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A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM - ROUND 2.
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WHEREAS, County of DuPage (“Recipient”) has been awarded a grant (“Grant”) from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (“Authority”) program administrator of the Strong Communities Program Round 2 (“Program”), as that Program is authorized by Article 30, Section 5 of Public Act 101-0638 (“Act”) and governed by the Program guidelines described in the term sheet, as may be amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the County finds that the Program provides this Grant to address affordable housing needs and community revitalization efforts. The Program will assist the County to return blighted and dilapidated residential properties to productive and taxable use through rehabilitation and provide funds for demolition in cases where properties are beyond repair and negatively impacting neighboring residences.
WHEREAS, the County finds the Program has the potential to increase property values, create jobs, help reduce crime, generate additional tax revenue, and attract further community investment. By enabling greater revitalization opportunities, the Program will preserve existing affordable housing stock that is often in proximity to community amenities (schools, parks, medical facilities, shopping, jobs, and transportation), and encourage further investment and revitalization; and
WHEREAS, from time to time the County receives formal complaints from cities, villages, incorporated towns, and members of the public, and that county staff has identified properties with respect to dangerous, unsafe, uncompleted, or abandoned buildings and properties in the unincorporated area; and
WHEREAS, the County Board finds that the Citizens of DuPage County enjoy a high quality of life and, together with DuPage County and other local governments, exert a tremendous effort to maintain and improve on those standards; and
WHEREAS the County Board finds that dangerous, unsafe, uncompleted, or abandoned buildings and properties neglected by property owners negatively impact the high quality of life, environment, health, safety, and welfare of DuPage County citizens; and
WHEREAS the County Board finds that it is in the best interests of the Citizens of DuPage County to utilize County Codes and the Illinois State Statutes to compel property owners to remove, repair, enclose and/or demolish dangerous, unsafe, uncompleted or abandoned buildings and properties; and
WHEREAS the County Board finds that it is in the best interest of the Citizens of DuPage County to enable the DuPage County Building & Zoning Department to remove, repair, enclose and/or demolish dangerous, unsafe, uncompleted, or abandoned buildings and properties within the unincorporated area of DuPage County where property owners refuse or neglect to do so; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Recipient shall enter into the Funding Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Authority wherein the Authority agrees to make the Grant to the Recipient in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand Dollars ($299,000), which shall be used by the Recipient to preserve affordable housing efforts by assisting with the rehabilitation and/or demolition of abandoned properties within the Recipient’s area, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County of DuPage and Deborah A. Conroy, Chair of the Recipient (the “Signatory”) is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver in the name of or on behalf of the Recipient the Agreement and any and all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto, and to execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments and certificates, as may be necessary or desirable for the Recipient to perform its obligations under the Agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Signatories are hereby are authorized and directed to take such additional actions, to make further determinations, to pay such costs and to execute and deliver such additional instruments (including any amendments, Agreements or supplements) as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the foregoing resolutions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Recipient hereby ratifies, authorizes, and confirms and approves all documents and instruments executed in connection with the Grant and the Agreement, including those acts taken prior to the date hereof.
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Enacted and approved this 14th of November, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK