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Record #: SO2014-6679   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 7/30/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 9/10/2014
Title: Amendment of appropriation, tax levy and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 55 (Year 2014)
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 55 (111th/Kedzie)
Attachments: 1. O2014-6679.pdf, 2. SO2014-6679.pdf
SUBSTITUTE 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 and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time; and

WHEREAS, on December 12, 2012, 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 55 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2012 through and including 2021, not to exceed an annual rate of 0.85 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 as that territory consisting approximately of the area fronting the north side of 111th Street starting from and including 3004 W. 111th Street to Drake Avenue; the south side of 111th Street from Sacramento Avenue up to and including 3551 W. 111th Street; the east side of Trumbull Avenue starting from and including 11107 S. Trumbull Avenue to 111th Street; the west side of Christiana Avenue starting from and including 11108 S. Christiana Avenue to 111th Street; the west side of Sawyer Avenue starting from and including 11040 S. Sawyer Avenue to 111th Street; the east side of Sawyer Avenue starting from and including 11043 S. Sawyer Avenue to 111th Street; the west side of Kedzie Avenue starting from and including 11020 S. Kedzie Avenue to 11118 S. Kedzie Avenue; the east side of Kedzie Avenue starting from 10953 S. Kedzie.AvenueJo 11125 S. Kedzie Avenue; the east side of Albany Avenue sta...

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