100 North Appleton Street  
Appleton, WI 54911-4799  
www.appletonwi.gov  
City of Appleton  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Community Development Committee  
Wednesday, February 25, 2026  
4:30 PM  
Council Chambers, 6th Floor  
Call meeting to order  
1.  
Vice Chair Fenton called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
2.  
3.  
Roll call of membership  
Present:  
3 - Lambrecht, Fenton and Meltzer  
2 - Jones and Heffernan  
Excused:  
Others present:  
Chris Cool, 1609 N. Outagamie Street  
Jed Engel, 1745 N. Superior Street  
Approval of minutes from previous meeting  
4.  
26-0207  
CDC Minutes from 1-14-26  
Attachments:  
CDC Minutes 1-14-26.pdf  
Meltzer moved, seconded by Lambrecht, that the Minutes be approved. Roll  
Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Lambrecht, Fenton and Meltzer  
2 - Jones and Heffernan  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Public Hearing/Appearances  
5.  
26-0208  
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Notice of Funding  
Available and Community Needs for the 2026 Program Year (4/1/26 -  
3/31/27) (Associated with Action Item #26-0209)  
Attachments:  
Funding Available Community Needs Public Hearing Notice For  
2-25-26 CDC.pdf  
This public hearing was held and no one spoke.  
This public hearing was held, and no one spoke on the item.  
Action Items  
6.  
26-0209  
Request to approve the Preliminary 2026-2027PY (Program Year)  
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Community Partner  
Allocations as specified in the attached documents  
Attachments:  
CDBG External Allocations Advisory Board Prelim Rec Memo to CDC  
2-25-2026.pdf  
2026 CDBG Advisory Board PRELIMINARY Allocation  
Recommendations.pdf  
PY2026 CDBG Staff Evaluation Matrix.pdf  
City of Appleton CDBG Policy.pdf  
CDBGFundingHistory_Last10Years.pdf  
Meltzer moved, seconded by Lambrecht, that the preliminary allocations be  
recommended for approval. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Lambrecht, Fenton and Meltzer  
2 - Jones and Heffernan  
Aye:  
Excused:  
26-0256  
Request to approve proposed text amendments to the Municipal Code,  
Chapter 4 Buildings (Sec. 4-278. Water supply systems and water  
service) as identified in the attached documents  
Attachments:  
Memo_DuplexBuildingCodeAmendment_For02-25-26.pdf  
Sec. 4-278_Duplex Water Service Code Update_FINAL.pdf  
Lambrecht moved, seconded by Meltzer, that the text amendments to Chapter  
4 Buildings be recommended for approval. Roll Call. Motion carried by the  
following vote:  
3 - Lambrecht, Fenton and Meltzer  
2 - Jones and Heffernan  
Aye:  
Excused:  
Information Items  
7.  
26-0210  
Budget amendment request for executing on a Wisconsin Economic  
Development Corporation (WEDC) Site Assessment Grant (SAG)  
Attachments:  
WEDC_SAG_BudgetAmendment.pdf  
Budget Amendment Request_WEDCSAGFunding.pdf  
54689-FY26-Contract Draft for Client Review-SAG-Appleton, City  
of-20260212.pdf  
This item was presented.  
26-0211  
Inspection Division Permit Summary Report Ending 1-31-26  
Attachments:  
Inspections Permit Report January 2026.pdf  
This item was presented.  
Adjournment  
8.  
Lambrecht moved, seconded by Meltzer, that the meeting be adjourned at 4:47  
p.m. Roll Call. Motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Lambrecht, Fenton and Meltzer  
2 - Jones and Heffernan  
Aye:  
Excused: