Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program
Fiscal Year 2009/2010 grant applications will be available
in December 2008. The following applications are no longer valid, but are
provided for reference.
City of Tempe Neighborhood
Grant Allocation Summary
City of Tempe Maryanne Corder
Neighborhood Grant Program $12,000 Application
City of Tempe Maryanne Corder
Neighborhood Grant Program $50,000 Application
Background
Tempe’s Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program was created as a means to
invest in resident-initiated projects designed to enhance the quality of life in
our neighborhoods. Applications are solicited on an annual basis. The
program was renamed the Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program by the City
Council in November 2004 in honor of the City’s first Neighborhood Program
Director.
Funding
Two hundred twenty five thousand dollars ($225,000) of the City’s Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) budget has been allocated for these proposals of
communitywide benefit. A maximum amount of $12,000 per association may be
awarded each fiscal year. A single annual grant is available to one association
in the amount of $50,000.
Applicants can apply for smaller grants in an amount up to $12,000 and/or for
the sole $50,000 grant, but will be awarded only one grant.
Eligible
Applicants
1.
Neighborhood Associations in Tempe registered with the Neighborhood Services
Division
2.
Homeowners’ Associations in Tempe registered with the Neighborhood Services
Division
3.
Apartment communities that are fully certified in the City’s Crime Free
Multi-housing Program
Applicants are
welcome to coordinate efforts and submit a joint application that combines
resources for mutually beneficial projects. For example, any combination of
neighborhood and homeowners’ associations and crime free multi-housing
communities can work together on improvements that benefit all members of the
community, such as a traffic calming or park project.
Eligible &
Ineligible Projects
To be eligible for funding, a project must be a capital improvement project that
benefits the entire neighborhood rather than just a few residents.
Previous grant projects include, but are not limited to: security lighting,
traffic calming (excluding speed humps), landscape and beautification, park
improvements, signage and art projects. A complete list of previously funded
projects is available at
http://www.tempe.gov/neighborhoods/grantallocations.htm or by contacting the
Neighborhood Services Division.
Grant projects do
NOT include ordinary City services such as maintenance of parks, public street
lighting and public streets. The funding provides for capital projects ONLY and
NOT FOR MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION costs these projects may impose. Projects that
would fix a self-imposed code violation are also ineligible.
Homeowners’
association requests should be for projects OTHER than those maintenance
projects that should be covered in their annual budgets such as roofing repair,
common ground and pool maintenance, painting, road repair (for private streets)
etc. -- these would NOT be funded. Entry gates are also not eligible for
funding.
Apartment
community requests should be for enhancements only, NOT for regular maintenance
projects or for those required by law (i.e. pool fences).
Community
Involvement
A critical component of any grant project is the community involvement and
benefit. All residents of the community must be notified of the opportunity to
apply for a grant and provided a chance to propose and comment on projects.
Applicants should carefully plan out and document how the community is going to
be involved in the selection of a project as well as the execution. Grant
projects can provide an opportunity for hands on involvement from residents,
such as planting trees or creating elements of an art project.
Guidelines:
The City’s Neighborhood Service Team (NST) allocates $12,000 grants and the
$50,000 grant using the following guidelines:
1.
Meet City requirements for development review, building permits, engineering
permits, city code etc.
2.
Improve health and safety of residents
3.
Benefit a significant number of residents and the City at large
4.
Address a known neighborhood deficiency
5.
Complement other neighborhood investments (private or City)
6.
Promote water and energy conservation
7.
Enhance the aesthetics of the neighborhood
8.
Are accessible to all members of the community
9.
Implement General Plan 2030
*Please note that a
preference may be given to those associations that have not previously received
funds.
When evaluating the
requests for the $50,000 grant, the NST will use the following additional
guidelines:
1.
Is the project located to maximize visibility and general public use or access?
2.
Does the project provide opportunities for resident interaction and observation?
3.
Does the project lend itself to benefiting the greatest number of users
possible?
* Please note that
associations can only be eligible to receive the $50,000 grant once every 5
years.
Contents
One application should be submitted per project and project type. An
association may request funding for more than one project, but the total
requested may not exceed $12,000. If applying jointly, each association is
still eligible for $12,000 (2 associations would be eligible for a total of
$24,000, 3 associations $36,000, etc). The application should be compiled and
submitted in the following order and should NOT exceed a total of 10
pages:
Item 1 Application (please keep to the
three pages provided)
Item 2 Bids for project work
Item 3 Proof of notification (i.e. sample of newsletter or postcard sent out)
Item 4 Drawings and/or pictures describing the project
Item 5 Any other background information
Procedure for
application:
Each neighborhood/homeowners’ association wishing to apply for funding should
send the application form to the Neighborhood Services Division, 31 East Fifth
Street, 3rd floor by the
Monday, May 19, 2008, 5:00 p.m. deadline. Please note that there are two
different applications, one for grants up to $12,000 and one for the $50,000
grant. If desired, applicants may contact the Neighborhood Services
Division to verify receipt of the application.
All applications are reviewed to
see if they have met the minimum requirements (these are listed on
application). Applications not meeting the minimum requirements will not be
reviewed, this includes late applications. Applications are also reviewed
for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Following that
review, the Neighborhood Service Team (NST -- 32 representatives from 11 City
departments and/or divisions) will receive copies of complete applications for
review prior to voting. On Wednesday, July 16, 2008 the NST will vote on
the projects to be recommended for funding by City Council. The NST will
provide names of the selected projects at a subsequent public meeting of the
City Council during an Issue Review Session, which will likely take place in mid
to late August 2008. Grant applicants will be notified of funding decisions in
writing.
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