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Record #: O2017-6231   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/6/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 10/11/2017
Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 19, Howard Street (Year 2018)
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 19 (Howard Street)
Attachments: 1. O2017-6231.pdf
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 6, 2017










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, 1 transmit herewith ordinances authorizing a scope of services, budget and management agreement for various Special Service Areas, and authorizing the establishment of, and public hearings for the extension of, 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 October 28, 1997, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 19 (the "Initial Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 1997 through and including 2006 in an amount not to exceed an annual rate of one percent (1%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Initial Levy Period") to provide certain special services in and for the Initial Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally; and

WHEREAS, the Initial Levy Period expired; and

WHEREAS, on November 8, 2006, the City Council enacted an ordinance (the "Establishment Ordinance") which reestablished an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 19 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2006 through and including tax year 2020, not to exceed an annual rate...

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