Title
Joint resolution approving the First Amendment to Program Year (PY) 2021 HUD Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.
• In accordance with the Lake County Consortium’s Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) an amendment to the AAP is required to substantially change the purpose, location, scope, budget or beneficiaries of a project.
• The first amendment to the PY 2021 AAP proposes the following project changes:
o Project scope change for Glenkirk.
o Project scope change for A Safe Place.
o Funding source switch for Bear Development - Armory Terrace.
o Reallocation of existing funding for Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) to include the purchase of a 22-unit senior housing building without impacting CPAH’s ability to offer programs as planned.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the AAP is required to substantially change the purpose, location, scope or beneficiaries of a project; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the PY 2021AAP proposes a project scope change to an existing grant to Glenkirk from a facility rehabilitation to COVID-19 related health services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the PY 2021 AAP proposes a project scope change to an existing grant to A Safe Place from diversity education training to shelter rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the PY 2021 AAP proposes a project funding source change from CDBG to HOME for an existing grant to Bear Development; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the PY 2021 AAP proposes a project scope change to an existing grant to Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) from Community Land Trust (CLT) acquisitions to an acquisition of a multifamily affordable rental housing development; and
WHEREAS, the proposed first amendment to the PY 2021 AAP proposes a project scope change to an existing grant to CPAH from Owner Occupied Rehabilitation (OOR) to CLT acquisitions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that this first amendment to the 2021 HUD Action Plan is hereby approved; and
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 July 13, 2021.