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6/17/87
41-R-87
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the Mayor to Implement the Recommendations.
Set Forth by the Regional Housing Plan Committee
WHEREAS, the Evanston Mental Health Board, the Evanston Housing
Commission, and other citizen groups have been concerned and have advocated
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for the development of a range of housing alternatives for the mentally ill,,
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developmentally disabled and elderly for the past seven years; and
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WHEREAS, THE City of Evanston has amended its Municipal Code to
I. provide small group and residential care homes, and
WHEREAS, Evanston agencies are providing service to residents of
other communities within the Illinois Department of Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Region II; and
WHEREAS, it is not possible for any single community to meet the
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increased housing and.social service needs of the mentally ill,
developmentally disabled, and elderly; and
WHEREAS, a Regional Housing Plan Committee was created to
establish recommendations fora regional housing plan in conjunction with
other communities in Region II, and
WHEREAS, a Regional, Housing Seminar and subsequent meetings were
held with representatives of Region II communities,; and
WHEREAS, only through regional participation in the planning
process will the provision of housing be sufficient to accommodate the needs
of the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and elderly; and
WHEREAS, seminar participants advocated the establishment of a
Regional Housing Coalition;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Evanston, through
the Mayor, the City Council and its Human Services Committee, the Housing
Commission, and the'Mental Health Board, will implement the following steps
which are necessary to formulate a Regional Housing Coalition:
' 1. The Mayor will ask North Suburban townships and municipalities
to appoint a representative to the Regional Housing Coalition.
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E 2. The Evanston Regional Housing Plan Committee will formally
disband after the formation of the Regional Housing Coalition.
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4. City of Evanston staff will be assigned to work toward the
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technicalassistance as needed.
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5. The Evanston Housing Commission will serve as the oversight ;
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Committee as to the progress of the Regional Housing Coalition.
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