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MAYOR Deirdre H. Bennett RDA Chair COUNCIL MEMBERS Ramon M. Hernandez District I Richard A DeLaRosa District 2 Kelly 1. Chastain District 3 Helen A Ramos District 4 Mayor Pro Tem RDA Vice Chair John D. Mitchell Disma 5 Isaac T. Suchil District 6 CITY MANAGER Daryl J. Parrish CMC CENTER 650 N. LA CADENA DRIVE COLTON, CA 92324 PH: (909) 370-5060 FX: (909) 370-5192 March 16, 2005 Item #5 The Honorable United States Senators Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senators, We need your help in saving the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and restoring its funding. The Administration's FY06 budget proposes the total elimination of CDBG. In lieu of the long-standing CDBG program, the Administration is proposing the creation of a smaller program within the Department of Commerce that will focus mainly on economic development. Thus, we seek to your support to restore and preserve CDBG Program funding. For 30 years, CDBG has served as a critical component to help cities, counties, and States meet their community development, affordable housing, and economic development needs. Many have characterized CDBG as the best federal domestic program ever enacted because of its flexibility and adaptability in meeting the needs of a diverse America. In fiscal year 200405, the County of San Bernardino received funding in the amount of $9,078,369 million dollars and, of that amount, the City of Colton received $547,000 thousand dollars. Below is Colton's list of CDBG funded projects: COLTON CDBG PROGRAM - PROJECTS APPROVED/FUNDED FOR 2004-2005 Construction of Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk, $ 217,600 Pavement of Dirt Alleys 25,000 Reconstruction of Deteriorated Road Sections in Target Areas 50,000 Construction Sidewalk Improvements 17,500 Installation of ADA Handicapped Access Ramps in Colton Business Areas 24,750 Replace Child Care Modular Unit at Cooley Ranch Elementary School 141,600 Early Childhood Education & Care Services 44,000 (') Parent Training Program for Hard to Handle Children 4,000 (`) Fund the Youth and Adult Literacy Education Program 10,000 (') Outreach & Education Services Program for Youth AGES 10-18 12.550 ('1 TOTAL: $ 547,000 (') Public Service Programs The CDBG Program positively impacts Colton's local economy through physical, social and economic development programs that help to create and retain jobs, and improve our local tax base and public infrastructure. With the proposed cuts, we will no longer be able to fund critical services and programs that allow us to serve low- and moderate -income households and neighborhoods. Generally speaking, hundreds of thousands of your constituents will no longer be assisted and we will also be forced to lay off many employees. The