Record #: F2011-29   
Type: Report Status: Placed on File
Intro date: 3/9/2011 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 3/9/2011
Title: Amendment No. 1 to Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Plan
Sponsors: Dept./Agency
Topic: TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS - Belmont/Central T.I.F.
Attachments: 1. F2011-29.pdf

City of Chicago Richard M. Daley, Mayor

Department of Law

MaraS. Georges Corporation Counsel

City Hall, Room 600 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 744-0200 (312) 744-8538 (FAX) (312) 744-2963 (TTY) http://www.cityofchicago.org

February 24, 2011

Mr. Miguel Del Valle City Clerk

121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602

Re:     Amendment No. 1 to the Redevelopment Plan tor the Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Project Area

Dear Mr. Del Valle:

I enclose a Proposed Amendment No. 1 to the Belmont/Central Tax Increment Redevelopment Area Redevelopment Plan and Project (the "Amendment to the Plan") for the Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Project Area, Chicago, Illinois, dated February, 2011. A double-sided copy of the current Plan which is proposed to be amended is also attached for reference.

Please make the Amendment to the Plan available in your office as of this date for public inspection in accordance with the requirements of Section 5/11-74.5-5(a) of the Illinois Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74-4-1 et seq., as amended. If you have any questions with respect to this matter, please call me at 744-8973.

Sincerely.

Michael L. Gaynor Assistant Corporation Counsel

Enclosure

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Dinah Wayne

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Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Project Area

Amendment No. 1

To induce redevelopment pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act"), the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City") adopted three ordinances on January 12, 2000, approving The Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project (the "Original Plan"), designating the Belmont/Central Redevelopment Project Area (the "RPA") as a redevelopment project area under the Act, and adopting tax increment allocation financing for the RPA. Pursuant to an ordinance adopted on May 17, 2000, the City approved certain revisions to the Original Plan (the Original Plan, as revised, shall be referred to herein as the "Revised Plan" or "Plan").

The Revised Plan is being amended to increase the district budget. The amendments to the Revised Plan are outlined below following the format of the Revised Plan.

Section I: Introduction and Executive Summary

In Section I, the last sentence in Subsection F: Redevelopment Plan and Project Activities and Costs is to be replaced with the following sentence:

The total estimated costs for the activities listed in Table Three are $64,000,000. Section II: Legal Description and Property Boundary No Changes.

Section III: Statutory Basis for Tax Increment Financing

No Changes.

Section IV: Redevelopment Goals and Objectives

No Changes.

Section V: Basis for Eligibility of the Area and Findings

No Changes.

Section VI: Redevelopment Plan and Project

In Section VI, under Subsection C: Redevelopment Projects, 2. Public Redevelopment Investment, the last sentence in paragraph three is to be replaced with the following sentence:

In no instance, however, shall such additions or adjustments result in any increase by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from the date the Redevelopment Plan was adopted without

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following the procedures for amendment set forth in the Act.

Under Subsection C, Table Three: Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs and associated footnotes are to be replaced with the following table and associated footnotes:

TABLE THREE: Estimated Redevelopment Costs

Activity

Cost

Planning, Legal, Marketing, Professional Services, Administrative

$1,500,000

Property Assembly, Site Clearance, Environmental Remediation & Site Preparation

$10,500,000

Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings, Fixtures, and Leasehold Improvements and Rehabilitation Cost

$15,500,000

Affordable Housing

$5,000,000

Public Works and Improvements, including streets and utilities, parks and open space, public facilities (schools & other public facilities) (1)(2)

$22,500,000

Job Training, Retraining, & Welfare to Work

$2,500,000

Relocation Costs

$500,000

Interest Subsidy

$5,500,000

Daycare

$500,000

 

 

Total Redevelopment Project Costs (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)

$64,000,000

(1) This category may also include paying for or reimbursing (i) an elementary, secondary, or unit school district's increased costs attributed to assisted housing units, and (ii) capital costs of taxing districts impacted by the redevelopment of the Area. As permitted by the Act, to the extent the City by written agreement accepts and approves the same, the City may pay, or reimburse all, of a portion of a taxing district's capital costs resulting from a redevelopment project necessarily incurred within a taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan.

(2) Public improvements may also include capital costs of taxing district. Specifically, public improvements as identified in the Redevelopment Plan and as allowable under the Act may be made to property and facilities owned or operated by the City or other public entities, As provided in the Act, to the extent the City by written agreement accepts and approves the same, all or a portion of a taxing district's capital costs resulting from the redevelopment project necessarily incurred or to be incurred within a taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan.

(3) The total Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs provides an upper limit on expenditures and adjustments may be made in line items without amendments to this Redevelopment Plan.

(4) Total Redevelopment Project Costs exclude any additional financing costs, including any interest expense, capitalized interest and costs associated with optional redemptions. These costs are subject to prevailing market conditions and are in addition to Total Redevelopment Project Costs.

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(5) The amount of Total Redevelopment Project Costs that can be incurred in the Area will be reduced by the amount of redevelopment project costs incurred in contiguous redevelopment project areas, or those separated from the Area only by a public right-of-way, that are permitted under the Act to be paid, from incremental property taxes generated in the Area, but will not be reduced by the amount of redevelopment project costs incurred in the Area which are paid from incremental property taxes generated in contiguous redevelopment project areas or those separated from the Area only by a public right-of-way.

(6) If a special service area has been established pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax Law may be used within the redevelopment project area for the purposes permitted by that Act or Law as well as the purposes permitted by this Act.

(7) Increases in estimated Total Redevelopment Project Costs of more than five percent, after adjustment for inflation reflected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers for All Items for the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA, published by the U. S. Department of Labor from the date of the Plan adoption, are subject to the Plan amendment procedures as provided in under the Act.

Section VII: Statutory Compliance and Implementation Strategy

In Section VII, Subsection B. Redevelopment Valuation, paragraphs 1 and 2 are to be replaced by the following paragraph:

The 2023 EAV for the Area is projected to be approximately $193,741,600. This estimate is based on several key assumptions, including an inflation factor of 2% per year on the EAV of all properties within the Area, with its cumulative impact occurring in each triennial reassessment year, and an equalization factor of 3.3701. Other new projects, rehabilitation of existing buildings, and appreciation of real estate values may result in substantial additional increases in equalized assessed valuation.

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APPROVAL OF REVISION NUMBER 2 TO BELMONT/CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROGRAM REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND PLAN.

The Committee on Finance submitted the following report:

CHICAGO, May 17, 2000.

To the President and Members of the City Council:

Your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration an ordinance amending the ordinance which approved a redevelopment plan and project for the Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Area, having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that Your Honorable Body Pass the proposed ordinance transmitted herewith.

This recommendation was concurred in by a viva voce vote of the members of the committee.

Respectfully submitted,

(Signed)   EDWARD M. BURKE,

Chairman.

On motion of Alderman Burke, the said proposed ordinance transmitted with the foregoing committee report was Passed by yeas and nays as follows:

Yeas — Aldermen Granato, Haithcock, Tillman, Preckwinkle, Hairston, Lyle, Beavers, Dixon, Beale, Pope, Balcer, Frias, Olivo, Burke, Thomas, Coleman, Peterson, Murphy, Troutman, DeVille, Munoz, Zalewski, Chandler, Solis, Ocasio, Burnett, E. Smith, Carothers, Suarez, Matlak, Mell, Austin, Colom, Banks, Mitts, Allen, Laurino, O'Connor, Doherty, Natarus, Daley, Hansen, Levar, Shiller, Schulter, M. Smith, Moore, Stone — 48.

Nays — None.

Alderman Beavers moved to reconsider the foregoing vote. The motion was lost.

 

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The following is said ordinance as passed:

WHEREAS, Under ordinances adopted on January 12, 2000, and published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council for such date (the "Journal of Proceedings") at pages 22591 — 22740, and under the provisions of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1, et seq. (1998 State Bar Edition), as amended (the "Act"), the City Council (the "Corporate Authorities") of the City of Chicago (the "City"): (i) approved a redevelopment plan and project (the "Plan") for a portion of the City known as the "Belmont/Central Redevelopment Project Area" (the "Area") (the "Plan Ordinance"); (ii) designated the Area as a "redevelopment project area"; and (iii) adopted tax increment allocation financing for the Area; and

WHEREAS, Section 5/1 l-74.4-3(n)(F) of the Act requires a redevelopment plan to include the most recent equalized assessed valuation ("E.A.V.") of a redevelopment project area; and

WHEREAS, The Plan, attached as Exhibit A to the Plan Ordinance, included the 1997 E.A.V.s and contemplated in Plan Section VILA that if the 1998 E.A.V.s became available prior to the date of the adoption of the Plan by the Corporate Authorities, then the City would update the Plan by replacing the 1997 E.A.V.s with the 1998 E.A.V.s to comply with the Act; and

WHEREAS, The 1998 E.A.V.s became available prior to the date of the adoption of the Plan Ordinance by the Corporate Authorities, but after the Plan had been submitted to the Community Development Commission to set a public hearing pursuant to Section 5/11-74.4-4 and 5/11-74.4-5 of the Act, and the 1998 E.A.V.s were not able to be inserted in the Plan prior to its adoption by ordinance for various logistical reasons; and

WHEREAS, The Corporate Authorities desire to amend the Plan to update the E.A.V. as contemplated in the Plan and to conform the Plan to Section 11-74.4-3(n)(F) of the Act, and to make other, minor changes; and

WHEREAS, Section 5/11-74.4-5(c) of the Act permits amendments for such changes to a redevelopment plan to be made without a public hearing, provided that the City shall give notice of such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and each registrant in the interested parties registry for the Area, and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected taxing district not later than ten (10) days following the adoption by ordinance of such changes; now, therefore,

 

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Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:

SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

SECTION 2. Amendments To Redevelopment Plan. The City, under Section 5/11-74.4-5 of the Act, hereby amends the Plan, as previously published in the Journal of Proceedings, by the amendments set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and approves the Plan, as amended, the amended version of which (Revision Number 2) is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.

SECTION 3, Invalidity Of Any Section. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.

SECTION 4. Superseder. All ordinances, resolutions, motions or orders in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflicts.

SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage.

Exhibits 1 and 2 referred to in this ordinance read as follows:

Exhibit 1. Amendments To Plan.

The Plan as previously published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council for January 12, 2000 (the "Journal of Proceedings") at pages 22591 -22710, is hereby amended as follows. Page number references refer to the page numbers in such Journal of Proceedings.

1.     The date of the Plan shall be "September 1, 1999, Revised as of October 29, 1999, Revised as of January 6, 2000".

 

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2. Redevelopment Plan, Section II — Legal Description and Project Boundary, at page 22600 last paragraph, last sentence is hereby amended by deleting the number [1997] in both locations and replacing it with the number 1998.

3. Redevelopment Plan, Section V — Basis For Eligibility Of The Area And Findings, B. Area Background Information, 2. Description of Current Conditions, last paragraph, first (1st) sentence, at page 22609 is hereby amended by deleting the number [863] and replacing it with the number 864.

4. Redevelopment Plan, Section V — Basis For Eligibility of the Area And Findings, B. Area Background Information, 2. Description of Current Conditions, at page 22612 is hereby amended by deleting the third (3rd) paragraph on page 22612 and replacing with the following language:

From 1994 through 1998, the City of Chicago equalized assessed value increased from Thirty Billion One Hundred Million Dollars ($30,100,000,000) to Thirty-three Billion Nine Hundred Million Dollars ($33,900,000,000) according to Cook County records. This represents a gain of Three Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($3,800,000,000) (annual average of two and seven-tenths percent (2.7%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1994 the equalized assessed value of Cook County was Sixty-seven Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($67,800,000,000) and grew to Seventy-eight Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars ($78,500,000,000) in 1998. This represents a gain of Ten Billion Seven Hundred Million Dollars ($10,700,000,000) (annual average of two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1998, the E.A.V. of the Area was Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand ($81,400,000). This represents an average annual growth rate of approximately one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) during the five (5) year period between 1994 and 1998. Therefore, the Area grew approximately thirty-nine percent (39%) slower than Cook County and the City of Chicago between 1994 and 1998. Further, approximately ten (10) properties in the Area are delinquent in the payment of 1997 real estate taxes and one hundred eighty-eight (188) building code violations have been issued on buildings since January of 1994.

 

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5. Redevelopment Plan, Section VI. -- Redevelopment Plan and Project, D. Assessment of Financial Impact on Taxing Districts, last paragraph of this sub-section, second (2nd) sentence at page 22629 is hereby amended by deleting the second (2nd) sentence and replacing with the following language:

In recent years, E.A. V. in the Area has grown slower than the City as a whole.

6. Redevelopment Plan, Section VII. — Statutory Compliance and Implementation Strategy, A. Most Recent Equalized Assessed Valuation, second (2nd) and third (3rd) sentences at page 22633 are hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

The 1998 E.A. V. of all taxable parcels in the Area is approximately Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($81,400,000). This total E.A. V. amount, by P.I.N., is summarized in 1998 Estimated E.A. V. by Tax Parcel included as Attachment Four of the Appendix.

7. Appendix, Attachment One, Eligibility Study, is hereby amended by adding at the bottom of the cover page under the date reference of (Revised as of October 29, 1999) at page 22640 the following language:

Revised as of January 6, 2000.

8. Appendix, Attachment One, Eligibility Study, cover page, is hereby amended by deleting the phrase [Revision Number 1] at page 22640 located after the title "Eligibility Study" and replacing it with the phrase Revision Number 2.

9. Appendix, Attachment One, Eligibility Study, Section II. Background Information, B. Description of Current Conditions, first (1st) paragraph, second (2nd) sentence, page 22642 is hereby amended by deleting the number [863] and replacing it with the number 864.

10. Appendix, Attachment One, Eligibility Study, II. Background Information, B. Description of Current Conditions, is hereby amended by deleting the last paragraph on page 22643 and replacing with the following language:

 

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From 1994 through 1998, the City of Chicago equalized assessed value increased from Thirty Billion One Hundred Million Dollars ($30,100,000,000) to Thirty-three Billion Nine Hundred Million Dollars ($33,900,000,000) according to Cook County records. This represents a gain of Three Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($3,800,000,000) (annual average of two and seven-tenths percent (2. 7%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1994 the equalized assessed value of Cook County was Sixty-seven Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($67,800,000,000) and grew to Seventy-eight Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars ($78,500,000,000) in 1998. This represents a gain of Ten Billion Seven Hundred Million Dollars ($10,700,000,000) (annual average of two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%)) during this five-year period. In 1998, the E.A. V. of the Area was Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand ($81,400,000). This represents an average annual growth rate of approximately one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) during the five (5) year period between 1994 and 1998. Therefore, the Area grew approximately thirty-nine percent (39%) slower than Cook County and the City of Chicago between 1994 and 1998. Further, approximately ten (10) properties in the Area are delinquent in the payment of 1997 real estate taxes and one hundred eighty-eight (188) building code violations have been issued on buildings since January of 1994.

11. Appendix, Attachment Four, beginning at page 22677, 1997 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel is hereby amended by deleting the 1997 E.A.V. data and replacing with the 1998 E.A.V. data.

12. Appendix, Attachment Four, 1997 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel is hereby amended by deleting the number [1997] on the cover page of Attachment Four, the title of Attachment Four and the third (3rd) column heading of Attachment Four at page 22677 and inserting the number 1998.

13. Due to the splitting of tax parcels during the 1998 assessment cycle, the following changes are made to Appendix, Attachment Four, 1997 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel beginning at page 22677:

The following Property Identification Number (Assessee P.I.N.) is removed:

[1321327022]

 

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The following Property Identification Numbers (Assessee P.I.N.) are added:

1321327034 1321327035

All of the Property Identification Numbers (Assessee P.I.N.) to be added or removed are within the current boundaries of the Belmont/Central Redevelopment Area as introduced to the Community Development Commission and as shown in the Plan. The addition/removal of these Property Identification Numbers (Assessee P.I.N.) are solely due to changes in tax parcel property identification numbering and will not affect the boundaries or legal description of the Area.

Exhibit "2".

Revision Number 2.

The Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project.

September 1, 1999. Revised As Of October 29, 1999. Revised As Of January 6, 2000.

Section I.

Introduction And Executive Summary.

A.  Area Location.

The Belmont/Central Redevelopment Project Area (hereafter referred to as the "Area") is located on the northwest side of the City of Chicago ("City"), approximately nine (9) miles northwest of the central business district. A location map is provided on the following page indicating the general location of the Area within the City. The Area covers approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres and includes eighty-one (81) (full and partial) city blocks. The Area is linearly shaped and follows commercial corridors along several major streets. The Area includes properties adjacent to the following roadways:

 

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Central Avenue, from Berenice Avenue on the north to Fullerton Avenue on the south;

Belmont Avenue, from Meade Avenue on the west to LeClaire Avenue on the east; and

Fullerton Avenue, from Mango Avenue on the west to Lamon Avenue on the east.

Within these corridors, the block face on both sides of the street (to the respective parallel alley) is generally included (see (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map of T.I. F. Area included in Attachment Two of the Appendix).

B.   Existing Conditions.

The Area consists primarily of older commercial properties located along the commercial corridors formed by the streets noted above (see (Sub)Exhibit B, Existing Land-Use Assessment Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix). Many structures in the Area are in need of repair due to depreciation of physical maintenance and other conditions as documented in the Eligibility Study included as Attachment One of the Appendix. Zoning classifications in the Area include commercial, business and residential categories as shown on (Sub)Exhibit D, Generalized Existing Zoning Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix. Eighty-four percent (84%) of the buildings in the Area are or exceed thirty-five (35) years of age.

Declining public and private investment is evidenced by deterioration and depreciation of maintenance of some of the public infrastructure components (principally streets and sidewalks) and deterioration of private properties as documented in the Eligibility Study (see Attachment One of the Appendix).

The Area is characterized by the following conditions:

the predominance (eighty-four percent (84%)) of structures that are thirty-five (35) years old or older;

obsolescence (sixty-six percent (66%)) of buildings or parcels);

excessive land coverage (sixty-six percent (66%)) of buildings or site improvements);

 

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depreciation of physical maintenance (eighty percent (80%)) of buildings or site improvements);

lack of community planning (sixty-seven percent (67%)) of buildings or parcels).

In addition, the Area exhibits other characteristics to a lesser extent which are set forth in the Eligibility Study including some streets, sidewalks, curbs and street lighting requiring repair and maintenance.

C.   Business And Industry Trends.

The age of many of the buildings and the inability of Area properties to provide contemporary commercial building sites and buildings has contributed to a gradual decline of the commercial corridors in the Area. Some Area buildings are vacant and /or in need of maintenance and repair to deteriorating portions of the structures. Approximately fifty-nine thousand (59,000) square feet of commercial space is vacant. The possibility exists that some businesses in the Area may need to relocate if they are unable to expand at their current location. Some commercial operations may be discouraged from locating in the Area due to an inability to find suitable locations.

The Area represents the commercial core of a neighborhood that exhibits strong residential viability. Because the contemporary commercial market is directed to big-box and strip mall development, older commercial corridors suffer due to an inability to provide appropriately sized lots for new construction and limited space for existing businesses to expand. This inability to provide contemporary development sites is common throughout the Area.

The Area is comprised of older commercial corridors that developed during a time when residents shopped in the neighborhood where they lived and reached their shopping destination on foot or by public transit. The automobile and "big box" retailer with vast parking lots are more attractive to retailers and consumers in the contemporary retail market. Limited off-street parking, narrow commercial buUdings and second (2nd) floor residential uses are common throughout the Area. This type

 

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of building stock is less marketable in a contemporary commercial development market. The possibility exists that existing Area commercial businesses may look outside the Area to expand their operations. Loss of commercial tenants, due to an inability to meet contemporary commercial space needs, would be an adverse impact to the Area's viability as an employment center and a shopping alternative within the residential neighborhoods adjacent to the Area.

There have been efforts, meeting with limited success, to check the decline of the Area by public and private entities. The State designated a portion of the extreme southern section of the Area as an Enterprise Zone and minor streetscape ' improvements have recently been undertaken near the Belmont Avenue/Central Avenue intersection. Despite these efforts, improved commercial sites in the Area are gradually becoming obsolete and underutilized. Some of these sites may become blighted and lose the ability to generate jobs and tax revenue if these conditions are not reversed.

D. Redevelopment Plan Purpose.

Tax increment financing ("T.I.F.") is permitted by the Illinois Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11 -74.4-1, et seq., as amended (the "Act"). The Act sets forth the requirements and procedures for establishing a redevelopment project area and a redevelopment plan. This Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project (hereafter referred to as the "Plan") includes the documentation as to the qualifications of the Area as a conservation area as defined in the Act. The purposes of this Plan are to provide an instrument that can be used to guide the correction of Area problems, attract new private development that will produce new employment and tax increment revenues and to stabilize existing development in the Area. This Plan identifies those activities, sources of funds, procedures and various other necessary requirements in order to implement tax increment financing pursuant to the Act.

E. Plan Objectives And Strategies.

As a part of the City's overall strategy to retain viable businesses, recruit new businesses into the City and check the loss of jobs from the City, the City has chosen to utilize tax increment financing to revive the commercial corridors that make up the Area.

 

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The Plan represents an opportunity for the City to implement a program that can achieve a number of Citywide goals and objectives, as well as some that are specifically directed at the Area. These goals and objectives include:

support and retain the existing tax base of the Area;

retain the existing employment base and provide new employment opportunities in the Area;

expand the tax base through reuse and rehabilitation of existing commercial properties that are presently vacant or underutilized;

develop new commercial buildings on vacant and/or underutilized properties in the Area;

establish a program of planned public improvements designed to enhance the retention of existing business to promote the Area as a place to do business;

improve the condition and appearance of properties within the Area; and

eliminate the conditions that have caused the Area to exhibit signs of blight and that qualify the Area as a conservation area.

These goals and objectives can be accomplished by utilizing T.I.F. as described in Section III, herein. T.I.F. initiatives and establishment of the Area are designed to arrest the spread of blight and decline of the Area and will help to retain, redevelop and expand the commercial businesses within the Area. In doing so, the use of T.I.F. will help to preserve the adjoining residential neighborhoods that have traditionally been served by the commercial corridors of the Area. In addition, the opportunity exists to revive and enhance these declining commercial corridors that also serve the employees of the businesses located in or nearby the Area.

This Plan will create the mechanism to revitalize these important commercial corridors through the improvement of the physical environment and infrastructure. The City proposes to use T.I.F., as well as other economic development resources, when available, to address needs in the Area and induce the investment of private capital.

