Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62D - Division of Recreation and Parks › Chapter 62D-5 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION › Section 62D-5.057 - Evaluation Criteria

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Pursuant to subsection
				   62D-5.055(7),
				  F.A.C., a total point score shall be assigned to each eligible application
				  after an evaluation according to the application criteria which follows:
(1) GENERAL CRITERIA.
(a) The project implements the applicant's adopted
							 local comprehensive plan and: is included in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
							 or schedule during the current or next three (3) fiscal years:
20 points
or
is included as part of the plan through an adopted
							 resolution committing the applicant to amend their CIP and complete the project
							 should it receive program funds:
10 points
(b) The project would address one or more issues or
							 goals as identified in the state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan:
4 points
(c) The project provides for a priority resource or
							 facility need in the applicant's planning region identified in the state
							 comprehensive outdoor recreation plan:
7 points
(d) The applicant obtained public participation
							 through the following methods:
21 maximum points
Presentation at an advertised public meeting held
							 solely for the discussion of the proposed project.
10 points
Presentation at a regularly scheduled advisory board
							 meeting responsible for park, recreation and leisure service activities.
7 points
Presentation to community organizations or
							 neighborhood associations or opinion surveys.
4 points
(e) The applicant has the capability to develop,
							 operate and maintain the project:
Has a full-time recreation or park department staffed
							 to provide facility development, programming and maintenance
							 capabilities.
6 points
or
Has demonstrated the existence of a full-time ability
							 to provide facility development, programming and maintenance
							 capabilities.
4 points
or
Has other means of providing facility development,
							 programming and maintenance capabilities.
2 points
(f) The project is supported through a written
							 cooperative agreement between the applicant and a private or public entity in
							 which said entity agrees to furnish 10% or more of the cash, land, or labor
							 services for the project.
3 points
(g) The project creates or enhances the development,
							 extension or connection of local, regional, state or national parks, greenways,
							 or trails. The project would provide for increased trail access by (a)
							 connecting an existing, publicly owned and designated recreational trail with a
							 project trail outside the project boundary; or (b) connecting two publicly
							 designated trails outside of any park.
5 points
(2) DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.
(a) The project provides for new development of
							 entirely undeveloped park property:
5 points
(b) The project
				provides facilities identified in the priority ranked index clusters of outdoor
				facilities needs for renovation and/or new construction identified within the
				applicant's population density set forth in the Department's study entitled
				"Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department
				Facility Needs in the State of Florida, " effective December 1995, and
				incorporated herein by reference:
1. First priority ranked cluster:
6 points for each facility
2. Second priority ranked cluster:
5 points for each facility
3. Third priority ranked cluster:
4 points for each facility
4. Fourth priority ranked cluster:
3 points for each facility
5. Fifth priority ranked cluster:
2 points for each facility
6. Sixth priority ranked cluster:
1 point for each facility
(A project facility not listed in the priority ranked
							 indexes will receive a score of a similar facility included in the indexes, as
							 determined by Department staff).
(30) maximum points
(c) The project, in whole or in part, addresses the
							 priority funding needs for new construction, renovation, or a combination of
							 the two for the applicant's population density identified in the Department's
							 study entitled "Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and
							 Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida, " identified in
							 paragraph (2)(b), above:
Higher priority or combination of new construction
							 and renovation.
13 points
Lower priority.
8 points