Lake County Health and Community Services Committee met June 27
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call of Members
4. Addenda to the Agenda
5. Public Comment (Items not on the agenda)
6. Chair's Remarks
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business
CONSENT AGENDA (Item 8.1)
8.1 23-0851
Committee action approving the Health and Community Services minutes from June 6, 2023.
REGULAR AGENDA
*COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*
8.2 23-0818
Joint resolution approving the HOME Consortium Agreement for Federal Fiscal Years (FY) 2024-2026.
∙ Lake County, the City of North Chicago and the City of Waukegan have formed a consortium since 1991 in order to take a more regional, collaborative approach to meeting affordable housing needs.
∙ Lake County serves as the Lead Entity of the HOME Consortium and assumes overall responsibility for compliance with the HOME program requirements.
∙ Pursuant to HUD requirements, the HOME Consortium Agreement must be renewed every three years for all three jurisdictions to continue operating as a consortium.
∙ The agreement has been reviewed by the Lake County States Attorney’s Office. ∙ The agreement has been revised to align the proportion of funding directed by each consortium partner with HUD’s report on the percentage attributed to each jurisdiction.
8.3 23-0821
Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement for the provision of grant administration and management services for North Chicago Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
∙ For the past nine years (2014-2023), Lake County has provided grant administration and management services for the North Chicago CDBG program.
∙ This intergovernmental agreement defines the roles and responsibilities for the County and the City for the implementation of the CDBG program.
∙ Both the City of North Chicago and Lake County desire to continue this arrangement for the next three years, which requires the approval of a third three-year agreement.
∙ The agreement has been reviewed by the Lake County States Attorney’s Office.
8.4 23-0868
Joint resolution approving the First Amendment to Program Year 2023 (PY) 2023 Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
∙ HUD requires the submission of an AAP and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.
∙ The first amendment to the PY 2023 AAP makes the following changes:
o Consolidation of $165,827.78 of prior year CDBG funds to Youth Conservation Corps. (YCC) for the rehabilitation and resale of affordable single-family homes.
o Reallocation of $300,000 of CDBG funds to support the continued acquisition, rehabilitation, and rental of scattered-site single family homes in Lake County, IL.
8.5 23-0872
Joint resolution approving the Ninth Amendment to the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Program Year 2019 (PY) 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP).
∙ HUD requires the submission of an 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 PY 2019 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated.
∙ ESG-CV funds expire on September 30, 2023 per HUD guidance.
∙ The proposed amendment reallocates $51,946.86 of ESG-CV funds from Rapid Rehousing (A Safe Place) that were unspent at the end of their contract to Shelter (PADS Lake County) in order to spend prior to funding expiration.
*WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT*
8.6 23-0933
Workforce Development Annual Update.
9. County Administrator's Report
10. Executive Session
11. Members' Remarks
11.1 23-0944
Committee action regarding Member Parekh’s request for more than two hours of staff time to evaluate safe gun storage.
12. Adjournment
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