 

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In implementing this Plan, the City is acting to facilitate the revitalization of the entire Area. The majority of the Area should be maintained as a series of commercial corridors that provide services to the Area and surrounding residential neighborhoods. This Plan is intended to build on the City's previous actions to stabilize commercial land uses, support business expansion and attract new commercial uses to the Area. The City recognizes that blighting influences will continue to weaken the Area and that the Area may become blighted if the decline is not reversed. Consequently, the City wishes to encourage private development activity by using T.I.F. as a prime implementation tool to complete various public projects.

F.   Redevelopment Plan And Project Activities And Costs.

The projects anticipated for the Area may include, but are not limited to:

rehabilitation and improvement to existing properties including streetscape improvements;

property assembly, site clearance and preparation;

private developer assistance;

transportation improvements;

street, alley and sidewalk reconstruction;

utility work;

environmental remediation; marketing and promotion; and planning studies.

The anticipated activities and associated costs are shown on Table Three, Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs. The total estimated cost for the activities listed in Table Three are Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($16,720,000).

 

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G.   Summary And Conclusions.

This Plan summarizes the analyses and findings of the consultant's work which, unless otherwise noted is the responsibility of PGAV-Urban Consulting ("Consultant"). The City is entitled to rely on the findings and conclusions of this Plan in designating the Area as a redevelopment project area under the Act (defined herein). The Consultant has prepared this Plan and the related Eligibility Study with the understanding that the City would rely: 1) on the findings and conclusions of the Plan and the related Eligibility Study in proceeding with the designation of the Area and the adoption and implementation of the Plan, and 2) on the fact that the Consultant compiled the necessary information so that the Plan and the related Eligibility Study will comply with the Act.

The study and survey of the Area indicate that the requirements necessary for designation of the Area as a conservation area under the Act are present. Therefore, the Area is qualified under the terms of the definitions in the Act. This Plan and the supporting documentation contained in the Eligibility Study (included herein as Attachment One of the Appendix) indicate that the Area on the whole has not been subject to growth and development through investment by private enterprise, and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed without the adoption of the Plan.

Section II.

Legal Description And Project Boundary.

The boundaries of the Area include only those contiguous parcels of real property and improvements thereon substantially benefitted by the activities to be undertaken as a part of the Plan. Since the boundaries of the Area include approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres of land, the statutory minimum of one and five-tenths (1.5) acres is exceeded. The boundaries represent an area that is a connected series of commercial corridors that serve adjacent residential neighborhoods. These commercial corridors contain common characteristics that influence the viability of the entire Area:

the corridors along Belmont, Central and Fullerton Avenues represent a commercial core for the adjacent residential neighborhoods;

occupancy rates, building age, building conditions and streetscape conditions are relatively similar throughout the entire Area.

 

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The corridors included in the Area are also similar in that together they provide a complete range of shopping alternatives for residents. The Belmont Avenue/Central Avenue area is home to several large retail stores. The remainder of Belmont/Central and Fullerton Avenues is a mix of neighborhood commercial and service uses. This mix of uses spans these corridors and serves a large residential population. Because the corridors are in close proximity to one another and intersect each other, all of the corridors together act as a cohesive commercial environment providing services to residents. Each corridor and therefore all property in the Area will benefit from a strategy that addresses the deteriorating streetscapes and building conditions throughout the Area.

The boundaries of the Area are shown on (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map of T.I.F. Area included in Attachment Two of the Appendix and the boundaries are described in the Legal Description of the Area included as Attachment Three of the Appendix. A listing of the permanent index numbers and the 1998 equalized assessed value for all properties in the Area are provided as 1998 Estimated E.A.V. by Tax Parcel included as Attachment Four of the Appendix.

Section III.

Statutory Basis For Tax Increment Financing. A. Introduction.

In January, 1977, T.I.F. was made possible by the Illinois General Assembly through passage of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1, et seq., as amended (the "Act"). The Act provides a means for municipalities, after the approval of a redevelopment plan and project, to redevelop blighted, conservation or industrial park conservation areas and to finance eligible "redevelopment project costs" with incremental property tax revenues. "Incremental property tax" or "incremental property taxes" are derived from the increase in the current E.A.V. of real property within the redevelopment project area over and above the "certified initial E.A.V." of such real property. Any increase in E.A.V. is then multiplied by the current tax rate, which results in incremental property taxes. A decline in current E.A.V. does not result in a negative incremental property tax.

To finance redevelopment project costs, a municipality may issue obligations secured by incremental property taxes to be generated within the project area. In addition, a municipality may pledge towards payment of such obligations any part or any combination of the following:

 

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(a) net revenues of all or part of any redevelopment project;

(b) taxes levied and collected on any or all property in the municipality;

(c) the full faith and credit of the municipality;

(d) a mortgage on part or all of the redevelopment project; or

(e) any other taxes or anticipated receipts that the municipality may lawfully pledge.

Tax increment financing does not generate tax revenues by increasing tax rates. It generates revenues by allowing the municipality to capture, for a prescribed period, the new revenues produced by the enhanced valuation of properties resulting from the municipality's redevelopment program, improvements and activities, various redevelopment projects, and the reassessment of properties. Under T.I.F. all taxing districts continue to receive property taxes levied on the initial valuation of properties within the redevelopment project area. Additionally, taxing districts can receive distributions of excess incremental property taxes when annual incremental property taxes received exceed principal and interest obligations for that year and redevelopment project costs necessary to implement the redevelopment plan have been paid. Taxing districts also benefit from the increased property tax base after redevelopment project costs and obligations are paid.

As used herein and in the Act, the term "redevelopment project" ("project") means any public and private development project in furtherance of the objectives of a redevelopment plan. The term "area" means an area designated by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than one and one-half (1Vi) acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be classified as an industrial park conservation area or a blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both blighted area and conservation area. Redevelopment plan ("plan") means the comprehensive program of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the redevelopment project area for utilization of tax increment financing, and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment project area.

This increase or "increment" can be used to finance "redevelopment project costs" such as property assembly, site clearance, building rehabilitation, interest subsidy, construction of public infrastructure, et cetera, as permitted by the Act.

 

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The Illinois General Assembly made various findings in adopting the Act:

1. that there exists in many municipalities within the State blighted and conservation areas; and

2. that the eradication of blighted areas and the treatment and improvement of conservation areas by redevelopment projects are essential to the public interest and welfare.

These findings were made on the basis that the presence of blight, or conditions which lead to blight, are detrimental to the safety, health, welfare and morals of the public.

To ensure that the exercise of these powers is proper and in the public interest, the Act specifies certain requirements that must be met before a municipality can proceed with implementing a redevelopment plan. One (1) of these requirements is that the municipality must demonstrate that a redevelopment project area qualifies for designation. With certain exceptions, an area must qualify generally either as:

a blighted area (both "improved" and "vacant" or a combination of both); or

a conservation area; or

a combination of both blighted areas and conservation areas within the definitions for each set forth in the Act.

The Act does not offer detailed definitions of the blighting factors used to qualify areas. The definitions set forth in the Illinois Department of Revenue's "Definitions and Explanations of Blight and Conservation Factors (1988)" were used in this regard in preparing this Plan.

B. The   Redevelopment   Plan  And  Project   For  The   Belmont/Central Tax Increment    Financing Redevelopment Project Area.

As evidenced herein, the Area as a whole has not been subject to growth and development through private investment. Furthermore, it is not reasonable to expect that the Area as a whole will be redeveloped without the use of T.I.F.

 

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This Plan has been formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Act and is intended to guide improvements and activities within the Area in order to stimulate private investment in the Area. The goal of the City, through implementation of this Plan, is that the entire Area be revitalized on a comprehensive and planned basis to ensure that private investment in rehabilitation and new development occurs:

1. on a coordinated rather than piecemeal basis to ensure that land-use, access and circulation, parking, public services and urban design are functionally integrated and meet present-day principles and standards;

2. on a reasonable, comprehensive and integrated basis to ensure that blighting factors are eliminated; and

3. accomplish objectives within a reasonable and defined period so that the Area may contribute productively to the economic vitality of the City.

This Plan sets forth the overall Project which are those public and private activities to be undertaken to accomplish the City's above-stated goal. During implementation of the Project, the City may, from time to time: (i) undertake or cause to be undertaken public improvements and activities; and (ii) enter into redevelopment agreements or intergovernmental agreements with private entities or public entities to construct, rehabilitate; renovate or restore private improvements on one (1) or several parcels (collectively referred to as "Redevelopment Projects").

This Plan specifically describes the Area and summarizes the factors which qualify the Area as a "conservation area" as defined in the Act (also, see the Eligibility Study included as Attachment One of the Appendix).

Successful implementation of this Plan requires that the City utilize incremental property taxes and other resources in accordance with the Act to stimulate the comprehensive and coordinated development of the Area. Only through the utilization of tax increment financing will the Area develop on a comprehensive and coordinated basis, thereby reducing or eliminating the conditions which have precluded development of the Area by the private sector.

The use of incremental property taxes will permit the City to direct, implement and coordinate public improvements and activities to stimulate private investment within the Area. These improvements, activities and investments will benefit the City, its residents, and all taxing districts having jurisdiction over the Area. These anticipated benefits include:

 

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An increased property tax base arising from new commercial and residential development and the rehabilitation of existing buildings.

An increased sales tax base resulting from new and existing development.

An increase in construction and employment opportunities for residents of the City.

Improved roadways, utilities and other infrastructure that better serve existing businesses, residents, institutions and recreational facilities and accommodate desired new development.

Section TV. Redevelopment Goals And Objectives.

Information regarding the needs of the Area and proposals for the future was obtained from the City of Chicago, various neighborhood groups, comments expressed at neighborhood meetings and field investigations by the Consultant.

The Area boundaries have been established to maximize the development tools created by the Act and its ability to address Area problems and needs. To address these needs, various goals and objectives have been established for the Area as noted in this section.

A.  General Goals For Belmont/Central Redevelopment Area.

Listed below are the general goals adopted by the City for redevelopment of the Area. These goals provide the overall focus and direction of this Plan:

1. Improve the quality of life in the City by revitalizing the Area. This can be accomplished through assisting the Area and its series of commercial districts to have secure, functional, attractive, marketable and competitive business environments.

2. Within the Area, create commercial environments that will contribute more positively to the health, safety and general welfare of the City.

 

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, 3. Stabilize and enhance the real estate and sales tax base of the City and other taxing districts having jurisdiction over the Area.

4. Retain and enhance sound and viable existing businesses within the Area.

5. Attract new business and development within the Area.

6. Improve the appearance of the commercial corridors that comprise the Area. This should be accomplished through: building facade renovation/restoration; removal of signage clutter; restoration of deteriorated signage; other public and private improvements that will have a positive visual impact and provide an identity for each commercial district.

7. Create new job opportunities within the Area.

8. Employ residents from within the Area as well as adjacent neighborhoods.

B.   Redevelopment Objectives.

Listed below are the redevelopment objectives that will guide planning decisions regarding redevelopment within the Area:

1. Reduce or eliminate those conditions that qualify the Area as a "conservation area". These conditions are described in detail in the Eligibility Study (see Attachment One of the Appendix).

2. Create an environment that stimulates private investment in the upgrading and expansion of existing businesses and the construction of new business that will create jobs and increase the property tax base.

3. Create a coherent overall urban design and character for each commercial •  corridor in the Area.    Individual developments should be visually

distinctive and compatible.

4. Encourage visually attractive buildings, rights-of-way and open spaces incorporating sound building and property design standards including signage and off-street parking.

5. Provide or reinforce necessary public improvements and facilities in proper relationship to the projected demand for such facilities and in accordance with modern design standards for such facilities.

 

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6. Maximize the existing transportation network of the Area and ensure that the Area is served by a street system and public transportation facilities that provide safe and convenient access to and circulation within the Area.

7. Assemble or encourage the assembly of land into parcels of appropriate shape and sufficient size for redevelopment in accordance with this Plan and contemporary development needs and standards.

8. Facilitate business retention, rehabilitation and new development.

9. Assist in the establishment of job training and job readiness programs to provide residents from within and surrounding the Area with the skills necessary to secure jobs within the Area.

10.    Provide opportunities for women-owned and minority-owned businesses to share in the redevelopment of the Area.

C.   Development And Design Objectives.

Listed below are the specific development and design objectives that will assist the City in directing and coordinating public and private improvement and investment throughout the Area. These objectives are intended to facilitate the general goals and redevelopment objectives for the Area identified previously in this Plan.

The following guidelines are intended to help attract desirable new businesses and employment opportunities, foster a consistent and coordinated development pattern and create an attractive and quality image and identity for the Area:

1. Land-Use.

Promote new commercial development, where appropriate, and integrate new development with existing businesses throughout the Area to create a planned mix of commercial uses.

~ To the extent possible, facilitate rehabilitation and development of commercial, retail and commercial service uses where appropriate. However, the Plan recognizes the need for and existence of institutional and residential uses to a limited extent given the Area's current boundaries and existing land-use and zoning patterns.

 

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Promote amenities such as shared parking in selected locations that support the needs of the Area's residents, employees and business patrons.

Protect areas designated for a particular land-use from development that may be detrimental through implementation of the generalized land-use plan for the Area.

2. Building And Site Development.

Repair, rehabilitate and reuse existing commercial buildings in poor condition, when feasible.

Promote the use of consistent themed architectural treatments (including lighting, signage and landscaping) around buildings to add visual interest and promote a unique identity within each commercial corridor.

Locate building service and loading areas away from front entrances and major streets where possible.

Encourage parking, service and support facilities that can be shared by multiple businesses.

3. Transportation And Infrastructure.

Provide safe and convenient access to the Area for trucks, autos and public transportation.

Improve the street surface conditions, street lighting, curbs, sidewalks and traffic signalization.

Promote developments that will take advantage of the ease of access to the City's mass transit network.

Provide well-defined, safe pedestrian connections between developments within the Area, and between the Area and nearby destinations.

Upgrade public utilities and infrastructure throughout the Area as required.

 

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4. Urban Design.

Establish a comprehensive streetscape system to guide the design and location of light fixtures, sidewalks, paving materials, landscaping, street furniture and signage within each commercial district in the Area.

Restore vintage signage where it can help to establish the Area's identity (along Belmont and Central, for example). Replace signage that is deteriorated and unattractive.

Discourage proliferation of building and site signage and restrict off-premises advertising (particularly billboards) to the extent permitted by law.

Provide distinctive design features, including landscaping and signage, at the major entryways into the Area to create a unified identity.

Preserve and promote buildings with historic and architectural value, where appropriate.

5. Landscaping And Open Space.

Provide landscaped buffer areas around the periphery of and within the commercial portions of the Area to reduce the adverse impact of commercial activities on adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Promote the use of landscaping and attractive fencing to screen dumpsters, waste collection areas, loading areas, service areas and the perimeter of parking lots and other vehicular use areas.

Ensure that all landscaping and design materials comply with the City of Chicago Landscape Ordinance.

Promote the development of shared open spaces within the commercial corridors, including courtyards, outdoor eating areas, recreational areas, et cetera.

Ensure that all open spaces are designed, landscaped and lighted to achieve a high level of security.

 

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Section V.

Basis For Eligibility Of The Area And Findings.

A. Introduction.

Attachment One of the Appendix (the "Eligibility Study") contains a comprehensive report that documents all factors required by the Act to make a determination that the Area is eligible under the Act. A brief synopsis of this Eligibility Study is included in this section.

To designate a redevelopment project area, according to the requirements of the Act, a municipality must find that there exist conditions which cause such project area to be classified as a blighted area, conservation area, combination of blighted and conservation areas, or an industrial park conservation area. The criteria and the individual factors that were utilized in conducting the evaluation of the physical conditions in the Area are outlined under the individual headings that follow.

B.   Area Background Information.

1.   Location And Size Of Area.

The Area is located nine (9) miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The northern limits of the Area along Central Avenue are approximately two (2) miles south of the Kennedy Expressway. The Area contains approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres and consists of eighty-one (81) (full and partial) blocks.

The boundaries of the Area are described in the Legal Description included as Attachment Three of the Appendix and are geographically shown on (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map of T.I.F. Area, included in Attachment Two of the Appendix. Existing land uses are identified on (Sub)Exhibit B, Existing Land-Use Assessment Map, included in Attachment Two of the Appendix.

2.   Description Of Current Conditions.

The Area consists of eighty-one (81) (full and partial) city blocks, four hundred forty-six (446) buildings and eight hundred sixty-four (864) parcels covering approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres. The gross land-use percentage breakdown of the Area's acreage is provided on the following page:

 

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Land-Use

Percentage Of Gross Land Area

Residential

2.1

Industrial

0.4

Commercial

44.2

Institutional and Related

12.6

Vacant/Undeveloped Land

0.4

Public Right-of-Way

40.3

Much of the Area is in need of redevelopment, rehabilitation and revitalization and is characterized by the conservation area factors that exist to a major extent listed below:

Obsolescence.

Sixty-six percent (66%) of buildings or parcels exhibited evidence of obsolescence. Obsolescence identified in the Area includes: structures containing vacant space, structures with design and space layouts that are no longer suitable for their current use, parcels of limited and narrow size and configuration and obsolete site improvements including limited provisions for on-site parking.

Excessive Land Coverage.

Sixty-six percent (66%) of buildings or site improvements exhibited evidence of excessive land coverage. Examples of excessive land coverage identified in the Area include: building or site improvements exhibiting nearly one hundred percent (100%) lot coverage, lack of required off-street parking and inadequate provision for loading or service areas.

 

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Depreciation Of Physical Maintenance.

Depreciation of physical maintenance was identified, on eighty percent (80%) of buildings and site improvements in the Area. Examples observed in the Area include: unpainted or unfinished surfaces, peeling paint, loose or missing materials, cracks in masonry construction, broken windows, loose gutters and downspouts and damaged building areas still in despair. Trash and debris was also observed on several sites and several parking lots and paved areas exhibited cracks and potholes in need of repair.

Lack Of Community Planning.

The presence of a lack of community planning was observed on sixty-seven percent (67%) of

the parcels in the area. This factor is primarily associated with commercial properties that are located on lots that are too small to adequately accommodate appropriate off-street parking and loading requirements.

In addition to the four (4) factors noted above, the following factors were found to exist to a minor extent:

Dilapidation (one percent (1%) of buddings and site improvements).

Deterioration (nine percent (9%) of buildings and site improvements).

Illegal Use of Individual Structures (two percent (2%) of buildings).

Presence of Structures Below Minimum Code Standards (eleven percent (11%) of buildings).

Excessive Vacancy (fourteen percent (14%) of buildings).

—   Lack of Ventilation, Light or Sanitary Facilities (less than one percent (1%) of buildings).

Deleterious Land-Use and Layout (four percent (4%) of buildings and site improvements).

 

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The Area on the whole has not been subject to growth and development through investment by private enterprise and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed without the adoption of this Plan. Age and the requirements of contemporary commercial tenants have caused portions of the Area and its building stock to become obsolete and may result in further disinvestment in the Area. Some businesses have relocated out of the Area as indicated by a number of vacant commercial storefronts. Within the Area, twenty-one percent (21%) of the blocks contain one (1) or more vacant storefronts.

Limited improvement efforts to provide minimal streetscape improvements in the area near the Belmont Avenue/Central Avenue intersection have been made by the City. However, these efforts have not been wide spread. In addition, these efforts have not resulted in occupancy and beneficial use of some vacant sites and large vacant buildings. The City is developing this Plan in an attempt to attract new growth and development. The City has begun to implement capital improvements for street and alley repair and repaving and minor streetscape improvements are being completed near the Belmont Avenue/Central Avenue intersection.

The City and the State of Illinois ("State") have designated a portion of this section of the community as Enterprise Zone 5 ((Sub)Exhibit F, Enterprise Zone Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix). This initiative may be responsible, in part, for creating some stabilized "pockets" in a portion of the Area, but has not eliminated further decline. In addition, the Enterprise Zone designation only covers a small portion of the Area along Fullerton Avenue. The remaining portion of the Area will not benefit from the Enterprise Zone program. However, in the future, the Enterprise Zone, in conjunction with the components of this Plan, will assist in addressing Area problems by providing additional incentives for attracting new businesses and retaining existing ones.

From 1994 through 1998, the City of Chicago equalized assessed value increased from Thirty Billion One Hundred Million Dollars ($30,100,000,000) to Thirty-three Billion Nine Hundred Million Dollars ($33,900,000,000) according to Cook County records. This represents a gain of Three Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($3,800,000,000) (annual average of two and seven-tenths percent (2.7%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1994 the equalized assessed value of Cook County was Sixty-seven Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($67,800,000,000) and grew to Seventy-eight Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars ($78,500,000,000) in 1997. This represents a gain of Ten Billion Seven Hundred Million Dollars ($10,700,000,000) (annual average of two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1998, the E.A.V. of the Area was Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($81,400,000). This represents an average annual growth rate of approximately one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) during the five (5) year period between 1994 and 1998. Therefore, the Area grew approximately thirty-nine percent (39%) slower than Cook County and the City of Chicago between 1994 and 1998.

 

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Further, approximately ten (10) properties in the Area are delinquent in the payment of 1997 real estate taxes and one hundred eighty-eight (188) building code violations have been issued on buildings since January of 1994.

Of the approximately four hundred forty-six (446) buildings and one hundred ninety (190) acres in the Area, only seven (7) major new buildings have been built since January of 1994 according to building permit information provided by the City of Chicago Department of Buildings. All seven (7) of these buildings were commercial buildings. Approximately eighty-four percent (84%) of the buildings in the Area are or exceed thirty-five (35) years of age.

There is approximately fifty-nine thousand (59,000) square feet of vacant commercial floor space. A significant portion of the vacant floor space in the Area is located in buildings that are obsolete in terms of contemporary business requirements and layout. As part of the documentation of existing conditions in the Area, a separate analysis looked at development opportunities in the Area:

According to information provided by the Goodman Williams Group, large-scale retail opportunities are limited in the Area. The main factor limiting development in the Area is the lack of sites capable of accommodating the space and site requirements of contemporary retail development. Several large retailers are located in shopping centers near the Area. These shopping centers are on large sites that provide adequate parking and large building footprints more suited for contemporary retail use. Retail demand for large building footprints and on-site parking may be causing some Area properties to be less desirable for commercial uses. For many Area properties, building size, building layout and limited on-site parking is not suited for large contemporary commercial tenants. The result is that a narrower mix of commercial uses will seek to occupy the existing commercial buildings in the Area and thereby limit demand for some properties.

Many buildings are now occupied by "start up" businesses. As buildings become available, other such businesses move in. As might be expected, some of the businesses fail thereby creating an ongoing level of turnover in the Area. Once some buildings are vacated, it may be extremely difficult to attract contemporary tenants that generate economic activity comparable with the commercial uses that were lost. This adds significantly to the view that the Area has experienced additional blight and that private market acceptance of portions of the Area is not favorable and likely will not be favorable in the future.

