HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-2006-007-R-06• 7-R-06
A RESOLUTION
Adopting the City's FY 2006/07 Community Development Block Grant,
HOME Investment Partnerships and Emergency Shelter Grants Program Budgets
and Approving the City's One -Year Action Plan for FY 2006/07
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States did pass Public Law 93-383, Title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (which established the Community
Development Block Grant, CDBG, Program); Public Law 101-625, the Cranston -Gonzales
National Affordable Housing Act (which established the HOME Investment Partnerships
Program); and Public Law 100-77, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (which
established the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Program); and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is an "Entitlement City" by definition in said Acts,
and as such, is eligible to make application to the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) for said grant programs; and
• WHEREAS, the City of Evanston estimates that FY 2006/07 HUD entitlement
allocations will be
Community Development Block Grant $2,022,319
HOME Investment Partnerships 556,700
Emergency Shelter Grants 87.597
Total FY 2006/07 funding: $2,666,616
and
WHEREAS, the City Council's Housing and Community Development Act Committee is
charged with oversight of the City's CDBG program; the Evanston Housing Commission is
charged with oversight of the City's HOME program; and the City Council's Human Services
Committee is charged with oversight of the City's ESG program; and
WHEREAS, the Housing & Community Development Act Committee met on several
occasions in the fall of 2005 and developed funding recommendations for use of FY 2006/07
funding utilizing CDBG funds; and
WHEREAS, funding recommendations for the use of FY 2006/07 ESG funds have not
yet been determined; however, recommendations to the City Council for the use of 2006/07 ESG
• funds will be made by the Human Services Committee once the City learns its actual 2006/07
ESG funding; and
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WHEREAS, HOME funding recommendations are made by the Evanston Housing
Commission and allocations of FY 2006/07 HOME funds will be made as eligible projects for
the use of said funds are determined and approved by the Evanston Housing Commission; and
WHEREAS, HUD requires that the City submit a One -Year Action Plan, in which the
activities the City proposes to undertake utilizing its FY 2006/07 CDBG, HOME and ESG funds
are described. Proposed activities in the One Year Action Plan address the City's housing and
homeless needs and economic development initiatives. Specific projects which are proposed to
be funded with HUD's FY 2006/07 funding were derived from the City's priority needs, as
identified in the City's 2005-2009 HUD Consolidated Plan. Specific CDBG activities and
recommended funding levels were approved by the Housing and Community Development Act
Committee on November 16, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the proposed One -Year Action Plan for FY 2006/07, which included
proposed FY 2006/07 CDBG funding recommendations, was the subject of a Public Hearing as
conducted by the Housing and Community Development Act Committee on December 14, 2005;
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WHEREAS, said Committee conducted said public hearing, received citizen input on the
proposed FY 2006/07 One Year Action Plan, and recommended approval by the Evanston City
Council of the proposed One Year Action Plan for FY 2006/07; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City's One Year Action Plan for FY 2006/07, attached hereto as
Exhibit A and made a part hereof, is approved.
SECTION 2: That the City of Evanston's 2006/07 Community Development Block
Grant Program, totaling $2,022,319 (which is the sum of $2,247,021 in FY 2006/07 estimated
entitlement funds, $200,000 estimated program income, and $34,321 in reallocated funds from
completed prior years' CDBG projects), is hereby approved.
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SECTION 3: That funding in the amount of $556,700 in estimated entitlement funds for
the 2006/07 HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and $87,597 in estimated entitlement
funds for the 2006/07 Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) programs is hereby approved.
SECTION 4: That the City Manager of the City of Evanston is hereby authorized to
transmit said One Year Action Plan for FY 2006/07 for the proposed CDBG, HOME and ESG
program budgets to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and to
provide any additional information as may be required by HUD.
SECTION 5: That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval in the manner provided by 1
Lorraine H. Morton, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Adopted:\.AA,►wAj,�,2006
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