Record #: O2013-6504   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/11/2013 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 10/16/2013
Title: Public hearing(s) on establishment of Special Service Area No. 64, Walden
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 64 (Walden)
Attachments: 1. O2013-6504.pdf
 
 
CHICAGO October 16. 2013 To the President and Members of the City Council: Your Committee on Finance having had under consideration
 
 
An ordinance authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold a public hearing in order to establish Special Service Area Number 64.
 
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Having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body pass the proposed Ordinance Transmitted Herewith
 
(a (viva voce vote
 
 
dissenting vote(s)7
 
This recommendation was concurred in by
of members of the committee with
 
 
 
 
 
Respectfully submitted
 
Chairman
 
Document No.
 
 
 
 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF CHICAGO
 
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
 
September 11,2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
At the request ofthe Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing public hearings to reconstitute and establish various Special Service Areas.
 
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
 
Mayor
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
ORDINANCE
 
 
WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to Article VII, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and pursuant to the provisions of the Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time, and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq as amended from time to time (the "Property Tax Code"); and
 
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") finds that it is in the public interest that consideration be given to the creation of an area within the City of Chicago to be known and designated as Special Service Area Number 64 (the "Area") and to the authorization of the levy of a special annual services tax (the "Services Tax") for a period of ten (10) years within the Area for the purposes set forth herein; that the Area is contiguous; and that said special services are in addition to municipal services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally, and it is, therefore, in the best interests of the City of Chicago that the creation of the Area and the levy of the Services Tax within the Area for the services to be provided be considered; now, therefore,
 
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:
 
SECTION 1. The preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated into this text as if set out herein in full.
 
SECTION 2. A public hearing shall be held by the Committee on Finance of the City Council of the City of Chicago at the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Chicago, Illinois (the "Hearing") to consider the creation of the Area and the authorization of the levy of the Services Tax. At the Hearing there will be considered the levy of the Services Tax upon the taxable property within the Area sufficient to produce revenues required to provide special services in the Area. The Services Tax shall not exceed the annual sum of 2.5 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within the Area. The Services Tax shall be authorized to be levied in tax years 2013 through and including 2022. The proposed amount of the tax levy for special services for the initial year for which taxes will be levied within the Area in tax year 2013 is $9,150. The Services Tax shall be in addition to all other taxes provided by law and shall be levied pursuant to the provisions of the Property Tax Code, as amended from time to time. The special services to be considered include, but are not limited to: recruitment of new businesses to the Area, rehabilitation activities, maintenance and beautification activities, new construction, security, promotional and advertising activities, strategic planning for the Area, and other technical assistance activities to promote commercial and economic development (which may include, but are not limited to, streetscape improvements, strategic transit/parking improvement including parking management studies, and enhanced land use oversight and control initiatives),which will be hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Special Services." The Special Services shall be in addition to services provided to and by the City of Chicago generally. The Area shall consist of territory described on Exhibit 1 hereto and hereby
 
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incorporated herein. The approximate street location of said territory consists of Walden Parkway from 100th Street to 99th Street; 99th Street from the alley west of Walden to 1732 W 99th Street on the east.
 
 
SECTION 3. Notice of the Hearing shall be published at least once, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the Hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Chicago. In addition, notice by mail shall be given by depositing said notice in the United States mail addressed to the person or persons in whose name the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on each property lying within the Area. The notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the time set for the Hearing. In the event taxes for the last preceding year were not paid, the notice shall be sent to the person last listed on the tax rolls prior to that year as the owner of the property.
 
 
 
SECTION 4. Notice of the Hearing shall be substantially in the following form:
 
 
 
Notice of Public Hearing
 
 
 
City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 64.
 
