Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-7072

• Record #: O2017-7072
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/11/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 11/8/2017
• Title: Scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 50, Calumet Heights/Avalon (Year 2018)
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 50 (Calumet Heights/Avalon)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2017		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
11/11/2017		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
11/8/2017	58866	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/6/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
10/11/2017	55872	City Council	Referred

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 8, 2010, 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 50 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in 2010 through and including 2019, not to exceed an annual rate of one and five tenths percent (1.5%) 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, certain funds in Fund A97 ("Fund A97") in the amount of $28,652 are available for use in connection with the Area; and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area as that territory consisting approximately of 79th Street from the east side of Greenwood Avenue to the west side of Paxton Avenue; Stony Island from the south side of 79th Street to the train viaduct immediately north of 95th Street; 87th Street from the Metra train viaduct immediately west of Dobson Street to the west side of Chappell Street, excluding the south side of the street west of Greenwood Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance include, but are not limited to: recruitment of new businesses to the Area, rehabilitation activities, maintenance and beautification activities, security, coordination of promotional and advertising activities, strategic planning for the Area, and other technic...