Code of Maine Rules › 19 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › 498 - OFFICE OF TOURISM AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 23 - COMMUNITIES FOR MAINE'S FUTURE BOND PROGRAM RULES › Section 498-23-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
As used in these rules, unless the context otherwise
				  indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:
1. Comprehensive Plan: "Comprehensive Plan"
				shall mean a plan that is determined by the Executive Department, State
				Planning Office to be consistent with
				 30-A M.R.S.A.
				§4326 subsections
				1 to
				4
				and that it has been adopted by the municipality.
2. Department: "Department" shall mean the
				Department of Economic and Community Development.
3. Downtown: "Downtown" shall mean the
				central business district of a community that serves as the center for
				socioeconomic interaction in the community and is characterized by a cohesive
				core of commercial and mixed-use buildings, often interspersed with civic,
				religious and residential buildings and public spaces, typically arranged along
				a main street and intersecting side streets, walkable and served by public
				infrastructure; or an area identified as a downtown in a comprehensive plan
				adopted pursuant to chapter 187, subchapter II.
4. Downtown Plan: "Downtown Plan" shall mean
				a comprehensive downtown revitalization work plan adopted by the applicant
				community which includes a definition and a map of the downtown area.
5. Eligible Applicant: "Eligible Applicant"
				shall mean a Maine town or city which has a comprehensive plan consistent with
				the requirements of §
									1(1) above.
To be considered an "Eligible Applicant" the community must
				  have received written approval from the Department that the community's Letter
				  of Intent was received by the stated due date. Multiple eligible applicants may
				  join together to submit a multi-jurisdictional application.
6. Fund: "Fund" shall mean the Communities
				for Maine's Future Program.
7.
				Letter of Intent: "Letter of Intent" shall mean a form that is provided by the
				Department to all potential applicants to the Fund and which must be completed
				and returned to the Department by the stated due date established by the Panel.
				All Letters of Intent must comply with §
									8(1)(a-c) of this
				Rule.
8. Panel: The "Panel" shall
				mean the Communities for Maine's Future Review Panel, established to evaluate
				proposals and determine funding under the program. The Panel will consist of:
a. The Commissioner of Economic and Community
				Development or designee;
b. The
				Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission or designee;
c. The Director of the State Planning Office
				within the Executive Department or designee; and
d. Four members of the public, one with
				expertise in economic and community development, one with expertise in historic
				preservation, one with expertise in downtown revitalization and one with
				expertise in tourism development and promotion. Two of these members are
				appointed by the President of the Senate and two by the Speaker of the
				House.