421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD

WHEATON, IL 60187

DU PAGE COUNTY

www.dupagecounty.gov

Community Development Commission

Final Summary

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chair LaPlante called the meeting to order at 11:30a.m.

MOTION TO ALLOW REMOTE PARTICIPATION

11:30 AM

Room 3500B

“There has been a request to allow remote participation from Member Gosia Pociecha 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. )

On a Voice Vote, the Motion Passed.

APPROVED

Patty Gustin

Paula Garcia

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

ROLL CALL

Staff Present: Mary Keating, Community Services Director (Remote); Julie Hamlin, Community

Development Administrator; Momina Baig, Housing and Community Development Planner

(Remote); Chloe Harrington, Housing and Community Development Planner (Remote); 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 - Trevor Prindle.

Bastian, Bricks, Chassee, Chaplin, Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff,

Garcia, Heniff, LaPlante, Ozog, Schwarze, Tornatore, Arguilles,

Farrell, Franz, Franz, Gascoigne, Headley, Pozsgay, Smetana, Evans,

Galassi, Gustin, Todorovic, Yoo, Cage, and Hennerfeind

PRESENT

Barrett, Covert, Gargano, Gombac, Jones, Krajewski, Page,

Popovich, Rutledge, Zay, Stone, Cronin Cahill, Childress,

McLaughlin, and Halloran

ABSENT

Poeicha

REMOTE

The following Public Comments were delivered via the Public Comment Web Page.

Submitted at 01/23/24 12:06 PM

Meeting Date: 12/07/23

Meeting: Community Development Commission

Name: Annita Zver

Organization: Casa Bella Estates

Address: 188 Annalisa Court

Bloomingdale, IL 60108

Daytime

Phone: (630) 782-5749

Subject: Medinah Road Residences

Comment:

I am strongly opposed to the approval of the Medinah Road Residences

development. It brings to many residences and too much traffic to our area. I

didn’t move to my area to support this. Many other problems also that have

been stated for our neighborhood. Please…NO, NO, NO!

Mrs Annita Zver

Submitted at 02/13/24 6:14 PM

Meeting Date: 02/20/24

Meeting: Community Development Commission

Name: Roger Wittersheim

Organization:

Address: 353 Donna Lane

Bloomindale , IL 60108

Daytime

Phone: (630) 310-6903

Subject: Medinah Road Residents

Comment:

I strongly oppose the construction of a 70 unit apartment complex. In this

area.This property should be used for single family residences not multi family

apartments.Medinah road south of Lake street has been congested with traffic

already .

Submitted at 02/14/24 6:52 AM

Meeting Date: 02/20/24

Meeting: Community Development Commission

Name: Susan Wittersheim

Organization:

Address: 353 Donna Lane

Bloomingdale , IL 60108

Daytime

Phone: (630) 310-2647

Subject: Medinah Road Residents

Comment:

I strongly oppose of this 70 unit Apartment complex to be built on Medinah

Road property should be used as single family homes not multi family

apartments.

Submitted at 03/14/24 1:48 PM

Meeting Date: 03/19/24

Meeting: Community Development Commission

Name: Susan Wittersheim

Organization:

Address: 353 Donna lane

Bloomingdale , IL 60108

Daytime

Phone: (630) 310-6903

Subject: 70 unit apt complex on Medina rd

Comment:

We are opposed to this 70 unit apt building being proposed to our area on

Medinah Road this property should be used for single family housing not multi

family apartments.already Medina road is traffic congested.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

4.A.

24-1103

Community Development Commission - Regular Meeting - Tuesday, April 4, 2023

On a Voice Vote, the April 4, 2023 Minutes were Approved.

APPROVED

Lynn LaPlante

Patty Gustin

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

COMMITTEE VOTE REQUIRED

5.A.

24-1092

Approval of the FY2024 Slate of Officers and Community Development Commission

Executive Committee as Presented.

Chair LaPlante explained to the Committee that every year the Chair position switches

off between a County Board Member and a Municipal Member. For Program Year

2024, the Chair will be a Municipal Member.

Officers:

Lori Chassee - West Chicago (Chair)

Lynn LaPlante - District 4 (Vice Chair)

Municipal Members:

Don Bastian - Carol Stream

Caron Bricks - Roselle

Edmond Cage - Clarendon Hills

Michael Crandall - Addison

Mike Todorovic - Glendale Heights

County Members:

Michael Childress - District 3

Patty Gustin - District 5

Brian Krajewski - District 1

Greg Schwarze - District 6

Yeen Yoo - District 2

On a Roll Call Vote, the Motion Passed.

At this point, former Chair LaPlante turned the meeting over to Chair Chassee.

