk River High School. The company <br /> currently leases 18,000 SF in Maple Grove. <br /> It is proposed that Provo Enterprises,LLC will purchase the land"up front" from the EDA <br /> and that the City and County will reimburse the company 100% of the land cost over an <br /> estimated 10-year period. <br /> 11111 <br />