HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 04-13 04/02/2013 Participation in Cook County's Home Investment Partnerships Program ConsortiumRESOLUTION NO. 04 -13
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT'S PARTICIPATION
IN COOK COUNTY'S HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM CONSORTIUM AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSORTIUM'S
PROGRAM YEAR FOR THE VILLAGE'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Village of Mount Prospect, an Illinois municipality (the "Village ") and the
County of Cook, a body politic and corporate of the State of Illinois (the "County ") are home rule
units and units of local government pursuant to the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq., authorize local governments tc
contract or otherwise associate among themselves to obtain or share services, and to exercise,
combine or transfer any power or function, in any manner not prohibited by law; and
WHEREAS, the Village is a grantee of Community Development Block Grant funds
( "CDBG funds ") provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( "HUD ");
and
WHEREAS, Cook County administers the Cook County HOME Investment Partnerships
Program Consortium (the "HOME Consortium "), a group, including the County and certain other
participating municipalities, that receives federal funding (the "HOME Funds ") pursuant to the
Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for the support of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the amount of HOME funds that the County receives is based upon the
populations of the participating municipalities within its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Village, while entitled to receive CDBG funds directly from HUD, may
also elect to participate in the HOME Consortium, so as to utilize HOME funds within the Village
and allow HUD to take into account its population when calculating the County's annual HOME
funds entitlement grant; and
WHEREAS, the County has requested the Village to join the HOME Consortium, subject
to the terms of the current HOME Consortium Agreement originally executed on June 15, 2002
by and between the County and the City of Berwyn, the City of Chicago Heights, and the Town
of Cicero; and
WHEREAS, the Village's participation in the HOME Consortium will require it to modify
its present program year for CDBG funds to conform to the HOME Consortium's program year,
which runs from October 1 through September 30 in accordance with HUD rules; and
WHEREAS, the Village's modification of its present program year will create a gap in its
CDBG funding and the County has agreed to provide funding to the Village, not to exceed
$84,562.50 in corporate, non - Federal dollars, to cover the Village's loss in administrative and
social service CDBG funding as a result of the alignment of program years; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect has
deemed that it is in the best interests of the Village to receive HOME funds as a member of the
HOME Consortium and, to accomplish that goal, it is in the best interests of the Village to enter
into a Memorandum of Understanding, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, which will become an
integral part of the Consortium Agreement (the "Addendum ").
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PURSUANT TO ITS
HOME RULE POWERS AND AUTHORITY SET FORTH IN THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION
OF 1970 AND ILLINOIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION ACT (5 ILCS 220/1 ET
SEQ .), AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The recitals set forth above are incorporated by reference into this Section One as
materials terms.
SECTION 2: That the President and Board of Trustees hereby approve the Memorandum of
Understanding, in a form substantially as attached hereto as Exhibit 1, as an Addendum to the
current HOME Consortium Agreement originally executed on June 15, 2002 by and between the
County and the City of Berwyn, the City of Chicago Heights, and the Town of Cicero.
SECTION 3 : That the Village Manager and Village Clerk of the Village of Mount Prospect are
hereby authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding, described in Section 2 of this
Resolution.
SECTION 4 : That this Resolution shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage
and approval in the manner provided by law.
AYES: Hoefert, Korn, Matuszak, Polit
NAYS: Juracek, Zadel
PASSED and APPROVED this 2 nd day of April, 2013.
in na K. ilks
Mayor
ATTEST:
M. Lisa Angell
Village Clerk
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