Community Development Assistance Program Public Facilities Awards Announced

By STEVE McCLURE, Director, DCCA

On October 1, 1990 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) awarded more than $18.4 million in grants to 81 communities through the Community Development Assistance Program (CDAP). The funds were awarded through the annual Public Facilities Program that assists eligible communities with critical public facilities needs.

This year's program illustrates the problems that result when infrastructure fails to keep pace and small communities are unable to finance their basic needs. While these grants cannot solve all of the problems, at least these 81 communities will have access to safe water and sewer systems.

From Freeport in Northern Illinois to Cairo in the south, these grants will assist communities throughout the State in carrying out needed improvements in their public facilities.

For example, residents of Babcock Acres have been coping with major water problems, with water so badly polluted that sinks and bathtubs had to be disinfected daily. The residents recently annexed to East Moline in an attempt to solve the water problems, but that community could not afford the total cost of extending these public facilities. CDAP funds in the amount of $200,000 will help extend water and sewer lines to this area.

Hanna City, in Peoria County, is currently on the IEPA's restricted status list, like many other small communities, because it must discharge waste into ravines due to deficiencies in its sewer system. A $300,000 CDAP grant will help alleviate the problems.

Farmers and other residents in the Alexander area of Morgan County have been forced to truck water from Franklin for several years due to the poor well quality in the area. Royalton has its own water system, but it has deteriorated so badly that, in the past year, more than sixty-eight water line breaks have been reported. Morgan County will receive $400,000 to help extend water lines to Alexander, and Royalton will replace water lines with its $319,477 grant.

The Community Development Assistance Program remains an important community development tool. The need however is far greater than can be financed through this program. Applications were received totaling more than $45 million, yet only $18.4 million was available.

The Community Development Assistance Program is funded through a block grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). DCCA awards the grants on a statewide competitive basis to local governments in communities with populations of 50,000 or less. Communities within the six large urban counties that receive funding directly from HUD are not eligible to receive CDAP grants.

DCCA annually awards CDAP public facilities grants in amounts up to $400,000 for projects that remedy a threat to public health or safety. At least 51 percent of the benefit derived from the projects must be to low- to moderate-income people. Below is a list of CDAP projects that were funded this year.

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1990 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Public Facilities Projects

Applicant (County)	Project	Amount Awarded
Albion (Edwards)	New well and water lines	$400,00
Alvin (Vermilion)	Water treatment plant improvement	84,900
Arcola (Douglas)	Upgrade water treatment	167,500
Arenzville (Cass)	Water system improvements	327,658
Arlington (Bureau)	Water system improvements	156,000
Aroma Park (Kankakee)	New water well	84,000
Auburn (Sangamon)	New water mains	294,750
Aurora Township (Kane)	Storm water svstem	323,271
Batchtown (Calhoun)	Water treatment plant improvement	146,625
Big Mound Township (Wayne)	Construct water lines	201,226
Bluford (Jefferson)	Water storage facility	219,000
Cairo (Alexander)	Sewer line replacement	100,000
Carthane (Hancock)	Water main extension	345,000
Chandlerville (Cass)	Water supply improvements	194,338
Cisne (Wayne)	Install sewer lines	158,250
Clinton County	Water distribution system	360,000
Colchester (McDonouuh)	Water main replacement	306,000
Creston (Ogle)	Water system improvements	305,000
Crossville (White)	Water system improvements	370,000
Cutler (Perry)	Water distribution system	175,000
Dallas City (Hancock)	Water treatment plant improvement	283,000
DePue (Bureau)	Sewage treatment plant improvement	145,000
DeSoto (Jackson)	Water improvement project	149,500
Dongola (Union)	Water system improvements	154,161
Dover (Bureau)	Water system improvements	60,500
E. Cape Girardeau (Alexander)	Elevated storage tank	152,000
East Moline (Rock Island)	Extend water and sewer utilities	200,000
Edwards County	Water system improvements	375,000
Effingham County	Extend water service	350,000
Eldorado (Saline)	Drainage project	100,000
Elkville (Jackson)	Extend water distribution system	49,125
Ellis Grove (Randolph)	Upgrade lagoon	54,600
Emington (Livingston)	Water facility improvements	129,625
Farmington ( Peoria)	Distribution system iniprovements	325,000
Flora (Clay )	Replace old water tank	350,000
Freeport (Stephenson)	Sanitary sewer extension	191,184
Fulton County	Construct public water system	395,000
Gallatin County	Water storage tank	350,000
Georgetown (Vermilion)	Sanitary sewer system improvement	285,000
Gilman (Iroquois)	New water main	268,650
Hanna City (Peoria)	Sanitary system improvements	300,000
Harrisburg (Saline)	Sewer line extension	164,5000
Hecker (Monroe)	New water tower	340,000
Heyworth (Mclean)	Improve distribution system	200,000
Hillsboro (Montgomery )	Sanitary sewer system	316,088
Ina (Jefferson)	Improve sewer system	87,200
Jasper County	Extend water service	400,000
Johnson County	Extend water lines	168,000
Jonesboro (Union)	Sewer improvements	217,000
Kewanee (Henry)	Water line replacement	300,000

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