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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3119 06/02/1981 RDINANCE NO. 3119 AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL SERVICE AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS AND PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND OTHER PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: Authority to Establish Special Service Areas. This Board takes notice of its authority to establish a special service area pursuant to Article VIi, Section 6, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois in force July 1, 1971 which provides in pertinent part that: "The General Assembly may not deny or limit the power of home rule units . (2) to levy or impose additional taxes upon areas within their boundaries in the manner provided by law for the provision of special services to those areas and for the payment of debt incurred in order to provide those special services." and further pursuant to an Act to provide the manner of levying or imposing taxes for the provision of special services to areas within the boundaries of Home Rule Units and Non-Home Rule municipalities and counties as set forth in Sections 1301 through 1311 of Chapter 120 of the Illinois Revised Statutes, 1980. SECTION TWO: Findings. This Village Board hereby finds as follows: (A) It is in the best interest of the public that the creation of the area hereinafter described as a special service area for the purposes set forth herein be considered. (B) Said area is a compact and contiguous business area within the Village of Mount Prospect. (C) Said area is zoned for business purposes as a business retail and service district and will benefit specially from the municipal services to be provided, which proposed municipal services are unique and are in addition to municipal services provided by the Village of Mount Prospect as a whole, and it is therefore, in the. best interests of the Village of Mount Prospect that the levy of special taxes against said area for the special services so provided be considered. SECTION THREE: Public Hearings - Tax Rate - Issuance of Bonds. A public hearing shall be held on Tuesday the 23rd day of June, 1981 at 8:00 o'clock p.m. CDT in the second floor Board Room of the Public Safety Building, at 112 East Northwest Highway, Mount Prospect, Illinois, to consider the creation of Special Service Area No. 4 of the Village of Mount Prospect, in the territory described in the Notice set forth in Section 4 hereof. At the hearing, there will be considered the borrowing of $50,000.00 to be evidenced by General Obligation Bonds, the proceeds of which shall be used to pay part of the cost of construction and installa- tion (including diagonal parking space and pedestrian walkway esignations and driveway alignment) of roadway modifications and rehabilitation; street light installation; storm drainage additions; parking lot additions and rehabilitation; installation of turn around and ~median islands; sidewalk removal and replacement; landscape grading; planting of shrubs and trees; sodding; installation of benches, planters, and other furniture and such other incidental work deemed necessary to improve Busse venue from South Main Street (Route 83) to the intersection of South Wille Street and Northwest Highway (Route 14), and South Wille Street from the intersection of Busse Avenue and Northwest Highway to West Central Road within said Special Service Area as described in the Notice set forth in Section 4 hereof. Said bonds are to be retired over not to exceed a twelve ~12) year period, and to bear interest at a rate of not to exceed ten (10%) percent per annum. Said bonds, if issued, shall be retired by the levy of a direct tax to pay the interest on such bonds as they fall due and to discharge the principal thereof at maturity. Said tax is to be levied upon all taxable property within the proposed Special Service Area and said tax shall be in addition to all other taxes provided by law and levied upon property within the proposed Special Service Area pursuant to the Revenue Act of 1939. SECTION FOUR: Notice of Hearing. Notice of Hearing shall be published at least once not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the public hea~ing in the Mount Prospect Herald, a newspaper published within the Village of Mount Prospect. In addition, Notice by mailing shall be given by depositing said Notice in the U.S. mail addressed to the person or persons in whose name the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on each lot, block, tract or parcel of land lying within the proposed Special Service Area. Said Notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the time set for the public hearing. In the event taxes for the last preceding year were not paid, the Notice shall be sent to the person last listed on the Tax Rolls prior to that year as the owner of said property. The Notice shall be in substantially the following form: "NOTICE OF HEARING VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NO. 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday the 23rd day of June, 1981, at 8:00 p.m. o'clock CDT, in the second floor Board Room of the Public Safety Building, 112 East Northwest Highway, Mount Prospect, Illinois, a hearing will be held by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect to consider forming a Special Service Area consisting of the following described territory: That part of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a point being the Northwest corner of Lot 1 in Block 2 in Busse and Wille's Resubdivision in Mount Prospect in the West 1/2 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East along the North line of said Lot 1 to the West line of Wille Street; thence South along the West line of Wille Street a distance of 7.0 feet to a point being the extension West of the North line of Lot 1 extended West in the McLean Resubdivision in Mount Prospect being a Resubdivision in the West 1/2 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East along the said extension and along the North line of Lot 1 to a point which is 96.85 feet east of the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence North 7.0 feet to -2- he North line of said Lot 1; thence East along the North line of said Lot 1,70.06 feet; thence South 7.0 feet; thence East 10.16 feet to the East line of said Lot 1; thence South along the East line of said Lot 1 and also South along the East line of Lot 2 in the McLean Resubdivision aforesaid to the Southeast corner of said Lot 2; thence West 20 feet along the South line of said Lot 2 to a point on the West line of a 20 foot public alley also being a point on the East line of Lot 19 in Block 7 in Mount Prospect, being a subdivision in Section 12, Township 41 North, Range tl East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South along the East lines of Lots 19, 18, 17 and 16 all in Block 7 in Mount Prospect aforesaid, to a point being the Southeast