Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-7782

• Record #: O2017-7782
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/8/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/21/2017
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 18, North Halsted (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 18 (North Halsted Street)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2017		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/21/2017	62058	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/20/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
11/8/2017	58418	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 October 28, 1997, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 18 (the "Initial Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 1997 through and including tax year 2003 (the "Initial Levy Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of four tenths of one percent (0.4%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the Initial Area to provide certain special services in and for the Initial Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and

WHEREAS, the Initial Levy Period has expired; and

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2004, the City Council enacted an ordinance which reestablished a special service area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 18 (the "Second Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax for the period beginning in 2004 through and including 2013 (the "Second Levy Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of forty-two one-hundredths of one percent (.42%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the Second Area to provide certain special services in and for the Second Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2007, the City Council enacted an ordinance to expand the boundaries of the Second Area by the addition of a single property (as expanded, the "Third Area"); and

WHEREAS, on December 2, 2009 the City Council enacted an ordinance (the "...