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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

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OF THE

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CITY COUNCIL OF CHICAGO

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PUBLIC HEARING

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with respect to

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PROPOSED CITY OF CHICAGO

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SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER 73

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ALDERMAN EDWARD M. BURKE - CHAIRMAN

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ALDERMAN RODERICK SAWYER
ALDERMAN ANTHONY BEALE

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ALDERMAN PATRICK THOMPSON
ALDERMAN MARTIN QUINN

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ALDERMAN WILLIE COCHRAN
ALDERMAN RICARDO MUNOZ

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ALDERMAN DANIEL SOLIS
ALDERMAN ARIEL REBOYRAS

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ALDERMAN NICHOLAS SPOSATO
ALDERMAN THOMAS TUNNEY

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ALDERMAN JOHN ARENA

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City Hall
Room 201-A

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October 27, 2016
10:30 o'clock a.m.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Now, ladies and

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gentlemen, we will move to the other matter on the

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agenda, and this is Special Service Area Number 73.

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Again, Madam Reporter, let the record

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reflect this is a public hearing being held pursuant

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to the requirements of Section 27-35 of the State of

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Illinois Special Service Area Tax Law as amended.

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Notice of the public hearing was published on

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October 10, 2016, in the Chicago Sun-Times, a

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newspaper of general circulation within the City of

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Chicago, and notice was additionally mailed to the

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people and according to the schedule required by

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applicable law.

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Madam Reporter, kindly mark the

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notice as Committee's Exhibit No. 1 for

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identification, and include a copy of the notice in

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the record.

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This is a hearing to consider the

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establishment of Special Service Area Number 73,

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referred to hereinafter as the "Area," and the

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authorization of the levy of the special annual

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services tax for the provision of certain special

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services.

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The approximate street location of

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the proposed area would consist of the territory on

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both sides of south Wentworth Avenue from 24th Place

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to west Cullerton Street, both sides of west Cermak

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Road from the railroad tracks west of south Clark

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Street and the railroad tracks west off of Stewart

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Street, the north side of south Archer Avenue from

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the railroad tracks just west of the south Stewart

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Street to south Princeton Avenue, both sides of

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south Archer Avenue from south Princeton Avenue to

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south LaSalle Street.

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The purpose of establishing the Area

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would be to provide special services within the

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area.

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within the Area include but not limited to:

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Customer attraction, public way aesthetics,

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sustainability, public place enhancements, economic

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business development, safety programs, and other

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activities to promote commercial and economic

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development.

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addition to services provided to and by the City of

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Chicago generally.

The proposed special services to be provided

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The special services would be in

The services tax under consideration

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will not exceed the annual sum of 0.800 percent of

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the equalized assessed value of the taxable property

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within the area.

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The services tax would be authorized

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to commence tax year 2016 and to be levied annually

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until and including tax year 2025.

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would be in addition to all other taxes provided by

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law and would be levied pursuant to the provisions

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of the property tax code 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq, as

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amended from time to time.

The services tax

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If anyone wishes to submit written

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comments on the proposed establishment of Special

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Service Area Number 73, please submit those comments

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to the Sergeant-at-Arm so those comments can be made

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a part of the public record.

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Is there anyone who wishes to submit
written comments or objections?

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(No response.)

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Hearing none, we will move to hear

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from the Alderman of the Area, if the Alderman cares

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to make any comments on the proposal.

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Alderman Solis.

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ALDERMAN SOLIS:

Mr. Chairman, I would

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like to reserve my comments until after the

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presentation of the testimony.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Very good.

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Is there a statement from the
Department of Planning and Development?

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Ms. Bonome, state your name and your
title, please.

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COMMISSIONER BONOME:

Thank you.

Good

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morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.

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Again, for the record, my name is

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Mary Bonome, Department Commissioner of the

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Department of Planning and Development.

Again, the

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Department has reviewed the documents submitted by

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the sponsoring agency, that's Chinatown Chamber of

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Commerce, and find them to be in order.

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SSA Number 73 contains 263 PINS.

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received and verified support signatures from,

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again, at least 20 percent of the owners or

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taxpayers of record.

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DPD

This ordinance would establish a new

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SSA for a ten-year term with a levy rate cap of

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1.75 percent.

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Ward and is supported by Alderman Solis.

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SSA Number 73 is located in the 25th

The proposed 2017 budget for SSA

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number 73 is $161,755, a very modest budget.

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Special services to be authorized include but are

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not limited to customer attraction and public way

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aesthetics.

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We ask for the Committee's support in
approving this ordinance.

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Thank you.

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Any questions of Ms.

Bonome?

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(No response.)

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Thank you.

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And now we have members of the public

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who have communicated with the Chair regarding their

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You're excused.

interest in making comments.

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Is there any resident or taxpayer or

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interested person attending the hearing who desires

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an opportunity to express their views for or against

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the proposed establishment of Special Service Area

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Number 73, and a number of people have communicated

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with the Chair, expressing their interest in sharing

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their opinions with the Committee.

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First of all, in favor of the

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proposal, is Kam Liu of the Chamber of Commerce

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Chinatown, but Mr. Liu is not desirous of speaking.

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Are you here, Kam?

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Very good.

And Paul Poy, who is representing the

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2323 partnership, owner of 2323 South Wentworth

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Avenue who is in favor.

Are you here, sir?

Do you

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wish to share your views with the Committee?

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MR. POY:

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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Please take the witness

chair.

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Sure.

MR. POY:

Good morning, Committee

Chairman, and --

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

State your name and your

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title for the record so the reporter can include

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that in the record of proceedings.

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MR. POY:

My name is Paul Poy.

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of the owners of the building at 2323 South

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Wentworth.

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people.

I'm one

It is through a partnership of many

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And so this is on the proposed SSA

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route.

Currently -- the building currently has

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three businesses, the Pacific Global Bank, a medical

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clinic, and a lawyer's office.

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the older part of Chinatown, which is part of this

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SSA.

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will speak hopefully about the newer section.

This building is in

So there's a new and older and someone else

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But I'm here to comment about the

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older section.

And so on Wentworth Avenue, there

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are -- the 2323 South Wentworth building and many

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other businesses and a few nonprofits are on this

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road.

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For both the newer and older sections

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of Chinatown, the proposed SSA provides the

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financial strength to realize a long-term strategy

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vision for Chinatown.

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financial option usable by all of the businesses and

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nonprofits for addressing any unique, common

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situations encountered by both the businesses and

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the visitors that come to Chinatown.

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So the SSA can provide a

As new businesses move to Wentworth

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Avenue, they could be supported by modern common

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elements, and visitors can experience a clean

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environment and feel safe as they explore the area.

