Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-6266

• Record #: O2017-6266
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/6/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 10/11/2017
• Title: Public hearing(s) on area expansion and extension of levy period for Special Service Area No. 47, Cottage Grove/47th Street (Year 2017)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 47 (Cottage Grove)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/11/2017	56226	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/6/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/6/2017	54139	City Council	Referred

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, I 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,
PUBLIC HEARING 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, 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 November 12, 2008, 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 47 (the "Original Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 2008 through and including tax year 2017 (the "Original Period"), not to exceed an annual rate of three percent (3%) ofthe equalized assessed value ofthe 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 Establishment Ordinance established the Original Area as that territory consisting of Cottage Grove Avenue from 40th Street on the north to 51sl Street on the south and along 47th Street from Lake Park Avenue on the east to St. Lawrence Avenue on the west; and

WHEREAS, the...