Title
Joint resolution approving the Ninth Amendment to the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Program Year 2019 (PY) 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• HUD requires the submission of an AAP and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.
• Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus relief funds (CDBG-CV) and Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus relief funds (ESG-CV) reporting elements are included in the PY 2019 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated.
• ESG-CV funds expire on September 30, 2023 per HUD guidance.
• The proposed amendment reallocates $51,946.86 of ESG-CV funds from Rapid Rehousing (A Safe Place) that were unspent at the end of their contract to Shelter (PADS Lake County) in order to spend prior to funding expiration.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) to govern the expenditure of federal entitlement funding; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the AAP is required to substantially change the purpose, location, scope or beneficiaries of a project; and
WHEREAS, Lake County received CDBG-CV relief funds and ESG-CV relief funds from HUD to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, CDBG-CV and ESG-CV reporting to HUD is included in the PY 2019 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated; and
WHEREAS, the proposed ninth amendment to the PY 2019 AAP reallocates a total of $51,946.86 of ESG-CV funds from rapid re-housing (A Safe Place) into shelter (PADS Lake County).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the eighth amendment to the PY 2019 AAP is hereby approved; 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 complete the submission of the amended PY 2019 AAP.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on July 11, 2023.