4E, Motion to Authorize Staff to Apply for 2008 Smart Growth Tech Assistance

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2008 Request for Applications (RF A) I Smart Growth Implementation Assistance I Smart... Page 3 of 6 review, EPA will conduct conference calls with finalists. Conference calls will include the applicant and major partners identified in the application. These calls will be used to further evaluate the extent to which the applicant is successful in meeting the criteria. EPA will make final selections following the completion of the conference calls. EVALUATION CRITERIA 1. The applicant must be (1) a tribal, state, local, or regional government; or (2) an incorporated nonprofit organization incorporated or domiciled in the United States or an academic institution that has a demonstrated partnership with a governmental agency. Applicants must be located in, and project activities must be conducted within, the United States, Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the U.s. 2. Technical assistance will be provided to integrate the principles of smart growth into state or local planning processes to promote infill development. The assistance must relate to policy analysis or public participatory processes that will improve the overall climate for brownfields redevelopment as well as revitalization of other infill sites. DCED will not consider applications that have a principal purpose of providing training, research, and technical assistance to individuals and organizations to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, site preparation, or community involvement associated with the c1ean~up, assessment, or inventory of brownfield properties. EPA funds these types of projects only under the Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment's "Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreement Program." We will consider applications for policy analysis or public participatory processes (as illustrated by the bulleted list above) associated with the smart growth redevelopment of infill generally in a city, county, state, or on tribal lands that includes brownfields sites as well as other types of sites. However, community~involvement activities associated with the clean- up, assessment, or inventory of individual brownfield sites are not eligible for funding under this RFA. 3. The community, region, or state must have a demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of smart growth. Applicants should describe actions that the community, region or state has taken to address the location and design of development, regardless of whether they have been successful. EPA is looking for applicants that have already learned about the principles of smart growth and now want implementation assistance. 4. The community, region, or state must clearly be facing a development-related challenge, whether it involves growth pressures, affordable housing needs, attracting more development, or planning for the future, and must have identified opportunities for changing the way it handles growth. The application should include a discussion of growth conditions in the area of interest, as well as assets and challenges to implementing smart growth practices. The application should also specify the type of assistance (policy analysis or public participatory processes) being requested and how it will be applied. 5. The application must have a specific, clearly defined project, and there must be a clear role for a team to assist with policy analysis or public participation. Applicants must describe the project; discuss how it relates to local, regional, or state growth; describe partnerships in place to help make the project succeed; and explain how its success would affect the applicant's environmental, social, and economic health. EPA will work with each selected http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/2008__sgiarfa.htm 4/24/2008