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BOOK 96 PnE 659 • Indian River County Fair Housing Ordinance • Anti -displacement and relocation plan • Section 504 compliance_Policy • Citizen Participation Plan • Procurement policies and procedures • Affirmative action policy • Non-violent civil rights demonstration policy • Acquisition plan The Board then approved the proposed CDBG application on March 21, 1995, and submitted a copy of the application to the Florida Department of Community Affairs. On August 28, 1995, the Department of Community Affairs published a list of preliminary scores for the Neighborhood Revitalization Grant category applications. According to that list, Indian River County was to receive partial funding. The preliminary list allocated $596,978.00 to the county, compared to the $750,000.00 requested. After the preliminary list was published; five jurisdictions that scored lower than Indian River County appealed their preliminary scores. These appeals are'currently pending and will not be resolved until January, 1996. If any one of these jurisdictions is successful in its appeal, the county will not receive any funding. Since the CDBG application appeals will not be resolved until January and because it is possible that one or more of the appeals will be granted and eliminate the county's preliminary grant award, DCA has encouraged the county to re -apply for the next funding cycle. The deadline to submit the application for the next funding cycle is December 20, 1995. Analysis In this past year's CDBG funding cycle, the county's project scored high for the project impact and scope of work categories; however, the county scored only 68.42 points out of a possible 250 points in the communitywide need score category, a category which is based on the overall per capita income of the county. The communitywide need score is determined by DCA for all jurisdictions, and the county has no control over this score. Because jurisdictions having an open application cannot apply for another grant, DCA staff believes that the county has a good chance of obtaining funding in the next funding cycle. Since the county adopted all required policies, plans, and procedures as part of the last application, these need not be re -adopted. In anticipation of submitting an application for CDBG funding in the upcoming cycle, the county prepared a Request for Proposals to hire a consultant to prepare the CDBG application and administer the grant. The county received five proposals. On November 15, 1995 a consultant selection committee, consisting of Jim Davis, Public Works Director, Harry Asher, Assistant Utility Services Director, and Robert M. Keating, Community Development Director, reviewed the submittals from the five firms and ranked them as follows: 1. Clark, Roumelis & Associates 2. Fred Fox Enterprises 3. Mittauer & Associates and Jordan & Associates 4. Angie Brewer & Associates 5. Community Redevelopment Association RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the above prioritization list and authorize staff to begin contract negotiations with the No. 1 ranked firm, Clark, Roumelis & Associates. Staff also recommends that the Board establish December 5, 1995, as the date for the first public hearing on the CDBG application and December 12, 1995 as the date for the second public hearing. NOVEMBER 21, 1995 56