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So, the strategic plan can be realized with the help

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of the funds gathered through the SSA.

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Now, myself, as an active member of a

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local nonprofit, the Chinese Christian Union Church,

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which is on Wentworth Avenue, when I was a member, I

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planned the replacement of many infrastructure

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components like boilers, AC units, the roof, lots of

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other things.

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address plumbing and electrical needs.

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And I also selected contractors to

Now, these physical improvements
allowed many activities to be implemented and lives

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changed or improved.

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So if you look beyond the efforts of

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an individual business or a nonprofit, the common

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needs in Chinatown, whether they be infrastructure

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or activity, can be addressed using the financial

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means provided by this SSA.

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So, I am in favor of this and I hope

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you approve it and provide the strategic financial

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means to achieve a better Chinatown.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Thank you, Mr. Poy.

questions of Mr. Poy?

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(No response.)

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Thank you, sir.

You're excused.

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Thank you for sharing your opinions with us this

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morning.

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And Tony Shu, Chinatown Chamber of

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Commerce.

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sir.

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Any

State your name and your title, please,

MR. SHU:

Tony Shu, S-H-U.

Good morning,

Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee.

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My name is Tony Shu.

I'm the current

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president of Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

I have

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been formerly also elected as president for two

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terms and also two terms as chairman of Chinatown

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Chamber of Commerce.

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The Chamber of Commerce was

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established in 1983 to represent the business

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interests and also the general welfare of the

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Chinese community.

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in Chinatown since 1980.

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also taxpayer of SSA 73.

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I'm also an attorney practicing
I am a property owner and

And I'm in support of the SSA because
I believe it is vital to the continual growth of
Chinatown.

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Recent articles have described

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Chicago's Chinatown as the only one in this country

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that has grown in population in the past decade.

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Our numbers have increased 26 percent, where all the

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other Chinatowns in this country have seen a

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decrease.

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One of the articles attributed two
reasons for this phenomenon.

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No. 1 our Chinatown residents have a

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strong desire to maintain their cultural heritage,

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and No. 2, we have affordable housing for new

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immigrants.

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Our Chinatown has blossomed into a

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major tourist attraction for visitors coming from

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the city, state, and the midwest.

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beneficiary of many major capital improvements

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supported by both private and public sectors.

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example, we have Ping Tom Park, state-of-the-art

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Leonard Louie Fieldhouse, a boathouse allowing

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access to the river by kayaks and canoes, and an

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award winning public library named by Wired Magazine

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as one of the ten best public libraries in the

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world.

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We are the

For

Chinatown Chamber is the leading

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organization in the community.

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parking facilities in Chinatown, which is essential

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to the prosperity of our businesses.

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We manage the

We have organized a dragon boat race

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for the past 16 years, averaging 10,000 attendees

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each year.

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past 30 years averaging over 500 guests each year.

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We have also worked on numerous Chinese new year

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parades, summer fairs, business luncheons, and

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workshops.

We have held fundraising galas for the

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I submit that Chinatown is the best

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qualified and ideal organization to act as Service

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Provider for SSA 73, and I ask for your support and

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approval.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Thank you, Mr. Shu.

Any

questions of the witness?

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(No response.)

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Thank you very much.

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And now Darryl Tom, Chinatown Chamber

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of Commerce.

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You're excused.

State your name and your title, sir,
for the record.

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MR. TOM:

Darryl Tom.

I am the immediate

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past president of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

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My family owns property in Chinatown Square, and I'm

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happy to be here to support the Chinatown SSA Number

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73, which we hope will be in force next year.

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I'm going to talk about how grateful

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the Chinese community is for the improvements that

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Tony just pointed out.

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library, also the ongoing -- the currently ongoing

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Wells Wentworth Connector Project.

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seen a lot of growth, and the city of Chicago has

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put a lot of money investing in our community; and

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certainly, the SSA will be committed to maintaining

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the landscaping features, and the public areas that

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the city is building to make sure that it's a

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beautiful place to come and an inviting place to be.

The fieldhouse, the new

Chinatown has

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Thank you.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:
witness?

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(No response.)

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And I'm assuming, Darryl, if my
memory serves me correctly, you're Ping Tom's son.

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Any questions of the

MR. TOM:

Yes.

Thank you for recognizing

that.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

And I would say so many

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members of the Council have such fond memories of

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Ping Tom and the way he championed the construction

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of Chinatown Square.

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have appeared before this Committee 15 times over

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the years.

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Fred Roti, the Alderman of the 1st Ward, who worked

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very closely with your dad to create the environment

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to permit Chinatown Square to move ahead.

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environmental cleanup that took place there could

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only have taken place with the support of the city.

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There was a great champion in Alderman

The

And as the old saying goes, the proof

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is in the pudding.

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Chinatown that is.

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I would estimate that he must

What a beautiful addition to

And so, I'm pleased to see that the
legacy of your dad continues on, not only in you but

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in the friends that he gathered around him back in

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those years when not too many people were paying

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attention to Chinatown.

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case today.

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national attention that's been brought to Chinatown

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by certain publications that have highlighted the

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fact that it's the only Chinatown in America that's

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growing in population.

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if it wasn't for Ping Tom and some of the early

That certainly is not the

We're pleased to learn from Mr. Shu the

That wouldn't have happened

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advocates that worked so hard to make Chinatown what

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it is today.

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Needless to say, you also have a

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great Alderman in Alderman Solis.

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that.

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MR. TOM:

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

I have to add

Thank you.
Raymond B. Lee.

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your name and your title, sir.

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MR. LEE:

State

My name is Raymond Lee.

I'm a

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member of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, and the

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reason I'm here, it was that I followed in Ping

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Tom's footstep when he pass away in 1995.

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over his position as a president of the Chinese

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American Development Corporation, and I finished the

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project in around year 2000, and that has been

I took

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20 years since I finished the project.

I left it.

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But the reason I come, they asked me, they said,

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well, Raymond, you finished the project, and you

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know, it is running -- very run down because the low

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assessment they have been assessing on all the store

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and people, in fact, stop me, complain that, you

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know, the Chinatown is going so run down, and you

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know, like during snow, because they had no money to

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remove all the snow, they just put the little path

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so the people could walk through.

And they said --

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and then there's -- I just walked by the other day

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one of the elderly, the chef's roof is coming down,

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and they just block it up in a couple of months now.

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I know that the security, they want

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to buy a camera, but they got no money because the

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association, they feel, don't assess so much money.

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And the cleaning and because it's such a heavy

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traffic to the Chinatown Square, that in the

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evening, the garbage overflow.

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pick it up.

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do not work late, but they don't get up in the

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morning to clean it up either.

