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RESOLUTION NO. 1 3 2 0
DATE OF PASSAGE: March 4, 2 0 0 2
A RESOLUTION PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER
(THE STREAMS OF PLAINFIELD)
(WILL COUNTY)
IN THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD AND
PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
AND OTHER PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, special service azeas are established pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 7
of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, and the Special Service Area Tax Law (35 ILCS
200/27-5 et seq) and the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq); and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that the territory described in the Notice set forth
in paragraph 2 hereof be established as a Special Service Area for the purposes set forth herein,
an accurate map of said territory being attached hereto as Group Exhibit "A-1 "; and
WHEREAS, said Area is compact and contiguous and constitutes a principal residential
area of the Village; and
WHEREAS, said Area is zoned for residential purposes and will benefit specially from the
municipal services to be provided which include the maintenance, repair and replacement of
certain entry monuments, landscaped easements and stormwater retention areas, all in accordance
with the final landscape and engineering plan and final plat of subdivision for the Area; and the
proposed municipal services are unique and in addition to municipal services provided to the
Village of Plainfield as a whole, and it is, therefore, in the best interests of said Area and the
Village of Plainfield as a whole, that the levy of special taxes against said Area fox the services
to be provided be considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Village Board of the Village of
Plainfield, Illinois, as follows:
1. That a public hearing shall be held on the 18th day of March, 2002, at 7:00 p.m.
in the Village Baard Roam of the Village Hall, 530 W. Lockport, Plainfield,
Illinois, to consider the creation of Special Service Area Number _ of the Village
of Plainfield, in the territory described in the Notice set forth in Paragraph 2
hereof. At the hearing, there will be cansidered the levy of an annual tax not to
exceed an annual rate of twenty one-hundredths percent (.20%, being 20G per
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$100) of the equalized assessed value of the property in said Area, said tax to be
levied for an indefinite period of time from and after the date of the Ordinance
establishing said Area. Said taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes provided
by law and shall be levied pursuant to the provisions of the Property Tax Code.
Said levies are intended to produce approximately $10,000.00 annually for the cost
for said services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, taxes shall not be levied
hereunder and said Area shall be "dormant" , and shall take effect only if the
Homeowners Association fails to maintain, repair or replace the aforesaid required
items and the Village is forced to assume said responsibilities.
2. Notice of hearing shall be published at least once not less than fifteen (15) days
prior to the public hearing in a newspaper in general circulation in the Village of
Plainfield. In addition, notice by mailing shall be given by depositing said Notice
in die U.S. Mails 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 substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF HEARING
VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD
SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER
(THE STREAMS OF PLAINFIELD)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on thel8th day of March, 2002, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Village Board Roam of the Village Hall, 530 W. Lockport, Plainfield, Illinois, a hearing will be
held by the Village Board of the Village of Plainfield to consider the establishment of a Special
Service Area consisting of the follawing described territory:
SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A"
The approximate location is the 71 planned residential units on approximately 35
acres west of Illinois Route 59 and adjacent to Dayfield Drive in the Village of Plainfield, Will
County, Illinois.
An accurate map of said territory is on file in the Office of the Village Clerk and available
for public inspection, and is attached hereto as Group Exhibit "A-1".
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A11 interested persons affected by the formation of Special Service Area Number _ will
be given an opportunity to be heard regarding the formation of the boundaries of the Area and may
object to the formation of the Area and the levy of taxes affecting said Area.
The purpose of the formation of Special Service Area Number _ in general is to provide
for the maintenance, repair and replacement of certain entry monuments, landscaped easements
and stormwater retention areas in said Area, all in accordance with the final landscape and
engineering plan and final plat of subdivision for the Area, and the proposed municipal services
are unique and are in addition to the improvements provided and/or maintained by the Village
generally.
At the hearing, all persons affected will be given an opportunity to be heard. At the
hearing, there will be considered the levy of an annual tax of not to exceed an annual rate of
twenty one-hundredths percent (.20%, being 20G per $100) of the equalized assessed value of the
property in the proposed Special Service Area Number 1, said tax to be levied for an indefinite
period of time from and after the date of the Ordinance establishing said Area. Said taxes shall
be in addition to all other taxes provided by law and shall be levied pursuant to the provisions of
the Property Tax Code. Said levies are intended to produce approximately $10,000.00 annually
for the cost far said services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, taxes shall not be levied hereunder
and said Area shall be "dormant", and shall take effect only if the Homeowners Association fails
to maintain, repair or replace the aforesaid required items and .the Village is forced to assume said
responsibilities. The hearing may be adjourned by the Village Board to another date without
further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time and
place of its adjournment.
If a petition signed by at least fifty-one percent (51 %) of the electors residing within the
proposed Special Service Area Number 1 and by at least fifty-one percent (51 %) of the owners
of record of the land included within the boundaries of the proposed Area is filed with the Village
Clerk within sixty (60) days following the final adjournment of the public hearing objecting to the
establishment of the Area, the enlargement thereof, or the levy ar imposition of a tax for the
provision of special services to the Area, no such Area may be established or enlarged, ar tax
levied or imposed.
Dated this 4th day of March, 2002.
SIGNED BY:
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LOTS 1-69 AN OUTLOTS A & B, ALL IN THE STREAMS OF PLAINFIELD, BEING A
SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP
36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO
THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED .IANUARY 2S, 2002, AS DOCUMENT 82002013946 IN
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
P. L N. 03-21-400-026
EXHIBIT A
SSA _
(THE STREAMS OF PLAINFIELD)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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