Title
Joint resolution approving the fifth amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• HUD announced a third round of Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus relief funds (CDBG-CV3) through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $3,063,537.
• Applications from community partners were submitted on January 11, 2021.
• Funding recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC) on March 10, 2021.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an AAP and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and
WHEREAS, HUD announced a second allocation of CDBG-CV3 Program funding through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $3,063,537; and
WHEREAS, applications for CDBG-CV3 funding were received on January 11, 2021; and
WHEREAS, applications were reviewed and approved by the HCDC Advisory and Recommendation Committees; and
WHEREAS, the proposed fourth amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY19) AAP allocates $3,063,537 (Community Partners for Affordable Housing - $270,000 [includes $20,000 of City of North Chicago CDBG-CV3]; Lake County Housing Authority - $300,000; PADS Lake County - $676,389 [includes $30,000 of City of North Chicago CDBG-CV3]; Highwood Public Library - $33,396; Lake County Community Development Rental Program Support - $420,000 [includes $20,000 of City of North Chicago CDBG-CV3]; United Way Lake County - $110,000 [includes $10,000 of City of North Chicago CDBG-CV3]; Mano a Mano - $50,000; Northern Illinois Food Bank - $312,045 [includes $62,045 of City of North Chicago CDBG-CV3]; North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic - $125,000; Prairie State Legal Services - $154,000 and Lake County Community Development Administration - $612,707) of CDBG-CV3 funding; and
WHEREAS, the allocation of these funds requires an amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY 2019) AAP; and
WHEREAS, the HCDC, at its meeting on March 10, 2021, recommended approval of this amendment to the Program Year 2019 AAP; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a budget emergency appropriation for both the new revenue and offsetting expenses to execute the programs established in the AAP; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation in an amount of $3,063,537 is necessary for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 to provide for the eligible activities outlined int the AAP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that this fifth amendment to the 2019 HUD Action Plan is hereby approved and an emergency appropriation in the amount of $3,063,537 is hereby authorized in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget in the Fund 740 HUD Grants budget as detailed in the attachment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Lake County Board or their designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary documents to implement these changes and to complete the amendment process.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on April 13, 2021.