421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Community Development Commission  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, April 1, 2025  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Acting Chair Lynn LaPlante at 11:41 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; Julie Hamlin, Community  
Development Administrator; Amish Kadakia, Senior Accountant (Remote), Ashley Miller,  
Community Development Manager, Rebecca DeLaura, Housing & Community Development  
Planner  
Assistant State’s Attorney - Katherine Fahy  
Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff, Garcia, Honig, Rutledge, Schwarze,  
Bastian, Evans, Childress, Flint, Galassi, LaPlante, Farrell,  
Gascoigne, Hennerfeind, Jones, Poeicha, and Pozsgay  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
Covert, Krajewski, Tornatore, Zay, Bricks, Cage, Chassee, Franz,  
Hocking, Yoo, Franz, Gargano, Gombac, Govind, Headley, Krol,  
McLaughlin, Page, Popovich, Stone, Barrett, and Smetana  
Haider, and Cronin Cahill  
Ozog  
REMOTE  
LATE  
MOTION TO ALLOW REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
There has been a request to allow remote participation from Member Saba Haider and Member  
Cindy Cronin-Cahill under Section 7 (a) of the Open Meetings Act; Pursuant to Section 7(a) of  
the Open Meetings Act, if a Quorum of the members of the public body is physically present, as  
required by Section 2.01, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to  
attend the meeting by other means, if the member is prevented from physically attending because  
of: (5 ILCS 120/7(a). 7(a) permits attending electronically due to (i) Illness or disability, (ii)  
employment purposes or the business of the public body, or (iii) a family or other  
emergency.)  
APPROVED  
Lucy Evans  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Michael Crandall  
SECONDER:  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
4.A.  
25-0904  
Community Development Commission - Regular Meeting - April 2, 2024  
APPROVED  
Lucy Evans  
Kari Galassi  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
5.  
COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED  
5.A.  
25-0905  
Approval of the FY2025 Slate of Officers and Community Development Commission  
Executive Committee as Presented.  
The specifics are available in the memo included in the agenda packet.  
APPROVED  
Paula Garcia  
Lucy Evans  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff, Garcia, Honig, Rutledge, Schwarze,  
Bastian, Evans, Childress, Flint, Galassi, LaPlante, Farrell,  
Gascoigne, Hennerfeind, Jones, Poeicha, and Pozsgay  
Covert, Krajewski, Tornatore, Zay, Bricks, Cage, Chassee, Franz,  
Hocking, Yoo, Franz, Gargano, Gombac, Govind, Headley, Krol,  
McLaughlin, Page, Popovich, Stone, Barrett, and Smetana  
ABSENT:  
Haider, and Cronin Cahill  
Ozog  
REMOTE:  
LATE:  
5.B.  
25-0906  
Recommendation of approval to engage with the Hanover Park Park District regarding  
the possibility of using available Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus  
(CDBG-CV) funds for improvements to the Hollywood Park Playground in the Village of  
Hanover Park  
Recommendation of approval to engage with the Hanover Park Park District regarding  
the possibility of using available Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus  
(CDBG-CV) funds for improvements to the Hollywood Park Playground in the Village  
of Hanover Park.  
A recommendation was made to approve engagement with the Hanover Park Park  
District to explore the possibility of utilizing available Community Development Block  
Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Funds for improvements to the Hollywood Park  
Playground. DuPage County received approximately $6.6M in Community  
Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funding in 2021 and must be  
expended by June 4, 2027. Several projects have already been successfully completed,  
leaving a remaining balance available for additional initiatives $407,522.06. We are  
bringing forth this request and recommendation, so we can move one final project along  
with the available funding. Our proposal is to adjust our administration and planning  
amount so we can book a little extra money into a public facility improvement project.  
Allowing $391,000 to do that park improvement. This project was initially identified in  
October 2024, following our open call for neighborhood investment applications for  
2025 and 2026 program years. As part of those applications, we allowed parks and  
recreational facilities improvements to be applied for. We received two projects that  
met that park and recreational facility improvement requirement and decided Hanover  
Park, Park District project was a good fit. The Park Improvement project aims to  
replace a 30-year-old playground that has exceeded its useful life. Located in a  
residential neighborhood where 86.6% of households are classified as low to moderate  
income, the project aligns with HUD guidance for the CDBG-CV program. Upon  
review of requested documentation and confirmation of the project is eligible under  
CDBG-CV rules and requirements, a formal recommendation for a CDBG-CV  
agreement will be present to this committee. Concerns about Hannover Park being in  
Cook County and DuPage County were raised. Concerns that Hanover Park Park  
District isn’t part of this right now, Julie Hamlin explained that we have not engaged  
with them in regard to using CDBG-CV funds because as part of our 2025/2026  
funding process they were informed that that project wasn't recommended for the  
CDBG allocation, but Hanover Park Park District would be a great fit for CDBG-CV.  
Julie Hamlin discussed Hanover Park would have to come up with general funds to cover  
costs for Architectural, engineering, construction management and the bulk of the  
Hanover Park Park district requested funds are funds from CDBG. Mary Keating  
suggested Julie Hamlin to first permission to engage with Hanover Park Park District in  
this project, given that this is an unusual situation. Normally, once an organization  
applies for a specific funding opportunity, the matter is considered closed. Additionally,  
communities spanning multiple counties can choose to either divide their population  
between two urban counties or align entirely with one.  
APPROVED  
Lucy Evans  
Kari Galassi  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff, Garcia, Honig, Rutledge, Schwarze,  
Bastian, Evans, Childress, Flint, Galassi, LaPlante, Farrell,  
Gascoigne, Hennerfeind, Jones, Poeicha, and Pozsgay  
AYES:  
Covert, Krajewski, Tornatore, Zay, Bricks, Cage, Chassee, Franz,  
Hocking, Yoo, Franz, Gargano, Gombac, Govind, Headley, Krol,  
McLaughlin, Page, Popovich, Stone, Barrett, and Smetana  
ABSENT:  
Haider, and Cronin Cahill  
Ozog  
REMOTE:  
LATE:  
6.  
7.  
8.  
OTHER BUSINESS  
No other business was discussed.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:05 PM.  
NEXT MEETING DATE - APRIL 7, 2026