HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 26-O-26, To Approve the Construction of a Local Improvement Known as Evanston Special Assessment No. 1535 (1) (1) 04/13/2026
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AN ORDINANCE
To Approve the Construction of a Local Improvement Known as
Evanston Special Assessment No. 1535
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 Noyes Street on
the north, Payne Street on the south, Hartrey Avenue on the west, and Grey 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 sixteen feet (16’) in the east-west leg of the alley and thirteen feet (13’) in the
north-south leg of the alley.
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 Three Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twelve and
36/100 Dollars ($382,812.36), 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.
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SECTION 4: One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Six and
18/100 Dollars ($191,406.18) of the cost of said improvement shall be allocated by the
City; and the remainder of the cost, One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred
Six and 18/100 Dollars ($191,406.18) 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 Zero percent (0%) 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 One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand
Four Hundred Six and 18/100 Dollars ($191,406.18) of which are payable by the City,
homeowners pay up to One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Six and
18/100 Dollars ($191,406.18) of which are payable out of said installments, bearing
interest at the rate of Zero percent (0%) 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 of an Act of the
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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.
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Introduced:_________________, 2026
Adopted:___________________, 2026
Approved:
__________________________, 2026
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_____________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_______________________________
Alexandra B. Ruggie, Corporation Counsel
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March 23
April 13
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Exhibit A
Recommendation
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Exhibit B
Estimate
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