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Joint resolution approving 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, including a draft 2015 Action Plan, and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to distribute these Plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other interested parties.
Staff Summary
· The development and submission of the five-year 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan is a necessary component to receiving U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds for housing and community development activities and is required by HUD to contain a draft Action Plan for Program Year 2015. This document is attached here in its entirety.
· This joint resolution approves the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan, as recommended by the Housing & Community Development Commission, that identifies the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for the use of federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funds from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2020.
· Cosmetic changes to the Plan made as a result of public hearings at the Housing & Community Development Commission are attached here in a set of redlined changes, along with the detailed Program Year 2015 funding amounts newly released by HUD.
· This joint resolution also authorizes the County Board Chairman or his designee to execute the necessary correspondence to distribute the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Lake County municipalities and townships, and various for-profit and non-profit housing and community development agencies in Lake County.
· The 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan and draft 2015 Action Plan may be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after the County Board's approval on March 10, 2015.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of a Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan every five years; and
WHEREAS, an extensive public engagement process reached over 1,100 resident and stakeholder respondents through surveys, focus groups and interviews; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission and the Cities of North Chicago and Waukegan held four Public Hearings between November 2014 and February 2015 in conjunction with the development of the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Housing & Community Development Commission, at their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday February 11, 2015 approved the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan describing the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for federally funded CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of North Chicago and Waukegan are scheduled to approve their contents of the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan at their respective City Council Meetings; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires submission of a draft Program Year 2015 Action Plan along with the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding; Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding; and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the recommended 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan that identifies the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for the use of federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program funds from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2020 are hereby approved; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Lake County Board or his designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary correspondence to distribute the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Lake County municipalities and townships, and various for-profit or non-profit housing and community development agencies in Lake County.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this day of March 10, 2015.