Northcenter SSA #38Renewal and Expansion

Community MeetingsJuly 30, 2014 6:30pm and August 8, 2014 8am

• Welcome and Introductions

• City of Chicago SSA Presentation

• Northcenter SSA Presentation– Review of proposed SSA boundaries, programs and

services budget, needs survey, tax rate and tax rate cap

• Next Steps

• Q&A Session

• Closing

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Agenda• Welcome

– Garrett FitzGerald, Executive Director, Northcenter Chamber of Commerce– Warren Silver, Chair, SSA #38 Commission– Alderman Pawar, 47th Ward

• Overview of Special Service Areas– Patrick Brutus, Dept. of Planning and Development

• Introduction of Advisory Committee Members– Warren Silver, Chair, SSA #38 Commission

• PLACE Consulting and Advisory Committee Members – Proposed Boundaries– Proposed Programs, Services and Budget– Proposed Tax Rate and Tax Cap

• Questions and Adjournment

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Advisory Committee Members

• Michael McCallum, Baird & Warner – 4037 N. Damen Avenue

• Daniel Scott, The UPS Store – 4044 N. Lincoln Avenue

• Sofia Zneimer, Zneimer & Zneimer, PC – 4141 N. Western Avenue

• Warren Silver, Silver Law Office- 1700 W. Irving Park Road

SSA#38 Commissioners• Warren Silver (Chairman), Silver Law Office – 1700 W. Irving Park Road

• Thomas Fencl, The Davis Theater – 4614 N. Lincoln Avenue

• Jerome Jakubco, Jakubco, Richards & Jakubco, PC – 2224 W. Irving Park Road

Let’s Build A Better Northcenter Together

SSA #38 NorthcenterReconstitution

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SSA Mission Statement

Special Service Area #38 was created in 2006 to provide enhanced cleaning, landscaping, snow removal and other services to Northcenter’s primary streets, to help beautify and promote Northcenter as a desirable place to live, work and play.

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Need for Northcenter’s SSA:

• No source of funding exists for cleaning, greening and promoting a neighborhood, except the SSA

• Limited funds exist for promoting, marketing a neighborhood

• SSA allows for the creation and implementation of visioning efforts

• City and state funding sources are being cut or eliminated

• Need to maintain ongoing, consistent and reliable funding for community initiatives, events and programs

• SSAs provide a locally controlled way for our community to implement enhancements in the way we envision them

• SSA funding ensures local tax dollars go to local services

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SSA #38 Area Map

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SSA #38 Area Map

Proposed Changes to Boundaries

Current SSA #38 Boundaries:

•Lincoln Avenue between Addison St. and Montrose Avenue

•Irving Park Road between Ravenswood and Campbell

•Western Avenue between Belmont Avenue and Montrose Avenue

Proposed Additions:

•Irving Park Road between Campbell and Chicago River

•Northcenter Town Square (Damen & Belle Plaine)

SSA #38 PIN Breakdown

• $0.37 of every SSA tax dollar goes into the TIF

District 2013 EAV EAV Post TIF PINs 0.253%Damen $0 $0 2 $0Existing $146,270,183 $92,297,185 1293 $233,863Missing $1,073,099 $355,267 11 $1,033Western $6,240,560 $3,476,547 57 $8,809

Grand Total $153,583,842 $96,181,608 1363 $243,705

Class PINs % of Total 2013 EAV EAV Post TIF % of Total 0.253% Avg PayTax Exempt 18 1% $0 $0 0% $0 $0

Vacant 6 0% $187,586 $175,435 0% $445 $79Residential 946 69% $60,905,071 $32,208,765 33% $81,611 $163Mixed Use 62 5% $7,583,903 $5,813,143 6% $14,729 $310

Not For Profit 1 0% $5,979 $5,979 0% $15 $15Commercial 329 24% $84,010,858 $57,488,860 60% $145,665 $647

Multi Fam Incent 1 0% $890,446 $489,426 1% $1,240 $2,256

Total 1,363 100% $153,583,842 $96,181,608 100% $243,705 $286

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SSA #38 Projects

Since its creation, SSA #38 has supported the following services

and improvements:

•Provided sidewalk trash removal and power washing

•Provided for snow removal on Northcenter sidewalks

•Installed 40 new flower planters along Northcenter’s main streets

•Planted and maintained 60 flower planters throughout Northcenter

•Provided landscaping for Northcenter’s obelisks

•Provided landscaping in Northcenter Town Square

•Collaborated with the Northcenter Chamber of Commerce in publishing the Community Guide

highlighting Northcenter’s businesses

•Connected entrepreneurs to vacancies through the new Retail Northcenter initiative

 These services help attract new businesses, residents and visitors to Northcenter and enhance the

experience of living and working in Northcenter.

