Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-7785

• Record #: O2017-7785
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/8/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/21/2017
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 33, Wicker Park/Bucktown (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 33 (Wicker Park/Bucktown)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2017		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/21/2017	62118	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/20/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
11/8/2017	58418	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
November 8,2017










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing a scope of services, budget and management agreement for 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 (the "Act"), and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time; and

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2005, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance (the "Original Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 33 (the "Original Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2005 through and including tax year 2014 (the "Original Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of three hundred four thousandths of a percent (0.304%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Services Tax") to provide certain special services in and for the Original Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally (the "Original Special Services"); and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2014, the City Council enacted an ordinance (the "Enlargement Ordinance") which (i) enlarged the boundaries of the Original Area (as enlarged, the "Area"), (ii) authorized certain special services in the Area distinct from the Original Special Services (the "Special Services"), and (iii) authorized the extension of the time period for which the levy of the Services Tax is...