GroundSignal

Park Ridge · Special service area

Council establishes the special service area for the Washington to Harrison green alley

AI-assisted researchHow this was researched and checked

You are reading edition 3, an earlier version of this page. Read the current edition.

On September 8, 2026 the City Council adopted, on its consent agenda, the ordinance establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112 to fund the residents' half of a green alley. The staff memo reports that the public hearing was held on June 15, 2026 and that no objection petition was filed within the following sixty days; the residents' estimated share is $253,742, repaid over five years. The ordinance caps the tax at 1.806 per $100 of equalized assessed value and sets the first year's rate at 1.570 per $100 of equalized assessed value, on parcels including 09-36-300-001-0000.

Documented status: Approved (recorded), Sep 8 2026. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: 26-112

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Proposed · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the proposing ordinance by omnibus vote

    Meeting date: Apr 6 2026. Special Service Area 26-112. Other date: 2023.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-04-06, City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-04-06, City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.

  2. · Public hearing · Reported by staff

    Public hearing held

    Hearing date: Jun 15 2026.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

  3. · Committee recommendation · Reported by staff

    Committee of the Whole approves the first reading

    Other date: Aug 17 2026. Item VII.A.2: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

  4. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council adopts the establishing ordinance

    Meeting date: Sep 8 2026. Special Service Area 26-112. Item VI: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-09-08, City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-09-08, City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-09-08, City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

  • Levy rate

    1.570000 per $100 of equalized assessed value

    The levy

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Estimate

    $507,483

    Engineering and construction

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Levy rate

    1.806000 per $100 of equalized assessed value

    The levy

    • p. 5 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Estimate

    $253,742

    An unstated scope

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Estimate

    $253,742

    Engineering and construction

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Levy rate

    1.570000 per $100 of equalized assessed value

    The levy

    • p. 5 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum), City Council, Sep 8 2026. Open the quote and source.

  • Levy rate

    1.806000 per $100 of equalized assessed value

    The levy

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 6 2026. Open the quote and source.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

Properties named in the records

What remains unresolved?

No condition or deadline is published for this item. That is a limit of the published research, not evidence that none exist.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

After the decision: permits at this address

Permits dated after Sep 8, 2026 (City Council adopts the establishing ordinance).

Computed by code from the building permits in the Park Ridge property release (the county permit feed), as of Nov 1, 2026. A permit shows that work was authorized, not that it was completed, and no permit recorded does not establish that nothing was built. A parcel matched by address is nominated by the address written in the record; that does not prove the record concerns it.

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    214 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 1, the latest dated Oct 30, 2020 (Roof).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    210 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 3, the latest dated Sep 21, 2023 (Other).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    206 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 4, the latest dated Dec 17, 2021 (Electrical).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    244 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 5, the latest dated Jul 27, 2026 (Other).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    224 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026.

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    237 Belle Plaine Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 2, the latest dated Aug 12, 2026 (Sewer).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    601 S Washington Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 2, the latest dated Oct 18, 2021 (Sewer).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    235 Belle Plaine Ave 1

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 1, the latest dated Feb 6, 2024 (Sewer).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    231 Belle Plaine Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 1, the latest dated Jun 10, 2022 (Other).

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    215 Belle Plaine Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026.

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    202 Columbia Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026.

  • Listed in a draft exhibit

    219 Belle Plaine Ave

    No permits recorded after Sep 8, 2026 through Nov 1, 2026. Earlier permits on file: 1, the latest dated Oct 3, 2025 (Other).

10 more parcels named by the record or matching the address written in it are not shown here.

Official source records

  1. Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Proposing the Establishment of Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison, and Providing for a Public Hearing Date for Green Alley Paving (Memorandum)

    City Council, Apr 6 2026

  2. City Council minutes, 2026-04-06

    City Council, Apr 6 2026

  3. Approve the Final Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Service Area No. 26-112: Washington/Harrison (Memorandum)

    City Council, Sep 8 2026

  4. City Council minutes, 2026-09-08

    City Council, Sep 8 2026

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 4(current)

    Edition 4: 33 revised.

  2. Edition 3(shown on this page)

    Edition 3: 33 revised.

  3. Edition 2Read this edition

    Edition 2: 6 added, 27 revised.

  4. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

Editorial responsibility: GroundSignal. Source review: . Independent research; not affiliated with a government agency.

Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Council establishes the special service area for the Washington to Harrison green alley,” sources reviewed 2026-09-25, source records listed on this page.

Initial permanent evidence page published September 10, 2026. Follow the dated evidence above for later additions and changes. A source-check date alone does not establish a government action or project outcome.