Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2021-5227

• Record #: O2021-5227
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/17/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Final action: 12/15/2021
• Title: Establishment of Special Service Area No. 79, Lawrence/Pulaski/Elston, authorization of ten year tax levy, special services, budget and service provider agreement
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 79 (Lawrence/Pulaski/Elston)

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/16/2021		City Council	Published in Special Pamphlet
12/15/2021	42332	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/8/2021		Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development	Recommended to Pass
11/17/2021	40941	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORF E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

November 17, 2021










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 the term, budget, services and service provider agreements for various Special Service Areas.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to (i) Article VII, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, (ii) 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 (iii) the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") determines that it is in the best interests ofthe City of Chicago (the "City") to establish a special service area to be known and designated as Special Service Area Number 79 (the "Area") to provide certain special governmental services in addition to services provided generally by the City, all as further provided in this ordinance (the "Special Services"), and further determines to authorize the levy of an annual ad valorem real property tax in the Area for a period of ten (10) years sufficient to produce revenues required to provide those Special Services (the "Services Tax"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize the execution of an agreement with a service provider for the provision ofthe Special Services in and for the Area in fiscal year 2022; now, therefore,

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated herein as if set out herein in full.

SECTION 2. Findings. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
The Area, as established by this ordinanc...