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Item #2 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 2,2004 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: David R. Zamora Community Development Director SUBJECT: Prioritization and Funding of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Projects for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 DATE: February 23, 2004 BACKGROUND: On December 2, 2003, the City Council approved the submittal of 16 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Project Applications to the San Bernardino County Economic and Community Development (ECD) Department for eligibility and qualification review for the fiscal year 2004-2005. Subsequently, additional CDBG applications were submitted directly to the County ECD Department from various public and private agencies, requesting funds from the City CDBG Entitlement Allocation. The City of Colton has received a total of 42 eligible proposal applications requesting CDBG funds. 12 applications are for Construction and Other Community Improvement Projects and 30 applications are for Public Service Program projects. Attachment "A" is a list of the 42 proposals. The list contains the project log number, primary service area of the proposed project, name of the applicant, a brief project description, total CDBG request, including the amount of CDBG funds being requested from Colton, and ECD comments. The County has asked the City to base funding priorities for the 2004-2005 CDBG Program Year on an anticipated entitlement allocation in the amount of $547,000. Also, that the 15% funding limit for public service projects continues to apply, which means that the maximum amount of CDBG funds we are allowed to allocate for public service projects is $82,050. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: In order to provide for a much broader analysis and review of CDBG eligible project proposal applications, a CDBG Ad -Hoc Committee was formed to select and recommend projects for funding to the City Council for fiscal year 2004-2005. The Committee consisted of Council Members John Mitchell, Helen Ramos, and Richard De La Rosa; Planning Commissioners Susan Oliva, Joe Perez III, and Tony Vilches; Assistant City Manager Al Holliman, and Community Development Director David R. Zamora, who served as Chair of the Committee. The Committee met on February 12, 2004 and February 17, 2004. Prior to the two meetings, staff provided all Committee Members with the following information: (1) a list of all CDBG Eligible Proposals for fiscal year 2004-2005 provided by the ECD Department (Attachment "A" listed above); (2) a record of CDBG projects and allocations