Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-820 - STAN MAYFIELD WORKING WATERFRONTS PROGRAM, GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES › Section 62-820.007 - Ranking and Selection of Applicants

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Prior to preparing the ranking report of projects, Trust staff shall conduct
				site visits as needed to verify the conditions represented by the Applicants in
				the SMWW-2.
(2) Ranking report and
				evaluation reports. After a period for review, Trust staff shall prepare a
				preliminary ranking report and written evaluation reports listing the criteria
				for which points were received by each Applicant, based on information provided
				in the Applications and the site visits. The preliminary ranking report and
				evaluation reports for each Applicant shall be provided to the Governing
				Board.
(3) The Governing Board
				shall meet for the purpose of approving the recommended scoring report of all
				Applications at a publicly noticed meeting. Staff shall also provide a copy of
				the preliminary scoring report and evaluation report to each Applicant prior to
				the Governing Board meeting.
(a) The Governing
				Board shall consider each Application and the scores assigned in the Trust
				staff evaluation report. The Board may modify staff recommended scores in order
				to settle unresolved issues arising from written objections from Applicant(s)
				to scores received in the evaluation report. Applicant objections to staff
				recommended scores must be submitted in writing to the Trust staff at least 48
				hours prior to the Board ranking meeting in order to be considered. Decisions
				to modify point totals shall be based on review of Applications by the
				Governing Board, and public presentations to the Governing Board by Trust
				staff, Applicants and other members of the general public.
(b) All proposed amendments to the Local
				Comprehensive Plan that are included with the Application will be considered in
				the staff evaluation. Proposed amendments cited in the Application must be
				adopted by the Local Government and approved by the Department of Economic
				Opportunity, or other designated State of Florida agency, prior to the date of
				the Governing Board ranking meeting in order for points to be awarded in the
				final score.
(c) Any Application
				that does not contain a Business Summary or an Application that contains an
				insufficient Business Summary will not be considered by the Trust for
				recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
(d) Any Applicant that does not provide
				documentation from the issuing agency by the application deadline that all
				facilities or structures owned by the Applicant are fully compliant with
				Chapters 253, 258, 373, Part IV, 403 and 597, F.S., and the state sovereignty
				submerged leases and applicable fees or wetslip certification forms are
				current, or that the structures are not located on state sovereignty submerged
				land, will not be considered by the Trust for recommendation to the Board of
				Trustees.
(e) Any Applicant that
				does not provide documentation from the issuing agency within 48 hours of the
				FCT Governing Board meeting that any facilities or structures located on the
				Project Site are fully compliant with Chapters 253, 258, 373, Part IV, 403 and
				597, F.S., and the state sovereignty submerged leases and applicable fees or
				wetslip certification forms are current, or that the structures are not located
				on state sovereignty submerged land, will not be considered by the Trust for
				recommendation to the Board of Trustees.