APPROVED

Lynn LaPlante

Patty Gustin

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

AYES:

Bastian, Bricks, Chassee, Chaplin, Crandall, DeSart, Eckhoff,

Garcia, Heniff, LaPlante, Ozog, Popovich, Schwarze, Tornatore,

Farrell, Franz, Franz, Gascoigne, Headley, Pozsgay, Smetana, Evans,

Galassi, Gustin, Todorovic, Yoo, Cage, and Hennerfeind

Barrett, Covert, Gargano, Gombac, Jones, Krajewski, Page,

Rutledge, Zay, Arguilles, Stone, Cronin Cahill, Childress,

McLaughlin, and Halloran

ABSENT:

Poeicha

REMOTE:

LATE:

Govind, and Gadde

INFORMATIONAL

6.A.

24-1094

Informational Item – Single Family Rehab Program (SFR) Project #1818 – Grant

Funding Overage.

Hamlin informed the Committee that the Department tries to keep project costs at or

under $15,000. In the best interest of the client, Staff felt it was appropriate to move

forward with the Change Order.

NO ACTION REQUIRED

RESULT:

24-1095

6.B.

Informational Item – Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery

(CDBG-DR) Program Review.

The CDBG-DR (Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery) PowerPoint

can be viewed in the Minutes Packet

Julie Hamlin, Community Development Administrator, introduced herself to the

Committee. This project is near Closeout. Discussed was the flood event that took place

on April 18, 2013.

Additional Comments:

Slide 2 - The Federal Government can appropriate disaster recovery funding under the

Community Development Block Grant Program when it is in response to

Presidenitally-declared disaster.

Slide 3 - Rain fall for DuPage County fell in the 5 to 8 inch rainfall category.

Slide 4 - It was the County’s responsibility to assess damage. This was performed

through outreach with the general public, municipalities and close partnership with

DuPage County Stormwater Division. Identified was where flooding took place, how to

rebuild/replace structures, and to assist homeowners that were impacted by the event.

Recovery needs were established through outreach.

Slide 5 - DuPage County Stormwater assisted in getting projects completed. The County

also worked closely with its Municipal partners. Buyouts were completed throughout

nine municipalities. Infrastructure projects focused on culvert replacements, flood plain

enhancements, river restoration, water retention and water detention facilities.

Slide 6 - Over $7 million was leveraged in additional funding. Low-to-moderate

infrastructure improvements were in census tract block groups that met the low-mod

requirement at the time of the flooding event. "Urgent Need" were projects that did not

meet the low-mod requirement but were identified as an urgent need due to the flood

event.

Slide 8 - Funding could be leveraged with FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant (HMGP)

Program. HMGP came in with 75% of the funding and CDBG-DR could match that at

25%.

Slide 9 - The Bensenville project was one of the smaller infrastructure rebuilds but had a

big impact on the community.

Slide 10 - The CDBG-DR funding provided 60% of low-mod benefit. The requlatory

requirements were at least 50%. The County went above and beyond the low-mod

requirement. Ten municipalities benefited from these projects.

At this time Sarah Hunn, Director of Stormwater Management was introduced. Hunn

went on to say the ability to perform in response to this flooding event occurred due to

the great planning in DuPage County, both from the Stormwater Management Planning

Committee and Municipalities. With the limited amount of time to get projects underway

all municipalities and departments, all came together with a list of projects.

Hunn said the Community Development Commission was very accommodating and

informative on the CDBG-DR grant, especially since Stormwater Management had not

dealt with this grant previously. This was the first grant that Hunn said they were able to

utilize Federal funds to use as match with other Federal funds.

Flood prone properties, specifically in Lisle, were devastated in this flood event. Hunn

noted that FEMA has a rule if you live in a flood plain and your home was damaged by

50% of the value over a tracking period of time, no rehab could be performed on that

home. The Lisle homes could not be repaired and had to be removed from the flood

plain. The only choices were to elevate or demolish.

NO ACTION REQUIRED

RESULT:

OTHER BUSINESS

Hamlin informed the Community that this year is CDBG’s 50th anniversary. HUD and local

communities are working together to highlight projects that have been funded through CDBG.

The County has decided to do a social media campaign starting this month identifying and

highlighting all types of projects done over the last few years. There will also be testimonials

from those who have received CDBG funds. April is Community Development Month, HUD

also has something planned for August. The County will keep the social media campaign going

from now until the end of the year.

NO ACTION REQUIRED

RESULT:

ADJOURNMENT

On a Voice Vote, all Ayes, the meeting adjourned at 11:46a.m.

ADJOURNED

Patty Gustin

Yeena Yoo

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

NEXT MEETING DATE - APRIL 8, 2025