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APPROVAL OF FUNDING INCREASE FOR
PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT - CORONAVIRUS (CDBG-CV)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DUPAGE
AND THE DUPAGE CARE CENTER
resolution
WHEREAS, COUNTY has been a participating jurisdiction in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (“HUD’s”) Housing and Community Development Program since 1975, and has applied for Community Development Block Grant Funds (“CDBG”) from HUD as provided by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (P.L. 93-383)(“ACT”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136, the County of DuPage, through DuPage County Community Development, has been awarded by HUD Community Development Block Grant-CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funding to support local projects responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the County Board approved Substantial Amendment #5 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development on 05/11/2021 under Resolution HHS-R-0246-21 on May 11, 2021, which allocated CDBG-CV funding toward proposed projects; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #5 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan allocated $1,000,000 (ONE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS) in CDBG-CV funding for capital improvements associated with the DuPage Care Center COVID-19 Rehabilitation Project, identified to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the spread of future communicable disease; and
WHEREAS, DuPage Care Center identified a need for additional funding to increase the scope of the proposed capital improvement project responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has therefore submitted a formal request dated 03/28/2023 for an additional $900,000.00 (NINE HUDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) in CDBG-CV funding for a total award of ONE MILLION NINE HUDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($1,900,000.00); and
WHEREAS, Minor Amendment #6 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan allocated an additional $500,000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) in CDBG-CV funds for anticipated increased costs associated with the capital improvements to the facility to respond to COVID-19 and prevent the spread of future communicable disease; and
WHEREAS, Minor Amendment #7 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan allocated an additional $400,000 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS) in CDBG-CV for anticipated increased costs associated with the capital improvements to the facility to respond to COVID-19 and prevent the spread of future communicable disease; and
WHEREAS, the request for an increase of $900,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) in CDBG-CV funding, for a total award of $1,900,000 (ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS), was approved the DuPage Community Development Commission on April 4, 2023, and by the DuPage County Human Services Committee on April 18, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board that said funding increase is hereby approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is authorized and directed to execute an Agreement in the amount of $1,900,000.00 on behalf of DuPage County and the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such execution and affix the official seal thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send a copy of this Resolution to DuPage Care Center at 400 N County Farm Road in Wheaton, IL 60187 and a copy to the DuPage Community Development Commission.
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Enacted and approved this 25th day of April 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: __________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK