Grant Funding Opportunities, Part 3 : Brown fields, Hazard Mitigation, Transportation, Planning

Grant Funding Opportunities, Part 3: Brown fields, Hazard Mitigation,

Transportation, Planning

Cliff SinnottRockingham Planning Commission

Session B, Track 2

CTAP Growth Management Training ConferenceSeptember 29, 2007

Manchester, NH

Grant opportunities - continued

Brownfields

Hazard Mitigation & NFIP Flood Mitigation Program

Homeland Security

Transportation

Planning

New Hampshire & RPC Brownfields Programs

Multi-phased EPA program administered both by NHDES and Regional Planning Commissions

Purpose: to promote appropriate restoration and reuse of contaminated properties through cleanup and protective covenants

In most cases, involves partnership between federal, state, local governments and private property owners

Supportive of community development and smart growth objectives: reuse of developed properties – “development on brownfields, not greenfields”

New Hampshire & RPC Brownfields Programs – continued #2

Program Elements

Assessment

Covenant Program

Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund

Cleanup Grant Program

Petroleum Brownfields Program

Direct EPA Grants to Towns & RPCs

Closed Brownfields Sites in I-93 CTAP Communities

Site Number Site Name Site Address Site City

198401029 HUNT TIRE PILE SOUTH SIDE OF RTE 11 DANVILLE

198404002 GRANITE STATE LEATHER (MOHAWK TANNERY) FAIRMOUNT ST NASHUA

198711001 RUBENSTEIN B & M SITE SOUTH BEDFORD RD MANCHESTER

198807001 FORMER B&M RR/LINCHRIS HOTEL STORRS ST CONCORD

198909035 ADAMS APPLE ORCHARD CHESTER ROAD DERRY

199006015 NH INSURANCE GROUP 922 BEECH STREET MANCHESTER

199010016 FORMER BUILDING 19 1/8 SITE 270 MAMMOTH ROAD MANCHESTER

199503054 37 BRIDGE STREET SITE 37 BRIDGE STREET NASHUA

199603021 AL'S TRAILER PARK 77 SOUTH BROADWAY SALEM

199612006 CONCORD LUMBER COMMERCIAL STREET CONCORD

199902001 FORMER JOHNS MANVILLE SITE BRIDGE STREET NASHUA

200006005 BLUEBERRY HILL ROAD -LOT 6 BLUEBERRY HILL ROAD RAYMOND

200210018 SINGER FAMILY PARK169 SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET MANCHESTER

200605008 #4 CRESCENT STREET & 0 EAST STREET 4 CRESCENT STREET CONCORD

Source: NHDES One-Stop Database

Site Number Site Name Site Address Site City

198605043 FORMER ALLIED LEATHER TANNERY 31 EAST ST CONCORD198812004 CONCORD INDUSTRIAL PARK LANGDON ST CONCORD198904063 CONCORD COAL GAS SITE GAS STREET & SOUTH MAIN STREET CONCORD199004021 NH DOT 11 STICKNEY AVE CONCORD199104009 FORMER JOHNSON & DIX BULK FUEL 1 GULF ST CONCORD199811043 DOT GULLEY HILL STORAGE SHED 9 GULLEY HILL ROAD CONCORD200011034 CONCORD CLEANERS 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET CONCORD198401037 HADCO PRINTED CIRCUIT 5 MANCHESTER ROAD ROUTE 28 DERRY200103051 SHAMROCK CLEANERS 3 RAILROAD AVENUE DERRY200412021 UPREACH THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER 153 PAIGE HILL ROAD GOFFSTOWN199010084 20TH SKEET & GUN CLUB 116 GOFFSTOWN ROAD HOOKSETT199104012 TOWN OF LONDONDERRY (FORMER LAMONT LABS) SIX PERIMETER RD LONDONDERRY198611002 FMR PROPOSED WEST SIDE PUMP STATION SITE 310 SECOND STREET MANCHESTER199109022 B & M RAILROAD/DANAIS COMPANY OFF SOUTH END OF CANAL STREET MANCHESTER200005022 MANCHESTER CIVIC CENTER PROJECT ELM STREET AND LAKE AVENUE MANCHESTER200305008 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 676 ISLAND POND RD