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of Intent form to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration prior to submitting the form to DCA. Consquently, staff had the form signed by Vice Chairman Ginn with the understanding that the item would be brought before the Board of Commissioners for after -the -fact consideration. Attachment one to this staff report is the completed Notice of Intent form, which was submitted to DCA prior to the 5:00 PM deadline on September 25`x. The next step in the process will be to identify those individuals that have been affected by the 2000 drought conditions. If staff are able to identify affected individuals, then staff will complete the CDBG application and submit that application to DCA by the November 8, 2000 deadline. To receive funding through the emergency set-aside program, the following thresholds must be met: ► water well problems must be a direct result of the drought; and ► activities must benefit low and moderate income families. Within Indian River County, the Wabasso area may meet the identified thresholds. While the county has not documented water well problems due to the 2000 drought, staff has documented that the area is dominated by low and moderate income households that rely solely on private wells for their water needs. In the past two years, Indian River County has submitted two neighborhood revitalization CDBG applications for the Wabasso area that did not score high enough to receive funding. Both applications proposed potable water projects that would have extended the county's potable water system into four Wabasso neighborhoods. In 1999, the county's CDBG application ranked 49`h out of 49 neighborhood revitalization applications submitted. That application scored 129 points below the fundable range. Similarly, the 2000 application finished 144 points below the fundable range, and was ranked 40`h out of 41 applications submitted. While county staff have not documented any problems with water wells in the Wabasso area, the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) did perform an inspection of the water wells in the Wabasso area due to property owner complaints from previous years. Attachment two of this staff report summaries SJRWMD staff findings from those inspections. RECOMMF._ _ ATiON Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners grant after -the -fact authorization for the Vice Chairman to sign a Notice of Intent to Apply for Small Cities CDBG Emergency Set -Aside Funding. ATTACHMENTS 1.) Notice of Intent to Apply for Small Cities CDBG Emergency Set -Aside Funding 2.) Letter from the St. Johns River Water Management District October 3, 2000 27 BK 115 PG 265