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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 62.
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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 of the 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 62 (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 0.50 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 $75,000. 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 not limited to: 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
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on Exhibit 1 hereto and hereby incorporated herein. The approximate street location of said territory consists of the Edens Expressway between Hiawatha Avenue and Glenlake Avenue, Cicero Avenue between Glenlake Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and the Edens Expressway between Peterson Avenue and Caldwell Avenue to the west; Hiawatha Avenue on the north; the alley east of Cicero Avenue and Keating Avenue on the east; and Caldwell Avenue on the south.
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 62.
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 62 (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 not limited to: 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."
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 0.50 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
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EXHIBIT 1
Legal Description and Permanent Index Numbers See attached pages.
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CICERO / PETERSON SSA
ALL THAT PART OF SECTIONS 3 AND 4, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
- BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF CICERO AVENUE WITH THE NORTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4;
- THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE TO A POINT THAT IS 40 FEET EAST OF A LINE THAT IS 240 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF CICERO AVENUE AFORESAID;
- THENCE SOUTH, PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PETERSON AVENUE, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE;
- THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE TO THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY HALF OF LOT 9 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE IN TOWNSHIPS 40 AND 41 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING ALSO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY (INTERSTATE 94);
- THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY HALF OF LOT 9 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION, AND ITS SOUTHWESTERLY EXTENSION, BEING ALSO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY (INTERSTATE 94), TO THE CENTERLINE OF CALDWELL AVENUE;
- THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF CALDWELL AVENUE TO THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF THE 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EAST OF CICERO AVENUE;
- THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY EXTENSION AND SAID EAST LINE OF THE 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EAST OF CICERO AVENUE, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 13 IN BLOCK 5 IN CICERO AND PETERSON AVENUE ADDITION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOTS 3, 4, 8, 9 OF OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE AFORESAID;
- THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 13 IN BLOCK 5 IN CICERO AND PETERSON AVENUE ADDITION, AND ITS EASTERLY EXTENSION, TO THE CENTERLINE OF KEATING AVENUE;
Order No. 2013-17724 Ordered By: Camiros Ltd. May 6,2013
Chicago Guarantee Survey Company 4505 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60630
- THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID CENTER LINE OF KEATING AVENUE TO THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 4 IN CICERO AND PETERSON AVENUE ADDITION AFORESAID;
- THENCE WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY EXTENSION AND SOUTH LINE OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 4 IN CICERO AND PETERSON AVENUE ADDITION, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 5 IN BLOCK 4 IN CICERO AND PETERSON AVENUE ADDITION, BEING ALSO THE EAST LINE OF THE 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EAST OF CICERO AVENUE;
- THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF THE 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EAST OF CICERO AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF HIAWATHA AVENUE, BEING ALSO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOTS 8 AND 11 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE AFORESAID;
- THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE OF HIAWATHA AVENUE, BEING ALSO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOTS 8 AND 11 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE AFORESAID; TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY (INTERSTATE 94);
- THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY (INTERSTATE 94) TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOTS 11 AND 8 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE AFORESAID;
- THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 11 AND 8 IN OGDEN AND JONES' SUBDIVISION OF BRONSON'S TRACT IN CALDWELL'S RESERVE TO LINE THAT IS 240 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF CICERO AVENUE;
- THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID LINE THAT IS 240 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF CICERO AVENUE TO A LINE THAT IS 537.17 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE;
16. THENCE EAST ALONG SAID LINE THAT IS 537.17 FEET NORTH OF AND
PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE TO THE WEST
LINE OF CICERO AVENUE;
17. THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID THE WEST LINE OF CICERO AVENUE TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE WEST
Order No. 2013-17724 Chicago Guarantee Survey Company
Ordered By: Camiros Ltd. 4505 N. Elston Ave.
May 6, 2013 Chicago, Illinois 60630
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LINE OF CICERO AVENUE WITH THE NORTH LINE OF PETERSON AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4;
63. ALL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Order No. 2013-17724 Chicago Guarantee Survey Company
Ordered By: Camiros Ltd. 4505 N. Elston Ave.
May 6, 2013 Chicago, Illinois 60630
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CICERO/PETERSON SSA PIN LIST
PIN NUMBER 13-03-125-004-0000 13-03-125-009-0000 13-03-125-023-0000 13-03-125-024-0000 13-03-125-025-0000 13-03-125-026-0000 13-03-125-027-1001 13-03-125-027-1002 13-03-125-027-1003 13-03-125-027-1004 13-03-125-027-1005 13-03-125-027-1006 13-03-126-001-0000 13-03-126-002-0000 13-03-126-003-0000 13-03-126-004-0000 13-03-126-005-0000 13-03-126-006-0000 13-03-126-007-0000 13-03-126-017-0000 13-03-126-018-0000 13-03-126-019-0000 13-03-126-026-0000 13-03-126-027-0000 13-03-300-022-0000 13-03-300-023-0000 13-04-229-046-0000 13-04-229-050-0000 13-04-229-052-0000 13-04-229-054-0000 13-04-229-055-0000 13-04-402-004-0000 13-04-402-005-0000
the Area in tax year 2013 is $75,000. 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 the Edens Expressway between Hiawatha Avenue and Glenlake Avenue, Cicero Avenue between Glenlake Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and the Edens Expressway between Peterson Avenue and Caldwell Avenue to the west; Hiawatha Avenue on the north; the alley east of Cicero Avenue and Keating Avenue, on the east; and Caldwell Avenue on the south.
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%) of the 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 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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