Lake County Illinois - File #: 20-1428

• File #: 20-1428
• Version: 2
• Name: Joint resolution - Approval the Proposed Fourth Amendment to the Program Year 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/9/2020
• In control: Health and Community Services Committee
• Final action: 11/10/2020
• Title: Joint resolution approving a fourth amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/10/2020	2	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/29/2020	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
10/27/2020	2	Health and Community Services Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass
10/15/2020	1	Housing and Community Development Commission	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass
10/14/2020	1	Housing and Community Development Commission	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass
10/14/2020	1	Housing and Community Development Commission - Executive Committee	approved	Pass

Title

Joint resolution approving a fourth amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).

Staff Summary

•                     HUD announced a second allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $1,520,868.

•                     The Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) approved an open application round on July 15, 2020.

•                     Funding recommendations were reviewed and approved by the Homelessness Advisory and Recommendation Committee on September 25, 2020.

Body

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and

WHEREAS, HUD announced a second allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG-CV2) Program funding through the CARES Act to Lake County in the amount of $1,520,868.00; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the additional ESG-CV2 funding is to address community needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, applications for ESG-CV2 funding were received on September 14, 2020; and

WHEREAS, applications were reviewed and approved by the Homelessness Advisory and Recommendation Committee on September 25, 2020; and

WHEREAS, the proposed fourth amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY19) AAP allocates $1,520,868.00 (Catholic Charities - $212,539, A Safe Place - $400,000, Nicasa - $300,000, Kids Above All - $232,731, Lake County Haven - $20,000, PADS Lake County - $203,512 and Lake County Community Development - $152,086) of ESG-CV2 funding; and

WHEREAS, the allocation of these funds requires an amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY 2019) AAP; and

WHEREAS, the HCDC, at its meeting on October 14, 2020, recommended approval of this amendment to the PY 2019 AAP; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a budget emergency appropriation for both the new revenue and offsetting expenses to execute the programs established in the AAP; and

WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation in an amount of $1,520,868 is necessary for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 to provide for the eligible activities outlined int the AAP; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that this fourth amendment to the 2019 HUD Action Plan is hereby approved and an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,520,868 is hereby authorized in the FY 2020 budget in the Fund 740 HUD Grants budget as detailed in the attachment.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Lake County Board or their designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary documents to implement these changes and to complete the amendment process.

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 10, 2020.