Appropriations FY11 - Congressman Joe Baca

1) Project Name:  Inland Empire Obesity Research Project, CA

                Exact Project Location:  400 N. Pepper Avenue, Colton, CA, 92324

                Amount Requested: $1.8 million  

Project Description: Inland Empire Obesity Research Project, CA -- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA - Inland Empire Obesity Research Project is a comprehensive program aimed at pregnant women and their children, combining medical expertise, outreach tools and collaborative relationships with the community, targeting obesity and poor nutrition in order to educate, understand and reverse lifelong consequences.  It is located at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino County, California.

2) Project Name:  Electronic Medical Records Program

Exact Project Location:  400 N. Pepper Avenue, Colton, CA, 92324

                Amount Requested: $1.25 million  

Project Description: Electronic Medical Records Program -- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA - Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s Electronic Medical Records Program, to covert and upgrade all patient medical records to electronic format and implementing an electronic prescription program, thereby improving patient safety by drastically reducing hospital medical errors.  Located at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino County, California

1) Project Name:  California State University, San Bernardino Computer Engineering Program

                Exact Project Location:  5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407

                Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Project Description: CSUSB Computer Engineering Program - CSUSB will expand an innovative regional industry-based computer engineering program designed to serve the technology-skill needs essential to the economic development of San Bernardino County by connecting participating high schools and community colleges to curricular programs ensuring an unbroken school-career path for local students.  Additionally, the program will engage regional technology firms in the engineering education process allowing them to identify, support, and recruit highly qualified college students for employment.  It will also provide expertise and support to local start-up and small businesses that cannot normally afford high-end engineering consultants.  Perhaps most importantly, the program will reverse the “brain drain” of technology talent away from our region.  Our innovative approach has been recognized with a one-year $100,000 planning grant from NSF.  The CSUSB development team includes the leadership of Kelly Space & Tech., Inc.; Optivus Tech., Inc.; Loma Linda University Medical Center; Garner Holt Productions; Advatech Pacific, Inc.; Qmotions, Inc.  The resulting degree program, beginning its third year has expanded to include 110 students.

The program features a unique faculty-student project team approach which is encouraged by leading engineering educators and accreditation bodies.  A typical team consists of 10 students, a corporate partner liaison, a senior-level student executive, and a faculty member.  The project teams work collaboratively on research design problems relevant to the needs of the business partner.  The students fulfill real engineering design needs of local businesses in a setting that requires collaboration and teamwork.  Businesses receive practical solutions and expertise that they would not normally be able to obtain.

1) Project Name:  California Agricultural Commissioners - California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program - NEPA Region 5 US Forest Service

Exact Project Location:  Statewide - 142 Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA 95991-5512

                Amount Requested: $1,295,100

Project Description: California Agricultural Commissioners - California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program - NEPA Region 5 US Forest Service - The proposed projects will allow six of the eighteen national forests in California, specifically Cleveland, El Dorado, Inyo, Klamath, Tahoe and San Bernardino to complete NEPA work for Weed Management/Invasive species control. While most Region Five Forests are very much engaged in cooperative efforts to control invasive species, these six Forests were selected because they are best positioned to timely complete NEPA work and implementation of projects may begin sooner. Three of these Forests are located in some of the most economically depressed regions in California.  Invasive species and noxious weed management is a problem of epic proportion in California. According to the California Invasive Plant Council, each year, $82,000,000 is spent to control noxious weeds that infest millions of acres in California. Left unmanaged weeds on USFS lands create a reserve of noxious weeds that proliferate to private land thus increasing the costs to state and local weed management programs. Owners of livestock are impacted as they cannot graze ruminant animals, and frequent users of public land are disappointed with declining forest productivity and loss of wildlife habitat.

1) Project Name:  California Methamphetamine Strategy (CALMS) San Bernardino County

                Exact Project Location:  All of San Bernardino County 

                Amount Requested: $650,000

                Appropriations Subcommittee:  Commerce, Justice Science Subcommittee

Project Description:The California Methamphetamine Strategy (CALMS) program consists of five components: law enforcement, intelligence, forensics, training and safety, and crime prevention and education.  Since the CALMS program was created in 1998, CADOJ, BNE has conducted over 2,000 investigations, and seized tens of thousands of pounds of meth.  This funding will specifically target methamphetamine (“meth”) production in San Bernardino County.  The CALMS program combats meth by pooling complementary resources, expertise, and assistance from many agencies and communities across the state.  CALMS enforcement teams are spread throughout the state and are made up of sworn narcotics officers, intelligence specialists, and forensic experts.  In addition to its investigative and interdiction efforts, CALMS provides training to local law enforcement and first responders in California.  Training topics include hazardous materials safety, clandestine lab investigations, and identification of warning signs for potential drug labs.

1) Project Name:  City of Colton - 3-5 Comprehensive Storm Drain Project

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton, 650 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, CA 92324

                Amount Requested: $2,255,000

Project Description: City of Colton - 3-5 Comprehensive Storm Drain Project: Project addresses deficiency of storm drain infrastructure in areas defined by the San Bernardino County Flood Control District as 3-5 and 3-8.  Project areas lack necessary storm drain infrastructure to channel the surface flow.  Lack of storm drain infrastructure in this region of the City hinders Colton’s development of Interstate 10 frontage.  Development of this plan will provide substantial economic development opportunities for the City. 

City has completed construction of one of five phases, Phase III.  Construction of the next phase, Phase II, will complete improvements under the I-10 freeway and the UPRR rights-of-way.  Phase II is shelf ready.  This area is home to Arrowhead Medical Regional Center and earmarked as the City’s future West Valley Specific Planned Community.  This community will provide additional housing and commercial outlets estimated to provide the City an additional $5 to $10 million in annual sales tax revenue.  Development is stunted by current flooding due to the pending storm drain improvements, which are unfunded.  Annual flooding along Valley Boulevard: 1) presents public safety concerns 2) restricts emergency vehicle access to the hospital, 3) provides a hardship to businesses, 4) restrains sale of undeveloped parcels along Valley Boulevard, 5) inhibits commuter travel.  Construction of 3-5 CSDP will increase the economic vitality of this community, improve road infrastructure, and improve public safety. 

2) Project Name:  City of Colton - Agua Mansa Widening Project

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton, 650 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, CA 92324

Amount Requested: $2,320,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Agua Mansa Widening Project: Roadway requires realigning and widening Agua Mansa Road from Rancho to Riverside Avenues.  Delivery of project has been phased into three phases.  First phase of project is now under construction; this phase completes half of the roadway realignment and widening.  Phase II completes roadway improvement along Agua Mansa Road between the Rialto Channel and Rancho Avenue. Phase III completes bridge widening/replacement to accommodate four lane traffic. Project improvements will include: installation of 6” thick aggregate base, 4” thick asphalt (2” thick rubberized over 2” thick conventional asphalt), curb, gutter, stripping, signage and installation of a fourteen-foot median to provide a better control traffic left turn movements.  These improvements will also serve to improve our ability to respond to public safety concerns.  The realignment component of this project will eliminate the current design curve of the roadway to improve safety conditions for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.  By widening the roadway from two to four lanes the project will accommodate current and future traffic volumes, which affect the ability of our safety departments to ensure adequate response times to our community and neighboring communities.  The roadway improvements will eliminate bottlenecking and congestion along Agua Mansa Road, thereby decreasing engine emissions into the air, especially during peak hours.  As a truck route, alternate east-west/west-east corridor to the Interstate 10 and local connector road between the City of Colton and City of Rialto, these improvements will allow for improved circulation between the neighboring cities. 

3) Project Name:  City of Colton - Washington Street Extension

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton, 650 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, CA 92324

                Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Washington Street Extension: This project would extend Washington Street from its current western end-point, near Mariposa Street, to La Cadena Drive, 2560 linear feet away.  This project’s scope of work will provide for two grade separations where railroad crossings exist: 1) Washington Avenue & La Cadena Drive and 2) Washington Avenue & Union Pacific Railroad crossing, east of La Cadena Drive.  This critical arterial is needed to allow for west-east/east-west travel in the southern portion of Colton.  There is no direct route connecting these two branches of the City.  Segments of the extended street will be in the City of Grand Terrace and will serve as an alternate route for traffic between the two neighboring cities.  This critical roadway section will allow for an alternate to State Route 215, between I-10 and State Route 60.  Finally, extension of this roadway will become essential to Colton’s circulation as the Pellissier Ranch area develops, a specific planned area in Colton just southwest of the La Cadena/Washington intersection.  This planned community will include retail and will provide for approximately 2700 additional Colton families.  Without this roadway segment our community will exist with a bifurcated circulation element, which will physically separate the southeastern portion of town from the southwestern portion of town.  This will significantly impact our public safety departments’ response times to these quadrants of the community.

