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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1974-044-O-74• C. 44-0-74 AN ORDINANCE Introduced: `Adopted as amended Establishing City of Evanston Special Service District No. 1 x. 4/15/74 5/6/74 WHEREAS, the constitution of the State of Illinois, 1970, has established the authority of municipalities to designate special service areas within the boundaries of Home Rule Munici- palities, and WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, a home rule municipality has conducted a public hearing on April 9, 1974, pursuant to notice prescribed by Chapter 120, Sections 1301 et seq of the Illinois Revised Statutes, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has made the following findings of fact as the result of the aforesaid public hearing: a) that in accordance with the laws of the State of Illi- nois, notice of the public hearing was duly published in the Evanston Review, a newspaper of general publication within the City of Evanston at least fifteen days.prior to public hearing and by mail to persons whose names appear as the payers of general taxes in the last preceding year for each lot, block and parcel of land lying within the proposed special service area, said notice having been given by depositing postage paid a copy of the notice in the U.S. mails not less than 10 days prior to the date set for the public hearing. b) that a public hearing on the questions set forth in the notice was held on April 9, 1973 and all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard on the question of the creation of a special service area, the services pertaining thereto, and the question of an annual tax for the niaintenauce of said spc:.la.l service, including the'issuan.ce of bonds in anticipation of said 44-0-74 -2- taxes; c) that all objections and protests to the proposed special service area, the services pertaining thereto and the taxation of the owners of properties within said special service area were heard and determined at the aforesaid public hearing; d) that having considered the data presented at the afore- ` mentioned public hearing, the City Council of the City of Evanston finds that it is in the public interest and in the interest of the City of Evanston Special Service Area No. 1 that said Special Ser- vice area as hereinafter described be established; e) that the said area is compact and contiguous and con- stitutes a business and commercial area within the City of Evan - stop. f) that it is in the best interests of said special ser- vice area that the municipality provide special services for the common interests of the area hereinafter designated and that said area as proposed as a special service area will benefit specifi- cally from the municipal services proposed to be -provided, and further, that said special services are unique and in addition to the general municipal services provided to the City of Evanston as a whole. • NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Evanston; SECTION 1: That a special service area to be known and designated as City of Evanston Special Service Area No. 1 is hereby established and shall consist of the follow- ing described territory: • • 44-0-74 -3- All of Lots ll'and 12 in Block 29 and all of Lots 2 (except the West eighty feet thereof), 3, 4, 5, 6, and that portion of Lots 7, 8, 9, and 10 lying East of the line determined by the point forty-one feet East of the East line of the Public Alley on the North line of Lake Street, and a point forty- one feet East of the East line of the Public Alley on the North line of Lake Street, and a point thirty- seven feet East of the East line of said Public Alley on the North line of Lot 7 in Block 52 in Evanston in the Southwest quarter of Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 14, Epst of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois. `(A map of said Proposed District being attached hereto as Exhibit A.) SECTION 2: That the City of Evanston Special Service Area No. l,is hereby established to provide special municipal services to the aforementioned area in addition to those services provided to the City of Evanston generally. Included in said special.services as they apply to Special Service Area No. 1 are: That the parkways on that segment of Sherman Avenue between Lake Street and Grove Street and the south parkway of Grove Street from Sherman Avenue east to the alley be improved by the installation of new sidewalks with surface treatment of exposed aggre- gate and bands of brick pavers along the curbs and around parking meters, street light poles, tree - wells and street intersection corners; the installa- tion of new street lighting, street trees, tree grates and street furniture such as drinking fountains, trash receptacles and fire hydrants which normally occupy City rights -of -way. SECTION 3: That the City of Evanston Special Service Area No. 1 is created so that bonds may be issued for purposes aforesaid, payable from taxes levied upon the proper- ty within the aforesaid special service area in addition to all other City taxes so levied and provided, however, that bonds shall be issued not to exceed the principal amount of Forty Thousand y 44-0-74 -4- dollars ($40,000.00) at an interest rate not to exceed seven per- cent (7%) per annum and further that said bonds shall mature within twenty (20) years from the date of issue. SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and ef- fect from and after its passage and approval and publication in the manner provided by law. Approved May 6 1974. . /s/ Edgar VannPmnn, Jr. Mayor Adopted: M-a„ h 1974 Attest: /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form: /c/ .Tamca T Mi,rrav Corporation Counsel I GROVE 80 122 102 008 2 LU Z uj 10 CD 9 -014 DO 31 8 rl z 7 -010 C4 00 6 -002 f ic 5 il-- 41 LAKE STREET CITY OF E VA IN'S T ON s -"-'V I C SPECIAL S17 AREA, NUM ER ONE EXHIBIT A 4