Appropriations FY10 - Congressman Joe Baca

City of Colton

$500,000 3-5 Comprehensive Storm Drain Project
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: The City, in conjunction with Engineering Resources of Southern California, has designed an innovative plan that realigns the 3-5 storm drain system. Phase I, which included the extension of a 108 inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) west along Valley Boulevard between Cypress Avenue and Meridian Avenue, was completed in February 2007. Due to lack of funding, Phase II, which consists of Jack and bore of two 108 inch parallel pipelines under Interstate 10 and Union Pacific Rail Road Track, has been put on hold. Instead, the city is proceeding with a partial phase (Phase IIA) which includes construction of a singular 108-RCP under I-10 and Union Pacific Rail Road Tracks.

Benefits: Completion of the three phase project will allow for 25-year level of flood protection while removing additional storm flows along Valley Blvd.

Account: ***Energy & Water Development***
$500,000 3-5 Comprehensive Storm Drain Project
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: The City, in conjunction with Engineering Resources of Southern California, has designed an innovative plan that realigns the 3-5 storm drain system. Phase I, which included the extension of a 108 inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) west along Valley Boulevard between Cypress Avenue and Meridian Avenue, was completed in February 2007. Due to lack of funding, Phase II, which consists of Jack and bore of two 108 inch parallel pipelines under Interstate 10 and Union Pacific Rail Road Track, has been put on hold. Instead, the city is proceeding with a partial phase (Phase IIA) which includes construction of a singular 108-RCP under I-10 and Union Pacific Rail Road Tracks

Benefits: Completion of the three phase project will allow for 25-year level of flood protection while removing additional storm flows along Valley Blvd.

Account: ***Interior and Environment***
$1,300,000 Agua Mansa Road Widening and Realignment
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: This project proposes to realign and widen Agua Mansa Road from Riverside Avenue to Rancho Avenue from a two to four lane capacity. The project will also align the Rialto Channel with the existing channel crossing. The project has been segmented into three phases to increase deliverability: Phase I involves the realignment and widening of Agua Mansa Road from Riverside Avenue to Rialto Channel; Phase II will widen and realign Agua Mansa Road from the Rialto Channel to Rancho Avenue; Phase II will replace the existing bridge at the Rialto Channel to accommodate four lanes of traffic. The environmental design as well as the bidding process for construction of Phase I has been completed. Construction on Phase I is expected to commence by March 2009.

Benefits: Project will help alleviate traffic concerns in the immediate and surrounding areas of the proposed improvements.
$200,000 Police Department Back-up Generator
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Funding is requested to allow the Colton Police Department to replace its standby power generator which no longer meets air quality standards, and has been consequently ordered “Out of Service.” The Department is currently renting a temporary stand-by generator.

Benefits: The Project will allow the Colton PD to own a standby generator, enabling it to continue to provide essential law enforcement activities during power outages.

Account: ***Homeland Security***
$200,000 Police Department Back-up Generator
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Funding is requested to allow the Colton Police Department to replace its standby power generator which no longer meets air quality standards, and has been consequently ordered “Out of Service.” The Department is currently renting a temporary stand-by generator.

Benefits: The Project will allow the Colton PD to own a standby generator, enabling it to continue to provide essential law enforcement activities during power outages.

Account: ***Commerce, Justice, Science***
$500,000 Veteran's Park Sports Complex
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Installation of three baseball fields with stadium seating, sunken dugouts, backstops, outfield fencing, ball field lighting, and a shade structure. Additional amenities will be built around the structure to add to and enhance its recreational use. Total project will cost $3,000,000 and the City is committed to coming up with required local match.

Benefits: Project will allow the City to improve its recreational facilities, ultimately promoting the well-being of its citizens.
$2,500,000 Safe Routes to School
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Project will allow for construction of a drop-off zone at Lincoln Elementary. City also aspires to install missing sidewalk portions and handicap ramps in every school within the City as well as install push button activated in-pavement light for all school crosswalks.

Benefits: Project will provide a safe place for parents to drop off their kids at Lincoln Elementary. Furthermore, it will allow for increased handicap-accessibility in its schools.
$500,000 Colton Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Project will allow City to enhance its emergency preparedness. Project will focus on thee primary areas: increasing the public alert system capabilities; enhancing the interoperability between the City and outside jurisdictions by implementing the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS); and updating the city's Emergency Operations Center.

Benefits: Project will allow the City to better prepare itself for emergency situations as well as increase its capability to handle such situations.
$400,000 Project “226” Middle School After School Program
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Project will provide after-school activities for youth, during at-risk hours of 2:00 to 6:00pm. This funding will enable the City to facilitate after-school strategies for both elementary and middle school students in Colton

Benefits: Program will allow kids of working parents/guardians to participate in supervised educational or recreational activities after school.
$9,400,000 Western Pressure Zone Storage and Transmission
Recipient: City of Colton
650 N. La Cadena Drive
Colton, CA 92324

Description: Project provides gravity storage to the Western Pressure Zone which provides water utility services to several customers including the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Project would involve the construction of a 4 million gallon storage take and associated transmission lines.

Benefits: Project would reduce the probability of an extended water system outage following a major earthquake or other natural disaster that would otherwise interrupt water utility services

City of Fontana

$250,000 Library Education Resources
Recipient: City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Project would allow for City to expand services in the new library which has served over 1 million patrons during its first year of operation, well over county/city expectations. Local fundraising efforts has already allowed city to set aside $250,000 toward the anticipated cost of $500,000 for expansion.

Benefits: Project would enhance the library's resources, allowing it to better accommodate the educational needs and resources of the community.
$250,000 Downtown Senior Center
Recipient: City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Project will allow City operate and provide necessary programming in its new Senior Center which is currently being built adjacent to low-income housing facilities. The City has previously raised enough money for construction of center, and construction has commenced.

Benefits: Funding would allow for a fully operational Senior Center that would better suit the needs of seniors who currently reside in low-income housing facilities. Current senior center is only 2000 square feet and fails to meets the city's needs.
$200,000 Teen Center
Recipient: City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Funding is requested to ensure the continuing operation of and programming provided by the Fontana Teen Center. The City has recently assumed responsibility for the Center as the non-profit organization that operated it prior, could not financially support itself. The City wants to maintain the positive influence on the community's youth that the Center provides.

Benefits: Program would allow for the City to maintain operation and programming for its Teen Center that serves a highly urbanized area of Fontana.
$200,000 Downtown Revitalization-Historic Fire Station
Recipient: City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Funding is needed to help convert the city's old fire station into a fire museum that will house their first fire truck and local historical memorabilia. Project is anticipated to cost $450,000 and City is willing to put $250,000 forward.

Benefits: Museum is expected to be a tremendous community asset and will be used extensively by local schools for educational purposes and community based educational activities.
$500,000 Rails to Trails
Recipient: City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue,
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Funding would enable City to complete construction on a project that would convert the old Pacific Electric Railroad Right of Way to a safe walking system. System will connect the communities of Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, and Rialto. Over 2 miles of this trail system has already been constructed as well as design for the balance of the system.

Benefits: Completion of the project would allow city to improve the health and community of its residents by providing a safe and attractive amenity that residents may walk and ride their bikes on.

City of Ontario

$3,000,000 I-10 at Grove Ave. and Fourth St. Interchange and Grove Ave. Corridor Project
Recipient: City of Ontario
303 East B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

Description: The proposed project will relocate the existing I-10 Freeway at 4th Street interchange westerly to Grove Ave., reconstruct the existing 4th Street freeway bridge structure and widen the Grove Ave. corridor between the I-10 Freeway and Holt Blvd. This portion of Grove Avenue from SR-60 to I-10 serves as the western boundary of the Los Angeles/Ontario International Airport and cargo destination. It is also a north/south corridor providing the primary freight access between the airport, I-10 National Freight Corridor and Alameda Corridor East Trade Corridor. Currently, the only access from Grove Avenue to the freeway is the offset I-10 at 4th Street interchange, which is under-designed and unsafe.

