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City Manager Dan Newell said the best idea he'd come up with was to apply for $300,000 to go towards the City's match for the water treatment plant it must build in order to comply with federal drinking water standards for arsenic.
A date for a second public hearing, a requirement of the CDBG program, hasn't been determined but will likely be next month as the CDBG application must be submitted in early January.
This year, the City only received $6,000 in CDBG funding as match for an FAA grant during the regular funding period. However, the federal stimulus package included additional CDBG funding for Nevada, and the City applied for and received $80,000 to go towards design of the arsenic treatment plant.
Newell said the City has a $1.1 million match that is a requirement of the large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grant it has received for construction of the treatment plant, whose estimated price tag is $4.5 million.
"We definitely need to go after it," said Council member George Dini of seeking CDBG funding for the treatment plant grant match, adding he wasn't sure of any other funding programs.
"I agree with George," said Council member Ross Whitacre. "I can't think of anything more important (to apply for)."
Newell said a concern is that after the 2010 Census is completed the City of Yerington may no longer meet the income requirement (minimum median income) to participate in the CDBG program. He noted the City had to do a salary survey to qualify after the 2000 Census. The only other Lyon County community currently eligible for CDBG grants is Silver Springs.
The initial deadline to comply with the new federal arsenic standing in drinking water has passed but city and many jurisdictions/public water systems has received an extension through the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to meeting the requirement. However, the new deadline is January 2011 so the city is facing a tight timeline.
There was no other comment from the public.
Currently the City can only submit one CDBG application during the regular funding cycle. The City hasn't only submitted applications from the city as in the past it has sponsored applications for apparatus from the Mason Valley Fire Protection District and for the Boys & Girls Club of Mason Valley.
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