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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />2. Describe how the estimates of low and moderate income persons were arrived at. <br />Attach supporting documentation. <br /> <br />Estimates of low and moderate income persons were obtained from data used by the <br />City in its application for 1987 CDBG funding. This used 1980 Census data. The total <br />number of persons shown was obtained from the project closeout file for the 1987 <br />CDBG project number 87-840. As of the date of this application for 1991 CDBG <br />participation in this project, the demographics of the City are considered to be the same <br />as that on which the 1987 project was developed and executed. <br /> <br />3. If the proposed project includes a local selection process of beneficiaries (e.g., housing <br />rehabilitation), what local procedures will be used to ensure that: a) benefits projected <br />to be provided to low- and moderate-income persons will actually be realized by such <br />persons? b) beneficiaries will be selected through an open and equitable process? and <br />c) greatest needs are addressed? <br /> <br />Beneficiaries of the proposed project are those connected to the City's municipal water <br />system. All customers will receive benefits without any selectivity or preference. <br /> <br />D. OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION <br /> <br />1. Why is the project needed? What are the specific goals of the project? <br /> <br />The project is proposed to enhance the water supply dependability and fire flow reserve <br />capacity for the City. The transmission line replacement project is a continuation of the <br />project commenced in 1987 with funding from the CDBG program. This project will <br />replace the segment lying upstream from the water treatment plant which is subject to <br />the highest pressures in the transmission line system. This will permit the City to fully <br />open a line valve on the transmission line and permit full flow from the reservoirs to <br />the water treatment plant. At the present time, it is necessary for the City to "throttle" <br />the flow through the water transmission line to ]imit the pressures in the segment of the <br />line proposed for replacement. By throttling the valve in this fashion, it can limit the <br />pressures and thus protect the existing pipeline; however, it severely limits the amount <br />of water which can be delivered to the City under a peak flow condition. <br /> <br />The City presently has a maximum treated water storage capability of 500,000 gallons. <br />Fire flow reserve capacity requires that the treated water storage be greater. The City's <br />water system has only a single source of supply transmitted to the water treatment plant <br />through the above-described raw water transmission line. It is imperative that an <br />adequate reserve of treated water be stored at all times in the event this single source <br />of supply is interrupted. Should it be interrupted, it will be necessary that water use be <br />curtailed to the maximum extent possible even with the additional of another 500,000 <br />gallons of storage proposed in this project. <br /> <br />Page 4 <br />