Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-7770

• Record #: O2019-7770
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/18/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Final action: 10/16/2019
• Title: Tax levy, budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 64, Walden Parkway (Year 2020)
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 64 (Walden)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/24/2019		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/16/2019	7187	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/10/2019		Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development	Recommended to Pass
9/18/2019	4480	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OT CHICAGO
LOU I E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
September 18, 2019










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 public hearings for, and renewals of, various Special Service Areas.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.


Very truly yours

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to (i) Article VII, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois, (ii) the provisions ofthe Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), and (iii) 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 was published in the Journal of Proceedings ofthe City Council for such date at pages 70762 through 70840, and which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 64 (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 2.5 percent of the equalized assessed value ofthe 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 (the "City") generally (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the approximate street location ofthe Area as that territory consisting of Walden Parkway from 100th Street to 99th Street; and 99th Street from the alley west of Walden Parkway to 1732 West 99th Street on the east; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance include, but are not limited to: recruitment of new businesses t...