4) Project Name:  City of Colton - Safe Route to Colton Schools

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton

                Amount Requested: $600,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Safe Route to Colton Schools: The Safe Route to Colton Schools Project will provide for drop off zone improvements to five schools. Funding for these improvements will improve safety, relieve congestion and its environmental impacts, and improve mobility along Colton’s streets during peak student drop-off and pick-up times.

5) Project Name:  City of Colton - Colton Public Library System

                Exact Project Location:  656 N 9th Street, Colton, CA 92324

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Colton Public Library System: The Library System is designed to operate a main library and two satellite locations.  Due to recent budget reductions, our Main Library is now open 4 days per week, at reduced hours, the Luque Branch is open 2 days per week, and the Carnegie Branch remains closed.  Additionally, materials budgets have been reduced to levels that allow only for essential replacement of materials, with no funding available to keep our collection relevant for residents.  Colton’s residents have rely heavily on the library system.  Library computers represent the only access to such technology for Colton residents residing below the poverty line.  The reference materials available at the site also serve as one of few resources available for Colton’s youth, to assist with homework, and college & career planning.  The Carnegie Branch Homework Center served as the only such facility in the city, open daily to assist Colton’s youth with their homework, and providing over 10 computers for daily use by these children.

Funding is needed to restore full service to Colton’s residents, and to maintain a collection of relevant materials to assist our families in accessing services, searching for jobs, and planning for the future.  Lack of access perpetuates a cycle of reduced access, dependence, and ultimately hopelessness. 

6) Project Name:  City of Colton - Completion of the Remote Emergency Services Office

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton

                Amount Requested: $225,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Completion of the Remote Emergency Services Office: The Police Department was able to acquire land and erect a 5000sf. structure (shell of a building) however, due to unanticipated changes in the economy, will be unable to complete the Remote Emergency Services Office in the foreseeable future.  Funding is desperately needed to complete the interior of the building (walls and ceilings to create offices and public assistance counter), furnish and provide phones, lights, HVAC, and computers, and  pave the driveway and parking area.  This Remote site will provide citizens who live in the southern portion of the City with access to police and other city services, especially in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake, which could prohibit access to the north end of the City due to the configuration of freeways and railroads traversing through the City.  Furthermore, this facility could be used for emergency operations in the event the primary police facility becomes evacuated (bomb threat, fire, earthquake, etc.)

7) Project Name:  City of Colton - Colton “226” Afterschool Program

                Exact Project Location:  City of Colton

                Amount Requested:  $400,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Colton “226” Afterschool Program:  The City of Colton, in November, 2009, opened its first-ever Teen Center.  This facility provides Colton’s high school students with a place to call home during after school hours, Monday through Friday.  The facility provides a sense of “place” for Colton teens, including a computer lab for homework assistance and social networking.  Library and recreation services are provided onsite, and the facility also hosts the very successful Colton Police Department “PAL” Boxing Program.  All together, the site hosts 40-75 Colton teens on a daily basis.  Funding will allow for enhanced counseling services to give Colton teens a leg-up in college and career planning, as well as enhance their self-esteem through community involvement and achievement.  Middle school students are often the “forgotten” children for after-school services.  It is also statistically the most at-risk population group for introduction into negative influences which begin a negative cycle that carries into high school, where it is often too late for effective intervention.  Inclusion of this transitional age group in after-school services is essential to maintain continuity between our elementary school program, and the City’s Teen Center.  Since these students often do not have access to transportation, onsite programming is essential.  Current programming consists of homework help, exercise & nutrition, socialization, recreation activities, and special events, and serves 25-50 students daily.  Funding will allow for the maintenance and expansion of this program to serve our middle school students, 5 days per week, during the entire school year.

8) Project Name:  City of Colton - Emergency Response Vehicle

Exact Project Location:  City of Colton

                Amount Requested: $125,000

Project Description: City of Colton - Emergency Response Vehicle: Vehicle used to transport equipment and personnel.  The department’s current vehicle is a 1991 Chevrolet box style truck which is in poor condition.

1) Project Name:  Declez Flood Control and Aquifer Recharge Basin Expansion Project.

                Exact Project Location:  8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335

                Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Project Description: The City of Fontana (City) requests your support of the Declez Flood Control and Aquifer Recharge Basin Expansion Project. This $11.3 million project will expand an existing flood control facility and serve to recharge the Chino aquifer basin.

The City will serve as lead agency for the project with support from Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Chino Basin Water Master, and San Bernardino County Flood Control. Not only will this project provide downstream flood control but the storm water diverted to the site will be blended with recycled water to provide a renewable reliable water source for the Chino Basin through groundwater recharge. More than 1.2 million people will directly benefit by enhanced recharge in the Chino Basin aquifer.  This aquifer covers an area of approximately 235 square miles.  The recharge of this aquifer will reduce the regions dependence on imported state and federal water sources. Thus, preserving precious resources while saving constituents hundreds of thousands of dollars.

2) Project Name:  Fontana Teen Center

            Exact Project Location:  16581 Filbert St. Fontana, CA 92335

                Amount Requested: $150,000

Project Description: The City of Fontana assumed responsibility for the operation of the Fontana Teen Center in the core of the community.  The center’s non-profit organization could no longer financially support the day-to-day operations of the center.  Realizing the tremendous need for teen activities and after school programs, the city took the necessary actions to ensure that the youth, who came to rely on the center, would not be turned away.

The city will continue to operate the center with teen programming.  Many of the parents in this community cannot afford afterschool care for their teens so the membership fee is only $1.00 per year. This allows all teens an opportunity to take advantage of the center activities, special events and amenities such as the computer lab, game room and homework center.

The Fontana Teen Center provides the youth of the City of Fontana and surrounding communities a safe, fun and educational facility as an alternative to being unsupervised after school.  The Teen Center currently serves several hundred teens each week with an annual membership cost of one dollar.  Weekend excursions, teen dances, sporting events, mentor programs, training programs and job fairs are but a few of the amenities offered to the youth of our diverse community.  Funding for the Teen Center has been through annual grants and includes support from the Fontana Unified School District.  Educators, law enforcement and researchers alike agree that kids who attend after school programs demonstrate improved grades, higher rates of homework completion, lower absentee and truancy rates and reduced behavior problems. 

3) Project Name:  Fontana Library Educational Resources

                Exact Project Location:  8437 Sierra Ave.,      Fontana, CA 92335

                Amount Requested:             $250,000

Project Description: The City of Fontana’s Library and Resource Technology Center is unlike any other library within the San Bernardino County Library System. The facility is a multi-level, 93,000 square foot facility that includes technology, literacy centers, auditorium and underground parking.  The Fontana library is the largest in the county serving over 50,000 children from the four surrounding school districts.  

The new library includes special areas for a children’s library, homework center, “Friends of the Library” bookstore, meeting rooms, and a coffee bar. There is more than 250 computers (many bilingual), and all of them hooked-up to high-speed internet service. The community benefits with the construction of a 350-seat auditorium for meetings, lectures and special presentations. This new library is an important architectural milestone celebrating Fontana’s past, present and future.

By the one year anniversary the library served over 1 million patrons.  This number greatly exceeds the City/County expectations for this regional library and additional funding is greatly needed to continue to expand services in the new library.    This facility provides computer resources, educational programming and training resources for the diverse community of San Bernardino County.

1) Project Name:  City of Ontario - I-10 at Grove Avenue and Fourth Street Interchange and Grove Avenue Corridor

Exact Project Location:  I-10 Freeway at Grove Avenue and Fourth Street Interchange and Grove Avenue Corridor from the I-10 to Holt Boulevard, Ontario, California 91764; City of Ontario, 303 East “B” Street, Ontario, California 91764

                Amount Requested: $2,100,000

Project Description: City of Ontario - I-10 at Grove Avenue and Fourth Street Interchange and Grove Avenue Corridor. The proposed project will replace the outdated and under designed existing interchange of the I‑10 Freeway at Fourth Street with a new interchange that provides more ideal freeway interchange spacing, and direct access to the LA/Ontario International Airport and surrounding cargo logistics centers.  The proposed project will also widen the Grove Avenue corridor between the I-10 Freeway and the airport access roads.