The documentation provided in this Plan and the attached Eligibility Study (long-term vacancies, properties that are tax delinquent, absence of new development, E.A.V. trends indicating that the Area is growing at a rate below that of surrounding areas, et cetera) indicates that private investment in revitalization and redevelopment has not occurred. These conditions may cause the Area to become

 

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blighted in the future. In addition, the Area is not reasonably expected to have increased stability and be redeveloped without the aggressive efforts and leadership of the City, including the adoption of the Plan.

C. Area Data And Profile.

The City is proposing an overall strategy to address conditions that qualify the Area as a conservation area. These efforts are directed at increasing property values, retaining viable businesses, recruiting new businesses into the City and reversing the loss of commercial jobs and commercial tenants. Isolated areas within the Belmont/Central Redevelopment Area and surrounding areas have received or will receive funding for planning and capital improvement programs. Funding of these projects is outlined in the 1998 — 2002 City of Chicago Capital Improvement Program. However, these programs are not sufficient to overcome the factors causing decline in the Area.

As noted in the Introduction, the Area is generally a series of connected linear commercial corridors located along major transportation routes. These corridors contain numerous commercial businesses and provide employment opportunities to residents in surrounding neighborhoods. However, age, size, condition and layout of many existing structures are not suited for contemporary commercial development. Deteriorating buildings, small lots, inadequate or non-existent on-site parking, buildings that are obsolete in terms of contemporary retail space needs and declining streetscapes are present throughout the Area. If the Area is to be revitalized, these conditions must be addressed.

The primary purpose of the Plan is to establish a program of addressing those factors that cause the Area to qualify under the Act. Further, the tax increment financing identified in this Plan is designed to lead to retention of existing business and promote the Area for new commercial, residential and limited development and private investment.

D. Existing Land-Use And Zoning Characteristics.

A tabulation of existing land-use by category is shown below:

 

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Table One. Tabulation Of Existing Land-Use.

Land-Use Land Area        Percentage Of       Percentage Of

Gross Acres     Gross Land Area     Net Land

Mi

Area

Residential 4.0 2.1 3.5

Industrial 0.8 0.4 0.7

Commercial 83.9 44.2 74.1

Institutional 23.9 12.6 21.1

Undeveloped Land 0.7 0.4 0.6

Subtotal - Net Area 113.3 59.6 100.0

Public Right-of-Way 76.7 40.3 NA

TOTAL: 190.0 100.0 NA

The existing land uses itemized in Table One are predominantly commercial in nature, as seventy-four and one-tenth percent (74.1%) of the net Area (exclusive of public right-of-way) is commercial. Several public and private institutional uses (Reinberg School, St. Patrick High School and Weber High School), one (1) recreational use (Blackhawk Park), and single-family and multi-family residential uses are scattered throughout the Area. The majority of property within the Area is zoned in commercial or business categories (see (Sub)Exhibit D, Generalized Existing Zoning Map included ih Attachment Two of the Appendix).

Note:

(1) Net land area exclusive of public right-of-way.

 

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There are no large retail shopping centers in the Area. The pockets of residential use existing in the Area contain single-family and multi-family buildings or commercial buildings containing upper floor residential uses. These residential areas are typically small and are adjacent to commercial land uses located along the commercial corridors of the Area. Approximately two and one-tenth percent (2.1%) of the total gross land area or three and five-tenths percent (3.5%) of the net land area (exclusive of public right-of-way) is residential. The boundary separating adjacent residential and commercial uses is usually an alley.

The land-use survey and map are intended to focus on the uses at street level which usually are the predominant use of the property. It should be recognized, however, that many of the multi-story buildings throughout the corridor are actually mixed-use structures. The upper floors of these buildings are often intended for multi-family use, constructed so that the business owner could live above his shop and maximize the rental income potential of the building. In the overwhelming majority of these instances, these upper floors experience high rates of occupancy even if the first (1st) floor commercial space is vacant. The focus on ground floor uses is not intended to minimize the importance of the second (2nd) floor uses. In fact, maximum use and occupancy of these mixed-use buildings is and should be encouraged.

Most arterial streets have parking restrictions that limit on-street parking during peak periods. In addition, several zones have been created adjacent to the Area that limits on-street parking in residential areas through a parking permit program. However, these areas are small in number. Within the commercial corridors, limited on-street parking is available. Individual businesses along these streets have narrow street frontage and many buildings cover one hundred percent (100%) of their lots, thereby preventing any on-site parking or loading. The exception to the condition of limited parking is in the area of the Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue intersection. In this portion of the Area, a public parking garage is located on Central Avenue immediately south of Belmont Avenue. The garage is located for customers of businesses located near the Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue intersection and contains adequate capacity to accommodate increased business activity in the central portion of the Area. With the exception of the parking garage at the Belmont/Central intersection, much of the Area's residents, employees and patrons of Area businesses must park on adjacent streets to access the Area.

E.  Investigation And Analysis Of Conservation Factors.

In determining whether the proposed Area meets the eligibility requirements of the Act, various methods of research were utilized in addition to the field surveys. The data include information assembled from the sources identified below:

 

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1. Contacts with local individuals knowledgeable of Area conditions and history, age of buildings and site improvements, methods of construction, real estate records and related items.

2. Aerial photographs, Sidwell block sheets, et cetera.

3. Inspection and research as to the condition of local buildings, streets, utilities, et cetera.

4. On-site field inspection of Area conditions by experienced property inspectors of the Consultant and others as previously noted. Personnel of the Consultant are trained in techniques and procedures of determining conditions of local properties, utilities, streets, et cetera and determining eligibility of designated areas for tax increment financing.

5. Use of accepted definitions and guidelines to determine area eligibility as established by the Illinois Department of Revenue manual in conducting eligibility compliance review for State of Illinois Tax Increment Finance Areas in 1988.

6. Adherence to basic findings of need as established by the Illinois General Assembly in establishing the Act. These are:

a. There exists in many Illinois municipalities, areas that are conservation or blighted areas, within the meaning of the Act.

b. The eradication of blighted areas and the treatment of conservation areas by redevelopment projects are essential to the public interest.

c. These findings are made on the basis that the presence of blight or conditions, which lead to blight, are detrimental to the safety, health, welfare and morals of the public.

In making the determination of eligibility, it is not required that each and every property or building in the Area qualify. It is the Area as a whole that must be determined to be eligible.

The Act sets forth fourteen (14) separate factors that are to be used to determine if an area qualifies as a "conservation area". In addition, two (2) thresholds must be met. For an area to qualify as a conservation area fifty percent (50%) or more of the structures in the area must have an age of thirty-five (35) years or more and a combination of three (3) or more of the fourteen (14) factors must be found to exist

 

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such that although the area is not yet a blighted area, it is detrimental to the public safety, health, morals or welfare and may become a blighted area.

The Act does not define the blight terms, but the Consultant has utilized the definitions for these terms as established by the Illinois Department of Revenue in their 1988 Compliance Manual. The Eligibility Study included in the Appendix defines all of the terms and the methodology employed by the Consultant in arriving at the conclusions as to eligibility.

Conservation Area: A combination of three (3) or more of the following factors must exist for an area to qualify as a conservation area under the Act.

1. Dilapidation.

2. Obsolescence.

3. Deterioration.

4. Illegal use of individual structures.

5. Presence of structures below minimum code standards.

6. Abandonment.

7. Excessive vacancies.

8. Overcrowding of structures and community facilities.

9. Lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities.

10. Inadequate utilities.

11. Excessive land coverage.

12. Deleterious land-use or layout.

13. Depreciation of physical maintenance.

14. Lack of community planning.

Table Two, Conservation Factors Matrix, provided on the following page, tabulates the condition of all improved properties in the approximately one hundred ninety acre (190), eighty-one (81) full and partial block Area. Table Two documents the

 

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conditions of improved portions of the Area. The data contained in Table Two indicate that four (4) blighting factors associated with improved land are present to a meaningful extent and generally distributed throughout the Area. These four (4) factors were summarized previously and are further described in the Eligibility Study contained as Attachment One of the Appendix.

F.   Summary Of Findings/Area Qualification.

It was determined in the investigation and analysis of conditions in the Area that the Area qualifies as a "conservation area" under the Act. Those qualifying factors that were determined to exist in the Area are summarized in Table Two, Conservation Factors Matrix. The Plan includes measures designed to reduce or eliminate the deficiencies that cause the Area to qualify. This is consistent with the strategy of the City in other redevelopment project areas.

The loss of businesses from this Area further documents the trend line and deteriorating conditions of the Area. There is in excess of fifty-nine thousand (59,000) square feet of vacant commercial floor space in approximately twenty-five (25) buildings scattered throughout the Area. Some of these properties have been available in the real estate market for some time.

The City and the State have designated a portion of the Area as State of Illinois' Enterprise Zone Number 5 as a further response to deteriorating conditions in the Area. This designation also recognizes the significant needs of the Area and reinforces that financial incentives are required to attract private investment (see (Sub)Exhibit F, Enterprise Zone Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix).

The conclusion of the Consultant is that the number, degree and distribution of eligibility factors as documented in this report warrant the designation of the Area as a conservation area as set forth in the Act. The summary tables contained on the following pages highlight the factors found to exist in the Area that cause it to qualify.

Although it may be concluded that the mere presence of the stated eligibility factors noted herein may be sufficient to make a finding of qualification as a conservation area, this evaluation was made on the basis that the factors must be present to an extent that would lead reasonable persons to conclude that public intervention is appropriate or necessary. Secondly, the conservation area eligibility factors must be reasonably distributed throughout the Area so that a non-eligible area is not arbitrarily found a conservation area simply because of proximity to an area that exhibits blighting factors.

 

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In addition to the presence of multiple conservation area factors, E.A.V. trends indicating that the Area is growing at a rate below that of surrounding areas and the presence of vacant floor space indicates that the Area on the whole has not been subject to growth and development as a result of investment by private enterprise and will not be developed without action by the City. These have been previously documented. All properties within the Area will benefit from the use of T.I.F. and the implementation of the Plan.

The table presented on the following page shows the status of the Area with respect to the age threshold and eligibility factors documented in the Area. The analysis presented in this Plan is based upon field review and data assembled by the Consultant. The conclusions presented in this report are those of the Consultant. The local governing body should review this report. If satisfied with the summary of findings contained herein, the governing body may adopt a resolution making a finding of a conservation area for the Area and make this report a part of the public record. The study and survey of the Area indicate that requirements necessary for designation as a "conservation area" are present.

1. Improved Land Statutory Factors.

Eligibility Factor111 Existing In Area

Age,2) - 85% of Buildings

are or exceed 35 Years of Age

Minor Extent Major Extent Minor Extent

1. Dilapidation

2. Obsolescence

3. Deterioration

Notes:

(1) Only three (3) factors are required by the Act for eligibility. Eleven (11) factors are present in the Area. Four (4) factors were found to exist to a major extent and seven (7) were found to exist to a minor extent.

(2) Age is not a factor for designation but rather a threshold that must be met before an area can qualify as a conservation area.

 

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Eligibility Factor1"

Existing In Area

4. Illegal use of individual structures

5. Presence of structures below

minimum code standards

6. Abandonment

7. Excessive vacancies

8. Overcrowding of structures and

community facilities

9. Lack of ventilation, light or

sanitary facilities

10. Inadequate utilities

11. Excessive land coverage

12. Deleterious land-use or layout

13. Depreciation of physical maintenance

14. Lack of community planning

Minor Extent

Minor Extent Not Present Minor Extent

Not Present

Minor Extent Not Present Major Extent Minor Extent Major Extent Major Extent

Therefore, the Area meets the requirements for designation as a conservation area and is eligible to be designated as a redevelopment project area and eligible for Tax Increment Financing under the Act (see full text of Attachment One, Eligibility Study included in the Appendix).

Notes:

(1) Only three (3) factors are required by the Act for eligibility. Eleven (11) factors are present in the Area. Four (4) factors were found to exist to a major extent and seven (7) were found to exist to a minor extent.

 

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Section VI. Redevelopment Plan And Project.

A. Introduction.

This section presents the Plan and Project for the Area. Pursuant to the Act, when the finding is made that an area qualifies as a conservation, blighted, combination of conservation and blighted areas or industrial park conservation area, a redevelopment plan must be prepared. A redevelopment plan is defined in the Act at 65 ILCS 5/1 l-74.4-3(n) as:

"the comprehensive program of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the redevelopment project area as a 'blighted area' or 'conservation area' or combination thereof or 'industrial park conservation area', and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment project area

B. Proposed Generalized Land-Use Plan.

The generalized land-use plan for the Area is presented on (Sub)Exhibit C, Generalized Land-Use Plan included in Attachment Two of the Appendix.

The generalized land-use plan for the Area will be in effect upon adoption of this Plan. This land-use plan is a generalized plan in that it states land-use categories and even alternative land uses that apply to each block in the Area. Existing land uses that are not consistent with these categories may be permitted to exist if they are legal and conform to the underlying zoning. However, T.I.F. assistance will only be provided for those properties in conformity with this generalized land-use plan.

The commercial corridors that comprise the Area should be revitalized through improvement of the existing streetscape and infrastructure and through redevelopment of small-scale individual properties with the primary focus being a series of planned commercial retail service corridors. In addition, provisions for existing land uses, including, residential, open space, public and institutional uses are included.  The various land uses should be arranged and located to minimize

 

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conflicts between neighboring land-use activities. The intent of this land-use plan is also to enhance and support the existing, viable commercial businesses in the Area through providing opportunities for financial assistance for expansion and growth.

The generalized land-use plan is focused on maintaining and enhancing sound and viable existing businesses, and promoting new business development at selected locations. The generalized land-use plan highlights areas for use as commercial business that will enhance existing development and promote new development within the Area. The generalized land-use plan designates five (5) land-use categories within the Area:

i. Residential.

ii. Commercial/Residential.

iii. Commercial.

iv. Institutional.

v. Public Use/Open Space.

These five (5) categories, and their location on the map on (Sub)Exhibit C, Generalized Land-Use Plan included as Attachment Two of the Appendix, were developed from several factors: existing land-use, the existing underlying zoning district and the land-use anticipated in the future.

It is not the intent of the generalized land-use plan to eliminate nonconforming existing uses in this Area. The intent is to prohibit the expansion of these uses where appropriate and allow the commercial nature of the Area to remain intact. In some instances, transformation from residential use to commercial use may be desirable. It should be noted that existing uses can remain until such time that they are no longer viable for their current use. All redevelopment project activities shall be subject to the provisions of the City's ordinances and applicable codes as may be in existence and may be amended from time to time.

C.  Redevelopment Projects.

To achieve the objectives proposed in the Plan, a number of projects and activities will need to be undertaken. While no private projects are proposed at this time, an essential element of the Plan is a combination of private projects, public projects and infrastructure improvements.    The City may enter into redevelopment

 

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agreements or intergovernmental agreements with private entities or public entities to construct, rehabilitate, renovate or restore private or public improvements on one (1) or several parcels (collectively referred to as "Redevelopment Projects"). Projects and activities necessary to implement the Plan may include the following:

i

1. Private Redevelopment Investment.

Rehabilitation of existing properties including adaptive reuse of certain existing buildings built for one (1) use but proposed for another use. New construction or reconstruction of private buildings at various locations as permitted by the Plan.

2. Public Redevelopment Investment.

Public projects and support activities will be used to induce and complement private investment. These may include, but are not limited to: street improvements; public building rehabilitation; property assembly and site preparation; street work; transportation improvement programs and facilities; public utilities (water, sanitary and storm sewer facilities); environmental clean-up; park improvements; school improvements; landscaping; traffic signalization; promotional and improvement programs; signage and lighting, as well as other programs as may be provided by the City and permitted by the Act.

The estimated costs associated with the eligible.public redevelopment investment are presented in Table Three, Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs shown on the next page. These projects are necessary to carry out the capital improvements and to address the additional needs identified in preparing this Plan. This estimate includes reasonable or necessary costs incurred or estimated to be incurred in the implementation of this Plan.

Some of the costs listed in Table Three, Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs will become eligible costs under the Act pursuant to an amendment to the Act which will become effective November 1, 1999. In no instance, however, shall such additions or adjustments result in any increase in the total redevelopment costs without further amendment to this Redevelopment Plan.

The City proposes to achieve its redevelopment goals and objectives for the Area through the use of public financing techniques including, but not limited to tax increment financing. The City also reserves the right to undertake additional activities and improvements authorized under the Act.

 

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Table Three. Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs.

Activity Cost

1. Planning, Legal, Marketing, Professional

Services, Administrative $ 500,000

2. Property Assembly, Site Clearance,

Environmental Remediation and Site Preparation 2,450,000

3. Rehabilitation Costs and Leasehold

Improvements 2,400,000

4. Public Works or Improvements 3,500,000

5. Job Training, Retraining, Welfare to

Work and Day Care 750,000

6. Taxing Districts' Capital Costs 5,500,000

7. Relocation Costs 100,000

8. Interest Subsidy 1.520.000

*TOTAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

COSTS: $16,720,000

Further descriptions of costs are provided in Section VII of this Plan. Certain costs contained in this table will become eligible costs as of November 1, 1999 pursuant to an amendment to the Act.

In addition to the above stated costs each issue of bonds issued to finance a phase of the project may include an amount of proceeds sufficient to pay customary and reasonable charges associated with the issuance of such obligations, including interest. Each individual project cost will be re-evaluated in light of projected private development and resulting incremental tax revenues as it is considered for public financing under the provisions of the Act. The totals of line items set forth above are an upper limit on expenditures. Adjustments may be made in line items within the total and may be made without amendment to the Plan. In no instance, however, shall such additions or adjustments result in any increase in the total redevelopment costs without further amendment to this Redevelopment Plan. The City may incur Redevelopment Project Costs which are paid for from the funds of the City other than incremental taxes, and the City may then be reimbursed for such costs from incremental taxes.

 

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3.   Property Assembly.

Property assembly in accordance with this Plan may be undertaken by the private sector. Additionally, the City may encourage the preservation of buildings that are structurally sound and compatible with the overall redevelopment of the Area.

To meet the goals and objectives of the Plan, the City may acquire and assemble property throughout the Area. Land assemblage by the City may be by purchase, exchange, donation, lease, eminent domain or through the Tax Reactivation Program and may be acquired for the purposes of (a) sale, lease or conveyance to private developers, or (b) sale, lease, conveyance or dedication for the construction of public improvements or facilities. Furthermore, the City may require written redevelopment agreements with developers before acquiring any properties. As appropriate, the City may devote acquired property to temporary uses until such property is scheduled for disposition and development.

The City may demolish improvements, remove and grade soils and prepare sites with soils and materials suitable for new construction; Acquisition, clearance and demolition will, to the greatest extent possible, be timed to coincide with redevelopment activities so that tax-producing redevelopment closely follows site clearance.

The City may (a) acquire any historic structure (whether a designated City or State landmark or on, or eligible for, nomination to the National Register of Historic Places); (b) demolish any non-historic feature of such structure; and (c) incorporate any historic structure or historic feature into a development on the subject property or adjoining property.

In connection with the City exercising its power to acquire real property, including the exercise of the power of eminent domain, under the Act in implementing the Plan, the City will follow its customary procedures of having each such acquisition recommended by the Community Development Commission (or any successor commission) and authorized by the City Council of the City. Acquisition of such real property as may be authorized by the City Council does not constitute a change in the nature of the Plan.

Relocation assistance may be provided in order to facilitate redevelopment of portions of the Redevelopment Project Area, and to meet the other City objectives. Businesses or households legally occupying properties to be acquired by the City may be provided with relocation advisory and financial assistance as determined by the City.

 

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D.  Assessment Of Financial Impact On Taxing Districts.

In 1994, the Act was amended to require an assessment of any financial impact of the redevelopment project area on, or any increased demand for services from, any taxing district affected by the redevelopment plan and a description of any program to address such financial impacts or increased demand. The City intends to monitor development in the Area and with the cooperation of the other affected taxing districts will attempt to ensure that any increased needs are addressed in connection with any particular development.

The following major taxing districts presently levy taxes against properties located within the Area:

Cook County. The County has principal responsibility for the protection of persons and property, the provision of public health services and the maintenance of County highways.

Cook County Forest Preserve District. The Forest Preserve District is responsible for acquisition, restoration and management of lands for the purpose of protecting and preserving open space in the City and County for the education, pleasure and recreation of the public.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Of Greater Chicago. This district provides the main trunk lines for the collection of wastewater from cities, villages and towns, and for the treatment and disposal thereof.

Chicago Community College District 508. This district is a unit of the State of Illinois' system of public community colleges, whose objective is to meet the educational needs of residents of the City and other students seeking higher education programs and services.

Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago. General responsibilities of the Board of Education include the provision, maintenance and operations of educational facilities and the provision of educational services for kindergarten through twelfth grade (12th). Peter A. Reinberg Elementary School and the recently acquired Weber High School are located within the Area. These schools as well as other Chicago Public Schools near the Area are shown on (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map of T.I.F. Area included as Attachment Two of the Appendix.

 

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Chicago Park District. The Park District is responsible for the provision, maintenance and operation of park and recreational facilities throughout the City and for the provision of recreation programs. Black Hawk Park is located within the Area. This park, as well as, other parks near the Area are located on (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map of T.I.F. Area included in Attachment Two of the Appendix.

Chicago School Finance Authority. The Authority was created in 1981 to exercise oversight and control over the financial affairs of the Board of Education.

Cook County Health Facility. The Cook County Health Facility provides health care services to residents of Cook County.

City Of Chicago. The City is responsible for the provision of a wide range of municipal services, including: police and fire protection; capital improvements and maintenance; water supply and distribution; sanitation service; building, housing and zoning codes, et cetera.

City Of Chicago Library Fund. The Chicago Library District operates and maintains seventy-nine (79) libraries throughout the City of Chicago. Two (2) libraries, the Austin-Irving Branch and the Portage-Cragin Branch, are located in near-by neighborhoods outside of the Area. These facilities as well as several other branches in the environs of the Area provide library services for residents of the Area.

In some limited instances, it may be appropriate (and most feasible from a market standpoint) for commercial uses to replace residential uses. The extent of such land-use changes are riot likely to result in significant new service demands from the City and other taxing districts given that the majority of property within the Area is already developed and receiving services.

