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A RESOLUTION
Allocating $25,000.00 from the Affordable Housing Fund for the
2015 Handyman Program
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (the "City"), is a
home -rule municipality pursuant to Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the City's Affordable Housing Fund ("AHF") is designed to
provide a source of funding dedicated to the creation, preservation, maintenance, and
improvement of safe and decent affordable housing in the City of Evanston in order to
enhance the preservation and maintenance of the City's cultural and economic
diversity; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6-18-2 of the City Code, programs
funded by the AHF must be reviewed by either the Planning and Development
Committee or the Human Services Committee of the City Council, and approved by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Handyman Program provides minor home repair
and maintenance assistance for Evanston -based senior citizens earning eighty
percent (80%) or less than the area median income in Evanston; and
WHEREAS, the 2015 Handyman Program is consistent with the City's
mission, values, and goals and the AHF's guidelines and requirements for funding;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the best interests of
the City of Evanston to allocate up to twenty-five thousand and 00/100 dollars
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($25,000.00) of funds from the Affordable Housing Fund to the 2015 Handyman
Program,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The sum of twenty-five thousand and 00/100 dollars
($25,000.00) from the Affordable Housing Fund is allocated to the 2015 Handyman
Program.
SECTION 3: The uses and expenditures of said fund are all for lawful
corporate purposes.
SECTION 4: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Attest:
Rp ney G� e, City Clerk
Adopted: ► `Q \\� , 2015
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Eliz b th B. Tisdahl, Mayor