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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Project Proposal Applications Fiscal Year 2008/2009 1. City of Colton Community Services Department: "Adult and Youth Literacy Program," $14,000. The Colton Public Library seeks CDBG funding to provide literary services. Professional staff will maintain adult and youth literacy services at the Main Library, Luque Branch and Homework Assistance Center. The library literacy programs will serve the basic needs of functionally illiterate adults and provide literacy education to youth in the Colton area. Adults will learn basic reading and writing skills to improve their social and occupational environments. Youth will be instructed in homework assistance to succeed in school to further their education. The Colton Public Library proposes to use CDBG funds to pay salary for one part-time literacy assistant to provide specialized literacy services to adults and youth. By maintaining an established literacy program that recruits volunteers and helps adults and youth with literacy skills, the library can address an urgent community need in as cost effective a manner as possible. 2. City of Colton Public Works Department: "Valley Boulevard Median Improvement Project," — Census Tract 70, from 10th Street to Mt. Vernon Avenue, $295,000. The project will increase the safety of motorists and pedestrians through the installation of curb, gutter, stamped concrete, missing handicap ramps on the sidewalk, and landscaping and irrigation. It will promote economic opportunity by eliminating blight and improving the aesthetics of the area. The proposed project is part of a City of Colton redevelopment Area. 3. City of Colton Public Works Department: "Washington and I-215 Landscaping Project," — Census Tract 71, $25,000. The project will improve the aesthetics of the City by beautifying one of its I-215 entryways. Project scope will include: installation of. plant material, irrigation improvements and guard rail improvements to the on and off ramps at Washington Avenue. This project will promote economic opportunity by improving the aesthetics of the community; the project is part of a City of Colton Redevelopment Area. 4. City of Colton Public Works Department: "Lytle Creek Landscape Beautification Project," — Census Tract 70, along Hillcrest Avenue between Mt. Vernon Avenue and Olive Avenue, $25,000. The project will install plant material and irrigation along the Lytle Creek Channel. These improvements will increase safety along the channel, eliminate blight and increase the aesthetics of the community. 5. City of Colton Public Works Department: "Various Alley Paving Project" — Census Tract 68, 69 and 70, $75,000. Project will install base and asphalt along nine alleys throughout the City. These improvements will improve the aesthetics of the community and eliminate the dust which results from the use of these unpaved roadways.