421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Community Development Commission  
Final Summary  
Tuesday, April 7, 2026  
11:30 AM  
Room 3500B  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
11:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Lynn LaPlante at 11:32 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director; Ashley Miller,  
Community Development Manager: Amanda Kowalik, Project Coordinator; Brittany Valenzuela,  
Housing & Community Development Planner; David Ragsdale, Housing & Community  
Development Planner.  
People in attendance: Josh Junger, Superintendent of Parks and Planning for Hanover Park.  
Assistant State’s Attorney - Renee Zerante.  
Covert, Crandall, Eckhoff, Garcia, Govind, Honig, Jones, Poeicha,  
Popovich, Schwarze, Farrell, Franz, Gascoigne, Smetana,  
Hennerfeind, Haider, Bastian, Bricks, Cage, Hocking, Martinez,  
Yoo, Flint, Galassi, LaPlante, Henaghan, and Peterson  
PRESENT  
Gombac, Krajewski, Ozog, Page, Tornatore, Zay, Headley, Pozsgay,  
Stone, Krol, Evans, Childress, Cronin Cahill, Dick, and Summers  
ABSENT  
DeSart  
REMOTE  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
4.A.  
26-1162  
Community Development Commission - Regular Meeting Minutes - Tuesday, April 1,  
2025  
On a Voice Vote, All Ayes, the Minutes of April 1, 2025 were approved.  
APPROVED  
Lynn LaPlante  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
5.  
COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED  
5.A.  
26-1163  
Approval of the FY2026 Slate of Officers and Community Development Commission  
Executive Committee as Presented.  
The specifics are available in the memo included in the agenda packet.  
On a Roll Call Vote, all Ayes, the Motion passed.  
APPROVED  
Sadia Covert  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
Covert, Crandall, Eckhoff, Garcia, Govind, Honig, Jones, Poeicha,  
Popovich, Schwarze, Farrell, Franz, Gascoigne, Smetana,  
Hennerfeind, Haider, Bastian, Bricks, Cage, Hocking, Martinez,  
Yoo, Flint, Galassi, LaPlante, Henaghan, and Peterson  
Gombac, Krajewski, Ozog, Page, Tornatore, Zay, Headley, Pozsgay,  
Stone, Krol, Evans, Childress, Cronin Cahill, Dick, and Summers  
ABSENT:  
DeSart  
REMOTE:  
5.B. Member Shubhra Govind nominated herself for the vacant position on the CDC  
Executive Committee.  
On a voice vote, all Ayes, the Motion passed.  
APPROVED  
RESULT:  
Shubhra Govind  
Greg Schwarze  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
5.C.  
26-1164  
Recommendation for approval of a 1st Modification to a Community Development Block  
Grant-CARES Act (CDBG-CV) Program Agreement with the Hanover Park Park  
District, Project Number CDCV21-04, incorporating newly effective requirements under  
the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act.  
On a voice vote, all Ayes, the Motion passed.  
APPROVED  
Lynn LaPlante  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
INFORMATIONAL  
6.A.  
26-1165  
PowerPoint presentation for our full Community Development Commission meeting.  
Ashley Miller presented information via PowerPoint followed by a discussion. Ashley  
reported that the federal government requires our program to maintain a timeliness ratio  
of 1.5 or less sixty days before the end of the program year. This year, our ratio was 1.0,  
which is five percent below the federal limit. This shows that we are spending funds on  
time and completing projects as expected. We have consistently stayed around the 1.0  
mark for the past few years, which reflects strong performance. Ashley noted that this  
process is the result of effective work by our team, municipal partners, and nonprofit  
partners, and emphasized that meeting the benchmark keeps us in good standing with  
HUD.  
7.  
OTHER BUSINESS  
Mary Keating advised that the president’s initial 2027 budget proposal last year, similar to the  
2026 proposal, eliminated funding for CDBG and HOME programs, as well as the Emergency  
Solutions Grant and other federal programs that support the Community Services Department.  
This is not the first time these programs have been proposed for elimination. When speaking  
with federal representatives, remind them how essential these funds are, as they are among the  
few federal resources that consistently return to local communities. Congress has the authority to  
pass the budget so continued advocacy for these programs remains important.  
8.  
9.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:58AM.  
NEXT MEETING DATE - APRIL 6, 2027