2) Project Name: City of Ontario - Mission Boulevard Widening (Grove Avenue to Haven Avenue)

Exact Project Location:  Mission Boulevard, east of Grove Avenue, west of Haven Avenue, City of Ontario, California, 91764; City of Ontario, 303 East “B” Street, Ontario, California 91764

                Amount Requested: $500,000  

Project Description: City of Ontario - Mission Boulevard Widening (Grove Avenue to Haven Avenue); Mission Boulevard is the only east-west principal arterial roadway south of the LA/Ontario International Airport and the Union Pacific Railroad Los Angeles Line in the City of Ontario.  The project will widen the existing arterial roadway from four to six lanes and also includes widening of several existing flood control channel bridges, signalized intersections improvements, landscaping and irrigation, a raised median and an at-grade rail crossing. The widening will further facilitate goods movements based on the projected growth of the LA/Ontario International Airport, reduce congestion by adding vehicle capacity, improve ingress/egress to the LA/Ontario International Airport, and address safety by redesigning intersections geometrics and flattening the non-uniform vertical profile to improve roadway ride ability and eliminate areas prone to flooding.

3) Project Name: City of Ontario – Energy Efficient Street Lighting

                Exact Project Location:  City of Ontario, 303 East “B” Street, Ontario, California  91764

                Amount Requested: $450,000

Project Description: City of Ontario – Energy Efficient Street Lighting - Street lights comprise one of the largest energy bills the City of Ontario pays for on a recurring basis.  Energy costs have historically increased over the years and are anticipated to continually rise.  Converting existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) street lights to more energy efficient street lighting technology is an important project for the local community and to California.  The project is expected to provide up to 40% in energy savings which is in line with the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act.  In addition to the evident energy savings benefits, the sustainable LED technology offers many more advantages.  With the reduction in energy, ultimately the LED technology will help reduce carbon emissions.  LED has significantly longer life spans (14+ years versus 4 years of HPS) which mean less maintenance, less environmental waste from relamping and better reliability.  With increased fixture reliability and significantly less light fixture outages, the community can benefit from uninterrupted service.  The full requested amount of $450,000 is necessary to convert 500 existing HPS fixtures to energy efficient fixtures.  The project is estimated to provide approximately $10,000 per year in energy savings.

4) Project Name: City of Ontario EOC Infrastructure and Equipment

                Exact Project Location:  303 East “B” Street, Ontario, CA 91764

                Amount Requested: $452,816

Project Description: City of Ontario EOC Infrastructure and Equipment: The City of Ontario, understanding that an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)  is a vital component for local government, has designated the new City Hall Annex as the location for a permanent EOC and invested $510,000 in building and infrastructure improvements such as seismic retrofits that will be incorporated into the facility. The City needs $452,816 for the remaining infrastructure and associated equipment to complete the outfitting of the new permanent EOC. The City prepares for a wide range of hazards from earthquakes to flooding to terrorism and has experienced several emergency incidents in the past; the federal funding will help to ensure that the EOC will be ready for a rapid and effective response should such an emergency or disaster event occur.

5) Project Name:  City of Ontario – Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration

                Exact Project Location:  Prado Basin, City of Chino, California, 91708

                Amount Requested: $1,500,000

                Project Description: City of Ontario – Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration

The proposed project will create a wetland ecosystem for a variety of plants and wildlife within the Prado Basin, with feed waters from Mill Creek in the City of Ontario. The wetland will be comprised of a series of treatment ponds fitted into the existing topographic features of the Prado Regional Park area.  The wetland is envisioned to be a regional amenity providing opportunities for habitat enhancement, recreations, and public education.  The wetland will also provide a natural treatment system for storm water and urban runoff entering into the Middle and Upper Santa Ana River watershed. 

6) Project Name:  City of Ontario – Energy Efficiency Enhancements

                Exact Project Location: 

Municipal Utilities Agency                                Museum of History and Art, Ontario

1425 South Bon View Avenue           225 South Euclid Avenue

Ontario, CA 91761                                                Ontario, CA 91762

                Amount Requested: $110,000

Project Description: City of Ontario – Energy Efficiency Enhancements - The Municipal Utilities Agency facility houses the staff and equipment that provides utility and public services to the City of Ontario.  This project will replace an obsolete air conditioning unit that provides service for the telephone and computer server room with an energy efficient model.  The Museum of History and Art, Ontario is housed in a designated historic structure built in 1936-37 by the Works Progress Administration as Ontario’s second City Hall.  The Museum was established by the Ontario City Council in 1979 and opened to the public in 1981.  The Museum owns a 25,000 item collection of historical and artistic works and exhibitions explore the history of Ontario and inland Southern California.  The Museum is operated by the City of Ontario with support from an all-volunteer non-profit organization and school tours and admission to the Museum galleries are free of charge. This project will replace obsolete and inefficient air conditioning units that will improve energy efficiency and environmental conditions furthering the preservation of the Museum’s artifacts and exhibitions and the historic structure in which they are housed. These air conditioning units have exceeded their useful life expectancy and are no longer efficient to operate. Replacing these air conditioning units with newer more efficient units will result in a 40% reduction in the energy use for air conditioning in these facilities.

1) Project Name:  Inland Empire Perchlorate Remediation

                Exact Project Location:  Water wells in the Rialto-Colton Basin

                Amount Requested: $15,000,000

Project Description:  Inland Empire Perchlorate Remediation - Water wells operated in the Inland Empire, serving the Cities of Rialto, Colton and Fontana, have been contaminated with Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel, forcing the water purveyors to shut down and treat wells to remove the contamination.  The affected water purveyors are seeking funds for wellhead treatment, other expenses associated with reducing the flow of contaminated groundwater, activities that will address the problem and ensure an adequate supply of safe drinking water for their customers.  The four water purveyors, working with the Department of Defense Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), will utilize the funds to demonstrate technologies for wellhead treatment, perchlorate source identification and contamination containment.

2) Project Name:  Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras

Exact Project Location:  Project will be at various locations throughout the City of Rialto.  Specific camera locations are expected to change to accommodate changing crime patterns and community needs.

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: Like many Inland Empire cities, the City of Rialto is plagued with graffiti vandalism, and as we are all well aware, graffiti is unsightly and is expensive to remove. On average, the City removes between nine-hundred (900) and one-thousand (1,000) graffiti markings per month.   To compliment our efforts to combat these crimes, the City has invested funds towards a tracking system to better identify, catalog and prosecute offenders; however, additional resources are needed to more effectively battle these crimes.  Specifically, the Police Department is requesting funds to use available technology to further its identification, enforcement and prosecution efforts against these crimes.  The Department would like to expand its computer infrastructure and mobile surveillance camera systems to be used in high-crime areas such as parks, etc.  These systems will be used in specific target locations and then moved as needed; and will have monitoring, recording and notification capabilities.

3) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Metrolink Parking Lot Improvement

                Exact Project Location:  261 South Palm Avenue, Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $700,000

Project Description: The Rialto Metrolink station is an existing multi-modal facility that provides bike racks, bike lockers, a bus stop and parking lot to serve the one-hundred (170) foot long railroad Metrolink commuter train platform.  Existing parking is currently fully utilized, resulting in potential rider frustration and limiting any significant increase in ridership.  The City is seeking funding for design and right-of-way consulting services on a project that will eventually expand the parking lot to accommodate the projected ridership through 2030. 

4) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Bridge Widening Over Railroad South of I-10 Riverside Avenue (Design and Environmental)

Exact Project Location:  Pepper Avenue at the 210 freeway within the City of Rialto.  Currently there is no street address assigned to this location.  City of Rialto, 150 South Palm Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Project Description:  Bridge Widening Over Railroad South of I-10 Riverside Avenue (Design and Environmental) - With the anticipated Riverside Avenue Bridge Widening at I-10, the City of Rialto proposes to widen the nearby Riverside Avenue/UPRR over-crossing bridge to avoid a bottleneck of traffic.  The existing bridge spanning the railroad will become inadequate with the completion of the adjacent interchange project. Although this project is located in San Bernardino County, it will provide benefits for both San Bernardino and Riverside Counties by improving traffic flow along this major regional north/south corridor between the counties.  It will also provide benefits to commuters and increase the efficiency of goods movement through the area.  $1,500,000 will allow the City to retain the services of project engineers capable of completing the design phase and other related work necessary for planning this project.

5) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Rails to Trails Multi-purpose Trail

Exact Project Location:  Along the Pacific Electric Railroad route between Maple and Cactus

Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: The Rails to Trails multi-purpose trail project would provide recreational and alternative transportation opportunities for cyclists, pedestrians, and equestrians along what was once the world’s largest interurban and street railway system and link several cities from Claremont to Rialto.  The completed trail through Rialto is currently planned for approximately 2.5 miles along the Pacific Electric Railroad track through the City.  Phase I of the project will establish approximately one mile of trail.

6) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Bus Stop Improvements

Exact Project Location:  Various locations within the City of Rialto, 150 South Palm Avenue, Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $250,000

                Project Description:           Bus Stop Improvements - The project will provide basic amenities to improve safety and aesthetics at existing bus stops within the City of Rialto.  Federal funding will enable this project to move forward and serve the residents and business community of Rialto by encouraging use of public transportation and improving aesthetics of major arterials throughout the City.

7) Project Name:  Rialto Emergency Operations Center

Exact Project Location:  Rialto Fire Department, 131 South Willow Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description:  The City of Rialto is seeking funding to upgrade the infrastructure and technology in the Rialto Emergency Operations Center (EOC).  Specifically, the City is looking to install an alternative power supply for the building, acquire a computer-aided software package to aid in emergency operations management and communications with neighboring jurisdictions; perform basic room preparation including installation of hardware, such as display panels and computer cabling; and purchase an Emergency Interactive Communication System, commonly known as a “Reverse 911” system.  Upgrading the Rialto EOC will allow for improved communications between the City’s emergency management personnel, first responders, neighboring emergency operation centers and the community by providing tools to more effectively interact on a variety of levels during an emergency.  This project will also provide an alternative power source for the EOC to ensure the ability to operate in the event of a power failure.

8) Project Name:  City of Rialto - Pepper Avenue Extension

Exact Project Location:  Pepper Avenue at the 210 freeway within the City of Rialto.  Currently there is no street address assigned to this location.

                Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Project Description: In order for Caltrans to fund a freeway off-ramp at Pepper Avenue, the avenue must be extended approximately 2,550 feet to the SR 210 freeway.  The extension of Pepper Avenue 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.  Creation of the additional interchange will reduce congestion at the Riverside Avenue off-ramp and create new revenue potential through land development opportunities.

9) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Rialto Reclaimed Water System

Exact Project Location:  Various locations within the City of Rialto, 150 South Palm Avenue, Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Project Description: Rialto Reclaimed Water System - Water wells operated in the Inland Empire have been contaminated with Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel, forcing the water purveyors to shut down and treat wells to remove the contamination.  The City is seeking funds for increasing the use of recycled water.

10) Project Name:  Law Enforcement Tactical Equipment Vehicle

Exact Project Location:  Rialto Police Department, 128 North Willow Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested:             $250,000

                Project Description:  

Law Enforcement Tactical Equipment Vehicle - The Rialto Police Department is requesting funds to acquire a tactical equipment vehicle capable of transporting equipment and personnel in the event of major incident such as SWAT tactical incidents or response to terrorism incidents. This vehicle will be mobile allowing tactical and/or first response personnel to rapidly deploy to these incidents; while ensuring all of the necessary equipment is on-scene. In addition to providing transportation, the vehicle will be equipped with state of the art communications and surveillance systems to further enhance the Department’s ability to protect the community.

11) Project Name:  City of Rialto – Citywide Entryway Improvements

Exact Project Location:  Various locations within the City of Rialto, 150 South Palm Avenue, Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376

                Amount Requested: $250,000

Project Description: This project will provide free-standing monuments to identify the main entrances to the City of Rialto.  These signs will represent the historical characteristics of the City and provide a welcoming gateway to visitors and residents in the community.  Federal funding will enable this project to move forward and serve the residents and business community of Rialto by improving aesthetics of major arterials throughout the City.

1) Project Name:  City of San Bernardino – Intermodal Transit Center

                Exact Project Location:   No exact address yet, San Bernardino 92418

                Amount Requested: $2,000,000

                Project Description: City of San Bernardino – Intermodal Transit Center

The City of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino Association of Governments, and San Bernardino County’s regional transportation agency (“Omnitrans”) are engaged in a joint effort to develop the San Bernardino Intermodal Transit Center which will provide access to every major form of mass transit available in Southern California and will be the hub of mass transit for the entire Inland Empire.  Serving Metrolink Commuter Rail, Redlands Light Rail, sbX Bus Rapid Transit and local bus service, the Transit Center will provide immediate access to all of Southern California for the thousands of workers and residents living and working in and around downtown.  As the County Seat for the largest geographic County in the country and the 4th largest county in population in California, downtown San Bernardino is home to nearly 20,000 workers that commute from places like Orange and Riverside County.  Additionally, the County of San Bernardino is planning to consolidate all of their facilities into downtown bringing thousands more employees into downtown daily.  The Transit Center will provide an alternative commuting option and will ease congestion on the freeway system.  It will serve as an economic catalyst for a new transit oriented district in what is now an underutilized, blighted area and will provide a high-quality public intermodal transit facility that will promote transit use, provide connections to various transportation modes, help reduce highway congestion and air pollution, and provide the opportunity for economic development and transit-supportive lands uses. 

2) Project Name:  Operation Phoenix Neighborhood Initiative

                Exact Project Location:  San Bernardino, CA

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description:  Operation Phoenix Neighborhood Initiative - Recognized in 2009 by the White House as a national model for reducing crime and gang violence, Operation Phoenix Neighborhood Initiative comprises a research-based, comprehensive set of interlocking crime suppression, intervention, and prevention strategies in high crime areas of San Bernardino. In just three years, it has achieved unprecedented successes: 66% reduction in firearms-related murders of juveniles; overall murders down 32%; aggravated assaults down 20%; and overall crime reduction of 20% A key component has been establishment of Community Centers in the highest crime areas to provide after-school programs designed to build resiliency in at-risk youth and reduce risk factors. The requested funding will augment existing services and provide a full time officer dedicated to the Operation Phoenix Community Centers to engage in community oriented policing, after school safety programs, community outreach, education and intervention. This Program already has achieved remarkable reductions in crime throughout the City and in neighboring communities. The Program’s focus on gang violence is of County-wide and regional importance, for the Inland Empire is increasingly troubled by gang-related crime. Supported by the San Bernardino County Gangs and Drugs Task Force, the Program also builds around an unprecedented collaboration by leaders in government, the community, and business: in this way, assuring involvement of all those with a stake in crime reduction. Its outreach services, such as recreation and after-school activities, are crucial to at-risk minority youth, for such services help to establish interpersonal relationships, develop trust, and provide access to opportunities.

3) Project Name:  City of San Bernardino Literacy Center

                Exact Project Location:  555 W. 6th Street, San Bernardino 92418

                Amount Requested: $100,000

Project Description:  City of San Bernardino Literacy Center - The Jack L. Hill Literacy Center provides literacy services for adults and families who are functionally illiterate to allow them to learn operate in society.  Some of the services provided at the Literacy Center include English as a Second Language, basic adult language & writing skills, and citizenship preparatory classes.  The Literacy Center also provides basic training for high school equivalency exams, job training and offers a ‘Families for Literacy’ class that allows families to develop the basic skills needed to function in society.  In 2009, the Literacy Center served nearly 500 adults and over 100 children.  The ability to read and write is a core function that must be developed in order to function on a day to day basis, get a job and get out of poverty.  The Literacy Center also coordinates training services and classes with the San Bernardino Employment Training Agency.  Electronic workforce development kiosks will be created at the Literacy Center for word processing and other productivity software, resume programs, and databases that offer sample test questions for jobs, the GED, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, etc.  Internet services for job searching and other career-related resources will also be available at the kiosks. Through the Literacy Center, the kiosks will offer resume and job search classes to provide residents with the necessary tools and skills needed to compete in this economy.  This request consists of 18 new computers, associated software, printers and a part time employee to conduct classes and provide instruction.

