Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-7612

• Record #: O2015-7612
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/14/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/28/2015
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 69, 95th/Ashland (Year 2016)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 69 (95th/Ashland)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/5/2015		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/28/2015	12306	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/26/2015		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/14/2015	8230	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEI.
MAYOR
October 14,2015










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 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; and

WHEREAS, on December 10, 2014, 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 69 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2014 through and including 2023, not to exceed an annual rate of two percent (2%) 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 South Ashland Avenue bounded north to West 80th Street, south to West 96th Street; east to the alley adjacent to Ashland Avenue, and west to the alley immediately adjacent to Ashland Avenue including the rail road track extending east to Racine Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance include, but are not limited to: customer attraction...