City Council — Naperville, IL
Date: 2020-09-29

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



 Meeting Agenda

 City Council

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00 PM On Zoom - Open agenda to see cable, phone &
 streaming options

 Workshop: Affordable Housing Recommendations



Due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the September 29 City Council
workshop will be conducted using Zoom Webinar technology.

TO WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP LIVE:
• Watch on WCNC GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION (Ch. 6-WOW, Ch. 10 - Comcast,
Ch. 99 - AT&T)
• Watch online at https://naperville.legistar.com
• Listen by telephone (audio only) – registration to receive dial-in phone number required by
calling the City Clerk’s Office, (630) 305-5300, by 5 p.m. on September 29

TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE MEETING:
To address the City Council via Zoom and provide public comment, members of the public must
register by 5 p.m. on September 29 at: www.naperville.il.us/speakersignup

The public may choose to provide public comment in any of the following ways:
1. Submit a written comment to the City in advance of the City Council workshop (by 5 p.m. on
September 29) to be read into the public record during the City Council workshop by a member
of staff.
2. Address the City Council live during the City Council workshop via spoken audio. Individuals
who want to address the Council live must sign up to speak in advance of the City Council
workshop (by 5 p.m. on September 29).
Once signed up, the individual will receive an email from the City Clerk’s Office after the sign-up
time ends with information about how to join the meeting.
• Online sign-up closes at 5 p.m. on September 29, at which time no other speakers or
comments will be accepted.

A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. INTRODUCTION:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. PRESENTATION:



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 20-1110 Provide direction on the eight priority housing program recommendations
 submitted by the Housing Advisory Commission

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



 Meeting Minutes

 City Council


Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00 PM
 On Zoom - Open agenda to see cable, phone & streaming
 options

 Workshop: Affordable Housing Recommendations

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the September 29 City Council
workshop will be conducted using Zoom Webinar technology.

TO WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP LIVE:
• Watch on WCNC GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION (Ch. 6-WOW, Ch. 10 - Comcast, Ch.
99 - AT&T)
• Watch online at https://naperville.legistar.com
• Listen by telephone (audio only) – registration to receive dial-in phone number required by
calling the City Clerk’s Office, (630) 305-5300, by 5 p.m. on September 29

TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE MEETING:
To address the City Council via Zoom and provide public comment, members of the public must
register by 5 p.m. on September 29 at: www.naperville.il.us/speakersignup

The public may choose to provide public comment in any of the following ways:
1. Submit a written comment to the City in advance of the City Council workshop (by 5 p.m. on
September 29) to be read into the public record during the City Council workshop by a member
of staff.
2. Address the City Council live during the City Council workshop via spoken audio. Individuals
who want to address the Council live must sign up to speak in advance of the City Council
workshop (by 5 p.m. on September 29).
Once signed up, the individual will receive an email from the City Clerk’s Office after the sign-up
time ends with information about how to join the meeting.
• Online sign-up closes at 5 p.m. on September 29, at which time no other speakers or comments
will be accepted.

A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Chirico called the workshop to order at 7:00 p.m.




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 Present: 9- Mayor Steve Chirico
 Councilwoman Judith Brodhead
 Councilman Kevin Coyne
 Councilwoman Patty Gustin
 Councilman Paul Hinterlong
 Councilman Patrick Kelly
 Councilman John Krummen
 Councilwoman Theresa Sullivan
 Councilman Benjamin White




 Also Present
 City Manager, Doug Krieger; Deputy City Manager, Marcie Schatz; City
 Attorney, Mike DiSanto; City Clerk, Pam Gallahue; Director of Finance, Rachel
 Mayer; Director of IT, Jacqueline Nguyen; Director of TED, Bill Novack; Deputy
 Director of TED, Allison Laff; Communications Manager, Linda LaCloche

 Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, NCTV-17


B. INTRODUCTION:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 COMMENTS TO BE READ BY STAFF

 Gary D. Smith - The Naperville Accessible Community Task Force
 I am the Chair of the Accessible Community Task Force; the Task Force's
 mission is to enhance the lives of individuals with physical, cognitive, mental
 and/or developmental disabilities living, working in or visiting the City of
 Naperville. Being consistent with our mission, the Task Force strongly supports
 a meaningful and implementable affordable and accessible housing program for
 Naperville. The best way to achieve that is by implementing the eight action
 items extrapulated from the SB Friedman report and recommend by the
 Housing Advisory Commission that you will be discussing this evening.
 Recognizing that the eight items each stand on their own and deserve your
 serious and careful deliberations, we feel that number 8 involving the
 implementation of an inclusionary zoning ordinance is of utmost importance and
 that without that it would be extremely difficult to implement a meaningful
 affordable housing program. The Accessible Community Task Force
 encourages the council members to use this workshop as the beginning point
 of constructive and meaningful dialogue to create an affordable and accessible
 housing program for Naperville. This will lead to a more diverse, inclusive and
 sustainable community. Naperville is a beautiful city in which to live, visit or
 work; however, is it a welcoming community to those who want to live here who
 are seeking affordable housing? It is up to local government officials to ensure
 they implement programs such as affordable and accessible housing that will
 serve to create an inclusive, diverse and sustainable Naperville. Thank you.

 SPEAKERS


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 Donielle Deering spoke in favor of responsible affordable housing.
 Phil Meno spoke in favor of responsible affordable housing.
 Jim Hill spoke in favor of responsible affordable housing.
 Marilyn Schweitzer spoke in favor of responsible affordable housing.

D. PRESENTATION:

 Provide direction on the eight priority housing program recommendations submitted by
 the Housing Advisory Commission
 S.B. Friedman representatives, Lance Dorn and Fran Lefor Rood, presented
 the Naperville Housing Needs Assessment and reviewed the eight Housing
 Advisory Commission recommendations in the three broad categories of
 preserving existing housing, developing new housing, and financing/staffing
 infrastructure.

 Council discussed naturally occurring affordable housing, how inclusionary
 zoning was implemented in other communities, recent townhome
 developments, fee-in-lieu, the impact of COVID on the market, and strategies to
 approve more dense developments.

 Rood explained naturally occurring affordable housing as units from a previous
 generation or those not at the highest end of the market. She also discussed
 fee-in-lieu strategies to support naturally occurring affordable housing.

 Rood continued and discussed public land strategy, said data needs to be
 monitored and tracked over time, that the goal is not to stop market rate
 development but instead achieve community goals, and stated S.B. Friedman
 will provide follow-up information regarding success stories.

 Council discussed funding and efforts to incorporate affordable housing in the
 5th Avenue project.

 Rood outlined the strategy of building units, or affordable components, off-site
 from larger developments and cited Kansas City as an example.

 Dorn explained loans and that administration may be done by the City or in
 conjunction with a partner agency.

 Broder explained the Rehabilitation Loan Fund, that it is a common CDBG
 program used by many communities, the limited success of Naperville's past
 efforts, that $42K has been allocated for a loan program and that an RFP was
 completed but not let due to COVID, and explained the cap for
 administration/salary.

 Council discussed the census, attainable (workforce) and affordable
 (subsidized) data and parcels, money currently allocated to fee-in-lieu, how the
 City can be successful with the affordable housing initiative, the type of
 resources that are needed, a possible update to the AI report, laws related to
 IFFA, and the appropriateness of starting an initiative only to realize later that it
 cannot be accomplished.

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 Rood stated that having a workshop is a good first step and evaluating staff
 resources and capacity is critical.

 Krieger suggested moving forward with the first three recommendations: 1)
 Develop a working relationship with affordable housing developers, 2) Develop a
 strategy to leverage publicly owned land to address housing challenges, and 3)
 Develop a specific plan to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing
 (NOAH). He also discussed staffing resources, complexity of the inclusionary
 zoning ordinance, and adjustments to adhere to the Council majority.

 Council discussed the appropriateness of moving forward with the
 recommendations regarding the inclusionary zoning ordinance prior to soliciting
 stakeholder input and the staff position before the budget workshops are held.

 Rood clarified that S.B. Friedman would not have a role in refining strategies of
 recommendations that are selected.

 By consensus, Council directed staff to move forward with the three
 recommendations identified by Krieger, solicit input from stakeholders regarding
 the inclusionary zoning ordinance, and do homework on the remaining items.

 Krieger explained that the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) manager will not
 be a part of this initiative, that a workshop debrief meeting will be scheduled with
 staff, that other recommendations will still be evaluated and researched, and
 that staff will bring information to a future Council meeting for formal approval.

E. ADJOURNMENT:

 The City Council - Affordable Housing Recommendations Workshop adjourned
 at 9:42 p.m.




 /S/ Pam Gallahue
 Pam Gallahue, PhD
 City Clerk




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