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CITY OF COLTON <br />AGENDA REPORT <br />FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 20, 2001 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />APPROVAL: He . Garcia&QtManager <br />FROM: a am <br />Community Deector <br />SUBJECT: Prioritization and Funding of Community Development <br />Block Grant (CDBG) Projects for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 <br />DATE: February 12, 2001 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On December 5, 2000, the City Council approved the submittal of five Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) Project Applications to the San Bernardino County <br />Economic and Community Development (ECD) Department for eligibility and <br />qualification review for the Fiscal Year 2001-2002. Subsequently, additional CDBG <br />applications were submitted directly to the County ECD Department from various public <br />and private agencies, requesting funds from the City CDBG Entitlement Allocation. <br />The City of Colton has received a total of 28 eligible proposal applications requesting <br />CDBG funds. Attachment "A" is a list of the 28 proposals. The list contains the project <br />log number, primary service area of the proposed project, name of the applicant, a brief <br />project description, total CDBG request, including the amount of CDBG funds being <br />requested from Colton, and ECD comments. <br />The County has informed the City that the 2001-2002 CDBG Entitlement Allocation for <br />Colton is $382,000. Also, that the 15% funding limit for public service projects <br />continues to apply, which means that the maximum amount of CDBG funds we are <br />allowed to allocate for public service projects is $57,300 <br />DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: <br />Staff conducted a cursory review of the 28 proposals and is recommending the <br />s continued funding of projects that are administered by City staff and that adequately <br />f address the needs and services of Colton residents. Twenty-two (22) of the 28 <br />applications are for public service projects, for a total amount of $186,815 being <br />requested from Colton. There are six capital and community improvement projects that <br />are requesting a total amount of $609,384. <br />rj <br />< Based on staff's analysis of the proposals it is recommended that the City Council <br />approve the funding of CDBG projects listed on Attachment "B". <br />7 <br />Item #1, <br />