Program Categories• Customer Attraction

– Website, banners, special events, decorations, PR and advertising

• Public Way Aesthetics

– Landscaping, litter and snow removal, public art, wayfinding signage

• Sustainability and Public Places

– Transit enhancements, bike valet, energy/recycling programs

• Economic/Business Development

– Site marketing, supplemental transit, studies and plans, SSA designation

• Safety Programs

– Cameras, off-duty private security

• SSA Management

– Administrative and programmatic expenses

• Personnel

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• Began surveying door-to-door AND online in July • Still collecting responses – please complete a survey tonight! • Held (holding) 2 community meetings• Created SSA informational brochure and official community

meeting letter• Mailed materials to all property owners and taxpayers in SSA

and expansion area• Publicized in Newsletter and on Facebook• Initiated individual emails and e-blasts about community

meetings• Posted information about SSA process on Northcenter website• Reached out to Northcenter Neighborhood Association and 47th

Ward to spread word about meetings

Community Outreach

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• Survey in progress (32 surveys to date)• 60% resident of Northcenter• 30% located in existing SSA• 25% property owners in existing SSA or

expansion area• 10% business owners/managers• 75% HAVE heard of the SSA

Needs Assessment Survey

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Overall, respondents feel SSA services provided are important

Most important was Snow Removal followed by Litter Pickup, Tenant Attraction, and Streetscaping

Most satisfied with Streetscaping, Snow Removal, Litter Pickup and Greening/Beautification

Business and property owner priorities are: Snow Removal, Graffiti Removal, Greening/Beautification and Streetscaping

Assessment of Current Services

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Greatest interest in: Graffiti Removal, Public Space, and Tenant Attraction

Also desire for: additional events/festivals that attract visitors, shoppers and tourists to the neighborhood AND focus on Town Square

Potential SSA Services

Proposed 2015 BudgetCustomer Attraction $1,500Public Way Aesthetics $146,000Sustainability and Public Places $0Economic/Business Development $16,000Safety Programs $0SSA Management $24,600Personnel $44,000Subtotal $232,100Loss Collection $11,605Total 2015 Budget $243,705

Draft 2015 Program Expenditures

Admin and Personnel Average Costs

• Every property owner within the designated SSA pays an additional property tax levy that is used for the services on SSA streets.

• This assessment is collected by the County Treasurer when you pay your property tax bill.

• The money is then put into a bank account that only Northcenter Chamber of Commerce can use for Commissioner-approved SSA Services.

• The amount you are assessed is based on the Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) of your property.

• The most you could ever pay in any given year is .333% of your EAV, which is the upper-most cap, but it will likely be much less, depending upon the cost of services that year.

What Does SSA #38 Northcenter Cost Me?

The SSA ensures that a larger portion of your property tax dollars stay in the neighborhood and go to services that benefit you, not to a general fund downtown.

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Property Class Summary

• Commercial + Mixed Use + Not For Profit+ Small Mixed Use= 79.2% of the total EAV.• Small Mixed Use refers to commercial/residential buildings with less than 6 units and less than 20,000 square feet.• Residential includes 713 condos with an average cost of $121 per unit per year.

Class PINs % of Total 2013 EAV EAV Post TIF % of Total 0.253% Avg PayTax Exempt 18 1% $0 $0 0% $0 $0

Vacant 6 0% $187,586 $175,435 0% $445 $79Residential 946 69% $60,905,071 $32,208,765 33% $81,611 $163Mixed Use 62 5% $7,583,903 $5,813,143 6% $14,729 $310

Not For Profit 1 0% $5,979 $5,979 0% $15 $15Commercial 329 24% $84,010,858 $57,488,860 60% $145,665 $647

Multi Fam Incent 1 0% $890,446 $489,426 1% $1,240 $2,256

Total 1,363 100% $153,583,843 $96,181,608 100% $243,705 $286

Average Costs by Property TypeClass Description PIN 2013 EAV Avg Cost

0 Exempt 18 $0 $0100 Vacant Land 6 $187,586 $79201 Residential garage 1 $26,911 $68203 1 Story Residence, any age, 1,000 to 1,800 Ft² 15 $1,396,580 $236204 1 Story Residence, any age, 1,801 Ft²+ 1 $102,389 $259205 2 or more story residence, >62 years of age up to 2,200 Ft² 1 $122,984 $312211 Apartment building with 2 to 6 units, any age 49 $5,305,308 $274212 Mixed use com/res building with apt and com area totaling 6 units or less with a Ft² area less than 20k Ft² 137 $16,151,863 $299241 Vacant land under common ownership with adjacent residence 1 $22,788 $58290 Minor improvement 7 $254,923 $92295 Individually owned townhome or row house up to 62 years 16 $2,076,035 $329297 Special residential improvements 5 $1,214,410 $615299 Residential condominium 713 $34,230,879 $122314 2 or 3 story non-fireproof building with corridor apt or California type apts, no corridors exterior entrance 1 $102,227 $259315 2 or 3 story non-fireproof corridor apts or California type apartments, interior entrance 1 $224,620 $569318 Mixed use com/res building with apts and commercial area totaling 7 units or more with a Ft² of over 20k 29 $6,649,821 $581391 Apartment building over 3 stories, 7+ units 1 $11,404 $29399 Rental condominium 30 $595,831 $50417 Not for profit one story commercial building 1 $5,979 $15501 Garage used in conjunction with commercial improvements 2 $166,160 $211517 One story commercial building 72 $20,214,816 $711522 One story non-fireproof public garage 28 $4,500,871 $407523 Gasoline station 3 $1,809,113 $1,528528 Bank building 6 $2,891,549 $1,221530 Supermarket 5 $20,016,763 $10,144532 Bowling alley 2 $1,307,355 $1,656580 Industrial minor improvement 3 $92,820 $78590 Commercial minor improvement 83 $7,012,604 $214591 Commercial building over three stories 1 $3,228,488 $8,180592 2 or 3 story building containing part retail and/or com 16 $7,580,580 $1,200593 Industrial building 27 $5,170,113 $485597 Special commercial structure 41 $5,281,569 $326599 Commercial condominium unit 40 $4,738,057 $300997 Special rental structure 1 $890,446 $2,256

Albany Park

Wicker Park / Bucktown

Lincoln Square

Andersonville

Lakeview East

Central Lakeview

Lakeview West

Lincoln Ave

Old Town

North Halsted

Uptown

Edgewater

Ravenswood

North Center

Clark St

Nearby SSAs

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Tax Rate Comparisons (2014)

North Center SSA #38Tax rate cap: 0.33%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.164%2015 Budget Levy: $243,705EAV: $96,181,608

SSA #27 (Lakeview West)Tax rate cap: 0.25%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.25%2014 Budget Levy: $797,220EAV: $ 302,811,729

SSA #21 (Lincoln Square)Tax rate cap: 0.25%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.25%2014 Budget Levy: $167,632EAV: $55,271,519

SSA #33 (Wicker Park/Bucktown)Tax rate cap: 0.304%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.3039%2014 Budget Levy: $1,007,899EAV: $332,607,259

SSA #22 (Andersonville)Tax rate cap: 0.50%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.483%2014 Budget Levy: $217,125EAV: $44.935,041

SSA #31 (Ravenswood)Tax rate cap: 0.32%Tax rate for 2014 Budget: 0.143%2014 Budget Levy: $482,845EAV: $125,766,091

Tax Rate Averages

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North Center SSA Levy 0.253%

Impact of SSA Levy on Property Taxes

Other Taxing Bodies (6.832%)7.085%

Increase in property taxes with SSA is 3.7%

Next Steps

• Conduct two community meetings

• Meet with Advisory Committee to finalize application materials

• Submit application to Dept. of Planning and Development August 15, 2014

• Prepare for public hearing, Fall, 2014

• Receive SSA renewal in January, 2015 for 15 years

Thank you for supporting your Northcenter neighborhood! For more information, contact:

Garrett FitzGeraldgarrett@northcenterchamber.com

773-525-3609www.northcenterchamber.com