DuPage County Home Advisory Group met December 5.
Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
11:30 am meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Patrick Grill at 11:35 am.
11:30 Am or Immediately Following Development Committee
2. Roll Call
Present: Anderson, Bastian, Berley, Chaplin, Chrisse, Grill, Krucek, Tornatore, Wiley (Remote)
Absent: Broder, Chassee, Elliott, Grasso
Due to Military duty, Wiley participated via phone.
Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; Jennifer Chan, Community Development Administrator; Christine Pedersen, Senior Accountant/Community Services Manager; Christopher Ragona, Community Development Manager; Julie Hamlin, Sr. Community Development Specialist; Barb Temborius, Community Development Specialist; Therese Witkus, Community Development Specialist; Christopher Donovan, Community Development Specialist; Dorin Fera, Community Development Specialist; Tom Schwertman, Community Development Specialist; Ben Leitschuh, Community Development Specialist, and Nicole Rashan, Principal Account Clerk.
State’s Attorney - Patrick Collins.
Others Present: Dawn Dina, Management Analyst - DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference; Dennis Brennan - DuPage County Health Department.
3. Public Comment
There was no public comment.
4. Approval of Minutes
A. Home Advisory Group - Regular Meeting - Nov 7, 2017 11:30 AM
There was no comments or corrections.
On a voice vote, the motion passed.
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2
SECONDER: Janice Anderson, District 5
AYES: Anderson, Bastian, Berley, Chaplin, Chrisse, Grill, Krucek, Tornatore, Wiley
ABSENT: Broder, Chassee, Elliott, Grasso
5. Action Items
A. Action Item -- Recommendation for approval of an agreement modification for Project HM03-05 – DuPage County Health Department – Acquisition Activity, shortening the Affordability Period to June 8, 2019.
There was no discussion.
On voice vote, the motion passed.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2
SECONDER: Kevin Wiley, District 6
AYES: Anderson, Bastian, Berley, Chaplin, Chrisse, Grill, Krucek, Tornatore, Wiley
ABSENT: Broder, Chassee, Elliott, Grasso
B. Action Item -- Recommendation for approval of a second agreement modification with Community Housing Advocacy and Development for Project HM04-02 to modify the household size of eligible tenants and sale terms of HOME units.
In context of what was taking place in 2004, Keating gave a quick review of the Just Homes program. The project was originally approved in 2004 as a shared equity arrangement. CHAD would purchase a home along with a partner family. At the time, specific criteria of the household size was added due to the fairly large subsidy. In 2004, home values were steadily rising. This idea was to recapture some of the increasing home values. Over time, the home values flattened and lending requirements became more stringent. CHAD is finding this model no longer works. They request that these properties be absorbed into their rental portfolio. The request to remove the household size requirement is to remove the possibility of falling out of compliance. As an example, if a dependent grows up and moves out of the home, CHAD is now out of compliance with the agreement.
Tornatore verified that the household requirement would be completely removed. Keating said yes, and to CHAD’s point, they would not put a single person in a threebedroom home. Also, Keating was unaware of any other property agreements with the household size requirement.
Berley questioned the statement on “relocation assistance.” Chan said that there was language in the agreement stating that the homeowners would not be eligible for relocation fees. Keating said this change would remove the language completely because under certain conditions, especially with rental property, a family could qualify for relocation assistance.
There were no other questions.
On a voice vote, the motion passed.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Janice Anderson, District 5
SECONDER: Elizabeth Chaplin, District 2
AYES: Anderson, Bastian, Berley, Chaplin, Chrisse, Grill, Krucek, Tornatore, Wiley
ABSENT: Broder, Chassee, Elliott, Grasso
6. Other Business
There was no other business.
7. Adjournment
Tornatore made the motion, seconded by Anderson, to adjourn the meeting at 11:40am.
On a voice vote, the motion passed.
8. Next Meeting Date - January 2, 2018
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