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MAY <br />2 <br />1984 <br />Book <br />56 <br />PACE 824 <br />REQUEST LEGISLATION <br />TO CHANGE SCORING METHODOLOGY <br />FOR <br />FLORIDA SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />.�, <br />The Board reviewed the following letter dated 4/6/84: <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />]� 1840 25th Street, Suite SQA 319 <br />`91� Vero Beach, Florida <br />y� 32960 <br />9 c� <br />gF '9 w <br />a°�ti.FC c J. B. Egan, III, Chairman <br />(305)W.7- 8 <br />Charles E. Block <br />Tim Bradley, Jr. <br />Honorable Don C. Scurlock, Jr. <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Dear Doug: <br />Godfrey E. Gipson <br />Daphne K. Strickland <br />— <br />Con miss:o,ners _ <br />Admnistra-.or ✓ <br />Attorney <br />Personnel <br />Public Works <br />Community bev. <br />Utilities _— <br />Finance <br />Other <br />This has been the first year the Department of Community <br />Affairs has administrated the Florida Small Cities Community <br />Development Block Grant Program. 'As you know, the two appli- <br />cations submitted, one for a Block Grant Job Impact Program <br />and the other for a Community Development Block Grant, have <br />not been funded. <br />A short time prior to the submission of the applications, <br />the D.C.A. released a list ranking counties and cities as to <br />their community needs from a statistical standpoint. Indian <br />River County was 54th in the C.D.B.G. combined county and city <br />listings. The criteria used to determine community -wide needs <br />used an index consisting of ten factors. The statistics used <br />were generally county -wide which puts the truly needy at a <br />disadvantage since the county is not economically homogeneous. <br />Portions of.the county have serious poverty problems which <br />must be addressed while other sections are affluent. We be- <br />lieve that the county's median income of $23,100 wei-ghted the <br />criteria substantially to the disadvantage of the poorer <br />individuals in our county. <br />We have raised objections with the D.C.A. which have <br />brought some clarifications of the scoring methodology. A way <br />to address the problem more fairly is to use census tract data <br />to evaluate levels of poverty. This is particularly true since <br />there are limited funds available and the grants are awarded on <br />a competitive basis. The D.C.A. in their memorandum of March <br />19th, 1984, states, "revisions to the program are envisioned <br />subsequent to this legislative session..." <br />28 <br />