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04-193 Resolution No. 04-193 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF KANE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS,that Ed Schock, Mayor, and Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk, be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute a HOME Investment Partnerships Consortium Agreement on behalf of the City of Elgin with the County of Kane for the 2005 HOME Program Year, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 04-140 adopted May 26, 2004 authorizing an earlier version of this agreement be and is hereby repealed. s/Ed Schock Ed Schock, Mayor Presented: July 14, 2004 Adopted: July 14, 2004 Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 0 Attest: s/Dolonna Mecum Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk HOME Investment Partnerships Consortium Agreement THIS AGREEMENT entered into effective as of the /LEM- day of u L 2004, by and between the COUNTY OF KANE, a body politic and corporate of the State of Illinois (the "COUNTY") and the CITY OF ELGIN, an Illinois municipal corporation (the "MUNICIPALITY"), which are collectively known as the parties. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the United States Congress has enacted the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ("the Act") providing federal financial assistance for the support of affordable housing as identified in Title II—Investment in Affordable Housing of HOME Investment Partnerships Act; and WHEREAS, the Act makes possible the allocation of funds to the COUNTY for the purpose of undertaking affordable housing activities identified in the Act; and WHEREAS, units of local government have had conferred upon them the following powers by Article VII, Section 10(a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois: "Units of local government and school districts may contract or otherwise associate among themselves, with the State, with other states and their units of local government and school districts, and with the United States to obtain or share services and to exercise, combine or transfer any power of function, in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance. Units of local government and school districts may contract and otherwise associate with individuals, associations, and corporations in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance. Participating units of government may use their credit, revenues, and other resources to pay costs and to service debt related to intergovernmental activities"; and WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.) Enacted by the State of Illinois provides in part as follows: "Section 3. Intergovernmental Agreements. Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a public agency of this State may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this state and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States, to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment. This includes, but is not limited to, arrangements between the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in other states which issue which issue professional licenses." Section 5. Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity or 1 undertaking which any of the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing body of each party to the contract. Such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, objectives and responsibilities of the contracting parties." WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement have had conferred upon them the exercise of powers authorized in Chapter 65 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (known as the "Illinois Municipal Code"), and Chapter 55 of the Illinois Compiled Statues (known as the "Illinois Counties Code"). NOW, THEREFORE, upon the consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and upon the further consideration of the recitals hereinabove set forth, it is hereby agreed between the COUNTY and the MUNICIPALITY hereto, as follows: A. That the recitals hereinabove set forth are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. B. That the Kane County HOME Investment Partnerships Consortium (the "Consortium") is defined to include as members of the Consortium the COUNTY and the following Municipality which authorize and execute this Agreement: The City of Elgin, Illinois. C. That the MUNICIPALITY and the COUNTY hereby agree to cooperate undertake and/or to assist in undertaking housing assistance activities in order alleviate housing problems through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (hereinafter referred to as HOME Program) in cooperation with the Consortium. D. That the MUNICIPALITY hereby authorizes the COUNTY to act in a representative capacity as the lead entity for the members of the Consortium for purposes of the HOME Program. E. That the MUNICIPALITY agrees that the COUNTY will assume overall responsibilities as the lead entity to ensure that the Consortium's HOME Program is carried out in compliance with the requirements of the HOME Program including requirements concerning inclusion of proposed HOME Program activities in the Consortium's Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (ConPlan) in accordance with applicable HUD regulations. It is mutually understood, however, that the COUNTY is responsible for the implementation of the HOME Program and that the MUNICIPALITY remains fully responsible for implementation of any other funding from federal, state, or local programs which may be identified in the Consortium's or the MUNICIPALITY's approved ConPlan as it pertains to that MUNICIPALITY'S identified needs and priorities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the MUNICIPALITY obstruct implementation of the Consortium's approved ConPlan. 2 F. That the MUNICIPALITY agrees to evidence its consent to participation in the Consortium by providing the COUNTY with two certified copies of a resolution from the governing body of the MUNICIPALITY that the chief elected official of the MUNICIPALITY is authorized to sign this consortium agreement. G. That the signature of said Chief Elected Official will be affixed to this Agreement evidencing the willingness of the MUNICIPALITY to participate in the Consortium, and to cooperate in the implementation of the Kane County Consortium for the HOME Program. H. That the COUNTY agrees to evidence its consent to participation in the Consortium by providing the CITY with (1) two certified copies of a resolution from the governing body of the COUNTY that the chief elected official of the COUNTY is authorized to sign this Consortium Agreement and, (2) an unqualified opinion of its legal counsel acceptable to the MUNICIPALITY concluding that the terms and provisions of this Consortium Agreement are fully authorized under state and local law and that this Consortium Agreement provides full legal authority for the Consortium to undertake or assist in undertaking housing assisting activities for the HOME Program. I. That the signature of said Chief Elected official will be affixed to this Agreement evidencing the willingness of the COUNTY to participate in the Consortium. J. Further, that a copy of this consortium Agreement signed by the Chief Elected Official of the COUNTY will be provided to the MUNICIPALITY. K. That the program year start date for the consortium shall be June 1, 2005, and all units of general local government that are members of the Consortium are on the same program year for the CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA programs. L. That the MUNICIPALITY and COUNTY agree to affirmatively further fair housing. M. That the term of this Agreement is for a period of not less that the period necessary to carry out all activities that will be funded from funds awarded for the Federal Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007 (commencing June 1, 2005 ending May 31, 2008); that this Agreement remains in effect until the HOME funds from each of Federal Fiscal Years 2005, 2006 and 2007 are closed out pursuant to 24 CFR 92.507; and that none of the signatories to this Agreement may withdraw from the Consortium during the period specified in this paragraph. N. That the parties hereto agree to adopt any amendment to this Agreement incorporating changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in HUD's Consortia Qualification Notice applicable for a subsequent three-year consortia qualification period; that COUNTY shall submit said amendment to HUD as specified in the Consortium Qualification Notice. 3 O. That the parties hereto agree that, in the event that a qualifying municipality other than the above-named MUNICIPALITY decides to join the Consortium, after June 1, 2005, said Municipality shall (1) submit evidence that it qualifies as a unit of general local government for the purposes of the HOME Program, (2) provide written notice to the parties to this Agreement, and (3) agree to comply with all provisions of this Agreement applicable to municipalities; and in the event all of the parties hereto agree that an amendment to this Agreement should be made to add such additional municipality an amendment to this Agreement may be made by the execution of a written amendment to this Agreement by Kane County, the City of Elgin and the municipality seeking to be included into this Consortium Agreement. P. That the parties hereto agree that this Agreement which may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall, for all purposes, be deemed an original and all of such counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement. 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly designated Officials. COUNTY OF KANE, a body politic in the State of Illinois By: Date: Mi ael W. McCoy, C ai an, County Board CITY OF ELGIN, a municipal corporation By: 1 ,1 _ Date: 7//V/c y Ed Schock, Mayor Attest: 8--u Ati cAA"--- Loni Mecum, City Clerk 5