Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-8037

• Record #: O2014-8037
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/8/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/5/2014
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 32, Auburn Gresham/79th Street (Year 2015)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 32 (79th Street-Auburn Gresham)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2014		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/5/2014	94251	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/3/2014		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/8/2014	89000	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
October 8,2014









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 a scope of services, budget and management agreement for various special service areas.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor



Very truly yours,
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 (the "Code"); and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2005, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance (the "Original Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 32 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2005 through and including tax year 2014 (the "Original Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of two percent (2.0%) ofthe 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 (the "City") generally (the "Original Special Services"); and
WHEREAS, on December 11, 2013, the City Council enacted an ordinance (the "Levy Extension Ordinance") which (i) authorized certain special services in the Area distinct from the Original Special Services (the "Special Services"), and (ii) authorized the extension of the Original Period and of the levy of the Services Tax for the provision of the Special Services in the Area in addition to services provided generally by the Cit...