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Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission - Executive Committee met Jan. 18

Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission - Executive Committee met Jan. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

1. Roll Call

2. 23-0150

Approval of the November 9, 2022 minutes.

4. Public Comments (items not on the agenda)

5. Old Business

6. New Business

6.1 23-0141

Approval of the Eighth Amendment to the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Program Year 2019 (PY19) Annual Action Plan (AAP).

∙ HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.

∙ Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus relief funds (CDBG-CV) and Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus relief funds (ESG-CV) reporting elements are included in the PY19 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated.

∙ The proposed amendment includes the following changes:

o Reduction in funding in the amount of $416,485 for acquisition of a fixed site shelter (PADS Lake County).

o Reduction in funding in the amount of $10,515 for legal services (Prairie State Legal Services).

o Allocation of $227,000 for rental assistance program delivery (Catholic Charities).

o Allocation of $200,000 for hotel shelter costs (PADS Lake County).

6.2 23-0142

Approval of the Second Amendment to Program Year 2022 (PY22) HUD Annual Action Plan (AAP).

∙ HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.

∙ The second amendment to the PY22 AAP makes the following changes:

o Change in scope for $100,000 of CDBG funds awarded to the Village of Round Lake Beach from a sidewalk extension project to parking accessibility improvements within the Village.

o Reallocation of $20,000 of CDBG program administration funds to Lake County Partners to support a housing study.

o Allocation of $185,000 of CDBG program income to Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) to support the acquisition and rental of a single-family home.

6.3 23-0151

Appointment of Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) members to Advisory & Recommendation Committees.

∙ Advisory & Recommendation Committees (ARCs) are responsible for reviewing requests for funding; making recommendations of projects to be funded to the Executive Committee; and providing feedback to Community Development staff on scoring and ranking decisions.

∙ There are four standing ARCs: 1) Public Improvements ARC; 2) Affordable Housing ARC; 3) Public Services ARC; and 4) Homeless Assistance ARC.

∙ The ARCs have vacancies and are in need of appointments.

7. Staff Reports

8. Adjournment

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