Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-7819

• Record #: O2015-7819
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/28/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/18/2015
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 52, 51st Street (Year 2016)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 52 (51st Street)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/27/2015		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/23/2015		City Council	Signed by Mayor
11/18/2015	13262	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/16/2015		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/28/2015	11242	City Council	Referred

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 16, 2011, 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 52 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2011 through and including 2020, not to exceed an annual rate of three 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 both sides of 51st Street from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the east side to the Metra Railroad tracks on the west side; and
WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance include, but are not limited to: recruitment of new businesses to the Area, rehabilitation activities, maintenance and beautification activities, new construction, security, coordination of promotional and advertising activities, strategic planning for the Area, and other technical assistance activities to promote commercial and economic development (which may include, but are not limited to, streetscape improvements, strategic transit/parking improvement including parking management studies, and enhanced land use oversight and control initiatives); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance provided for the appointment of the 51st Street Specia...