The Department shall: review each application submitted under § 6–705 of this subtitle and may request additional information from the applicant; accept public input on each application; and consider the recommendation of any State unit. The Department may not approve an application until the Department has provided written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the political subdivision where the proposed community enhancement project is located. If the application affects a neighborhood entirely within a municipal corporation, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the municipal corporation and not the surrounding county. If an application affects a neighborhood within more than one political subdivision, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to each political subdivision. The Secretary shall, subject to subsection (b) of this section, award financial assistance to an applicant: in the amount and of the type that the Secretary determines; and under the terms of a Program agreement.