Du Page County Home Advisory Group met July 7.
Here is the minutes provided by the group:
1. CALL TO ORDER
11:00 AM meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Lori Chassee at 11:01 AM.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Bastian (Remote), Broder (11:06 AM), Chaplin (Remote), Chassee, Crandall (Remote), DeSart (Remote), Heniff (Remote), Ozog (Remote), Page (Remote), Renehan (Remote), Rutledge, Selmon (Remote)
ABSENT: Argules
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 Housing and Community Development Planner; Harrison Martin-O’Brien, Housing and Community Development Planner; Tom Schwertman, Housing and Community Development Planner; Anna Sitton, Housing and Community Development Planner; Michael Walker, Housing and Community Development Planner and Hayley Woodbridge, Housing and Community Development Planner.
State’s Attorney - Katherine Fahy.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Home Advisory Group - Regular Meeting - Jun 2, 2020 11:15 AM
There were no changes or corrections.
On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the Minutes of June 2, 2020 were accepted.
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sheila Rutledge, District 6
SECONDER: Michael Crandall, Village of Addison Director of Comm Dev
AYES: Bastian, Chaplin, Chassee, Crandall, DeSart, Heniff, Ozog, Page, Renehan, Rutledge, Selmon
ABSENT: Argules, Broder
5. COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED
A. Action Item -- Recommendation for Approval of the Revision to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) HOME investment Partnership (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs utilizing Waivers and Suspensions of the HOME Program Requirements in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic and Reprograming of CDBG and HOME funds.
McDermott explained the reasons for the revision of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) and 2020 Action Plan. These include Waivers and changes to HUD Rules.
The new COVID funding is not part of the 2020-2024 ConPlan but the previous 2015- 2019 ConPlan. Some of the waivers granted by HUD due to COVID do affect the 2020- 2024 ConPlan such as for the HOME program, increase in administration percent and removal of the CHDO (Community Housing Development Organization) requirement.
The only programmatic change was to the Single Family Rehab program. This program has existing applicants; however, with the COVID pandemic, no field work has been able to be performed. The plan is to address the current approved applicants with the 2019 funds and not to take any new applications for 2020. The 2020 SFR funds were removed and are going to be used to fund one more Capital project.
Rutledge asked if delay in funding had caused hardship for any existing clients. McDermott said that the delay was not due to funding but to staffing shortages and COVID. Keating said she did not believe there were any health and safety issues.
There were no additional questions.
On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the motion passed.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sheila Rutledge, District 6
SECONDER: Ashley Selmon, District 1
AYES: Bastian, Chaplin, Chassee, Crandall, DeSart, Heniff, Ozog, Page, Renehan, Rutledge, Selmon
ABSENT: Argules, Broder
6. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 11: 07 AM.
8. NEXT MEETING DATE - AUGUST 4, 2020
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