Benefits: The purpose of the project is to eliminate the outdated and under designed 4th Street interchange in favor of a new location at Grove Ave. that provides a more ideal freeway interchange spacing and also direct access to the LA/Ontario International Airport and surrounding cargo logistics centers.
$3,500,000 Mission Boulevard Widening (Grove Ave. to Haven Ave.)
Recipient: City of Ontario,
303 East B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

Description: The funding will be used to widen arterial roadways located just south of the LA/Ontario International Airport and the Union Pacific Railroad Los Angeles line between Grove Ave. and Archibald Ave. in the city of Ontario. The project will widen the existing arterial roadway from four lanes to six lanes from Grove Ave. to Archibald Ave. The project also includes widening several existing flood control channel bridges, signalized intersection improvements, landscaping and irrigation, a raised median, and various other improvements to the roadways at issue.

Benefits: The project will help to increase mobility and access in the area at issue, which will alleviate traffic problems in a major industrial and goods distribution areas, etc. It will also help to decrease levels of vehicle emissions by decreasing vehicle delay and general congestion, as well as work to improve safety between Grove Ave and Haven Ave by improving sight distance and the removal of eucalyptus trees in close proximity to the travel lanes.
$550,000 Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration Study
Recipient: City of Ontario,
303 East B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

Description: Funding will be used for a multi-jurisdictional project to create a wetlands ecosystem and enhance recreational uses as part of a regional watershed management plan. Due to the size of the project, strong coordinated fundraising efforts among local, state, and federal agencies, as well as private sector contributions are needed. State funding has secured $5 million through a State Water Resources Control Board Grant. The Demonstration Project is expected to be completed in December 2010, providing valuable planning and design information for the overall feasibility study.

Benefits: The project will result in many environmental and recreational benefits. Upon completion, the Restoration project is designed to improve water quality and restore environmental resources, including satisfying the intent of the storm-water runoff provisions of the Clean Water Act and creating, expanding, and maintaining high-quality wildlife habitats for native species. Among the recreational benefits, the project will extend camping facilities, create additional trails, and allow for an educational interpretive center.
$500,000 Francis Street Storm Drain and Connectors
Recipient: City of Ontario
303 East B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

Description: This funding will allow for the construction of the Francis Street Storm Drain which is designed to work in conjunction with the Grove Avenue Detention Basin and Storm Drain Collection System to further safeguard the region from flooding. This system was built as a short-term solution to the localized flooding and runoff problems experienced by the region when it receives significantly more annual rainfall than expected (Winter of 1998 & 2005 for example). Without these improvements, it is feared that similar rainfall will overwhelm the Basin, causing damage to downstream dairies and properties and endangering the general public within the flood zone.

Benefits: Upon completion of the project, the Storm Drain will be able to intercept low flows through a 100-year event and convey them to the West Cucamonga Creek Channel, a regional flood control facility owned by US Army Corps of Engineers and managed by the San Bernardino County Flood Control District. Furthermore, it will help reduce flooding in all areas in the affected flood zone, and help to improve groundwater quality for over 500,000 households in Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
$450,000 Ontario Emergency Operations Center Equipment
Recipient: City of Ontario,
303 East B Street
Ontario, CA 91764

Description: Project will allow for the City of Ontario to purchase new equipment for its Ontario's Emergency Operations Center. The City has been designated as a central coordinating point for City and regional resources within the West End of San Bernardino County. Federal funding is needed to equip the EOC with display systems, computers, interoperable radio technology, telecommunications, equipment, and general facility items.

Benefits: Funding will allow the City to bring its Emergency Operations Center up to date, allowing it to replace its antiquated equipment, some of which dates back 20 years. A facility with modern communications equipment is critical in order to endure the successful coordination of disaster resources and government response.
$100,000 Ontario Interoperability Communications Center
Recipient: City of Ontario
303 East B Street
Ont-ario, CA 91764

Description: The proposed project will allow for the purchase of new communications equipment for the City of Ontario Police Department. Federal funding will go toward the purchase of VHF mobile and portable radio units for police vehicles, replacing outdated base, mobile, and portable radio units. It will also allow for the purchase of interoperability software/hardware.

Benefits: Funding will improve the police department's communication capabilities, allowing the police department to better serve the general public, and respond to emergency situations.

City of Rialto

$15,000,000 Inland Empire Groundwater Remediation
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The Remediation Project will help clean up ground wells in the Inland Empire that are operated by the cities of Rialto and Colton, West Valley Water District and Fontana Water Company that have been contaminated with perchlorate, a problem that has forced water purveyors to shut down and treat the wells to completely remove the contaminant in the past. Area water purveyors along with San Bernardino County have devised a technical approach to the problem and identified its cost which included investigation, capital improvements, and a five year operating and maintenance budget. Money received will go toward wellhead treatment and other expenses associated with limiting the flow of contaminated groundwater.

Benefits: This project will improve water quality to the region and ensure an adequate supply is available at all times.
$5,000,000 Wellhead Treatment of Perchlorate Contaminated Wells
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The Treatment Project will help clean up ground wells in the Inland Empire that are operated by the cities of Rialto and Colton, West Valley Water District and Fontana Water Company that have been contaminated with perchlorate, a problem that has forced water purveyors to shut down and treat the wells to completely remove the contaminant in the past. Area water purveyors along with San Bernardino County have devised a technical approach to the problem and identified its cost which included investigation, capital improvements, and a five year operating and maintenance budget. Money received will be used by the water purveyors, working in conjunction with DOD program managers, to demonstrate technologies for wellhead treatment, perchlorate source identification, and contamination containment.

Benefits: Funding will help improve the operation of these treatment projects by demonstrating the technologies used in the identification and clean up of contaminants in the affected wells.

Account: **Defense-Wide**
$5,000,000 Wellhead Treatment of Perchlorate Contaminated Wells
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The Treatment Project will help clean up ground wells in the Inland Empire that are operated by the cities of Rialto and Colton, West Valley Water District and Fontana Water Company that have been contaminated with perchlorate, a problem that has forced water purveyors to shut down and treat the wells to completely remove the contaminant in the past. Area water purveyors along with San Bernardino County have devised a technical approach to the problem and identified its cost which included investigation, capital improvements, and a five year operating and maintenance budget. Money received will be used by the water purveyors, working in conjunction with DOD program managers, to demonstrate technologies for wellhead treatment, perchlorate source identification, and contamination containment.

Benefits: Funding will help improve the operation of these treatment projects by demonstrating the technologies used in the identification and clean up of contaminants in the affected wells.

Account: **Army Research**
$300,000 Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras
Recipient: Rialto Police Department
128 North Willow Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project is for the purchase of both computer infrastructure and mobile surveillance camera systems to be used in high-crime areas such as parks. Systems will be used to help prevent graffiti vandalism in specific target locations and then moved as needed. Both requested systems will have monitoring, recording, and notification capabilities.

Benefits: Purchase of these systems will aid the Police Department and the City of Rialto in reducing graffiti vandalism that is unsightly and expensive to remove. On average, the City's contractor removes between 900 and 1000 graffiti markings per month.
$200,000 Rialto Police Department Range Upgrade
Recipient: Rialto Police Department
128 North Willow Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project would improve the Rialto Police Department Range, enhancing the lighting, equipment, target applications, and ventilation systems. The Department's range is outdated and does not have adequate capabilities for the different types of training required for its officers to remain proficient. As a result, the department has had to send its officers to other agencies in order to conduct required quarterly weapon qualifications.

