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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Alex Alexandrou, Chief Management Officer
Rick Veenstra, Corporation Counsel
Marty Lyons, Chief Financial Officer
DATE: October 9, 2020
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving A Grant Agreement With The County Of DuPage And The Acceptance Of $1,000,000.00 In CARES Act Funds To Be Disbursed To Public Action To Deliver Shelter, Inc., doing business as Hesed House, For Eligible COVID-19 Related-Expenses.
PURPOSE:
Staff has confirmed that the DuPage County Board will consider a resolution on Tuesday morning October 13, 2020 authorizing the expenditure of coronavirus relief fund grant to the City of Aurora and approval of an IGA with the City to administer grant funds on behalf of Hesed House for their warehouse renovation/winterization project in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). This Council resolution is contingent on passage of their resolution and will also authorize any subsequent agreement necessary to ensure the appropriate disbursement of funding to Hesed House for timely completion of the warehouse renovation/winterization project and other CARES Act related eligible expenses.
BACKGROUND:
The City and the County of DuPage ("County") are desirous of providing financial support to Hesed House to assist it in safely and hygienically housing its homeless residents during the COVID-19/Coronavirus health emergency. As a result of the pandemic, Hesed House has expanded its operations to include a warehouse, where residents are able to be appropriately spaced in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among Hesed House residents, however the warehouse facilities are not winterized and require certain additional repairs and improvements to permit its year round operation. As a result, Hesed House may incur additional costs, including, but not limited to, the personnel, supplies or equipment necessary to operate the warehouse once renovated and winterized as a socially distant shelter for its residents. City staff ...
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