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pplications for UD G's
pprov of commerci tax
exemption, d an amendm nt
to th to nship Urbandal De­
velopment plan were approved
by the nton To hip bo rd.
CI r J e Scott and trustee
rtin Lane nd Glenda Collins
ere b nt Tue day night
ay 21.
Th board held a public
hearing on it intention to
pply for 0 600,000 UDAG .
Th fir t is for Fairplain De­
velopment which 0 ns and
operate the airplain all.
Fairplain i contempl ting
14 million dollar reno ation
project to b completed in
three ph e th t would bring
in manufa turers outlets.
un G grant are given to
local municipalitie to loan to
local busi ne e' for improve­
ment. Supervisor Larry ielsen
. d th UD G, hen p . d,
ould go into the township
r volvirtg loan fund.
The cond UDAG was for
S an Oil propo d true plaza
on Pipestone and 1-94, that
ould co total of 3.1 million.
Durin public hearing 011 the
$6000 ,000 UDAG, illiam
Shaver, pok man for Pyra-
mid Oil, which oper te the
arnous True Plaza in tn
to n hip well veral
Philip 66 ation, said his
company felt Swan Oil
gettin unfair dvanta . h
the UDAG and comrneric
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rine Pfc. CLYDE. POL-
L S, n of r. and
Clyde E. Pollins Sr. 0 1094
c . ter, Benton rbor I,
recently reported for duty ith
3rd arin Divi 'on on 0 in wa.
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better used to create job that
will return higher arie.
Charl Schrenk county
economic development dir tor
t al of tax exempt
bond for Swan wa till being
contemplated, and
cert inty. He
Sh ver h d 'more c­
curate point" and tha the
county development corpor tion
and the to nship board ould
take them under con . de tion.
The board approved a 50%,
12-year t exernpti n on
2 785 000 of the real property
and improvements in the Swan
Oil proje t. chren id
that a le than the total
project co t and that the figure
as not firm. added th t
S an would report to the tax
e or with the final values­
as they became nown.
Schrenk dded th t he a
glad to eth change in attitude
in that the to nship was no
Ion er pushing for only m nu-
t cturing jobs. Schren was
refering to past board policy .
to approve only industrial,
and not commercial tax ex ..
emption. Schrenk said' e are
moving towards a more rvice
oriented society", and the
attitude change was important
to future economic growth.
The board amended it UT­
band le Industrial Park develop­
ment plan, to make it easier
for busines e to . for waivers
and variance from the original
board plan. ow busine
need only request a waiver,
all 0 the planning commi ion
to review it and the board
ould have final y.
Th bo rd a reed to spend
675 in engineering consultant
fee to erritt En ineering and
to pend 2 550 to build ditches
and catch ba ins in the north­
west corner of Urb ndale. The­
lamco, Inc., complaining f
rin Pvt. YO D
CKELLER, daughter of
Thorn L. c eller of 1231
Superior, Benton Harbor, I,
h s completed th Basic Supply
Stoc Control Cour .
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poor drain th t re ulted in
floodin in th ir building.
The board also greed to loan
Th lamco 15 000 at 8*%
50 parcel. Thelamco put
up it Urbandale property and
improvem nts curity on the
loan, th township greed to
giv Thelamco the alleyw y that
cuts through it 5 new parcel.
iel n id he w glad to
give the to Thelarnco
th t they would go on the
t rolls and th to n hip
ould no longer h ve to main-
tain them. iel n jokingly
. d each p reel as bi enough
to pu a 10 by 30 foot bu One
n them - they
fe ibl for busine
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