The City finds that the financial impact on taxing districts of the City implementing the Plan and establishing the Area is not significant and that the Plan and Area will not result in significant increased demand for facilities or services from any taxing district. The replacement of vacant and underutilized properties with new development may cause some increased demand for services and/or capital improvements. These services are provided by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (M.W.R.D.) and the City (fire and police protection as well as sanitary collection, recycling, et cetera). However, given the very limited amount of vacant land (one (1) acre) in the Area it is not anticipated that the demand for increased services and facilities will be significant because nearly all of the Area is currently developed and currently receiving services via the existing infrastructure. Any increase in demand can be adequately handled by existing facilities of the M.W.R.D. Likewise, services and facilities of the City of Chicago are adequate to handle any

 

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increased demand that may occur.

The major goals of this Plan are to: revitalize existing business areas; assist in property assembly; accomplish the planned program of public improvements; and address the needs identified herein which cause the Area to qualify for T.I.F. under the Act. Existing built-up areas are proposed to be revitalized and stabilized. Revitalization is not expected to result in a need for new facilities or expanded services from area taxing bodies.

The costs presented in Table Three, Estimated Redevelopment Project Costs, have included a limited portion of costs associated with capital improvement projects for Area taxing jurisdictions. The City will monitor the progress of the Plan and its future impacts on all local taxing bodies. In the event significant adverse impacts are identified that increase demand for facilities or services in the future, the City will consider utilizing tax increment proceeds or other revenues, to the extent they are available to assist in addressing needs that are in conformance with this Plan.

The Area represents a very small portion (less than one-quarter of one percent (0.24%) of the total tax base of the City. In recent years, E.A.V. in the Area has grown slower than the City as a whole. Hence, the taxing bodies will benefit from a program designed to stabilize the tax base in the Area, check the declining tax revenues that are the result of deterioration in the Area and attract new growth and development in the future.

E.   Prior Efforts.

Activities initiated by the City, such as the Belmont/Central Streetscape Project, are designed to revitalize portions of the Area. These prior efforts involved area residents, elected officials, businesses and neighborhood groups. In addition, several community meetings were held in the Area and have elicited comments and input from those residing in or doing business in the Area with respect to this Plan. However, continued and broader efforts that address the factors causing decline of the Area are needed. The community leaders and businesses point to the need for expanded concerted efforts to:

eliminate blighting factors;

redevelop abandoned sites;

reduce crime;

 

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improve transportation services, including provision of or improvement to centralized parking areas, and incorporation of vehicular traffic and safety measures;

initiate employment training programs so as to better prepare the labor force in the Area for employment opportunities;

undertake physical improvements to improve the appearance, image and marketability of the Area; and

encourage other proposals that can create long-term economic life and stability.

Section VII.

Statutory Compliance And Implementation Strategy.

The development and follow through of an implementation strategy is an essential element in achieving the success of this Plan. In order to maximize program efficiency, take advantage of current developer and existing property owner interest in improving property in the Area, and with full consideration of available funds, a phased implementation strategy will be employed.

A combination of private investments and projects and public improvements and projects is an essential element of the Plan. In order to achieve this end, the City may enter into agreements with public entities, private developers or existing property owners, where deemed appropriate by the City, to facilitate public or private projects. The'City may also contract with others to accomplish certain public projects and activities as contained in this Plan.

Costs that may be incurred by the City in implementing this Plan may include, without limitation, project costs and expenses that may be eligible under the Act, as amended from time to time, including those costs that are necessary and related or incidental to those listed below as currently permitted by the Act. Some of the costs listed below will become eligible costs under the Act pursuant to an amendment to the Act which will become effective November 1, 1999:

 

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1. Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans and specifications, implementation and administration of the Plan including but not limited to staff and professional service costs for architectural, engineering, legal, financial, planning and marketing sites within the Area to prospective businesses, developers and investors or other services.

2. Property assembly cost, including but not limited to acquisition of land and other property, real or personal or rights or interests therein, demolition of buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below ground environmental contamination, including, but not limited to, parking lots and other concrete or asphalt barriers, and the clearing and grading of land.

3. Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair or remodeling of existing public or private buildings, fixtures and leasehold improvements.

4. The cost of replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the implementation of a redevelopment project the existing public building is to be demolished to use the site for private investment or devoted to a different use requiring private investment and the cost of construction of public works or improvements.

5. Cost of job training and retraining projects including the costs of "welfare to work" programs implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment project area.

6. Financing costs, including but not limited to all necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance of obligations and which may include payment of interest on any obligations issued thereunder including interest accruing during the estimated period of construction of any redevelopment project for which such obligations are issued and for not exceeding thirty-six (36) months thereafter and including reasonable reserves related thereto.

7. To the extent the City by written agreement accepts and approves the same, all or a portion of a taxing district's capital costs resulting from the redevelopment project necessarily incurred or to be incurred (consistent with statutory requirements) within the taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the Plan and Project.

8. Relocation costs to the extent that a municipality determines that relocation costs shall be paid or is required to make payment of relocation costs by federal or state law.

 

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9.    Payments in lieu of taxes.

10. Costs of job training, retraining, advanced vocational education or career education, including but not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred by one (1) or more taxing districts, provided that such costs: (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of additional job training, advanced vocational education or career education programs for persons employed or to be employed by employers located in a Redevelopment Project Area; (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or taxing districts other than the municipality, are set forth in a written agreement by or among the municipality and the taxing district or taxing districts, which agreement describes the program to be undertaken, including but not limited to the number of employees to be trained, a description of the training and services to be provided, the number and type of positions available or to be available, itemized costs of the program and sources of funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement. Such costs include, specifically, the payment by community college districts of costs pursuant to Sections 3-37, 3-38, 3-40 and 3-40.1 of the Public Community College Act (as defined in the Act) and by school districts of costs pursuant to Sections 10-22.20a and 10-23.3a of the School Code (as defined in the Act).

11. Interest costs incurred by a redeveloper related to the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a redevelopment project provided that:

(A) such costs are to be paid directly from the special tax allocation fund established pursuant to the Act;

(B) such payments in any one (1) year may not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the annual interest costs incurred by the redeveloper with regard to the redevelopment project during that year;

(C) if there are not sufficient funds available in the special tax allocation fund to make the payment pursuant to this provision then the amounts so due shall accrue and be payable when sufficient funds are available in the special tax allocation fund;

(D) the total of such interest payments paid pursuant to the Act may not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total: (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project costs excluding any property assembly costs and any relocation costs incurred by a municipality pursuant to

; the Act; and

 

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(E) the thirty percent (30%) limitation in (B) and (D) above may be increased to up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the interest cost incurred by a redeveloper for the financing of rehabilitated or new housing for low-income households and very low-income households, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.

12. An elementary, secondary or unit school district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units as provided in the Act.

13. Up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost of construction, renovation and/or rehabilitation of all low- and very low-income housing units (for ownership or rental) as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. If the units are part of a residential redevelopment project that includes units not affordable to low- and very low-income households, only the low-and very low-income units shall be eligible for this benefit under the Act.

14. The cost of day care services for children of employees from low-income families working for businesses located within the redevelopment project area and all or a portion of the cost of operation of day care centers established by redevelopment project area businesses to serve employees from low-income families working in businesses located in the redevelopment project area. For the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families" means families whose annual income does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the City, county or regional median income as determined from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A. Most Recent Equalized Assessed Valuation.

The purpose of identifying the most recent equalized assessed valuation (E.A.V.) of the Area is to provide an estimate of the initial E.A.V. which the Cook County Clerk will certify for the purpose of annually calculating the incremental E.A.V. and incremental property taxes of the Area. The 1997 E.A.V. of all taxable parcels in the Area is approximately Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($81,400,000). This total E.A.V. amount, by Permanent Index Number, is summarized in 1997 E.A.V. by Tax Parcel included as Attachment Four of the Appendix. The E.A.V. is subject to verification by the Cook County Clerk. After verification, the final figure shall be certified by the Cook County Clerk, and shall become the Certified Initial E.A.V. from which all incremental property taxes in the Area will be calculated by Cook County. If the 1998 E.A.V. shall become available prior to the date of the adoption of the Plan by the City Council, the City may update

 

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the Plan by replacing the 1997 E.A.V. with the 1998 E.A.V. without further City Council action.

B. Redevelopment Valuation.

Contingent on the adoption of this Plan, it is anticipated that several major private developments and/or improvements may occur within the Area.

The private redevelopment investment and anticipated growth that will result from redevelopment and rehabilitation activity in this Area is expected to increase the equalized assessed valuation by approximately Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000). This is based, in part, upon an assumption that the vacant buildings and vacant land in the Area will be improved and increase in assessed value. These actions will stabilize values in the remainder of the Area and further stimulate rehabilitation and expansion of existing viable businesses.

C. Sources Of Funds.

The primary source of funds to pay for Redevelopment Project Costs associated with implementing the Plan shall be funds collected pursuant to tax increment allocation financing to be adopted by the City in connection with the Plan. Under such financing, tax increment revenue resulting from increases in the E.A.V. of property in the Area shall be allocated to a special fund each year (the "Special Tax Allocation Fund"). The assets of the Special Tax Allocation Fund shall be used to pay Redevelopment Project Costs and retire any obligations incurred to finance Redevelopment Project Costs.

In order to expedite the implementation of the Plan and construction of the public improvements and projects, the City of Chicago, pursuant to the authority granted to it under the Act, may issue bonds or other obligations to pay for the eligible Redevelopment Project Costs. These obligations may be secured by future revenues to be collected and allocated to the Special Tax Allocation Fund. The City may also incur redevelopment project costs which are paid for from the funds of the City other than incremental taxes, and the City may then be reimbursed for such costs from incremental taxes.

If available, revenues from other economic development funding sources, public or private, will be utilized. These may include City, state and federal programs, local retail sales tax, applicable revenues from any adjoining tax increment financing areas, and land disposition proceeds from the sale of land in the Area, as well as other revenues. The final decision concerning redistribution of yearly tax increment revenues may be made a part of a bond ordinance.

 

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The Area is presently contiguous to the Northwest Industrial Corridor Redevelopment Project Area and in the future, may be contiguous to, or be separated only by a public right-of-way from, other redevelopment project areas created under the Act. The City may utilize net incremental property taxes received from the Area to pay eligible redevelopment project costs, or obligations issued to pay such costs, in other contiguous redevelopment project areas, or those separated only by a public right-of-way and vice versa. The amount of revenue from the Area made available to support such contiguous redevelopment project areas or areas separated only by a public right-of-way, when added to all amounts used to pay eligible Redevelopment Project Costs within the Area, shall not at any time exceed the total Redevelopment Project Costs described in this Plan.

The Area may become contiguous to, or be separated only by a public right-of-way from, redevelopment project areas created under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law (65 ILCS 5/11-74.61-1, et seq., as amended). If the City finds that the goals, objectives and financial success of such contiguous redevelopment project areas or those separated only by a public right-of-way are interdependent with those of the Area, the City may determine that it is in the best interests of the City and in furtherance of the purposes of the Plan that net revenues from the Area be made available to support any such redevelopment project areas and vice versa. The City therefore proposes to utilize net incremental revenues received from the Area to pay eligible redevelopment project costs (which are eligible under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law referred to above) in any such areas and vice versa. Such revenues may be transferred or loaned between the Area and such areas. The amount of revenue from the Area so made available, when added to all amounts used to pay eligible Redevelopment Project Costs within the Area or other areas as described in the preceding paragraph, shall not at any time exceed the total Redevelopment Project Costs described in Table Three of this Redevelopment Plan.

D.  Nature And Term Of Obligation. (

Without excluding other methods of City or private financing, a major source of funding will be those deposits made into the Special Tax Allocation Fund of monies received from the taxes on the increased value (above the initial equalized assessed value) of real property in the Area. These monies may be used to repay private or public sources for the expenditure of funds made as Redevelopment Project Costs for applicable public or private redevelopment activities noted above, or may be used to amortize T.I.F. obligations, issued pursuant to this Plan, for a term not to exceed twenty (20) years bearing an annual interest rate as permitted by law. Revenues received in excess of one hundred percent (100%) of funds necessary for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds and not needed for other redevelopment project costs or early bond retirements may be declared as surplus and become available for distribution annually to the taxing bodies to the extent

 

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that this distribution of surplus does not impair the financial viability of the project or the bonds. One (1) or more bond issues may be sold at any time in order to implement this Plan.

E. Completion Of Redevelopment Project And Plan.

The redevelopment project shall be completed, and all obligations issued to finance redevelopment costs shall be retired, no later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the City treasurer as provided in the Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied in the twenty-third (23rd) calendar year following the year in which the ordinance approving this redevelopment project area is adopted (by December 31, 2024).

F. Commitment  To  Fair Employment  Practices,  Affordable  Housing And

Affirmative Action Plan.

The City is committed to and will affirmatively implement the following principles in redevelopment agreements with respect to this Plan:

1. The assurance of equal opportunity in all personnel and employment actions, including, but not limited to: hiring, training, transfer, promotion, discipline, fringe benefits, salary, employment working conditions, termination, et cetera, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicapped status, national origin, creed or ancestry.

2. Redevelopers will meet City of Chicago standards for participation of Minority Business Enterprises and Woman Business Enterprises and the City Resident Construction Worker Employment Requirement as required in redevelopment agreements.

3. This commitment to affirmative action will ensure that all members of the protected groups are sought out to compete for all job openings and promotional opportunities.

4. The City requires that developers who receive T.I.F. assistance for market rate housing set aside twenty percent (20%) of the units to meet affordability criteria established by the City's Department of Housing. Generally, this means the affordable for-sale units should be priced at a level that is affordable to persons earning no more than one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the area median income, and affordable rental units should be affordable to persons earning no more than eighty percent (80%) of the area median income.

 

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In order to implement these principles, the City shall require and promote equal employment practices and affirmative action on the part of itself and its contractors and vendors. In particular, parties engaged by the City shall be required to agree to the principles set forth in this section.

G. Amending The Redevelopment Plan.

This Plan may be amended in accordance with the provisions of the Act. In addition, the City shall adhere to all reporting requirements and other statutory provisions.

In the event the Act is amended after the date of the approval of this Redevelopment Plan by the City Council of Chicago to (a) include new eligible redevelopment project costs (for example, to include the cost of construction of residential housing), or (b) expand the scope or increase the amount of existing eligible redevelopment project costs (such as, for example, by increasing the amount of incurred interests costs that may be paid under 65 ILCS 5/ l-74.4-3(q)(l 1)), this Redevelopment Plan shall be deemed to incorporate such additional, expanded or increased eligible costs as eligible costs under the Redevelopment Plan. In the event of such amendment(s), the City may add any new eligible redevelopment project costs as a line item in Table Three (which sets forth the T.I.F. eligible costs for the Redevelopment Plan), or otherwise adjust the line items in Table Three without amendment to this Redevelopment Plan. In no instance, however, shall such additions or adjustments result in any increase in the total redevelopment project costs without further amendment to this Redevelopment Plan.

H. Conformity Of The Plan For The Area To Land Uses Approved By The

Planning Commission Of The City.

This Plan and the Project described herein include the generalized land uses set forth on the Generalized Land-Use Plan, as approved by the Chicago Plan Commission prior to the adoption of the Plan by the City of Chicago.

I    Housing Impact And Related Matters.

The Area contains fourteen (14) single-family buildings, eighteen (18) multi-family buildings and one hundred twenty (120) mixed-use buildings with upper story residential for a total of three hundred ninety-eight (398) units. Three hundred sixty-seven (367) of the three hundred ninety-eight (398) residential units in the Area are inhabited. Because the Area includes a significant number of residential

 

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units, information is provided regarding this Plan's potential impact on housing.

Included in the Plan is (Sub)Exhibit C, Generalized Land-Use Plan, included as Attachment Two of the Appendix. This map, when compared to (Sub)Exhibit B, Existing Land-Use Assessment Map, indicates that there are parcels of real property on which there are buildings containing residential units that could be removed if the Plan is implemented in accordance with the Generalized Land-Use Plan, and that to the extent those units are inhabited, the residents thereof might be displaced. The Plan also includes information on the condition of buildings within the Area. Some of the residential buildings exhibit a combination of characteristics such as dilapidation or deterioration, excessive vacancies, and obsolescence which might result in a building's removal and the displacement of residents, during the time that this Plan is in place.

The number and type of residential buildings in the Area potentially affected by this Plan were identified during the building condition and land-use survey conducted as part of the eligibility analysis for the Area. A good faith estimate and determination of the number of residential units within each such building, whether such residential units were inhabited and whether the inhabitants were low-income or very low-income households were based on a number of research and analytical tools including, where appropriate, physical building surveys, data received from building owners and managers and data bases maintained by the City's Department of Planning and Development, Cook County tax assessment records and census data.

Any buildings containing residential units that may be removed and any displacement of residents of inhabited units projected herein are expressly intended to be within the contemplation of the comprehensive program intended or sought to be implemented pursuant to this Plan. To the extent that any such removal or displacement will affect households of low-income and very low-income persons, there shall be provided affordable housing and relocation assistance not less than that which would be provided under the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations thereunder, including the eligibility criteria. Affordable housing may either be existing or newly constructed housing and the City shall make a good faith effort tp ensure that the affordable housing is located in or near the Area. For the purposes hereof, "low-income households", "very low-income households", and "affordable households" shall have the meanings set forth in the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.

 

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Map And Survey Overview.

As noted, based on the Plan's land-use map shown in (Sub)Exhibit C, Generalized Land-Use Plan, included as Attachment Two of the Appendix, when compared to (Sub)Exhibit B, Existing Land-Use Assessment Map, also included in Attachment Two of the Appendix, there are certain parcels of property currently containing residential uses and units that, if the Plan is implemented in accordance with the Generalized Land-Use Plan, could result in such buildings being removed. There are three hundred sixty-seven (367) occupied residential units reflected on the Existing Land-Use Assessment Map that would be removed if the Generalized Land-Use Plan were implemented. Of this number, eighty-eight (88) are estimated to be occupied by residents classified as low-income, and one hundred eighteen (118) are estimated to be occupied by residents classified as very low-income.

The Appendix contains references to reflect the parcels containing buildings and units of residential housing that are impacted by the discussion presented in the previous paragraphs. In Attachment Four of the Appendix those properties referenced above are identified with an *.

In instances where residential uses on the Existing Land-Use Assessment Map (Appendix, Attachment 2, (Sub(Exhibit B) are identified as a land-use designation indicating a combination of residential and other use, as shown on the Generalized Land-Use Plan (Appendix, Attachment 2, (Sub)Exhibit C), the future land-use may continue to be residential.

[(Sub)Exhibits  "A",  "B", "C",  "D",  "E"  and  "F"  of Attachment Two — Maps and Plan Exhibits referred to in this Revision Number 2 to Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project printed on pages 32196 through 32201 of this Journal.]

[Attachment Four - 1998 Estimated E.A.V. by Tax Parcel referred to in this Revision Number 2 to Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project printed on pages 32202 through 32220 of this Journal.]

 

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[Location Map and Table Two referred to in this Revision Number 2 to Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project printed on pages 32221 through 32222 of this Journal.]

Attachment One — Eligibility Study and Attachment Three — Legal Description referred to in this Revision Number 2 to Belmont/ Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project read as follows:

Attachment One. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Eligibility Study. Revision Number 2.

Belmont/ Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project.

September 1, 1999 (Revised As Of October 29, 1999) (Revised As Of January 6, 2000)

I.

Introduction.

PGAV Urban Consulting (the "Consultant") has been retained by the City of Chicago (the "City") to prepare a Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project for the proposed redevelopment project area known as the Belmont/Central Redevelopment Area (the "Area"). Prior to preparation of the Plan, the Consultant undertook various surveys and investigations of the Area to determine whether the Area, containing all or part of eighty-one (81) full or partial City blocks and approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres, qualifies for designation as a tax

 

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increment financing district, pursuant to the Illinois Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1, et seq., as amended (the "Act"). This report summarizes the analyses and findings of the Consultant's work. This assignment is the responsibility of PGAV Urban Consulting who has prepared this Eligibility Study with the understanding that the City would rely: 1) on the findings and conclusions of this Eligibility Study in proceeding with the designation of the Area as a redevelopment project area under the Act, and 2) on the fact that PGAV Urban Consulting has obtained the necessary information to conclude that the Area can be designated as a redevelopment project area in compliance with the Act.

Following this introduction, Section II presents background information of the Area including the geographic location, description of current conditions and area data; Section III documents the building condition assessment and qualifications of the Area as a conservation area under the Act; Section IV, Summary and Conclusions, documents the findings of the Eligibility Study.

This Eligibility Study is a part of the overall tax increment redevelopment plan (the "Plan") for the Area. Other portions of the Plan contain information and documentation as required by the Act for a redevelopment plan.

Background Information.

A.   Location And Size Of Area.

The Area is located approximately nine (9) miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The Area contains approximately one hundred ninety (190) acres and consists of eighty-one (81) (full and partial) blocks. The Area is irregularly shaped and is adjacent to several existing and proposed redevelopment areas. The boundaries of the Area generally follow commercial corridors along several major streets. The Area includes property that flanks Central Avenue from Berenice Avenue to Fullerton Avenue, Belmont Avenue from Meade Avenue to Leclaire Avenue and Fullerton Avenue from Mango Avenue to Lamon Avenue. The Area generally includes the block face to the respective parallel alley on both sides of the streets listed above.

The boundaries of the Area are described in the Legal Description included as Attachment Three of the Appendix of the Redevelopment Plan and are geographically shown on (Sub)Exhibit A, Boundary Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix of the Redevelopment Plan. Existing land uses are identified on (Sub)Exhibit B, Existing Land-Use Assessment Map included as Attachment Two of

 

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the Appendix of the Redevelopment Plan.

B.   Description Of Current Conditions.

As noted previously, the Area consists of eighty-one (81) (full and partial) city blocks and one hundred ninety (190) acres. The Area contains four hundred forty-six (446) buildings and eight hundred sixty-three (863) parcels. Of the estimated one hundred ninety (190) acres in the Area, the land-use breakdown (shown as a percentage of gross land area within the Area) is as follows:

Percentage Of

Land-Use Gross Land Area

Residential 2.1

Industrial 0.4

Commercial 44.2

Institutional and Related 12.6

Vacant/Undeveloped Land 0.4

Public Right-of-Way 40.3

Much of the Area is in need of redevelopment, rehabilitation or revitalization and is characterized by:

obsolescence (sixty-six percent (66%) of buildings or parcels);

excessive land coverage (sixty-six percent (66%) of buildings or site improvements);

depreciation of physical maintenance (eighty percent (80%) of buildings or site improvements); and

*

lack of community planning (sixty-seven percent (67%) of buildings or parcels).

 

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The Area on the whole has not been subject to growth and investment and is not expected to do so without the adoption of the Plan. Age and the requirements of contemporary commercial tenants have caused portions of the Area and its building stock to decline and may result in further disinvestment in the Area. In the commercial corridors vacancies in commercial buildings and., depreciation of physical maintenance are evidence of a need to revitalize the area through the Plan.