Benefits: Improvements made to the Rialto Police Department Range would allow police to complete required quarterly weapon qualifications on site, rather than often being sent to other agencies – instances which lead to staffing, logistical, and cost issues.
$200,000 Rialto Police Department Tactical Equipment Vehicle
Recipient: Rialto Police Department
128 North Willow Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project would allow the purchase of a self contained tactical equipment vehicle. This purchase would ensure that all available tactical equipment and be quickly mobilized and transported to any area, at anytime, should the need arise. Vehicle would be equipped with the latest communications and surveillance technology to include video camera monitoring systems.

Benefits: Vehicle would enhance the capability and efficiency of the SWAT team, allowing them to improve the safety and overall response to major incidents within the community.
$5,000,000 Bridge Widening Over Railroad South of I-10/Riverside Avenue
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project would widen the Riverside Avenue/UPRR over-crossing bridge to improve traffic flow along this corridor and to avoid a bottleneck.

Benefits: Project will help to alleviate traffic concerns with the anticipated Riverside Bridge Widening at I-10. The existing bridge spanning the railroad will become inadequate with the completion of the adjacent interchange project.
$5,000,000 Cactus Avenue Crossing Over the I-10 Freeway and the Union Pacific Rail Road
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project would create a freeway crossing to reduce congestion at Riverside Ave. and the Cedar Ave.

Benefits: Crossing allowing movement on Cactus north and south will significantly improve N/S traffic circulation.
$5,000,000 Pepper Avenue Extension
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project will extend Pepper Avenue approximately 2,550 feet to the freeway to allow for Caltrans to fund a freeway to fund a freeway off-ramp at the Avenue. Project is a joint project with the City of Colton, City of San Bernardino, and San Bernardino County, and will create an additional freeway interchange in the City and provide a connecting arterial roadway between the 210 and I-10 freeways serving the Arrowhead Medical Center hospital and surrounding communities.

Benefits: Creation of this interchange will reduce congestion at the Riverside Ave. off-ramp. Moreover, it will help create new revenue potential through land development opportunities.
$500,000 City Well No. 3 (Rehabilitate or Replacement)
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: This project will evaluate the four areas of the well site: electrical, mechanical, hydrological, and security. The evaluation will assess the old well equipment to determine if it can meet industry standards and future growth needs with higher efficiency equipment. If, after the evaluation, the City determines the well cannot meet industry standards or future needs, the city will construct a new well.

This project will allow the city to improve the well's capacity as it is not capable of pumping any more water from the basin than it already produces. Well improvements or a new well will enable the City to continue to serve clean and safe potable water and reduce the City's reliance on water that must be treated to remove contaminants prior to delivery.
$500,000 City Well No. 3 (Rehabilitate or Replacement)
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: This project will evaluate the four areas of the well site: electrical, mechanical, hydrological, and security. The evaluation will assess the old well equipment to determine if it can meet industry standards and future growth needs with higher efficiency equipment. If, after the evaluation, the City determines the well cannot meet industry standards or future needs, the city will construct a new well.

Benefits: This project will allow the city to improve the well's capacity as it is not capable of pumping any more water from the basin than it already produces. Well improvements or a new well will enable the City to continue to serve clean and safe potable water and reduce the City's reliance on water that must be treated to remove contaminants prior to delivery.
$700,000 Transit Station Modification to Facilitate Police Department Evidence Storage Facility Relocation (Metrolink Parking Lot)
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Project would allow for the Police Department's storage facility to be relocated, enabling the expansion of the existing transit station. The storage facility needs to be updated in order to meet the Department's needs and security standards; however, expansion on the existing site is not possible because the transit station is over-utilized and over-crowded.

Benefits: Relocation of the storage facility would enable the police department to meet their growing needs and security standards. Moreover these improvements would allow the City to better serve the needs of the community.
400,000 Frisbie Park Improvements
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The funding is being requested to allow for improvements to be made to Frisbie Park. City plans that the total cost for Phase I of the project will be $910,000; $400,000 of that total coming from federal funds.

Benefits: Improvements will be made to amenities that will lead to improved recreational use of the facility.
$200,000 Public Safety Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the establishment of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the City. GIS software is used for visualizing, analyzing, creating, and managing data with a geographic component. Once reviewed, these systems can reveal patterns, relationships, and trends that are not readily apparent in databases, spreadsheets, or statistical packages.

Benefits: With the purchase and establishment of a GIS, the City would improve emergency response times for Police and Fire squads, as well as aid law enforcement in crime analysis and tracking.
$750,000 Rialto Library Expansion
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the expansion of the Rialto Library. The library is one of the busiest in the County system and lacks sufficient capacity. As such, the City aims to construct a community meeting room, computer laboratory with an additional 15 to 20 computers, storage space and possibly an additional restroom.

Benefits: The planned improvements would help expand the capacity of the library and better serve its customers and the community as a whole.
$23,823,000 Rialto Municipal Airport Tenant Relocation
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the relocation of tenants of the Rialto Municipal Airport. The airport is slated to be closed to allow for a new mixed-use, master-planned community. Federal funds will be used to pay for the cost of acquiring real and personal property interests, moving and reestablishment expenses all in accordance with applicable state and federal law. Primary recipients of the funds will be the current tenants of the Airport.

Benefits: With the relocation of the Rialto Municipal Airport tenants, the city can move forward with its planned redevelopment of the area. The redevelopment will not only lead to construction jobs in the short-term, but also many long-term jobs created through new warehouse, distribution, and retail development. In sum, the redevelopment is estimated to create 3,000 jobs – both in the short-term and long-term.
$5,104,000 Rialto Municipal Airport Demolition
Recipient: City of Rialto/ Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the demolition of the Rialto Municipal Airport. On August 10, 2005, President Bush signed the Federal Highway Reauthorization – SAFETEA-LU which contained language and provisions that authorized the closure and conveyance of the Rialto Municipal Airport. Demolition of the Airport is a key step in the beginning of the redevelopment of an underutilized area along the SR-210 Freeway corridor.

Benefits: With the demolition of the Rialto Municipal Airport, the city can move forward with its planned redevelopment of the area. The redevelopment will not only lead to construction jobs in the short-term, but also many long-term jobs created through new warehouse, distribution, and retail development. In sum, the redevelopment is estimated to create 3,000 jobs – both in the short-term and long-term.
$5,261,000 Rialto Municipal Airport Remediation
Recipient: City of Rialto/Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the remediation of contamination existing at the Rialto Municipal Airport site which is slated to be closed to be developed into a new master-planned community. On August 10, 2005, President Bush signed the Federal Highway ReAuthorization – SAFETEA-LU which contained language and provisions that authorized the closure and conveyance of the Rialto Municipal Airport. The remediation of contamination is a key step in the redevelopment of an under-utilized area along the SR-210 Freeway corridor.

Benefits: The remediation of contamination is a key step in the beginning of the planned redevelopment of the area. The redevelopment will not only lead to construction jobs in the short-term, but also many long-term jobs created through new warehouse, distribution, and retail development. In sum, the redevelopment is estimated to create 3,000 jobs – both in the short-term and long-term.
$81,981,000 Rialto Municipal Airport Backbone Infrastructure Improvements
Recipient: City of Rialto/ Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The funding is requested for the construction of necessary new infrastructure that will aid in the redevelopment of the Rialto Municipal Airport site. On August 10, 2005, President Bush signed the Federal Highway Reauthorization – SAFETEA-LU which contained language and provisions that authorized the closure and conveyance of the Rialto Municipal Airport. The site is the location of a new mixed-use, master-planned community.

