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CDBG Applicants With respect to applicants, CDBG rules require that they be reviewed for real and/or perceived conflicts of interest by both the CDBG Citizens Advisory Task Force (CATF) and the BCC. On January 10th 2020, the CDBG Citizen's Advisory Task Force (CATF) reviewed the list of CDBG applicants and Pursuant to Section E(3) of Part II of the Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) the CATF members in attendance determined that no conflicts of interest exist. Subsequently, on February 18th 2020 and, on December 15th 2020 (for newly elected commissioners) the BCC reviewed the list of CDBG applicants and also determined that there are no conflicts of interest. Rehabilitation Bids With this Small Cities Housing Rehabilitation CDBG, at least three sets of bids spread out over a year were anticipated; the project has been proceeding accordingly. On August 5th 2020 the County issued invitations to bid on the first four houses. Bids were submitted by the September 4th 2020 deadline and ranked in accordance with CDBG requirements. On October 6th 2020, County staff requested that the BCC approve the first four bids for the Housing Rehabilitation CDBG. Since that approval, County staff coordinated with the County's CDBG administration consultant to complete the necessary contracts and forms and, rehabilitation work on three of the first four homes has been completed (the fourth home is approximately 90% complete). An invitation to bid on the second set of four houses was issued on September 28th 2020. Bids were opened on October 20th 2020. Subsequently, those bids were ranked by the County's CDBG consultant and approved by the BCC. Rehabilitation of those four homes is currently underway. On January 14th 2021, County staff issued the third invitation to bid on CDBG rehab projects and held a public bid opening on February 16th 2021. Five contractors participated in that third bidding process, De La Hoz Builders, Inc., A213 Development, LLC, Kib Construction, Patriot Response Group and, Ka11Kell Builders, Inc. The County's CDBG administration consultant has reviewed and ranked those third set of bids in accordance with CDBG requirements. At this time, it is requested that the BCC review and approve the next set of three (3) Housing Rehabilitation CDBG bids (Attachment 1). ANALYSIS Rehabilitation Bids In regards to evaluation of the bids, the County's CDBG HAP generally requires submitted bids to be ranked by price and that bids be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder within plus or minus fifteen percent (15%) of the pre-bid cost estimates. Section H(3) of Part II of the County's HAP (Attachment 2) provides exceptions to the scoring and awarding of bids as follows: 24