Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2013-9176

• Record #: O2013-9176
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/26/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 12/11/2013
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Transit Authority for provision of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Quincy Loop Station Project
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/11/2013	69095	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/9/2013		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
11/26/2013	66860	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
November 26, 2013










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority regarding improvements to the Quincy Street Station.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Mayor
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule municipality as described in Section 6(a), Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Transit Authority (the "CTA") is a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the City is authorized, under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seq., as amended (the "Act"), to finance projects that eradicate blight conditions and conservation factors that could lead to blight through the use of tax increment allocation financing for redevelopment projects; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and pursuant to three ordinances adopted on November 15, 2006 and published at pages 92019-92114 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council (the "Journal") of such date, the City Council of the City: (i) approved a certain redevelopment plan and project (the "Plan") for the LaSalle/Central Redevelopment Project Area (the "Area") within the City; (ii) designated the Area as a redevelopment project area; and (iii) adopted tax increment allocation financing (the "TIF Adoption Ordinance") for the Area; and

WHEREAS, under the Act and the TIF Adoption Ordinance, certain ad valorem taxes are allocated and, when collected, are paid to the Treasurer of the City for deposit by the Treasurer into the LaSalle/Central TIF Fund established to pay redevelopment project costs incurred in the...