HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 - Mayfield Project Ranking List AGENDA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
MARCH 10,2009
The February 10, 2009 Cabinet Meeting was cancelled. Items 1-5 are being
resubmitted for your review.
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2nd Substitute Item 1 Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts 2008 Project Ranking List/
Department of Community Affairs/Florida Communities Trust
REQUEST: Consideration of the Florida Communities Trust, Stan Mayfield Working
Waterfronts 2008 project ranking list for funding.
STAFF REMARKS: The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts (SMWW) Florida Forever grant
program was created by the 2008 Legislature in section 380.5105, F.S., within the Florida
Communities Trust (FCT)Act. To fund the program, the Legislature provided 2.5 percent of the
total Florida Forever program distribution, which at the traditional funding level provides $7.5
million annually to the program.
Section 380.503(18), F.S., provided that SMWW grant funds will be used to acquire parcels of
land directly used for the purposes of the commercial harvest of marine organisms or saltwater
products by state licensed commercial fishermen, aquaculturists, or business entities, including
piers, wharves, docks, or other facilities operated to provide waterfront access to licensed
commercial fishermen, aquaculturists or related business entities. The acquisition of land used
for recreational waterfront activities would not be considered within the SMWW program.
SMWW funds may also be used for the acquisition of parcels of land used for exhibitions,
demonstrations, educational venues, civic events, and other purposes that promote and educate
the public about economic, cultural, and historic heritage of Florida's traditional working
waterfronts, including the marketing of the seafood and aquaculture industries.
Pursuant to section 380.5105(2), F.S., Department of Community Affairs' FCT worked jointly
with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) to develop rules
establishing an application process and a process to evaluate, score and rank the projects. Five
rule development workshops were held in key fishing communities throughout Florida in August
2008. The resulting feedback allowed the development of rules, providing the framework for the
SMWW grant program, that were adopted November 2008. Eligible applicants for this program
are local governments and working waterfront non-profit organizations that are tax exempt under
section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Evaluation criteria outlined in rule
9K-9.006, F.A.C., provides the basis for scoring and ranking of the projects. The scoring criteria
are broken down into six primary categories; project location, economic considerations, site
suitability/readiness, financial contributions provided by the applicants, community planning
aspects and public education opportunities provided through the projects.
Grant applications for the initial SMWW grant cycle were received over a six week period that
ended with a November 26, 2008 deadline. Twelve projects were submitted for consideration,
two of which were ultimately determined ineligible. Subsequent to the receipt of the
applications, FCT staff, with assistance from DACS and other agencies, evaluated the scoring
criteria and the business summaries submitted by the applicants. Preliminary scores, along with
a determination of the sufficiency of their business summaries were reported to the applicants in
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evaluation reports mailed in January 2009. The week of January 12, 2009, FCT staff performed
site visits to verify that the information submitted by the applicants in their applications was
accurate. Some scoring adjustments were made as a result of the site visits. On January 29,
2009, the FCT Governing Board met to 1) review each application; 2) consider staff
recommended scores and any applicant objections to the scores; and 3) to produce a finalized
ranking list of the eligible applications.
Section 380.5105(4), F.S., mandated FCT to present the ranking list to the Board of Trustees at
the first meeting in February. The finalized ranking list is presented to the Board of Trustees for
its consideration and approval of the projects that may receive funding. The top ranked projects
whose cumulative grant requests total less than the $7.5 million annual SMWW Florida Forever
distribution will be funded. If annual SMWW Florida Forever funds become available the
remaining projects may receive grant request funding in the order they are ranked. Pursuant to
section 380.5105(4), F.S., the Board of Trustees "may remove projects from the ranking list but
may not add projects."
Ranking List
Project Name Applicant FCT Grant
Request
1 Sebastian Working Waterfront
Collaborative City of Sebastian $3,163,500.00
�; 2 Blue Crab Cove Brevard County $2,665,000.00
Apalachicola Boat Works City of Apalachicola $1,000,000.00
Madeira Beach Fish House & Commercial Southeastern Fisheries
Docks Association _ $1,605,000.00
5 Key West Historic Shrimp Docks Gulf Fisherman's
Association $4,200,000.00
6 Port Salerno Working Waterfronts
Enhancements Martin County BOCC $2,015,500.00
7 Dixie County Fish House at Horseshoe
Beach Dixie County $1,077,000.00 _
Eastpoint Working Waterfront Franklin County $1,728,000.00
9 Mayfield-Stock Island Maritime Facility Monroe County $7,500,000.00
( 10) Horseshoe Beach Waterfront Open Air
Seafood Market City of Horseshoe Beach $394,000.00
Total $25,348,000.00
RECOMMEND REMOVAL OF PROJECT NUMBERS 3, 4, 6, 8 AND 10 FROM THE
RANKING LIST AND APPROVAL OF THE REMAINING PROJECTS
ON FCT'S SMWW 2008 PROJECT RANKING LIST FOR FUNDING