GRANT PROGRAM UPDATE
The RMC adopted new Grant Program Guidelines (55-page PDF file) on September 24, 2007.These guidelines will be used to allocate approximately $63 million from state bond funds to projects within our territory over the next few years. Three public workshops were held where the grant program was explained.
Funding year 2008/09:
The deadline for grant applicants to submit a Step 1 Application was November 21, 2007. RMC staff reviewed the Step 1 Applications and categorized them as Tier 1 or Tier 2. The RMC Board approved the categorizations of Tier 1 projects on January 28, 2008, and Tier 2 projects on March 25, 2008. Tables of Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects are listed below:
- Tier 1 (3-page PDF file)
- Tier 2
- Mountains Target Project Area (10-page PDF file)
- Rivers Target Project Area (15-page PDF file))
- Urban - Target Area Project List (8-page PDF file)
- Urban- Non-Target Area Project List (10-page PDF file)
Tier 1 applicants were sent letters asking them to submit a Step 2 Application. The deadline is May 23, 2008.
Tier 2 applicants were sent letters asking them to submit a Designation Form related to their options for submitting a Step 2 Application. The deadline for the Designation Form is May 1, 2008. If Tier 2 applicants designate to submit a Step 2 application for this funding cycle, the deadline June 6, 2008.
The grant applications have been grouped into three program areas: Urban Lands; Rivers and Tributaries; and Mountains Hills and Foothills. A set of maps, listed below, was prepared which shows the locations of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 recommendations as well as previously funded projects for each of the program areas. You may find it convenient to use the zoom and scroll feature in Adobe Reader when viewing the maps on your computer screen.
- Urban Lands Program Area (2.7 mb PDF file)
- Rivers Tributaries Program Area (3.5 mb PDF file)
- Mountains, Hills and Foothills Program Area (4.0 mb PDF file)
Download the Step 2 Application (6-page Word file).
Note: Page 3 of the Application refers to this website for the following examples:
- Task list and timeline (Excel file)
- Budget: with example data
- Budget: blank version (Excel files)
- Resolution (2-page Word file)
- Grant
Program Guidelines (55-page, 279 kb pdf file)
The application process is described on pages 5-7 of the Grant Program Guidelines.
- Slideshow
Presentation (92-page, 3.9 MB PDF file)
This slideshow was used to explain the grant program at the public workshops.
- Previous Grant Applications
A number of grant applications previously submitted to the RMC were not funded. If your project was submitted, then it is already in the RMC's workprogram, and has been assigned a project number. You can look up your project number in either of the following documents:- Workprogram sorted by applicant name (49 kb pdf file).
- Workprogram sorted by project name (52 kb pdf file)
Future Grants
It is anticipated that there will be subsequent rounds
of grants, subject to availability of funding. These
subsequent grant rounds will provide opportunities
for applicants to submit new applications or to resubmit
applications with new information.
For more information, please refer to the Q & A page, which also provides contacts. .