Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Commission - Loan  
Review Team Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Monday, March 27, 2023  
2:00 PM  
See below for additional instructions on how to attend  
the meeting and provide public testimony.  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
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2 - GODWIN AMEGASHIE, and JEREMIAH DEGOLLON  
Present  
1 - TAYLOR BROWN  
Excused  
The March 27, 2023 CDBG Commission Loan Review Team meeting will be a  
hybrid meeting. Members of the public can either attend in person or virtually via  
Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in room 354.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by  
telephone. To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out  
the form, the meeting link and access information will be emailed to you):  
https://countyofdane.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-snniYYNRlys5jV49kDMHw.  
The link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
To join by phone, dial-in using one of the following three phone numbers:  
1-833-548-0276  
1-833-548-0282  
1-888-788-0099  
When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 998 7852 9096.  
PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak  
on/support/oppose an agenda item can register in person at the meeting using  
paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER VIA THE  
ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU  
PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout  
the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak  
on/support/oppose an agenda item MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE  
(even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual registrations to provide  
public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the  
meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance  
at the meeting via Zoom or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted  
to a panelist and provided time to speak to the body. If you want to submit a  
written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please  
send them to: ouchakof@countyofdane.com.  
A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m.  
Staff and others present: Nic Mink (Seven Acres Dairy Company), Peter Ouchakof and  
Michelle Bozeman (staff).  
B. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None.  
C. Consideration of Minutes  
Motion by DeGollon, seconded by Amegashie, to approve the minutes of the February  
27, 2023 CDBG- Loan Review Team meeting. Motion carried unanimously by a voice  
vote.  
2023  
MIN-006  
MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 27, 2023 CDBG COMMISSION LOAN  
REVIEW TEAM MEETING.  
Attachments:  
02.27.23_CDBG_LRT_minutes  
Approved.  
D. Presentations  
Nic Mink, President of Seven Acres Dairy Company, reviewed his project and request  
to the CDBG Commission seeking $240,000 in CDBG RLF funding for his  
redevelopment project in Paoli, WI. The site has been under-used for years and was  
nearing blight status, having previously been the location of an old dairy farm. Mr. Mink  
has 20 partners in the project along with 26 investors to help purchase the property in  
2021. The site is now on the National Registar of Historical places and being  
redeveloped into a dairy destination and mini-resort that is focused on agro-tourism and  
dairy events.  
Mr. Mink is requesting funding assistance for phase 2 of the project which will allow the  
business to increase and expand event space; build capacity to grow local food, partner  
with other regional farming operations focused on sustainability; and bring B-Cycle to  
the development site. The total project cost for phase 2 is around $500,000, which he  
expects will increase revenue by 20% in the coming months and create a minimum of 8  
FTE job positions to be made available to LMI residents.  
E. Action Items  
Following the interview, the Loan Review Team members deliberated on the financial  
feasibility of the project. Amagashie noted the many moving components of phase 2 of  
the project and would feel more comfortable assisting with specific components along  
with way. He was also concerned that the primary lender is unable to commit more  
funds to the project at this time. DeGollon concurred with Amegashie's analysis, and  
paused for concern about taking on so many pieces of the project at once. A motion by  
Amegashie, seconded by DeGollon, to not approve the loan request at this time, but  
leave for consideration at a later meeting after hearing input from Commissioner Brown,  
the third member of the review team. Motion passed unanimously.  
2023  
ACT-002  
RLF BUSINESS LOAN REQUEST FROM SEVEN ACRES DAIRY  
COMPANY.  
Attachments:  
Seven Acre CDBG-RLF app condensed  
Not acted on.  
F. Adjourn  
Motion by Amagashie, seconded by DeGollon, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously  
by a voice vote, and the meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.  
NOTE: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations  
to access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below at least three business  
days prior to the meeting.  
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Contact: Peter Ouchakof, 283-1441. TDD/Call WI Relay 711.