ATTACHMENT 3

SMALL COMMUNITIES WITH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

For

Watershed Protection Program (Proposition 13)

CALFED Watershed Program (Proposition 13)

Approximately $15.8 million of the $44.9 million available for the Watershed Protection and CALFED Watershed Programs from Proposition 13 must be awarded to small communities with a financial hardship. The eligibility criteria is defined below. If you meet any of the three criteria outlined below, your project is eligible for the funding reserved for small communities. If you need any assistance with this eligibility determination please contact State Water Resources Control Board staff at 1-866-434-1083. You may also use our web-based tool, available at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/funding/smallcommunitiestool.html, that provides for countywide searches of census data, to assist in identifying watersheds encompassing small communities with a financial hardship.

"Small community" means:

1)  A municipality with a population of 10,000 persons or less, with a financial hardship as determined by the board (See Table 1 below);

2)  A rural county, with a financial hardship as determined by the board (See Table 2 below); or

3)  A reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality where the population of the segment is 10,000 persons or less, with a financial hardship as determined by the State Water Resources Control Board. You may use the tool provided at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/funding/smallcommunitiestool.html which provides for countywide searches of census data to assist in identifying watersheds encompassing small communities with a financial hardship.

For the purpose of this RFCP, “financial hardship” means that the median annual household income for the community is less than 80 percent of the California median annual household income. It is the policy of the State Water Resources Control Board that “median annual household income” means the median annual household income of the community based on the most recent census data or a local survey approved by the State Water Resources Control Board. If a community believes that the census data does not represent the community, and the community is not a Census Designated Place, a City or a Town, the community may apply to the State Water Resources Control Board for designation as a “small community with a financial hardship”. The application must include a map with sufficient geographic detail to define the boundaries of the small community, and the number of people in the community. If necessary to establish eligibility, the State Water Resources Control Board may request additional information including a list of properties, the number of households, and income and/or property values of the community. If the application does not provide an adequate basis for the calculation of median household income, State Water Resources Control Board may require an independent income survey conducted in accordance with a pre-approved methodology. A subdivision of state government can not be considered a small community with hardship. The State Water Resources Control Board will maintain a current list of designated “small communities with a financial hardship”.

Any area that is a divisible segment of a larger municipality may work through the larger municipality to receive funding. The larger municipality may act on behalf of the divisible segment within its jurisdiction (with restrictive language in the grant contract stating that the money is to be used for the benefit of the small community).

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Table 1. Municipalities qualifying as small communities with a financial hardship. Based on 2000 Census Data and Household Income = 80 percent
of the Statewide Median Household Income. (May not be an exhaustive list)
Adelanto UC / Almanor CDP / Alpaugh CDP / Alturas City / Alturas UC
Anderson City / Angels City City / Angels City UC / Arbuckle CDP / Armona CDP
Auberry CDP / August CDP / Avalon City / Avalon UC / Banta (Deuel Vocational Institution) UC
Bayview CDP / Beale AFB CDP / BealeAFB UC / Belden CDP / Bertsch-Oceanview CDP
Big Bear City CDP / Big Bear Lake City / Big Bend CDP / Big Pine CDP / Big River CDP
Biggs City / Biola CDP / Bishop City / Blairsden CDP / Blue Lake City
Bluewater CDP / Bodfish CDP / Bombay Beach CDP / Bootjack CDP / Borrego Springs CDP
Bret Harte CDP / Buena Vista CDP / Burney CDP / Burney UC / Buttonwillow CDP
Byron CDP / Bystrom CDP / Cabazon CDP / Calimesa City / Calipatria City
Calipatria North (State Prison) UC / Calipatria UC / Calistoga City / Calistoga UC / Calwa CDP
Camp Pendleton North CDP / Camp Pendleton South CDP / Cantua Creek CDP / Caribou CDP / Carrick CDP
Cartago CDP / Castroville CDP / Centinela (State Prison) UC / Challenge-Brownsville CDP / Cherry Valley CDP
Chester CDP / Chilcoot-Vinton CDP / China Lake Acres CDP / Chinese Camp CDP / Chowchilla East (State Prison) UC
Chowchilla UC / Chuckawalla Valley (State Prison) UC / Clearlake Oaks CDP / Clio CDP / Colfax City
Columbia CDP / Colusa City / Colusa UC / Concow CDP / Corning City
Corning UC / Cottonwood CDP / Cottonwood UC / Covelo CDP / Crescent City City
Crescent City North CDP / Crescent Mills CDP / C-Road CDP / Cutler CDP / Cutten CDP
Darwin CDP / Del Rey CDP / Delleker CDP / Desert Shores CDP / Desert View Highlands CDP
Diamond Springs CDP / Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek CDP / Dorris City / Dos Palos City / Dos Palos UC
Ducor CDP / Dunsmuir City / Earlimart CDP / Earlimart UC / East Blythe CDP
East Coalinga (State Prison) UC / East Compton CDP / East Orosi CDP / East Porterville CDP / East Quincy CDP
East Shore CDP / East Sonora CDP / Easton CDP / Edwards AFB CDP / Edwards AFB UC
Empire CDP / Etna City / Exeter City / Fall River Mills CDP / Farmersville City
Farmington CDP / Fellows CDP / Ferndale City / Firebaugh City / Firebaugh UC
Ford City CDP / Foresthill CDP / Fort Bragg City / Fort Bragg UC / Fort Jones City
FortIrwin UC / Fowler City / French Camp CDP / French Gulch CDP / Friant CDP
Furnace Creek CDP / Garden Acres CDP / Gazelle CDP / Gerber-Las Flores CDP / Goshen CDP
Greenview CDP / Greenville CDP / Grenada CDP / Gridley City / Gridley UC
Guadalupe City / Guadalupe UC / Guerneville CDP / Guerneville UC / Gustine City
Gustine UC / Hamilton City CDP / Hayfork CDP / Heber CDP / Hickman CDP
Highgrove CDP / Holtville City / Home Garden CDP / Homeland CDP / Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells CDP
Hornbrook CDP / Humboldt Hill CDP / Huron City / Huron UC / Idyllwild-Pine Cove CDP
Independence CDP / Indian Falls CDP / Inyokern CDP / Iron Horse CDP / Isleton City
Ivanhoe CDP / Ivanhoe UC / Jackson City / Jackson UC / Jamestown CDP
Johnsville CDP / Joshua Tree CDP / Keeler CDP / Kelseyville CDP / Kelseyville UC
Kennedy CDP / Kerman City / Kerman UC / Kernville CDP / Kettleman City CDP
Keyes CDP / Kings Beach CDP / Klamath CDP / La Porte CDP / Lake Almanor Peninsula CDP
Lake Davis CDP / Lake Isabella CDP / Lake Isabella UC / Lakehead-Lakeshore CDP / Lakeland Village CDP
Lakeport City / Lanare CDP / Laton CDP / Laytonville CDP / Le Grand CDP
Lebec CDP / Lemon Cove CDP / Lemoore Station CDP / Lemoore Station UC / Lenwood CDP
Lewiston CDP / Little Grass Valley CDP / Littlerock CDP / Live Oak City / Live Oak (Sutter County) UC
London CDP / Lone Pine CDP / Los Molinos CDP / Lost Hills CDP / Lower Lake CDP
Loyalton City / Lucerne CDP / Lucerne UC / Macdoel CDP / Manton CDP
Table 1 (cont.). Municipalities qualifying as small communities with a financial hardship. Based on 2000 Census Data and Household Income = 80 percent
of the Statewide Median Household Income. (May not be an exhaustive list)
March AFB CDP / Maricopa City / Mariposa CDP / McArthur CDP / McCloud CDP
McFarland City / Meadow Valley CDP / Mecca CDP / Mecca UC / Mendota City
Mendota UC / Mettler CDP / Middletown CDP / Mineral CDP / Mojave CDP
Mokelumne Hill CDP / Montague City / Monte Rio CDP / Montgomery Creek CDP / Morongo Valley CDP
Mount Hebron CDP / Mount Shasta City / Mount Shasta UC / Mountain Mesa CDP / Mountain Ranch CDP
Murrieta Hot Springs CDP / Muscoy CDP / Myrtletown CDP / Nebo Center CDP / Needles --AZ UC
Needles City / Nevada City City / Newman City / Nice CDP / Niland CDP
North Lakeport CDP / Oakhurst CDP / Oakhurst UC / Oceano CDP / Ocotillo CDP
Olancha CDP / One Hundred Palms UC / Onyx CDP / Orange Cove City / Orange Cove UC
Orland City / Orland UC / Orosi CDP / Pajaro CDP / Palermo CDP
Palo Verde CDP / Parksdale CDP / Parkwood CDP / Pearsonville CDP / Penn Valley CDP
Pixley CDP / Pixley UC / Placerville City / Planada CDP / Planada UC
Plymouth City / Point Arena City / Poplar-Cotton Center CDP / Portola City / Portola UC
Quail Valley CDP / Quincy CDP / Rail Road Flat CDP / Raisin City CDP / Rancho Tehama Reserve CDP
Redway CDP / Richgrove CDP / Richgrove UC / Rio Dell City / RioDell UC
Riverdale CDP / Riverdale Park CDP / Romoland CDP / Round Mountain CDP / Salton City CDP
Salton Sea Beach CDP / San Andreas CDP / San Ardo CDP / San Joaquin City / San Joaquin UC
San Lucas CDP / San Miguel CDP / Sand City / Searles Valley CDP / Sedco Hills CDP
Seeley CDP / Seven Trees CDP / Shackelford CDP / Shandon CDP / Sharon (Women's Facility) UC
Shasta Lake City / Shingletown CDP / Sonora City / South Dos Palos CDP / South Oroville CDP
South Taft CDP / Southeast San Diego (Donovan Correctional Facility) UC / Spring Garden CDP / Springville CDP / Squaw Valley CDP
Storrie CDP / Stratford CDP / Strathmore CDP / Susanville UC / Taft City
Taft Heights CDP / Taft Mosswood CDP / Talmage CDP / Taylorsville CDP / Tecopa CDP
Tehachapi West (Correctional Institution) UC / Tehama City / Tehama UC / Temelec CDP / Tennant CDP
Terra Bella CDP / Terra Bella UC / Thermal UC / Thermalito CDP / Thousand Palms CDP
Tipton CDP / Tobin CDP / Traver CDP / Tulelake City / Tuolumne City CDP
Tupman CDP / Twain CDP / Twentynine Palms Base CDP / Twin Lakes CDP / Upper Lake CDP
Vallecito CDP / Vandenberg AFB CDP / Wasco West (State Prison) UC / Waterford City / Waterford UC
Weaverville CDP / Weed City / Weedpatch CDP / Weed UC / Weldon CDP
West Athens CDP / West Compton CDP / West Modesto CDP / West Point CDP / Westhaven-Moonstone CDP
Westley CDP / Westmorland City / Westwood CDP / Wheatland City / Wilkerson CDP
Williams City / Williams UC / Willits City / Willits UC / Willow Creek CDP
Willows City / Willows UC / Winchester CDP / Winterhaven CDP / Winton CDP
Wofford Heights CDP / Woodlake City / Woodlake UC / Woodville CDP / Yreka City
Yreka UC

