Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 14-4275

• File #: 14-4275
• Version: 1
• Name: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAL-SAG HISTORIC WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE ZONE
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/10/2014
• In control: Finance Subcommittee on Real Estate and Business and Economic Development (Inactive. There is now a Business and Economic Developement Committee and real estate items in the Asset Managment Committee)
• On agenda: 7/23/2014
• Final action: 9/10/2014
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAL-SAG HISTORIC WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE ZONE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 14. Community Development, Article III. Cal-Sag Historic Waterways Enterprise Zone, Section 14-23. Programs Established, Section 14-25. Duration of Zone, and Section 14-27. Enterprise Zone fee, are hereby amended as follows: Sec. 14-21. Establishment of enterprise zone. (a) The Board of Commissioners hereby establishes inclusion in the Cal-Sag Historic Waterways Enterprise Zone in accordance with the Enterprise Zone Act (20 ILCS 655/1 et seq.). The Enterprise Zone, as amended, is established in cooperation with the City of Blue Island, the Villages of Alsip and Robbins, as certified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, now known as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) on July 1, 1985, and amended on April 5, 1990, to include the Villages of Calumet Park and Dix...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
9/10/2014	1	Finance Subcommittee on Real Estate and Business and Economic Development (Inactive. There is now a Business and Economic Developement Committee and real estate items in the Asset Managment Committee)	recommend for approval	Pass
9/10/2014	1	Board of Commissioners	approve
7/23/2014	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAL-SAG HISTORIC WATERWAYS ENTERPRISE ZONE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 14. Community Development, Article III. Cal-Sag Historic Waterways Enterprise Zone, Section 14-23. Programs Established, Section 14-25. Duration of Zone, and Section 14-27. Enterprise Zone fee, are hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 14-21. Establishment of enterprise zone.
(a) The Board of Commissioners hereby establishes inclusion in the Cal-Sag Historic Waterways Enterprise Zone in accordance with the Enterprise Zone Act (20 ILCS 655/1 et seq.). The Enterprise Zone, as amended, is established in cooperation with the City of Blue Island, the Villages of Alsip and Robbins, as certified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, now known as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) on July 1, 1985, and amended on April 5, 1990, to include the Villages of Calumet Park and Dixmoor, and again on November 15, 1991, to include Cook County, and again on September 30, 1992, to include additional parcels in the Village of Alsip, and further amended on October 19, 1993, to limit the sales tax exemption.
(b) The Enterprise Zone meets the qualifications of Section four of the Enterprise Zone Act (20 ILCS 655/5 (qualifications for enterprise zones)), as described herein:
(1) It is a contiguous area;
(2) It comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not more than 15 square miles;
(3) It is depressed area;
(4) It satisfies the criteria of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs;
(5) Reasonable need is hereby established for an Enterprise Zone which covers portions of more than one municipality.
Sec. 14-22. Boundaries of zone.
The area identified is described herein by legal description and map, attached hereto, incorporated herein by reference, and made a part of the application and marked Exhibit A. Exhibit A includes the...