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Minutes Comm Devel Dec 6 01DATE: TIME: PLACE: MINUTES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADV qLRY ''"'' :? COMMISSION MEETING · December 6, 2001 c~° _" ~ 7 p.m. St. Mark Community Center 1201 Locust Street / Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Chairperson Pregler called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. following staff assurance of compliance with iowa Open Meeting Law. Commissioners Present: Sr. Paula Maloy Harry Neustadt Dick Sullivan Michael Kelley Walter Pregier Jim Giesen Thomas Wainwright Commissioners Absent: Staff Present: Dan Shireman David Harris Joleen Patterson Laura Carstens Kris Neyen Jerelyn O'Connor Aggie Kramer Gil Spence Public Present: See attached list Chairperson Pregler welcomed new Commissioner Dick Sullivan. Review and Certification of Minutes of 8 November and 18 November 2001 Meetings Commiseioner Wainwright moved to approve both set of minutes as submitted. Commissioner Maloy seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Public Input The Commission addressed a letter from the City Manager regarding use of General Funds in lieu of CDBG funds for programs currently funded in the Annual Action Plan. David Harris reported on two letters received from HUD. One letter pertained to the CDBG drawdown timeliness issue and the other to the response to Dan Shireman's letter regarding Iow- moderate income benefit. David stated that these letters were for information purposes only. Linda McDonald from the Scenic Valley Agency on Aging reported to the Commission that they have spent almost all of the money they received for assistive devices and just wanted to thank the Commission for funding their program. Old Business None. New Business Public Hearing: FY2003 Annual Action Plan Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Commissioner Neustadt moved to open the public hearing. Commissioner Kelley seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Aggie Kramer reviewed the proposed Action Plan. Commissioner tsenhart requested that an explanation be given on staff services provided by the Planning Department paid by CDBG funds. He also requested figures regarding the recreation programs from Leisure Services to make sure the same programs are not being funded twice. The Commission received a memo from the Housing Trust Fund Committee recommending funds be transferred to the Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Program from the FY03 Trust Fund allocation and the Histodc Preservation Homeowner Grant Program. Terry Mozena from the Histodc Preservation Commission spoke to the Commission regarding the FY03 Histodc Preservation Grant Program. He stated that this program is working and that it should continue to receive full funding. Commissioner Giesen asked Sr. Inez if the Teen Center could accept less than the $50,000 requested. Sr. Inez stated that they already reduced the requested amount and do not feel that a lesser amount would be sufficient. Maggie Norby from Project Concem distributed the Downtown Neighborhood Guide for 2002. Commissioner Giesen moved to close the public headng. Commissioner Kelley seconded. Roll cell. All present in favor. Motion passed. Commissioner Isenhart moved to reallocate $15,000 from Histodc Preservation Homeowner Grant Program and $22,900 from the Trust Fund to the Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Program for FY03. Commissioner Neustadt seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Commissioner Isenhart stated for the record that the reason for the motion was to prioritize the health of children. The rest of the Commission agreed. The Commission discussed the Lifetime Center's continued funding for the last three years and the possibility of the Teen Center needing annual operating support. They spoke about not downsizing the cp2 funding. The Commission asked staff what conclusion was found after reviewing the Teen Center proposal. David stated that there is no other guaranteed funding outlined in their proposal. The Commission did not feel that thera was adequate information to commit $50,000 to the project. They stated that this would be an eligible cp2 project. Commissioner Isenhart moved to remove the Teen Center request $50,000 and increase the cp2 allocation to $111,000. Commissioner Neustadt seconded. Roll call. Giesen-nay; Kelley-nay. All others present in favor. Motion passed. The Commission requested staff to advise Sr. Inez for preparation of the cp2 application in next year's funding competition. Based on the changes, staff informed the Commission that this would increase the contingency to $21,275 in the FY03 CDBG budget. Commissioner Kelley moved to approve the FY2003 Annual Action Plan as amended. CommissionerWainwright seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Northend Neighborhood Large Grant Application Jerelyn O'Connor requested that the Commission approve the Northend Neighborhood's application for $2,400 to fund the processing of newletters. She stated that their approval will be contingent on staff verifying that this would be in compliance with Iow/moderate income benefit requirements. Commissioner Kelley moved to approve the Nor[fiend Neighborhood Large Grant Application. Commissioner Maloy seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed. Community Partnership (cp2) Program Review Aggie reviewed the one page summary of the program. She stated that she wanted to ctarffy the requirements and the goals the Commission has incorporated to extend the timeframe for completion of projects to1% years. Commissioner Giesen moved to approve the extension of time to complete cp2 projects to 1% years. Commissioner Isenhart seconded. Roll call. All present in favor. Motion passed, Vision Downtown Commissioner Giesen stated the report of the Downtown Planning/Visioning Committee had been forwarded to the City Council on December 3. Proposed HOME Application David spoke to the Commission regarding plans for a special rehab project for a proposed HOME Program application. He stated that the request of HOME funds is $700,000, for rehabilitating homes and rental units in the "Five Points" area. There being no further business to come before the Commission, Commissioner Giesen moved to adjourn. Commissioner Kelley seconded. Motion passed by voice vote. Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m, Minutes taken by: Kds Neyen~ Rehab Specialist ~Resl~..tctfully submitted by: David Harris, Director Housing and Community Development Department KLN PUBLIC IN A~I'ENDANCE AT PUBLIC HEARING FOP, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION DECEMBER 6, 2001 Name Nancy Zachar Fett Linda McDonald Sr. Inez Turnmeyer Maggie Norby Wayne Klostermann Suzanne Quinn Terry Mozena Jim Barry Laura Barry Sue Davison Organization,., Loras College Scenic Valley Agency on Aging St. Mark's Community Center Project Concern Northend Association Historic Preservation Commission Historic Preservation Commission Lifetime Center Teen Center DHS