123 Madison Street  
Oak Park, Illinois 60302  
www.oak-park.us  
Village of Oak Park  
Meeting Agenda  
President and Board of Trustees  
Monday, May 16, 2022  
7:00 PM  
Village Hall  
A Regular Meeting is being conducted remotely at 7:00 p.m. with live audio available  
and optional video. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for  
on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/boardtv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV,  
which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT Uverse subscribers  
on channel 99. Remote Meetings of the Oak Park Village Board of Trustees is  
authorized pursuant to Section 7 (e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President  
has determined that an in-person meeting is not practical or prudent due to the  
COVID-19 outbreak during the Governor’s disaster proclamation. It is also not  
feasible to have a person present at the Board’s Regular Meeting location due to  
public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak.  
The President and Board of Trustees welcome your statement into the public record of a  
meeting. Public statements of up to three minutes will be allowed during Non-Agenda  
public comment or Agenda public comment, as an individual designates. Please follow  
the instructions to participate remotely. You may also communicate with the Village  
Board at 708.358.5784 or email board@oak-park.us. Questions regarding public  
comment can be directed to 708-358.5672 or email clerk@oak-park.us.  
Instructions for Non-Agenda Public Comment  
Non-Agenda public comment is a time set aside at the beginning of each Village Board  
meeting for public statements about an issue or concern that is not on that meeting’s  
agenda. Send a request to state your comments during the virtual meeting by 5:00 p.m.  
the day of the Village Board meeting to publiccomment@oak-park.us. If email is not an  
option, call the Village Clerks Office by 5:00 p.m. prior to the meeting at 708-358-5660.  
You will be sent instructions on how to participate during the virtual meeting.  
Non-agenda public comment will be limited to 30 minutes with a limit of three minutes  
per statement. If comment requests exceed 30 minutes, public comment will resume  
after the items listed under the agenda are complete.  
Instructions for Agenda Public Comment  
Public statements will be allowed for an agenda item. Individuals are asked to email a  
request to speak during the virtual meeting to publiccomment@oak-park.us, no later  
than 5:00 p.m. prior to the start of the meeting. Instructions will be sent to you regarding  
participation. If email is not an option, call the Village Clerks Office by 5:00 p.m. prior  
to the meeting at 708-358-5660. The Village Board permits a maximum of five  
statements for each side of any one topic that is scheduled for or has been the subject  
of a public hearing by a designated hearing body. These items are noted with (*) on the  
agenda.  
I. Call to Order  
II. Roll Call  
III. Agenda Approval  
IV. Minutes  
A.  
ID 22-162  
Motion to Approve Minutes from Regular Remote Meeting of May 2, 2022,  
Special Remote Meeting of May 9, 2022 of the Village Board.  
Overview:  
This is a motion to approve the official minutes of meetings of the Village  
Board.  
V. Non-Agenda Public Comment  
VI. Proclamation  
B.  
MOT 22-53  
A Motion to Approve a Proclamation for May 2022 as Mental Health  
Month  
Overview:  
This is a motion to approve Village President Scaman proclaiming May 2022 as  
Mental Health Month.  
C.  
D.  
MOT 22-54  
A Motion to Approve a Proclamation for May 2022 as National Bike Month  
Overview:  
This is a motion to approve Village President Scaman proclaiming May 2022 as  
National Bike Month.  
MOT 22-55  
A Motion to Approve a Proclamation for John Hodge Day on May 17, 2022  
Overview:  
This is a motion to approve Village President Scaman proclaiming May 17,  
2022 as John Hodge Day.  
VII. Village Manager Reports  
VIII. Village Board Committees  
This section is intended to be informational. If there are approved minutes from a recent  
Committee meeting of the Village Board, the minutes will be posted in this section.  
IX. Citizen Commission Vacancies  
This is an ongoing list of current vacancies for the Citizens Involvement Commissions.  
Residents are encouraged to apply through the Village Clerk’s Office.  
E.  
ID 22-163  
Board & Commission Vacancy Report for May 16, 2022.  
X. Consent Agenda  
F.  
RES 22-128  
Resolutions Awarding Multi-Family Housing Incentives Grants and  
Authorizing the Execution of Marketing Services Agreements  
1. MSA 2201-G with $10,000 grant  
2. MSA 2202-G with $10,000 grant  
3. MSA 2203-G with $10,000 grant  
4. MSA 2206-G with $10,000 grant  
5. MSA 2208-G with $10,000 grant  
6. MSA 2209-G with $6,500 grant  
7. MSA 2210-G with $10,000 grant  
8. MSA 2211-G with $10,000 grant  
9. MSA 2212-G with $6,852 grant  
10. MSA 2214-G with $10,000 grant  
11. MSA 2216-G with $10,000 grant  
12. MSA 2217-G with $10,000 grant  
13. MSA 2218-G with $10,000 grant  
14. MSA 2219-G with $10,000 grant  
15. MSA 2220-G with $10,000 grant  
16. MSA 2221-G with $6,648 grant  
Overview:  
These resolutions would approve funding for sixteen (16) Multi-Family  
Incentives Grants and authorize the execution of 3-year marketing services  
agreements to support each one.  
