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Joint resolution approving this first amendment to the 2015 Housing and Community Development Action Plan, and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to distribute this Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to implement this Plan.
Staff Summary
• An initial draft 2015 Action Plan was submitted, as required, with the 2015-19 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on behalf of the Lake County Consortium which contains Lake County and the cities of Waukegan and North Chicago.
• Applications for housing & community development projects to be implemented in the Consortium’s HUD program year 2015 (May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016) were received in April and May of 2015 following a series of public hearings and applicant training workshops.
• 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding recommendations were approved by the Housing and Community Development Commission on June 10, 2015 and are included in the enclosed first amendment to the 2015 Action Plan.
• The following Lake County Affordable Housing Program 2015 funding recommendations were also approved by the Housing and Community Development Commission on June 10, 2015: Community Partners for Affordable Housing ($195,000); Lake County Residential Development Corporation ($7,500); Catholic Charities ($32,500); Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County ($35,000); and Community Development ($30,000) for program management and administration.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of a Housing and Community Development Action Plan every year; 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 Board on March 10, 2015 approved the 2015 - 2019 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan and draft 2015 Action Plan describing the Needs, Goals, and Strategy Statements for federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding; Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding; and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission and the City of North Chicago both held Public Hearings and approved (on June 10, 2015 and June 15, 2015, respectively) this first amendment to the 2015 Action Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the recommended first amendment to the 2015 Action Plan that governs 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, 2016 is hereby approved; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the 2015 Lake County Affordable Housing Program grants (Community Partners for Affordable Housing ($195,000); Lake County Residential Development Corporation ($7,500); Catholic Charities ($32,500); Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County ($35,000); and Community Development ($30,000) for program management and administration) 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 file the first amendment to the 2015 Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and to implement this Plan with 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 July 14, 2015.