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maximize coordination of all community resources, including other federally 
supported urban development and recreation programs. During an initial in-
terim period to be established by regulations under this chapter, this re-
quirement may be satisfied by local government submissions of preliminary 
action programs that briefly define objectives, priorities, and implementation 
strategies for overall system recovery and maintenance and commit the ap-
plicant to a scheduled program development process. Following this interim 
period, all local applicants shall submit to the Secretary, as a condition of 
eligibility, a 5-year action program for park and recreation recovery that 
satisfactorily demonstrates— 
(1) systematic identification of recovery objectives, priorities, and im-
plementation strategies; 
(2) adequate planning for rehabilitation of specific recreation areas 
and facilities, including projections of the cost of proposed projects; 
(3) the capacity and commitment to ensure that facilities provided 
or improved under this chapter shall continue to be adequately main-
tained, protected, staffed, and supervised; 
(4) the intention to maintain total local public outlays for park and 
recreation purposes at levels at least equal to those in the year pre-
ceding that in which grant assistance is sought except in any case 
where a reduction in park and recreation outlays is proportionate to 
a reduction in overall spending by the applicant; and 
(5) the relationship of the park and recreation recovery program to 
overall community development and urban revitalization efforts. 
(b) CONTINUING PLANNING PROCESS.—Where appropriate, the Secretary 
may encourage local governments to meet action program requirements 
through a continuing planning process that includes periodic improvements 
and updates in action program submissions to eliminate identified gaps in 
program information and policy development. 
(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—Action programs shall address, but are 
not limited to— 
(1) rehabilitation of existing recreational areas and facilities, includ-
ing— 
(A) general systemwide renovation; 
(B) special rehabilitation requirements for recreational areas 
and facilities in areas of high population concentration and eco-
nomic distress; and 
(C) restoration of outstanding or unique structures, land-
scaping, or similar features in parks of historical or architectural 
significance; and 
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(2) local commitments to innovative and cost-effective programs and 
projects at the neighborhood level to augment recovery of park and 
recreation systems, including— 
(A) recycling of abandoned schools and other public buildings 
for recreational purposes; 
(B) multiple use of operating educational and other public 
buildings, purchase of recreation services on a contractual basis; 
(C) use of mobile facilities and recreational, cultural, and edu-
cational programs or other innovative approaches to improving ac-
cess for neighborhood residents; 
(D) integration of recovery program with federally assisted 
projects to maximize recreational opportunities through conversion 
of abandoned railroad and highway rights of way, waterfront, and 
other redevelopment efforts and such other federally assisted 
projects as may be appropriate; 
(E) conversion of recreation use of street space, derelict land, 
and other public land not now designated for neighborhood rec-
reational use; and 
(F) use of various forms of compensated and uncompensated 
land regulation, tax inducements, or other means to encourage the 
private sector to provide neighborhood park and recreation facili-
ties and programs. 
(d) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The Secretary shall establish 
and publish in the Federal Register requirements for preparation, submis-
sion, and updating of local park and recreation recovery action programs. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR AT-RISK YOUTH RECREATION GRANTS.—To be eli-
gible to receive at-risk youth recreation grants a local government shall 
amend its 5-year action program to incorporate the goal of reducing crime 
and juvenile delinquency and to provide a description of the implementation 
strategies to achieve this goal. The plan shall also address how the local 
government is coordinating its recreation programs with crime prevention 
efforts of law enforcement, juvenile corrections, and youth social service 
agencies. 
(f) MATCHING RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANTS.—The Secretary 
may provide up to 50 percent matching recovery action program grants to 
eligible local governments for program development and planning specifically 
to meet the objectives of this chapter. 
§ 200505. State action 
(a) ADDITIONAL MATCH.—The Secretary may increase rehabilitation 
grants or innovation grants authorized in section 200503 of this title by 
providing an additional match equal to the total match provided by a State 
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of up to 15 percent of total project costs. The Federal matching amount 
shall not exceed 85 percent of total project cost. 
(b) ADEQUATE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL RECOVERY PLANS.—The 
Secretary shall encourage States to assist the Secretary in ensuring— 
(1) that local recovery plans and programs are adequately imple-
mented by cooperating with the Secretary in monitoring local park and 
recreation recovery plans and programs; and 
(2) consistency of the plans and programs, where appropriate, with 
State recreation policies as set forth in statewide comprehensive out-
door recreation plans. 
§ 200506. Non-Federal share of project costs 
(a) SOURCES.— 
(1) ALLOWABLE SOURCES.—The non-Federal share of project costs 
assisted under this chapter may be derived from general or special pur-
pose State or local revenues, State categorical grants, special appro-
priations by State legislatures, donations of land, buildings, or building 
materials, and in-kind construction, technical, and planning services. 
Reasonable local costs of recovery action program development to meet 
the requirements of section 200504(a) of this title may be used as part 
of the local match only when the local government has not received a 
recovery action program grant. 
(2) NON-ALLOWABLE SOURCES.—No amount from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund or from any other Federal grant program 
other than the community development block grant programs shall be 
used to match Federal grants under this program. 
(b) ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATES AND PRIVATE INTERESTS.—The Sec-
retary shall encourage States and private interests to contribute, to the 
maximum extent possible, to the non-Federal share of project costs. 
§ 200507. Conversion of recreation property 
No property improved or developed with assistance under this chapter 
shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be converted to other than pub-
lic recreation uses. The Secretary shall approve such a conversion only if 
the Secretary finds it to be in accord with the then-current local park and 
recreation recovery action program and only on such conditions as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to ensure the provision of adequate recreation 
properties and opportunities of reasonably equivalent location and useful-
ness. 
§ 200508. Coordination of program 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) coordinate the urban park and recreation recovery program with 
the total urban recovery effort and cooperate to the fullest extent pos-
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sible with other Federal agencies and with State agencies that admin-
ister programs and policies affecting urban areas, including programs 
in housing, urban development, natural resources management, employ-
ment, transportation, community services, and voluntary action; 
(2) encourage maximum coordination of the program between State 
agencies and local applicants; and 
(3) require that local applicants include provisions for participation 
of community and neighborhood residents and for public-private coordi-
nation in recovery planning and project selection. 
§ 200509. Recordkeeping 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep 
such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including— 
(1) records that disclose— 
(A) the amount and disposition of project undertakings in con-
nection with which assistance under this chapter is given or used; 
and 
(B) the amount and nature of the portion of the cost of the 
project or undertaking that is supplied by other sources; and 
(2) such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
(b) ACCESS.—The Secretary and the Comptroller General shall have ac-
cess for the purpose of audit and examination to any records of the recipient 
that are pertinent to assistance received under this chapter. 
§ 200510. Inapplicability of matching provisions 
Amounts authorized for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and 
the Northern Mariana Islands are not subject to the matching provisions 
of this chapter, and may be subject only to such conditions, reports, plans, 
and agreements, if any, as the Secretary may determine. 
§ 200511. Funding limitations 
(a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—The amount of grants made under this 
chapter for projects in any one State for any fiscal year shall not be more 
than 15 percent of the amount made available for grants to all of the States 
for that fiscal year. 
(b) RECOVERY ACTION PROGRAM GRANTS.—Not more than 3 percent of 
the amount made available for grants under this chapter for a fiscal year 
shall be used for recovery action program grants. 
(c) INNOVATION GRANTS.—Not more than 10 percent of the amount 
made available for grants under this chapter for a fiscal year shall be used 
for innovation grants. 
(d) PROGRAM SUPPORT.—Not more than 25 percent of the amount made 
available under this chapter to any local government shall be used for pro-
gram support. 
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