Prior efforts by the City, Area leaders and residents, businesses and neighborhood groups have met with limited success. The City has developed a plan to provide minor streetscape improvements to the core (Belmont/Central intersection) of the Area. However, additional assistance is needed to revitalize the corridors adjacent to this core.

The City and the State of Illinois ("State") have also included a portion (Fullerton Avenue) of the Area in Enterprise Zone Number Five as shown on (Sub)Exhibit F, Enterprise Zone Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix of the Redevelopment Plan. However, this initiative only covers a small portion of the Area and cannot reverse the decline seen in the majority of the Area. It is anticipated that in the future, the Enterprise Zone in conjunction with components of the Plan will greatly assist in addressing problems throughout the Area.

In the period from 1994 through 1998, the City of Chicago equalized assessed value increased from Thirty Billion One Hundred Million Dollars ($30,100,000,000) to Thirty- three Billion Nine Hundred Million Dollars ($33,900,000,000) according to Cook county records. This represents a gain of Three Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($3,800,000,000) (annual average of two and seven-tenths percent (2.7%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1994 the equalized assessed value of Cook County was Sixty-seven Billion Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($67,800,000,000) and grew to Seventy-eight Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars ($78,500,000,000) in 1998. This represents a gain of Ten Billion Seven Hundred Million Dollars ($10,700,000,000) (annual average of two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%)) during this five (5) year period. In 1998 the E.A.V. of the Area was Eighty-one Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($81,400,000). This represents an average annual growth rate of approximately one and seven-tenths percent (1.7%) during the five (5) year period between 1994 and 1998. Therefore, the Area grew approximately thirty-nine percent (39%) slower than Cook County and the City of Chicago between 1994 and 1998. Further, approximately ten (10) properties in the Area are delinquent in the payment of 1997 real estate taxes and one hundred eighty-eight (188) building code violations have been issued on buildings since January of 1994.

 

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Of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings in the Area, only seven (7) major new buildings have been built in the past decade according to building permit information provided by the City of Chicago Department of Buildings. All of these buildings were commercial buildings. Approximately eighty-four percent (84%) of the buildings in the Area are thirty-five (35) years old or older.

A small percentage of buildings have been vacant for more than one (1) year and have not generated private development interest. There is approximately fifty-nine thousand (59,000) square feet of vacant commercial floor space in the Area which suggest that the Area may experience additional decline and that market acceptance of portions of the Area is not favorable.

It is clear from the study of this Area and documentation in this Eligibility Study (vacancies in commercial buildings, properties that are tax delinquent, absence of significant new development, E.A.V. growth lagging behind surrounding areas, et cetera) that private revitalization and redevelopment is not occurring and may cause the Area to become blighted. The Area is not reasonably expected to experience significant development without the aggressive efforts and leadership of the City, including the adoption of the Plan.

C.  Area Data And Profile.

Public Transportation.

A description of the transportation network of the Area is provided to document the availability of public transportation at the present and for future potential needs of the Area. The frequent spacing of C.T.A. bus lines and direct connection service to various C.T.A. train and Metra station locations provides the Area with adequate commuter transit alternatives.

The Belmont/Central Redevelopment Area is served by several C.T.A. bus routes. These routes include:

—   North/South Routes:

Route 91: Austin Avenue.

Route 85: Central Avenue.

 

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~   East/West Routes:

Route 152: Addison Street. Route 77: Belmont Avenue. Route 76: Diversey Avenue. Route 74: Fullerton Avenue.

Route 152 (Addison Street) and Route 77 (Belmont Avenue) both have direct connection to the C.T.A. Blue Line to the east. All of the north/south routes have direct connection to the C.T.A. Green Line to the south and Route 85 (Central' Avenue) connects with the Blue Line north of the Area.

Access to Metra commuter rail is provided through direct connecting bus routes. To the south, access to the Metra Milwaukee District West Line to Elgin and the Metra North Central Line to Antioch is provided at the Hanson Park station. To the north access to the Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line to Harvard is provided at the Jefferson Park station and access to the Metra Milwaukee District North Line to Fox Lake is provided at the Grayland and Healy stations to the east.

Street System. Region.

Access to the regional street system is primarily provided via the Kennedy Expressway (1-90/94) located approximately two (2) miles to the north of the northern portion of the Area.

Street Classification.

Arterial streets in the Area generally have one (1) or two (2) travel lanes in each direction and curbside parking lanes. Arterial class streets are signalized at intersections with other arterial and collector streets. The corridors that make up the Area carry large amounts of through and local traffic.

Parking.

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restrictions, which can increase street capacity and improve efficiency. In addition, several zones have been created adjacent to the Area that limit on-street parking in residential areas through a parking permit program. However, these areas are not wide-spread. Within the commercial corridors limited on-street parking is available. Individual businesses along these streets have narrow street frontage and many buildings cover one hundred percent (100%) of the lot thereby preventing any on-site parking. In some instances, businesses have acquired adjacent or nearby property in order to increase parking for customers and employees in the area of the Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue intersection.

A three hundred (300) space public parking garage is located on Central Avenue immediately south of Belmont Avenue. While this facility is centrally located relative to the Central Avenue corridor segment of the Area, it does not provide a significant benefit to the properties on Belmont east and west of Central Avenue or to the businesses on Fullerton Avenue. Overall there is still a deficiency of off-street parking in the Area.

Pedestrian Traffic.

Pedestrian traffic is prevalent along the major arterial streets in the Area. The area near the Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue intersection has the largest concentration of pedestrian traffic. The higher concentrations are likely the result of commercial uses and commuters utilizing the C.T.A. bus lines along these routes.

Historic Structures.

There were two (2) buildings identified as significant in a survey of historic resources undertaken by the City located in the Area:

—   Belmont/Central Building (5600 West Belmont Avenue).

5551 West Belmont Avenue.

In addition, the commercial district located at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue is generally intact from an urban design and streetscape perspective. This portion of the Area also contains many structures that exhibit unique architectural detail and design elements that should be preserved where possible.

 

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Area Decline.

The Area has experienced a gradual decline in its visual image and viability as a commercial corridor. Within the commercial corridors of the Area the effects of age and reuse of many of the commercial structures have resulted in the depreciation of physical maintenance of the building stock of the Area.

Along the highly developed commercial corridors of the Area existing buildings are suffering from a lack of maintenance. In some instances, property uses and appearances are not up to the standards of contemporary commercial development.

The combination of overall parcel size and depth and the age and design of the building stock has meant that many properties generally have limited use for modern commercial operations of any type. Even assembly of sites would mean that any new commercial use would have to conform to a long and narrow parcel configuration — something not generally acceptable to commercial businesses today. Therefore, these conditions hamper large-scale commercial redevelopment of the parcels and have resulted in vacancy or underutilization of some of the buildings.

Near the Belmont Avenue and Central Avenue intersection, vacancies, deferred maintenance of buildings and signs and excessive and uncoordinated signage contribute to the Area's declining visual image. In addition, numerous building facades have been altered from their original design and refitted with inappropriate building materials given the architectural character of the buildings and the overall Area. In some instances the refitted facades exhibit depreciation of maintenance and deterioration. Commercial signage in this area is large scale and the number of signs is almost overwhelming.

Along Fullerton Avenue several vacant structures and buildings exhibiting depreciation of maintenance and excessive land coverage are present. The early stages of decline that are present in the Area are evidence that the Area is in need of assistance. If assistance is not provided, the factors that are present may influence other portions of the Area and thereby cause the entire Area to become blighted.

This Eligibility Study includes the documentation on the qualifications of the Area for designation as a redevelopment project area. The purpose of the Plan is to provide an instrument that can be used to guide the correction of Area problems that cause the Area to qualify, attract new growth to the Area and stabilize existing development in the Area.

 

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D.   Existing Land-Use And Zoning Characteristics.

Table One which follows provides a tabulation of land area by land-use category.

At the present time, the existing land uses itemized in Table One are predominantly commercial in nature, as seventy-four and one-tenth percent (74.1%) of the net area (exclusive of public right-of-way) is commercial. There are no large multi-tenant retail shopping centers in the Area.

The majority of property within the Area is zoned for commercial or business uses as shown on (Sub)Exhibit D, Generalized Existing Zoning Map included in Attachment Two of the Appendix of the Redevelopment Plan.

Table One. Tabulation Of Existing Land-Use.

Land-Use

Land Area

Percentage Of

Gross Acres      Gross Land Area

Percentage Of Net

New Land Area1"

Residential Industrial Commercial Institutional Undeveloped Land Subtotal — Net Area Public Right-of-Way TOTAL:

4.0 0.8 83.9 23.9 0.7 113.3 76.7 190.0

2.1 0.4 44.2 12.6 0.4 59.6 40.3 100.0

3.5 0.7

74.1

21.1 0.6 100.0

NA

NA

Note:

(1) Net land area exclusive of public right-of-way.

 

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There are also several pockets of residential uses in the Area. Residential structures in the Area are a mixture of single-family and multi-family buildings. Approximately two and one-tenth percent (2.1%) of the total gross land area or three and five-tenths percent (3.5%) of the net land area (exclusive of public right-of-way) in the Area is residential. Along the flanks of the Area residential uses are in close proximity to the commercial corridors that comprise the Area. The boundary separating residential and commercial uses is usually an alley. The lack of parking for customers of commercial uses and limited parking in residential areas has prompted the creation of several permit-parking zones adjacent to some commercial areas. In addition, institutional and recreational uses are also scattered throughout the Area.

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Qualification Of The Area.

A.   Illinois Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act.

The Act authorizes Illinois municipalities to redevelop locally designated deteriorated areas through tax increment financing. In order for an area to qualify as a tax increment financing district, it must first be designated as a blighted area, a conservation area (or a combination of the two) or an industrial park conservation area as defined in Section 5/1 l-74.4-3(a) of the Act:

"(a) 'Blighted area' means any improved or vacant area within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located within the territorial limits of the municipality where, if improved, industrial, commercial and residential buildings or improvements, because of a combination of five or more of the following factors: age; dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; illegal use of individual structures; presence of structures below minimum code standards; excessive vacancies; overcrowding of structures and community facilities; lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities; inadequate utilities; excessive land coverage; deleterious land-use or layout; depreciation of physical maintenance; or lack of community planning, is detrimental to the public safety, health, morals or welfare, or if vacant, the sound growth of the taxing districts is impaired by, (1) a combination of two or more of the following factors: obsolete platting of the vacant land; diversity of ownership of such land; tax and special assessment delinquencies on such land; flooding on all or part of such vacant land; deterioration of structures or site improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the vacant land, or (2) the area immediately prior to becoming vacant qualified as a blighted improved area, or (3) the area consists of an unused quarry or unused quarries, or (4) the area

 

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consists of unused railyards, rail tracks or railroad rights-of-way, or (5) the area, prior to its designation, is subject to chronic flooding which adversely impacts on real property in the area and such flooding is substantially caused by one or more improvements in or in proximity to the area which improvements have been in existence for at least five years, or (6) the area consists of an unused disposal site, containing earth, stone, building debris or similar material, which were removed from construction, demolition, excavation or dredge sites, or (7) the area is not less than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is vacant, notwithstanding the fact that such area has been used for commercial agricultural purposes within five years prior to the designation of the redevelopment project area, and which area meets at least one of the factors itemized in provision (1) of this subsection (a), and the area has been designated as a town or village center by ordinance or comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982, and the area has not been developed for that designated purpose.

(b) 'Conservation area* means any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located within the territorial limits of the municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a blighted area but because of a combination of three or more of the following factors: dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; illegal use of individual structures; presence of structures below minimum code standards; abandonment; excessive vacancies; overcrowding of structures and community facilities; lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities; inadequate utilities; excessive land coverage; deleterious land-use or layout; depreciation of physical maintenance; lack of community planning, is detrimental to the public safety, health, morals or welfare and such an area may become a blighted area."

The Act also states at 65 ILCS 5/1 l-74.4-3(n) that:

"***. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless a municipality... finds that the redevelopment project area on the whole has not been subject to growth and development through investment by private enterprise, and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed without the adoption of the redevelopment plan."

Vacant areas may also qualify as blighted. In order for vacant land to qualify as blighted, it must first be found to be vacant. Vacant land as described in the statute is:

 

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"any parcel or combination of parcels of real property without commercial, agricultural and residential buildings which has not been used for commercial agricultural purposes within five years prior to the designation of the redevelopment area unless the parcel is included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel has been subdivided". (65 ILCS 5/11.74.4-3(v)) (1996 State Bar Edition), as amended.

As vacant land, the property may qualify as blighted if the:

"sound growth of the taxing districts is impaired by (1) a combination of two or more of the following factors: obsolete platting of the vacant land; diversity of ownership of such land; tax and special assessment delinquencies on such vacant land; flooding on all or part of such land; deterioration of structures or site improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the vacant land, or (2) the area immediately prior to becoming vacant qualified as a blighted improved area, or (3) the area consists of an unused quarry or unused quarries, or (4) the area consists of unused railyards, rail tracks or railroad rights-of-way, or (5) the area, prior to its designation, is subject to chronic flooding which adversely impacts on real property in the area and such flooding is substantially caused by one or more improvements in or in proximity to the area which improvements have been in existence for at least five years, or (6) the area consists of an unused disposal site, containing earth, stone, building debris or similar material which were removed from construction, demolition, excavation or dredge sites, or (7) the area is not less than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is vacant, notwithstanding the fact that such area has been used for commercial agricultural purposes within five years prior to the designation of the redevelopment project area and which area meets at least one of the factors itemized in provision (1) of this subsection (a), and the area has been designated as a town or village center by ordinance or comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982, and the area has not been developed for that designated purpose". (65 ILCS 5/1 l-74.4T3(a)) (1996 State Bar Edition), as amended.

On the basis of these criteria, the Area is considered eligible and qualifies as a Conservation Area within the requirements of the Act as documented below.

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B.  Survey, Analysis And Distribution Of Eligibility Factors.

Exterior surveys of observable conditions were conducted of all of the properties located within the Area. An analysis was made of each of the conservation area eligibility factors contained in the Act to determine their presence in the Area. This survey examined not only the condition and use of buildings but also included

 

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conditions of streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, lighting, vacant land, underutilized land, parking facilities, landscaping, fences and walls, and general maintenance. In ' addition, an analysis was conducted on existing site coverage, parking and land uses, and their relationship to the surrounding Area. It was determined that the Area qualifies as a conservation area under the Act.

A building-by-building analysis of the eighty-one (81) blocks was conducted to identify the eligibility factors for the Area (see Conservation Area Factors Matrix, Table Two, on the following page). Each of the factors relevant to making a finding of eligibility is present as stated in the tabulations.

C.   Building Evaluation Procedure.

During the field survey noted above, all components of and improvements to the subject properties were examined to determine the presence and extent to which conservation area factors exist in the Area. Field investigators from the staff of the Consultant included a registered architect and professional planners. They conducted research and inspections of the Area to ascertain the existence and prevalence of the various factors described in the Act and Area needs. These inspectors have been trained in T.I.F. survey techniques and have vast experience in similar undertakings. The Consultant's staff was assisted by information obtained from the City of Chicago and various neighborhood groups. Based on these investigations and qualification requirements and the determination of needs and deficiencies in the Area the qualification and the boundary of the Area were determined.

D.  Investigation And Analysis Of Conservation Area Factors.

In determining whether the proposed Area meets the eligibility requirements of the Act, various methods of research were used in addition to the field surveys. The data include information assembled from the sources below:

1. Contacts with local individuals knowledgeable as to Area conditions and history, age of buildings and site improvements, methods of construction, real estate records and related items, as well as examination of existing studies and information related to the Area. In addition, aerial photographs, Sidwell block sheets, et cetera were utilized.

2. Inspection and research as to the condition of local buildings, streets, utilities, et cetera.

 

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3. On-site field inspection of the proposed Area conditions by experienced property inspectors of the Consultant and others as previously noted. Personnel of the Consultant are trained in techniques and procedures of determining conditions of properties, utilities, streets, et cetera and determination of eligibility of designated areas for tax increment financing.

4. Use of accepted definitions and guidelines to determine area eligibility as established by the Illinois Department of Revenue manual in conducting eligibility compliance review for State of Illinois Tax Increment Finance Areas in 1988.

5. Adherence to basic findings of need expressed in the Act:

i. There exists in many Illinois municipalities areas that are conservation or blighted areas, within the meaning of the Act.

ii. The eradication of blighted areas and the treatment of conservation areas by redevelopment projects are essential to the public interest.

iii. These findings are made on the basis that the presence of blight or conditions, which lead to blight, is detrimental to the safety, health, welfare and morals of the public.

E.   Analysis Of Conditions In The Conservation Area.

In making the determination of eligibility, each and every property or building in the Area is not required to be blighted or otherwise qualify. It is the Area as a whole that must be determined to be eligible. The following analysis details conditions which cause the Area to qualify under the Act, as a conservation area, per surveys and research undertaken by the Consultant in February and March of 1999:

Age Of Structures — Definition.

Age, although not one (1) of the fourteen (14) blighting factors used to establish a conservation area under the Act, is used as a threshold that an area must meet to qualify. In order for an Area to qualify as a conservation area the Act requires that "fifty percent (50%) or more of the structures in the area have an age of thirty-five (35) years or more". In a conservation area, according to the Act, the determination must be made that the Area is, "not yet a blighted area", but because of the presence of certain factors, "may become a blighted area".

 

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Age presumes the existence of problems or limiting conditions resulting from normal and continuous use of structures and exposure to the elements over a period of many years. As a rule, older buildings typically exhibit more problems than buildings constructed in later years because of longer periods of active usage (wear and tear) and the impact of time, temperature and moisture. Additionally, older buildings tend not to be ideally suited for meeting modern-day space and development standards. These typical problematic conditions in older buildings can be the initial indicators that the factors used to qualify the Area may be present.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Age.

The Area contains a total of four hundred forty-six (446) main1 buildings, of which eighty-four percent (84%), or three hundred seventy-four (374) buildings are thirty-five (35) years of age or older as determined by field surveys and local research.

Thus the Area meets the threshold requirement for a conservation area in that fifty percent (50%) or more of the structures in the Area are or exceed thirty-five (35) years of age.

1.   Dilapidation — Definition.

Dilapidation refers to an "advanced" state of disrepair of buildings or improvements, or the lack of necessary repairs, resulting in the building or improvement falling into a state of decay. Dilapidation as a factor is based upon the documented presence and reasonable distribution of buildings and improvements that are in an advanced state of disrepair. At a minimum, dilapidated buildings should be those with critical defects in primary structural components (roof, bearing walls, floor structure and foundation), building systems (heating, ventilation, lighting and plumbing) and secondary structural components in such combination and extent that:

(1) Main buildings are defined as those buildings presently located on each parcel that were constructed to accommodate the principal land uses currently occupying the buildings (or prior uses in the case of buildings that are vacant). Accessory structures such as freestanding garages for single-family and or multi-family dwellings, storage sheds, communications towers, et cetera are not included in the building counts. However, the condition of these structures was noted in considering the overall condition of the improvements on each parcel.

 

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a. major repair is required; or

b. the defects are so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be removed.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Dilapidation.

Of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings in the Area, six (6) buildings, or one percent (1%), were found to be in an advanced state of disrepair. The exterior field survey of main buildings in the Area found structures with critical defects in primary structural components such as roofs, bearing walls, floor structure and foundations and in secondary structural components to an extent that major repair or the removal of such buildings is required.

2.   Obsolescence — Definition.

An obsolete building or improvement is one which is becoming obsolete or going out of use — not entirely disused, but gradually becoming so. Thus, obsolescence is the condition or process of falling into disuse.

Obsolescence, as a factor, is based upon the documented presence and reasonable distribution of buildings and other site improvements evidencing such obsolescence. Examples include:

a. Functional Obsolescence: Structures are typically built for specific uses or purposes and their design, location, height and space arrangement are each intended for a specific occupancy at a given time. Buildings are obsolete when they contain characteristics or deficiencies that limit the use and marketability of such buildings. The characteristics may include loss in value to a property resulting from an inherent deficiency existing from poor design or layout, improper orientation of building on site, et cetera, which detracts from the overall usefulness or desirability of a property. Obsolescence in such buildings is typically difficult and expensive to correct.

b. Economic Obsolescence: Economic obsolescence is normally a result of adverse conditions that cause some degree of market rejection, and hence, depreciation in market values. Typically, buildings classified as dilapidated and buildings that contain vacant space are characterized by problem conditions, which may not be economically curable, resulting in net rental losses and/or depreciation in market value.

 

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c. Obsolete Platting: Obsolete platting would include parcels of limited or narrow size and configuration or parcels of irregular size or shape that would be difficult to develop on a planned basis and in a manner compatible with contemporary standards and requirements. Plats that created inadequate right-of-way widths for streets, alleys and other public rights-of-way or which omitted easements for public utilities should also be considered obsolete.

d. Obsolete Site Improvements: Site improvements, including sewer and water lines, public utility lines (gas, electric and telephone), roadways, parking areas, parking structures, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, lighting, et cetera, may also evidence obsolescence in terms of their relationship to contemporary development standards for such improvements. Factors of this obsolescence may include inadequate utility capacities, outdated designs, et cetera.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Obsolescence.

The field survey of main buildings and parcels in the Area found that certain buildings and parcels exhibit characteristics of obsolescence. Obsolete buildings or site improvements comprised sixty-six percent (66%) or two hundred ninety-six (296) of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings in the Area. Obsolete site improvements in the form of secondary structures exist throughout the Area.

3.   Deterioration ~ Definition.

Deterioration refers to physical deficiencies or disrepair in buildings or site improvements requiring treatment or repair. While deterioration may be evident in basically sound buildings (i.e., lack of painting, loose or missing materials, or holes and cracks over limited areas), such deterioration can be corrected through normal maintenance. Such deterioration would not be sufficiently advanced to warrant classifying a building as being deteriorated or deteriorating within the purposes of the Act.

Deterioration, which is not easily correctable in the course of normal maintenance, may also be evident in buildings. Such buildings may be classified as deteriorating or in an advanced stage of deterioration, depending upon the degree or extent of defects. This would include buildings with major defects in the secondary building components (i.e., doors, windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, fascia materials, et cetera), and major defects in primary building components (i.e., foundations, frames, roofs, et cetera), respectively.

 

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The conditions of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking and surface storage areas may also evidence deterioration in the form of surface cracking, crumbling, potholes, depressions, loose paving materials, weeds protruding through the surface, et cetera.

Deterioration is the presence of structural and non-structural defects which are not correctable by normal maintenance efforts, but which require rehabilitation.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Deterioration.

