Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-6260

• Record #: O2017-6260
• 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. 43, Devon Avenue (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 43 (Devon Avenue)

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	56363	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 November 1, 2006, 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 43 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2006 through and including tax year 2015 (the "Original Period") not to exceed an annual rate of 0.40% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Original 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 "Original Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, on December 10, 2014, the City Council enacted an ordinance (the " Levy Extension Ordinance") which (i) authorized certain special services in the Area distinct from the Original Special Services (the "Special Services"), (ii) increased the maximum rate of the Original Services Tax from an annual rate of 0.40% to 1.5% of the equaliz...