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• A RESOLUTION
Adopting the City's FY 2,001/02 Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment
Partnerships and Emergency Shelter Grants Program Budgets and
Approving the HUD One Year Action Plan for FY 2001/02
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); Public Law 100-77,
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (which established the Emergency Shelter Grants
(ESG) Program); and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Act; 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 has been informed by HUD of its entitlement allocation for
• FY 2001/02:
Community Development Block Grant $2,444,000
HOME Investment Partnerships 504,000
Emergency Shelter Grants 83.000
Total FY 2000/01 funding: $3,031,000
and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston intends to make application for said FY 2001/02 CDBG,
HOME and ESG program funds; and
WHEREAS, HUD requires that the City submit a One Year Action Plan, in which activities
the City proposes to undertake in FY 2001/02 are described. The proposed activities address the
City's housing and homeless needs and the City's community development priority needs through
specific proposals for utilization, of grant funds under the CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs; and
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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 aforesaid Committees and Commission met on several occasions and
developed funding recommendations for FY 2001/02 utilizing CDBG, HOME and ESG funds; and
WHEREAS, the proposed One Year Action Plan for FY 2001/02 was reviewed by the
Housing and Community Development Act Committee and the Evanston Housing Commission and
said Committee and Commission have recommended approval by the Evanston City Council of the
proposed One Year Action Plan for FY 2001/02; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was conducted on December 12, 2000 before an open meeting
of the Housing and Community Development Act Committee in order to receive citizen input on the
proposed One Year Action Plan for FY 2001/02;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF •
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the proposed One Year Action Plan for FY 2001/02, attached hereto as
Exhibit A and made a part hereof, is hereby approved.
SECTION 2: That the City of Evanston's 2001/02 Community Development Block Grant
Program, totaling $2,832,023 (which is the sum of $2,444,000 in FY 2001/02 entitlement funds,
$125,000 estimated program income; and $263,023 in reallocated funds from completed prior years'
CDBG projects), is hereby approved.
SECTION 3: That FY 2001/02 funding in the amount of $504,000 for the HOME
Investment Partnerships (HOME) and $83,000 for the 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 2001/92 for 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, concerning the aforesaid Action Plan and CDBG, HOME and ESG
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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 law.
ATTEST:
Clerk
Adopted: January 8 . 2001
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Lorraine H. Morton, Mayor