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STAFF REPORT ITEM NO. 08 DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNC FROM: ROD FOSTER, CITY MANAGER PREPARED BY: MARITZA TAPIA; INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECT SUBJECT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND Z9 RECOMMENDED ACTION It is recommended that the City Council approve Resolution R-64-10 to redirect available Community Development Block Grant funds to the Concrete Infrastructure Removal and Reconstruction Project and amend the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Capital Improvement Program to include the CDBG Concrete Infrastructure Removal and Reconstruction Project. GOAL STATEMENT The proposed action will support the City's goal to maintain and improve its infrastructure. BACKGROUND The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides financial assistance to grantees for a variety of community development purposes. Since the program's inception in 1974, almost $87 billion has been allocated to grantees. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) uses a formula to calculate the grant amount for each metropolitan city, urban county and State. CDBG program funds can be used to build: roads, parks, to repair or rehabilitate housing, to provide new or increased public services to local residents or to fund initiatives that that generate new jobs. The County of San Bernardino's Community Development and Housing Department (CDH) currently provides project oversight to 13 cities CDBG projects, of which Colton is one. In November 2009, the Council allocated $225,000 of CDBG funds to construct Impound Yard Substation Project. Since this time the funding available to supplement this allocation within the Police Department's budget has been eliminated due budgetary restraints. ISSUES/ANALYSIS Staff has compiled a listing of locations that need new concrete infrastructure, which are within a CDBG census tract. The location of the improvement must be within a CDBG census tract to