Benefits: The construction of new infrastructure will aid in the redevelopment of the Rialto Municipal Airport site. The redevelopment will not only lead to construction jobs in the short-term, but also many long-term jobs created through new warehouse, distribution, and retail development. In sum, the redevelopment is estimated to create 3,000 jobs – both in the short-term and long-term.
$500,000 Fire Station 202 (Construction)
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for the construction of a new fire station. The existing station is the oldest within the city and does not comply with National Fire Protection Association standards for station construction or housing fire apparatus. The project is underfunded at this time.

Benefits: The construction of a new fire station will allow for the city to better serve the general public. The station was built in 1963 and was designed for one fire engine with three firefighters. Today, the station houses five firefighters, a fire engine, and a paramedic ambulance.
$1,000,000 Bus Stop Improvements
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The project will provide basic amenities to improve safety and aesthetics at approximately 174 existing bus stops within the city.

Benefits: The funding will result in improved safety and aesthetics at all the affected bus stops.
$1,000,000 Citywide Street Widening
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: The project will widen sections of major arterials throughout the City to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion.

Benefits: Funding will help to alleviate traffic problems in affected areas.
$700,000 Fire Station 205 Design
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for construction of a fire station on city-owned property to provide emergency services to and for residents and businesses south of I-10 and surrounding area. This station is needed to comply with National Fire Protection Association guidelines for fire safety and to provide adequate services to the community located south of the 10 freeway to the city limits

Benefits: The construction of a new fire station will allow for the city to better serve the general public.
$500,000 Citywide Entryway Improvements
Recipient: City of Rialto
150 South Palm Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376

Description: Funding is requested for a project that will provide ten free standing monuments at the main entrances to the City of Rialto.

Benefits: These signs will represent the historical characteristics of the City and provide a welcoming gateway entry to visitors and residents in this community.

City of San Bernardino

$11,000,000 San Bernardino Intermodal Transit Center
Recipient: City of San Bernardino
300 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418-0001

Description: Funding is requested to aid in the development in the San Bernardino Intermodal Transit Center. The City of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino Associated Governments, and San Bernardino County's regional transportation agency, Omnitrans, are engaged in a joint effort to help develop this center. The Center will provide access to every major form of mass transit available in Southern California. Final design, engineering and environmental clearance will be completed by mid to late 2010, with construction beginning in late 2010 or early 2011. The goal is to have the Center completed to coincide with the beginning of operation of sbX and the extension of Metrolink. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $100 million. This request of $11 million will allow for the completion of right of way acquisition, final design & engineering, environmental review and infrastructure improvements for the Transit Center

Benefits: Located in downtown San Bernardino, the Center will provide immediate access to all of Southern California for the thousands of workers and residents living in and around downtown. Moreover, the project will also act as an economic stimulation catalyst for the development of a new transit oriented district in what is now an underutilized and blighted area. It will create jobs, encourage mixed use retail and residential developments, reduce non-transit vehicle usage and highway congestion, and improve air quality in the region.
$200,000 Law Enforcement Technology Public Safety Communication Repeaters
Recipient: City of San Bernardino
300 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418

Description: The funding requested will go toward improving the current emergency broadcast radio system that the City possesses. The City of San Bernardino owns and maintains an 800 MHz radio system that is interlinked with a similar County of San Bernardino to provide public safety radio interoperability throughout the county. The current system has three major dead spots and several smaller ones where radio traffic cannot be received or transmitted.

Benefits: The project will improve the City's public safety radio allowing for better interoperability throughout the county
$1,000,000 State Street Improvements Project
Recipient: City of San Bernardino
300 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418

Description: This project would allow for State Street, which currently dead ends at 16th Street, to extend south of Foothill Blvd (SR 66). The total extension would be 1.5 miles between 14th St and Foothill blvd.

Benefits: Upon completion of the project, traffic concerns in this area will lessened.
$500,000 Verdemont Community Center
Recipient: City of San Bernardino
300 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418

Description: The funding is being requested to aid in the city's construction of the Verdemont Community Center which is part of their Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Currently, there is no community center in the north end of the city. As part of the CIP, the City has recently completed the schematic design phase of what is planned to be a 19,00 sq. ft. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified community center.

Benefits: As well as providing recreational opportunities for citizens, it is anticipated that the Center will provide a model for energy and water conservation/effective utilization, as well as providing a meeting place for regional forums promoting green building design.

County of San Bernardino

$100,000 Scientific Investigations Division Program Funding
Recipient: County of San Bernardino, CA

Description: Funding is requested for the Sheriff's Crime Analysis Unit which includes Law Enforcement Investigative Computer Software, BAC Analysis System, Polarized Light Microscopes for Controlled Substance Analysis, Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer, and a number of other analytical systems used in law enforcement.

Benefits: This funding will help the Sheriff's Dept meet the needs of various divisions throughout their department that require up-to-date and/or expanded analytical systems. The specific funding will go toward systems that will provide forensic support.
$3,000,000 Cherry Avenue/I-10 Interchange Improvements
Recipient: County of San Bernardino, CA

Description: Funding is requested to help replace the Cherry Ave./I-10 interchange. This interchange currently has the single greatest amount of vehicular delay of any interchange within the 43rd Congressional District and is the primary interchange from the I-10 serving heavy industrial areas of Fontana, Ontario, San Bernardino County, several high volume truck stops and the California Speedway.

Benefits: This project will help alleviate traffic concerns at the Cherry Ave./I-10 interchange.
$500,000 Hi Desert Water District Wastewater Collection
and Reuse Project
Recipient: County of San Bernardino, CA

Description: This project will provide environmental enhancements, water conservation, and flood control facilities in the western portion of the San Bernardino Valley. The project stems from a project that was originally approved in 1995 which provided a 137-acre area to be set aside as a preserve to protect a sensitive plant community, wetlands, and wildlife enhancement. Since initial approval, the project has faced several; pitfalls, including the elimination of $10 million in grants. Due to the time it has taken to get the project approved, delays to environmental requirements and approvals, and increases in project costs (which are now greater than those estimated in the loan application), the project has an estimated shortfall of $15 to $20 million. This funding will help address that shortfall.

Benefits: Upon completion of the project, the area will enjoy environmental enhancements, water conservation, and flood control facilities. In addition to the 137-acre preserve set aside by the project, several water conservation basins will percolate an estimated 25,000 acre-feet of storm water runoff per year into the Chino Groundwater Basin. This runoff will benefit agricultural, municipal, and industrial water users in the Valley. Moreover, increased water conservation will occur as the result of additional 5,400 acre-feet of water storage, which will reduce the need to purchase imported water.

Education

1,500,000 Developing the English and Academic Skills for English Learners
Recipient: San Bernardino City Unified School District
777 North F Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410

Description: This program is focused on improving the academic achievement of English learners and increasing parental involvement. This proposal includes staff development and recruitment of 50 Teacher/Coachers for English Learning (EL) students and Bilingual Outreach Workers for English learner coachers who will provide training to teachers of English learners at each school site, K-12. In addition funds will go toward books, supplies, and computers.

Benefits: Program will aid non-English-speaking students in their education of the language. Moreover, it will encourage parental involvement in their children's education.
$100,000 Community Prosecutor Program
Recipient: San Bernardino City Unified School District
777 North F Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410

Description: San Bernardino County District Attorney and the superintendents of the San Bernardino City, Rialto, and Redlands Unified School Districts are trying to establish a partnership to institute a community prosecutor position. The community prosecutor would work for the DA's office to assist the school districts in their efforts to reduce truancy and youth violence. Community Prosecutor would act as a partnership builder with other criminal justice agencies, social agencies, businesses, and school districts to work together to find ways to solve livability issues in targeted neighborhoods.

