Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-6785

• Record #: O2015-6785
• 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. 21, Lincoln Square (Year 2016)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 21 (Lincoln Square)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/16/2015		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/14/2015	8479	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 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 November 15, 2000, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 21 (the "Initial Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax for the period beginning in tax year 2000 through and including tax year 2009 (the "Initial Services Tax") in an amount not to exceed an annual rate of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein to provide certain special services in and for the Initial Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2006 the City Council enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which reestablished an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 21 (the "Area") with reconstituted boundaries, terminated the authorization to levy the Initial Services Tax, and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2006 through and including tax year 2015, not to exceed an annual rate of 0.25 percent of the equalized a...