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CDBG Application Process The CDBG application process involves various steps, including: • Conducting a Citizen Advisory Task Force (CATF) Meeting to discuss potential project alternatives for the CDBG application. Please note that a CATF meeting was held November 6, 2014. • Holding one Fair Housing Workshop. This was also completed during the CATF meeting. • Advertising for, and holding a first public hearing to obtain public input on the County's economic and community development needs. Please note this was held on December 16, 2014. • Advertising for, and holding a second public hearing to apply for a specific CDBG category. At this time, the Board of County Commissioners is to hold the CDBG NR Second Public Hearing. At the second public hearing, staff will request BOCC approval of the resolution authorizing staff to execute and submit a CDBG application for the Neighborhood Revitalization Category for West Wabasso Sewer Phase II and East Gifford Flood and Drainage projects. In addition to the above meetings staff attended several meetings of the West Wabasso Civic League as recent as May 4, 2015 and a couple of meetings of the Progressive Civic League of Gifford. The Recommended CDBG Project: The West Wabasso Sewer Phase II and the East Gifford Area Drainage Project are to be submitted as one application. The beneficiary score is a major component of the grant application. In order to score high on the subject category the project needs to benefit at least eighty five (85) households. Staff feels that only thirty (30-40) households out of forty five (45) may hook-up to County sewer leaving a deficit of units to meet the target. Therefore, staff combined the proposed sewer project with another potential project to benefit low to moderate income households. A drainage project within the East Gifford Neighborhood. The East Gifford Area Drainage project not only meets the FDEO criteria, but also addresses a need approved as part of the Gifford Neighborhood Plan. Although, the sewer project is proposed to be combined with the drainage project to achieve a favorable score, staff feels that the West Wabasso Phase II sewer project is a justifiable project on many fronts. First the Department of Health has deemed the continued use of these sub- standard Onsite Sewage Treatment Disposal Systems (OSTDS) in the .Wabasso area to pose a health and safety hazard, and negatively impact surface and groundwater which ultimately can impact the Indian River Lagoon. Second the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Sanitary Sewer Sub- Element POLICY 2.4 states that the "The county shall provide sanitary sewer service to areas where the lack of such service is determined to be a public health threat" and also Part of Objective 2 is to have many residential units connected to a regional sanitary sewer system. F:\Utilities\UTILITY-Engineering\Projects-Utility Construction Permits\IRC-West Wabasso Community Sewer System Phase 2-UCP#4117\Admin\BCC Items\BCC Memo-2nd Public Hearing 5-15-15.docx 145