Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62D - Division of Recreation and Parks › Chapter 62D-5 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION › Section 62D-5.072 - Evaluation Criteria

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
In addition to provisions set forth in this part, an eligible
				  application's standing among competing eligible applications shall be
				  determined by the extent to which it is determined to meet the criteria set
				  forth in this section. Pursuant to subsection
				   62D-5.070(9),
				  F.A.C., a total point score shall be assigned to each application after an
				  evaluation according to the general criteria and, depending upon the type of
				  project, either the acquisition or development criteria.
(1) GENERAL CRITERIA. Points shall be awarded
				as follows.
(a) The project implements the applicant's adopted
							 local comprehensive plan and: is included in their capital improvement plan or
							 schedule (CIP) during the current or next three fiscal year:
20 points
or
is included as part of the plan through an adopted
							 resolution committing the applicant to amend its CIP and complete the project
							 should it receive program funds:
10 points
(b) The extent to which the project would implement
							 the outdoor recreation goals, objectives and priorities specified in the
							 Plan:
4 points
(c) The extent to which the project would provide for
							 priority resource or facility needs in the region as specified in the
							 Plan:
7 points
(d) The project has been considered in the
							 applicant's public participation process:
21 maximum points
Points shall be awarded as follows:
1. Presentation at an advertised public meeting
							 solely for the discussion of the proposed project:
10 points
2. Presentation at a regularly scheduled advisory
							 board meeting:
7 points
3. Presentation to community organizations,
							 neighborhood associations, or taking of an opinion survey:
4 points
(e) The project is for a linear park purpose:
13 points
the site has been verified in writing by the Florida
							 Department of State, Division of Historical Resources:
7 points
(g) The applicant has the capability to develop,
							 operate and maintain the project:
8 maximum points
Points shall be awarded as follows:
1. Has a full-time recreation or park department
							 staffed to provide facility development, programming, and maintenance
							 capabilities:
8 points
2. Has demonstrated the existence of a full-time
							 ability to provide facility development, programming, and maintenance
							 capabilities:
4 points
(2) DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA. Points shall be awarded as
							 follows.
(a) The project provides for new development of
							 entirely undeveloped property:
5 points
(b) The project provides new or additional recreation
							 facilities and opportunities:
1. 3 or more facilities or opportunities:
15 points
2. 2 facilities or opportunities:
10 points
3. 1 facility or opportunity:
5 points
(c) The project provides renovation of existing
							 recreation facilities:
1. 3 or more facilities:
13 points
2. 2 facilities:
9 points
3. 1 facility:
4 points
(d) The project provides new or renovated support
							 facilities and improvement to existing recreation areas:
15 points
(e) The project provides developed pedestrian access
							 to or along water resources, such as trails, boardwalks, or dune
							 walkovers:
7 points
(f) The project provides facilities for recreational
							 use of water resources, such as boat ramps, swimming docks, or fishing
							 piers:
12 points
(g) The project provides a facility identified in the
							 priority of new facilities needs or renovation/repair needs within the
							 applicant's population density set forth in the current study entitled "An
							 Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department
							 Facility Needs in the State of Florida, " effective December 1995
							 (Infrastructure Assessment), hereby incorporated by reference and available
							 from the Departments Division of Recreation and Parks, 3900 Commonwealth
							 Boulevard, Mail Station #585, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000,
							 (850)488-7896:
12 points
(h) The project addresses the priority of
							 infrastructure funding needs set forth in the applicant's population density in
							 the current study entitled "An Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government
							 Recreation and Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida"
							 identified in paragraph (g), above.
1. Higher priority in Infrastructure Assessment or
							 combination of new construction and renovation/ repairs:
13 points
2. Lower priority in Infrastructure
							 Assessment:
8 points
(3) ACQUISITION CRITERIA. Points shall be awarded as
							 follows:
(a) The Project assists in conserving and protecting
							 environmentally unique, irreplaceable and valued ecological resources such as
							 flora, fauna, natural communities, or other special features identified in the
							 Florida Natural Areas Inventory, incorporated by reference and available from
							 Florida Natural Areas Inventory, 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C,
							 Tallahassee, Florida 32303, (850) 224-8207:
13 points
(b) The project provides frontage on wetlands or
							 water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans:
6 points
(c) The project provides for development of
							 facilities identified in the top three priority ranked index clusters of
							 outdoor facilities needs for 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" identified in paragraph (2)(g), above:
15 points
(d) The project provides the following pursuant to
							 the applicant's adopted local comprehensive plan:
23 maximum points
Points shall be awarded as follows.
1. Needed acreage:
15 points
2. Needed distribution of acreage:
8 points
(e) The applicant has:
1. Identified development of the property in their
							 capital improvement plan or schedule (CIP) during the current or next three
							 fiscal years:
6 points
or
2. The applicant has included development of the
							 property as part of the plan through an adopted resolution committing the
							 applicant to amend its CIP and develop the property should it receive program
							 funds:
3 points
(4)
				TIE BREAKER SYSTEM. If two or more applications receive the same score as a
				result of the above evaluation, the following tie breaker system will be used
				to decide the priority ranking among them. Tied applicants will be evaluated
				according to each step of the tie-breaker system in order and will be assigned
				their priority accordingly. If Step 1 does not break the tie, Step 2 shall be
				used.
(a) Step 1 - Funding History. An order
				of priority among those applications with equal scores shall be established
				based on the per capita amount of funds previously received by the applicant
				from LWCF during the previous five funding years. The application from the
				applicant having the lowest per capita amount of funds receives the highest
				priority. Other applications will be arranged in descending order inversely to
				their applicants' per capita amount of funds received. The resident population
				within the applicant's jurisdictional boundaries shall be utilized to compute
				the applicant's per capita amount of funds received.
(b) Step 2 - Per Capita Operating Budget. The
				applicant with the lowest per capita expenditure of general operating funds
				receives the highest priority. The resident population within the applicant's
				jurisdictional boundaries will be divided into the applicant's total general
				operating budget for the applicant's current fiscal year to obtain the per
				capita operating fund amount.