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I BOOK cJ PAGE•�iZ According to DCA staff the county has lost its funding reservation for the proposed economic development project, since DCA did not receive an executed Grant Agreement by March 28, 2000. An executed Grant Agreement can still be submitted by the county to DCA as long as the agreement is submitted before June 30, 2000, the last day of the 1999/2000 CDBG application cycle. Even if the referenced Grant Agreement is submitted by June 30, 2000, the proposed project will be funded only if there are unreserved funds still available at the time of submittal. On April 3, 2008, county staff received a correspondence from CRA Care Centers that serves as an update to the proposed assisted living facility project A copy of that correspondence is attachment one of this staff report. Neighborhood Revitalization Application In the neighborhood revitalization application, Indian River County requested $750,000 in grant funds. Those funds were to be used to extend the county's potable water system into an unplatted neighborhood in the Wabasso area According to the grant application, approximately 118 households would have benefitted from the project which included water line extensions, water hookups, and fire hydrant installation. On December 16, 1999, DCA informed Indian River County that its neighborhood revitalization application was not ranked in the fundable range ofprojects. As indicated in attachment two, Indian River County's proposed neigbhorhood revitalization project ranked 49' out of 49 neighborhood revitalization applications submitted in fiscal year 1999/2000. In fact, Indian River County's application missed the fundable range by 128.69 points. While Indian River County's proposed activities in Wabasso are easily justified, the current scoring system used by DCA hinders Indian River County's ability to secure neighborhood revitalization CDBG funds. One component of the current scoring system that affects Indian River County's potential score is the community -wide needs (CWN) score. Based on 1990 census data, the CWN score is a predetermined score applied to every local agency. Due in part to the county's high median income, Indian River County scores 69.20 out of a possible 250 in the CWN category. That score is further reduced to 29.20 since the county was previously awarded neighborhood revitalization fiords in 1996. As shown in attachment two, Indian River County had the lowest CWN score of the 49 local governments that applied for neighborhood revitalization funds in fiscal year 1999/2000. Under the CDBG program, four grant categories exist from which Indian River County may apply for funds. These categories are: commercial revitalization, housing rehabilitation, neighborhood revitalization, and economic development. Based on the existing program rules, Indian River County may choose to apply for a grant in one of the commercial revitalization, housing rehabilitation, or neighborhood revitalization categories. If awarded a grant in one of those three categories, the county may not apply for another grant in any of those three categories until the awarded grant is closed Following is a description of the three applicable CDBG categories: Commercial Revitalization Various improvements may be funded in commercial areas. Eligible projects include Parking facilities, drainage, street paving, sidewalks, lighting, recreation facilities, potable water services, and sanitary sewer services. This category is an extremely competitive category. MAY 099 2000 -30- Ll