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Under discussion, Commissioner Bird commented that the federal government has polluted the area creating an environmental hazard and now is saying "sorry, our funds dried up". The same government is insisting that the County clean up the Griffin Landfill problem and threatening that, if the job is not done correctly, it could cost the County millions of dollars. He felt that the County should tell the federal government that our funds have also dried up. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE QUESTION and the motion passed unanimously. CONSULTANT FOR PREPARATION OF CDBG NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION GRANT APPLICATION The Board reviewed a Memorandum of November 15, 1995: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator D ION BEAD CONCURRENCE: DATE: November 15, 1995 Robert M._Reatin , AICJV Community Development ii�rector FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP S •!L - Chief, Long -Range Planning RE: Consideration and Approval of a Consultant for Preparation of a CDBG Neighborhood Revitalization Grant Application It is requested that the data herein presented be,given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of November 21, 1995. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Last year, residents of both the Colored School Subdivision and the unplatted Whitfield Subdivision approached county officials regarding infrastructure improvements in those areas. At that time, residents of those subdivisions indicated that road paving was their major concern. Because those two neighborhoods contain a high percentage of very low and low income residents, staff determined that a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the neighborhood revitalization category was a possible funding source for the requested infrastructure improvements. On December 20, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners authorized public works and community development staff to apply for a CDBG neighborhood revitalization grant for the Colored School Subdivision and Whitfield Subdivision target areas. The Board also authorized staff to initiate the process to select a consultant to prepare the CDBG application and administer the grant. Finally, the Board committed budgeted petition paving funds to be used as a match for the grant. On February 7, 1995, the Board approved the consultant firm of Clark, Roumelis and Associates, Inc. to prepare the CDBG application. On February 26, 1995, at an advertised public hearing, the Board of County Commissioners formally chose the neighborhood revitalization category for the county's CDBG application submittal. Also at that meeting, the Board reactivated the existing CDBG citizen advisory committee and established March 21, 1995, as the date for a second public hearing. Subsequently, the Board of County Commissioners approved the following documents which were required as part of the CDBG application: 96 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 21, 1995 55