Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-7297

• Record #: O2019-7297
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/18/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Final action: 11/13/2019
• Title: Public Hearing(s) on enlargement of Special Service Area No. 50, Calumet Heights/Avalon (Year 2020)
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 50 (Calumet Heights/Avalon)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/13/2019	8803	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/5/2019		Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development	Recommended to Pass
9/18/2019	4481	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OI CHICAGO
LORI i:. LIGH ITOOT

September 18, 2019










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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe 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,

Mayor
PUBLIC HEARING 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 of the Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Special Service Area Tax Law"), and (iii) the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Property Tax Code"); and

WHEREAS, on December 8, 2010, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Chicago (the "City") enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which was published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council for such date at pages 108870 through 108959, and which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 50 (the "Original Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2010 through and including 2019 (the "Original Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) ofthe equalized assessed value ofthe taxable property therein (the "Original Services Tax") to provide certain special services in and for the Original Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City generally (the "Original Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Original Area as that territory consisting approximately of 79th Street from the east side of Greenwood Avenue to the west side of Paxton Avenue; Stony Island Avenue from the south side of 79th Street to the t...