CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing regarding the proposed enlargement of Special Service Area #33
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
SUBMITTED BY: Rachel Mayer, Finance Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
In 2006, the City established Special Service Area (SSA) #22 to provide special services to Naperville's central business district. SSA #22 was reestablished in 2011 as SSA #24, in 2015 as SSA #26, and in 2020 as SSA #33. SSA #33 provides special municipal services to the designated area, including, but not limited to, parking lot operations and maintenance, public parking garage maintenance, custodial services, parking lot snow removal, sidewalk maintenance, including brick paver repair, sidewalk snow removal, landscape maintenance, landscape maintenance, streetscape and street lighting, holiday lighting, special directional signage, and capital improvements. The SSA covers one-third of the expenses, while the City covers the remaining two-thirds. In addition, the Downtown Naperville Alliance provides marketing through print, radio, direct mail, internet, and social media. Those expenses are covered entirely by the SSA.
The owner of the property located at 235 W. Jefferson Avenue, which is operated by The Alice Chin Team as a real estate business, has requested that it be included in SSA #33 so the property will be eligible for SSA #33 services.
DISCUSSION:
To add properties to an already existing SSA, the Illinois Special Service Area Tax Law provides for:
1) approval by the City Council of an ordinance proposing enlargement of the SSA which also sets the date for a public hearing on the proposed expansion;
2) publication and personal notice of the proposed SSA expansion and the date of the public hearing; except when the property being added represents less than 5% of the equalized assessed valuation of the entire original area, as determined by the clerk of the county in which the land is loc...
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