Title
Joint resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for technical assistance between Lake County and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
Staff Summary
• CMAP and Lake County have agreed to collaborate on the facilitation of Lake County Attainable Housing Task Force.
• CMAP, along with consultants, will provide technical assistance and project management services for a 12-month period.
• The attached MOU defines the roles and responsibilities for both CMAP and Lake County for the duration of the agreement.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County has applied for technical assistance services through the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (“CMAP”), for the Lake County Coalition for Housing Solutions project; and
WHEREAS, the County’s request for such assistance has been recommended by CMAP as a priority project; and
WHEREAS, CMAP adopted the ON TO 2050 Plan as the long-range regional comprehensive plan for the seven-county Chicago region, encompassing Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, and is providing technical assistance as a means of advancing the plan’s implementation and CMAP priorities; and
WHEREAS, the County and CMAP have agreed on the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), attached hereto as Exhibit A, that will guide technical assistance services to be provided by CMAP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that:
Section 1: Lake County supports the Lake County Coalition for Housing Solutions project and hereby authorizes a duly appointed representative to execute the Memorandum of Understanding attached hereto as Exhibit “A” (“MOU”); and
Section 2: Pursuant to the provisions of the MOU, the County Board accepts the offer of staff assistance services by CMAP and recognizes that these services are provided for the purpose of advancing the implementation of ON TO 2050 and other CMAP priorities.
Section 3: The County Board recognizes that provisions that govern the administration of technical assistance services, CMAP’s core values, and, if necessary, the discontinuance of such services, are included in the MOU; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, this resolution shall be effective as of the date of its adoption.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 8, 2025.