Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-7752

• Record #: O2019-7752
• 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. 20, South Western (Year 2020)
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 20 (South Western Avenue)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/23/2019		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/16/2019	7159	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 OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
September 18, 2019










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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Al 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.

Mayor
ORDINANCE


WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to (i) Article VII, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) of the Constitution of the 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 "Act"), and (iii) 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 was published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council (the "Journal") for such date at pages 54399 through 54422, as amended by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on November 12, 1997, which was published in the Journal for such date at pages 56749 through 56750, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on November 15, 2000, which was published in the Journal for such date at pages 45625 through 45630, and which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 20 (the "Initial Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 1997 through and including 2003 (the "Initial Levy Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of one percent (1.00%) 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 (the "City") generally; and
WHEREAS, the Initial Levy Period expired; and
WHEREAS, on December 8, 2004...