4) Project Name:  City of San Bernardino Energy Efficiency Upgrade Project

                Exact Project Location: Citywide

                Amount Requested: $800,000

Project Description:  City of San Bernardino - Energy Efficiency Upgrade Project - In an effort to both save scarce City funds as well as to be more environmentally friendly to our planet, the City of San Bernardino has fully committed to reducing its carbon footprint.  The City initiated a Climate Action Planning process to develop a roadmap for the next decade and outline the various strategies and initiatives that will make San Bernardino a cleaner and environmentally sensitive location to live, work and play.  The City of San Bernardino recently affirmed this commitment by spending over $1,000,000 in local funds to install a 145 kWh solar photovoltaic system on the roof of its Economic Development Agency Building.  A major step in reducing the City’s carbon footprint is the replacement of inefficient lighting and cooling equipment.  By replacing this outdated equipment, the City can immediately begin to reduce its energy usage and electricity bills; the savings of those funds can be redirected towards public safety, parks and economic development.  The City of San Bernardino is seeking $800,000 for its Energy Efficiency Upgrade Project.  The Project consists of major energy efficient upgrades at 22 different facilities throughout the City, including major lighting retrofits, air conditioning replacements, installation of energy management systems and smart thermostats to automatically control equipment and switch off when appropriate.  The collective project will save over 500,000 kilowatt hours and nearly $90,000 every year.  With a collective payback of approximately 8 years, the project will fully fund itself well past the useful life of the installations.

1) Project Name:  City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department San Bernardino Basin Recycled Water Initiative

                Exact Project Location:  300 North D Street, San Bernardino, CA 92418

                Amount Requested: $1,000,000  

Project Description: The City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department requests $1 million in FY 2011 funding from the Bureau of Reclamation in order to continue work on the San Bernardino Basin Recycled Water Initiative.  The project will give the region a reliable and uninterruptable water supply for generations to come.  By working closely with leadership at the Bureau of Reclamation, the Municipal Water Department has developed a plan to make water recycling produce results for the residents of San Bernardino.

Recycled water is the only truly reliable source of water for irrigation and groundwater recharge. This project will increase water supply reliability and serves the State’s goal to maximize recycled water facilities and its regional water quality plans.  Currently, SBMWD uses no recycled water in its service area. Around 32 million gallons per day after initial treatments are discharged to the Santa Ana River.  As envisioned, the Recycled Water Initiative 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, 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.  Thus, recycled water would offset demands on the State Water Project and would be reliable.

1) Project Name:  Community Hospital of San Bernardino – Equipment for surgical suite

                Exact Project Location:  1805 Medical Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92411

                Amount Requested:             $400,000

                Project Description:  Community Hospital of San Bernardino – equipment for surgical suite -

1. Updating and outfitting two surgical suites with new surgical equipment will increase the areas surgical capacity after a significant natural disaster (i.e. earthquake). Our surgical suites are located in our seismically compliant medical tower and our service area covers over 600,000 residents. Increasing our surgical capacity would significantly impact the region’s ability to serve a population in crisis should a large event occur.

• 2.        Improve community health outcomes by directing patients from our Emergency Department (ED) and Medical Surgical Units to a medical home by partnering with the Latino Health Collaborative (LHC). LHC will dedicate one Community Health Navigator to the hospital. This project will assist patients with finding a permanent medical home in lieu of relying on the hospital’s ED for primary care.
• 3.        Two more surgical rooms would create 12 direct (surgeons, nurses, technicians, etc.) and 4 indirect (pharmacists, housekeeping, billing, etc.) full-time equivalent positions. These positions would not be dependent upon stimulus funds.
• 4.        Well equipped surgical rooms would allow CHSB to attract additional highly skilled and proficient surgical teams which will provide a platform for attracting patients with private insurance to our DSH facility. The more patients with private insurance, the lower our dependence on government contracts for fiscal sustainability.

Equipment to be purchased includes (per room): anesthesia gas machine, surgical table, anesthesia drug storage, cart and miscellaneous equipment to facilitate minimally invasive surgical procedures to create the most safe and effective surgical environment possible.

2) Project Name:  Community Hospital of San Bernardino – Expansion of the hospital

                Exact Project Location:  1805 Medical Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92411

                Amount Requested:             $400,000

                Project Description:  Community Hospital of San Bernardino – Expansion of the hospital

Updating and outfitting new surgical facilities for the hospital will increase the area’s surgical capacity after a significant natural disaster or act of terrorism.  Our surgical suites are located in our seismically compliant medical tower and our service area covers over 600,000 residents. Increasing our surgical capacity would significantly impact the region’s ability to serve a population in crisis should a large event occur.  Funding for this request will also improve community health outcomes by directing patients from our Emergency Department (ED) and Medical Surgical Units to a medical home by partnering with the Latino Health Collaborative (LHC). LHC will dedicate one Community Health Navigator to the hospital. This project will assist patients with finding a permanent medical home in lieu of relying on the hospital’s ED for primary care.  An additional surgical room would create 6 direct (surgeons, nurses, technicians, etc.) and 4 indirect (pharmacists, housekeeping, billing, etc.) full-time equivalent positions. These positions would not be dependent upon stimulus funds.  Well equipped surgical rooms would allow CHSB to attract additional highly skilled and proficient surgical teams which will provide a platform for attracting patients with private insurance to our DSH facility. The more patients with private insurance, the lower our dependence on government contracts for fiscal sustainability.  Equipment to be purchased includes: anesthesia gas machine, surgical table, anesthesia drug storage, cart and miscellaneous equipment to facilitate minimally invasive surgical procedures to create the most safe and effective surgical environment possible.

• 1)       Project Name:  National CORE  -(Hope Though Housing - National Community Renaissance – Citrus Grove of Rialto – Phase II)

Exact Project Location:  Since 1992, National CORE has developed or preserved more than 10,000 low income units in five states serving more than 30,000 working families and seniors throughout the nation.

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: Hope Though Housing - National Community Renaissance – Citrus Grove of Rialto – Phase II; National CORE is requesting a federal investment of $500,000, which would allow National CORE to further leverage local and federal resources to renovate the Vista Cascade affordable housing development project in Rialto, CA.  The Vista Cascade Neighborhood Project will be Phase II of the Willow Winchester Neighborhood Revitalization Project.  It will encompass the rehabilitation of 9 four-plex buildings and 1 six-unit apartment building located on North Vista Avenue and West Cascade Drive.  This affordable family community will provide 38 two-bedroom units and 4 three-bedroom units. Each of the two-story four-plex buildings was constructed in 1969.    National CORE has a proven record of revitalizing distressed neighborhoods and communities through the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low- to moderate-income families and seniors in California. A key example is Citrus Grove of Rialto Phase I:

Rialto Phase I, part of the Willow Winchester Neighborhood Revitalization Project, now known as Citrus Grove, was the entry into this neighborhood which was desperately in need of rebirth. Citrus Grove today is a gated community owned and managed by one entity – National CORE. Management and maintenance reserves along with long-term covenants with the city will ensure the development will be an asset in the community for many generations. Citrus Grove recently won the National Association of Home Builders Pillars of the Industry award, highlighting the transformational impact to this community.  National CORE will reach further into the community to transform more of this neighborhood with the Vista Cascade Neighborhood Project, which is Rialto Phase II.

2) Project Name:  Hope Through Housing Foundation – Violence Prevention Program in Rialto, CA

                Exact Project Location:  Rialto, California

                Amount Requested: $250,000

Project Description: Hope's Violence Prevention model is a free, unique crime prevention and community impact program located in the heart of Rialto’s gang crime “safety zone” on-site of low-income housing and community centers . The program combines academic enrichment with a Department of Justice approved, evidence-based violence prevention curriculum (PeaceBuilders) to serve at-risk K-8 and high school youth during the critical afternoon hours of 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.  The expansion of the Violence Prevention curriculum into the after school program over the past three years has made a measurable impact on some of the nation’s most vulnerable youth living in low income neighborhoods.   This proven crime prevention and community impact program is currently offered during the critical after school hours at community learning centers on-site at 28 low-income housing developments.  The value of after school programs as a deterrent to juvenile crime – both as perpetrators and as victims – has been well documented. A study of after-school programs in 12 high-risk California communities found that, among youth participating in the programs, vandalism and theft dropped by two-thirds, violent acts and carrying a concealed weapon fell by more than half, and arrests and being picked up by the police were also reduced by half. Unfortunately there is a critical shortage of after school programs in California.  Currently there are two major sources of funding for after school programs but even these are critically underfunded compared to the demand. According to Fight Crime, Invest in Kids, only one in four targeted schools in low income neighborhoods, where kids are most at risk of school failure and becoming victims or perpetrators of crime, receives State after-school funding. Even schools that are awarded State grants only receive enough funding to serve 12% of their students, and according to a preliminary estimate, there are over 42,000 students on waiting lists for these programs.  Hope’s youth represent those who are most at risk of services. In addition to the above mentioned difficulties in qualifying for an after school program, transportation difficulties, school based fees, and other challenges prevent these children from assessing traditional after school programs even when they are available.  These families are in need of a new model – one that is accessible and free.  Furthermore, by serving these youth on-site of their apartment homes, we are better able to engage the entire community. 

