Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-3570

• Record #: O2022-3570
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/26/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/16/2022
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Board of Education for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance to renovate and construct new aquaponics classroom at Carl Schurz High School, 3601 N Milwaukee Ave
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2022	56117	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/14/2022		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
10/26/2022	52729	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

October 26. 2022










TO THE HONORABLE, il lE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development. I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the execution of intergovernmental agreements with the Chicago Board of Education to provide tax increment financing funds for improvements at two schools.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.


Very truly yours.

Mayor
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a municipal corporation and home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe State of Illinois, and as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (the "Board") is a body politic and corporate, organized under and existing pursuant to Article 34 of the School Code of the State of Illinois, 105 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of an act to authorize the creation of public building commissions and to define their rights, powers and duties under the Public Building Commission Act (50 ILCS 20/1 et seq.), the City Council of the City (the "City Council") created the Public Building Commission of Chicago to facilitate the acquisition and construction of public buildings and facilities; and

WHEREAS, the City is authorized under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seg., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), to finance projects that eradicate blight conditions through the use of tax increment allocation financing for redevelopment projects; and

WHEREAS, under 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3(q)(7), such ad valorem taxes which pursuant to the Act have been collected and are allocated to pay redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof ("Incre...