Throughout the Area, deteriorating conditions were recorded on nine percent (9%) or forty-one (41) of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings. The exterior field survey of main buildings in the Area found structures with major defects in the secondary structural components, including windows, doors, gutters, downspouts, porches, chimneys, fascia materials, parapet walls, et cetera. There were also numerous secondary structures exhibiting deterioration on exterior building facades.

In addition, sidewalks along West Fullerton Avenue, from North Leclaire Avenue to North Lavergne Avenue are deteriorated and exhibit cracked and broken surfaces.

4.   Illegal Use Of Individual Structures — Definition.

This factor applies to the use of structures in violation of applicable national, state or local laws, and not to legal, nonconforming uses. Examples of illegal uses may include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. illegal home occupations;

b. conduct of any illegal vice activities  such as  gambling or drug manufacture;

c. uses not in conformance with local zoning codes and not previously grandfathered in as legal nonconforming uses;

d. uses involving manufacture, sale, storage or use of dangerous explosives and firearms.

 

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Summary Of Findings Regarding Illegal Use Of Individual Structures.

Illegal use of individual structures was recorded in two percent (2%) or nine (9) of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings in the Area.

5.   Presence Of Structures Below Minimum Code Standards — Definition.

Structures below minimum code standards include all structures that do not meet the standards of zoning, subdivision and State building laws and regulations.

The principal purposes of such codes are to require buildings to be constructed in such a way as to sustain safety of loads expected from various types of occupancy, to be safe for occupancy against fire and similar hazards, and/or establish minimum standards essential for safe and sanitary habitation.

Structures below minimum code are characterized by defects or deficiencies that threaten health and safety.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Presence Of Structures Below Minimum Code Standards.

Throughout the Area, structures below minimum code were recorded in eleven percent (11%) or fifty (50) of the four hundred forty-six (446) buildings in the Area. The exterior field survey of main buildings in the Area found structures not in conformance with local zoning and building codes and structures not safe for occupancy because of fire and similar hazards.

6.   Abandonment — Definition.

Abandonment usually refers to the relinquishing of all rights, title, claim and possession with intention of not reclaiming the property or resuming its ownership, possession or enjoyment. However, in some cases a determination of abandonment is appropriate if the occupant walks away without legally relinquishing title. For example, a structure not occupied for twelve (12) months should probably be characterized as abandoned.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Abandonment. The field investigation did not indicate the presence of this factor.

 

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7. Excessive Vacancies — Definition.

Establishing the presence of this factor requires the identification, documentation and mapping of the presence of vacant buildings which are unoccupied or underutilized and which represent an adverse influence on the Area because of the frequency, extent or duration of such vacancies. It includes properties which evidence no apparent effort directed toward occupancy or utilization and partial vacancies.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Excessive Vacancies.

The field investigation indicates that sixty-four (64) buildings, fourteen percent (14%) of the total four hundred forty-six (446) buildings, exhibited excessive vacancy of floor space. There is in excess of fifty-nine thousand (59,000) square feet of vacant commercial floor space in the Area. In some instances this vacant floor space has not been utilized for extended time periods.

8. Overcrowding Of Structures And Community Facilities — Definition.

Overcrowding of structures and community facilities refers to utilization of public or private buildings, facilities or properties beyond their reasonable or legally permitted capacity. Overcrowding is frequently found in buildings and improvements originally designed for a specific use and later converted to accommodate a more intensive use of activities without adequate provision for minimum floor area requirements, privacy, ingress and egress, loading and services, capacity of building systems, et cetera.

Summary   Of   Findings   Regarding   Overcrowding   Of   Structures And Community Facilities.

The field survey did not indicate the presence of this factor.

9. Lack Of Ventilation, Light Or Sanitary Facilities — Definition.

Many older structures fail to provide adequate ventilation, light or sanitary facilities. This is also a characteristic often found in illegal or improper building conversions and in commercial buildings converted to residential usage. Lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities is presumed to adversely affect the health of building occupants (i.e., residents, employees or visitors).

 

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Typical requirements for ventilation, light and sanitary facilities include:

a. adequate mechanical ventilation for air circulation in spaces/rooms without windows (i.e., bathrooms, dust, odor or smoke-producing activity areas);

b. adequate natural light and ventilation by means of skylights or windows for interior rooms/spaces and proper window sizes and amounts by room area to window area ratios;

c. adequate sanitary facilities (i.e., garbage storage/enclosure, bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchen); and

d. adequate ingress and egress to and from all rooms and units.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Lack Of Ventilation, Light Or Sanitary Facilities.

The exterior field survey of main buildings in the Area found structures without adequate mechanical ventilation, natural light and proper window area ratios in the Area. Structures exhibiting a lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities were recorded in less than one percent (1%) or one (1) of the four hundred forty-six (446) main buildings.

10.  Inadequate Utilities — Definition.

Inadequate utilities refers to deficiencies in the capacity or condition of utilities which service a property or area, including, but not limited to, storm drainage, water supply, electrical power, sanitary sewers, gas and electricity.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Inadequate — Utilities. No evidence of this factor is documented in the Area.

11.   Excessive Land Coverage — Definition.

This factor may be documented by showing instances where building coverage is excessive. Excessive coverage refers to the over-intensive use of property and the crowding of buildings and accessory facilities onto a site. Problem conditions include buildings either improperly situated on the parcel or located on parcels of

 

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inadequate size and/or shape in relation to present-day standards of development for health and safety; and multiple buildings on a single parcel. The resulting inadequate conditions include such factors as insufficient provision for light and air, increased threat of fire due to close proximity to nearby buildings, lack of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of required off-street parking, and inadequate provision for loading or service. Excessive land coverage has an adverse or blighting effect on nearby development as problems associated with lack of parking or loading areas impact adjoining properties.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Excessive Land Coverage.

Structures exhibiting one hundred percent (100%) lot coverage with party or firewalls separating one (1) structure from the next is a historical fact of high-density urban development. This is a common situation found throughout the Area.

Numerous commercial businesses are located in structures that cover one hundred percent (100%) of their respective lots. Other businesses are utilizing one hundred percent (100%) of their lot for business operations. These conditions typically do not allow for off-street loading facilities for shipping operations or do not provide parking for patrons and employees. The impact of this is that often parking occurs on adjacent residential streets or patrons are discouraged from shopping in some areas due to the lack of adequate parking. In addition, delivery trucks were observed off-loading goods at the curb or in travel lanes on the street.

In the Area, sixty-six percent (66%) or two hundred ninety-three (293) of the four hundred forty-six (446) structures revealed some evidence of excessive land coverage.

12.   Deleterious Land-Use Or Layout — Definition.

Deleterious land uses include all instances of incompatible land-use relationships, buildings occupied by inappropriate mixed uses, or uses which may be considered noxious, offensive or environmentally unsuitable.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Deleterious Land-Use Or Layout.

As in many communities which evolved over the years, commercial uses have merged with residential uses in the Area. It is not unusual to find small pockets of isolated residential buildings within a predominantly commercial area.

 

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Although these areas may be excepted by virtue of age ("grandfather") clauses as legal non-conforming uses, they are, nonetheless, incompatible land uses inasmuch as the predominant character of the Area is commercial. As noted previously, seventy-four and one-tenth percent (74.1%) of the net acreage of the Area (minus streets and public rights-of-way) is used for commercial purposes. The Area contains approximately thirty-eight (38) single-family and multi-family residential structures. Along portions of Cicero Avenue and Belmont Avenue, second (2nd) floor residential uses are present in some of the commercial buildings that are more than one (1) story. This is indicative of building designs during the period in which many of the Area buildings were built. In urban centers, commercial buildings were typically designed so shop owners could live above their stores. In addition, there are commercial uses that are inappropriate for this type of commercial corridor. Examples would include locations with outside storage, truck deliveries or operations that are deleterious to the residential neighborhoods that border the corridors. The combination of limited on-site parking and high density commercial and residential development in close proximity causes conflicts in traffic, parking and environmental conditions that has promoted deleterious use of land in some portions of the Area. Four percent (4%) or twenty (20) of the four hundred forty-six (446) structures in the Area were considered to be deleterious uses.

13.   Depreciation Of Physical Maintenance — Definition.

This factor considers the effects of deferred maintenance and the lack of maintenance of buildings, improvements and grounds comprising the Area. Evidence to show the presence of this factor may include, but is not limited to, the following:

a. Buildings: unpainted or unfinished surfaces; paint peeling; loose or missing materials; sagging or bowing walls, floors, roofs and porches; cracks; broken windows; loose gutters and downspouts; loose or missing shingles; damaged building areas still in disrepair, et cetera. This information may be collected as part of the building condition surveys undertaken to document the existence of dilapidation and deterioration.

b. Front yards, side yards, back yards and vacant parcels: accumulation of trash and debris; broken sidewalks; lack of vegetation; lack of paving and dust control; potholes, standing water; fences in disrepair; lack of mowing and pruning of vegetation, et cetera.

c. Public or private utilities: utilities that are subject to interruption of service due to on-going maintenance problems such as leaks or breaks, power outages or shut-downs or inadequate levels of service, et cetera.

 

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d. Streets, alleys and parking areas: potholes; broken or crumbling surfaces; broken curbs and/or gutters; areas of loose or missing materials; standing water, et cetera.

Summary Of Findings Regarding Depreciation Of Physical Maintenance.

Depreciation of physical maintenance is widespread throughout the Area. A majority of the parcels in the Area exhibit characteristics that show a depreciation of physical maintenance. Of the four hundred forty-six (446) main buildings in the Area, eighty percent (80%) or three hundred fifty-seven (357) of the buildings are impacted by a depreciation of physical maintenance, based on the field surveys conducted. These are combined characteristics in building and site improvements.

Many parking and yard areas in the Area exhibit signs of depreciation of physical maintenance due to deteriorating paving or lack of sealing, debris storage, abandoned vehicles, and lack of mowing and pruning of vegetation.

14.   Lack Of Community Planning — Definition.

This may be counted as a factor if the Area developed prior to or without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This means that no community plan existed or it was considered inadequate and/or was virtually ignored during the time of the Area's development. Indications of a lack of community planning include:

1. One-way street systems that exist with little regard for overall systematic traffic planning.

2. Street parking existing on streets that are too narrow to accommodate two-way traffic and street parking.

3. Numerous commercial properties exist that are too small to adequately accommodate appropriate off-street parking and loading requirements.

 

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Summary Of Findings Regarding Lack Of Community Planning.

The field investigation indicates that sixty-seven percent (67%) or two hundred ninety-nine (299) of the four hundred forty-six (446) main buildings in the Area exhibit a lack of community planning.

The majority of the property within the Area developed during a period when on-site parking was not a priority. Patrons of commercial businesses generally walked to their destination from adjacent neighborhoods or utilized public transportation. This situation often conflicts with contemporary use of the automobile for a means of transportation and the increase in patrons utilizing shopping alternatives outside of their local shopping area. Because parking is generally not provided on-site, patrons are limited to utilizing on-street parking. Given that the majority of commercial uses exist on one (1) or two (2) narrow lots, parking is also limited to one (1) or two (2) spaces in front of a commercial use. Often the commercial operation is of a nature that would require significantly more spaces than are available in front of their respective building. If the spaces are being utilized patrons are forced to utilize parking spaces on adjacent residential streets or move further up the block thus infringing on the availability of parking for another business. In addition, on-street parking provides no provisions for handicapped access or handicapped reserved spaces thereby limiting the accessibility of some segments of the population.

Loading requirements for commercial businesses have also changed over time. Several instances were observed where goods were being off-loaded at the curb, or in a travel lane of one (1) of the streets that comprise the Area. In previous eras, delivery vehicles were often smaller and utilized access to properties via alleys. However, given the nature of some of the uses in the Area, unloading of goods is often done at the curb because delivery trucks are too large to access narrow alleys at the rear of commercial uses.

In addition, there are several billboards and large signs located throughout the area. The presence of billboards is unsightly and conflicts with the neighborhood commercial nature of the Area. The profusion, size and deteriorated quality of Area signage detracts from the Area's visual character.

 

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F.   Conclusion   Of  Investigation   Of  Conservation   Area   Factors   For The Redevelopment Project Area.

The Area is impacted by a number of conservation area factors. As documented herein, the presence of these factors qualifies the Area as a conservation area. The Plan includes measures designed to reduce or eliminate the deficiencies which cause the Area to qualify consistent with other redevelopment project areas that the City of Chicago has implemented to revitalize commercial corridors.

The underutilization of commercial store-fronts and lower levels of economic activity mirror the experience of other large urban centers and further illustrates the trend line and deteriorating conditions of the neighborhood. Vacancies in commercial buildings and depreciation of physical maintenance are further evidence of declining conditions in the Area. The lack of significant private investment throughout the Area and limited evidence of business reinvestment in the Area are further evidence of the need for the assistance provided by tax increment financing. To some degree, this lack of private investment may also be related to the inability of existing property owners to acquire adjacent properties and developers to assemble the properties due to the cost of acquisition of developed property.

The City and the State of Illinois have designated twenty-two and eight-tenths percent (22.8%) of the Area as the State of Illinois Enterprise Zone Number 5. This will provide an added benefit to preserve one (1) of the commercial corridors within the Area and to offset the deteriorating conditions in the Area. Establishment of the Enterprise Zone also recognizes the significant needs of the Area and is evidence that financial incentives are required to attract private investment.

TV.

Summary And Conclusion.

The conclusion of PGAV Urban Consulting is that the number, degree and distribution of conservation area eligibility factors in the Area as documented in this Eligibility Study warrant the designation of the Area as a conservation area.

The summary table below highlights the factors found to exist in the Area, which cause it to qualify as a conservation area.

 

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A. Conservation Area Statutory Factors.

Factor1

(i)

Existing In Area

Age

121

85% of buildings

are or exceed 35 years of age

1. Dilapidation

2. Obsolescence

3. Deterioration

4. Illegal use of individual structures

5. Presence of structures below

minimum code standards

6. Abandonment

7. Excessive vacancies

8. Overcrowding of structures and

community facilities

9. Lack of ventilation, light or sanitary

facilities

Minor Extent Major Extent Minor Extent Minor Extent Minor Extent

Not Present Minor Extent Not Present

Minor Extent

Notes:

(1) Only three (3) factors are required by the Act for eligibility. Eleven (11) factors are present in the Area. Four (4) factors were found to exist to a major extent and seven (7) were found to exist to a minor extent.

(2) Age is not a blighting factor for designation but rather a threshold that must be met before an area can qualify as a conservation area.

 

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Factor111

Existing In Area

10

Inadequate utilities

Not Present

11

Excessive land coverage

Major Extent

12

Deleterious land-use or layout

Minor Extent

13

Depreciation of physical maintenance

Major Extent

14

Lack of community planning

Major Extent

While it may be concluded that the mere presence of the stated eligibility factors noted above may be sufficient to qualify the Area as a conservation area, this evaluation was made on the basis that the factors must be present to an extent that would lead reasonable persons to conclude that public intervention is appropriate or necessary. Secondly, the conservation area eligibility factors must be reasonably distributed throughout the Area so that a non-eligible area is not arbitrarily found to be a conservation area simply because of proximity to an area which exhibits conservation area factors.

Research indicates that the Area on the whole has not been subject to growth and development as a result of investment by private enterprise and will not be developed without action by the City. These have been previously documented. All properties within the Area will benefit from the Plan.

The conclusions presented in this Eligibility Study are those of the Consultant. The local governing body should review this Eligibility Study and, if satisfied with the summary of findings contained herein, adopt a resolution making a finding of a conservation area and making this Eligibility Study a part of the public record.

(1) Only three (3) factors are required by the Act for eligibility. Eleven (11) factors are present in the Area. Four (4) factors were found to exist to a major extent and seven (7) were found to exist to a minor extent.

Notes:

 

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The analysis continued herein was based upon data assembled by PGAV Urban Consulting. The study and survey of the Area indicate that requirements necessary for designation as a conservation area are present. Therefore, the Area qualifies as a conservation area to be designated as a redevelopment project area and eligible for Tax Increment Financing under the Act.

[Table 2 referred to in this Eligibility Study constitutes Table 2 to the Belmont /Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Project and is printed on page 32222 of this Journal.]

Attachment Three. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Legal Description.

All that part of Sections 20, 21, 28, 29, 32 and 33, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows:

beginning at the point of intersection of the west line of North Central Avenue with the north line of West Berenice Avenue; thence south along said west line of North Central Avenue to the westerly extension of the north line of Lot 18 in Block 1 in Fred Buck's Subdivision in the north three-quarters of the west half of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 18 being also the south line of the alley north of West Grace Street; thence east along said westerly extension of the north line of Lot 18 in Block 1 in Fred Buck's Subdivision to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 18 in Block 3 in said Fred Buck's Subdivision in the north three- quarters of the west half of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 18 being also the north line of the alley north of West Waveland Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Waveland Avenue to the northerly extension of the east

 

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line of Lot 19 in said Block 3 in Fred Buck's Subdivision in the north three-quarters of the west half of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 19 in said Block 3 in Fred Buck's Subdivision to the north line of West Waveland Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Waveland Avenue to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 39 in Koester and Zander's North Central Avenue Subdivision of the south quarter of the west quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said west line of Lot 39 being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue to the south line of West Roscoe Street; thence west along said south line of West Roscoe Street to the east line of Lot 7 in Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision of Block 4 in the subdivision of Lots D, E and F in the partition of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said east line of Lot 7 in Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision and along the southerly extension thereof to the north line of Lots 14 and 15 in said Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision, said north line of Lots 14 and 15 being also the south line of the alley south of West Roscoe Street; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Roscoe Street to the east line of Lot 11 in said Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision; thence south along said east line of Lot 11 in Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision and along the southerly extension thereof, and along the east line of Lots 30 and 31 in said Stoltzner's Central Avenue Subdivision to the north line of West School Street; thence east along said north line of West School Street to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 1 in Wm. S. Frisby's Subdivision of Lot 1 in Block 1 in Hield and Martin's Subdivision of Blocks 5 and 6 in the subdivision of Lots D, E and F in the partition of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 1 in Wm. S. Frisby's Subdivision and along the southerly extension thereof, and along the west line of the east 150 feet of Lot 2 in Block 1 in Hield and Martin's Subdivision of Blocks 5 and 6 in the subdivision of Lots D, E and F in the partition of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian and along the southerly extension of said west line of the east 150 feet of Lot 2 in Block 1 in Hield and Martin's Subdivision and along the west line of the east 150 feet of Lot 1 in Block 2 in said Hield and Martin's Subdivision to the south line of said Lot 1 in Block 2, said south line of Lot 1 being also the north line of the alley north

 

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of West Belmont Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 68 in R. A. Cepek's Sudivision of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of said Lot 68 in R. A. Cepek's Subdivision to the north line of West Belmont Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Belmont Avenue to the east line of Lot 71 in said R. A. Cepek's Subdivision; thence north along said east line of Lot 71 in R. A. Cepek's Subdivision and along the northerly extension thereof to the south line of Lot 51 in said R. A. Cepek's Subdivision, said south line of Lot 51 being also the north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of North Leclaire Avenue; thence south along said west line of North Leclaire Avenue to the north line of Lot 44 in Steven's Belmont and Laramie Avenue Subdivision of Block 16 in Falconer's Addition to Chicago, a subdivision of the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 44 being also the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue to the southerly extension of the east line of Lot 22 in the Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 33, a subdivision in the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence north along said southerly extension and the east line of Lot 22 in the Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 33 to the south line of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of West Belmont Avenue to the east line of North Lockwood Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Lockwood Avenue to the north line of Lot 15 in the Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 32, a subdivision in the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 15 being also the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of Lot 43 in Block 1 in Kendall's Belmont and 56th Avenue Subdivision of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said west line of Lot 43 in Block 1 in Kendall's Belmont and 56th Avenue Subdivision being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 15 in Block 3 in J. E. White's First Diversey Park Addition, a subdivision of the west half of the south 30 acres of the west half of

 

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the northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 15 in Block 3 in J. E. White's First Diversey Park Addition being also the north line of the alley north of West Diversey Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Diversey Avenue to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 17 in said Block 3 in J. E. White's First Diversey Park Addition; thence south along said northerly extension and the west line of Lot 17 in Block 3 in J. E. White's First Diversey Park Addition to the north line of West Diversey Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Diversey Avenue to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 5 in Block 8 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision of Blocks 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago, a subdivision of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 5 in Block 8 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision, and along the southerly extension thereof, to the north line of Lot 44 in said Block 8 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision, said north line of Lot 44 in Block 8 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision being also the south line of the alley south of West Diversey Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Diversey Avenue to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the north line of West Parker Avenue ; thence east along said north line of West Parker Avenue to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 6 in Keeney's Resubdivision of Lots 1 to 24 of Block 7 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision; thence south along said northerly extension and the west line of Lot 6 in Keeney's Resubdivision and along the southerly extension thereof to the north line of Lot 30 in Block 7 in aforesaid C. N. Louck's Resubdivision, said north line of Lot 30 in Block 7 in C. N. Louck's Resubdivision being also the south line of the alley north of West Schubert Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley north of West Schubert Avenue to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the north line of West Schubert Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Schubert Avenue to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 19 in Foreman and Lanning's Resubdivision of Block 6 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago in the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the west line of Lot 19 in Foreman and Lanning's Resubdivision and along the southerly extension thereof to the easterly extension of the north line of Lot 1 in the resubdivision of Lots 25 to 32 in Foreman and Lanning's Resubdivision of Block 6 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago, said north line of Lot 1 being also the south line of the alley south

 

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of West Schubert Avenue; thence west along said easterly extension and the north line of Lot 1 in the resubdivision of Lots 25 to 32 in Foreman and Lanning's Resubdivision of Block 6 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 2 in said resubdivision of Lots 25 to 32 in Foreman and Lanning's Resubdivision of Block 6 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago; thence east along said south line of Lot 2 in said resubdivision and along the easterly extension thereof to the west line of Lot 6 in said resubdivision, said west line of Lot 6 being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue and along the southerly extension thereof to the south line of West Drummond Place; thence west along said south line of West Drummond Place to the west line of Lot 23 in Block 5 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago, a subdivision of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said west line of Lot 23 in Block 5 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago, to the south line of Lot 23, said south line of Lot 23 being also the north line of the alley north of West Wrightwood Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Wrightwood Avenue to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 26 in said Block 5 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 26 in said Block 5 in Wrightwood Avenue Addition to Chicago to the north line of West Wrightwood Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Wrightwood Avenue to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 6 in Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 6 in Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision and along the southerly extension thereof to the easterly extension of the north line of Lot 11 in said Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision, said north line of Lot 11 being also the south line of the alley south of West Wrightwood Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Wrightwood Avenue to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 18 in said Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision; thence east along said south line of Lot 18 in Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision and along the easterly extension thereof to the west line of Lots 38 and 39 in said Block 4 in Howser's Subdivision, said west line of Lots 38 and 39 being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue to the south line of West Altgeld Street; thence west along said