Benefits: A community prosecutor would be able to assist the DA's office by focusing primarily on school districts, aiding them in reducing truancy and youth violence that exists in and around school communities.
$200,000 Technology Training
Recipient: San Bernardino City Unified School District
777 North F Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410

Description: Funding is requested to acquire technology such as software and modems, and to train school district IT employees. The district will provide ongoing classes that are open to all staff in the district, classified as well as certified.

Benefits: Acquisition of the technology will aid the schools' in their everyday operations as well as provide improved resources to the students.
$200,000 Vocational Training Program & Professional Training Center
Recipient: San Bernardino City Unified School District
777 North F Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410

Description: Funds requested would go toward the acquisition of equipment, technology, and furniture for the Professional Training Center. The Center will train students in automotive repair and diagnostic, utilizing new technology required in the automotive industry. Students would also participate in cosmetology, information technology centers, hospitality services industry, data entry call centers, and local governmental services.

Benefits: Funding would allow SBCUSD to establish a vocational training program, allowing students various trades, improving their marketability in the professional world.

San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)

$4,000,000 San Bernardino Rapid Bus Project: sbX
Recipient: San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)
1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92410-1715

Description: Funding is requested to construct a dedicated bus lane along E Street. This would be the first phase in the construction of the sbX corridor. The San Bernardino Valley Express (sbX) will operated along E Street which serves as a corridor between California State University San Bernardino and Loma Linda University Medical Center. This system will be high-tech and user-friendly that will provide more frequent service, fewer stops, and higher average speeds than traditional bus service.

Benefits: This project is the first phase in the construction of the sbX project. Completion of the project will allow the area to have a high-tech and user-friendly mass transit system, providing residents with an efficient and economic mode of transportation.

Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA)

$1,000,000 3rd Street Arterial Roadway Improvements Project
Recipient: Inland Valley Development Agency
294 S. Leland Norton Way, Suite One
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: The project provides critical roadway, utility, drainage, and infrastructure improvements to a burgeoning local employment center and transportation hub created in the wake of the 1988 BRAC closure of Norton Air Force Base. 3rd street is a regional arterial roadway bordering the north portion of the San Bernardino International Airport (formerly Norton AFB) in San Bernardino, CA which provides ground transportation access to and from I-215 and Hwy 30 (future SR 210). This project would provide for the construction of 3rd street, from Victoria Ave. east to Palm Ave., as well as two new access roads along 3rd Street on the north portion of the San Bernardino International Airport at Sterling Ave, Victoria Ave, and Central Ave.

Benefits: Construction of the project will alleviate traffic and safety concerns in the area. Currently, the roadways at issue are in need of substantial pavement repair and road widening, as well as drainage, curb and gutter, traffic signaling, and other improvements which have not occurred for many years due to lack of available funding at the local level.

Omnitrans

$1,280,000 Study on San Bernardino Express System Wide Transit Corridor Plan
Recipient: Omnitrans, San Bernardino County, CA
1700 West 5th Street
San Bernardino, CA 92411

Description: Funding is requested for completion of a study that is analyzing seven major transit corridors within the Omnitrans area. Omnitrans is in the midst of trying to update its current bus transit system and establish a bus rapid transit system to better accommodate area residents, and appeal to those commuters who have resisted using the service in the past because the system is not an efficient mode of transportation for medium to long distance riders. Omnitrans is currently moving forward with the E Street corridor, which should be up and operational by 2012. Funding is sought to do an Alternatives Analysis and update the System Wide Transit Corridor Plan for the remaining corridors. The study will review the feasibility of routes, best use of mixed land, and cost.

Benefits: Completion of this project will allow Omnitrans to move forward with the remaining BRT corridors for the San Bernardino Valley and gain approval from the Federal Transit Administration.

Non-Profits

$100,000 Jack Bulik Teen Center
Recipient: City of Fontana, Community Services Dept.
9460 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335

Description: Funding would enable city to enhance and develop additional middle school & high school after-school recreational and educational enrichment programs for teens 12-17 years old. Grant will focus on at-risk teens and will work to promote the development of positive social and educational values, as well as providing a safe, drug free caring environment. These programs are aimed at addressing the high truancy and drop out rate within the local surrounding school districts.

Benefits: These programs are aimed at addressing the high truancy and drop out rate within the local surrounding school districts as they provide supervised activities for students who would presumably be otherwise un-supervised after school.
$100,000 Urban Youth Conservation Corps. – San Bernardino National Forest Association
Recipient: Urban Youth Conservation Corps
602 Tippencanoe Ave
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: Purpose of the of the Corps is to increase the skills and competencies of at risk older underserved youth (14-23) to enter into the workforce successfully, become self-sufficient, and to choose crime-free lifestyles. This is achieved through a job training and service program with the US Forest Service that trains at risk youth to serve on the San Bernardino National Forest in wildlife recovery and restoration efforts.

Benefits: Program teaches at-risk youth vital job skills and orients them for a position with the US Forest Service. Also works to inspire participants to become part of a national movement for service.
$100,000 Urban Youth Conservation Corps. – San Bernardino National Forest Association
Recipient: Urban Youth Conservation Corps
602 Tippencanoe Ave
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: Purpose of the of the Corps is to increase the skills and competencies of at risk older underserved youth (14-23) to enter into the workforce successfully, become self-sufficient, and to choose crime-free lifestyles. This is achieved through a job training and service program with the US Forest Service that trains at risk youth to serve on the San Bernardino National Forest in wildlife recovery and restoration efforts.

Benefits: Program teaches at-risk youth vital job skills and orients them for a position with the US Forest Service. Also works to inspire participants to become part of a national movement for service.
$605,000 San Bernardino Community Against Breast Cancer
Recipient: Inland Behavioral and Health Services, Inc
1963 North E Street
San Bernardino, CA 92405

Description: Funding is requested to provide a unique opportunity to fill a critical community gap: breast health education, screening, and support services to low-income women of color living within the California 43rd Congressional District. This project will provide complete mammography services coupled with general x-ray, community outreach and education, bi-lingual breast self-exam classes, patient case management and support groups.

Benefits: Project will result in increased knowledge and awareness of risk factors and screening, increased support of women of color fighting cancer, as well as increased rates of early screening and detection and treatment.
$15,544 Support Group for Rialto Police K-9 Unit
Recipient: Friends of Rialto K-9 Unit
PO Box 1732
Rialto, CA 92377

Description: Funding is requested to purchase new Police K-9s and equipment for Rialto Police Dept K-9 unit. Funding will also go toward the 5 week Narcotic detection program that is required for the officers and their dogs.

Benefits: New dogs and equipment will aid the K-9 unit and the Rialto Police Department to crack down on possession of illegal drugs.
$1,000,000 Easter Seals San Bernardino Child Development Center
Recipient: Eastern Seals of Southern California
1801 E. Edinager Ave., Suite 190
Santa Ana, CA 92705

Description: Funding is requested for a center that will provide early childhood education services through highly trained professionals for at-risk, low income preschoolers and their families. Funding will be specifically be used to renovate a vacant 6,769 sq. ft. building into a new, state-of-the-art early childhood education and family support center.

Benefits: Center will provide a source of childcare and education services for at-risk, low income families. Furthermore, construction of the center will help in the revitalization of the area.
$100,000 Construction of South Fontana Boys & Girls Club
Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Fontana
7723 Almeria Avenue
PO Box 3712
Fontana, CA 92336

Description: Funding is requested for construction of a 5,000 sq ft clubhouse with a game room, learning center, and technology lab in order to provide comprehensive activities & programs for youth in South Fontana. This center will hope to combat the negative effects of gang violence, drug use & trafficking, poverty, and other factors that exist and put a number of Fontana's youth at risk.