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They have no time to

I guess that the people walking there

The stairway is rusted away, and I
know they tried to do it because it's the limit.

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Therefore, I want to come in to -- now, I personally

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own about five properties in Chinatown -- in the

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Chinatown Square and in the other end of Chinatown.

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It means more money as an owner of the property, you

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have to pay more, but in the long run, we much be

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spend some money to bring it down, not to the

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original level, at least make it decent so that the

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tourists continue to come to Chinatown because it's

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very heavy traffic on Saturday and Sunday, at least

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over 10,000 people coming down, including employee.

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So, I really -- I approve and support the SSA even

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though -- even though I have to pay more money

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because I own five property in Chinatown within this

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SSA area.

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Well, thank you for listening.
CHAIRMAN BURKE:

sir.

Thank you very much,

Any questions of the witness?

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(No response.)

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Thank you, Mr. Lee.

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Now, Sharyne Moy Tu.

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this properly?

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MS. TU:

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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Am I reading

Good morning.
State your name and your

title, please?

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MS. TU:

My name is Sharyne Moy Tu, and I

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am the executive director of the Chicago Chinatown

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Chamber of Commerce, the sponsor agency for the

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Chinatown Special Service Area Number 73.

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to the Finance Committee -- Committee on Finance of

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the City Council for your consideration of the

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creation of the Special Service Area in Chinatown.

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Thank you

The Chinatown community is a major

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tourist destination in the City of Chicago, the

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current Chinatown location centered by Wentworth

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Avenue and Cermak Road was founded in 1912 and it

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has grown exponentially over the years and

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continually expands its borders in all directions.

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Today, the neighborhood is a thriving

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and active community, where guests from all over the

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world travel to dine at over 80 restaurants and

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bakeries and over 90 gift, grocery, and herbal

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stores.

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bicycle, water taxi in spring and summer months, and

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CTA bus and both Red and Green rail lines.

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Chinatown is easily accessible by car,

Chicago Chinatown, as mentioned

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previously, has been singled out as the one

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Chinatown in the United States which is booming

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while others across the country are fading.

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Numerous articles have been published in print and

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online in the Chicago Tribune, CEGOT, CCTV, New

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City, and other media sources in the past year,

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highlighting Chicago Chinatown's successes.

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They cite Chinatown's attractiveness

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to visitors because of its variety of its regional

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Chinese cuisines, historical architectural landmarks

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and events featuring our traditions and cultural

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heritage, including the annual dragon boat race and

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lunar new year parade.

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A recent press release from the

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Mayor's press office announced Chicago experienced

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record tourism performance for the first

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three-quarters in 2016.

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52 million visitors in the city in 2015 and is

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closer to achieving Mayor Emanuel's goal of 55

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million visitors annually by year 2020.

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includes an increasing number of visitors to

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Chinatown including guests from China who are

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visiting Chicago Chinatown for their native foods

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and products.

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Chicago welcomed more than

And this

In order to maintain the growth and

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sustainability of Chinatown, the community needs to

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continually invest in improving its infrastructure.

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The proposed SSA will provide a major funding source

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to keep the neighborhood clean, beautiful, and safe,

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for the increasing number of visitors to Chinatown.

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Businesses will benefit from the SSA with facade

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improvement and new signage, maintenance of public

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ways, and increased production and distribution of

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the marketing materials that will assist in driving

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more tourism into the neighborhood.

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With funding sources dwindling, SSA

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funding is critical for communities like Chinatown

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to continue to attract visitors to the neighborhood.

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There are currently more than 50

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Special Service Areas which support similar

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neighborhoods in the City of Chicago.

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To remain competitive as a major

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tourist destination, it is essential that the

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Chinatown Special Service Area be approved.

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you for your time.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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there any questions for this witness?

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Thank you very much.

You're excused.

Thank you for sharing your comments this morning.

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And are

(No response.)

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Thank you.

Thank

Now, we will go to those who have
communicated with the Sergeant-at-Arms asking for an

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opportunity to speak in opposition.

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Robert Hoy, 216 West Cermak.

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Good morning, sir.

First of all,

State your name,

please?

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MR. HOY:

For the record, my name is

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Robert Hoy, H-O-Y, Alderman Burke, Alderman Arena,

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and Alderman Solis, City Council members.

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for the opportunity for allowing me to speak.

Thank you

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My family has been in the Chinatown

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area for a long, long time, going back to the days

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when Chinatown was just Cermak and Wentworth

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basically, Cermak and Wentworth.

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came here, they worked very hard on their own to

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build Chinatown to what you see it is as today.

These people that

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Now, I have heard all the great

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things about how Chinatown is, and how it is a

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tourist attraction.

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attraction.

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presence of an SSA.

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and sacrifice, and I stress the word sacrifice, on

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behalf of the people that built Chinatown.

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talking about the older generation.

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with virtually nothing, with prejudice, couldn't

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even get a job, and these guys worked and worked and

Yes, it is a tourist

Most of this was done without the
It was done by the hard work

And I'm

They came here

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worked to build the Chinatown that you see today.

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If you go to Chinatown, in recent

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days, you can look down Wentworth Avenue, and it

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won't be anything like what you might have seen

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before.

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evening, and see no cars parked on Wentworth Avenue

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from Cermak going down to 24th.

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walk on the street.

You can go down there 7:00 o'clock in the

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Not many people

Looks almost like a ghost town.

You can go down Wentworth Avenue and

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see vacancies.

You probably didn't see vacancies

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before.

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On Leong building, you guys remember, the On Leong

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building, it used to be the hot spot for all the

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activity.

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Wentworth Avenue to do business.

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vacancies there now.

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educational center.

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getting more vacancies on Wentworth Avenue.

But there's vacancies now.

Used to be the

That was a key location to get a spot on

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Well, there's two

One is semi occupied by an
The other one is empty.

We're

I bring this up because I want to

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make a point.

The landlords aren't collecting any

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more rent.

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more rent to offset the cost of an SSA, and the

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point is we need more businesses, we need more

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attractions.

They're not going to be able to charge

We don't need more bureaucracy, and

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that's where this SSA money is going to go.

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If you attract somebody to do an

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attraction, you can get business in Chinatown.

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you go and put up garbage cans, fancy lights, that's

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not going to bring business.

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for attractions.

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street or a garbage can or something else.

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trying to diminish what these people and the

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supporters are trying to promote.

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If

You go to Disney World

You don't go there to see a clean
I'm not

But I'm saying

the shortest route is creating attractions.

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The other point I wanted to say is

12

the notice that went out, that part of this record I

13

believe is defective.

14

include on its description the properties on south

15

China Place, which are commercial properties.

16

So, the notice does not

There is 33 PINS that are listed on

17

the attachment, but they are not described on the

18

page describing the service area.

19

they were excluded.

20

by accident or intentionally.

21

I don't see why

I don't know if it was excluded

But those people on south China Place

22

reading this notice would believe that they're not

23

going to be charged anything for this SSA, which is

24

erroneous because their PINS are listed on the

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notice.

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So, I asked this board to reject this

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based upon the defective notice; but that's just for

4

the purpose of this hearing.

5

The other thing is I don't believe

6

that the people, the taxpayers, should have a legal

7

obligation to support the Chamber of Commerce.

8
9

If these guys short -- run short on
their money, run short of their rent, fail to pay

10

part of their taxes, you can enforce that just like

11

a failure to pay real estate taxes, and I don't

12

think that's proper.

13

I also don't think it is right that

14

about 20 percent of the people that are eligible to

15

vote or be heard on this matter can make a

16

determination for the other 80 percent.

17

So, I ask this Council to help

18

Chinatown by not creating more bureaucracy.

19

incentives to create attractions.

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go to Navy Pier for.

21

World for.

22

we want, that's what we need.

23

for that.

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Give us

That's what you

That's what you go to Disney

You create attractions, and that's what
We need the support

And security-wise, well, what do we

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do?

We dial 911.

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force.

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police.

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in Chicago is very different than Chinatown in LA

5

and New York.

6

our police department, in contrast to both coasts.

7

So, dialing 911, we need to support

Which means we need to support of the
That's one of the big reasons why Chinatown

8

our police.

9

a hat on.

10

We need an effective police

The Chinese people are very close to

We need to give them something to hang
Otherwise, the people say, oh, you're

just harassing me.

11

And so, in short, I would say,

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security is important, but we don't need an SSA for

13

the security.

14

The aesthetics, that's important,

15

too; but not as important as creating an attraction.

16

The shortest route to creating a successful area is

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going to be an attraction.

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So I'm speaking for myself, but

19

there's probably others in this area, in this room,

20

that also have an objection to this because they

21

don't have the money to be paying this extra tax.

22

And it doesn't look like they're going to be getting

23

this extra money, and this SSA has not told you what

24

return on investment the neighborhood is going to

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get.

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So, I ask for the City Council to

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consider what I have said in making your decision

4

but consider that it's not -- it is not as helpful

5

as it sounds.

6

It has succeeded without the SSA in the past.

7

think it will continue to succeed.

8

give us attractions, help us get attractions.

9

think we're well on our way to that now, but we just

10

need individual entrepreneurs, not more bureaucracy.

11

Thank you.

12

And I think Chinatown will succeed.

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

13

your handwriting.

15

first name?

16

And I

Thank you, sir.

Is it Laura Chow?

MR. CHOW:

What is your

Lorac, L-O-R-A-C. I always

failed my handwriting.

18
19

Give us a hand,

Is it -- I have a hard time reading

14

17

I

Sometimes I couldn't read.

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

State your name and who

you represent, please, sir.

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MR. CHOW:

My name is Lorac Chow.

I

21

represent Gee Tuck Sam Tuck Association located at

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2227 South Wentworth Avenue.

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24

Our association is against the
creation of this SSA 73.

We are a nonprofit

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organization.

We provide service to Chinese

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Americans with the family names of Ang, Chow and

3

Choi, and then we pay about already $8,800 property

4

tax this year -- actually for the last year.

5

think we simply cannot afford another tax increase;

6

and in Chinatown, just along the Wentworth Avenue,

7

there are seven other associations like us, like the

8

Moy Family Association, Wong Family Association, Lee

9

Family Association, and the Long Kong Family

I

10

Association, the Seo Ling Family Association, the Yu

11

Family Association, the Chang Family Association,

12

they are located on the Wentworth Avenue.

13

all like us, really they nonprofit association, and

14

I don't think -- they are just in the similar

15

situation like us.

16

another tax increase.

17

They are

I don't think they can afford

It is actually very tough to do

18

business in Chinatown as the previous gentleman

19

said.

20

Wentworth Avenue, it's very few people walking

21

there; and after 8, it is like an empty town.

22

there are about eight, rough number, empty stores

23

just on the south Wentworth Avenue.

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Chinatown Square, if you notice, that there's also

After 6:00 o'clock, 7:00 o'clock you go to

And

And in the

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second floor, there are many stores, too.

My

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estimate is about 20 percent vacant.

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difficult to do business there.

4

will really increase the burden of the business

5

owner, too.

6

I'm sure the cost of the food, merchandise, and

7

service in Chinatown will be increased; but as you

8

know, Chinatown not only for business.

9

many residents there.

It is very

Any tax increase

And as a result of the tax increase,

We have so

So any increase in these

10

costs will just put extra burden to the local

11

residents; and as you know, actually, there's a very

12

big number of people there that are really old

13

people, and you are really putting financial service

14

especially to the old people, too.

15

And let me mention that I think

16

several months ago, there were, I think, two

17

meetings that I know of about this SSA thing.

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know this only some friend call, hey, there's a

19

meeting, but our association never received any

20

notice about this meeting.

21

people along -- on the south Wentworth Avenue, and I

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ask them, do you receive anything.

23

about this SSA proposal meeting there.

24

I

And I talked to other

No, no one know

So -- and also, as the previous

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gentleman talk about, only 20 percent people

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approve, and then we will put the burden on the

3

other 80 percent.

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can get over the majority of the business owner

5

there approve this SSA, I think I will go for it,

6

but otherwise I'm really against it.

7

And I think to be fair, if you

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

8

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Wei-Min Kuk, 2150A Archer Avenue.

9

MR. KUK:

Chairman Burke and the

10

committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity

11

to present.

12

Avenue, and I'm in a position solely from the basis

13

because South Chicago Township just came out from a

14

triannual reassessment; and as a result, the

15

assessed valuation has jumped up by double digits,

16

10, 20, 30 percent or more.

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know, the tax increase is reflecting that assessment

18

increase and the tax rate has changed as well.

19

with that higher tax now the property owners are

20

paying, I second support the statements made by the

21

two previous speakers, and then why would this SSA

22

tax still be needed and cannot be supported by the

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city to provide that service if and when needed.

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So, just based on we are already paying the taxes

I'm a single parcel owner on Archer

And as a result, you

So,

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after a reassessment, why would this SSA.

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I'm thumbs neutral, not thumbs up,

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thumbs neutral to support the SSA if there can be

4

tangible benefits to be shown how this change can

5

improve aesthetics and enhancement and others.

6

need to have the association, Chinatown Chamber of

7

Commerce, or other supporting associations to

8

demonstrate how these aesthetics enhancements can be

9

beneficial under the SSA 73.

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I

The second question I have, Chairman

11

Burke, is about distribution of the tax increase

12

from the Deputy Commissioner.

13

263 parcel and then the estimated revenue that can

14

be derived from the .8 point increase is about a

15

161,755, so if I just do straight math, that would

16

equate to $615.

17

to make sure this is distributed correctly, and you

18

know, I look up the PINS, these 263 PINS, and many

19

of them, they are nontaxpaying.

20

are under a special class of property, but, you

21

know, like I said, I will go along if the Chamber of

22

Commerce can demonstrate the tangible benefits under

23

the SSA.

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who are also the property owner, they may go under,

She stated there are

So it's not a big amount but I want

I know because they

Otherwise, I feel that many business owner

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continually under this heavy tax burden.

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my statement.

Thank you.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

4

Helen Choi.

5

That ends

MS. CHOI:

Thank you, sir.
Helen Choi.

Good morning.

My name is

6

Helen Choi.

7

Association, and I would like to introduce Joanne

8

Wood who is reading a statement for Chinatown

9

Square.

10
11

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Kindly state your name

and your title, please.

12
13

I'm from the Chinatown Square

MS. MOY:

I'm Joanne Moy and I'm reading

a statement from Chinatown Square Association.

14

Chinatown Square Association

15

vehemently opposes Special Service Area 73.

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Chinatown Square is the strip mall

17

sitting on 45 acres of land on the north side of

18

Archer Avenue between 2047 through 2201 South

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Archer.

20

There are 120 businesses in Chinatown Square with 60

21

property tax identification numbers.

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consists of 28 percent of the recently listed

23

property tax ID numbers incorporated into Special

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Service Area 73.

Each property has its own separate address.

The mall

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Now, I have heard that there's over

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about 260; however, the last mailing we received was

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less.

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Back to Chinatown Square, it houses

5

mostly restaurants, retail space, banks, clinics,

6

beauty and a handful of offices.

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is the largest Chinese mall in the midwest.

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property owner is charged approximately $400 monthly

9

for assessments.

The outdoor mall

And this goes to cover private

10

management, maintenance, security, scavenger

11

service, insurance, et cetera.

12

self-contained entity.

13

Each

We are a

Honorable aldermen and members of

14

this Committee, we ask that you kindly consider

15

excluding Chinatown Square from Special Service Area

16

73.

17

an additional tax above what is currently paid will

18

make survival as a business extremely difficult.

19

could drive many of the businesses into bankruptcy.

20

Your Honor, Chinatown Square cannot afford another

21

tax.

22

you for your time.

Our mall is already self-contained and paying

Please don't force another tax on us.

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24

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Jean Moy.

It

Thank

Was that you,

Jean?

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MS. MOY:

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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I'm sorry.

Joanne.

So

you spoke.

4
5

Joanne.

Pat Jan, Chinatown community and
business owner.

6

Will state your name, please.

MS. JAN:

Good morning, my name is Pat

7

Jan.

My family owns a business in Chinatown Square.

8

And we oppose the creation of SSA 73 for the

9

reasons -- Good morning, chairman and the committee

10

members.

11

overwhelmingly overtaxed and expenses are extremely

12

high for us as a community.

13

We oppose it because we are already

As the previous speakers have

14

mentioned, the taxes -- property taxes have gone up

15

significantly this year.

16

has already seen almost a 15 percent increase in

17

property taxes; and with the city already opposing

18

or considering additional taxes over the next three

19

years, with possibly another $225 million in the

20

next three years with the CPS also interested in

21

adding another $250 million in taxes, which would

22

bring the total tax for next three years to be

23

$475 million, which then would be spread out among

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the entire community including Chinatown.

Chinatown-Bridgeport area

In

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addition, we also have a sales tax increase that

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went up to 10.25, as compared to other states --

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nearby states with lower sales tax:

4

Michigan, 6 percent; even New York, one of the

5

largest the cities, is only 8.87.

6

that, we're losing tourism.

7

in up to the point where they're ready to check out.

8

Once they find out our sales tax is 10.25, forget

9

it.

Wisconsin, 5.6;

And because of

We have customers come

We can go back home to buy it.

We don't need

10

to come to your store to buy it when we have to pay

11

double the amount of tax.

12

taxes if we just buy it at home or buy on Amazon.

13

That is the problem that retail stores in Chinatown

14

as well as all retail stores, strip malls, everyone

15

worries about is competition from online services,

16

like Amazon, Google, all those services are taking

17

away our market share, which then makes it difficult

18

for us to do business.

19

50 percent discount in

Many strip malls, not only in our

20

community, but other communities have emptied out.

21

There are no businesses in those areas.

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corporations, Macy's is closing 40 plus stores.

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Neiman Marcus is closing stores.

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our small businesses but even big corporations are

Even big

We're -- not only

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closing their stores because of online competition.

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We have no way to compete.

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reshift their expenses.

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is close.

5

They have the ability to

We have not.

All we can do

And as a Chinese community, we are

6

very hard working as previous speakers have

7

mentioned.

8

some of our shops are open 365 days out of the year.

9

We do not close at all.

We work seven days a week.

We are --

Because we need to work in

10

order to be able to put food on our table, to pay

11

our taxes, to pay for our housing, to pay for

12

healthcare.

13

is going to hit everybody in Chicago.

14

as high 31 or 45 percent for increases in premiums.

15

How are people going to be able to afford their

16

healthcare and afford their housing and medications.

17

We all know that medication prices have gone up.

18

already see the gouging of the drug companies right

19

now.

Which, as you all know, 2017, Obamacare

20

It can go up

We

So how, when people have to choose,

21

food, housing, and healthcare, are they going to

22

come shop?

23

restaurants?

24

down and affect us.

No.

Are they going to go out to

No.

So that all is going to trickle
Not only the businesses, but as

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previous speakers mentioned, it affects the

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community in general because the businesses will not

3

be able to survive without raising prices, which

4

then affects the community.

5

And as I stated earlier, we lose

6

tourism because the tourists are not coming in

7

because of our high tax rate, which we have no

8

control over.

9

Wentworth Street is emptying out.

Because of that, as they stated,
There is not a

10

lot of people near after 7:00 p.m.

11

we also -- the city mandated a wage increase.

12

went up to $10.50 in 2016.

13

next year.

14

with the high wage increases.

15

And in addition,
It

It will go up to $11

Some of the businesses can't afford to

So with each added layer of taxes and

16

expenses, we are completely overwhelmed with the

17

amount of taxes and expenses that we have right now.

18

We are already working 365 days out of the year with

19

no vacation time.

20

15 hours day with no quality of life.

21

quality of life if all we're doing is working to pay

22

taxes.

