The evaluation of Applications shall be based on the criteria
set forth in this rule chapter and the information in Application Form SMWW-2.
Trust staff shall utilize the information contained in the Application
(including exhibits) and all information obtained during its review of the
Application, including information obtained during site visits, in drafting an
evaluation report and developing a ranking report to present to the Governing
Board. At a publicly noticed meeting, the Governing Board will evaluate the
reports and approve the recommended ranking report that will be presented to
the Board of Trustees.
The Business Summary shall be evaluated for sufficiency based
on information provided in Application Form SMWW-2. Staff from the issuing
agency, and other state agencies as deemed necessary by the Trust, shall review
each Business Summary and provide comments to the Trust. Trust staff shall
prepare a recommended Business Summary sufficiency determination that takes
into consideration comments received from the Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services and other agencies for consideration by the Governing Board.
Applications containing a Business Summary deemed insufficient by the Trust
will not be considered by the Board of Trustees.
An Application shall receive all the points assigned to a
particular criterion if the criterion is met; no partial scores will be given
for a criterion. If a criterion does not apply to the proposed Project Site,
the Applicant should state "No" in the response to the criterion.
Points shall be awarded when the following criteria are
met:
(1) Location:
(a) The Project Site is located within the
boundary of a locally designated Community Redevelopment Area as defined in
Section 163.340, F.S. and furthers the
adopted community redevelopment plan (10 points);
(b) The Project Site is adjacent to or within
2, 000 feet of and tidally connected to state-owned submerged lands designated
as an aquatic preserve identified in Section
258.39, F.S. National Marine
Sanctuary or National Estuarine Research Reserve (10 points);
(c) The Project Site is located within a
municipality with a population less than 30, 000 or in an unincorporated area
of the county with a population in the unincorporated area that is less than
40, 000 (10 points);
(d) The
Project Site is within an area designated as "Waterfronts Florida Partnership
Community" (9 points);
(e) The
Project Site provides services and is located within 15 miles of a state
designated aquaculture "High Density Lease Area" (5 points); and,
(f) The Project Site is within an area
designated as a "Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern" or "Area of Critical
State Concern" (points only given on one category) (4
points).
(2) Economic
Consideration:
(a) The proposed project
provides an economic benefit to the community (10 points);
(b) The Project Site is located in a
municipality or in the unincorporated county with a growth rate that exceeds
the average growth rate for the state, as shown by population increase since
the last census (10 points); and,
(c) The Project Site has sustained hurricane
damage in the past 5 years such that operating capacity was reduced or normal
operations were interrupted for a period of not less than two weeks (5
points).
(d) The grant
award amount
requested is within the following thresholds (Points will be awarded on only
one of the following criteria):
1. The
Applicant is requesting a grant award amount that does not exceed $1, 500,
000.00 (8 points),
2. The Applicant
is requesting a grant award amount that does not exceed $2, 500, 000.00 (4
points),
3. The
Applicant is
requesting a grant
award amount that does not exceed $3, 500, 000.00 (2
points).
FCT will not participate in project costs that exceed the
grant award amount.
(3) Site Suitability/Readiness:
(a) The
Project Site will provide a docking
facility for commercial fishing vessels (Points will be awarded on only one of
the following criteria):
1. The Project Site
contains an existing docking facility that can be presently utilized for
commercial saltwater fisheries or aquaculture operations (17 points),
2. The Project Site contains an
existing docking facility that requires major restoration to be utilized for
commercial saltwater fisheries or aquaculture operations and the applicant has
committed to rebuild the docking facility (12 points),
3. The Applicant has committed to construct a
new docking facility on the Project Site for commercial fishing vessels or
aquaculture operations (6 points).
(b) The
Project Site will provide a
Seafood
House or other building to be used for Working Waterfront Business (Points will
be awarded on only one of the following criteria):
1. The Project Site contains an existing
Seafood House or other building that can be presently utilized for Working
Waterfront Business (10 points),
2.
The Project Site contains an existing Seafood House or other building that
requires major restoration and the applicant has committed to rebuild the
building to be utilized as a Working Waterfront Business (8 points),
3. The Applicant has committed to construct a
new Seafood House or other buildings of at least 1, 000 square feet on the
Project Site to be used for Working Waterfronts Business (4
points).
(c) The
Project
Site will provide a structure for launching commercial fishing vessels,
including but not limited to a boat ramp, boat lift or boat rail system (Points
will only be awarded on one of the following criteria):
1. The Project Site contains an existing
structure for launching commercial fishing vessels, including but not limited
to a boat ramp, boat lift or boat rail system, which can be presently utilized
without major restoration (6 points).
2. The Project Site contains an existing
structure for launching commercial fishing vessels, including but not limited
to a boat ramp, boat lift or boat rail system, that requires major restoration
and the Applicant has committed to rebuild the existing boat launch (4
points).
3. The Applicant has
committed to construct a new boat launching facility on the Project Site that
will be used for commercial fishing vessels (2 points).
(d) The Project Site contains an open area of
at least 1/4 acre to be used for the storage of traps, nets, and other gear
needed for commercial fishing or aquaculture operations (4 points).
(e) The proposed project will be acquired
using a less-than-fee Working Waterfront Covenant for all of the land to be
acquired (5 points).
(4)
Financial Contribution. Providing a share of the eligible
Match. The
Applicant
is committed to:
(a) Provide a
Match between
25 percent to 34 percent of the
Project Costs, or, for Small Local Governments
as defined in subsection
62-820.002(22),
F.A.C., and Nonprofit Working Waterfronts Organizations, a
Match between 10
percent and 19 percent of the
Project Costs (5 points), or
(b) Provide a
Match of 35 percent or more of
the
Project Costs, or, for Small Local Governments as defined in subsection
62-820.002(22),
F.A.C., and Nonprofit Working Waterfronts Organizations, a
Match of 20 percent
or more of the
Project Costs (10 points).
(5) Community Planning:
(a) The project is located in a Future Land
Use category, zoning district, or overlay district that has been identified for
the protection and preservation of Working Waterfronts (7 points);
(b) The project furthers local government
comprehensive plan objectives and policies directives that ensure the
protection and preservation of Working Waterfronts for use by commercial
fisherman, aquaculturists, or business entities that support these industries
(7 points);
(6) Public
Education:
(a) The Projects Site provides
permanent structured displays of artifacts and other items open to the public
that provide information about the economic, cultural or historic heritage of
Florida's traditional Working Waterfronts (4 points);
(b) Project Site contains a structure(s) that
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places administered by the
National Park Service (3 points);
(c) The Project Site will contain
interpretive kiosk(s) or signs(s) that educate the public about the economic,
cultural, or historic heritage of Florida's traditional Working Waterfronts (2
points).
