Meeting Name: Workforce, Housing & Community Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/3/2016 9:15 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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16-4618 1 Workforce minutes from the meeting of 5/11/2016Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 5/11/2016approvePass Action details Not available
16-4200 1 HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Lead Hazard Reduction GrantGrant AwardPROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Bureau of Economic Development Grantee: Department of Planning and Development Grantor: HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: Removal of Lead Based Paint in homes in high-risk areas of Suburban Cook County. Grant Amount: $2,000,000.00 Grant Period: 9/1/2016 - 8/31/2019 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The Bureau of Economic Development respectfully requests acceptance of the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant funding of $2 million related to the removal of lead based paint in homes in high-risk areas of suburban Cook County. In accordance with HUD requirements, the Cook County Department of Planning and Development and the Cook County Department of Public Health coordinated on the application and will provide lead hazard mitigation in conjunction with the New Residential Resilience Program, which wirecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
16-4201 1 Midtown Crossing Apartments HOME LoanHOME Investment Partnerships ProgramPROPOSED HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM Department: Planning and Development Other Part(ies): Over The Rainbow Association, Evanston, Illinois Request: Approval of a HOME Investment Partnership Loan Total Development Cost: $12,129,931.00 Project Loan Amount: $1,600,000.00 Fiscal Impact: None Account(s): 772-580160 Summary: The Department of Planning and Development within the Bureau of Economic Development respectfully submits the attached HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) project loan recommendation in the amount of $1,600,000.00 to the Midtown Crossing Limited Partnership. This project loan will be utilized to support HOME eligible project costs incurred during the new construction of a thirty three (33) unit multi-family rental housing project in Des Plaines, IL. All units will be HOME -assisted. The total development cost (TDC) is $12,129,931.00. The requested HOME funds account for thirteen (13) percent of the TDC. Additional funding sources include a private mortgage, Federal Home Loan Banks - Affordable Housing Program anrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
16-4211 1 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Annual HUD Entitlement GrantsGrant AwardPROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Department of Planning and Development Grantee: Cook County Bureau of Economic Development Grantor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: To support various community development, homeless and social services, affordable housing, and economic development activities in suburban Cook County. Grant Amount: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $9,796,130.00 Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG): $814,055.00 HOME Investment Partnerships: $4,590,860.00 Grant Period: CDBG: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017 ESG: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2018 HOME: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2021 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A Concurrences: The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: Transmitted herewith are the proposed funding sources and uses for the 2016 Program Year for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG); and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs. recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
16-4227 1 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING Resolution to accept TA from CMResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING WHEREAS, the County of Cook (“the County”), Department of Planning and Development has applied for local technical assistance services through the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (“CMAP”), for assistance in the completion of an Unincorporated Areas Plan for portions of Maine and Northfield Townships; and WHEREAS, the County’s request for such assistance has been recommended by CMAP as a priority project; and WHEREAS, CMAP has adopted the GO TO 2040 Plan as the long-range regional comprehensive plan for the seven-county Chicago region, encompassing Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall. Lake, McHenry and Will counties, and is providing staff assistance as a means of advancing the plan’s implementation; and WHEREAS, the County and CMAP have agreed on the general contents of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) and a Scope of Services that will guide staff assistance services to be provided by CMAP; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY OF COOrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available