23

time for our friends.

24

life do we have by adding additional taxes to us.

Some places are working 14,

We have no time for our family.

How is that a

We have no

So, what kind of quality of

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And in addition, we have some

2

concerns over the breakdown of the budget for the

3

Chamber of Commerce that they have proposed because

4

many of the things that they propose, our Chinatown

5

Association feels is redundant as stated earlier.

6

For example, garbage removal, each of our

7

independent store owners have their own garbage

8

service that we pay for.

9

installing ten additional garbage cans.

There is no need for
We actually

10

already have a mainstream volunteer sponsor that was

11

actually going to donate 15 garbage cans to us.

12

That will completely eliminate the $12,000 in their

13

budget.

14

In addition, their budget for SSA

15

management personnel, we are ready to form a

16

committee of volunteers to do it completely for

17

free, to manage it all.

18

budget for personnel.

19

the association, that we already collect $400

20

approximately from every store owner.

21

can be diverted and help to improve landscaping and

22

also seasonal planting throughout the year for our

23

community as well.

24

That will eliminate the
In addition, as mentioned by

That money

We ask you, the committee, instead of

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giving this job to beautify Chinatown, which a

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previous speaker mentioned that we were able to do

3

without the association, without the SSA, give it

4

back to us, and let us take care of our town.

5

have volunteers all lined up.

6

things that we can do that can almost completely

7

eliminate the budget or the need for this SSA.

8

Thank you for your time.

9

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

10
11

Mario Mui.

We

We have a lot of

Thank you, ma'am.
State your name and your

organization.

12

MR. MUI:

Yeah, I'm Mario.

I represent

13

the Mui Family Association.

From my end, my family

14

owns the business, owns the -- is a property owner,

15

and I have been in New York Chinatown for half of my

16

life and the Chicago Chinatown for half my life.

17

I'm seeing this through all three angles.

18

the people say this place is all run down and other

19

people say it is thriving all at the same time.

20

think there is a conflict there, but all of

21

Chinatown has these growing pains.

22

New York Chinatown was super bad, like, it was

23

awful, but so, then it got better.

24

got growing pains.

Some of

I

Where I grew up,

All Chinatowns

You just got to allow it to

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organically develop themselves.

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organically develop themselves, they will never

3

develop the tools, the associations.

4

now, even the threat of the SSA is making CSQ, the

5

association I am a part of, like, develop better

6

processes, manage better, get more controlling, get

7

more other stuff, you know.

8

about getting cameras, all by ourselves.

9

what, you know, America is all about, you know.

10

If they don't

Like right

Like, we're talking
Isn't that

So, Chicago is also -- you hear about

11

the expenses.

12

I'm just against SSA 73 because it's not -- actually

13

we already have so many associations all doing their

14

own things, working toward the same goal.

15

really need it.

16

a lot of people saying the exact same stuff I wanted

17

to talk about but they already talked about it so.

18

The main thing is taxation without representation.

19

A lot of people aren't represented.

20

going to be fair.

21

slower improvements, slower developing, but isn't

22

that what democracy is all about.

23

change.

24

I'm not actually against SSAs, but

We don't

And part of the PINS, like there's

So it's not

Even though it is slower going,

Fair but slow

Thanks.
CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Thank you, sir.

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Jin Tam, Chinese Free Masons.

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MR. TAM:

Good morning, Chairman, good

3

morning, Committee.

4

here representing Chinese Free Masons, owners of

5

buildings on Cermak.

6

tax burden that is going to be passed onto the

7

business owners is just too much for them and might

8

lead to bankruptcy.

9

the additional tax burden that's going to be faced

My name is Jin Tam, and I'm

We believe that the additional

We also believe that because

10

with people with SSA 73 is also going to affect

11

their competitiveness compared to businesses outside

12

of the 73 because there's a lot of grocery stores

13

and also restaurants outside of 73 that is actually

14

putting pricing pressures within the businesses

15

within 73.

16

community know, prices in Chinatown is actually very

17

low.

18

to add more tax burdens to these businesses, then,

19

they're going to have -- there's an increasing

20

chance of them being in a bankruptcy.

21

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

And as most people in the Chinatown

So margins are very low.

22
23

And if we continue

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Ing Hsu-Wu, M.D.

State your name

please, sir.

24

DR. HUS-WU:

Yes.

Good morning,

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Chairman, and good morning councils on the city.

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name is Ing Hsu-Wu.

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to this country with a great passion in 1978, and

4

then I got a scholarship in Northwestern University

5

to do the post-doctor research study; and after

6

that, I have four-year training in Ohio as an

7

obstetrician-gynecology.

8

back to Chicago.

9

Chicago in 1978, and I fall in love with the city.

10

I am a medical doctor.

My

I come

1983, I decide to come

Because I told you I come to

So, '83, when I come to Chinatown, I

11

saw these people, they are all working so hard.

12

personally witness them.

13

try to cleanup and they open their store at 9:00

14

a.m.

15

of them work until 2:00 a.m.

16

that's 16 hours hard working.

17

are working so hard.

18

tax -- a high tax burden on them.

19

complain.

20

the government.

21

the money, we pay the tax, but -- but I try to ask

22

the gentleman, I ask the Council, try to be

23

considerate for them.

24

raise their tax, you know what happens, they have to

They come at 7:00 a.m.,

They don't go home until midnight.

Why?

I

And some

So if you calculate,
That's them.

They

Because they have a
But they don't

They support this country.

They support

So they say if the government needs

They are human being.

If we

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work more hours.

Now, they are already working

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until 2:00 a.m. Do you want them to stay until

3

4:00 a.m.?

I don't think so.

4

My number 2 issue is some of the

5

people from the Chamber they said it's only zero

6

percent increases on your property.

7

break.

8

almost 7 to 8,000 a year for ten years.

9

80,000.

Give me a

0.8 percent on the property value, that's

That's a big burden for them.

That's
So, what

10

happens with those poor people?

I'm asking you.

If

11

you have a lunch at Chinatown for the shrimp fried

12

rice and they tell you it was $10, but because of

13

the tax increase, I am going to ask you to $10.08?

14

No way.

15

jump from $10 to $11; is that right?

16

You will never see a menu that says $10.08.

17

believes that?

18

going to increase a menu to $11.

19

talking about, if you raise a tax, they are going to

20

bring more customers.

21

they're going to scare out the customers because if

22

we spend $10 in the Chinatown for a meal, then they

23

suddenly increase 0 percent, so, that is going to

24

cause inflation, unpreventable, could cause

If you look at the menu, it is going to
Is that right?

So you don't believe them.

Who
They're

So they are

That's wrong.

