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Joint resolution authorizing Program Year (PY) 2019 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan.
Staff Summary
• Following the public hearings on the 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP) which were held on April 10th and May 15th, the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) voted to recommend the 2019 AAP to the Lake County Board.
• This authorization was separated into two votes; (1) a vote on the Action Plan without the following funding recommendations; and (2) a vote for funding agencies on which members of the (HCDC) serve. (In this case, Antioch Area Healthcare Alliance and Lake County Municipal League.)
• An initial version of the 2019 HUD AAP utilized prior year funding totals was approved by the HCDC on March 13, 2019.
• HUD released actual PY19 funding totals on April 17, 2019 which included an additional $182,979 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), $9,137 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and $352,725 Home Ownership Made Easy (HOME) funds. Additionally, $6,083.32 of program income was generated post March HCDC approval.
• A pro-rata distribution of $27,385.55 of CDBG Public Service (subject to 15 percent cap) and $8,451 of ESG funding was awarded to existing grantees.
• Grant administration amounts were adjusted to reflect respective caps (20 percent CDBG, 7.5 percent ESG and 10 percent HOME).
• Additional HOME funds were awarded to Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) for their Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation (OOR) Program ($88,731.66) and Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Program ($135,000 )
• Additional CDBG funds were awarded to CPAH for their OOR Program ($94,762.34), the City of North Chicago-Sewer Lining ($13,167) and the City of Zion-Sidewalk Repair Program ($12,167.62).
• The City of Waukegan has allocated PY2017, PY2018 and PY2019 HOME funds ($711,603) to the reconstruction of 120 units for rental housing.
• CPAH was recently awarded $400,000 from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IDHA) for their Home Accessibility Program (HAP). To make better use of a 2017 CDBG grant award for HAP, the balance of funds ($75,000) has been allocated to OOR.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding administered by Lake County Community Development requires prudent administration and timely spending to meet federal compliance requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Citizen Participation plan requires public hearings on this Annual Action Plan that were conducted and documented in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the four Advisory and Recommendation Committees (ARC) of the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) and the HCDC itself recommended 2019 activities for funding; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC), at its meeting on May 15, 2019, recommended approval of this amendment to the Annual Action Plan for 2019.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, this 2019 HUD action plan is hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Lake County Board or her designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary documents to implement these changes and to complete the amendment process.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, June 11, 2019.