Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2016-6380

• Record #: O2016-6380
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/14/2016
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/5/2016
• Title: Budget and service provider agreement for Special Service Area No. 3, Chicago Southwest (Year 2017)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 3 (Chicago Southwest)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/19/2016		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
10/5/2016	32689	City Council	Passed	Pass
9/30/2016		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/14/2016	29684	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 14, 2016










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 budget and service provider agreement for 2017 for various Special Service Areas and an amended 2016 budget 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 seer., 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 October 31,1983, 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 May 30,1984, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on July 13, 1988, as further amended by an ordinance enacted by the City Council on September 14, 1988 (collectively, the "Establishment Ordinance"), which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 3 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax (the "Services Tax") not to exceed an annual rate of one and twenty-five hundredths of one percent (1.25%) ofthe equalized assessed value ofthe taxable property therein to provide certain special services in and for the Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and

WHEREAS, certain funds in Fund 328 ("Fund 328") in the amount of $94,879 are available for use in connection with the Area; and
WHEREAS, the special services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance included recruitment of new busin...