Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-7821

• Record #: O2015-7821
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/28/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/18/2015
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 56, Bronzeville (Year 2016)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 56 (Bronzeville)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/27/2015		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/23/2015		City Council	Signed by Mayor
11/18/2015	13267	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/16/2015		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/28/2015	11242	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 December 12, 2012, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 56 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2012 through and including 2021, not to exceed an annual rate of 2.1 % of the equalized assessed value of the 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 generally (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area as that territory consisting approximately of the properties fronting both sides of 47th Street from the west side of St. Lawrence Avenue to the east side of State Street; the east side of State Street from the north side of 48th Street up to and including 4621 S. State Street; the west side of Indiana Avenue from and including 4638 S. Indiana Avenue up to and including 4710 S. Indiana Avenue; the west side of Prairie from the north side of 47th Street up to and including 4716 S. Prairie; the west side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from and including 4636 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive up to and including 4704 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; the east side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from the south side of 46th Street up to and including 4709 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; and the east side of Vincennes Avenue from the south side of 47th Street up to and including 46...