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Lake County Housing Commission holds hearing on CDBG funding plans

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At a meeting this week, the Lake County Housing and Community Development Commission held a public hearing on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding recommendations.

Below is the agenda for this meeting, as provided by the commission.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

3:30 PM

Lake County Illinois

Lake County Courthouse and Administrative Complex

18 N. County Street

Waukegan, IL 60085-4351

10th floor Assembly Room

18 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL

Housing and Community Development Commission

Agenda Report - Final

Housing and Community September 14, 2016

Development Commission

Agenda Report - Final

1. ROLL CALL

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

2.1 16-0816

Approval of the June 15, 2016 Minutes

Attachments: 6.15.16 HCDC Minutes.pdf

3. CHAIR'S REMARKS

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (items not on the agenda)

5. OLD BUSINESS

6. NEW BUSINESS

6.1 16-0870

Presentation: Video Gaming fund priorities

Attachments: 16-0800 Lake County Video Gaming Revenue Policy.pdf

6.2 16-0860

Pre-PY2015 Community Development Block Grant Funding Recommendations

· The Affordable Housing Advisory and Recommendation Committee (ARC) is

responsible for making funding allocation recommendations for the Pre-PY2015

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding round.

· Seventeen applications totaling $2.7M were received for $435,538.78 in available

funds. The Public Improvements, Public Services and Homeless Assistance ARCs

advanced 11 applications totaling $1.2M for consideration to the Affordable Housing

ARC. The 11 applications were fully scored by staff and reviewed by the Affordable

Housing ARC.

· The Affordable Housing ARC convened on September 7, 2016 to discuss this extra

application round and forwarded the following grant recommendations to the Housing

and Community Development Commission (HCDC):

· Community Partners for Affordable Housing - $141,238.78

· Glenkirk - $100,000

· Lake County Residential Development Corporation - $79,000

· North Chicago - $45,300

· One Hope United - $25,000

· Waukegan & Development Concepts Inc. - $20,000

· Youth Conservation Corps - $25,000

Attachments: Housing ARC to HCDC Extra CDBG Round.pdf

6.3 16-0871

PUBLIC HEARING - Pre-2015 CDBG Funding Recommendations

6.4 16-0873

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Housing and Community September 14, 2016

Development Commission

Agenda Report - Final

Approval of 2016 CHDO Predevelopment Loan

· Lake County Community Development has approved the Housing Opportunity

Development Corporation (HODC) as a Community Housing Development

Organization (CHDO) under the HOME Program. Applications for CHDO status are

received year-round on a rolling basis.

· HODC has requested financial support for the predevelopment stage of a new

multi-family affordable rental building in one of Lake County’s high opportunity areas.

The building is proposed to contain 50% supportive housing.

· One of the benefits of designation as a CHDO is the opportunity to receive a

Predevelopment Loan with HOME Program funds. Predevelopment Loans allow

CHDOs to explore a project’s feasibility by providing access to funds up-front. HODC

plans to utilize the Predevelopment Loan to cover architectural fees, an updated market

study, an updated traffic study, and a fiscal impact report. The total cost of these

predevelopment expenses is $58,000.

· The Affordable Housing Advisory & Recommendation Committee (ARC) has reviewed

this request and recommends allocation of available $31,871 in HOME program

income. HODC has identified other funding sources to cover the remaining $58,000 in

anticipated costs.

6.5 16-0872

Initial Approval: 2016 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Action Plan Amendment.

· HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan and associated amendments to

govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each year

of grant funding.

· The Lake County HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Consortium is comprised of Lake

County and the Cities of Waukegan and North Chicago; all three jurisdictions receive

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.

· The proposed Action Plan amendments reflect recommendations made by the Housing &

Community Development Commission (HCDC) to be heard on September 14, 2016.

· If approved, this proposed Action Plan amendment will enter a public comment period

ending in an Action Plan Amendment Public Hearing on October 19, 2016.

7. STAFF REPORTS

8. ADJOURNMENT

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