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A RESOLUTION
Approving the City of Evanston's Consolidated Plan
for Fiscal Year 1995/96 and the City's 1995/96
Community Development Block Grant Program
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States did pass Public Law 101-625, the
Comprehensive Housing Authority Strategy (CHAS), Title I of the Cranston -Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), Title II of the Cranston -
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; Public Law 93-383, Community Development Block
Grants (CDBG), Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; Public Law 100-
77, Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), Title VI, Subtitle B, of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act; and Public Law 102-550, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA),
the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act; and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States did pass the Housing and Community
• Development Act of 1974, known as Public Law 93-383, which has been amended by Public Law
95-128, Public Law 95-557, Public Law 96-399, Public Law 97-35, Public Law 98-181, Public Law
101-235, Public Law 101-625 and Public Law 102-550; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is an "Entitlement City" by definition in said Acts, and
as such, is eligible to make applications for said grant programs; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has required that all
entitlement cities submit a Consolidated Plan for Fiscal Year 1995/96 addressing community
development strategies and proposals for utilization of grant funds under the CDBG, ESG, HOME
and HOPWA programs; and
WHEREAS, Evanston's Consolidated Plan was developed through a multi -faceted process
utilizing the City's 1992-1997 CHAS, the 1995-96 CDBG program Needs Hearing and proposal
review process, and input from human service providers; and
WHEREAS, the City's Housing and Community Development Act Committee, consisting
• of aldermen and citizen members, is charged with oversight of the City's Community Development
Block Grant Program and the City Council's Human Services Committee is charged with oversight
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of the City's Emergency Shelter Grants Program; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act Committee and the Human
Services Committee met on several occasions and developed funding recommendations for FY
1995/96 utilizing CDBG and ESG funds, incorporated as Part V, Section C, of said Consolidated
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City's Consolidated Plan was reviewed by the Housing and Community
Development Act Committee, the Evanston Housing Commission and the Evanston Plan
Commission and said Committee and Commissions have recommended approval by the Evanston
City Council of the City's Consolidated Plan for FY 1995/96; and
WHEREAS, Public Hearings on the Consolidated Plan for FY 1995/96 were conducted on
December 13, 1994 and January 9, 1995 to receive citizen input on the proposed Consolidated Plan;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
• Section 1: That the City of Evanston Consolidated Plan for Fiscal year 1995-96 is hereby
approved; and
Section 2: That the City of Evanston's 1995/96 Community Development Block Grant
program is also approved; and
Section 2: That the City Manager of the City of Evanston is hereby designated the
authorized representative of the City of Evanston to act in connection with the
programs addressed in the Consolidated Plan; and
Section 3: That the City Manager of the City of Evanston is hereby authorized to transmit
the City's Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development and to provide said Department with revisions or additional information as may be
required concerning the City of Evanston's Consolidated Plan; and
Section 4: 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 law.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Adopted: (D-et P -Lc ' 3 , 1995
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