Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2013-8290

• Record #: O2013-8290
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/16/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/13/2013
• Title: Budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 35, Lincoln Avenue (Year 2014)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 35 (Lincoln Avenue)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2013		City Council	Signed by Mayor
11/17/2013		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/13/2013	64446	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/12/2013		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/16/2013	60657	City Council	Referred

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
October 16,2013










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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, 1 transmit herewith ordinances authorizing a budget and service provider agreement for various Special Service Areas.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Mayor
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 December 7, 2005, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 35 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2005 through and including tax year 2014, not to exceed an annual rate of 0.266 percent of the equalized assessed value of the 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 generally (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area consisting of the area along Lincoln Avenue from Diversey Parkway to Webster Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance include but are not limited to maintenance and beautification activities, coordinated marketing and promotional activities, parking and transit programs, area strategic planning, business retention/recruitment initiatives, building facade improvements, securi...