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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/21/2003 CRC minutes MINUTES COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION Mount Prospect Village Hall- 100 S. Emerson Street Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:00 p.m. The meeting of the Community Relations Commission (CRC) of the Village of Mount Prospect was held on Thursday, August 2 I, 2003 at the Mount Prospect Village Hall, 100 S. Emerson St., Mount Prospect, Illinois. CALL TO ORDER Chairman John Brennan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Commissioners Barbara Muench, Judi Muniz, Pankaj Parikh and Anthony Tolbert were present. The Village staff present were Michael Jacobs, Deputy Director of the Community Development Department, Max/sa Warneke, Neighborhood Planner, and Lisa Angell, Staff Liaison. OLD BUSINESS There were no Old Business items to discuss. NEW BUSINESS Public Hearing for FY 2004 CDBG requests Michael Jacobs briefly sununarized the intent of the public hearing and reviewed the various materials that had been provided to the CRC members by Staff. Mr. Jacobs 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 2004 Budget for the Community Development Block Grant (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 m/nutes, 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 4th to prepare their final budget recommendations to the Village's Board of Trustees. Chairman Breunan then asked that representatives from the Village of Mount Prospect's Human Services Department come forward to make a presentation. The representative indicated that the Village's Human Services Department operates two different programs, the Summer Adventure Program and the Mentor Program. The requested budget amount for the Summer Adventure Program was $15,000 and the requested amount for the Mentor Program was $3,000. Both programs are targeted to meet the needs of low-income at- risk children within the Village. The next presentation was for the Clayground Professional Art Studio, a Division of the River Trails Park District. This program provides youth programs for low-income children. Because the facility is now a division of the River Trails Park District, labor is provided to the studio. They requested $10,000 in funding for 2004. They would like the additional funding to be used to reach children on the South side of Mount Prospect. The third presentation was for the Access to Care Program, which provides healthcare to the low-income residents of Mount Prospect. There are currently 203 Mount Prospect residents on the waiting list for the program. Access To Care requested $12,000 to assist Mount Prospect residents. The next presentation was from the Children's Advocacy Center. Their request was for $4,500. The Center Community Relations Commission August 21, 2003 Minutes Page 2 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. They reported an increase in cases from last year. The next presentation was by a representative of Journeys from Pads to Hope. The Pads to Hope Program provides showers, washing facilities, a food pantry, a clothing pantry, and emergency shelters from October to May for the homeless. Their funding request for 2004 was $5,000. 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. This year only 10 of the 77 children in the program paid the full tuition for the summer. Their budget request for this year was $20,000, and they would like to hire a Spanish-speaking counselor to enhance conununication with some of the children. The next presentation was for Resources for Community Living. Resources For Community Living provides 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 2004 fiscal year. The next presentation was from the Mt. Prospect Park District's Club RecPlex facility. Their request for $3,000 is used for the Friday night Youth Program that they offer at the RecPlex. The Park District primarily funds this program, with the remaining funding provided through the CDBG program. 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 2004 was $5,000. They are hoping to serve at least 125 Hispanic girls with the 2004 funding. The next presentation was for the Special Leisure Services Foundation. Theyrequested $5,000 for 2004. This program covers the additional costs for a disabled individual to participate in park district programs with their non-disabled peers. The next presentation was from a representative of Resource Center for the Elderly. Resource Center for the Elderly provides an Elderly Shared Housing Program by matching up an elderly person with a Iow-income person who can't afford to live on his/her own. Their funding request for 2004 was $3,500. The next presentation was by CEDA Northwest Self-Help Center. CEDA provides services for transitional housing. Their request actually contained two components: one was the Emergency Housing Program with a funding request of $10,000; and the second was $6,250 for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The Emergency Housing Program provides both 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 from the Fellowship Housing Corporation. This program provides housing services to low-income single mothers and currently has 24 apartment units housing a total of 80 family members. However, they currently do not serve anyone from Mount Prospect. Their 2004 funding request was for $8,700. ommunity Relations Commission August 21, 2003 Minutes Page 3 The next presentation was from Orchard Village who requested funds for the rehabilitation of a single-family home the program currently o~vns. Five disabled men have been living in the home for the past 5 years. Funds would be used to replace flooring, repair the garage, replace siding and replace dilapidated handicapped ramps. The program requested $20,000 in funding. It was noted that this request for funding is a separate line item from the Public Service Programs' funding. The last presentation was from a representative of WINGS. This program provides assistance to women who are victims of domestic violence. There is currently one family living at the parsonage at the Lutheran Church of Mary and Martha in Mount Prospect. This program requested $5,000 in funding. Chairman Brennan closed the public hearing after all members in the audience had the opportunity to comment on the subject. ADJOURNIVIENT The meeting was closed at 9:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Michael W. Jacobs, AICP Deputy Director of Community Development H:kPLAN'xCDBGk2004\CRC August 21, 2003 Public Hearing Minutes.doc