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Grants- As easy as I, 2, 3
You want one, I’ve got one!
Here’s what you need to do.
Presented by: Beth J. Helterbran, Recreation & Parks Adviser
Bureau of Recreation & Conservation
Community Parks & Conservation Division
e-mail: [email protected]
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DCNR- BRC Grant Overview
Introduction- Bureau of Rec. & Conservation
• Land Acquisition
• Planning
• Development
Understand the Bureau’s Mission Statement
Understand the Bureau’s Program Requirements;
Policies, etc.
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DCNR- BRC Grant Overview
Development Projects = Site Construction
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Funding Availability
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Match Requirements
(SC) Small Communities
(PRD) Park Rehabilitation & Development
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Competitive Award Process
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Annual Application Period- (January – April)
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Grants- As easy as I, 2, 3
1. Create a GREAT Project
2. Identify and tackle potential issues
before you develop your application
3. Develop a complete and competitive
grant application
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Elements of a GREAT Project
• Start with public
participation and
planning
• Include a Design
Consultant
1. To facilitate planning
2. To provide expertise
3. To develop lay-out, Park
Site Development
Drawings, Construction
Drawings, etc.
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Elements of a GREAT Project
• Design with the Site in
Mind
• Consider the affiliated
long-term
maintenance and
operations costs
• Site security needs
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Planning for a GREAT Project
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Why do you want to
build this facility?
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What type of facility
is needed?
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What are the
community’s goals?
(Current/Long-Term)
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Planning for a GREAT Project
• Where is the facility
to be built?
• Do you have an
appropriate site?
• What is the project
timetable?
– Can you construct in
phases?
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Planning for a GREAT Project
• How will the facility be
built? Who will build
it?
– Financial
Considerations
• Operations and
Maintenance
– Costs and Personnel
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What is DCNR-BRC looking
for in your Project?
• Well-thought out and designed projectsReady-To-Go!
• Must own or control the site for at least 25
years
• Site must be open to the public
• Non-Discrimination: regarding ADA access
and public access
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What is DCNR-BRC looking
for in your Project?
• Site must be properly maintained
• Project must create a complete and useable
facility
• Non-Conversion of property in the future
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Common Stumbling Blocks
• Master Site Plan not developed up front
• Special Interest Groups dominate project
design
- Needs of community at large may be overlooked
• Project costs are under-estimated
• Too many activities at one site
• Inadequate or ill-designed parking area
• Change of local leadership
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Project Design Considerations
• Environmental and
Physical
Characteristics
• Work with the site
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Steep Slopes?
Floodplains?
Wetlands?
Forested?
Permitting Issues?
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Project Design Considerations
• Space
Requirements
- Analyze and determine
all Site functions
- Analyze circulation
patterns and position
of spectators
- Consider buffers
between activities
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Project Design Considerations
• Develop a Master Site
Plan
– Allow your Design
Consultant to be
creative, but realistic
• Site Development
Drawings
• Consider inclusion of
Open Space
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Project Design Considerations
• Seek to limit conflict
between sunlight
and players and/or
spectators
– Conditions worsen
with direct sunlight
• Seek to limit conflict
between facilities
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Project Design Considerations
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Project Design Considerations
• Primary
Orientations:
- Tennis & Basketball
Courts
- Soccer Fields
- Ballfields
- Slides
(N – S) vs. (E - W)
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Project Design Considerations
• Surface
Drainage/Grading
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Project Design Considerations
• Gradient
- Court Games: neither
player should have a
slope advantage
- Similar elevations at
serving points related
to net
- Gradient must not
change so suddenly
that player stumbles
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Project Design Considerations
• Americans with
Disabilities Act
(ADA)
- At least one accessible
route connecting all
funded facilities and
elements
– Minimum 5 foot
unobstructed width
– Stable, firm, slip resistant
surface
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Project Design Considerations
• Parking Needs
- Safe, Efficient Movement of
Traffic
- Ample Turning
- Reasonable Grades
- ADA Parking spaces; BRC
requires paved spaces
- Accessible Route(s) linking
funded facilities to ADA
parking
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Project Design Considerations
• Parking Guidelines
- Swimming Pools – 1
space per 30 sq. feet
- Baseball – 35 spaces
per field
- Tennis – 2 spaces per
court
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- Athletic Fields &
Courts – 1 space per
300 sq. feet
- Local ordinances
should be consulted
Project Design Considerations
• Site AmenitiesDon’t forget them!
- Benches
- Picnic Tables
- Bleachers
- Players Benches-Dugouts
- Trash Receptacles
- Water Fountains
- Restrooms/Concession Areas
- Utilities
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DCNR- BRC Grant Application
What makes a complete &
competitive Grant Application?
1. YOU develop and submit a realistic, well-defined
SCOPE OF WORK, which includes ADA
accommodations.
2. YOU provide a realistic BUDGET that includes all of
the proposed elements in your scope of work and
the costs of the required professional services.
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3. YOU submit a professionally designed PARK SITE
DEVELOPMENT DRAWING, that accurately reflects
the existing site elements, the proposed scope of
work and all ADA accommodations.
4. YOU complete and submit all required project
documentation with your application.
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5. Project Narrative Selection Criteria Questions(4) Criteria Questions:
- Project Needs & Benefits
(45) pts.
- Relationship of your Project
(20) pts.
w/ Plans and Public Engagement
- Project Partners & Commitment (15) pts.
- Sustainable & Green Practices
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(20) pts.
DCNR- BRC Grant Application
• Address each of the Criteria Questionsbe complete & concise; you only have (4) pgs.
• Address all elements outlined with the subsections of the (4) Criteria Questions
• Remember that every project can incorporate
Sustainable & Green Practices
• Failure to answer or address the sub-sections
will result in lower scores
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It’s all about timing…
don’t rush it
• Don’t be afraid…It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
• Take the time you need to develop a GREAT
project- Plan Ahead! (It may take 6-9 months.)
• Work with your Community & your DCNR
Regional Adviser to tackle potential problems
• Once the project is ready and your match is in
place…Allow yourself 3 - 4 weeks to compile and
submit your Application
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