Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-816.003 - General Requirements and Eligibility Standards
The following constitutes the general requirements and eligibility standards for the Area of Critical State Concern Program of the Florida Communities Trust.
(1)
Meetings of the Trust. The fiscal year of the Trust is July 1-June 30. The
Trust governing body will hold public meetings at least quarterly during each
fiscal year. All meetings of the Trust shall be conducted consistent with Rule
Chapter 9K-1, F.A.C.
(2) Purpose of
Matching Grants. All matching grants from the Area of Critical State Concern
Program shall be used for land acquisitions that assist an Area of Critical
State Concern county to implement or further the conservation, recreation and
open space, or coastal management elements of the local comprehensive plan, to
conserve natural resources, to resolve land use conflicts, and to implement
land development regulations which further the principles for guiding
development established for that Area of Critical State Concern.
(3) Award, Use and Disbursement of Matching
Grants. Funds awarded under this program shall be awarded as matching grants to
counties that submit proposal(s) for land acquisitions or land acquisition
programs within an Area of Critical State Concern. Funds awarded under this
program shall be matched by the recipient county on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Matching grants shall be awarded after an evaluation of timely submitted
complete proposals. Preservation 2000 funds shall only be used for the land
acquisition project costs set forth in complete proposals that are selected for
funding by the governing body of the Trust. The Trust is not obligated to award
funds if proposals submitted do not fulfill the purpose of the Area of Critical
State Concern Program. All funds not awarded during a proposal cycle shall be
reserved and added to the funds available for the next Area of Critical State
Concern Program funding cycle.
(4)
Eligible Applicants. County governments that contain areas designated as an
Area of Critical State Concern pursuant to Section
380.05, F.S., are eligible to
apply for matching grants from this program. Prior to awarding funds the local
comprehensive plan of a grantee must either be found in compliance by the
Department or the county must have executed a stipulated settlement agreement
with the Department to resolve all of the issues raised by the Department in a
statement of intent to find a plan not in compliance issued pursuant to Section
163.3184, F.S.
(5) Proposal Form. Proposal Form FCT/ACSC-2
is prescribed for use with these rules and is incorporated by reference.
Proposals for funding must be submitted with Proposal Form FCT/ACSC-2. A copy
may be obtained after the publication of the Request for Grant Proposals by
writing to the Program Manager, Florida Communities Trust, 3900 Commonwealth
Boulevard, MS #103, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, or by calling
(850)245-2669.
(6) Request for
Grant Proposals. The Trust shall announce the amount of Preservation 2000 bond
funds available for matching grants under the Area of Critical State Concern
State Program and applicable deadlines in the Request for Grant Proposals
published in the Florida Administrative Register. Pursuant to Section
259.101(3)(c),
F.S., the amounts published shall be calculated on ten percent (10%) of the
total Preservation 2000 funds allocated to the Trust from each bond series plus
interest accrued to that ten percent (10%) portion of the total allocation as
of the date of preparation of the Request for Grant Proposals.
(7) Eligible Sources of Local Match.
Applicants may use funds generated by a county, land authority, state or
federal agency, grants, loans, or private cash donations for all or part of any
local match. Applicants may not use any Preservation 2000 Trust Funds allocated
pursuant to Section 259.101(3),
F.S., for any part of an applicant's dollar-for-dollar
match.
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