OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
October 26. 2022
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development, 1 transmit herewith ordinance authorizing the third amendment to the 79th Street Corridor tax increment financing redevelopment project and plan.
Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, pursuant to ordinances adopted on July 8,1998, and published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Chicago (the "Journal") for such date at pages 72439 to 72510, and under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4.1 et seg., as amended (the "Act"), the City Council (the "Corporate Authorities") of the City of Chicago (the "City"): (i) approved a redevelopment plan and project (the "Original Plan") for a portion of the City known as the "79th Street Corridor Redevelopment Project Area" (the "Area") (the "Original Plan Ordinance"); (ii) designated the Area as a "redevelopment project area" within the requirements of the Act (the "Designation Ordinance"); and (iii) adopted tax increment financing for the Area (the "TIF Adoption Ordinance" and together with the Original Plan Ordinance and the Designation Ordinance, referred to herein collectively as the "TIF Ordinances"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Plan established the estimated dates of completion of the redevelopment project described in the Original Plan and of the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs to be not more than twenty-three (23) years from the date of the adoption of the Designation Ordinance, such ultimate retirement date occurring in the year 2021, and the Corporate Authorities made a finding in the Original Plan Ordinance that such date was not more than twenty-three (23) years from the date of ...
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