Benefits: Completion of the project will provide positive learning and recreational opportunities for at-risk youth to participate in.
$79,800 Jonathan Project: Youth Action Core Against Violence
Recipient: Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy
1616 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92405

Description: Funding is requested to establish a Youth and Parent Violence Prevention Council that will work in conjunction with Young Visionaries youth organizers to identify and develop outreach and education activities that promote anti-violence messages and resources for those impacted by violence.

Benefits: This council will help identify and develop outreach programs and educational opportunities for those who would otherwise be affected by violence and other problems.
$500,000 Solar and Energy solutions
Recipient: Ontario-Montclair School District
950 West D Street
Ontario, CA 91762

Description: Funding is requested for a number of projects that will go toward reducing the district's energy demand. Projects under consideration include the upgrade of HVAC systems and solar energy installations and including free standing and parking/shade structures.

Benefits: All projects under consideration are aimed at reducing the district's energy need/demand by as much as 10%. The district's annual electricity costs for fiscal years 2005-2006 thru 2007-2008 was $3M, $3.3M, & $3.4M respectively, and a budgeted $4.6M for 2008-09. The average cost of on teacher is $77k and a 10% savings on a $4.5M electricity bill is $455k or 6 teachers could be saved.
$53,775 Grandparents Raising Educated and Thriving (G.R.E.A.T.) Children
Recipient: Ontario-Montclair School District
950 West D Street
Ontario, CA 91762

Description: Funding is for a case management program for grandparents raising grandchildren. The project would coordinate services and link grandparents to local food, shelter, health care, mental health, and other support-based services. When needed, the project would also transport grandparents to services.

Benefits: The goal of the program is to help families stabilize and ensure children have a chance to succeed. In the Ontario-Montclair School District, there are 2,995 homeless students which is a 40% increase since last year. Surveys of school staff show that close to 40% of these students live with their grandparents. This program would make it easier for grandparents to provide their grandchildren with vital health and human services.
$200,000 Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Recipient: Hope Through Housing Foundation
9065 Haven Avenue, Suite 100
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Description: Funding is requested for start-up costs associated with a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center to be located in CA's 43rd Congressional district. PACE is a provider-based Medicare and Medicaid managed care program that integrates medical, social, nutritional, rehabilitation, and support services for frail elderly. Project will serve 200+ low-income, frail elderly who are living in, or are eligible for, National CORE affordable housing communities. Operating these centers is restricted to non-profit entities, and, as a result, the cost of upfront operating capital has limited the ability of many non-profit organizations to undertake this model. While Hope Through Housing Foundation has the resources to carry out this project, assistance is needed for the start-up operations.

Benefits: Completion of Center would provide medical, social, nutritional, rehabilitation, and support services for low income, frail elderly.
$108,255 After School and Beyond – Violence Prevention
Recipient: Hope Through Housing Foundation
9065 Haven Avenue, Suite 100
Rancho Cucamonga, 91730

Description: Funding is requested to allow Hope Through Housing to continue its unique crime prevention and community impact program in high-need, high-risk communities in the 43rd district of California. The program combines academic enrichment with an evidence-based violence prevention curriculum to serve youth during the after-school hours of 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. This specific request will allow continuation of the existing program that currently serves 115 youths who live in high risk communities in Rialto.

Benefit: Funding would allow the program to continue running, providing positive and educational after-school resources for at-risk youths and their families.
$8,000,000 National Community Renaissance (National CORE)
Recipient: National CORE
9065 Haven Avenue, Suite 100
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Description: Funding is requested to allow National CORE to efficiently leverage federal resources to undertake one or more large-scale neighborhood revitalization projects, similar to Citrus Grove in Rialto, CA, and preserve or create an additional 1,500 affordable apartments. Without innovative and leveraged financing, the high cost of land and construction materials in urban and suburban markets have made it increasingly difficult for housing developers to create any product other than luxury housing. By overseeing acquisition, development, construction, property management, and social services, National CORE can maximize scarce government resources to produce and maintain affordable housing and safe communities.

Benefits: This program will alleviate cost concerns for urban developers, allowing them to construct a wide variety of homes, not just luxury, that will be available to all residents at all levels of income. It is anticipated that with these funds, National CORE will be able to create or preserve more than 1,500 additional apartment units, nationwide, directly benefiting 3,000 or more low-income Americans.
$100,000 Ontario Family Resources Center Project
Recipient: Para Los Ninos
500 Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Description: Funding is requested to expand Para Los Ninos comprehensive in-home case management programs for severely at-risk families through its Ontario Family Resource Center. Since 1980, Para Los Ninos has provided early child development and education services to families throughout the Southern California region. Their core services include, early child development and education, Charter Schools (K-6) after-school enrichment, youth diversion and delinquency prevention, and a variety of other services all aimed at providing support to low income and at-risk families.

Benefits: Expansion of services by the Ontario Family Resource Center will help reduce instances of child abuse, child neglect, and family violence, as well as improve outcomes for the children in these families.
$100,000 Ontario Family Resources Center Project
Recipient: Para Los Ninos
500 Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Description: Funding is requested to expand Para Los Ninos comprehensive in-home case management programs for severely at-risk families through its Ontario Family Resource Center. Since 1980, Para Los Ninos has provided early child development and education services to families throughout the Southern California region. Their core services include, early child development and education, Charter Schools (K-6) after-school enrichment, youth diversion and delinquency prevention, and a variety of other services all aimed at providing support to low income and at-risk families.

Benefits: Expansion of services by the Ontario Family Resource Center will help reduce instances of child abuse, child neglect, and family violence, as well as improve outcomes for the children in these families.
$100,000 Small Business Procurement Development Initiative
Recipient: United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation
2175 K Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, D.C. 20037

Description: The US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce proposes a business development program to enhance Hispanic and small disadvantaged business participation in Federal procurement. The USHCC has three components: A marketing component to assist companies in Federal marketing; A process improvement component to provide companies with one-on-one business development consulting to significantly improve their capacity to participate in the Federal marketplace; and a distance education component designed to inform hundreds of companies on how to participate in the Federal marketplace.

Benefits: This program will provide marketing assistance in the Federal marketplace, internal process improvement consulting, and a national distance education program designed to bring critical information about how to participate in the Federal marketplace to hundreds of firms across the country.
$43,800 Mt. Vernon Corridor/Westside SB Route 66 Museum
Recipient: California Historic Route 66 Association
PO Box 64
Azusa, CA 91702-0064

Description: Funding is requested for a project that will focus on preservation, promotion, and enjoyment of the portion of the historic Route 66 within the CA 43rd Congressional District, in particular the Mt. Vernon Corridor. Funds will be used to launch a Westside San Bernardino museum for Route 66. Funds will also be used to expand the existing website, improve the “Road Signs” newsletters, and create/expand on other promotional tools.

Benefits: Completion of project will provide a good educational and recreational resource for area residents. Furthermore, it will serve as another tourist attraction and a positive source of revenue.
$500,000 Renovation of the Orange Pavilion
Recipient: National Orange Show Events Center
689 S. E Street
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: Funding is requested to renovate the Orange Pavilion and make it more accommodating and habitable facility for the people of San Bernardino and surrounding communities. Orange Pavilion provides shelter to victims of natural disasters as well as deploying troops.

