Title
Joint resolution approving the Proposed Third Amendment to the Program Year (PY) 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
* The CARES Act appropriated up to $5,000,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) to assist in the response to the COVID pandemic.
* As an entitlement community Lake County received $1,709,120 of CDBG-CV funds from the first allotment of this funding which includes funding received on behalf of the City of North Chicago.
* Lake County and the City of North Chicago have entered into a Joint Agreement stating that Lake County shall administer CDBG funding on behalf of the City.
* The Third Amendment to the PY 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP) includes $117,296 of North Chicago's CDBG funds to support COVID-19 relief in the form of fire and police equipment ($47,296), food banks ($30,000), homeless shelter ($30,000) and housing information and referral services ($10,000).
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the passing of the CARES Act has resulted in the allocation of $1,709,120 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) and $777,472 of Emergency Solution Grant (ESG-CV) funds to Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the additional CDBG-CV and ESG-CV funding is to address community needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the CDBG-CV funds received by Lake County is on behalf of the City of North Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the City of North Chicago have entered into a Joint Agreement stating that Lake County shall administer CDBG funding on behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, the second amendment to the PY 2019 AAP was approved by the Lake County Board on May 12, 2020 and allocated $1,591,824 of CDBG-CV and $777,472 of ESG-CV funding; and
WHEREAS, the proposed third amendment to the PY 2019 AAP allocates the City of North Chicago's CDBG-CV funding...
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