Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-6233

• Record #: O2017-6233
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/6/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/11/2017
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 21-2016, Lincoln Square (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 21-2016

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/26/2017		City Council	Signed by Mayor
10/19/2017		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/11/2017	56310	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/6/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/6/2017	54139	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 6, 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, and authorizing the establishment of, and public hearings for the extension of, 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 14, 2016, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 21-2016 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2016 through and including 2030, not to exceed an annual rate of 0.400 percent the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Services Tax") to provide certain special services in and for the Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, certain funds in Fund 156 ("Fund 156") in the amount of $3,400 are available for use in connection with the Area; and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area as that territory consisting approximately of the area on both sides of Lincoln Avenue from Foster Avenue on the north to Montrose Avenue on the south; both sides of Lawrence Avenue from Virginia Ave...