Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-815 - PRESERVATION 2000 PROGRAM › Section 62-815.004 - Submission of Application and Application Materials

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Applications must be submitted by mail or
				delivered to the Program Manager, Florida Communities Trust, 3900 Commonwealth
				Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000. To be timely submitted,
				applications must be received on or before the published application
				deadline.
(2) Deadlines for
				submitting applications shall be announced in the Florida Administrative
				Register at least seventy-five days prior to each deadline.
(3) Applications must be transmitted with an
				original signature cover letter on local government letterhead, signed by the
				appropriate local government official or administrator, binding the local
				government to fulfill the commitments made in the application, and identifying
				the local government employee that will act as the key contact between the
				Trust and the applicant local government(s).
(4) Applicants must submit ten complete sets
				of application materials. One set must contain original text and non-text
				items. The remaining nine sets may contain legible first generation copies of
				text and non-text items, unless otherwise specified in the application
				form.
(5) To receive full
				consideration by the Trust, all applications shall contain the following
				categories of information in a cost-effective form available to the applicant:
(a) Project description.
1. Location of project site on a United
				States Geological Survey 7 1/2 minute quadrangle map with the boundary of the
				Project Site shown.
2. Map
				depicting property boundaries, access points, names of the property owners, and
				tax parcel numbers and ownership boundaries using an appropriate scale on the
				county property appraiser's tax map.
3. Statement of purpose and objectives,
				including a discussion of reasons in support of project site acquisition, and
				future uses, improvements, facilities, and activities intended on the site. For
				partnership applications, the statement should address the purposes and
				objectives of the joint project.
4.
				Aerial photographs (1 inch = 2, 000 feet or greater detail) with the Project
				Site boundary shown.
5. A set of
				labeled photographs and negatives, included in the original application, of the
				project site that document on-site features which may include but are not
				limited to vegetative communities, water bodies, shorelines, wildlife, unique
				biological or geological features, or historical or archaeological features. A
				legend identifying the approximate location and subject matter of the
				photographs shall be included. Copies of the photographs and legend shall be
				included in the other nine sets of application materials.
6. Description of the physical
				characteristics, as listed below:
a. Soils as
				depicted on United States Natural Resources Conservation Service soil survey
				showing the Project Site boundary,
b. A map depicting vegetative communities,
				utilizing one or more of the following: the Florida Land Use, Cover, and Forms
				Classification System (Florida Department of Transportation, 1985); or the
				Florida Natural Areas Inventory classification system. The map should be of an
				appropriate scale to provide sufficient detail for assessment of the project
				site. The approximate acreage of the various vegetative communities is
				requested,
c. Narrative description
				of hydrology of project site, including surface drainage, floodplain, aquifer
				recharge characteristics, and maps illustrating hydrology, the 100-year flood
				plain, and the coastal high hazard area, if available and applicable to the
				project site,
d. Map and a
				narrative description of existing physical improvements, alterations, or
				disturbances occurring on the project site and the approximate
				acreage.