Chicago Housing Authority Board will meet on March 20.
Here is the agenda as provided by the board:
I. Roll Call
II. Centering Thoughts – Commissioner Mildred Harris
III. Presentation of Resolutions and Committee Reports
Finance & Audit Committee Report – Jack Markowski, Chairman
Item No. 1 Recommendation to submit to HUD FY2017 MTW Annual Report
– Jennifer Hoyle, Director, Strategic Management and Partnership
Item No. 2 Recommendation to ratify the acceptance of a Grant Award from HUD for Family
Self Sufficiency Grant – Mike Gurgone, Chief Investment Officer
Item No. 3 Authorization to purchase Insurance Coverage for Property Mangers' Insurance
Program Coverage from First Specialty/Swiss Re American Holdings for General
Liability and Umbrella Liability Coverage, and Allied World Assurance Company
for Excess Liability Coverage – Mike Moran, Chief Financial Officer
Item No. 4 Recommendation to enter into Professional Services Contracts with Attorneys,
Underwriters and other Finance Professionals to assist in the structure, issuance
and delivery of Chicago Housing Authority Bonds– Mike Moran, Chief Financial
Officer
Real Estate Operations Development Committee Report – Matthew Brewer, Chairman
Item No. 5 Recommendation to extend the contracts with CVR Associates Inc. and Nan
McKay & Associates for HCV Administration – Kathryn Ludwig, Chief Housing
Choice Voucher Officer
Item No. 6 Recommendation to enter into contracts for the administration of the Housing
Choice Voucher Programs and HCV Call Center; and award of contracts for
Inspections Services for the Tenant-Based Housing Choice Voucher, ProjectBased
Vouchers, Moderate Rehabilitation, Rental Assistance Demonstration, and
Public Housing Programs – Kathryn Ludwig, Chief Housing Choice Voucher Officer
Item No. 7 Authorization to commit CHA funds in an amount not to exceed $7,550,000 for
Redevelopment for Washington Park (45th and Cottage Grove); submit a
Development Proposal and Evidentiary Documents to HUD; execute a Remediation
Agreement for an amount not-to-exceed $1,250,000; approve a Tenement
Selection Plan, Lease, Lease Riders for 45th & Cottage Grove Phase 1; convey land
by deed and/or Ground Lease and perform such actions as may be necessary to
implement the foregoing – Anne McKenzie, Chief Development Officer
Item No. 8 Authorization to form Caroline Hedger Housing Development, LLC Caroline Hedger
Senior Housing LP for the formation of said entities and to close the transaction for
the Refinancing of Caroline Hedger Apartments and the reimbursement to the CHA
and related entities of costs related thereto; issue and sell Multifamily Housing
Revenue Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40 million; secure
permanent financing in an amount not-to-exceed $25 million – Ann McKenzie, Chief
Development Officer
Item No. 9 Authorization to enter into a Predevelopment Loan Agreement with PIRHL
Developers, LLC for Edith Spurlock Apartments – Ann McKenzie, Chief Development
Officer
Item No. 10 Authorization to execute HAP Contracts for Property Rental Assistance at North
Avenue Apartments and Washington Park Apartments – Derek Messier, Chief
Property Officer
Item No. 11 Recommendation to execute an Agreement to enter into Housing Assistance
Payments Contract and Housing Assistance Payments Contract for Lawrence and
Ravenswood Apartments – Derek Messier, Chief Property Officer
Item No. 12 Authorization to participate on the Chicago Transit Authority Agreement with
Constellation New Energy – Gas Division, LLC for the supply of Natural Gas – Derek
Messier, Chief Property Officer
Item No. 13 Authorization for additional contingency funding for Professional Services
Agreements providing Security Services at various CHA Properties – Derek Messier,
Chief Property Officer
Item No. 14 Authorization to amend the participation on New York City Housing Authority
Agreement with the Gordian Group to provide Professional Services to manage
Section 3 Job Order Contracting (JOC) Mentoring Program – Derek Messier, Chief
Property Officer
Item No. 15 This number not used.
Item No. 16 Authorization to add funding to the Participation Agreement between the CHA and
CDW Government, LLC for Enterprise Hardware, Software and Technology
Consulting Services – Pat Rios, Chief Administrative Officer
IV. Report from Chief Executive Officer – Eugene Jones
V. Public Participation
VI. Closed Meeting
Commissioners will vote on whether to go into closed meeting pursuant to the Open
Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2, to possibly discuss matters under the following exceptions:
personnel related matters under (c)(1) and (c)(2); purchase, sale and lease of real estate
property under (c)(5) and (c)(6); pending/imminent/probable litigation under (c) (11);
review of closed meeting minutes under (c) (21) and audit reviews under (c) (29).
VII. Open Session Resumes – Roll Call
VIII. Approval of Minutes for the Closed and Regular Meetings of January 16, 2018.
IX. Presentation of Matters from Closed Session
Item No. 17 Authorization to enter into a Purchase and Sales Agreement with Ogden
Washtenaw Commercial LLC to convey a portion of CHA land known as Ogden
Courts East; execute a Deed to convey a portion of Ogden Courts East in Fee Simple
to Ogden Washtenaw Commercial LLC and perform such action as may be
necessary to implement the foregoing – Ann McKenzie, Chief Development Officer
Item No. 18 Recommendation to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement for Property
Located at 4659 South Cottage Grove – Derek Messier, Chief Property Officer
Item No. 19 Recommendation to approve Personnel Actions – Patricia Rios, Chief
Administrative Officer
XI. Adjournment
http://www.thecha.org/assets/1/6/Board_Meeting_Agenda_(Mar2018).pdf
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