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, October 18, 2021
4:30 PM
Zoom meeting ID:
A. Call To Order
The meeting was called to order by Chair Amegashie at 4:35 p.m.
Staff and others present: Sarah Peeler (Ocean's Laugh, LLC.); Peter Ouchakof (staff).
3 - CYNDA SOLBERG, GODWIN AMEGASHIE, and JEREMIAH DEGOLLON
Present
B. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda
None.
C. Presentations
Presentation from Ocean's Laugh, LLC. owner Sarah Peeler. Ms. Peeler summarized her
business products and anticipated use of loan proceeds.
Solberg noted that the applicant’s business address is located in the City of Madison.
The County’s MBL policy manual states that business must be located in Dane County
outside the City of Madison; businesses outside of the County’s urban consortium are
ineligible for CDBG loan funds. Ms. Peeler said she did not know the requirement that
business applicants be located in the Urban County Consortium. Although she resides
the Village of Marshall, a participating jurisdiction in the consortium, she is currently on a
short-term lease with the City of Madison through a program that provides a temporary
office and store-front to MBE/WBE businesses.
Staff will follow-up with legal counsel to determine the specific parameters for determining
where a business is physically located, and will bring back to the Commission for review
and approval any clarifying language so that the MBL manual can be updated
accordingly.
D. Action Items
Loan request denied because it did not meet the minimum eligibility requirements.
