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A RESOLUTION
Approving the City of Evanston's Consolidated Plan
for Fiscal Year 1996/97 and the City's 1996/97
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 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
is entitlement cities submit a Consolidated Plan for Fiscal Year 1996/97 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 citizen
input process utilizing the City's 1992-1997 CHAS, the 1996-97 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 is charged
with oversight of the City's Community Development Block Grant Program; the Evanston Housing
Commission is charged with oversight of the City's HOME Investment Partnerships Program; and
the City Council's Committee of the Whole is charged with oversight of the City's Emergency
Shelter Grants Program; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Committees and Commission met on several occasions and
developed funding recommendations for FY 1996/97 utilizing CDBG, HOME and ESG funds,
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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 1996/97; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing on the Consolidated Plan for FY 1996/97 was conducted on
December 12, 1995 to receive citizen input;
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 1996-97 is hereby
approved; and
Section 2: That the City of Evanston's 1996/97 Community Development Block Grant
program is also hereby approved; and
Section 2: That the Interim 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 Interim 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.
TEST: \ Mayor
/ City Clerk
Adopted: �, , 1996
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