ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, pursuant to ordinances adopted on January 11, 1991, in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 ef seq. (the "Act"), the City Council (the "Corporate Authorities") of the City of Chicago (the "City"): (i) approved a redevelopment plan and project (the "Plan") for a portion of the City known as the "Chicago Read-Dunning Redevelopment Project Area" (the "Area") (the "Plan Ordinance"); (ii) designated the Area as a "redevelopment project area" (the "Designation Ordinance"); and (iii) adopted tax increment allocation financing for the Area (the "TIF Adoption Ordinance") (the Plan Ordinance, the Designation Ordinance and the TIF Adoption Ordinance are collectively referred to in this ordinance as the "TIF Ordinances"); and
WHEREAS, the Plan established the estimated dates of completion of the redevelopment project described in the Plan and of the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs to be January 11, 2014, which date is not more than twenty-three (23) years from the date of the adoption of the Designation Ordinance, and the Corporate Authorities made a finding in the Plan Ordinance that such date was not more than twenty-three (23) years from the date of the adoption of the Designation Ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-74.4-3(n)(3) of the Act in effect on the date of adoption of the TIF Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Public Act 91-478 (the "1999 Amendatory Act"), which became effective November 1, 1999, amended the Act, among other things, to (i) change the dates set forth in Section 11-74.4-3(n)(3) of the Act by which redevelopment projects must be completed and obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs must be retired to be no later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal treasurer as provided in Section 11-74.4-8(b) of the Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied in the twenty...
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