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97 - R - 93
Amending the 1988-89
Community Block Grant Program
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council with passage of City
Resolution 5-R-88 did approve the application for 1988-89 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement funds and dial direct the
City Manager to file said application with the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development approved said application; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council did approve $97,390 in
Community Development Block Grant funds for an Industrial Site
Clearance project in the Southwest Industrial area; and
WHEREAS, the project for which Community Development Block
Grant funds were allocated (removal of the silos at Marquette Fuel
Company) has been accomplished without the use of Community
Development funds; and
WHEREAS, the members of the City's Housing and Community
Development Act Committee have recommended that the grant funds be
utilized for various improvements to the neighborhood to the east
and adjacent to the Southwest Industrial area; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act
Committee held a public meeting on September 14, 1993 to hear public
opinion on the proposed reallocation as required by the Community
Development Citizen Participation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City's Housing and Community Development Act
Committee did vote to approve said reallocation and to recommend to
the City Council passage of this Resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS;
Section 1: That the 1988-89 Community Development
Block Grant program is amended,
authorizing that the $97,390 previously allocated for
removal of the Marquette Fuel Company silos in the
Southwest Industrial area be reallocated for various
improvements
to
be
made to the neighborhood to
the east
and adjacent
to
the
Southwest Industrial area;
and
Section 2: That this Resolution shall be in full
force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approva in the manner \provided by law.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ADOPTED: yam. �,7 "e 1993
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