Transcript Find That Money!! 2009 SUMA Convention

Jennifer Fink, SUMA
Jennifer Getz, Municipal Affairs
Shelley Kilbride, MCDP
Brian Mack, Municipal Affairs
 What
grants are available & where to look
 What funders really want to know
 Grants available from Municipal Affairs
 Example Situation
 5 most common mistakes on applications
 Helpful hints for filling out the application
 Barriers
 Answering your questions
 SUMA
staff have developed a list of grants
municipalities are eligible to apply for
 New table format broken down alphabetically
 Also offers tables broken down by category
(ie. housing, tourism, health, seniors,
upgrades, economic development, youth)
 Will make it quick and easy to see grants
available for your municipal project
 Also use government department websites to
find available grants
Program
Focus Area
Funding
Available
Application
Deadline
Need
Help?
AgriSpirit
Fund
Community
infrastructure
improvements
$5,000 $25,000
Spring 2009
Click
Here
Community
Initiatives
Fund
Improving
education, health,
and well-being of
citizens
Max =
$25,000
(annual) &
$5,000
(summer)
June 1, Nov. Click
1, and Feb. Here
1 (March 1
for summer
grants)
New
Horizons for
Seniors
Seniors
participation and
leadership
Maximum Spring 2009
of $25,000
Click
Here
Maximum
of
$100,000
Click
Here
Sustainable
Environmental
Communities sustainability
Grant
October 15
and April 15
 What
are you doing?
 Why are you doing it?
 What does it cost?
 How much money do you want?
 Who is involved?
 Is the project ready to start
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Have you completed the engineering assessment
(include with application)
Do you have all the required permits (include
with application)
 SIGI
– Saskatchewan Infrastructure Growth
Initiative
 BCF – Building Canada Fund, Communities
Component
 Federal Gas Tax
 Primary Weight Corridor - Capital Program
(PWC)
 11 Others Conditional and Unconditional
Programs - see
http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/
 Town
of Picturesque
 Opportunity: Potash One is building a new
plant within 5km of the Town of Picturesque.
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This new opportunity will result in 200 new
permanent positions
The town and the RM meet to discuss the
potential effects this may have on the municipal
infrastructure
They regularly work together to provide
infrastructure to their ratepayers
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Issues Arising:
The Town of Picturesque is already facing capacity
and quality issues (a PDWA as evidence) with their
water system as well as capacity issues with their
wastewater system given the current demand from
the town and surrounding RM
 The road leading up to the plant was previously
classified as Primary Weight but is in need of an
upgrade to retain the standard and improve on some
safety issues
 The town does not have the available lot space to
accommodate such an influx of people and there are
very few houses available on the market
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Issue
Applicable
Program
Eligible Costs
Water quality
and capacity
-BCF-CC
-SIGI
-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov
-Loan interest on eligible costs on
the growth portion of the project
-up to per capita allocation
-Federal Gas Tax
Wastewater
Capacity
-BCF-CC
-SIGI
-Federal Gas Tax
Primary Weight
Road Upgrades
Lot
Development
-BCF-CC
-PWC
-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov
-Loan interest on eligible costs on
the growth portion of the project
-up to per capita allocation
-Federal Gas Tax
-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov
-Capital – must have maintenance
agreement
-up to the per capita allocation
-SIGI
Interest incurred on all eligible costs
 Provides
funding for construction, renewal,
expansion and upgrade of local infrastructure
in communities with populations under
100,000
 The federal and provincial government each
committed $94.5 million over 5 years
 Program is cost shared 1/3-1/3-1/3 by the
federal/provincial/municipal governments
 Qualifying projects fall into 17 priority areas
including: drinking water, wastewater
management and roads
 Grants
for environmentally sustainable
municipal infrastructure projects that
promote long-term growth and community
sustainability
 Project must create positive environmental
outcome:
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Cleaner air
Cleaner water and/or
Reduced GHG emissions
 Eligible
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project categories include:
Public Transit Infrastructure (including Transit
for Disabled Related Infrastructure)
Water Infrastructure
Wastewater Infrastructure
Solid Waste Infrastructure
Community Energy Systems
Local Roads & Bridges
Capacity Building
Funding
 Years
2005-2010 – $147.7M per capita
 Years 2011-2014 - $224.2M per capita
 Years 2015-beyond – Permanent funding
- Details TBD
What’s
New
 2008-09
Installment #2 payments to be
made by March 31, 2009
 Program Evaluation
 Some of you will be contacted in the
coming weeks
 Environmental Outcomes Reporting
 Will be contacted for further
information
 SIGI
provides interest rate subsidies over five
years on municipal borrowing for lot
development and related offsite
infrastructure stemming from growth
 Over five years eligible municipalities will
receive interest rate subsides on $300 million
of municipal borrowing
 Lot development projects, related costs and
offsite development directly related to
increased capacity are eligible
 PWC
funds construction or material
rehabilitation of Saskatchewan rural roads
designated as Primary Weight Corridors
 Funding is determined annually. In 2008-09
approximately $4 million was allocated to
capital construction
 Roads that are designated as a Primary
Weight Corridor and have an existing
maintenance agreement qualify for the
program
 For
information on any of the mentioned
programs or any other programs and services
offered by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs,
please contact:
 Ministry
of Municipal Affairs
410-1855 Victoria Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 3T2
Phone: (306) 787-8809
Fax: (306) 787-3641
http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca
 Not
calling to ask questions – program staff
are readily available to answer any questions
 Sending in incomplete applications
 Missing the deadline date
 Not indicating in the application WHAT you
are doing and WHY
 Not reading all of the materials provided to
the municipalities regarding the program
such as letter and checklists
 Call
to ask questions – advisors are ready and
willing to help!
 Remember to refer to program material
regarding mandatory requirement
 In most cases the application process is
competitive, applications will compete for
the limited funds available
 Funders base their assessments on a rating
scale
 Refer to the rating guide for information and
form your answers around these items
 Carefully
read all communication sent to the
municipality regarding the program, they
contain important information
 Do not leave it to the last minute. When you
become aware of a program and the
important dates, begin to prepare
 Administrators must communicate
information regarding programs to the
council members early so planning can begin
What do you see as barriers
to the application and
process??
 Lack
of experience preparing grant
applications
 Shortage of Administrators
 Lack of municipal funding for planning and
engineering
 Administrator workload may not leave time
for preparation of an application
Help is just a phone call away – program
advisors are there to help you!!