1) Project Name:  Former Norton AFB – Energy Efficiency Improvements Project

Exact Project Location:  1111 East Mill Street, Building No. 2, Former Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Facility, San Bernardino, CA 92408

                Amount Requested: $1,000,000

                Project Description: Former Norton AFB – Energy Efficiency Improvements Project

This proposed project will address much-needed energy efficiency upgrades to an existing 80,000 square foot 2-story office building formerly occupied by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service through 2005.  Since that time, substantial abatement, demolition, seismic, and facility infrastructure improvements were required in order to make the facility safe, tenable, and capable of serving current and future market demands for flex-tech and office facilities proximate to an industrial park and Part-139 Airport.  The IVDA and City of San Bernardino are committed to the effective reuse of the former Norton AFB though a regional, sustainable, and energy-efficient process.  This proposed project helps to leverage over $10 million in local and other funds already allocated towards this initiative now in development and construction at the San Bernardino International Airport and surrounding areas.  

1) Project Name: Loma Linda - Simulation Center for Medical Readiness, Training, and Response

Exact Project Location:  Centennial Complex, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350

                Amount Requested:  $1,000,000

Project Description: Loma Linda Simulation Center for Medical Readiness, Training, and Response - Funding is requested to equip and build-out a new state-of-the-art Medical Stimulation Center (MSC) at LLU. The MSC will serve as a resource for both military medical personnel and first responders in the Southern California/Inland Empire region to provide simulated training environments for the full spectrum of health care needs. 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, i.e., in the event of an earthquake, wild fires, bioterrorist attack, or disease pandemic, the MSC is designed for rapid conversion to an emergency response center. The unique design for a dual- purpose center resulted from collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD) and is based upon the highly successful Convertible Use Rapidly Expandable (CURE) concept developed at LLU. The central concept of the CURE Center Project is to provide care for mass causalities in a space normally designed for another fulltime purpose.

2) Project Name: Nutrition, Diet, and Lifestyle Research Initiative for Longevity and Healthy Aging

                Exact Project Location:  11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, California 92354

                Amount Requested:  $1,225,000

Project Description: Nutrition, Diet, and Lifestyle Research Initiative for Longevity and Healthy Aging - 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. 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. In FY 2011, the outreach and education components will be expanded to include children and older adults and model programs will be launched that are specifically tailored to the Hispanic community in the region and nationally. These new outreach and education programs will be tested first in the Inland Empire region with the intention of developing effective models for national implementation.

1) Project Name:  City of San Bernardino – Westside San Bernardino Route 66 Museum

                Exact Project Location:   1256 West 5th Street, San Bernardino, CA 92411

                Amount Requested:  $35,000

Project Description: CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO – WESTSIDE SAN BERNARDINO ROUTE 66 MUSEUM - The California Historic Route 66 Association (CAH66) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and enjoyment of Route 66.  This project will focus these efforts on the 43rd Congressional District with an emphasis on the Mt. Vernon Corridor economic development project area, located on the Westside of San Bernardino.  Requested funds will be used to launch a much-needed Westside San Bernardino museum dedicated to Route 66.   CAH66 members are donating/loaning Route 66 memorabilia.  Synergy will develop between the Historic McDonald’s Museum and the Inland Empire Military Museum which are located just blocks away.  Local businesses will be connected to this effort through Route 66 signage and promotional events.  Computer technology will be used to develop a “virtual tour” along Route 66 in California.

1) Project Name: Ontario Family Services

Exact Project Location:  Ontario Family Resource Center, 531 N. Euclid Avenue, Ontario, CA 91762

                Amount Requested: $350,000  

Project Description: On admission to the Ontario Family Resource Center, families receive an initial assessment of social service needs.  The family, case manager, family advocate, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team develop a case plan that focuses on specific goals to improve child and family well-being. 

• §         Our in-home case management for socially isolated, at-risk families with children involves regularly scheduled visits from one of our caseworkers, who work with parents to create safe, nurturing homes that support healthy physical, emotional, and cognitive development. 
• §         Mental health services are provided by licensed clinical staff either at the center or in the home.  Parenting education (general population) is provided in 15-week courses offered three times per year to improve parenting skills and parents’ interactions with their children. 
• §         Teen parenting education is offered twice a month at Valley View High School through its continuation school. 
• §         Workshops on child abuse awareness, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and health education are offered periodically. 
• §         Support groups reduce social isolation and connect parents to their community. 
• §         Emergency food and clothing vouchers are available for families in crisis. 
• §         A toy loan program offers parents access to developmentally appropriate items they cannot afford to purchase.

Expanding these services will reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect and family violence, and improve outcomes for the children in these families.

1) Project Name:  San Bernardino County - Interstate 10/Pepper Avenue Interchange Improvements            

                Exact Project Location:  Interstate 10/Pepper Avenue Interchange

                Amount Requested: $ 3 million

Project Description: This request is for federal funds in the amount of $3 million to partially fund construction costs to replace the Pepper Avenue/Interstate 10 interchange.  This interchange currently has a significant amount of vehicular delay of interchanges within the 43rd Congressional District and is the primary interchange from the I-10 which provides access to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and provides a gateway for growing local residential development.  Pepper Avenue is a regionally significant north/south highway with average daily traffic of 50,000 with projected traffic count of over 74,000 trips per day.

1) Project Name:  San Bernardino Unified School District - English Learners Program

                Exact Project Location:  San Bernardino City Unified School District – 92410

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: The focus of the project is on improving the academic achievement of English learners and increasing parental involvement.  This proposal includes staff development and recruitment of 50 Teacher/Coaches for EL students and Bilingual Outreach Workers for English learner coaches who will provide training to teachers of English learners at each school site, K-12. In addition, funds will go toward books, supplies, computers and building renovation all dedicated specifically to the Program.

2) Project Name:  San Bernardino Unified School District - Community Prosecutor Program

                Exact Project Location:  San Bernardino City Unified School District – 92410

                Amount Requested: $150,000

Project Description: Community Prosecutor Program - This community prosecutor would work for the District Attorney's office to assist the school districts in their efforts to reduce truancy and youth violence. The function of the community prosecutor would be to use critical tools such as nuisance abatement, drug-free and prostitution-free zones, gun reduction programs, truancy abatement and graffiti cleanup to improve neighborhood safety. The community prosecutor would act as a partnership builder with other criminal justice agencies, social service agencies, businesses and school districts to work together to find ways to solve livability issues in targeted neighborhoods.  The SBCUSD has an enormous challenge of reducing truancy and youth violence.  The District has an enrollment of approximately 53,000 students, but maintains an average daily attendance of 92 percent. This attendance rate indicates that 4,876 students are not in school daily.  In the school year 2007-2008, the enrollment at the secondary level (6-12) was 27,576 students.  Secondary students represented a suspension rate of 49.3 percent and an expulsion rate of .3 percent.  The profile of these students indicates that they had a history of poor attendance. 

3) Project Name:  San Bernardino Unified School District - Technology Training and Development Program

                Exact Project Location:  San Bernardino City Unified School District – 92410

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description:   San Bernardino Unified School District - Technology Training and Development Program  - The District has made great strides in enhancing education through the use of technology. We have done this through three areas of emphasis: network infrastructure, hardware acquisition, and most importantly, staff development. We have also developed a technology plan that adheres to the guidelines of No Child Left Behind and the Enhancing Education Through Technology component of the President’s education program. Our greatest needs are increasing support staff to manage and maintain the existing network infrastructure and providing network access to our many new classrooms. Thus, with this funding we plan to purchase administrative hardware and software supplies for network access, management, data storage, and to add at least six Information Technology (IT) specialists. These items do not qualify foe E-rate funding, but are needed to support the data management requirements of NCLB and other mandated programs.

In the area of staff development, the District has developed multiple strategies to address this most critical component. The first is ongoing district classes that are open to all staff in the district, classified as well as certificated. These classes are posted monthly on the District web page and are taught by two full-time certificated teachers as well as two classified staff developers. In addition, school sites have scheduled regular times when certificated trainers will go on site and conduct professional development according to the sites needs. Several sites have also participated in summer institutes, County and CTAP training.

