R2024-22 Resolution Authorizing Subrecipient Agreement Between the Decatur Park District and the City of Decatur for Garfield Park Improvements Community Development Block Grant-COVID (CDBG-CV)

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS(CDBG-CV) AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DECATUR AND THE DECATUR PARK DISTRICT THIS AGREEMENT was made and entered into by and between the City of Decatur,an Illinois municipal corporation("City"),and the Decatur Park District,an Illinois unit of local government("District"),on the �day offt6tjW 2024. The parties mutually desire to enter into this Agreement and further stipulate and-a—grJ6 as follows: WHEREAS the 1970 Illinois Constitution,Art.VII,Section 10 and 5 ILCS 22013 provide authority for intergovernmental co-operation;and, WHEREAS City and the District are both public agencies as defined under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act(5 ILCS 220/1 et.seq.),and are therefore authorized and empowered to enter into intergovernmental agreements whereby they may exercise,combine, transfer,and enjoy jointly any powers,privileges,functions,or authority;and, WHEREAS the District wishes to assist the City's neighborhood rehabilitation, renovation, and revitalization goals in the near west side of the City;and, WHEREAS the District is willing to alter the boundaries,configuration,and equipment in Garfield Park in a manner that advances a larger neighborhood catalyst project hereto and incorporated by reference as Exhibit A(hereinafter referred to as"Project");and, WHEREAS the Project will address two of the three national objectives for CDBG: benefiting low-moderate-income persons and preventing or eliminating slum and blight;and, WHEREAS the CARES Act"(CDBG-CV)"was created to prevent,prepare, and respond to the coronavirus;and, WHEREAS the District will reconfigure the park with equipment,play areas,and nature scape,to provide suitable outdoor fitness and social space where insufficient facilities are available to support social distancing guidance;and, WHEREAS residents are presumed to be Low-Moderate Income because of the nature and location of the Project which will benefit primarily LMI households;and, WHEREAS the defined service area is primarily residential in nature with at least 51%of the residents being low moderate income. NOW,THEREFORE,in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein,the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually agree as follows: 1