Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-8428

• Record #: O2017-8428
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/21/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 12/13/2017
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 63, West Humboldt Park (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 63 (West Humboldt Park)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/15/2017		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
12/13/2017	62828	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/11/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
11/21/2017	61142	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 December 11, 2013, 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 63 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2013 through and including 2022, not to exceed an annual rate of 1.5 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 Chicago Avenue between Albany Avenue and Karlov Avenue; 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, 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 West Humboldt Park Special Service Area Commission (the "Commission") to advise the City Council regardin...