Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2013-7952

• Record #: O2013-7952
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/16/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/13/2013
• Title: Budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 10, Back of the Yards (Year 2014)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 10 (Back of the Yards)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2013		City Council	Signed by Mayor
11/17/2013		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/13/2013	63924	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/12/2013		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/16/2013	60657	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
October 16,2013










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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing a budget and service provider agreement for 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 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 September 13, 1989, 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 15, 1995 (collectively, the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 10 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax not to exceed an annual rate of one and nine tenths percent (1.9%) 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 approximately bounded by the area fronting in whole or in part on 47th Street from the Conrail Railroad tracks on the west (2200 West) to Loomis Avenue on the east and on Ashland Avenue from the Conrail Railroad tracks on the north (4000 South) to 49th Street on the South; and

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