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Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The Board must formally authorize staff to make the application and to sign the necessary documents related to the application submittal. As per direction provided by the Board of County Commissioners, the county's consultant has prepared the proposed Neighborhood Revitalization CDBG application. A copy of the application is on file in the Board of County Commissioners office. As drafted, the CDBG application requests approval of a $750,000.00 grant for street paving and water line extension for the targeted areas. The consultant believes that the county has a good chance of receiving the grant. The proposed application was reviewed by the Community Development Block Grant Citizen Advisory Committee on March 20, 1995. ALTERNATIVES With respect to the proposed grant application, the Board of County Commissioners has three alternatives. These are: • To approve the application as proposed • To approve the proposed application with changes • To reject the proposed application If the Board chooses either of the first two alternatives, the application will be submitted to the Florida Department of Community Affairs for consideration. If the grant is obtained, the consultant will be paid for application preparation from the grant. If the application is denied, the county will not pay any application preparation fee to the consultant. If the Board chooses the third alternative and declines to submit the CDBG application, the county will be required to pay the consultant for preparation of the application. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed application and authorize the public works director to submit the application to the Florida Department of Community Affairs for their consideration. Director Keating reviewed the project and informed the Board that the Advisory Committee had met and was unanimously in favor of the project and looking forward to the benefits. Robert Johnson of Clark, Roumelis & Associates, Inc., the consultants, gave a brief synopsis of the street paving and water line project which involves two Wabasso subdivisions, Whitfield on the north and Colored School on the south. The grant funds will be allocated in part as follows: $22,000 for 11 fire hydrants; $239,850 for 5,850 linear feet of streets; $282,150 for 12,750 linear feet of water lines; $42,000 for hook-ups to 84 homes; $104,000 for engineering, technical survey and preliminary design; and $60,000 for administration costs for 2 years. There are additional engineering funds which will be rolled back into construction. $200,000 from SHIP funds will be allocated for �OCiK , MARCH 21, 1995 11 F',"Er'