Du Page County Community Development Commission met June 2

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Jul 6, 2020

Du Page County Community Development Commission met June 2.

Here is the minutes provided by the commission:

1. CALL TO ORDER

11:00 AM meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Sheila Rutledge at 11:09 AM.

11:00 AM OR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

2. ROLL CALL

PRESENT: Argules, Bastian, Chaplin, Chassee, Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff, Franz, Franz, Govind, Heniff, Jones, Krajewski, Larsen, Malik-Jarmusz, Page, Poeicha, Renehan, Rutledge, Selmon, Sylvester, Ungerleider, Viger

ABSENT: Barrett, Covert, DiCianni, Domovessova, Dragan, Elliott, Gascoigne, Gombac, Grill, Hart, Healy,

Kalchbrenner, Martch, Noonan, Ozog, Pabst, Pollock, Popovich, Puchalski, Smetana, Tornatore, Watkins, Zay

Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; David McDermott, Community Development Administrator; Christine Pedersen, Senior Accountant/Community Services Manager; Julie Hamlin, Community Development Manager; Elizabeth Dunn, Senior Community Development Specialist; Community Development Specialist; Tom Schwertman, Community Development Specialist; and Hayley Woodbridge, Planner.

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. CDC - Community Development Commission - Regular Meeting - Apr 2, 2019 11:00 AM

There was no discussion.

On a Voice Vote, the Minutes of April 2, 2019, were approved.

RESULT: ACCEPTED [22 TO 0]

MOVER: Grant Eckhoff, District 4

SECONDER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6

ABSENT: Barrett, Covert, DiCianni, Domovessova, Dragan, Elliott, Gascoigne, Gombac, Grill, Hart, Healy, Kalchbrenner, Martch, Noonan, Ozog, Pabst, Pollock, Popovich, Puchalski, Smetana, Tornatore, Watkins, Zay

AWAY: Selmon

5. COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED

A. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of the FY2020 Slate of Officers and CDC Executive Committee as Presented. There was no discussion.

On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

RESULT: APPROVED [22 TO 0]

MOVER: Robert L. Larsen, District 6

SECONDER: Brian J. Krajewski, District 3

AYES: Argules, Bastian, Chaplin, Chassee, Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff, Franz, Franz, Govind, Heniff, Jones, Krajewski, Larsen, Malik-Jarmusz, Page, Poeicha, Renehan, Rutledge, Sylvester, Ungerleider, Viger ABSENT: Barrett, Covert, DiCianni, Domovessova, Dragan, Elliott, Gascoigne, Gombac, Grill, Hart, Healy, Kalchbrenner, Martch, Noonan, Ozog, Pabst, Pollock, Popovich, Puchalski, Smetana, Tornatore, Watkins, Zay

AWAY: Selmon

6. COVID-19 FUNDING INFORMATION

A. Informational -- COVID-19 Funding Information.

Keating informed the Committee that David McDermott is the new Community Development Administrator. He came from Lake County Health Department and began here on March 9th (during the COVID-19 pandemic). He has done a tremendous job with his willingness to jump on board and assist anyway he can. She turned the discussion on Community Development COVID-19 Federal Funding over to McDermott.

McDermot stated this is a moving target so he has decided to focus on what is currently known.

The Community Development Commission has been allocated $3.3 million, split between CDBG COVID (Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus) and ESG COVID (Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus) programs. All of these funds must be spent on COVID response by September 30, 2022. Currently, three steps have been initiated for this funding.

The first step, which is the ESG-CV, was deemed to be the most pressing and utilization has already been implemented. The Committee was provided this as an informational item in the form of the 2019 Action Plan, Substantial Amendment 2 when it went to County Board on May 12, 2020 for approval. The majority of this money will pay for hotel stays eliminating the need for individuals to go into shelters and potentially help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Funding will also be provided for the homeless prevention and rapid rehousing progam. Due to these funds being less flexible in terms of use, it was decided to begin this process first.

Also made available by HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) is the ability to reallocate existing pools of funding. Two of today's agenda items are requests to move HOME funds that are not currently being utilized to provide some short-term rental assistance for individuals who are specifically impacted by COVID-19. The guidelines and rules are still being created.

Lastly, there is $2.2 million in CDBG COVID funding. Currently, this is on hold due to the other funding sources available that have more pressing deadlines. The CDBG COVID has two and a half years to be spent. This will be brought to the Committee for approval in the form of a Substantial Amendment. In addition, there is talk of future legislation that could provide more COVID funding.

There were no questions.

7. COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED

A. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of the 2nd Revision to the Citizen

Participation Plan Policy. There was no discussion.

On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: Lori Chassee, Alderman West Chicago

SECONDER: Ashley Selmon, District 1

B. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of the Substantial Amendment 2 to the 2018 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan, Revising Previously Allocated HOME Investment Partnerships Act (HOME) Funds to be used for COVID-19 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Response Program.

At this point, Keating suggested making the motion to combine and approve items 7.B. and 7.C. The same action was to take place in both the 2018 Action Plan Substantial Amendment and the 2019 Action Plan Substantial Amendment.

Selmon made the motion, seconded by DeSart to combine and approve. On a Voice Vote, the motion to combine and approve passed.

There was no discussion.

Selmon made the motion, seconded by Sylvester, to approve agenda items 7.B. and 7.C.

On a Voice Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: Ashley Selmon, District 1

SECONDER: Bruce Sylvester, Community Development Dir., Village of Westmont

C. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of the Substantial Amendment 3 to the 2019 Action Plan Element of the 2015-2019 DuPage County Consolidated Plan, Revising Previously Allocated HOME Investment Partnerships Act (HOME) Funds to be used for COVID-19 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Response Program. Selmon made the motion, seconded by DeSart to combine and approve. On a Voice Vote, the motion to combine and approve passed.

There was no discussion.

Selmon made the motion, seconded by Sylvester, to approve agenda items 7.B. and 7.C.

On a Voice Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Ashley Selmon, District 1

SECONDER: Bruce Sylvester, Community Development Dir., Village of Westmont

D. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of a 1st Modification to a CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Agreement, Project CD19-12 – ChildServ, Lisle and Downers Grove Group Home Rehabilitation – Changing the Scope of Work to Reflect Removal of the Back Deck Bringing the Total Grant Amount Down from $66,176.00 to $62,396.00.

There was no discussion.

On a Voice Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]

MOVER: Ashley Selmon, District 1

SECONDER: Michael Crandall, Village of Addison Director of Comm Dev

8. OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business.

9. ADJOURNMENT

The motion was made by Eckhoff, seconded by Selmon, to adjourn at 11:25.

On a Voice Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.

10. NEXT MEETING DATE - APRIL 6, 2021

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