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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance_32-O-25-_To_Approve_the_Construction_of_a_Local_Improvement_Known_as_Evanston_Special_Assessment_No._1534_(1)_signed 4/14/2025 32-O-25 AN ORDINANCE To Approve the Construction of a Local Improvement Known as Evanston Special Assessment No. 1534 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: A local improvement shall be made within the City of Evanston, County of Cook, and State of Illinois, the nature, character, locality and description of which is as follows, to-wit: That the unimproved public alley in the block bounded by Harrison Street on the north, Lincoln Street on the south, Hartrey Avenue on the west, and Prairie Avenue on the east, in the City of Evanston, be improved by excavating, constructing the necessary drainage system and paving with 8" Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, to a width of ten feet (10’). SECTION 2: The Recommendation (Exhibit A) of the Board of Local Improvements of the City of Evanston, Illinois, of this Ordinance, and the Estimate of the Cost (Exhibit B) of said improvement made by the Engineer of said Board, both attached hereto, be and the same are hereby approved and by reference thereto made a part hereof. SECTION 3: Said improvement shall be made and the cost thereof, including the sum of Six Hundred Sixty One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Seven and 71/100 Dollars ($661,977.71), being the cost of making and collecting the Assessment and all other expenses as provided by law, shall be paid for by Special Assessment in accordance with the Illinois Municipal Code, Chapter 65, Section 5/9-2-1, et seq. Page 1 of 9 32-O-25 SECTION 4: Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight and 86/100 Dollars ($330,988.86) of the cost of said improvement shall be allocated by the City; and the remainder of the cost, Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight and 85/100 Dollars ($330,988.85) will be allocated as private benefit. SECTION 5: The aggregate amount to be assessed and each individual assessment shall be divided into ten (10) installments in the manner provided by law, and each of said installment shall bear interest at the rate of Four and 00/100 percent (4.00%) per annum from sixty (60) days after the date of the first voucher issued on account of work done upon said proposed improvement. SECTION 6: That, for the purpose of anticipating the collection of the installments of said assessment levied against the real estate benefited thereby, general obligation bonds have been issued, up to Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight and 86/100 Dollars ($330,988.86) of which are payable by the City, homeowners pay up to Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight and 85/100 Dollars ($330,988.85) of which are payable out of said installments, bearing interest at the rate of Four and 00/100 percent (4.00%) per annum, payable annually and signed on behalf of the City of Evanston, Illinois, by its Mayor and attested by its City Clerk and its corporate seal affixed thereto; and each interest coupon attached to said bonds shall likewise be executed by and shall bear the official or facsimile signature of the same officers who signed said bonds and who, if facsimile signatures are used, do adopt by their execution of said bonds as and for their proper signatures their respective facsimile signatures appearing on said coupons; and that said bonds shall be issued in accordance with and shall be in all respects conform to the provisions ~2~ Page 2 of 9 32-O-25 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, knows as the “Illinois Municipal Code,” effective July 1, 1961, and the Amendments thereto. SECTION 7: That Edgar Cano, President of the Board of Local Improvements of the City of Evanston, Illinois, be and he is hereby directed to file a Petition in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, praying that steps may be taken to levy a Special Assessment to pay the cost of said improvement in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and in the manner prescribed by law. SECTION 8: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 9: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of this ordinance is severable. SECTION 10: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois. SECTION 11: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law. ~3~ Page 3 of 9 32-O-25 Introduced: April 14, 2025 Approved: Adopted: April 28, 2025 __________________________, 2025 _______________________________ Daniel Biss, Mayor Attest: _____________________________ Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk Approved as to form: _______________________________ Alexandra B. Ruggie, Corporation Counsel ~4~ Page 4 of 9 32-O-25 Exhibit A Recommendation Page 5 of 9 Page 6 of 9 32-O-25 Exhibit B Estimate Page 7 of 9 Page 8 of 9 Page 9 of 9