Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-6474

• Record #: O2015-6474
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/24/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/14/2015
• Title: Budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 3, Chicago Southwest (Year 2016)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 3 (Chicago Southwest)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/16/2015		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/14/2015	8439	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/13/2015		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/24/2015	4694	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 24, 2015









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 2016 budgets and service provider agreements 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 secj., as amended from time to time (the "Act") and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seg., as amended from time to time; and

WHEREAS, on October 31,1983, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance, as amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on May 30,1984, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on July 13, 1988, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on September 14, 1988 (collectively, the "Establishment Ordinance"), which.established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 3 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax (the "Services Tax") not to exceed an annual rate of one and twenty-five hundredths of one percent (1.25%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein to provide certain special services in and for the Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and

WHEREAS, certain funds in Fund 328 ("Fund 328") in the amount of $23,790 are available for use in connection with the Area; and

WHEREAS, the special services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance included recruitment of new businesses to the Area, loan packaging services, rehabilitation activiti...