corner of the aforesaid Lot 16 in Block 7 in Mount Prospect aforesaid; thence continuing South along a line being the West line of Lots i and 2 in Mount Prospect Central District Subdivision of part of the West 1/2 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian to a point on the West line of said Lot 2 which is 57.35 feet South of the Northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East 37.37 feet to a point which is 60.70 feet North of the most Southerly line of said Lot 2; thence South 60.70 feet along a line to a point on the South line of said Lot 2 which is 121.0 feet West of the Southeast corner of said Lot 2; thence East along the South line of said Lot 2, 121.0 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 2; thence South along the East line of Lot 3 in the Mount Prospect Central District Subdivision aforesaid, said East line of Lot 3 being also the West line of Main Street; thence continuing South along the West line of Main Street aforesaid across Busse Avenue to the Northeast corner of Block 16 in Mount Prospect aforesaid; ~hence continuing South along the said East line of Block 16 and along the said West line of Main Street to the Southeast corner of Block 16 aforesaid, said point being the intersection with the West line of Main Street and the Northeasterly line of Northwest Highway; thence Northwesterly along the Northeasterly line of Northwest Highway and along its extension Northwesterly to the point of intersection with the West line of Wille Street extended South to the Northeasterly line of said Northwest Highway; thence North along the said extension of the West line of Wille Street and North along the West line of Wille Street to the intersection with the South line of Lot 1 in Block 2 in Busse and Wille's Resubdivision in Mount Prospect in the West 1/2 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West along the said South line of said Lot 1 to the Southwest Corner of said Lot 1; thence North along the West line of said Lot 1 to the place of beginning being the Northwest corner of said Lot 1 all in Cook County, Illinois. The streets to be improved within said described area are: Busse Avenue - from South Main Street (Route 83), West to the intersection of South Wille Street and Northwest Highway (Route 14) -3- outh Wille Street - from the intersection of Busse Avenue and Northwest Highway, North to West Central Road. Such area is bounded by business establishments on both sides of Busse Avenue between South Main Street and South Wille Street and on the East side of South Wille Street between Northwest Highway and West Central Road. An accurate map of said area is on file in the office of the Village Clerk and is available for public inspection. The purpose of the formation of the Mount Prospect Special Service Area No. 4 in general is to provide special municipal services to the area, including, but not limited to, municipal services consisting of the following: On Busse Avenue The widening of the street to accommodate more efficient layout of parking spaces and widening of the same to 9 feet, and to increase the width of the maneuvering lanes, together with resurfacing of the street and installation of new curb and gutter; the widening of the sidewalk to an additional width of 5 feet on the North side of the street and of 3 feet on the South side thereof, together with reconstruction of the sidewalk in brick or simulated brick pavement; installation of storm drainage additions; installation of street lighting fixtures; rehabilitation of existing area parking lots; landscape grading and sodding and planting of shrubs and trees; installation of benches, planters and other furniture on sidewalk areas; and installation of pedestrian crosswalk areas. On South Wille Street. The modification of the existing street to accommodate diagonal parking; and the redesign and channeling of traffic movements to provide for one-way traffic flow along said street from Northwest Highway to a point approximately 300 feet South of West Central Road; removal and replacement of median island at Northwest Highway intersection to accommodate one-way traffic flow and installation of turn around island in Northerly part of street to accommodate service and municipal vehicleS; installation of street lighting fixtures; parking lot additions and rehabilitation; landscape grading and sodding and planting of shrubs and trees; and installation of pedestrian crosswalk area. For the purpose of paying a portion of the cost of the Special Services, the issuance of General Obligation Bonds in the amount not to exceed $50,000.00 at an interest rate of not to exceed ten (10%) percent per annum and to mature within a period of not to exceed twelve (12) years, will be considered at the hearing. Said bonds if issued, shall be retired by the levy of a direct tax to pay the interest on such bonds as it falls due and to discharge the principal thereof at maturity; said tax to be levied upon all taxable property within the proposed Special Service Area based upon assessed values as established pursuant to the Revenue Act of 1939. The remaining portion of the cost of said Special Services is to be paid from the Village's allotment of Motor Fuel Tax Funds, and from General Obligation Bonds issued with respect to Mount Prospect Special Services Area No. 3. -4- il interested persons, including all owners of real estate therein, affected by the formation of the Mount Prospect Special Service Area No. 4 will be given an opportunity to be heard at the hearing regarding the formation of and the boundaries of the Special Service Area and the issuance of such General Obligation Bonds and the levy of taxes to pay the principal and interest thereof, and may file objections to the formation of the Area, the issuance of such bonds, and the levy of taxes affecting said Area. The hearing may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice other than a Motion to be entered upon the Minutes fixing the time and place of its adjournment. If a Petition signed by at least 51% of the Electors residing within the Special Service Area and by at least 51% of the owners of record of the land included within the boundaries of the Special Service Area is filed with the Village Clerk within sixty (60) days following the final adjournment of the public hearing objecting to the levy o~ imposition of a tax or the issuance of bonds for the provision of special services to the area, or to a proposed increase in the tax rate, no such District may be created, or tax may be levied or imposed nor the rate increased, or no such bonds may be issued. Dated this day of June, 1981. Carol A Fields, Village Clerk SECTION FIVE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in accordance with law. PASSED this AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: APPROVED this 2nd day of June Arthur Farley Floros Miller V{attenberg None Murauskis 2nd day of June , 1981. , 1981. VIL~GE PRESIDENT ATTEST: VILLAGE CLERK -5-