Florida Regulations 62D-5.057: Evaluation Criteria
(1) GENERAL CRITERIA.
(a) The project implements the applicant’s adopted local comprehensive plan and: is included in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) or schedule during the current or next three (3) fiscal years:
20 points
or
is included as part of the plan through an adopted resolution committing the applicant to amend their CIP and complete the project should it receive program funds:
10 points
(b) The project would address one or more issues or goals as identified in the state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan:
4 points
(c) The project provides for a priority resource or facility need in the applicant’s planning region identified in the state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan:
7 points
(d) The applicant obtained public participation through the following methods:
21 maximum points
Presentation at an advertised public meeting held solely for the discussion of the proposed project.
10 points
Presentation at a regularly scheduled advisory board meeting responsible for park, recreation and leisure service activities.
7 points
Presentation to community organizations or neighborhood associations or opinion surveys.
4 points
(e) The applicant has the capability to develop, operate and maintain the project:
Has a full-time recreation or park department staffed to provide facility development, programming and maintenance capabilities.
6 points
or
Has demonstrated the existence of a full-time ability to provide facility development, programming and maintenance capabilities.
4 points
or
Has other means of providing facility development, programming and maintenance capabilities.
2 points
(f) The project is supported through a written cooperative agreement between the applicant and a private or public entity in which said entity agrees to furnish 10% or more of the cash, land, or labor services for the project.
3 points
(g) The project creates or enhances the development, extension or connection of local, regional, state or national parks, greenways, or trails. The project would provide for increased trail access by (a) connecting an existing, publicly owned and designated recreational trail with a project trail outside the project boundary; or (b) connecting two publicly designated trails outside of any park.
5 points
(2) DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.
(a) The project provides for new development of entirely undeveloped park property:
5 points
(b) The project provides facilities identified in the priority ranked index clusters of outdoor facilities needs for renovation and/or new construction identified within the applicant’s population density set forth in the Department’s study entitled “”Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida,”” effective December 1995, and incorporated herein by reference:
1. First priority ranked cluster:
6 points for each facility
2. Second priority ranked cluster:
5 points for each facility
3. Third priority ranked cluster:
4 points for each facility
4. Fourth priority ranked cluster:
3 points for each facility
5. Fifth priority ranked cluster:
2 points for each facility
6. Sixth priority ranked cluster:
1 point for each facility
(A project facility not listed in the priority ranked indexes will receive a score of a similar facility included in the indexes, as determined by Department staff).
(30) maximum points
(c) The project, in whole or in part, addresses the priority funding needs for new construction, renovation, or a combination of the two for the applicant’s population density identified in the Department’s study entitled “”Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida,”” identified in paragraph (2)(b), above:
Higher priority or combination of new construction and renovation.
13 points
Lower priority.
8 points
(3) ACQUISITION CRITERIA.
(a) The project provides for development of facilities identified in the top three priority ranked index clusters of outdoor facilities needs for new construction identified within the applicant’s population density set forth in the Department’s study entitled “”Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida,”” effective December 1995, and incorporated herein by reference:
15 points
(b) The project provides needed recreational acreage pursuant to the applicant’s adopted local comprehensive plan:
15 points
(c) The applicant has identified development of the property in their capital improvement plan (CIP) or schedule during the current or next 3 fiscal years:
6 points
or
applicant has included development of the property as part of the plan through an adopted resolution committing the applicant to amend their CIP and develop the property should it receive program funds:
3 points
(4) TRAIL CONSTRUCTION CRITERIA.
(a) The project provides for new trail construction on an entirely undeveloped park property:
5 points
(b) The project addresses one or more of the recommendations identified in the Greenways and Trails Plan:
6 points
(c) The project is located on or connects with a Florida Designated Greenway or Trail:
3 points
(d) The project implements an adopted local or regional Greenways or Trails Plan:
4 points
(e) The specific trail design demonstrates that the project will support mixed use/multi-use trail opportunities:
8 points
or
Single use recreational trail opportunities:
6 points
(f) The project addresses the priority funding needs for new construction, renovation, or a combination of the two for the applicant’s population density identified in the Department’s study entitled “”Infrastructure Assessment of Local Government Recreation and Park Department Facility Needs in the State of Florida,”” effective December 1995, available from the Department’s Division of Recreation and Parks, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station #585, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000, (850)245-2501, and incorporated herein by reference for one of the following:
Higher priority or combination of new construction and renovation:
13 points
Lower priority:
8 points
Rulemaking Authority 375.075 FS. Law Implemented 375.075(2) FS. History-New 12-10-90, Formerly 16D-5.057, Amended 8-13-98, 8-23-00, 7-5-01, 8-15-04.