(UC)--urban cluster - A densely settled area that has a census population of 2,500 to 49,999 (Table 1 only shows CDP with population < 10,000). A UC generally consists of a geographic core of block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile, and adjacent block groups and blocks with at least 500 people per square mile.

(CDP) --census designated place - A geographic entity that serves as the statistical counterpart of an incorporated place for the purpose of presenting census data for an area with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial structures that is identifiable by name, but is not within an incorporated place.

Table 2. Rural Counties with a Financial Hardship. Based on 2000 Census Data and Household Income =
80 percent of the Statewide Median Household Income. (May not be an exhaustive list)
Butte County / Colusa County / Del Norte County / Fresno County
Glenn County / Humboldt County / Imperial County / Inyo County
Kern County / Kings County / Lake County / Lassen County
Madera County / Mariposa County / Mendocino County / Merced County
Modoc County / Plumas County / Shasta County / Sierra County
Siskiyou County / Sutter County / Tehama County / Trinity County
Tulare County / Tuolumne County / Yuba County

March 2003

Request for Concept Proposal

WATERSHED PROTECTION GRANT PROGRAMS

SMALL COMMUNITY DESIGNATION FORM

(This form must be submitted with the Attachment 1 Application Forms)

Check Only One Box

1.  Applicant is a Municipality with a financial hardship. (See Table 1)
No further analysis is necessary
2.  Applicant is a Rural County with a Financial Hardship. (See Table 2 )
No further analysis is necessary.
3.  Applicant is an isolated and divisible segment of larger municipality or a municipality not identified in Table1 or Table 2. See the tool at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/funding/smallcommunitiestool.html for assistance

If you are applying as an isolated and divisible segment, please complete A, B, and C.

If you are applying as a divisible segment of a municipality, please complete B and C.

A.  Description

Please describe segment and explain how it is isolated and divisible.

Include a map with sufficient geographical detail to identify boundaries of the isolated and divisible segment.

B.  Population: / (must be equal to or less than 10,000)

Please explain how it was derived.

C.  Median Household Income (MHI):

(Divisible Segments area must have MHI equal to or less than $39,578, which is

80 percent of $47,493, the 2000 MHI for California.) The MHI must be calculated using 2000 Census Data or current MHI adjusted to 2000 dollars using the Consumer Price Index data. Describe the method that was used to calculate MHI for the project area.

Date of Data: / Source of Data:

Census Data may be obtained from one of the following references:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, http://www.census.gov/

California Department of Finance, http://www.dof.ca.gov/

California State Association of Counties, http://www.csac.counties.org

March 2003

Request for Concept Proposal