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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/02/2004 CRC minutes MINUTES COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION Mount Prospect Public Works Building - 1700 W. Central Road Thursday, September 2, 2004 7:00 p.m. The meeting of the Community Relations Commission (CRe) of the Village of Mount Prospect was held on Thursday, September 2nd, 2004, at the Mount Prospect Public Works Building, 1700 W. Central Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois. CALL TO ORDER Chairman John Brennan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Commissioners Rosario Schulz and Anthony Tolbert were present. The Village staff present were Marisa Warneke, Neighborhood Planner, and Lisa Angell, Staff Liaison. OLD BUSINESS There was no Old Business to discuss. NEW BUSINESS Public Hearin2 for FY 2005CDBG requests Chairman Brennan briefly summarized the intent of the public hearing and the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. He noted that the meeting was intended solely as an opportunity for the applicants to review their various programs and related funding requests, and that no final funding recommendations would occur at the conclusion of the hearing. Chairman Brennan outlined to those in the audience how the Public Hearing would proceed with regards to reviewing the 2005 Budget for the CDBG program. He asked that all applicants for the CDBG program sign in and noted that he would call on them in the order they had signed in to make their presentation. He requested that their presentation be no longer than five minutes, which would then be followed by a question and answer period by the Commission. He advised them that the Commission would take all the comments and questions into consideration and then meet on September 9th to prepare their final budget recommendations to the Village's Board of Trustees. '" Chairman Brennan then asked that representative from CEDA Northwest Self-Help Center to come forward and make a presentation. CEDA provides supportive services for homeless and those at-risk of becoming homeless. Their request actually contained two components: one was the Emergency Housing Program with a funding request of$l 0,000; and the second was $6,500 for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The Emergency Housing Program provides both homeless prevention and transitional housing. The Child Care Subsidy Program provides subsidies to parents who need to place their children in day care so they can work full-time. The next presentation was regarding Camp Fire - Campin' Kids. This program provides a summer day camp for children from the Boxwood area 5 days per week. The United Way has cut 10% of their total budget, and their budget request for this year was $20,000. Representatives from Alexian Brothers Mental Health Center made the next presentation. This program provides mental health counseling for low- and moderate-income persons of Wheeling Township who are residents of Mount Prospect. This program would also provide much needed medication prescribed by a Community Relations Commission September 2, 2004 Minutes Page 2 psychiatrist. Alexian Brothers requested $10,000 for FY 2005. The fourth presentation was for the Access to Care Program, which provides healthcare to the low-income residents of Mount Prospect. There are enough physician slots to assist 27,000 individuals, however there is not enough funding available to the agency. Access To Care requested $12,000 to assist Mount Prospect residents. The next presentation was for Resources for Community Living. Resources For Community Living provides alternative living arrangements and supportive services to adults with developmental and/or physical disabilities. These services include everything from balancing a checkbook, to participating in social groups, to finding affordable housing. This program requested $7,000 for the 2005 fiscal year. The next presentation was for the Clayground Professional Art Studio, a Division of the River Trails Park District. Their request actually contained two components: one was the Clayground Youth Program at a. funding request of$9,990, and the other was a Clayground Adult Program at a funding request of$2,250. The Clayground Youth program would provide art classes to low- and moderate-income youth, especially from the Boxwood area. The Clayground Adult Program would provide teaches low-income adults (especially women) ceramics. This will allow individuals to become involved outside their homes. The Greater Wheeling Area Youth Outreach, Inc. administers the Summer Adventure, which was run by the Village's Human Services Department in previous years. Summer Adventure provides a summer day camp to children that live on the south side of Mount Prospect in conjunction with School District 59. Summer Adventure requested S 14,000 for FY 2005. The Village of Mount Prospect's Human Services Department came forward to make a presentation for the Mentor Program. This program requested $3,000 for the program, which pairs youth and adults in a one-on- one basis to provide a positive role model for the youth. This program has been in existence since 1993. The next presentation was for the Girl Scouts Program and the funding request is targeted towards assisting Hispanic girls. They indicated that their research shows that Hispanic girls are the most underserved. The program's funding request for FY 2005 was $6,000. -" The next presentation was from the Mt. Prospect Park District's Club RecPlex facility. Their request for $2,500 is used for the Friday night Youth Program that they offer at the RecPlex. The Park District primarily funds this program, while CDBG funds supply extra activities. A representative of WINGS made the next presentation. This program provides assistance to women who are homeless and/or victims of domestic violence. WINGS plans to open a domestic violence shelter at the end of 2004. This program requested $5,000 in funding. The next presentation was from the Children's Advocacy Center. Their request was for $5,000. The Center provides crisis intervention following a report of child abuse, counseling, child interviews, court advocacy and other supportive services to sexually abused children and their families. In addition they plan to implement a program that provides counseling to children under the age of 5 who have witnessed domestic violence. The next presentation was from a representative of Resource Center for the Elderly. Resource Center for the Elderly provides the Senior-Shared Housing Program, which matches up an elderly person with a low-income person who can't afford to live on hislher own. Their funding request for 2005 was $3,500. Community Relations Commission September 2, 2004 Minutes Page 3 Representatives of Journeys from PADS to HOPE made the next presentation. Journeys provides showers, washing facilities, a food pantry, a clothing pantry, and emergency shelters for the homeless. Their funding request for 2005 was $7,000. The next presentation was from Workforce Development Inc. This program would provide English as a Second Language technical courses to lOnon-English speaking persons. This program requested $15,000 for FY 2005. The final presentation was from Orchard Village who requested funds for the rehabilitation of a single-family group home in Mount Prospect. Funds would be used to add an addition on to the current house, which would increase the home's capacity from 5 to 7 handicapped persons. The program requested $37,000 in funding. It was noted that this request for funding is a separate line item from the Public Service Programs' funding. Chairman Brennan closed the public hearing after all members in the audience had the opportunity to comment on the subject. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was closed at 9:16 p.m. ~j(;Lmiþ ~ Marisa Warneke Neighborhood Planner -- H:IPLANICDBG\2005\Action Plan\AppIications\Minutes\CRC September 2, 2004 Public Hearing Minutes.doc