Benefits: Goal of the renovation is to improve the facility so that it can hold larger events that benefit the community, such as charity fundraisers, concerts, and job fairs. Moreover, the improvements will allow the Pavilion to better serve displaced victims of natural disasters
$203,000 Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy
Recipient: Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy
562 West 4th Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401-1410

Description: Funding is requested to aid the Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy in its mission to expose and educate the public of the fine music, artists, composers, and culture of Mexico. The Academy is designed to build and encourage musical education, and expose the area's underprivileged youth to a rich cultural heritage through their learning and performing the art of mariachi music while building a sustainable college fund and creating scholarships that will influence and support students.

Benefits: The program offers a good source of education about Mexico's rich musical tradition. Furthermore, it is geared at working with the area's underprivileged youth, getting them involved in musical activities, and providing a solid educational and recreational programming.
$2,000,000 TELACU Neighborhood Stabilization
Recipient: East Los Angeles Community Union
5400 E. Olympic Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90022

Description: Funding is requested for CDC sponsored rent-to-own program for families to acquire bank-owned single family homes. Earmark will equally matched by TELACU for use as equity to purchase discounted bulk portfolio of homes from a bank. Local families will then rent to own over a 5-7 year period, thereby stabilizing communities by preventing increasing numbers of vacant homes.

Benefits: Program would provide a number of benefits to families and neighborhoods: Neighborhoods are stabilized; removing the potential for crime and blight in vacant homes; Families are given the opportunity to continue working hard, save money, and rent a clean, quality home; Families will receive financial education to ultimately purchase their own home at a reasonable price with an affordable mortgage; Sales price will be fair and predetermined allowing for additional appreciation in home value and equity for each family; and banks will be able to remove unproductive assets from their balance sheets, thereby increasing their ability to lend and stimulate the economy.
$500,000 Strategic Mobility 21
Recipient: California State University Long Beach Foundation 6300 State University Drive, Suite 332
Long Beach, CA 90815

Description: Funding is requested to allow for a multipurpose support facility within the Department of Defense US Joint Forces Command Joint National Training Capability and US Transportation Command. This is the final year of a multi-year advanced logistics Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) based in San Bernardino County at Southern California Logistics Airport in collaboration with Cal. State University San Bernardino, and multiple community colleges.

Benefits: Project will allow for a commercial benefit as it will increase the efficiency of goods movement throughout Southern California, which will have a positive economic impact, reduce congestion, and reduce pollution.

Housing

$180,000 Foreclosure prevention-Homeownership Education including GO Green Project
Recipient: Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire
1390 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92405

Description: Funding is requested for the provision of hiring one full-time disclosure counselor and one pre-purchase homeownership educator to meet the increased demands in the Inland Empire. In addition, funds are requested for the Go Green Program collaborating with San Bernardino USD, with educating importance of environmental responsibility of school children & providing eco friendly products such as reusable bags filled with brown paper bags and other eco-friendly supplies.

Benefits: Project will aid residents in their home-buying process as well as provide solid financial advice, preventing people from falling into disfavor with their mortgage/lending companies. Additionally, funding will allow children to receive education on to better preserve and protect the environment.
$180,000 Foreclosure prevention-Homeownership Education including GO Green Project
Recipient: Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire
1390 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92405

Description: Funding is requested for the provision of hiring one full-time disclosure counselor and one pre-purchase homeownership educator to meet the increased demands in the Inland Empire. In addition, funds are requested for the Go Green Program collaborating with San Bernardino USD, with educating importance of environmental responsibility of school children & providing eco friendly products such as reusable bags filled with brown paper bags and other eco-friendly supplies.

Benefits: Project will aid residents in their home-buying process as well as provide solid financial advice, preventing people from falling into disfavor with their mortgage/lending companies. Additionally, funding will allow children to receive education on to better preserve and protect the environment.

Medical Center

$1,700,000 Elevating Breast Cancer Treatment in our Community
Recipient: St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 North Waterman Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92404

Description: Funding is requested to allow the medical center to purchase a new MRI machine. The medical center currently uses a machine that was developed in 1988, 10 generations behind modern equipment. MRIs are currently the best equipment to distinguish between benign and malignant tumors and cells and detects 2.3 times more cases of cancer than conventional mammography.
$475,000 Digital Radiological and Fluoroscopic Procedures Room
Recipient: Community Hospital of San Bernardino
1805 Medical Center Drive
San Bernardino, CA 92411

Description: Funding is requested to update the 12 year-old equipment in one of three rooms with digital radiological and fluoroscopic equipment. Digital imaging enables healthcare providers to review diagnostic images in real time, facilitating the continuum of care and accelerating treatment schedules. CHSB has a growing volume of over 75,000 medical imaging procedures per year. A radiology and fluoroscopy procedure room is an integral part of imaging operations. This room provides the daily acute and emergent diagnostic exams required by patients. Digital technology will increase volume by 25% to 100% depending upon procedure type over current obsolete film based X-rays. The digital radiological and fluoroscopic procedures room would enable the department to keep up with the need for timely, safe patient care in our community.

Benefits: New equipment will allow the Hospital to possess the most modern technology in digital imaging equipment, enabling them to better serve, diagnose, and treat their patients.

University

$5,000,000 University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine
Recipient: University of California, Riverside
1201 University Ave, Suite 206B
Riverside, CA 92507

Description: Funding is requested to help aid UCR Medical School to make capital improvements, enabling them to open in 2012. The planned School of Medicine on the UCR campus will address the severe physician shortage in Inland Southern California by training a diverse physician workforce and by developing innovative research and health care delivery programs to improve the health of medically underserved populations.

Benefits: UCR's medical school will work towards improving the sever physician shortage in the Inland Empire area by training a diverse physician workforce and by developing innovative research and health care delivery programs to improve the health of medically underserved populations. Moreover, the school will build on UCR's nationally recognized success in attracting and training a diverse student body on its highly acclaimed two-year medical education program.
$200,000 Twin Tower Observatory at CSUSB Instrumentation Cost
Recipient: California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Pkwy
San Bernardino, CA 92407

Description: Funding is requested to aid in the instrumentation costs associated with the planned construction of CSUSB's Twin Tower Observatory. The need for an observatory is linked to the shortfall in science and math competency among the nation's youth, a change in California's Science Competencies for teacher certification programs, and the university's established strategic plan for excellence in education and teacher preparation. As a minority-serving university, CSUSB's Observatory will be fundamental to an innovative undergraduate physics and astronomy cirruclum, for improving minority access to careers in astronomy and astrophysics, and it will be integrated into the Cal State San Bernardino general education program.

Benefits: Construction of the Observatory would add to the educational and scientific resources of the University and the area as a whole. It will align CSUSB with federal priorities, such as the National Science Foundation's mandate to ensure vitality of the Nation's scientific and engineering enterprise including access to astronomy and astrophysics education for all Americans.
$379,000 Twin Tower observatory at CSUSB Equipment Cost
Recipient: California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Pkwy
San Bernardino, CA 92407

Description: Funding is requested to aid in the scientific equipment costs associated with the planned construction of CSUSB's Twin Tower Observatory. The need for an observatory is linked to the shortfall in science and math competency among the nation's youth, a change in California's Science Competencies for teacher certification programs, and the university's established strategic plan for excellence in education and teacher preparation. As a minority-serving university, CSUSB's Observatory will be fundamental to an innovative undergraduate physics and astronomy cirruclum, for improving minority access to careers in astronomy and astrophysics, and it will be integrated into the Cal State San Bernardino general education program.

