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COMMENTARY ON PLAN FOR PROPOSED USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FU.N. DS REVENUES: Both revenue and expenditure amounts are expressed in thousands, ~nd revenue estimates are rounded to the nearest $10,000. Note the rapid rise in anticipated revenues in the second and third years, and the level- ing for the remaining years· The H.C.D. Act of 1974 provided for a six year program, required that a plan be submitted for use of those funds for the first three years, and requires updated and re-filing of three-year plans annua-~I~-thereafter. However, funds are appropriated by Congress on a yearly basis only, and any changes in the annual three-year plans must be justified and are subject to HUD approval. EXPENDITURES: Se Development of Neighborhood Plans. Specific neighborhood plans are needed to develop project priorities and cost estimates for target areas to prevent the spread of residential blight and unsafe structures, to help stabilize property values, and to improve the living environ- ment in Santa Ana. It is contemplated that most of these funds will be needed in the beginning of the six-year program to hire trained pro- fessionals to survey community needs, evaluate priorities and submit tentative improvement plans to local resident advisory groups for their input and recommendations. Environmental impact statements will be re- quired for approved projects. It may also prove desirable to create a citywide advisory group, which perhaps could be composed partially of representatives from the Planning Commission, Redevelopment Com- mission, and Human Relations Commission, to help coordinate total finan- cial resources and project timing. Also, some of these funds could be used for advance engineering design and acquisition costs for projects programmed in subsequent years. Redevelopment Pro~ect. This is the most important current project priority du'e to the recent funding problems which face the Redevelop- ment Agency, and perhaps the most difficult to illustrate in this programmatic presentation for expanding C.D. funds. Therefore, a separate attachment and commentary have been prepared (Exhibits 1 and 2). The annual amount of $250,000 shown in this program category repre- sents part of a proposed ten-year commitment of funds which can be used initially to support a $5,000,000 redevelopment revenue bond issue for capital purposes, and subsequent C.D. appropriations can be used for any HUD-approved C.D. project within the redevelopment project area. This should provide considerable flexibility for the Redevelopment Commission and Agency.. Senior Citizens' Housing Pro~ect. The $72,000 recommended in the first lear should pr6vi'de for site clearance costs and complete the re- quired funding of the downtown senior citizens' housing site. Total site acquisition and relocation costs (approximately $325,000) have been funded in the current fiscal year (1974-75) i A private developer will pay for project development, and an annual HUD subsidy of approx- imately $750,000 will help operate these 200 units of housing for the elderly poor which were authorized by Santa Aha voters in November, 1975. The housing development is taxable and will contribute tax increment revenue to the downtown redevelopment project. Water System. This $79,000 of C.D. funds will pay for a portion of t~e City's costs of acquiring a substandard private water system in the south central area of the City and benefit the City through im- proved fire protection.. Both a majority of the members of this private water system and the City Council have authorized this action. Housing Replacement Program. These funds can be used for a spot sl~m clearance program throughout the City to eliminate abandoned and unsafe structures and re-sell the sites to private developers on condition they re-build new residential units. This will return safe residential