CDBG Commission Agenda

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AGENDA FOR THE CITY OF MADISON
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMISSION

MEETING TIME:
5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 6, 2004

MEETING PLACE:
Room 260, Madison Municipal Building
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703

1. WELCOME — CHAIR'S REPORT

2. PUBLIC HEARING

Individuals wishing to address the Commission may register to speak. Speaking is limited to 3 minutes. Registered individuals representing projects listed on the agenda and wishing to speak will be called to speak when their item appears on the agenda.

3. STAFF REPORT

Trends in national, state, and local community/neighborhood development issues and budgets.
Correspondence and reports from various groups and individuals.
Status of current projects, including a proposal on loan subordination for individuals.

4. REQUEST FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS OR FUNDING FOR NEW PROJECTS

Friends Community Housing seeks Housing Development Funds to help it renovate and refinance its Allied housing properties.

Common Wealth Development requests Housing Development Funds to help it acquire housing units under construction by a private developer.
The Carpenter-Hawthorne-Ridgeway-Truax Steering Committee, which grew out of the concentration neighborhood planning process in this area, recommends that residual funds from the Hawthorne Park project be used for a Mayfair Park improvement project and for an East Isthmus Planning Council sign project.
Ms. Rene Bain requests approval of a subordination of the City HOME mortgage on her property to a new first mortgage.

5. SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON SURVEY OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

6. REVIEW OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

The Commission will review meeting minutes from its previous meeting.

7. CONFLICT OF INTEREST ISSUES

The CDBG Office has received no inquiries regarding potential conflicts of interest during the past month.

8. OTHER BUSINESS FOR ACTION

Issues and/or referrals to or from the Common Council

Updates on inclusionary zoning, the Housing Trust Fund, and other Council or Mayoral actions, including a resolution establishing policies and guidelines to assist in making the decision to support Section 42 low-income housing tax credit and tax-exempt bond projects.

Reports from Committees with CDBG Commission Representation

Coordinating Council (Holland).

Housing Committee (DePula and King).

Community Gardens Committee (Silverman).

Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Committee (Estante).

Other Commission representation.

Identification of Issues and Information for Future Topics

The Commission will identify discussion topics for its next several meetings.

9. NEXT MEETING

5:00pm, Thursday, June 3, 2004
Room 260, Madison Municipal Building
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Madison 53703

Respectfully submitted,
Patrick DePula, Chair
for the Commission

Additional information may be obtained from, or written comments may be submitted to the CDBG Office, Madison Municipal Building, Room 280, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., P.O. Box 2985, Madison, WI 53701-2985.