G.  
RES 22-125  
A Resolution Approving an Independence Day Fireworks Display  
Agreement with Miand, Inc., d/b/a Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions in  
an Amount Not to Exceed $35,000, Authorizing its Execution and Waiving  
the Village’s Bid Process for the Agreement  
Overview:  
The annual fireworks display has been held in Oak Park on July 4th since 1976.  
In the past, the fireworks were paid for by private donations organized and  
managed by the Community Bank of Oak Park. This bank is no longer in  
business and no other private organization has come forward to sponsor and  
organize this event. For 2022, as the Village assists with identifying a future  
sponsor, Visit Oak Park will co-sponsor this year’s display along with the  
Village. Miand, Inc., d/b/a Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions would serve as  
the Village’s contractor to conduct the display this year. OPRF is the annual  
site of the fireworks and D200 is working with the Village to review the plan.  
H.  
MOT 22-56  
A Motion to Re-Allocate $57,515 in Unspent Community Development  
Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Funding by Adding the $57,515 to  
CDBG Public Services Funding and Distributing it to the Nine (9) Local  
Non-Profits Previously Approved for Public Services Funding, Per Village  
Staff’s Recommendations and Direct Staff to Prepare the Necessary  
Documents for Board Consideration  
Overview:  
The Village received $1,259,754 in Community Development Block  
Grant-Corona Virus (“CDBG-CV”) funds. In 2020 the Village Board designated  
$550,000 of the CDBG-CV funds for the DCS Department to administer a  
Business Assistance Loan Program to help Oak Park businesses create and/or  
retain jobs for workers with incomes at or below 80% of the AMI for Cook  
County. In 2020 and 2021, 84 grant applications were approved and a total of  
$492,485 was loaned out to Oak Park businesses, leaving $57,515 in unspent  
program funds. This motion recommends the re-allocation of the unspent  
$57,515 in CDBG-CV funding (Business Assistance Loan Program) to CDBG-CV  
Public Service funding, increasing the amount available for Public Service  
Funding from $162,107 to the proposed new $219,622 and reallocating this  
grant money to the nine (9) local non-profits previously approved for said  
funding.  
XI. Regular Agenda  
I.  
MOT 22-48  
A Motion to Review a Request from the Oak Park Regional  
Housing Center (OPRHC) to Release $125,000 in Funds for  
Invoices from August 2021 through December 2021 Which is  
Being Withheld Under the Terms of the 2021 Funding Grant  
Agreement Due to the OPRHC’s Failure to Provide the Required  
2020 Audit by the Due Date of November 30, 2021, and Failure to  
Submit Invoices  
Overview:  
On June 24, 2021, the Village Board approved a funding grant agreement with  
the OPRHC for $300,000 for 2021. The funding agreement provided that the  
OPRHC would only receive their full funding for 2021 if they provided their  
2020 audit on November 30, 2021. The funding agreement did not specify how  
much was to be withheld. The OPRHC did not provide their audit by the due  
date and was late in submitting invoices for August through October 2021. The  
OPRHC submitted its audit on April 29, 2022, and is now requesting payment  
for the months of August 2021 through December 2021 totaling $125,000.  
J.  
RES 22-127  
A Resolution Approving a Funding Grant Agreement Between the Village of  
Oak Park and the Oak Park Regional Housing Center (OPRHC) for Fiscal Year  
2022 in the Amount of $300,000 Effective January 1, 2022, and Authorizing  
Its Execution  
Overview:  
Pursuant to the Village’s 2021 Funding Grant Agreement with the OPRHC, the  
OPRHC was required to submit its 2020 Audit on November 30, 2021. The  
OPRHC did not submit its 2020 audit by the due date, and staff informed the  
Board that we would present the 2022 Funding Agreement upon receipt of the  
2020 Audit. The OPRHC submitted its 2020 Audit to the Village on April 29,  
2022. OPRHC is requesting to submit its 2021 audit no later than June 30,  
2022.  
K.  
ORD 22-46  
An Ordinance Approving a Budget Amendment to Allow Village  
Co-Sponsorship of the ‘GreenTown Conference’ in the Amount of $20,000  
and Directing Staff to Prepare the Necessary Agreement  
Overview:  
An ordinance to approve funds to host a GreenTown conference in Oak Park.  
XII. Call to Board and Clerk  
XIII. Adjourn