4) Project Name: San Bernardino Unified School District  - Professional Development Program

                Exact Project Location: San Bernardino City Unified School District – 92410

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description:  San Bernardino Unified School District  - Professional Development Program; With the funding sought, SBCUSD would accomplish the following: (1) expand our site coaching training to bridge the gap between new teacher knowledge and the implementation of the strategies and techniques that research has identified as effective in building successful learners; (2) expand our training center to include 5 training satellites, strategically placed at school sites throughout the district; and (3) expand the use of interactive technologies into 100 new classrooms. 

1) Project Name:  SANBAG: I-10 Corridor: Cherry/Citrus Improvement Project

                Exact Project Location:  I-10 City of Fontana

                Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Project Description: SANBAG: The I-10 Corridor serves as a link for goods movement to/from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to/from destinations outside of California.  These interchanges along I-10 have been paired due to their joint-significance with regards to providing access to nearby logistics centers.  Improving these interchanges at the same time will provide for overall cost savings because the interchanges are associated with an auxiliary lane between the Cherry and Citrus off ramps to facilitate freight and commuter traffic relief. 

2) Project Name:  SANBAG: sbX

                Exact Project Location:  City of San Bernardino: E Street

                Amount Requested: $43,000,000

Project Description: The San Bernardino Valley Express (sbX) will operate along “E” Street, which serves as a corridor between California State University San Bernardino and Loma Linda University Medical Center.  BRT offers a new high-tech, user-friendly system that will provide more frequent service, fewer stops, and higher average speeds than traditional bus service. 

3) Project Name:  SANBAG: City of San Bernardino: Metrolink 1st Mile Extension

Exact Project Location:  San Bernardino Depot to a new proposed transit center at Rialto Ave. and E Street in the City of San Bernardino.

                Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Project Description:  The goal of the Project is to prepare preliminary and final engineering and environmental documentation/permitting necessary for SANBAG to bid, award, and construct the extension of Metrolink service from the San Bernardino Depot to a new proposed transit center at Rialto Ave. and E Street in the City of San Bernardino.  In addition, right-of-way mapping of the entire Redlands Subdivision and transit oriented development assistance to cities along the route will be required as well as possible other on-call services.

4) Project Name:  SANBAG: City of San Bernardino I-215 Bi-County Project

                Exact Project Location:  I-215 Corridor, linking San Bernardino and Riverside Counties

                Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Project Description: SANBAG: City of San Bernardino I-215 Bi-County Project The I-215 Bi-County Project will add a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction of I-215 from the SR-60/SR-91/I-215 Interchange in Riverside County to the I-215/Orange Show Road Interchange in the City of San Bernardino.  Construction of approximately 7.5 miles of HOV lanes will close the final “gap” required to provide 70 miles of continuous HOV lanes resulting in reduced congestion and improved air quality. 

1) Project Name:  San Bernardino American Indian Resource Council

Exact Project Location:  9232 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. 92335 - District 43 County Urban Community

                Amount Requested: $345,000.00 1st year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Project Description The Native American Resource Center will providing an array of culturally appropriate mental health and social resources, including counseling services, a food pantry, and worker development, for the underserved, often non-served and estranged, local Native Americans. It will offer these services throughout the cities in central southwestern San Bernardino County. Four examples follow: 1) Healing/Talking Circles uses traditional concepts to enhance family communications and cohesion. 2) Cultural Identity Awareness will help clients define their identity through traditional teachings, concepts (especially storytelling) as well as empower clients with a sense of self-reliance and raise awareness to mental health issues that hold the Indian community back from normal American participation. 3) Sweat-Lodges will involve substance abuse counseling; address the need for traditional spirituality; and provide a positive environment to improve emotionally stability. 4) An Indigenous Student Program uses various techniques to improve the low high school and college graduation rates of Indians.

1) Project Name: San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools - A CALL TO ACTION: Fighting the Drop Out Rate “Reaching Out/Reaching In”

Exact Project Location: San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, 601 North E Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410

                Amount Requested: $750,000

Project Description:  San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools - A CALL TO ACTION: Fighting the Drop Out Rate “Reaching Out/Reaching In”; San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) is requesting Federal funding to support our ongoing efforts to decrease the drop out rate in San Bernardino County. The purpose of this program is to work together—education, community, and businesses—to create a safety net of support so that no students are lost.  In November 2009, the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools issued A CALL TO ACTION: Fighting the Drop Out Rate “Reaching Out/Reaching In.” ,asking stakeholders—students, parents, educators, business, labor, government, faith – and community-based partners—to join in this effort to ensure students in San Bernardino County have the needed support and opportunities to be successful in school, to graduate, and to live a productive life.

The Call to Action initiative is comprised of several components with the succinct goal of high-school drop-out prevention:

• Ongoing Stakeholder partnership group efforts to tap community resources
• Parent intervention resource development, including an extensive parent advocacy program
• Establishment of a counselors network
• Extension of a coordinated school health initiative to focus directly on dropout prevention
• Development of outreach materials regarding Career Technical Programs and Regional Occupational Programs
• Establishment of trainings for administrators on how to create a system of student support at the school site
• Creation of a specific dropout prevention focus for training with attendance staff to support successful school transfers and re-entries for highly mobile students.
• Creation of professional development training for teachers to recognize and intervene with students in the classroom

• a)       History of federal funding

The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools office initiated this project in the fall of 2009. There has been no funding up to this point besides what the county office is paying for staff time and to host stakeholder meetings and working sessions.

• b)       History of state funding

The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools office initiated this project in the fall of 2009. There has been no funding up to this point besides what the county office is paying for staff time and to host stakeholder meetings and working sessions.

1) Project Name: Job Training Initiative for Fire and Land Management Careers For Urban Youth and Young Adults Living in Low Income Neighborhoods in San Bernardino County.

                                             Exact Project Location: San Bernardino County (43rd Congressional District)

Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: This project will work in collaboration with State/Federal land managers and city governments to promote skills/opportunities for urban youth/young adults to be in a position for (green) employment in land management, conservation and fire, as well as preparation for education in the sciences. The components include 1) outreach/recruitment, 2) job readiness/workforce skills development ) preparation for GED/HS diploma, 4) training in wildland fire fighting, thru certification and formation of a type II hand crew, 5) training in land management, conservation, recreation management (green careers), 6) guidance of higher education prep thru federal partnerships, internship in technical/professional careers (MOU exist U.S. Forest Service and Cal State San Bernardino), 7) use of agency partnership to develop career ladders (mentoring/job shadowing) 8) job placement assistance, preparing young adults to market their skills thru resume development, professional behaviors training, application preparation and interviewing skills, and 9) Development of healthy lifestyles, targeting obesity.

1) Project Name:  Riverside & San Bernardino Counties - Hunger Relief - Food Transportation

                Exact Project Location:  2950-B Jefferson Street, Riverside California 92504

                Amount Requested: $250,000

Project Description: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties - Hunger Relief - Food Transportation; Second Harvest Food Bank serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (SHFB) is the largest food bank serving both Inland Empire Counties. Over 440 nonprofit organizations that provide free food to hungry people rely on SHFB for food, which fills their Emergency Food Pantries, Food Bag Programs, Soup Kitchens, After School Kids Programs, Homeless Shelter Food, Residential Battered Women Shelters, Senior Feeding Programs and more. A complete list of supported food agencies by county served is available.  The required replacement of all (8) semi trucks that SHFB has currently to pick up corporately donated food is essential to keeping charitable food available. SHFB has secured sufficient funding to fully purchase (5) out of the (8) trucks with an approved grant from The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in the amount of $500,000. The remaining funds needed are $400,000. The requested $250,000 appropriation funds would enable SHFB to replace (2) of the existing (3) trucks needed to continue to meet the needs in hunger relief.  SHFB distributes over 2,000,000 pounds of donated food to the two Inland Empire counties each month. In 2009 SHFB increased it’s warehouse capacity from 32,000 to 56,000 sq feet to take in more donated food to meet the increased demands for food caused in large part to the current economic crisis.

1) Project Name:  Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy

Exact Project Location:   Sturges Center for the Fine Arts, 780 N. “E” Street, San Bernardino, CA 92410

                Amount Requested: $190,000.00  

Project Description: Sinfonia Mexicana Mariachi Youth Academy. The Mariachi Youth Academy’s goal is to teach music fundamentals to at-risk students through a challenging and guided curriculum based on PhD Jeff Nevin’s own published books and guidance. Building students’ self-confidence and ability to use their musical talents will provide these students an avenue to further their education. This proposal will encourage future success by increasing access to music education and culture enrichment to our youth and, at the same time, providing a positive impact on the community as a whole.  

