Dupage Policy Journal

DuPage County CDC - Executive Committee met Jan. 2.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chair LaPlante called the meeting to order at 11:58.

2. ROLL CALL

Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; Julie Hamlin, Community Development Administrator (Remote); Ashley Miller, Community Development Manager; Momina Baig, Housing and Community Development Planner; Chloe Harrington, Housing and Community Development Planner; Alyssa Jaje, Housing and Community Development Planner (Remote); Amish Kadakia, Senior Accountant (Remote);, and Thomas Schwertman, Housing and Community Development Planner.

Assistant State’s Attorney - Katherine Fahy.

Others Present: Jennifer Taff, Executive Director - DuPage Habitat for Humanity; Mark Buschbacher, President/CEO - Serenity House, and Elizabeth Bredfeldt.

PRESENT Bastian, Chassee, Childress, Gustin, Heniff, LaPlante, Schwarze, Yoo, and Todorovic

ABSENT Crandall, Krajewski, and Bricks

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Chair LaPlante introduced Elizabeth Bredfeldt. She is a Freshman at Glenbard West High school and is very intersted in public service and political science.

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

MOVER: Lynn LaPlante

SECONDER: Patty Gustin

4.A. 23-2138

CDC Executive Committee - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, June 6, 2023 There were no questions or comments.

On a Voice Vote, the Minutes were approved.

5. COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED

5.A. 24-0145

Recommendation for Approval of FY2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Act

(HOME) Application Funding Recommendations.

The agenda item was also covered on the January 2, 2024 HOME Advisory Group Agenda.

Keating explained to the Committee the reason for two separate agendas. The City of Naperville is its own CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Entitlement Community, so the County cannot spend any CDBG money in the City of Naperville. However, Naperville participates in the HOME Consortium. That is the difference between HOME Advisory Group and the Community Development Commission Executive (CDC Exec) Committee. It was discussed with the State's Attorney's office to see if there was any way to combine these two in to one meeting, but they have two separate governing bodies. That is the reason for there sometimes being duplicate agenda items.

There were no questions.

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

MOVER: Greg Schwarze

SECONDER: Patty Gustin

5.B. 24-0163

Recommendation for Approval of the newly created Build America, Buy America (BABA) Policy.

There were no questions.

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

RESULT: APPROVED

MOVER: Yeena Yoo

SECONDER: Patty Gustin

5.C. 24-0146

Recommendation to waive the requirements related to fixed-rate mortgages and non-permissible balloon payments under the “Subordination Policy – Rental & Public Facility,” and approve subordination of two Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Liens with Serenity House Foundation (now known as Advance Resource Recovery Corporation), Projects CD19-07 and CD22-07, to St. Charles Bank & Trust Company (SCBT).

Yoo questioned if forgiveness of the loan was anticipated without receiving any funding back with the subordination. Keating explained that forgiveness and subordination were two different items. Subordination just means what lien position the County is in on the property. In general, these CDBG funds are given in a five-year mortgage. After the five-year period, it will be forgiven. The amount of the first lien holder is very small on a property which may be worth 30 times more than what the loan is for. The County is not concerned about any (financial) risk.

There were no other questions.

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

RESULT: APPROVED

MOVER: Michael Childress

SECONDER: Yeena Yoo

6. OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business.

7. ADJOURNMENT

The Motion was made by LaPlante, seconded by Gustin, to adjourn the meeting at 12:04pm.

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