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Potential CDBG Projects Staff is in the process of developing a list of potential projects that could be submitted for this CDBG application cycle. At this time the preliminary list includes the following projects: • West Wabasso Sewer Phase 11 combined with the East Gifford Area Drainage Project to be submitted as one application. The beneficiary score is a major component of the grant application. In order to score high on the subject category the project needs to benefit at least eighty five (85) households. Staff feels that only forty (40) households out of fifty two (52) may hook-up to County sewer leaving a deficit of forty five (45) to meet the target. Therefore, staff had to combine the subject sewer project with another potential project to benefit low to moderate income households. Staff decided on a drainage project within the Gifford Neighborhood. The east Gifford Area Drainage project is a recommended project in the approved Gifford Neighborhood plan. Guardian CRM, Inc., the County's Community Development Block Grant consultant for the West Wabasso Sewer Phase I project, has offered to assist with assembling a new CDBG application. That assistance includes evaluating the potential CDBG application score for each of the possible CDBG funded projects. The results of the consultant's analysis was reviewed with the CATF at their meeting held on November 6th, 2014, and a formal recommendation will be submitted to the BCC as part of the second public hearing for the grant application. Funding If the Neighborhood Revitalization (NR) CDBG project is given consideration by the Board, some preliminary estimates of the costs associated with the project should be evaluated. The costs presented are estimates only since this concept is in the pre -design stage. The West Wabasso Phase 11 sewer project is estimated to be about $1.1M. The CDBG grant monies, if successful, shall cover $750,000 for capital improvements. Funding of $350K from other sources will be needed to cover the gap between what the grant may pay versus the capital improvements necessary to maximize the number of benefitting properties. For the Gifford drainage area, it is expected that $250,000 will be necessary for the needed conveyance systems and drainage improvements. Note that there will not be any CDBG grant funds available for the Gifford drainage area. The East Gifford storm water Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) fund, which is funded by residents in that unit, has an available balance around $19,000. Therefore, a $231,000 delta exists which would require funding from the County's general storm water allocation within the Optional Sales Tax fund. 4 91