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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