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Record #: O2021-5253   
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: Tax levy, scope of services, budget and management agreement for Special Service Area No. 7, Kedzie Industrial Tract
Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
Topic: SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS - S.S.A. No. 7 (Kedzie Industrial Park)
Attachments: 1. O2021-5253.pdf, 2. O2021-5253 (V1).pdf

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

CITY OF CHICAGO

LORI E. LIGHTFOOT

MAYOR

 

November 17, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

At the request ofthe 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 REGARDING SPECIAL SERVICE AREA #7

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; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Chicago (the "City") has previously enacted a certain ordinance on the date specified on Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof and published in the Journal of Council Proceedings (the "Journal") for such date at the pages specified on Exhibit A hereto, and amended on the date(s) specified on Exhibit A hereto and published in the Journal for such date(s) as specified on Exhibit A hereto (as amended from time to time, the "Establishment Ordinance") which established a certain special service area as indicated therein and as identified on Exhibit A hereto (the "Area") and authorized the levy of certain annual taxes, not to exceed the annual rate (the "Levy Cap") indicated therein and as described on Exhibit A hereto, 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 generally as specified in the Establishment Ordinance (the "Special Services"); and

WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance provided for the appointment of a certain special service area commission for the Area (the "Commission") to advise the City Council regarding the amount of the Services Tax for the Area to be levied and for the purpose of recommending to the City Council for the Area: (i) a yearly budget based upon the costs of providing the Special Services; (ii) an entity to serve as service provider (the "Service Provider"); (iii) an agreement between the City and the Service Provider for the provision of Special Services to the Area (the "Service Provider Agreement"); and (iv) a budget to be included in the Service Provider Agreement (the "Budget") (the aforementioned items (i) through (iv) shall be known collectively herein as the "Recommendations"); and

WHEREAS, the Commission identified on Exhibit A hereto has heretofore prepared and transmitted to the Commissioner of Planning and Development (the "Commissioner") their Recommendations to the City Council, including the Budget attached hereto as Exhibit A; now, therefore,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated into this text as if set out herein in full.

SECTION 2. Appropriations. There is hereby appropriated the sum in the amount and for the purposes necessary to provide the Special Services in and for the Area , the estimated amount of miscellaneous income and the amount required to be raised by the levy of the Services Tax indicated on Exhibit A hereto: Collectable Levy, Estimated Loss Collection, Carryover Funds, TIF Rebate Fund, and Estimated Late Collections and Interest.

 

SECTION 3. Levy of Taxes. There is hereby levied pursuant to the provisions of (i) Article

 

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VII, Sections 6(a) and 6(l)(2) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; (ii) the Act; and (iii) the Establishment Ordinance, the sum of the "Total Requested Levy" indicated on Exhibit A hereto as the amount of the Services Tax for the Area for the tax year 2021.

SECTION 4. Filing. The City Clerk of the City (the "City Clerk") is hereby ordered and directed to file in the Office of the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois (the "County Clerk") a certified copy of this ordinance on or prior to December 28, 2021, and the County Clerk shall thereafter extend for collection together with all other taxes to be levied by the City , the Services Tax herein provided for, said Services Tax to be extended for collection by the County Clerk for the tax year 2021 against all the taxable property within the Area, the amount of the Services Tax herein levied to be in addition to and in excess of all other taxes to be levied and extended against all taxable property within the Area.

 

SECTION 5. Service Provider Agreement. The Commissioner, or a designee of the Commissioner (each, an "Authorized Officer"), are each hereby authorized, subject to approval by the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality, to enter into, execute and deliver a Service Provider Agreement as authorized herein with the entity indicated on Exhibit A hereto as the Service Provider, for a one-year term in form acceptable to such Authorized Officer, along with such other supporting documents, if any, as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the Service Provider Agreement. The Budget shall be attached to the Service Provider Agreement as an exhibit. Upon the execution of the Service Provider Agreement and the receipt of proper documentation, the Authorized Officer and the City Comptroller are each hereby authorized to disburse the sum appropriated pursuant to Section 2 above to the Service Provider in consideration for the provision of the Special Services described in the Budget. The Department of Planning and Development shall promptly make a copy of the executed Service Provider Agreement (and any amendments thereto) readily available for public inspection. The Authorized Officer is also authorized to sign amendments to the Service Provider Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 5 so long as such amendments do not alter the identity of the Service Provider and/or the amounts appropriated and/or levied pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 hereof.

SECTION 6. Enforceability. If any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.

 

SECTION 7. Conflict. This ordinance shall control over any provision of any other ordinance, resolution, motion or order in conflict with this ordinance, to the extent of such conflict.

SECTION 8. Publication. This ordinance shall be published by the City Clerk, in special pamphlet form, and made available in her office for public inspection and distribution to members of the public who may wish to avail themselves of a copy of this ordinance.

SECTION 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after its passage and publication.

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

SPECIAL SERVICE AREA #7

 

Area

Levy Cap

Total Requested Levy

Commission

Service Provider

7

.980%

$131,387

Kedzie Industrial Tract Special Service Area

Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council

 

Establishment Ordinance Date: November 8, 2006 Journal pages: pages 90813 through 90891

Amendment to Establishment Ordinance

Date: November 15, 2008

Journal pages: pages 43126 through 43193

 

 

 

See attached Budget.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit A Budget

Special Service Area #

 

SSA Name.

! Kedzie Industrial Tract

 

2022 BUDGET SUMMARY

Budget and Services Period January 1. 2022 through December 31. 2022

 

|             2021 Levy

 

CATEGORY (Funded Categories Comprise Scope of Services)

Collectable Levy

Estimated

Loss Collection

Carryover Funds

TIF Rebate Fund #532

Estimated

Late Collections and Interest

Total All Sources

1.00 Customer Attraction 2.00 Public Way Aesthetics

$1,000 $13,133

$0 $0

$0 $0

$0 $0

$0 $3,000

$1,000 $16,133

3.00 Sustainability and Public Places

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

4.00 Economic/ Business Development

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

5.00 Public Health and Safely Programs

$75,427

$2,607

$0

$0

$2,607

$80,641

6.00 SSA Management

$15,700

$0

$0

$0

$0

$15,700

7.00 Person

nel

Sub-total

$23,520 $128,780

$0 $2,607

 

$0

$0 $23,520

GRAND TOTALS

Levy Total

$131,387

$0            $o|      $5,607 $136,994

 

LEVY ANALYSIS

Estimated 2021 EAV.

 

Authorized Tax Rate Cap

 

Maximum Potential Levy limited by Rate Cap.

$160,306

Requested 2021 Levy Amount

1131,387

Estimated Tax Rate to Generate 2020 Levy

0.8032%

 

 

LEVY CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR

2020 Levy Total (in 2021 budget)

-S3Mf128;87J5

2021 Levy Total (in 2022 budget)

$131,387

Percentage Change                    j 1.95%

Community meeting required if levy amount increases greater than 5% from previous levy.

CARRYOVER CALCULATION

2021 Budget ' Total

||ptp|M4«;»1:

Carryover request for 2022

$0

Percentage

0.000%

Must be less than 25%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 BUDGET ft SERVICES - SIGNATURE PAGE

Budget and Services Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 The 2021 Budget & Services were approved by the SSA Commission.