Record #: SR2016-452   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 6/22/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
Final action: 4/19/2017
Title: Support of Class 6(b) tax incentives for benefit of certain industrial corridors
Sponsors: Mitts, Emma
Topic: TAX INCENTIVES - Class 6(b)
Attachments: 1. SR2016-452.pdf, 2. R2016-452.pdf

SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION CLASS 6b REAL ESTATE TAX INCENTIVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF REAL ESTATE LOCATED WITHIN CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS IN

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PURSUANT TO COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has enacted the Cook County Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance, as amended from time to time (the "Ordinance"), which provides for, among other things, Class 6b real estate tax incentives to property owners who build, rehabilitate, enhance and occupy property which is located within Cook County and which is used primarily for industrial purposes; and

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), consistent with the Ordinance, wishes to induce industry to locate and expand in the City by supporting financial incentives in the form of property tax relief; and

 

WHEREAS, various individuals or entities (each, an "Applicant"), may own or acquire certain real estate located in certain industrial corridors within Chicago, Illinois, as further described on Exhibit A hereto, which the City has identified as areas in need of industrial development or redevelopment and which qualify as Industrial Growth Zones as" defined in Section .74-62 of the Ordinance (the "Industrial Growth Zones"), and a preliminary list of Permanent Index Numbers for each Subject Property in the Industrial Growth Zones is attached hereto as Exhibit B and hereby incorporated herein; and

 

WHEREAS, an Applicant may develop property (each, a "Subject Property") within an Industrial Growth Zone in a manner which may cause it to become eligible for a Class 6b tax incentive under the Ordinance; and

WHEREAS, an Applicant may file with the Office of the Assessor of Cook County (the "Assessor") an eligibility application for a Class 6b tax incentive under the Ordinance with respect to a Subject Property (an "Application"); and

 

WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Assessor to determine that an application for a Class 6b classification or renewal of such classification is eligible pursuant to the Ordinance; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ordinance requires that, in connection with the filing of an Application with the Assessor, the Applicant must obtain from an authorized officer of the municipality in which such real estate that is proposed for such designation is located a letter stating that the municipality supports and consents to the filing of the Application with the Assessor; now, therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated in and made a part of this resolution as though fully set forth herein.

 

 

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SECTION 2. Subject to review of each project on each Subject Property by the Commissioner of the City's Department of Planning and Development ("DPD") or a designee of the Commissioner of DPD (each, an "Authorized Officer"), and expressly conditioned upon a written final determination of the eligibility of each project on each Subject Property and a verification of an accurate final legal description and correct Permanent Index Numbers for each Subject Property by the Authorized Officer, including the City's redevelopment objective, the Applicant's intended use ofthe Subject Property and confirmation that the City has received and reviewed an Economic Disclosure Statement (as defined in the Ordinance) (together with such other information as may be required in the authorized officer letter described in Section 74-63(7) of the Ordinance, the "Letter"), the City hereby determines that the incentive provided by Glass 6b classification by the Assessor is necessary for development to occur on each Subject Property.

 

SECTION 3.  Subject to and expressly conditioned upon the issuance of a Letter, the
. City hereby expressly supports and consents to the Class 6b classification by the Assessor with
respect to each Subject Property.
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SECTION 4. The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized to execute such documents,
including, without limitation each Letter, as may be necessary to implement this resolution,
subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel
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SECTION 5. The Authorized Officer is hereby authorized to send certified copies of this;resolution, if required under the'Ordinance, and the Letter made in connection with-each Subject Property, to the Office of the Gook County Assessor. Certified copies of this resolution; if required under the Ordinance, and the Letter made in connection with'the specific Subject Property, may be included with each Application filed with the Assessor by an Applicant in accordance with the Ordinance.

 

SECTION 6. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and approval and shall be repealed of its own accord, without further action by the City Council, on August 1., 2019; provided, however, that such repeal shall not affect the validity of certified copies of this resolution and' any Letter with respect to any Applications submitted to the Assessor before such date of repeal.

 

 

 

 

 

Emma Mitts Alderman, 37th Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

See attached general boundary descriptions or a map of each industrial corridor, subject to the

Letter issued by the Authorized Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

Permanent Index Numbers for each Subject Property located in the Burnside Industrial Corridor

(attached)

 

Pin Number        PINA    PINSA    PINB     PINP PINU

2502102004                     25                     2                     102        4                     0

25                     2                     102                     13                     0

25                     2                     102                     14                     0

25                     2                     102                     15                     0
2502102022
                     25                     2                     102                     22                     0

 

25                     2                     102                     25                     0

25                     2                     102                     26                     0

 

25                     2                     102                     28                     0

25                     2                     102                     29                     0
2502102032
                     25                     2                     102                     32                     0
2502102034
                     25                     2                     102                     34                     0

 

25                     2                     102                     37                     0

25                     2                     102                     38                     0
2502102040
                     25                     2                     102                     40                     0

 

25                     2                     102                     43                     0

25"                     2"102" 44"                     6"
2502102047
                     25                     2                     102                     47                     0

 

25                     2                     102                     52                     0

25                     2                     102                     53                     0

 

25                     2                     113                     8                     0

25                     2 -                     113                     9                     0
2502114050
                     25                     2                     114                     50                     0
2502200003
                     25                     2                     200                     3                     0
2502200010
                     25                     2                     200                     10                     0

 

25                     2                     200                     15                     0

25                     2                     200                     16                     0
2502200020
                     25                     2                     200                     20                     0
2502200022
                     25                     2                     200                     22                     0
2502200024
                     25                     2                     200                     24                     0

 

25                     2                     200                     29                     0

25                     2                     200                     30                     0

25                     2                     200                     31                     0

25                     2                     200                     32                     0
2502401001
                     25                     2                     401                     1                     0
2502401004
                     25                     2                     401                     4                     0
2502401006
                     25                     2                     401                     6                     0

 

25                     2                     408                     1                     0

25                     2                     408                     2                     0

25                     2                     408                     3                     0

25                     2                     408                     4                     0

25                     2                     408                     5                     0

25                     2                     408                     6                     0

25                     2                     408                     7                     0

25                     2                     408                     8                     0

25                     2                     408                     9                     0

25                     2                     408                     10                     0

25                     2                     408                     11                     0

25                     2                     408                     12                     0

 

25                     2                     408                     16                     0

25                     2                     408                     17                     0

 

PROCO JOE MORENO

CITY COUNCIL

City of Chicago

Aldehman, 1st Ward 2740 Wi;sr North Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647 Telephone- 773-278-0101 Fax- 773-278-2541

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April 19, 2017

 

 

To the President and Members of the City Council:

 

 

Your committee on Economic, Capital & Technology Development, for which a meeting was held on April 18, 2017, having had under consideration the following three (3) items:

 

R2017-206

 

A Substitute Resolution in support of a Class 6(b) tax incentive for property at 1719 W

35th St.

 

R2017-209

 

Resolution in support of Class 6(b) tax incentive for property at 1455 W Willow St.

 

R2016-452

 

A Substitute Resolution seeking to amend the provisions concerning Cook County Class 6(b) tax incentives

 

 

 

All of which were concurred by a voice vote. Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

 

Proco Joe Moreno, Chairman

Committee on Economic, Capital & Technology Development