 

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south line of West Altgeld Street to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 44 in Block 5 in said Howser's Subdivision; thence east along said south line of Lot 44 in Block 5 in said Howser's Subdivision and along the easterly extension thereof to the west line of Lots 3 and 4 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision, said west line of Lots 3 and 4 being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue to the easterly extension of the south line of Lot 40 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision; thence west along said easterly extension and the south line of Lot 40 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision to the east line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 35 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision; thence east along said south line of Lot 35 in Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision and along the easterly extension thereof to the west line of Lots 12 and 13 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision, said west line of Lots 12 and 13 being also the east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Central Avenue to the easterly extension of the south line of Lot 33 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision; thence west along said easterly extension and the south line of Lot 33 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision to the line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said the east line of North Central Avenue to the south line of Lot 29 in said Block 5 in Howser's Subdivision, said south line of Lot 29 being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue and along the easterly extension thereof to the east line of North Long Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Long Avenue to the north line of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of North Lorel Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Lorel Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 23 in Block 1 in Dickey and Baker's Addition to Cragin, a subdivision of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence east along said westerly extension and the south line of Lot 23 in Block 1 in Dickey and Baker's Addition to Cragin to the east line of said Lot 23, said east line of Lot 23 being also the west line of the alley west of North Lockwood Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley west of North Lockwood Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 16 in said Block 1 in Dickey and Baker's Addition to Cragin; thence east along said westerly extension and the south line of Lot 16 in said Block 1 in Dickey and Baker's Addition to Cragin to the west line of North Lockwood Avenue; thence north along said west

 

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line of North Lockwood Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 16 in the Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 12, a subdivision in the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 16 in the Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 12 being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue to the east line of Lot 30 in said Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 12, said east line of Lot 30 being also the west line of the alley west of North Laramie Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley west of North Laramie Avenue to the north line of West Montana Street; thence east along said north line of West Montana Street to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 36 in Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 2, a subdivision in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said west line of Lot 36 in Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 2 being also the east line of the alley east of North Laramie Avenue; thence south along said northerly extension and along the east line of the alley east of North Laramie Avenue to the south line of said Lot 36 in Hulbert Fullerton Avenue Highland's Subdivision Number 2, a subdivision in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 36 being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue to the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 26 in Block 15 in E. F. Kennedy's Resubdivision of Paul Stensland's Subdivision of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 28, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the east line of Lot 26 in Block 15 in E. F. Kennedy's Resubdivision to the north line of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Fullerton Avenue to the east line of the west 10 feet of Lot 28 in said Block 15 in E. F. Kennedy's Resubdivision; thence north along said east line of the west 10 feet of Lot 28 in said Block 15 in E. F. Kennedy's Resubdivision and along the northerly extension thereof to the south line of Lot 21 in said Block 15 in E. F. Kennedy's Resubdivision, said south line of Lot 21 being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue to the east line of North Lamon Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Lamon Avenue to the easterly extension of the north line of Lot 25 in Block 1 in McAuley and Elliot's Subdivision of the north half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third

 

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Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 25 in Block 1 in McAuley and Elliot's Subdivision being also the south Line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said easterly extension and along the south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue to the east line of North Lavergne Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Lavergne Avenue to the south line of West Belden Avenue; thence west along said south line of West Belden Avenue to the west line of North Leclaire Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Leclaire Avenue to the north line of Lot 48 in Block 2 in Chicago Heights Subdivision of the north half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 48 in Block 2 in Chicago Heights Subdivision being also the south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of Lot 1 in the resubdivision of Lots 26 to 46 in Block 8 in Foss and Noble's Subdivision of part of the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 33, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said west line of Lot 1 in the resubdivision of Lots 26 to 46 in Block 8 in Foss and Noble's Subdivision being also the east line of the alley east of North Lockwood Avenue; thence south along said east line of the alley east of North Lockwood Avenue to the north line of West Belden Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Belden Avenue to the east line of North Latrobe Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Latrobe Avenue to the south line of West Palmer Street; thence west along said south line of West Palmer Street to the west line of North Lockwood Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Lockwood Avenue to the north line of Lot 1 in Pulaski's Subdivision of Lots 29 to 45 in Block 1 in Dickey and Baker's Subdivision of part of the west half of the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 33, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 1 in Pulaski's Subdivision being also the south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue to the east line of North Long Avenue; thence north along said east line of North Long Avenue to the south line of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of North Central Avenue; thence south along said west line of North Central Avenue to the north line of Lot 43 in Cepek's Subdivision of Block 1 in Commissioner's Subdivision of that part of the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 32, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 43 in Cepek's Subdivision being also the south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Fullerton

 

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Avenue to the west line of North Parkside Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Parkside Avenue to the south line of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of Lot 1 in Block 1 in Grand Avenue Subdivision of Blocks 2, 3 and 4 in Commissioner's Subdivision of that part of the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 32, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said west line of Lot 1 in Block 1 in Grand Avenue Subdivision and along the southerly extension thereof to the north line of Lot 46 in said Block 1 in Grand Avenue Subdivision, said north line of Lot 46 being also the south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of North Mango Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Mango Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 245 in the Second Addition to Fullerton Central Manor, a subdivision in the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 245 in the Second Addition to Fullerton Central Manor being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue to the west line of North Parkside Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Parkside Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 51 in Fullerton Central Manor, a subdivision in the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 51 in Fullerton Central Manor being also the north line of the alley north of West Fullerton Avenue; thence east along said westerly extension and along the south line of Lot 51 in Fullerton Central Manor to the east line thereof, said east line of Lot 51 being also the west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue to the northeasterly line of Lot 6 in Block 1 in Diversey Highlands, a subdivision of the north half of the north half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly along said northeasterly line of Lot 6 in Block 1 in Diversey Highlands to the north line of said Lot 6, said north line of Lot 6 being also the south line of the alley south of West Diversey Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Diversey Avenue to the east line of North. Parkside Avenue; thence north along said east line of North Parkside Avenue to the north line of West Diversey Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Diversey Avenue to the west line of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Central Avenue to the south line of West George Street; thence west along said south line of West George Street to the southerly extension of the east line of Lot 25 in Block 3 in J. E. White's Second Diversey

 

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Park Addition, a subdivision of Lots 8, 9 and the east half of 10 in King and Patterson's Subdivision in the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said east line of Lot 25 in Block 3 in J. E. White's Second Diversey Park Addition being also the west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue to the south line of the north 16 feet, 8 inches of Lot 17 in Block 1 in Scherenberg's Subdivision of Lot 1 in King and Patterson's Subdivision of the northeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence west along said south line of the north 16 feet, 8 inches of Lot 17 in Block 1 in Scherenberg's Subdivision and along the westerly extension thereof to the west line of North Parkside Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Parkside Avenue to the north line of Lot 30 in Regan's Resubdivision of Lots 11 to 46 in Block 2 in Scherenberg's Subdivision in the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 30 in Regan's Resubdivision, being also the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of North Marmora Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Marmora Avenue to the south line of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of West Belmont Avenue to the east line of North Mason Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Mason Avenue to the easterly extension of the north line of Lot 40 in Block 2 in Dr. Walter Gogolinski's Subdivision of Blocks 1 and 2 in Wladislaus Dyniewicz's Subdivision of Lot 4 in King and Patterson's Subdivision of the northeast quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 40 in Block 2 in Dr. Walter Gogolinski's Subdivision being also the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said easterly extension and along the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue to the east line of North Austin Avenue; thence south along said east line of North Austin Avenue to the easterly extension of the north line of Lot 1 in Block 2 in Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision of the east half of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 29, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said north line of Lot 1 in Block 2 in Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision being also the south line of West Fletcher Street; thence west along said easterly extension to the west line of North Austin Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Austin Avenue to the south line of the northerly 3.00 feet of Lot 40 in Block 1 in said Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision; thence west along said south line of the northerly

 

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3.00 feet of Lot 40 in Block 1 in Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision and along the westerly extension thereof to the east line of Lot 36 in Block 1 in said Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision, said east line of Lot 36 being also the west line of the alley west of North Austin Avenue; thence north along said east line of Lot 36 in Block 1 in said Javoras and Johnson's Westfield Manor Subdivision to the north line of said Lot 36, said north line of Lot 36 being also the south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue; thence west along said south line of the alley south of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of North Meade Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Meade Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 76 in Charles Booth's Belmont Avenue Addition to Chicago, a subdivision of the south 10 acres of the north half of the south half of the southwest quarter and the south half of the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 20, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south line of Lot 76 in Charles Booth's Belmont Avenue Addition to Chicago being also the north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue; thence east along said westerly extension and along the north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of North Austin Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Austin Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 6 in Block 2 in Johnson Brothers' First Addition to Westfield Manor, a subdivision in the west third of the west half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said south Line of Lot 6 in Block 2 in Johnson Brothers' First Addition to Westfield Manor being also the north line of the alley south of West School Street; thence east along said westerly extension and along the south line of Lot 6 in Block 2 in Johnson Brothers' First Addition to Westfield Manor to the east line of said Lot 6, said east line of said Lot 6 being also the west line of the alley east of North Austin Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley east of North Austin Avenue to the westerly extension of the south line of Lot 9 in said Block 2 in Johnson Brothers' First Addition to Westfield Manor, said south line of Lot 9 being also the north line of the alley south of West School Street; thence east along said north line of the alley south of West School Street to the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 16 in the subdivision of Lot 7 in Owner's Partition of Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Voss' Partition of the 80 acres west of and adjoining the east 40 acres of the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence south along said northerly extension and the west line of Lot 16 in the subdivision of Lot 7 in Owner's Partition and along the southerly extension of said west line of Lot 16

 

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to the south line of West Melrose Street; thence east along said south line of West Melrose Street to the east line of Lot 17 in said subdivision of Lot 7 in Owner's Partition; thence south along said east line of Lot 17 in the subdivision of Lot 7 in Owner's Partition to the south line thereof, said south line of Lot 5 being also the north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue; thence east along said north line of the alley north of West Belmont Avenue to the west line of North Major Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Major Avenue to the north line of West Melrose Street; thence east along said north line of West Melrose Street to the east line of Lot 15 in the subdivision of the south half of the north half of the south 10 acres of the east 40 acres in the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said east line of Lot 15 being also the west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue to the north line of West Henderson Street; thence east along said north line of West Henderson Street to the west line of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Central Avenue to the south line of West Roscoe Street; thence west along said south line of West Roscoe Street to the west line of North Major Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Major Avenue to the north line of West Newport Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Newport Avenue to the west line of North Central Avenue; thence north along said west line of North Central Avenue to south line of West Addison Street; thence west along said south line of West Addison Street to the southerly extension of the east line of Lot 176 in Koester and Zander's Addition to West Irving Park, a subdivision of the south half of the northeast quarter of Section 20, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, said east line of Lot 176 in Koester and Zander's Addition to West Irving Park, being also the west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue; thence north along said southerly extension and along the west line of the alley west of North Central Avenue to the north line of West Berenice Avenue; thence east along said north line of West Berenice Avenue to the point of beginning at the west line of North Central Avenue, all in the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

 

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(Sub)Bxhibit "A" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

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(Sub)Exhibit "B" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Existing Land-Use Assessment Map.

 

32198

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(Sub)Exhibit "C" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Generalized Land-Use Plan.

ft

rev.

lESENO

Tiffin

 

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(Sub)Exhibit "D" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Generalized Existing Zoning Map.

 

32200

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(Sub)Exhibit "E" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Subarea Key Map.

ft

rev.

LEGEND

 

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(Sub)Exhibit "F" Of Attachment Two - Maps And Plan Exhibits. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Enterprise Zone Map.

« rev

LEGEND

 

32202

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel (Page 1 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 0

1998 EAV

TAX OEUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

1

1320215035

117.427

 

2

1320215036

158.437

 

*

3

1320215037

60.745

 

 

4

1320215038

64.165

 

 

5

1320215039

67.187

 

6

1320215040

49.987

 

*

7

1320215041

47.714

 

8

1320215042

57,161

 

*

9

1320219027

163.013

 

*

10

1320219028

90.666

 

 

 

1320219037

CONGO

 

*

11

1001

18.198

 

 

12

1002

15.556

 

13

1003

14.908

 

*

14

1004

18.198

 

15

1005

18.198

 

 

16

1006

14.908

 

17

1007

15.556

 

 

18

1008

18.198

 

19

1009

18.808

 

*

20

1010

16208

 

21

1011

15.556

 

22

1012

18.808

 

23

1013

18.808

 

*

24

1014

15.556

 

*

25

1015

16.208

 

*

26

1016

18.808

 

*

27

1017          | 18.198

 

*

23

1018          | 15.556

 

*

29

1019

14.908

 

*

30

1020

16.196

 

*

31 .

1021

18.198

 

*

32

1022

14.908

 

1 33

1023

15.556

 

*

1 34

1024

18.198

 

 

! 35

1320223026

227.405

 

1 36

1320223028

57.353

 

 

! 37

1320223029      1 46.933

 

 

38

1320223032     I 83.941

 

 

39      1 1320223033

163.952

i

40

1320227026

182.523

1

41

1320227027

62.445

1

42

1320227028

17.208

1

43

1320227029      1 114.706

 

 

r «

1320227030      1    197.841 I

 

! ->5

1320227031      1    105.592    1 1

|      46      1      1320231023      I    44.747    | i

I      47      I      1320231024      !     37.614    | I

 

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 2 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN «

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

48

1320231025

Exempt

 

 

49

1320231028

Exempt

 

 

SO

1320231027

1.205.576

 

 

51

1320331015

223.658

 

 

52

1320331019

107.264

 

 

53

1320331020

76.148

 

 

54

1320331021

165.720

 

 

5S

1320331030

Exempt

 

 

56

1320415001

Exempt

 

 

57

1320424034

132.252

 

 

58

1320424035

117.913

 

 

59

1320424036

146.415

 

 

60

^1320424037

270.260

 

 

61

1320425007

Exempt

 

 

62

1320425008

Exempt

 

 

63

1320425017

Exempt

 

 

64

1320425047

Exempt

 

 

65

1320425048

Exempt

 

 

66

1320429027

36.025

 

 

67

1320429028

52.764

 

 

68

1320429029

85.605

 

69

1320429030

89.166

 

 

70

1320429031

28.152

 

 

71

1320429032

26.152

 

 

72

1320429033

15.377

 

 

73

1320429034

14.387

 

 

74

1320429035 .

20.362

 

 

75

1320430009

88.465

 

 

76

1320430010

39.927

 

 

77

1320430011

96.336

 

 

78

1320430012

Exempt

 

 

79

1320430013

Exempt I

 

80

1320430014

Exempt

 

 

81

1320430023

Exempt

 

 

82

1320430030

Exempt

 

 

83

1320430031

Exempt

 

 

34

1320430032

Exempt

 

 

85

1320430034

Exempt |

 

36

1320431004

Exempt |

 

87

1320431026

252.382 I

 

88

1320431030

249.821 |

 

89

1320431031

499.106

 

 

90

1320431032

499.106

 

 

91

1320431033

35.646

 

 

92

1320431034

Exempt

 

 

93

1320432025     1    78.542 1

 

95      I      1320432028      !     32.738 !

 

32204

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel (Page 3 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN •

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

96

1320432029

231.340

 

 

97

1320432030

316.814

 

 

98

1320432038

106.730

 

 

99

1320432039

135.801

 

 

100

1320432040

195.890

 

 

101

1320432041

259.517

 

 

102

1320432042

61.423

 

 

103

1320432043

59.886

 

 

104

1320433011

559.160

 

 

105

1320433015

349.002

 

 

106

1320433018

289.271

 

 

107

1320433019

192.594

 

 

108

1320433020

455.597

 

 

109

1320433021

266.196

 

 

110

1320433022

458.838

 

 

111

1321100001

33.087

 

 

112

1321100002

51.241

 

 

113

1321100003

51.241

 

 

114

1321100004

52.193

 

 

115

1321100005

18.431

 

 

116

1321100006

31.929

 

 

117

1321100007

28.055

 

 

118

1321100008

56.204

 

 

119

1321100009

5.567

 

 

120

1321100010

20.482

 

 

121

1321100011

632.938

 

 

122

1321100012

96.554

 

 

123

1321100013

86.854

 

 

124

1321100014

86.854

 

 

125

1321100015

86.854

 

 

126

1321100016

86.854

 

 

127

1321100017

86.854

 

 

. 128

1321100018

86.854

 

 

129

1321100019

58.428

 

 

130

1321100020

38.724

 

 

131

1321100021

116.060

 

 

132

1321100022

78.723

 

133     I 1321100041

182.486

 

 

134

1321101001

23.743

 

 

135

1321101002      | 21.725

 

 

136

1321101003      j 21.725

 

 

137

1321101004      I 21.725

 

 

138

1321101005      | 21.725

 

 

139

1321101006     I 21.725

 

 

140     1      1321101007      | 21.725

 

 

141      I      1321101008      1 21.725

 

 

••43     !      13211010'0      I     20.649    j_I

 

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel (Page 4 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 0

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

144

1321101011

20.849

 

 

145

1321101012

20.849

 

 

146

1321101013

20.849

 

 

147

1321101014

78.326

 

 

148

1321101015

135.548

 

 

149

1321101016

24.160

 

 

150

1321101017

21.138

 

 

151

1321101018

43.402

 

 

152

1321104041

154.505

 

 

153

1321104042

184.705

 

 

154

1321104043

216.562

 

 

 

1321104045

CONDO

 

 

155

1001

18.394

 

 

156

1002

22.981

 

 

157

1003

22.981

 

 

158

1004

22.981

 

 

159

1005

22.981

 

 

160

1008

22.981

 

 

161

1321108001

Exempt

 

 

162

1321108002

Exempt

 

 

163

1321108003

Exempt

 

 

164

1321108004

Exempt

 

 

165

1321108005

Exempt

 

 

166

1321108006

Exempt

 

 

167

1321108007

Exempt

 

 

168

1321108008

Exempt

 

 

»69

1321108009

Exempt

 

 

170

1321108010

Exempt

 

 

171

13211120Q1

170.863

 

 

172

1321120019

28.659

 

173

1321124040

1.780.019

 

 

174

1321219032

68.896

 

 

175

1321219034

60.741

 

 

176

1321219035

22.592

 

 

177

1321219036

205.355

 

 

178

1321219037

33.930

 

1

179

1321219038

17.984

I I

130     I 1321223014

233.504

 

 

181

1321223015

131.603

 

 

182

1321223016

75.124

 

 

183

1321223018

80.015

 

1

184

1321223019

119.984

 

 

185

1321223020

80.430

 

 

186

1321223021

40.437

 

 

137

1321227030

295.315

 

 

138

1321227031

132.782 I

 

|      :9Q     |      1321227037      I    114.809 I

 

32206

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 5 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN »

1MB EAV

TAX DEUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

191

1321227038

135.337

 

 

192

1321231027

Exempt

 

 

193

1321231028

94.468

 

 

194

1321231029

144.966

 

 

195

1321231030

41.832

 

 

 

1321231031

45.741

 

 

197

1321231032

70.358

 

 

198

1321300001

64.776

 

 

199

1321300002

48.241

 

 

200

1321300003

48.243

 

 

201

1321300004

46.239

 

 

202

1321300005

24.635

 

 

203

1321300006

20.794

 

 

204

1321300007

20.794

 

 

205

1321300008

112.786

 

 

206

1321300009

117.154

 

 

207

1321300010

58.199

 

 

208

1321304001

85.408

 

 

209

1321304002

173.989

 

*

210

1321304003

83.475

 

*

211

1321304004

109.071

 

*

212

1321304005

87.545

 

*

213

1321304006

94.390

 

 

214

1321304007

93.230

 

 

215

1321308001

27.717

 

 

216

1321308002

28.877

 

 

217

132130B003

28.783

 

218

1321308004

Exempt

 

 

219

1321308005

Exempt

 

 

220

1321308006

Exempt

 

 

221

1321308007

70.753

 

 

222

1321308008

69.593

 

 

223

132131200*

41.370

 

 

224

1321312005

80.656

 

 

225

1321312006

372.153

 

 

225

1321312007

23.303

 

 

227

1321312008      |     22.041 |

I

228

1321312038

65.360

 

I

229

1321312039

89.241

 

I

230

1321315020

93.516

 

 

231

1321315040

223.627

 

 

232

1321319001

80.133

 

233

1321319021

106.761

 

 

234

1321323001

286.962

 

 

] 235

1321323016

309.520

 

 

! 236

1321327001      I 316.083

 

i

-1

;37 :iZ~'.Z~j'-~

 

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32207

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 6 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN »

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

239

1321327019

12S.556

 

240

1321327020

182.813

 

 

241

1321327023

109.307

 

 

242

1321327024

174.163

 

 

243

1321327025

223.444

 

 

244

1321327028

168.181

 

 

245

1321327027

31.122

 

 

246

1321327028

61.122

 

 

247

1321327029

62.777

 

 

24a

1321327032

150.005

 

 

249

1321327033

68.994

 

 

250

1321327034

49.030

 

 

251

1321327035

109.387

 

*

252

1321328022

58.999

 

 

253

1321328023

29.540

 

 

254

1321328024

29.540

 

 

255

1321328025

52.318

 

 

256

1321328026

52.318

 

 

257

1321328030

25.387

 

 

253

1321328031

25.367

 

 

259

1321328032

51.341

 

 

260

1321328033

51.341

 

 

261

1321328034

72.728

 

 

262

1321328035

72.728

 

 

263

1321328036

57.458

 

 

264

1321328037

57,458

 

 

265

1321326038

27.526

 

 

266

1321328039

82.091

 

 

267

1321328040

82.091

 

 

268

1321328041

28.038

 

 

269

1321328042

198.807

 

 

270

1321328043

114.698

 

 

271

1321329021

436.259

 

 

272

1321329022

152.517

 

 

273

1321329023

141.467

 

I 274

1321329026

104.548

 

 

I. 275

1321329027      I 85.138

 

 

| 276

1321329028

18.592

 

 

277

1321329029

18.592

 

 

278

1321329030

483.630

 

 

279

1321329031

19.567

 

 

280

1321329032

22.895

 

 

281

1321329033

29.743

 

 

282

1321329034

96.447

 

 

.233

1321330018

25.208

 

 

234     1 1321330019

38.233

 

 

,            . ------                           .- -r~

 

236     I      1321330021      I    23.035 I

 

32208

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 7 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN *

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 1 UNIT (1)

287

1321330022

26.514

 