 
Notice is hereby given that at      o'clock      .m., on the      day
of      , 20          at the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 121
North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, a public hearing will be held by the Committee on Finance of the City Council of the City of Chicago to consider the creation of an area within the City of Chicago to be known and designated as Special Service Area Number 64 (the "Area") and the authorization of the levy of a special annual services tax (the "Services Tax") within the Area. The Services Tax under consideration shall be authorized to be levied in tax years 2013 through and including 2022. The purpose of creating the Area shall be to provide special services within the Area, which may include, but are not limited to:     recruitment of new businesses to the Area, rehabilitation activities, maintenance and beautification activities, new construction, security, promotional and advertising activities, strategic planning for the Area, and other technical assistance activities to promote commercial and economic development (which may include, but are not limited to, streetscape improvements, strategic
 
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transit/parking improvement including parking management studies, and enhanced land use oversight and control initiatives), which will be hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Special Services."
 
 
At the hearing there will be considered a Services Tax to be levied against the taxable property included within the Area for the provision of the Special Services not to exceed the annual sum of 2.5 percent of the equalized assessed value of taxable property within the Area. The proposed amount of the tax levy for special services for the initial year for which taxes will be levied within the Area in tax year 2013 is $9,150. The Services Tax shall be in addition to all other taxes provided by law and shall be levied pursuant to the provisions of the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time.
 
 
The Area shall consist of the territory described herein and incorporated hereto as Exhibit 1. The approximate street location of said territory consists of Walden Parkway from 100th Street to 99th Street; 99th Street from the alley west of Walden to 1732 W 99th Street on the east.
 
 
At the public hearing any interested person, including all persons owning taxable real property located within the proposed Area, affected by the creation of the Area and the levy of the Services Tax may file with the City Clerk of the City of Chicago written objections to and may be heard orally with respect to any issues embodied in this notice. The Committee on Finance of the City Council of the City of Chicago shall hear and determine all protests and objections at said hearing, and said hearing may be adjourned to another date without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes fixing the time and place it will reconvene.
 
 
If a petition signed by at least fifty-one percent (51%) ofthe electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed Area and by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the landowners included within the boundaries of the proposed Area objecting to the creation of the Area and the levy of the Services Tax therein is filed with the City Clerk of the City of Chicago within sixty (60) days following the final adjournment of the public hearing, the Area shall not be
 
 
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EXHIBIT 1
 
 
 
Legal Description and Permanent Index Numbers
 
 
 
See attached pages.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1      WALDEN, S. S. A. 64
2
3      ALL THAT PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 7 IN TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH,
  1. RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED
  2. AS FOLLOWS: 6
7      BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3 IN ORLANDO J. BUCK'S
  1. SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 10, 11, AND 12 IN BLOCK 12 IN WALDEN ADDITION TO
  2. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, SAID SOUTHWEST CORNER BEING ALSO THE POINT OF
  1. INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET WITH THE EAST LINE
  2. OF THE ALLEY FIRST EAST OF SOUTH LONGWOOD DRIVE LYING BETWEEN WEST
  3. 99TH STREET AND WEST 98TH STREET; 13
14      THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF THE ALLEY FIRST EAST OF
  1. SOUTH LONGWOOD DRIVE LYING BETWEEN WEST 99TH STREET AND WEST 98TH
  2. STREET TO THE NORTH LINE SAID ORLANDO J. BUCK'S SUBDIVISION;
17
18      THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF SAID SUBDIVISION AND ITS
19      EAST EXTENSION TO THE EAST LINE OF WALDEN PARKWAY;
20
21      THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF WALDEN PARKWAY TO THE
  1. SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY FIRST NORTH OF WEST 98TH STREET LYING
  2. BETWEEN THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD AND SOUTH
  3. LONGWOOD DRIVE;
25
26      THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY FIRST NORTH OF
  1. WEST 98TH STREET LYING BETWEEN THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC
  2. RAILROAD AND SOUTH LONGWOOD DRIVE TO THE WEST LINE OF THE CHICAGO,
  3. ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD; 30
31      THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND
  1. AND PACIFIC RAILROAD TO THE WEST EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF THE
  2. ALLEY  FIRST  SOUTH   OF  WEST  95TH   STREET  LYING  BETWEEN SOUTH
  3. VANDERPOEL AVENUE AND SOUTH WOOD STREET; 35
36      THENCE EAST ALONG SAID WEST EXTENSION AND SAID NORTH LINE OF
  1. THE ALLEY FIRST SOUTH OF WEST 95TH STREET LYING BETWEEN SOUTH
  2. VANDERPOEL AVENUE AND SOUTH WOOD STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE
  3. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD; 40
41      THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND
  1. AND PACIFIC RAILROAD TO THE WEST EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
  2. ALLEY  FIRST  NORTH  OF  WEST  99TH   STREET  LYING   BETWEEN SOUTH
  3. VANDERPOEL AVENUE AND SOUTH WOOD STREET;
 
