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APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT 8 - SUBSTANTIAL - TO THE 2019 ACTION PLAN ELEMENT OF THE 2015-2019 DU PAGE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the Community Development Block Grant program since 1975; and
WHEREAS, The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (“Hearth Act”), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidated three of the separate homeless assistance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program, and revised the Emergency Shelter Grant program and renamed it as the Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”) program; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County has participated in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) since 1992; and
WHEREAS, these programs will provide an approximate total of $6.06 million in new Federal funding to DuPage County in 2019, and the county will also have available an approximate additional $2.06 million in project income and reallocated funds from previous years, said funds being available for Housing and Community Development activities benefiting low and moderate income persons, the homeless, and persons with special needs; and
WHEREAS, a requirement of these programs is the preparation of a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (ConPlan); and
WHEREAS, a ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on February 10, 2015 by Resolution DC-R-0094-15: and
WHEREAS, an updated 2019 Action Plan element of the ConPlan, listing activities to be funded in the 2019 program year, is required; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on March 12, 2019 by Resolution HHS-R-0116-19; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #1 to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on March 10, 2020 by Resolution #HHS-R-0067-20 for the purpose of allocating approximately $1,091,590 of program income that was received during the 2019 program year through the addition of three municipal infrastructure improvement projects and updating the project scope of one CDBG funded non-profit capital improvement project; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #2 to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 ConPlan was completed for the purpose of adding Emergency Solutions Grant Program Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funding in the amount of $1,031,548 that had been allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the CARES Act; and
WHEREAS, Under the CARES Act, ESG-CV funding is not subject to certain regulatory requirements otherwise associated with the ESG program. ESG-CV funding is not subject to the consultation or citizen participation requirements that otherwise apply to the Emergency Solutions Grants program, except that a recipient must publish how it has and will utilize its allocation, at a minimum, on the Internet at the appropriate Government web site or through other electronic media. DuPage County will follow the requirements under the CARES Act and intends to utilize any suspensions and waivers available for ESG-CV funding in order to efficiently administer allocated funds; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #3 to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on June 23, 2020 under Resolution #HHS-R-0385-20 for the purpose of reprogramming HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding in the amount of $468,841 to add a Tenant Based-Rental Assistance COVID-19 Response project; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County utilized the Citizen Participation Reasonable Notice and Opportunity to Comment waiver, as authorized within the “Suspensions and Waivers to Facilitate use of HOME-Assisted Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) for Emergency and Short-term Assistance in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic” memorandum issued by HUD 04/10/2020, which permits amendments to the DuPage County plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the comment period to 5 days. This waiver applies to any approved Annual Action Plan being amended to reprogram funds to TBRA to address housing needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, a 5-day public comment period was completed on June 12, 2020, and a virtual public hearing was held on June 15, 2020 in accordance with federal regulations governing the development of consolidated plans, no comments or responses to comments were added because no comments were received; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #4 to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on October 27, 2020 under Resolution #HHS-R-0573-20 for the purpose of adding a second allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant Program Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funding in the amount of $2,483,604 that had been allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the CARES Act; and
WHEREAS, Under the CARES Act, ESG-CV funding is not subject to certain regulatory requirements otherwise associated with the ESG program. ESG-CV funding is not subject to the consultation or citizen participation requirements that otherwise apply to the Emergency Solutions Grants program, except that a recipient must publish how it has and will utilize its allocation, at a minimum, on the Internet at the appropriate Government web site or through other electronic media. DuPage County will follow the requirements under the CARES Act and intends to utilize any suspensions and waivers available for ESG-CV funding in order to efficiently administer allocated funds; and
WHEREAS, Substantial Amendment #5 to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan was adopted by the DuPage County Board on May 11, 2021 under Resolution #HHS-R-0246-21 for the purpose of adding Community Development Block Grant Program - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funding in the amount of $6,688,051 that had been allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the CARES Act; and
WHEREAS, Under the CARES Act, CDBG-CV funding is not subject to certain regulatory requirements otherwise associated with the CDBG program. DuPage County will follow the requirements under the CARES Act and intends to utilize any suspensions and waivers available for CDBG-CV funding in order to efficiently administer allocated funds; and
WHEREAS, Amendment #6 - Minor to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan was completed and accepted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on February 27, 2022, for the purpose of reducing CDBG-CV Administration & Planning funds by $500,000 to a total of $646,233, and increasing CDBG-CV funds for Special Needs Facilities, specifically the DuPage Care Center COVID-19 rehabilitation project, to a total of $1,500,000; and
WHEREAS, Amendment #7 - Minor to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan was completed and accepted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on April 3, 2023, for the purpose of reducing CDBG-CV Administration & Planning funds by $400,000 to a total of $246,233, and increasing CDBG-CV funds for Special Needs Facilities, specifically the DuPage Care Center COVID-19 rehabilitation project by $400,000 to a total of $1,900,000; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County proposes Amendment #8 - Substantial, to the 2019 Action Plan element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County ConPlan for the purpose of reducing CDBG-CV Administration & Planning funds by $55,845 to a total of $190,388, reducing CDBG-CV Public Service funds by $259,541 to a total of $1,282,277, reducing CDBG-CV Special Needs Facilities funds by $19,750 for a total of $1,880,250, and adding CDBG-CV funds for Municipal Infrastructure in the amount of $335,136; and
WHEREAS, 2019 Action Plan Amendment #8 - Substantial, was approved the DuPage Community Development Commission Executive Committee on June 3, 2025 and by the DuPage County Human Services Committee on June 17, 2025; and
WHEREAS, a 30-day public comment period was completed on July 7, 2025, and a public hearing was held on June 18, 2025, and in accordance with federal regulations governing the development of Consolidated Plans and Annual Action Plans, all comments and/or responses received are incorporated into the amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the DuPage County Board hereby approves the Amendment #8 - Substantial to the 2019 Annual Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan for the purpose of updating the Community Development Block Grant Program projects that are proposed for funding; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is authorized and directed to sign any certifications or forms required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to enact the Substantial Amendment and the clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such signature and affix the official seal thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments to said Action Plan as may be required by HUD; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the DuPage County Board is hereby authorized and directed to sign each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County with municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Action Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such execution of each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County with municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Action Plan and affix the official seal thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be directed to send copies of each individual Agreement on behalf of DuPage County to each of the respective municipalities and non-profit entities implementing specific projects identified in said Action Plan and to the DuPage Community Development Commission.
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Enacted and approved this 8th day of July, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK