Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-7133

• Record #: O2015-7133
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/24/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/14/2015
• Title: Amendment of budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 1, State Street (Year 2015)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 1 (State Street (Loop))

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2015	8549	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/13/2015		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/24/2015	4693	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 24, 2015









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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing an amendment to the 2015 budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Areas # 1 and # 27.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor


Very truly yours,
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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., (the "Special Service Area Act") and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time; and

WHEREAS, on July 7, 1977, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance, as amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on November 17, 1993, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on December 21,1994, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on December 11,1996 (collectively, the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 1 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax not to exceed an annual rate of .405 percent (.405%) 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 including those properties fronting on State Street between Wacker Drive and Congress Parkway; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance included the recruitment of new busines...