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_I BOOK 113 PAGE 40 BACKGROUND On May 9, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners, at an advertised public hearing directed staff to initiate the following actions:Develo meet Block Grant Prepare a Neighborhood Revitalization Community P (CDBG) application; ► Work with existing local businesses or new businesses wishing to relocate to the county regarding potential economic development CDBG projects; and ► Begin the process to select a consultant to prepare an economic development CDBG application and administer the grant. For the Neighborhood Revitalization CDBG application, the Board must hold a second public hearing to obtain public input on the CDBG application and to approvetheapplication for submittal to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA); the May 23 public hearing will qualify as the second public hearing. At this time, the Board must formally authorize staff to submit the application and to sign the necessary documents related to the application submittal. A neighborhood revitalization CDBG application similar to the one being presented on May 23'd was submitted by Indian River County to DCA for its review in the 1999/2000 application cycle. In that previous application cycle, Indian River County's proposed neigbhorhood revitalization project ranked 49' out of 49 neighborhood revitalization applications submitted. In fact, Indian River County's application missed the fundable range by 128.69 points. 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 the commercial revitalization category, housing rehabilitation category, or neighborhood revitalization category. 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. As indicated previously, the Board of County Commissioners chose to apply for a Neighborhood Revitalization Community Development Block Grant. This type of grant is primarily for potable water and sanitary sewer installation or replacement (including hook-ups), street paving, and drainage improvements in low/moderate income neighborhoods. Funds may also be used to purchase and develop property as sites for low/moderate income housing. Other public improvements to infrastructure are also eligible, but are seldom funded. Neighborhood Revitalization grants are awarded to communities on a competitive basis. All grant applications for this category must be received by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) no later than May 31, 2000. Following is a breakdown of the scoring system used by DCA to rank Neivaiborhood Revitalization grant applications. MAY 239 2000