Benefits: Construction of the Observatory would add to the educational and scientific resources of the University and the area as a whole. It will align CSUSB with federal priorities, such as the National Science Foundation's mandate to ensure vitality of the Nation's scientific and engineering enterprise including access to astronomy and astrophysics education for all Americans.
$800,000 Nutrition, Diet, and Lifestyle Research Initiative for Longevity and Healthy Aging
Recipient: Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center
11234 Anderson Street
Loma Linda, CA 92354

Description: Funding is requested for this initiative in order to continue studies focused on nutrition, diet, and lifestyle, and their effect on longevity and healthy aging. The initiative will be directed by the Loma Linda Lifestyle Medicine Institute and build on 50 years of ongoing research to support the nation's priorities for wellbeing, prevention of disease, and healthy aging.

Benefits: The primary result to achieve is a positive change in health and wellbeing utilizing improved methods for diet and nutrition, exercise, stress relief, and addiction control. The goals of this initiative are to continue to research and compare the aspects of diet and lifestyle to health and longevity and to utilize this research in advancing national health care priorities to increase wellness, disease prevention, and healthy aging.
$500,000 Regional Medical Simulation Center for Emergency Preparedness
Recipient: Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA 92350

Description: Funding is requested to aid in the construction of a new state-of-the-art Medical Stimulation Center at LLU. This will serve as a resource for the Southern California/Inland Empire region to provide stimulated training environments for the full spectrum of health care needs. As a regional resource, the MSC will provide training for all first responders, including fire, search & rescue, police, referring hospitals, community health and first aid trainers. Each of the center's training areas is designed to reflect the realities encountered in actual care settings. As such, when needed to increase surge capacity of nearby medical centers, this model center is designed for rapid conversion to an emergency response center should one be needed.

Benefits: The center will serve as both a medical and educational resource for area residents. It will also enhance the area's capability to deal with emergent situations that would otherwise result in overcrowding at existing medical centers.
$750,000 Facility Renovation and equipment for renewable energy/efficiency
Recipient: Loma Linda University and Medical Center – Social Action Community Health System (SACHS)
1454 East 2nd Street
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: Funding is requested to renovate the SACHS-Norton facility and enhance the HVAC system, lighting equipment, and processes. There is also a plan to install an on-site Photovoltaic solar electricity generating system. This approach will enable SACHS to achieve significant savings, enabling the facility to be more environmentally friendly, as well as allowing more funds to be allocated to patient care.

Benefits: The proposed changes would enable compliance with important environmental benchmarks and compliance as well as result in a annual savings of over $100,000 that can be allocated to patient care.

Water

$1,000,000 San Bernardino Basin Clean Water Factory
Recipient: City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department
300 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418

Description: Funding is requested to establish the San Bernardino Basin Clean Water Factory, a recycled water-for-groundwater recharge project. The Factory would be located at the SBMWD's secondary treatment facility and employ advanced technologies to produce quality water that meets or exceeds reuse requirements. Initially, approximately 18,000 acre-feet per year of recycled water can be used for groundwater recharge and non-potable use, off-setting a portion of the demand on the local groundwater basin. As such, recycled water would offset demands on the State Water Project and would be reliable.

Benefits: This project will increase water supply reliability and serves the State's goal to maximize recycled water facilities and its regional water quality plans.
$1,000,000 Santa Ana River Recharge Optimization Project
Recipient: San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD)
380 East Vanderbilt Way
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Description: Funding is requested for this project that aims to improve the existing diversion, conveyance, and water recharge facilities in the area. Due to continuing drought and legal constraints on the importation of State Project Water from the Sacramento Delta, improvement of local groundwater supplies through artificial recharge of native Santa Ana River water is critical to assure a reliable resource for the communities of Redlands, highland, Riverside, and San Bernardino. The project will improve existing facilities by increasing flow capacity and removing hydraulic impediments to groundwater recharge.

Benefits: project will help to improve the quality and quantity of water in the San Bernardino area. It will also support environmental objectives for the Sacramento Delta by enhancing local groundwater supplies, thereby reducing demands for imported water from Northern California.
$500,000 Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Project
Recipient: Inland Empire Utilities (IEUA)
6075 Kimball Avenue
Chino, CA 91708

Description: Funding is requested for the IEUA's regional water recycling project. This project, when complete, will produce over 100,000 acre-feet of recycled water per year. The water will be used for outdoor irrigation, industrial processes, and groundwater recharge to serve the needs of 800,000 current residents within the next 20 years. The recharge aspect makes the recycled water project a critical element of the regional groundwater management program, which benefits the entire area.

Benefits: Funding will allow for a cleaner and more reliable water source for the residents of the Inland Empire
$500,000 Riverside-Corona Feeder
Recipient: Western Municipal Water District
450 Alessandro Blvd
Riverside, CA 92508

Description: Funding is requested to allow for a project will construct up to 20 wells and 28 miles pipeline. The purpose is to capture and store new water in wet years in order to increase firm water supplies, reduce water costs, and improve water quality.

Benefits: Once completed the feeder will be able to capture and store new water in wet years in order to increase firm water supplies, reduce water costs, and improve water quality. Project will also be equipped to clean plumes of perchlorate and VOCs in the Bunker Hill Basin as well as provide a link among groundwater basins in the region. The feeder will allow water supplies to be conjunctively used in the Chino, Riverside, and Arlington groundwater basins, further enhancing the ability of the region to withstand droughts and providing a mechanism to allow treatment and recovery of poor quality groundwater found in these basins.
$500,000 Seven Oaks Water Conservation
Recipient: Western Municipal Water District
450 Alessandro Blvd
Riverside, CA 92508

Description: Funds are requested to enable the US Army Corps of Engineers to review the 1997 Seven Oaks Dam Water Conservation Feasibility Report and identify an interim plan for immediate implementation and, thereafter, continue to evaluate other comprehensive water conservation opportunities. These studies would do the following: 1) Update the environmental documents relating to water conservation at Seven Oaks; 2) Address the problem of anaerobic conditions that developed during the summer of 2004 so as to ensure that such conditions do not contaminate water stored for human consumption in the future 3) Address the problem of turbidity that makes it difficult for local water purveyors to take advantage of water temporarily stored behind Seven Oaks Dam; and 4) Jump start mitigation efforts for the impacts of water conservation on listed species by studying the feasibility of using high pressure hoses and sand to mimic the effects of flood flows in over bank areas.

Benefits: It is the ultimate goal of this project to ensure that the Seven Oaks Dam be a source of water conservation in order to create a supplemental source of water in a water-short region
$35,000,000 The Education for Democracy Act
Recipient: The Center for Civic Education
5145 Douglas Fir Road
Calabasas, CA 91302

Description: Funds are requested for the Education for Democracy Act Programs, which include the We the People Program, the School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program, and the Civitas International Program. They effectively promote among students a profound understanding of and commitment to the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy as expressed in such seminal documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address. They also promote students' capacities to participate competently and responsibility in the political life of their communities and the nation.

Benefits: Through the We the People programs every congressional district receives free sets of specialized textbooks for their schools at the upper elementary, middle and high school levels. Teachers benefit from professional development seminars and institutes to improve their content knowledge and teaching methods. A network of dedicated volunteers administers each program locally, adapting the program to their local needs and leveraging the federal funding with additional amounts at the state and local level in support of the program.

The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program (SVPDP) provides valuable staff training to improve civic responsibility and promote positive attitudes. The Native American Initiative, administered as a part of the SVPDP, provides civic education programs and assistance to Native American schools. The High Needs Initiative is reaching out to students in schools that serve high percentages of socio-economically disadvantaged students and those experiencing attendance or truancy problems.

The Civitas International program provides for a series of exchanges among leaders in civic education in the United States and emerging and established democracies worldwide.A number of research studies have testified to the positive impact of all of these programs on student civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Additional information on all of the programs and the research evidence is available at www.civiced.org.


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