Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 670 - BUREAU OF PARKS AND LANDS › Chapter 7 - RULES FOR SNOWMOBILE PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - MUNICIPAL/COUNTY GRANTS-IN-AID › Section 670-7-1-3 - GRANT APPLICATION/GRANT AGREEMENTS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Grant
				  Application-Agreements/Requests (application(s)) for development of new trails
				  must be post-marked on or before November 1st.
				  Applications for grooming and annual trail maintenance must be post-marked on
				  or before December 1st. Applications must be
				  submitted on forms provided by the Bureau and contain all the information
				  required by these rules. An application signed by an authorized official(s) of
				  the political subdivision and approved by the Bureau, constitutes a legally
				  binding agreement between the State of Maine and the applicant.
2. Applications must include the following:
(1) The cost of administration of the
				  project.
(2) The cost of the actual
				  development of a new trail or improvements to existing trails, including
				  related facilities, such as but not necessarily limited to the use of heavy
				  equipment, the cutting of trees and/or the building of bridges.
(3) The cost of winter grooming of the trail,
				  the plowing of parking areas, the erection of trail signs, brush cutting and
				  sign maintenance.
(4) A U.S.G.S.
				  topographical map or other commercially or GPS produced map of the proposed
				  snowmobile trail project sufficient to enable the Bureau to determine the
				  terrain and other natural features. The scale of the map must be one half inch
				  to a mile or greater. The map must show the proposed trail, route, relationship
				  with existing trails in surrounding areas and the number of trail miles for
				  which the applicant seeks financial aid.
(5) If the request for financial assistance
				  is strictly for winter grooming, routine maintenance, brush cutting or sign
				  maintenance, the applicant must submit a list of landowners along with a
				  letter/statement that all landowners over whose land the trail passes have been
				  contacted and have granted permission. However, if the application is
				  requesting financial assistance for development, bridge construction, or
				  earthwork with equipment on an existing trail, the applicant must submit
				  written permission from all landowners within the entire trail project
				  area.
(6) A Project Description
				  that includes a detailed description of work proposed to be done. The Project
				  Description shall include plans for:
(a) the
				  clearing of brush and debris from trail corridors;
(b) the grooming of the trail as needed,
				  including a description of the equipment to be used. If the winter grooming
				  phase of the project is to be contracted, the contract should specify the
				  responsibilities of the contractor and the method of payment including the
				  maximum amount. A copy of the contract must be submitted to the
				  Bureau;
(c) the provision and
				  maintenance of parking areas where adjacent to trails;
(d) the erection and maintenance of signs,
				  posts and kiosks that are provided or approved by the Bureau and/or the land
				  owner. These plans must comply with the Snowmobile Trail Signing Guidelines
				  Brochure published by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry,
				  Off-Road Vehicle Division;
(e) the
				  provision of sanitary facilities, and warming huts as deemed
				  necessary;
(f) the provision of
				  trash receptacles and removal of trash;
(g) the removal of signs, posts and other
				  related facilities after the season if removal is required by the landowners or
				  by the Bureau; and
(h) the
				  construction and maintenance of bridges, including the purchase of all
				  necessary materials and the application for and securing of all necessary
				  regulatory permits.