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HomeMy WebLinkAbout024-R-21 Accepting IHDA Grant for Abandoned Properties2/5/2021 24-R-21 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City of Evanston (the "Recipient") has been awarded a grant of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) (the "Grant") from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (the "Authority") program administrator of the Strong Communities Program (the "Program"), as that Program is authorized by Article 30, Section 5 of Public Act 101-0638 (the "Act'), and governed by the Program guidelines described in the term sheet, as may be amended from time to time. WHEREAS, the Program provides grant funds to municipalities to address affordable housing needs and community revitalization efforts; and WHEREAS, the Recipient believes that it is in the best interests of the City to accept the Grant in order to facilitate the return of vacant residential properties to productive and taxable use and the demolition of certain properties in cases where properties are beyond repair; and WHEREAS, the Recipient wishes to accept the Grant from the Authority. NOW BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT: SECTION ONE: The Recipient shall enter into the Funding Agreement (the "Agreement') with the Authority wherein the Authority agrees to make the Grant to the Recipient in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy -Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($175,000.00), which shall be used by the Recipient to preserve 24-R-21 affordable housing efforts by assisting with the rehabilitation and/or demolition of abandoned properties within the Recipient's area, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement. SECTION TWO: The City Manager of the Recipient is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver in the name of or on behalf of the Recipient the Agreement and any and all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto, and to execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments and certificates, including the Incumbency Certificate attached as Exhibit 1, as may be necessary or desirable for the Recipient to perform its obligations under the Agreement. SECTION THREE: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to take such additional actions, to make further determinations, to pay such costs and to execute and deliver such additional instruments (including any amendments, Agreements or supplements) as she deems necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the foregoing resolutions. SECTION FOUR: The Recipient hereby ratifies, authorizes and confirms and approves all documents and instruments executed in connection with the Grant and the Agreement, including those acts taken prior to the date hereof. -2- 24-R-21 Attest: C� Devon Reid, City Clerk Adopted: February 22 12021 Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor Approved as to form: �*4— Kelley A. Gandurski, Corporation Counsel 11cm 24-R-21 �4� 24-R-21 EXHIBIT 1 OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY This Officer's Certificate and Certificate of Incumbency (this "Certificate") is being furnished to the Illinois Housing Development Authority (the "Authority") in connection with the grant being made by the Authority to the City of Evanston of City, an Illinois unit of local government, and in connection with the Strong Communities Program. The undersigned herby certifies that: (a) The undersigned has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Certificate on behalf of the City of Evanston. (b) Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy of the Resolutions duly adopted by the City of Evanston on February , 2021 and such Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded or revoked and remain in full force and effect on the date hereof; and (c) The following persons have been duly elected to the positions in the City set opposite their respective names and continue to serve in such positions on the date hereof, and that the signatures opposite their respective names are their genuine signatures: Name Position Signature Stephen H. Hagerty Mayor Erika Storlie City Manager IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate on this day of February, 2021. City of Evanston, an Illinois, unit of local government By: Name: Kelley Gandurski Its: _Corporation Counsel -5-