 

288

1321330025

125.573

 

 

289

1321330026

98.906

 

290

1321330027

110.272

 

291

1321330028

120.503

 

*

292

1321330029

84.537

 

 

293

1321330030

99J249

 

294

1321330031

32.583

 

 

29S

1321330032

28.788

 

 

296

1321330033

117.307

 

 

297

1321330034

122.316

 

298

1321330035

52.895

 

 

299

1321330036

71.431

 

 

300

1321330037

71.852

 

 

301

1321330038

217.678

 

*

302

1321417025

55.317

 

 

303

1321417026

16.077

 

 

304

1321417027

95.680

 

 

305

1321417028

95.680

 

 

306

1321417032

72.174

 

 

307

1321417033

88.327

 

 

308

1321417041

Exempt

 

 

309

1321417042

311.394

 

 

310

1321417046

3.357

 

 

311

1321417047

97.544

 

 

312

1321417048

Exempt

 

 

313

1328100001

137.323

 

 

314

1328100002

81.060

 

 

315

1323100003

105.862

 

 

316

1328100005

139.514

 

 

317

1328100006

139.514

 

 

318

1328100007

279.029

 

 

319

1328100008

56.196

 

 

320

1328100009

56.196

 

 

321

1328100012

84.896 1

 

322

1328100013

84.896    I I

323

1328100014

152.591

 

 

324

1328100015

152.591

 

 

325

1328100016

65.656 |

 

326

1328100017      |     65.656 {

 

327

1328100018      1     77.796 |

 

329

1328100019      I     77.796 I

 

329

1328100041

117.893

 

 

330

1328100042

204.765

 

 

331

1328100043

242.427 |

 

332

1323100044      |     110.351 I

- "

333

334     )      1323101004      I    156.541 |"

 

5/17/2000

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32209

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 8 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 0

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNO* (1)

335

1328101005

179.334

 

 

338

1328101006

67.097

 

 

33.7

1328101007

67.097

 

 

338

1328101008

327.020

 

m

339

1328101039

215.370

 

 

, 340

1328102001

221.879

 

 

341

1328102006

121.580

 

 

342

1328102042

842.791

 

 

343

1328102044

97.873

 

 

344

1328103007

77.452

 

 

345

1328103008

77.452

 

 

346

1328103009

226.143

 

 

347

1328103042

198.609

 

 

348

1328103043

106.996

 

 

349

1328104001

272.888

 

-

350

1328104002

114.002

 

 

351

1328104007

82.784

 

 

352

1328104008

82.784

 

*

353

1328104009

103.460

 

 

354

1328104010

53.730

 

355

1328104011

113.566

 

356

1328104012

1T5.615

 

 

357

1328104013

48.971

 

*

358

1328104017

124.117

 

 

359

1328104018

18.913

Y

 

360

1328104019

22.638

Y

 

361

1328104040

172.049

 

*

362

1328104041

113207

 

363

1328104042

64.468

 

364

1328105002

90.575

I

365

1328105003

67.097

 

 

366

1328105004

248.670

 

*

367

1328105005

75.688

 

 

368

1328105009

85.003

 

 

369

1328105010

115.652

 

370

1328105011

91.979

1

371

1328105012

171.100

1

372

1328105013

69.404

 

 

373

132B105014

86.357

 

 

374

1328105015

56.058

 

375

1328105016

56.871

 

 

376

1328105019

511.771

 

 

377

1328105038

56.132

 

 

37S

1328105039

39.S61

 

 

I 379

1328108011      | 1Z6.870

 

 

I 360

1328108016      1 80.349

1

|     381      j       .^23". JoJ*. .*      :     £3."C ____ '

I     382     I      1328108013      I    57.246    I I I

 

32210

JOURNAL-CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO

5/17/2000

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 9 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN*

1998 EAV

tax delinquent

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 1 UNIT (1)

383

1328108019

59.167

 

 

384

1328108042

134.073

 

 

385

1328108044

232.384

 

 

386

1328108045

231.941

 

 

387

1328108046

212.109

 

 

388

1328116001

273.399

 

 

389

1328116002

Exempt

 

 

390

1328116003

Exempt

 

 

391

1328116004

Exempt

 

 

392

1328116005

Exempt

 

 

393

132B116008

25,163

 

 

394

1328116009

85.S96

 

 

395

1328116017

141.883

 

396"

1328116018

92.517

 

 

397

1328118042

49.989

 

 

396

1328116044

123.112

 

 

399

1328116045

Exempt

 

 

400

1328116046

128.932

 

 

401

1328116047

24.591

 

 

402

1328124001

34.094

 

 

403

1328124002

25.171

 

 

404

1328124003

25.171

 

 

405

1328124004

44.2S2

 

 

406

1328124005

62.110

 

 

.407

1328124008

62.110

 

 

408

1328124007

62.110

 

 

409

1328124008

62.110

 

 

410

1328124009

100.707

 

411

1328124017

95.179

 

 

412

1328124047

79.296

 

*

413     I 1328124048

104.707

 

 

414

1328124049

150.019

 

 

415

1328124050

47.977

 

 

4T6

)32fl12405>

40.300

 

 

417

1328124052

33.843

 

418

1328124053

278.803

 

 

419

1328200001

186.767

 

 

420

1328200002

112.640

 

 

421

1328200041

120.668

 

 

422

1328200042

122.973

 

 

423

1328200043

54.545

 

 

424

1328200044

631.260

 

 

425

1328300007

184.332

 

 

426

1328300008

32.452

 

 

427

1328300009

17.437

 

 

428

1328300010      ! 17.437

1

I     430     !      1328300012      !     17.437 I

 

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32211

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 10 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN #

1998 EAV

TAX QEUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

431

1328300013

151.760

 

 

432

1328300014

151.760

 

 

433

1326300015

47.759

 

 

434

1328300016

47.759

 

 

435

1328300017

47.759

 

 

436

1328300018

47.759

 

 

437

1328300019

147.012

 

 

438

1328300058

332280

 

 

439

1328304001

48.795

 

 

440

1328304002

48.527

 

 

441

1328304003

48.527

 

 

442

1328304004

48.527

 

 

443

1328304005

48.527

 

 

444

1328308024

54.602

 

 

445

1328308025

138.895

 

 

446

1328308050

248287

 

 

447

1328312001

7.697

 

 

448

1328312022

130.188

 

 

449

1328316001

362.132

 

 

450

1328316002

18.387

 

 

451

1328316015

16.138

 

 

452

1328316016

16.192

 

 

453

1328316017

16.192

 

 

454

1328316018

45.039

 

 

455

1328316019

45.039

 

 

456

1328316020

45.957

 

 

457

1328316021

45.327

 

 

458

1328316051

49.468

 

 

4S9

1328316052

90.756

 

 

460

1328324004

52.640

 

*

461

1328324005

24.273

 

*

462

1328324006

5.258

 

*

! 463

1328324007

28.432

 

 

464

1328324012

29.797

 

465

1328324013

5.258

 

468

1328324035

253.640

 

 

467

1328324036

47.768

 

I

i 468

1328324037

47.768

 

I

| 469

1328324045

111.829

 

I

470

1328324046

89.751

 

 

471

1328324048

11.233

 

 

472

1328324049

55.274

 

 

473

1328325031

110.623

 

 

474

1328325032

80.076

 

 

I 475

1328325033

13.066

 

 

!     475     I      1328325034     1    54.997 |

 

!     - '     '-------------—-

i     473     !      1328325036      j     74.550 I

 

32212

JOURNAL-CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO 5/17/2000

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 11 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 9

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

479

1328325037

7.021

 

 

460

1328325038

49.968

 

 

481

132B32S039

46.053

 

 

482

1328326030

142.688

 

483

1328326031

67261

 

484

1328326032

65,816

 

485

1328326033

65.737

 

 

486

1328326034

29.786

 

487

1328326035

29.365

 

 

488

1328326036

34.673

 

489

1328326037

62258

 

 

490

1328326038

79.765

 

 

491

1328327031

122.831

 

492

1328327032

82210

 

*

493

1328327033

74.095

 

 

494

1328327034

39.190

 

 

495

1328327035

70.908

 

 

496

1328327036

129.589

 

 

497

1328327037

173.884

 

 

498

1328329019

70.308

 

 

499

1328329020

30207

 

 

500

1328329037

64.122

 

501

1328329038

88.117

 

502

1328329039

131.792

 

 

503

1328331020

206.480

 

 

504

1328331021

79.165

 

 

505

1328331022

82.315

 

 

506

1328331023

107.312

 

 

507

1328331024

92299

 

 

508

1328331025

7.793

Y

*

509

1328331026

179.744

 

*

510

1328331027

63.732

 

511

1328331028

109.353

 

512

1328331029

15.414

 

*

513

1328331030

15.414

 

 

514

1328331031

17.409

 

 

515

1328331032

15.414

 

 

516

1328331033

15.414

 

 

517

1328331043

72.972

 

 

518

1328331046

1.372.319

1

519

132B428018

78.228

 

 

520

1328428019

56.962

 

*

521

1328428020

14.806

 

 

522

1328428021

13.862

 

 

523

1328426022

14.666

 

 

1 524

1328428023

13.147

 

 

i     525     1      132342BC23     i    C5-.0S1   ; 1

 

5/17/2000

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32213

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 12 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN •

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

S27

1328426030

65.802

 

S28

1328428031

68.434

 

529

1328428034

189.553

 

530

1328420035

149.314

 

 

531

1328428036

174.819

 

 

532

1328429021

103.016

 

 

533

1328429022

82.978

 

 

534

1328429023

69.576

 

535

1328429024

82.350

 

536

1328429025

78.668

 

 

537

1328429028

56.414

 

 

538

1328429027

67.904

 

 

539

1328429028

13.585

 

 

540

1328429029

13.565

 

 

541

1328429030

13.585

 

 

542

1328429031

13.585

 

 

543

1328429032

34.974

 

 

544

1328429033

35.672

 

 

545

1328429034

34.974

 

 

546

1328429035

130.583

 

*

547

1328429036

13.629

 

 

548

1328429037

13.829

 

 

549

1328429038

42.822

 

550

1328429039

35.929

 

 

551

1328429040

78.119

 

 

552

1328429041

61.419

 

 

553

1328430020

63.688

 

 

554

1328430021

63.666

 

 

555

1328430027

261.926

 

 

556

1328430028

55.457

 

 

557     I 1328430029

6.851

 

558

1328430030

6.851

 

 

559

1328430031

63.126

 

 

560

1328430032

29.714

 

 

561

1328430033

29.714

 

 

562

1328430034

20.461

 

 

563

1328430035

79.869

 

 

564

1328430036

83.981

 

 

565

1328430037

38.517

 

 

566

1328430038

14.355

 

 

567

1328430040

207,853

 

 

568

1329103001

72.153

 

 

569

1329103002

70.306

 

 

570

1329103003

112.407

 

 

571     | 1329103004

99.403

 

 

572

1329103005

86.060

 

 

573

1329103006      I 96.060

I

1      574     i      iZ29lC3CG< *o.332

 

32214

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 13 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN t

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

S75

1329103008

112.581

 

 

576

1329103009

67,097

 

*

577

1329103010

61.916

 

*

578

1329103011

60.754

 

 

579

1329103014

33.300

 

 

580

1329103015

33.300

 

I

581

1329103016

9.910

 

 

582

1329103017

74.123

 

583

1329103018

68.835

 

584

1329103019

81.774

 

 

585

1329103020

81.774

 

 

586

1329103021

119.118

 

 

587

1329103037

109274

 

*

588'

1329103038

111.565

 

589

1329103041

136.178

 

 

590

1329103042

96.079

 

*

591

1329200005

87.220

 

 

592

1329200006

127.727

 

*

593

1329200007

34.793

 

 

594

1329200008

73.096

 

595

1329200039

149.883

 

 

596

1329202006

27.179

 

 

597

1329202007

59.051

 

 

598

1329202008

101.718

 

 

599

1329202009

131.066

 

 

600

1329202038

24.038

 

 

601

1329203001

295.435

 

 

602

1329203002

104.871

 

 

503

1329203004

51.151

 

 

604

1329203005

51.151

 

 

60S

1329203006

61.750

 

 

606

1329203015

29.187

 

 

. 607

1329203036

211.350

 

 

608

1329204006

247.931 I

 

 

1329204039

 

 

 

609

8001

Exempt

 

 

610

8002

2.455

 

 

 

1329204040

 

 

 

an

8001

Exempt

 

 

612

8002

1.340

 

 

 

1329204041

 

 

 

613

8001

Exempt

 

 

614

6002          I 1840

 

 

615

1329204042

Exempt

 

 

616

1329204043

Exempt

 

 

617

1329204044

Exemot |

 

613

1329204045

Exempt    1 I

619

1329205006

53.700    1 1

 

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32215

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 14 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN •

1998 EAV

TAX DEUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

620

1329205007

53.700

 

 

621

1329205008

54.197

 

 

822

1329205009

65.665

 

 

623

1329205010

96.318

 

 

624

1329205039

100.668

 

 

625

1329205040

165.675

 

 

626

1329205041

136.765

 

 

627

1329206006

137.177

Y

 

628

1329206007

137.177

Y

 

629

1329206008

137.177

Y

 

630

1329206009

137.177

Y

 

631

1329206010

150.106

Y

 

632

1329206041

343.875

 

 

633

1329206042

250.791

 

 

834

1329207004

109.621

 

 

635

1329207005

12S.028

 

 

636

1329207006

122.626

 

 

637

1329207007

462.594

 

 

638

1329207012

Exempt

 

 

639

1329207013

29.701

 

 

640

1329207021

Exempt

 

 

641

1329207022

Exempt

 

 

642

1329207023

Exempt

 

 

643

1329207024

Exempt

 

 

644

1329207025

Exempt

 

 

645

1329207026

191.323

 

 

646

1329207027

90.721

 

647

1329207028

90.721

 

648

1329207029

231.078

 

 

649

1329207030

103.785

 

650

1329207031

68.392

 

 

651

1329207032

82.932

 

 

652

1329207033

47.971

 

 

653

1329207034

48.675

 

 

654

1329207040

270.475

 

 

655

1329207044

Exempt

 

!

655

1329207045

Exempt

 

 

657

1329207046

Exempt

 

 

658

1329215023

13.108

 

 

659

1329215024

69.964

 

 

660

1329215025

83.966

 

 

661

1329215026

83.968

 

 

562

1329215027

111.942

 

 

663

1329215028

38.911

 

 

664

1329215029

35.620

 

 

665

1329215030

35.620

 

 

666     1 1329215031

108.027

1

667     1      1329215032     !    94 272    j 1

 

32216

JOURNAL-CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO 5/17/2000

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 15 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN •

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

668

1329215033

86.150

 

 

669

1329215034

26.076

 

 

670

1329215035

24.598

 

 

671

1329215036

99.436

 

 

672

1329215037

99.436

 

 

673

1329215040

13,108

 

 

674

1329215041

13.108

 

 

675

1329215042

286.847

 

*

676

1329215044

212.368

 

 

677

1329223033

115,118

 

 

678

1329223038

174.392

 

 

679

1329223039

174.392

 

 

680

1329223041

Exempt

 

 

68V

1329223042

207.644

 

 

682

1329223043

503.941

 

 

683

1329407001

47269

 

 

684

1329407002

38.242

 

 

685

1329407003

20.975

 

 

686

1329407004

11.069

 

 

687

1329407005

11.089

 

 

688

1329407006

174.978

 

 

689

1329407022

22.961

 

 

690

1329407023

45.630

 

 

691

1329407024

22.398

 

 

692

1329407029

27.471

 

 

693

1329407030

27.471

 

 

694

1329407031

40.121

 

 

695

1329407032

40.121

 

 

696

1329407033

54.944

 

 

697

1329407034

27.471

 

 

698

1329407035

19.591

 

 

699

1329407036

19.591

 

 

700

1329407040

267.022

 

 

701

1329407041

62.341

 

 

702

1329415021

180.603

 

 

703

1329415022

18.664

 

 

704

1329415023

18.610

 

 

705

1329415024

18.664

 

 

706

1329415025

140.451

 

 

707

1329415026

42.870

 

708

1329415027

42.870

 

*

709

1329415028

40.592

 

710

1329415029

40.592

 

*

711

1329415030

103.702

 

712

1329415043

355.801

 

 

713

1329424045

704.095

 

 

714

1329429043

242.492

 

 

715

| 1329429044

65.879

 

 

 

5/17/2000

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32217

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 16 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN *

1998 EAV

TAX 0EUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / UNIT (1)

716

1329430039

289.739

 

 

717

1329431013

136.684

 

718

1329431014

337.874

 

*

719

1329431015

337.874

 

*

720

1329431016

337.874

 

721

1329431017

337.874

 

*

722

1329431016

337.874

 

723

1329431019

337.874

 

724

1329431020

266.668

 

 

725

1329431021

16.260

 

 

726

1329431022

17.404

 

 

727

1329431023

28.668

 

 

728

1329431024

28.666

 

 

729

1329431025

15.743

 

 

730

1329431026

15.796

 

 

731

1329431028

38.438

 

 

732

1329431029

861.821

 

 

733

1332205001

118.013

 

 

734

1332205002

7.290

 

 

735

1332205003

45.329

 

736

1332205008

35.659

 

 

737

1332205009

35.659

 

 

738

1332205010

39,417

 

 

739

1332205045

75.839

 

740

1332205046

7.128

 

 

741

1332205047

41.957

 

 

742

1332206001

133.081

 

743

1332206002

104.337

 

 

744

1332206003-

77.578

 

 

745

1332208004

7.560

 

 

746

1332206005

7.560

 

 

747

1332206006

58.659

 

*

748

1332206007

53.137

 

*

749

1332206008

131.424

 

750

1332206009

131.424

 

*

751

1332207001

129.115

 

752

1332207002

14.987

 

 

753

1332207003

14.987

 

 

754

1332207004

63.987

 

 

755

1332207005

63.987

 

 

756

1332207006

63.987

 

 

757

1332207007

63.987

 

 

758

1332207008

63.987

 

 

759

1333101001

171.037

 

 

760

1333101002

161.844

 

 

761

1333101003

161.844

 

 

762

1333101004

42.521

 

 

763

1333101005

16.306

 

 

 

32218

JOURNAL—CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO

5/17/2000

Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 17 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 0

1898 EAV

TAX OEUNQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 1 UNfT (1)

764

1333101006

r 13.334

 

 

785

1333101007

13.334

 

 

766

1333101008

13.334

 

 

767

1333101009

13.334

 

 

768

1333101010

159.074

Y

*

769

1333102001

151285

 

 

770

1333102002

18.250

 

 

771

1333102003

70.191

 

*

772

1333102004

36.417

 

 

773

1333102005

61.835

 

774

1333102006

79.002

 

 

775

1333102007

123.256

 

*

776

1333102008

91.120

 

III

1333102009

97.697

 

 

778

1333103001

186.985

 

779

1333103002

157.583

 

780

1333103003

43.997

 

 

781

1333103004

43.997

 

 

782

1333103005

27.447

 

 

783

1333103006

98.824

 

784

1333103007

62.814

 

 

785

1333103008

34.113

 

 

786

1333103009

27.077

 

 

787

1333103010

31.360

 

 

788

1333103011

28.637

 

 

789

1333103012

34.970

 

 

790

1333103013

21.973

 

 

791

1333103014

21.751

 

 

792

1333103015

23.070

 

 

793

1333103018

22.039

 

 

794

1333103017

21.875

 

 

795

1333103018

21.764

 

 

796

1333103019

31.776

 

 

797

1333103020

27.550

 

 

798

1333103021

31.868

 

 

799

1333103022

32.409

 

 

800

1333103023

38.190

 

 

801

1333104041

837.289

 

 

802

1333107001

Exempt

 

 

803

1333200001

103.748

 

 

804

1333200002

7.717

 

 

805

1333200003

56.250

 

 

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 18 of 19)

COUNT

ASSESSEE PIN 9

1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 1 UNIT (1) 1

806

1333200008

49.187

 

 

807

1333200013

41.874

 

 

808

1333200014

13.827

 

 

809

1333200015

15.083

 

 

810

1333200016

16.842

 

 

811

1333200017

16.622

 

 

812

1333200018

14.536

 

 

813

1333200019

14.536

 

 

814

1333200020

14.536

 

 

815

1333200021

81.074

 

 

816

1333200022

90.562

 

 

817

1333200023

' 61.074

 

 

818

1333200024

81.074

 

 

819

1333200045

220220

 

 

820

1333200046

349.309

 

 

821

1333200047

74.330

 

 

822

1333202001

78.391

 

 

823

1333202002

109.176

 

824

1333202003

69.593

 

823

1333202004

328.491

 

828

1333202005

12251

 

 

827

1333202006

12251

 

 

828

1333202007

12251

 

 

829

1333202008

147.145

 

 

830

1333202009

147.145

 

 

831

1333202010

51.637

 

*

832

1333202011

69.053

 

 

833

1333202012

95.105

 

 

834

1333202013

96.840

 

835

1333202014

36.899

 

«

836

1333202015

65299

 

837

1333202016

70.627

 

«

838

1333202017

37.198

 

 

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Attachment Four. (To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

1998 Estimated E.A.V. By Tax Parcel. (Page 19 of 19)

COUNT I ASSESSEE PIN * I  1998 EAV

TAX DELINQUENT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 1 UNIT (11 1

839

1333202018

37.198

 

840

1333202019

38.698

 

 

841

1333202020

38.698

 

 

842

1333202021

Exempt

 

 

843

1333202022

Exempt

 

 

. 844

1333203003

13.655

 

 

84S

1333203004

13.655

 

 

846

1333203005

59.511

 

 

847

1333203006

59.511

 

 

848

1333203007

38.126

 

 

849

1333203008

56.329

 

 

850

1333203009

65.428

 

 

851

1333203010

65.428

 

 

652

1333203011

11.828

 

 

853

1333203012

11.828

 

 

854

1333203013

142.574

 

*

855

1333203014

54.454

 

 

856

1333203015

54.454

 

 

857

1333203016

34.617

 

*

858

1333203017

34.650

 

859

1333203018

34.650

 

*

860

1333203019

, 147228

 

*

861

1333203020

79.307

 

*

862

1333203021

79.307

 

*

863

1333203041

91.660

 

 

864

1333203042

127.191

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

81.423.339

 

 

(1) Indicates the P.LN/S associated with residential buildings I units that would be removed If the Ran Is implemented according to Exhibit C (Generalized Land Use Plan) Included In Attachment Two of the Appendix.

 

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Location Map.

(To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

 

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Table Two.

(To Revision Number 2 To Belmont/Central Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan And Project)

Conservation Factors Matrix.