R-34-08 06/09/2008RESOLUTION R- 3 Li - f�
RESOLUTION REQUESTING INCLUSION IN THE
COOK COUNTY URBAN COUNTY CDBG PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont is requesting that the entire Village population be
included in the Cook County Urban County CDBG Program for Federal monies; and
WHEREAS, said inclusion would secure funding that is earmarked to rehabilitate homes;
improve infrastructure system in neighborhoods; provide for housing counseling services;
demolish abandoned and blighted structures; and improve facilities for senior citizens and
disabled residents, for various municipalities.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Lemont said Resolution for inclusion in the Cook County Urban County CDBG
Program is hereby approved.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DuPAGE, ILLINOIS, on this
9th day of June , 2008.
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Ron Stapleton V
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CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approved by me this 9t day of June , 2008.
Attest:
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approved as to form:
JOHN ANTONOPOULOS, Village Attorney
Date:
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY
118 NORTH CLARK STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
(312) 603 -6400
TDD (312) 603 -5255
TODD H. STROGER
PRESIDENT
May 23, 2008
The Honorable John F. Piazza
Mayor
Village of Lemont
418 Main Street
Lemont, Illinois 60439
RE: Urban County Qualification Period
Dear Mayor Piazza:
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ( "HUD ") requires
Cook County to determine which municipalities and townships want to remain in the
Cook County Community Development Block Grant ( "CDBG ") Urban Program for the
next three years, beginning October 1, 2008. Since 1975, Cook County communities
under 50,000 population and townships have joined together in order to undertake a
successful CDBG Program. Since October 1, 2002, 138 local governments have
elected to include their population in the Urban County CDBG Program.
The Cook County CDBG Program uses funds to rehabilitate homes; improve
infrastructure systems in neighborhoods; provide for housing counseling services;
demolish abandoned and blighted structures; and improve facilities for senior citizens
and disabled residents.
Cook County also receives funding for the Emergency Shelter Grants Program and the
HOME Investment Partnership Program because of its Urban County status. You will
need to include your population in the Cook County Urban County CDBG Program for
your residents to be able to benefit from these two programs.
Cook County has been notified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
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Cook County has been notified by the United States Department. of Housing and Urban
Development that the requalification process for the Urban County CDBG Program
Years Federal Fiscal Years 2009, 2010 and 2011 (County Program Years 2008, 2009,
and 2010) must be completed by July 7, 2008. You have the option to remain in or join
the Cook County Urban County for three years (beginning October 1, 2008), or you may
elect to opt -out and exclude your local government from participating in the Cook
County Urban County for three years. The following points should be kept in mind. If
you opt -out, you may not join or participate in any Urban County CDBG or other related
activities for three years. Residents and businesses also could not participate or receive
any benefits from the program including property rehabilitation, housing counseling
services, loans for economic development or funds for clearance and demolition. You
may apply for Small Cities Block Grant funds that may be available from the State of
Illinois. If you elect to be included in the Cook County Urban County CDBG Program,
you may neither withdraw from the Urban County for three years nor participate in the
State's Small Cities Program for three years.
As your unit of local government is situated in more than one Urban County, you may
choose to:
1. Opt -out of both Urban Counties;
2. Opt to include all your population with only one Urban County; or
3. Opt to have your population split between both Urban Counties.
Should you elect to exclude your population from the Urban County, you must notify
both Cook County and the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development no later than June 13, 2008. The notification must be in the form of a
certified copy of a Board Resolution to the persons listed below. If you elect to include
all your population in the Urban County, please notify both the County and HUD by
submitting a certified copy of a Board Resolution electing to include all your population
in the Urban County to the persons listed below no later than June 13, 2008:
Mr. Maurice Jones
Cook County Department of Planning
and Development
69 W. Washington Street, 29th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Ms. Alice Hamilton
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Illinois Operations, CPD Division
77 West Jackson Blvd., Room
Chicago, IL 60604
If you elect to have your population split between both Counties, no notification to Cook
County or the HUD Regional Office is required.
Please be advised that the final dollar amount to be assigned by HUD to the Cook
County Community Development Program for Federal Fiscal Years 2009, 2010 and
2011 (County Program Years 2008, 2009, and 2010) will depend upon the final Urban
County population. The greater the number of local governments that elect to include
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their population in the Urban County, the greater Cook County's ability to assist you
over the next three years.
The next several years are going to be challenging ones for urban areas. We must meet
these challenges with all available resources and cooperation. We need your support to
address the challenges to redevelop communities in the Urban County over the next
several years.
Thank you for your immediate attention in this matter. We look forward to working with
you for our future.
If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact Ellisa Johnson, Grants
Manager, at (312) 603 -1000 in the Cook County Department of Planning and
Development.
Sincerely,
Todd H. Stroger
President
Cook County Board of Commissioners
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