Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-820 - STAN MAYFIELD WORKING WATERFRONTS PROGRAM, GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES › Section 62-820.004 - Submission of Application and Application Materials

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Applications must be submitted by mail or
				delivery to the Florida Communities Trust, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, MS
				#115, Tallahassee, FL 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.
(3) Applications must be transmitted with an
				original signature cover letter on Applicant's letterhead, signed by the
				appropriate representative, official or administrator, binding the Applicant to
				fulfill the commitments made in the Application, and identifying the employee
				of the Local Government or Nonprofit Working Waterfronts Organization who will
				act as the key contact between the Trust and the Applicant.
(4) Applicants must submit four (4) complete
				sets of Application materials. One set shall contain original text and non-text
				items. The remaining three sets shall contain legible copies of text and
				non-text items, unless otherwise specified in the Application form.
(5) Applications must be received on or
				before the published Application deadline. Applications received after the
				published Application deadline shall be deemed late, and will not be considered
				by the Trust.
(6) All applications
				must be submitted on Application Form SMWW-2.
(7) A Business Summary that provides
				information on the applicable criteria outlined in the Business Summary section
				of Form SMWW-2 must be provided by the Applicant. Applications submitted
				without the required Business Summary will not be considered by the Trust for
				recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Applications containing a Business
				Summary that is deemed insufficient by the Trust will not be considered by the
				Board of Trustees. The Business Summary and other relevant information shall be
				the basis for the Management Plan that will guide the management and operation
				of funded projects.
(8) The
				following exhibits shall be provided:
(a)
				United States Geological Survey 7 1/2 minute quadrangle map with the boundary
				of the Project Site clearly delineated.
(b) County Tax Appraiser's map clearly
				delineating the project site boundary, names of the property owners, and parcel
				tax identification numbers, and ownership boundaries using an appropriate
				scale.
(c) Aerial photograph (1
				inch = 2, 000 feet or greater detail) with the Project Site boundary clearly
				delineated.
(d) Physical
				improvements map of an appropriate scale that clearly delineates all existing
				physical improvements, alterations, or disturbances occurring on the Project
				Site, and including, but not limited to, all cleared areas, buildings, roads,
				fences, docks, power lines, billboards, boat ramps, parking areas and known
				easements and rights-of-ways, and the approximate acreage of the
				foregoing.
(e) Conceptual site plan
				that clearly delineates the project site boundary and shows the approximate
				location of all existing and proposed site improvements.
(f) One set of labeled photographs of the
				Project Site which depict all onsite features on the Project Site and
				including, waterbodies, shorelines, historical features and existing
				improvements. Each photograph submitted shall include a legend that identifies
				the photograph location and key features that the photograph is intended to
				depict.
(g) If applicable, evidence
				of status as a Nonprofit Working Waterfronts Organization as defined in
				subsection  62-820.002(16),
				F.A.C.
(h) A signed statement from
				the owner(s) of each parcel indicating their willingness to consider an offer
				to purchase or to donate their parcel(s).
(i) The Applicant must provide a letter from
				the issuing agency that verifies any facilities or structures owned by the
				Applicant that are located over state sovereignty submerged lands are in
				compliance with Chapters 253, 258, 373, Part IV, 403 and 597, F.S., and the
				submerged land lease and applicable fees and wetslip certification forms are
				current or that the structures are not located on state sovereignty submerged
				land. This letter must accompany the Application.
(j) The Applicant must provide a letter from
				the issuing agency that verifies any facilities or structures located on the
				Project Site that are over state sovereignty submerged lands are in compliance
				with Chapters 253, 258, 373, Part IV, 403 and 597, F.S., and the submerged land
				lease and applicable fees and wetslip certification forms are current or that
				the structures are not located on state sovereignty submerged land. This letter
				can be submitted no later than 48 hours before the FCT Governing Board
				meeting.
(k) A letter from the
				local planning department that verifies the proposed uses of the Project Site
				are in compliance with the future land use designation and local zoning
				regulations.