Date: August 22, 2013
 
Alfred Benesch and Company
205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2400, Chicago, II., 60601
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45
46      THENCE EAST ALONG SAID WEST EXTENSION AND SAID SOUTH LINE OF
  1. THE ALLEY FIRST NORTH OF WEST 99TH STREET LYING BETWEEN SOUTH
  2. VANDERPOEL AVENUE AND SOUTH WOOD STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE
  3. WEST 16 FEET OF LOT 13 IN BLOCK 2 IN MISS DUNN'S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 30
  4. AND LOTS 77 TO 84, INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 6 IN HILLARD AND DOBBINS' FIRST
  5. ADDITION TO WASHINGTON HEIGHTS; 52
53      THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF THE WEST 16 FEET OF LOT 13 IN
  1. BLOCK 2 IN MISS DUNN'S SUBDIVISION AND ITS SOUTH EXTENSION TO THE
  2. SOUTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET; 56
57      THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET TO THE
  1. EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1.75 FEET OF LOT 5 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12 AND
  2. 13 IN M.E. HILLARD'S SUBDIVISION; 60
61      THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1.75 FEET OF LOT 5
  1. IN THE SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12 AND 13 IN M.E. HILLARD'S SUBDIVISION TO THE
  2. SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 5 IN SAID SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12 AND 13 IN M.E.
  3. HILLARD'S SUBDIVISION; 65
66      THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 1 THROUGH 5 IN THE
  1. SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12 AND 13 IN M.E. HILLARD'S SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST
  2. LINE OF SAID LOT 1 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12 AND 13 IN M.E. HILLARD'S
  3. SUBDIVISION; 70
71      THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 1 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF
  1. LOTS 12 AND 13 IN M.E. HILLARD'S SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST
  2. 99TH STREET; 74
75      THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET TO
  1. NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 7 OF WALDEN
  2. TERRANCE ADDITION TO CHICAGO, A SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF THE
  3. NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP
  4. 37 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SAID EAST LINE
  5. ALSO BEING THE WEST LINE OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC
  6. RAILROAD; 82
83      THENCE SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE
  1. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST
  2. 100TH STREET; 86
87      THENCE WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF WEST 100TH STREET TO THE
88      SOUTH EXTENSION OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ALLEY FIRST EAST OF SOUTH
 
Date: August 22, 2013
 
Alfred Benesch and Company
205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2400, Chicago, II., 60601
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  1. LONGWOOD DRIVE LYING BETWEEN WEST 100TH STREET AND WEST 99TH
  2. STREET; 91
92      THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EXTENSION, SAID CENTERLINE AND ITS
93      NORTH EXTENSION TO THE NORTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET;
94
95      THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF WEST 99TH STREET TO THE
96      POINT OF BEGINNING;
97
98      ALL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
99 100 101
102    Legal Description completed August 22, 2013 by: 103
104    Alfred Benesch & Company
105
106
107       
  1. Illinois Professional Land Surveyor No. 3685
  2. License expires November 30, 2014
 
Date: August 22, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alfred Benesch and Company
205 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2400, Chicago, II., 60601
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SSA 64
 
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created and the Services Tax shall not be levied.
 
 
 
By order of the City Council of the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
 
 
 
Dated this      day of      , 20_.
 
 
 
 
City Clerk, City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
 
 
 
 
 
 
SECTION 5.    This ordinance shall become effective from its passage and approval.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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