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A RESOLUTION
Amending the 1992/93 and 1994/95
Community Development Block Grant Programs
Authorizing the Reallocation of Unexpended
MBE/WBE/EBE Program Small Business Loan Funds
for Partial Funding of a Disparity Study
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council with passage of City Resolutions 5-R-92
and 4-R-94 did approve applications for 1992/93 and 1994/95 Community Development Block
Grant Entitlement funds and did direct the City Manager to file said applications with the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"); and
WHEREAS, HUD approved said applications; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council did appropriate $74,070 in 1992/93
• Community Development Block Grant funds for the MBE/WBE/EBE program's small business loan
program; and
WHEREAS, the MBE/WBE/EBE program does not anticipate using said small
business loanfunds during the current program year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is desirous of hiring a consultant to conduct a
Disparity Study for its MBE/WBE/EBE program; and
$175,910; and
WHEREAS, a consultant has been selected and the proposed contract price will be
WHEREAS, there is insufficient funding in the 1994/95 MBE/WBE/EBE program
budget to fund said Disparity Study; and
is WHEREAS, the City's Housing and Community Development Act Committee did
direct City staff to request authorization from the Evanston City Council to reallocate $74,070 from
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the 1992/93 MBE/WBE/EBE program budget to fund a portion of the Disparity Study; and •
WHEREAS, reallocation of said funds would require that the City's 1992/93 and
1994/95 applications for Community Development Block Grant funds be amended; and
WHEREAS, the City's Housing and Community Development Act Committee did
hold a public meeting on September 13, 1994 to hear public opinion on said reallocation of funds
as required by the CDBG program Citizen Participation Plan; and
WHEREAS, said City 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: The City hereby amends its 1992/93 and 1994/95 Community •
Development Block Grant programs and authorizes the following reallocation for partial funding of
the MBE/WBE/EBE program Disparity Study:
FROM: 1992/93 Grant Year (Eighteenth Year)
MBE/WBE/EBE Program $74,070
TO: 1994/95 Grant Year (Twentieth Year)
MBE/WBE/EBE Program $74,070
SECTION 2: The City Council authorizes the City Manager to submit said program
amendments in a form acceptable to HUD.
SECTION 3: 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.
L.J
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Adopted: a� , 1994
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Mayor
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