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County officials brief Sleepy Hollow trustees on CDBG and riverboat grant options
Summary
Kane County representatives told the Sleepy Hollow board that Community Development Block Grant funds and riverboat grants could help neighborhood infrastructure projects; county staff offered to run free income surveys and assist with applications if village staff pursue a targeted funding strategy.
County and regional funding prospects topped a portion of the Sleepy Hollow board meeting after trustees moved to let the visitors speak early. Cliff Surgis, introduced as a Kane County board member, and Chris (Crystal) Dahl, assistant director of community development services for the county, outlined grant programs that might support village road and neighborhood improvements.
Dahl said HUD provides an annual Community Development Block Grant allocation to the county (about $1,300,000 this year) and that the program is commonly used for affordable housing, neighborhood improvements, homeless services and planning and program administration. She said CDBG-funded projects must primarily benefit residents at 80% or less of area median income and that eligibility is typically determined by HUD census tracts; she offered to conduct door-to-door surveys at no charge to identify pockets within the village that meet low-to-moderate-income thresholds.
Surgis and Dahl urged trustees to coordinate with county staff and other municipalities to seek matching funds and to consider applying in the next budget cycle. Surgis also noted riverboat grants as a potential source and encouraged officials to “roll up our sleeves and work together,” offering county assistance to prepare applications and, where appropriate, to identify municipal partners that have secured similar funding.
Trustees asked procedural questions about how a village application would work, whether the county would administer funds or the village would apply directly, and how targeted neighborhood surveys would be handled. Dahl said the county runs an application cycle (typically posted in February with a four-to-six-week response window), has a staff-guided review and uses a subcommittee within the community development commission to make recommendations to the board.
The county representatives offered follow-up materials and said they would provide contact information and deadlines to help village administrators and trustees decide next steps. The board did not take formal action at the meeting beyond agreeing to follow up with staff and county contacts.
