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File #: ORD 20-001    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 1/13/2020 Final action: 1/13/2020
Title: An Ordinance Declaring a Final Surplus Distribution in the Village of Oak Park Downtown Tax Increment Financing District Special Tax Allocation Fund and Authorizing the Payment of That Declared Surplus to the Cook County Treasurer for Distribution to Affected Taxing Districts on a Pro Rata Basis
Attachments: 1. Downtown TIF Final Distribution Ord 20-001, 2. Downtown TIF Balance Sheet 123119
Submitted By
Steven Drazner, CFO

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Declaring a Final Surplus Distribution in the Village of Oak Park Downtown Tax Increment Financing District Special Tax Allocation Fund and Authorizing the Payment of That Declared Surplus to the Cook County Treasurer for Distribution to Affected Taxing Districts on a Pro Rata Basis

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Overview
Overview
The Village Board previously adopted Ordinance 19-91 on November 4, 2019 which terminated the Greater Downtown TIF District Special Tax Allocation Fund (aka the "Downtown TIF"). The effective date of termination was December 31, 2019.

Pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1, et seq. (the "Act"), any remaining TIF funds which are not obligated upon the TIF termination date must be re-distributed to all eligible taxing districts within Oak Park.


Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the Ordinance

Fiscal Impact
The remaining Downtown TIF Fund reserves (fund balance) will be eliminated/zeroed out and the D/T TIF Fund will subsequently be officially closed.

Background
The Village previously remitted Downtown TIF "surplus" to the Cook County Treasurer pursuant to specific formulas as outlined within the 2011 Settlement Agreement executed with School Districts 97 and 200. This final surplus distribution will capture all remaining and residual Downtown TIF reserves which were not previously required to be remitted to the county treasurer for redistribution under the Settlement Agreement.

The amount remaining as fund balance in the Downtown TIF Fund as of the December 31, 2019 termination date totaled $1,370,082.63 and this is the amount that is being recommended to remit to the Cook County Treasurer for redistribution among all the eligible Oak Park taxing districts. The Village will receive its share of this redistribution equating to approximately 17% of the total, or an estimated $230,000.


Alternatives
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