Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-9685

• Record #: O2014-9685
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 12/10/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 12/10/2014
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 33, Wicker Park/Bucktown (Year 2015)
• Sponsors: Dept./Agency
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 33 (Wicker Park/Bucktown)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/17/2014		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
12/11/2014		City Council	Signed by Mayor
12/10/2014	99410	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/8/2014		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
12/8/2014		Committee on Finance	Direct Introduction

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 "Property Tax Code"); and

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2005, 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 33 (the "Original 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 three hundred four thousandths of a percent (0.304%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Services Tax") to provide certain special services in and for the Original Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally (the "Original Special Services"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City (i) to enlarge the boundaries of the Original Area (as enlarged, the "Area"), (ii) authorize certain special services in the Area distinct from the Original Special Services (the "Special Services"), and (iii) to authorize the extension of the time period for which the levy of the Services Tax is authorized within the Area from the Original Period to a period from tax year 2014 through and including tax year 2028 (the "Levy Period"); and
WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance provided for the appointment of the Wicker Park & Bucktown Special Service Area Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of recommending to the City Council a yearly budget based upon the cost of providing the Special Services and further to advise the City Counci...