Because

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inflation, and then when the inflation come out, the

2

customers stop coming in because the customer said,

3

oh, my God, my budget is so tight.

4

Chinatown twice a week, now I'm going to cut once a

5

week.

6

going to increase.

So if I come to

So, I can guarantee you, the customer is not

7

Instead, going to be decreased.

And what happened, if the customer

8

decrease, the business can't afford.

9

bankrupt.

They close the door.

10

business.

Then the city is going to get hurt

11

because you have no income.

12

They get

They have no

So, if we think about the

13

personality -- if we think as a human being, I think

14

in the bad economic stage, we should not raise tax

15

because we got to help the people.

16

No. 3, they are talking about Chicago

17

is so nice.

18

I have been here in Chicago for 36 years.

19

this country.

20

the Chinatown becomes so good, it's not because of

21

SSA because they don't have SSA in the past.

22

so good.

23

make the Chinatown so good.

24

Chinatown is so nice.

I love Chinatown.

Yes.

I agree.
I love

But don't forget,

Because of these hardworking people.

We are
They

Not because of the SSA.

So, I seen the SSA to increase the

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rates, that's just an excuse by certain group of

2

people who are for their personal interest.

3

By the end, by the end, I want to ask

4

Council and ask every people try to cancel this SSA

5

proposal for the majority of the people in the

6

Chinese community and then, as Pat explain, our

7

association already try to organize several project.

8

I personally meet with a mainstream corporation, I

9

don't want to disclose their name, but he promised

10

he's going -- they promised me they're going to

11

donate 15 trash can for free for us, and then they

12

had a budget for $12,500 for 15 trash cans.

13

I don't believe that.

14

hire some people to make it cleaning, and we

15

already -- the Chinatown Square Association, we

16

already pay about $400 every month to make the

17

Chinatown Square very beautiful, very clean, and

18

then we have a Christmas lighting, we have all the

19

Chinese culture festival, we have a dragon parade,

20

they all the work of the Chinese people in the

21

community.

22

I said

And then we are also going to

It's not only one person.
I remember the Chairman mention about

23

Chinatown will become so nice, so pretty, it is the

24

work of everybody.

I 100 percent agree.

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So, by the very end, I want to close

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this statement that we are strongly opposed to

3

unnecessary SSA tax increment.

4
5

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Thank you very much.

The Chair recognizes

Alderman Solis.

6

MR. SOLIS:

7

Thank you, Chairman Burke.

First of all, I want to thank

8

everybody for being here and testifying, both the

9

proponents and the opponents.

This is an issue that

10

has always been controversial in every community in

11

the city.

12

colleagues.

13

little while, he will be back, and also Alderman

14

Burnett -- Alderman Munoz represents Little Village

15

and Alderman Burnett represents the Greektown

16

community.

17

city that have had these SSA passed, and I don't

18

think there's a one where there wasn't some strong

19

opposition.

20

world that likes the idea of getting taxed; and so,

21

I was listening to everybody that was speaking.

22

think there is some misunderstanding or

23

misinformation in terms of what these taxes are.

24

I was talking to a couple of my
One was Alderman Munoz who just left a

But there's other communities across the

I don't think there's anybody in the

I

For example, the last gentleman that

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just spoke that alluded that there might be an

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$8,000 increase a year in taxes.

3

that's correct.

4

somebody from the city can clarify that point.

5

I don't think

And maybe either the consultant or

I'm just going to ask for this

6

clarification.

7

I'll finish my testimony.

8

introduce yourself.

9

I won't ask for everything and then

MS. BARRIS:

Would you like to

Good morning, Alderman

10

Solis, Alderman Burke, all the members of the

11

Committee, my name is Kimberly Barris, I'm president

12

of Place Consulting and the consultant for this

13

project.

14

ALDERMAN SOLIS:

The last gentleman that

15

made the inference that this .08 percent is going to

16

mean $8,000 in increased taxes.

17

MS. BARRIS:

Is that correct?

No, not by our estimation.

18

In fact, one of the other people who testified used

19

the correct number.

20

per year.

21

The average cost would be $615

ALDERMAN SOLIS:

That's very different

22

from $8,000.

But there were some very strong points

23

that were made by the opponents.

24

think Mr. Miu made is in terms of the taxation by

One of them that I

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representation.

I do think that the people that are

2

going to be impacted by this tax, they should have

3

some representation.

4

and talk to the Chamber of Commerce in terms of who

5

are on this board advisory.

6

continue to research and investigate a number of the

7

points that were made in the testimony today.

I'm going to look into that

I'm also going to

8

Right now, I am supporting it, but I

9

have up to December -- mid-to-late December to make

10

a final decision on this.

But at this point,

11

Chairman Burke, if you really consider the growth of

12

Chinatown, when we do that rerouting of Wells

13

Street, I think -- and the Wells Street Connector, I

14

think we are going to have a much more popular and

15

attractive Chinatown where even more and more

16

tourists are going to come, where more and more

17

people are going to want to live at.

18

planning now, there is one hotel that has been

19

built.

20

be built.

21

And so I think this popularity for Chinatown, this

22

attractiveness for Chinatown, I'm going to need or

23

we're going to need more resources to focus on the

24

two or three key priorities.

We are

I think there's another one that is about to
We plan to build more senior housing.

That's cleanliness and

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safety.

And we can direct this money directly to

2

the Chinatown community.

3

So, at this point, I am in support,

4

but I will take into consideration a lot of the

5

testimony and make my final decision by the end of

6

December.

7
8

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Thank you, Alderman

Solis.

9

Alderman Sawyer.

10

ALDERMAN SAWYER:

Thank you.

I have one

11

quick question, and maybe you can clarify it for me.

12

It appears to be that some of the concern --

13

obviously, the taxes is always a concern with SSAs,

14

I understand that.

15

I got from some of the members here today is that a

16

lot of the services that they're looking for in the

17

SSA are already being performed by some of the other

18

groups in the community.

19

Could you expound about that?

20

little late.

21

know there are a lot of associations in Chinatown,

22

and I personally am a big fan and supporter of the

23

restaurants and attractions in Chinatown.

24

quite often.

But one of the concerns I think

Is that a fair assessment?
I know I came in a

I heard the overriding concern.

I

I go

But I know that it has been

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experiencing a bit of transition, but I want to hear

2

about what the -- all the other organizations that

3

also are there, the improvement associations, and

4

the like, are doing either in conjunction with or in

5

opposition to the SSA.

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ALDERMAN SOLIS:

I don't know if I can

7

answer that question.

Some of the information was

8

new to me, like when they mentioned that the

9

Chinatown Square, $400 a month by business owners,

10

and I think there's about 200 business in Chinatown

11

Square, that's almost a million dollars a year.