1) Project Name:  SACHS facility renovation for energy efficiency and renewable energy

                Exact Project Location:  SACHS-Norton Clinic, 1455 E. 3rd Street, San Bernardino, CA 92408

                Amount Requested: $750,000

Project Description: SACHS facility renovation for energy efficiency and renewable energy - SACHS is an essential provider of affordable health care for the most needy and vulnerable populations in San Bernardino County which has some of the worst health disparity rates in the State of California, including the highest death rate from heart disease and one of the highest infant mortality rates. The non-profit clinic, which serves over 10,000 low-income patients annually, operates out of an antiquated building on the former Norton Air Force Base that was built in the 1950's. An energy audit has shown that renovations at the Norton facility would result in savings of over $100,000 annually. The requested funds will be used at the SACHS Norton clinic in San Bernardino to renovate the facility and upgrade its HVAC system, lighting equipment, and utility control and maintenance programs so as to reduce high electricity and natural gas costs and allow more of the clinic’s operating revenue to be allocated to patient care. There is also a plan to install an on-site photovoltaic solar electricity generating system. This approach will enable SACHS to achieve significant savings, be more environmentally friendly, and allow more funds to be allocated to patient care.  The proposed changes would also help SACHS comply with environmental benchmarks and result in an annual savings of over $100,000 that can be allocated to patient care. In addition, it has been shown that access to health care results in better achievement among children in school and more success in getting and keeping jobs for adults.  

1) Project Name:  St. Bernardine Medical Center MRI

                Exact Project Location:  2101 N. Waterman Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404

                Amount Requested: $848,000  

Project Description: St. Bernardine Medical Center remains committed to the purchase of a modern MRI Imaging System for better disease detection and treatment.  The residents of San Bernardino deserve state-of-the art medical technology, and another year of federal funding will help to complete this critically important equipment purchase.  Presently, an MRI of this caliber does not exist in the region and patients requiring its use must be referred outside the area.  Unfortunately, St. Bernardine currently uses a MRI circa 1988, 10 generations behind today’s highly advanced equipment.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging (or MRI) uses a strong electromagnetic field combined with radio-frequencies to generate images of the body that have excellent contrast and allow doctors to clearly see details of tissue structure and detect diseases and injuries.  Furthermore, MRIs capture an image in two-dimensions unlike traditional x-ray machines that capture images in one-dimension.  Another principal advantage of MRI over other radiographic imaging methods is that MRIs produce no known side effects. 

1) Project Name:  Steelworkers Oldtimers Foundation Senior Dial-A-Ride Transportation Program

Exact Project Location: 8572 Sierra Ave. Fontana Ca. 92335 (Program will also service the following zip codes: 92376, 92316.92377)

       Amount Requested: $335,000

Project Description: Steelworkers Oldtimers Foundation Senior Dial-A-Ride transportation Program; Funding is requested for start up costs associated with a Dial-A-Ride Transportation Program for senior citizens. The program will serve areas in the 43rd Congressional District in California. The communities include the Cities of Rialto, Bloomington and Fontana where there are no services or minimal services available. This program will especially target low income senior who have lesser resources available to them to be mobile in their communities. The program will provide transportation to senior centers where they can participate in nutritional, health related services and social interaction that is important for combating isolation. The program will also provide transportation for medical appointments and shopping in their communities. These types of services provide a higher quality of life and assist in keeping seniors in their home. The Department of Aging and Adult Services of the County of San Bernardino has determined that transportation for seniors is the number one priority for seniors in general. They also pointed out that it is a major problem for seniors who are isolated and/or have two or more chronic illnesses, where normal public transportation becomes a barrier.

1) Project Name:  THINK Together’s Obesity Prevention Strategy

Exact Project Location:  Project serves after-school programs in the San Bernardino County area.

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: THINK Together’s Obesity Prevention Strategy - One of THINK Together’s objectives is to combat the current obesity epidemic affecting our youth by continuing to provide and enhance its obesity prevention strategy.  By being intentional and systematic in its delivery of its health and fitness component, CATCH and the Harvest of the Month program, THINK Together can ensure that the students are exposed to cardio exercises and athletic activities on a daily basis and learning wholesome eating habits through its healthy living curriculum.  The CATCH program is a successful, proven health-promotion program designed to address the underlying causes of obesity. CATCH includes a wide variety of age-appropriate aerobic activities, fitness challenges, rhythm activities, cooperative games, and more. The unique feature is that everyone participates—no one is eliminated and everyone keeps moving. Students take part in the CATCH activities five days a week for thirty minutes per day and engage in enough moderate to vigorous exercise to provide a significant health benefit.  The Harvest of the Month program teaches students to make healthy food choices through the introduction and access to real fruits and vegetables.  Students participate in classroom activities such as cooking or garden activities and cafeteria menu selections that educate them on the background, nutrition, and taste of the actual raw materials.  The goal is to enhance students’ present and future health as well as their capacity to perform well academically. When students have a healthy diet, exercise, and feel good about themselves, they do better in school.

1) Project Name:  UC Riverside School of Medicine

                Exact Project Location:  University of California, Riverside, CA 92507

                Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Project Description: The UCR School of Medicine federal request in the amount of $5 million is for instructional facilities, including medical simulation laboratory equipment, necessary to open the school. This appropriation request is consistent with the mission of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).   The use of simulation technology in medical education is gaining widespread adoption for its exceptional training advantages, enabling students to practice their skills responding to realistic clinical scenarios. The requested funding will contribute to capital improvements to expand teaching capacity in medical education. Other funding sources will include campus and state bond funds.  Appropriation funding to establish these facilities is necessary. HRSA provides a range of programmatic funding to support educational operations, financial aid for students pursuing medicine (especially primary care), health information technology initiatives and community health clinics, but not funding to establish infrastructure for new core medical education facilities.

2) Project Name:  UC Riverside School of Medicine

                Exact Project Location:  University of California, Riverside, CA 92507

                Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Project Description :  An initial justification for the existence of CISR and the federal appropriation was the need to anticipate and conduct research on exotic pests and diseases that have not yet invaded California.  Typically, industry funding comes only after an invasion is detected, leaving the victim (grower, rancher, homeowner, water managers, etc.) without viable tools for managing the problem.  Further, it was anticipated that some of the funding would go toward advancing the science of invasion biology.  Conceptual parallels exist common to all invasive species and are only now beginning to be developed.  A better understanding is needed, for example, of the nature of the invasion process, the processes of initial establishment and spread, and the characteristics which allow for successful invasion.  More work must be done on modeling invasion pathways and developing management plans to reduce obvious conduits for introductions.  At a more applied level, strategies are needed for various levels of intervention—border interception, prevention, containment, eradication, or control—depending on the timeliness of detection, social and political factors, and available tools and resources.  Economic analyses and risk assessments are also needed to more accurately document the magnitude of the invasive species problem in California. 

CISR will operate this research program as a competitive, peer review process, utilizing the USDA-NIFA funding.  Instead of a broad call for proposals in the areas of agriculture, natural systems, and urban environments, however, the Center proposes to utilize the technical advisory committee to develop a strategic framework and criteria for which at least a portion of the funding will be set aside to deal with issues of extreme concern to California.

1) Project Name:  University of Redlands – Southern California Small Business Support Economic Atlas

                Exact Project Location:  Redlands, CA 92373

                Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: University of Redlands – Southern California Small Business Support Economic Atlas Funding will enhance and expand a project undertaken by the University and U.S. Small Business Administration – Santa Ana District to deploy a dynamic Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis / decision-making tool and technology training for small businesses in the region, transferrable as a national model.  This cooperative program builds upon three years of collaboration under an SBA grant that delivered GIS educational resources, training, and technology applications for small businesses in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange Counties.  In consultation with the SBA, the University will implement two new component initiatives: (1) dynamic analysis of Southern California’s economic landscape and demography, to identify the economic and geographic focal areas with the greatest potential to drive a healthy and sustainable long-term economy that fosters small business and jobs growth; and (2) technology transfer and direct training to small businesses, to develop capacity within SBA and its industry partners to ensure that they gain the technological expertise needed to train and apply GIS skills when consulting with individual small business clients.  This free resource will help business owners see the economic context and processes that affect the future sustainability of their operations.  The interactive learning environment will enable SBA and business owners to improve their understanding of the economic principles; the Atlas will be the input for a set of standard analytical templates that businesses may use for common decision problems in areas such as supply, logistics, marketing and facility location.