Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-7781

• Record #: O2017-7781
• 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 and amendment of 2017 levy, budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 17, Central Lakeview (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 17 (Central Lake View)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2017		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/21/2017	62014	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/20/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
11/8/2017	58418	City Council	Referred

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 October 28,1997, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Chicago enacted an ordinance which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 17 (the "Initial Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 1997 through and including tax year 2003 (the "Initial Levy Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the Initial Area to provide certain special services in and for the Initial Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago (the "City") generally; and

WHEREAS, the Initial Levy Period has expired; and

WHEREAS, on December 8, 2004, the City Council enacted an ordinance which again established a special service area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 17 (the "Second Area"), as amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on November 1, 2006, to provide certain special services in the Second Area in addition to services provided generally by the City and authorizing a levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2004 through and including 2013, not to exceed an annual rate of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the equalized assessed value of all property within the Second Area to provide such services for an additional period of 10 years (the "Second Services Tax"); and

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2011, the City Council enacted an ordinance, as amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on November 16, 2016, (co...