12

that seems to be a pretty heavy assessment that is

13

being used to address the issues on Chinatown

14

Square.

15

can explain that?

16

that is going to be asked for this.

So

Is there anybody from Chinatown Square that
That's more than $100,000 a year

17

DR. HSU-WU:

Can I make a comment?

18

ALDERMAN SOLIS:

Let me clarify that the

19

Chairman decides who makes a comment and who doesn't

20

make a comment.

21
22

DR. HSU-WU:

me have this opportunity to explain.

23
24

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, let

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Once again, you will

note.

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DR. HSU-WU:

Let me explain why I said

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0.8 percent tax increase of the property value

3

because of the property value.

4

present time, the Chinatown Square, every unit of

5

property is approximately 1 million.

6

$1 million property value, you tax 0.8 percent, that

7

come out $8,000 increase -- actual increase a year.

8

That's what I come out.

9
10

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

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DR. HSU-WU:

0.8 percent.

No.

14

the city said 0.8 percent.

15

CHAIRMAN BURKE:
one percent.

17

Not 0.08.

0.08 percent.
If we look at the city,

It is less than

It's a typo.

It's a

typo.
CHAIRMAN BURKE:
out of hand, now.

21
22

It is a 0.08,

Less than one percent.

ALDERMAN SAWYER:

19
20

Doctor.

not 8 percent.
DR. HSU-WU:

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If you have

But you may have --

11

16

Because at the

This is starting to get

Okay.

Consultant, it is less than
1 percent, is it not?

23

MS. BARRIS:

Yes.

24

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

If we assume that

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there's a value of $1 million, fair market value on

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a piece of property, the commercial assessment would

3

be then 25 percent.

4

valuation would be somewhere in the area of

5

$250,000, tax would be probably about 10 percent of

6

that, $25,000.

7

kind of a property dollar-wise?

8
9

So the equalized assessed

So, what would the impact be on that

MS. BARRIS:

Thank you for asking.

The

easiest way to explain this is what the gentleman

10

was referring to is the tax rate cap, not the

11

initial first year estimated tax.

12

So, the .80 percent is a maximum tax

13

that can ever be levied against the property in the

14

course of the ten-year life of the SSA.

15

Having said that, though, I want to

16

remind everyone that the SSA submits a budget.

17

does not submit a tax rate.

18

the --

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20

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

MS. BARRIS:

It's up to the City

It is up to Cook County to

assess the rate as long as it doesn't exceed --

23
24

It submits a budget and

Council to pass the levy.

21
22

It

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

Wait a minute.

The

assessor establishes the fair market value and then

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the percentage, the EVA is created by the state, and

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then the units of government pass the levy.

3

back into it.

4

whether it's the Board of Education, the City of

5

Chicago, et cetera, to establish the levy.

6

levy drives what the tax is going to be.

It's up to the person or the entity,

7

MS. BARRIS:

8

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

9
10

So we

Then the

Correct.
The levy goes against

the EVA that's ultimately established by the county
clerk.

11

MS. BARRIS:

Correct.

So in that

12

instance, if the assessed value or the equalized

13

assessed value became $10 million for a particular

14

property, they would still be only paying -- they

15

would still be paying a proportionate share of the

16

$161,755 budget.

17

So, the rate would actually go down.

18

So, based on the estimated equalized assessed value

19

of all the properties in the district, the first

20

year rate is .31 percent.

21

the budget amount of $161,755.

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CHAIRMAN BURKE:

That is simply to get to

So I think that what

23

Alderman Solis has indicated is that there needs to

24

be a better process of communication with the

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property owners so they can know exactly what the

2

impact might be.

3

ladies and gentlemen.

4

It is not -- I think that what needs to be done is

5

the Chamber has to get involved in communicating

6

with the people in the neighborhood and the business

7

owners, the property owners, about what the real

8

impact is going to be.

9

frightened that it is going to be far, far, far more

10

It's not going to be $8,000,
It is going to be pennies.

Right now, I think they're

than what the real impact might be.

11

Alderman Solis.

12

ALDERMAN SOLIS:

Chairman, thank you.

13

That's exactly the point that I was trying to make

14

is that there's a lot of misunderstanding or maybe

15

misinformation being passed around.

16

at the $400 assessment that is being paid in

17

Chinatown Square, that's close to a million dollars.

18

While this whole SSA is going to cover a much

19

broader area than Chinatown Square, that's 163,000.

20

So it's not going to be just for Chinatown Square.

21

It is going to be for other areas including that

22

area that is more depressed that some of the people

23

pointed out in their testimony, which is Wentworth

24

Avenue south of Cermak.

If I just look

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But I still want to make this final

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point.

I will make my final -- I wanted to pass

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today, but by December, I will be looking to the

4

Chinatown Chamber to look for a better

5

representation of the community that might include

6

Chinatown Square on this board, and also for them to

7

provide better information to the business owners as

8

to the reality of what that taxation is going to be.

9

If I thought I was going to be taxed $8,000 more in

10

my property, I would say absolutely no.

11

talking, I think, approximately about $600 a year.

12

But we're

But any way, that's my statement,

13

Chairman, and I hope that the Committee would vote

14

in support of this SSA.

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16

CHAIRMAN BURKE:

and there's no need to take any action.

17
18

This is a public hearing

Is there anyone else who wishes to be
heard?

19

(No response.)

20

Planning, I think you need -- you

21

have some work to be done.

I think you need to roll

22

up your sleeves and work with the Chamber and the

23

other organizations and reduce some of the

24

misunderstandings that I think is very apparent in

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this hearing.

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Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes

3

the public hearing on the proposed establishment of

4

the Special Service Area Number 73 and the

5

authorization of the levy of the services tax for

6

provision of the special services.

7

Let the record reflect that the

8

public hearing in this matter was concluded at the

9

hour of 11:40 a.m. October 27, 2016.

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Ladies and gentleman, thank you very

11

much for your attendance here today.

12

you're very passionate about a wonderful part of the

13

City of Chicago.

14

vibrancy and the diversity of this great city, a

15

city we like to call the most American of American

16

cities.

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18

It shows that

It demonstrates I think, too, the

Thank you all very much and have a
good day.

The meeting is concluded.

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(WHEREUPON, the public meeting

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in the above-entitled cause was

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adjourned at the hour of 11:40

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a.m.)

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Reporter of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify

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that I reported in shorthand the proceedings had at

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the meeting aforesaid, and that the foregoing is a

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true, complete and correct transcript of the

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proceedings of said meeting as appears from my

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stenographic notes so taken and transcribed under my

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personal direction.

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hand at Chicago, Illinois, this November 14, 2016.

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