Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-820 - STAN MAYFIELD WORKING WATERFRONTS PROGRAM, GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES › Section 62-820.006 - Project Evaluation Criteria

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
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).