Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2019-09-09

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Housing Advisory Commission

Monday, September 9, 2019 6:30 PM Meeting Room A




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:
1. 19-864 Approve the regular Housing Advisory Commission meeting minutes of
 July 8, 2019

2. 19-860 Review the August 22, 2019 HOMES Technical Assistance panel
 discussion and direct staff accordingly

E. NEW BUSINESS:
1. 19-861 Review and approve the proposed Housing Advisory Commission meeting
 schedule for calendar year 2020

F. REPORTS:
1. 19-862 Receive the updated progress report on the Analysis of Impediments to
 Fair Housing Choice (AI) and direct staff accordingly

2. 19-863 Discuss the contribution from CityGate Center II, LLC to promote
 affordable/attainable housing

G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




 Meeting Minutes

 Monday, September 9, 2019

 6:30 PM



 Meeting Room A



Housing Advisory Commission
Housing Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes September 9, 2019


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Commisioner Mark Rice served as interim chairman and called the meeting to
 order at 6:37 p.m.

B. ROLL CALL:
 Present 8- Mercedes Haber-Kovach, Linda Kuhn, Steve Lakner, Linda Wilhelm, Mark Rice,
 Patrick Kelly, Bradford Miller, and Brian Palm
 Excused 1- James Bernicky

 Absent 1- Shree Gurusamy




 Also Present: Ruth Broder, Community Grants Coordinator/Community Planner
 and Scott Williams, Community Planner

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Affordable Housing Donation
 Phil Meno, DuPage Housing Alliance, spoke in support of the Commission’s
 efforts on behalf of affordable housing and supported the donation by
 CityGate LLC to provide funding for affordable housing.

 Affordable Housing
 Mary Hamill, Accessible Community Task Force (ACTF), addressed the
 importance of affordable units being accessible to disabled people.

 Affordable Housing Donation
 Bob Buckman, DuPage Housing Alliance, encouraged the City to move
 quickly to get developers to contribute affordable units and to draft an
 inclusionary ordinance.

 Affordable Housing Donation
 Gary Smith, ACTF, said that accessible housing should not compete with
 senior housing, but that accessibility is also important. The ordinance
 accepting the CityGate LLC contribution does not specify that the dollars
 be used for affordable housing. An inclusionary housing ordinance
 should be a City priority. Developers can afford to make these
 contributions.



D. OLD BUSINESS:

1. Approve the regular Housing Advisory Commission meeting minutes of July 8, 2019
 Attachments: MeetingMinutes09-Jul-2019-03-35-16.pdf

 A motion was made by Commissioner Miller, seconded by Commissioner Lakner,
 to approve the minutes of the July 8, 2019 Housing Advisory Commission Meeting.

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 The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Haber-Kovach, Kuhn, Lakner, Wilhelm, Rice, Kelly, Miller, and Palm

 Excused: 1- Bernicky

 Absent: 1- Gurusamy


2. Review the August 22, 2019 HOMES Technical Assistance panel discussion and direct
 staff accordingly
 Attachments: Naperville HOMES Agenda.pdf

 Broder provided a brief introduction describing the attendees and topics
 discussed at the panel.
 Commissioner Rice discussed his take-aways: the meeting was very
 educational and that the inclusionary zoning ordinance and teardown tax were
 the most interesting proposals.
 Commissioner Lakner requested additional information on the process of
 completing an inclusionary zoning ordinance, what it would take to get an
 ordinance adopted, and incentives for including affordable housing.
 Councilman Kelly stated that proposals and text amendments will require
 research to determine what will work for Naperville and the TED Department
 has advised it could take as long as one year to complete a full ordinance.
 The Commission discussed that recommendations being drafted by the
 HOMES Technical Assistance Group will provide action steps, that the City
 Council should accept the CityGate LLC funds as a place to start, and the
 appropriateness of having the Commission begin drafting an ordinance.
 Broder stated that staff can only draft an ordinance at the direction of Council
 and the Commission can advise Council on priorities.
 The Commission discussed inclusionary zoning ordinances and issues the to
 be addressed would include when and whether to accept funding in lieu of
 affordable units, how to define affordability, how to provide flexibility to allow
 developers to make a profit. The Commission also stated that developers need
 clear standards and requirements and suggested included using the State of
 Illinois definition as determined by the Illinois Housing Development Authority
 (IHDA).
 Councilman Kelly stated that three Councilmembers can propose an item to be
 on a City Council agenda, public comment from commissioners and others
 would be appropriate, explained how the $200,000 donation from CityGate LLC
 was determined.
 Consensus was that in the short-term, commissioners should speak at Council
 meetings and give their opinion on affordable units included in developments
 and how funds obtained should be used. Commissioners should try to attend
 the next City Council meeting on September 17, if possible, and confer with
 Councilmen Kelly. Chairman Bernicky should represent the Commission.



 A motion was made by Commissioner Haber-Kovach, seconded by Commissioner
 Kuhn, to hold a Housing Advisory Commission meeting in October for further
 discussion of the topics addressed. The motion carried by the following vote:



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 Aye: 7- Haber-Kovach, Kuhn, Lakner, Wilhelm, Rice, Kelly, Miller, and Palm

 Excused: 1- Bernicky

 Absent: 1- Gurusamy

E. NEW BUSINESS:

1. Review and approve the proposed Housing Advisory Commission meeting schedule for
 calendar year 2020
 Attachments: 2020 HAC Meeting Schedule.pdf

 A motion was made by Commissioner Haber-Kovach, seconded by Commissioner
 Kuhn, to approve the proposed Housing Advisory Commission meeting schedule
 for Calendar Year 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Haber-Kovach, Kuhn, Lakner, Wilhelm, Rice, Kelly, Miller, and Palm

 Excused: 1- Bernicky

 Absent: 1- Gurusamy

F. REPORTS:

1. Receive the updated progress report on the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
 Choice (AI) and direct staff accordingly
 Attachments: AI Action Plan Progress Report_Sept 2019.pdf

 Action Item 3A: The City received two proposals for the Housing Needs
 Assessment/Affordable Housing Study. Both consultants were interviewed and
 the proposals were scored both before and after the interviews. The higher
 scoring consultant was invited to a scoping meeting and came to agreement on
 a fee. A Consultant Agreement was agreed to by both parties. We are now
 waiting for the signed agreement to be returned by the consultant for CMO
 approval. It is expected that this will take place by the end of this week.
 Haber-Kovach, Miller and Williams were thanked for their participation on the
 review team.
 Action Items 3B/3C/3D: Broder explained that it was not possible to have the
 comprehensive plan consultant attend the meeting due to costs. Williams briefly
 discussed the public meeting schedule for the comprehensive plan update and
 the Planning Commission process.


 The report was received.


2. Discuss the contribution from CityGate Center II, LLC to promote affordable/attainable
 housing
 Attachments: CityGate LLC Ordinance

 This item was discussedunder Item D-2.

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G. ADJOURNMENT:
 A motion was made by Commissioner Lakner, seconded by Commissioner Palm,
 to adjourn the regular Housing Advisory Commission meeting of September 9,
 2019 at 7:46 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Haber-Kovach, Kuhn, Lakner, Wilhelm, Rice, Kelly, Miller, and Palm

 Excused: 1- Bernicky

 Absent: 1- Gurusamy




 /S/Ruth Broder
 Ruth Broder
 Community Grants Coordinator/Community Planner




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