Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-9245

• Record #: O2019-9245
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/26/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Final action: 12/18/2019
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 72, The Village: Austin Chicago Ave Cultural Corridor (Year 2020)
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 72

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/19/2019		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
12/18/2019	11843	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/3/2019		Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development	Recommended to Pass
11/26/2019	10764	City Council	Referred

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT MAYOR
November 26, 2019










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.

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to (i) Article VII, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois, (ii) the provisions ofthe Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), and (iii) 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 was published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council for such date at pages 39281 through 39294, and which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 72 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax for the period beginning in 2016 through and including 2025, not to exceed an annual rate of 1.750 percent (1.750%) of the equalized assessed value ofthe 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 (the "City") generally (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area as that territory consisting approximately of both sides of West Chicago Avenue between Central Avenue on the west and Kilpatrick Avenue on the east, and along both sides of Cicero Avenue between Rice Street on the north and Ohio Street on the south; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance inclu...