MANCHESTER200502056 FMR SINGER PARK - BASEBALL STADIUM SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET MANCHESTER200502058 HILTON GARDEN INN (FMR SINGER PARK) 25 LINE DRIVE MANCHESTER200502059 FMR SINGER PARK - RETAIL PARCEL SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET MANCHESTER200502060 RIVERWALK PLACE (FMR SINGER PARK) RIVERWALK WAY MANCHESTER200608074 BASS ISLAND EAST 344 SECOND STREET MANCHESTER198404000 FIMBEL DOOR (GRANITE ST LEATHER) FAIRMOUNT STREET NASHUA198704027 HAMPSHIRE CHEMICAL CORP 2 E SPIT BROOK RD NASHUA198708017 BEAZER EAST (FORMER KOPPERS SITE) HILLS FERRY ROAD, PO BOX 3485 NASHUA198806019 FORMER LEVESQUE SECURITY OIL 22 BENNETT ST. NASHUA198906013 HENRY HANGERS COMPANY 110 EAST HOLLIS STREET NASHUA199007010 BROAD STREET PARKWAY PINE ST-FAIRMONT ST-BROAD ST NASHUA199105038 BEEBE RUBBER CO 20 MARSHALL ST NASHUA199507003 WHITNEY SCREW 14A BROAD STREET NASHUA199708043 FMR INTERNATIONAL PAPER BOX MACHINE CO. 315 MAIN ST NASHUA199810022 ENERGY NORTH (FORMER NASHUA GAS LIGHT) 38 BRIDGE STREET NASHUA200109030 WHITNEY SCREW 14B BROAD STREET NASHUA198406042 GARABEDIAN 10 LORI LANE PELHAM199701019 GENDRON JUNKYARD 13 HOBBS ROAD PELHAM198705081 FORMER REGIS TANNERY (AKA REX LEATHER) OLD MANCHESTER RD RAYMOND200108010 DAISY CLEANERS 14 S. BROADWAY SALEM200110005 WINDHAM MARINE SITE 19 HARRIS ROAD WINDHAM

Source: NHDES One-Stop Database

Active Brownfields Site in I-93 CTAP Communities

For More Information…

NH Dept of Environmental Services (NHDES):

www.des.state.nh.us/BrownfieldsNH

www.des.state.nh.us/BrownfieldsNH/Brownfields_brochure2006.pdf

John Liptak, Brownfields Coordinator (603) 271-1169 [email protected]

RPCs with Brownfields Assessment Programs

Southern NH Planning Commission

www.snhpc.org/Brownfields.html; 669-4664

Nashua Regional Planning Commission

www.nashuarpc.org/brownfields/index.htm; 883-0366

Rockingham Planning Commission

www.rpc-nh.org/PDFs/docs/brownfields.htm - 778-0885

EPA Brownfields in New England

www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields/index.htm

Hazard Mitigation

Pre-disaster Mitigation Grants (PDM)

FEMA program administered through NH Dept of Safety/Bureau of Emergency Management

Funds Local Hazard Mitigation Plans

Funds projects identified in those plans to reduce future losses from natural hazards Expand culverts

Relocate out of flood hazard areas or flood-proof critical facilities

Community must have Hazard Mitigation Plan and participate in NFIP

Hazard Mitigation - continued(Pre-disaster Mitigation Grants – cont’d)

Application Process: Local projects applied for via annual State PDM app. to FEMA

Submit letter of intent, +/- July 1

50% - 50% matching requirement

For Further Info, contact:

Your Town’s Emergency Management Director

Your OEM Field Rep. & Regional Planning Comm.

Contact Richard Verville, Hazard Mitigation Program Coordinator, Bureau of Emergency Management, 271-2231

Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) FMA is for eligible, cost-effective flood mitigation activities that

reduce the risk of flood

$111,400 available Statewide (=small projects)

75% - 25% Fed./Non-Federal match requirement

Eligible Project Activities: Acquisition of insured structures and property to open space

Relocation, Demolition or Elevation of insured structures • Other activities that bring an insured structure into compliance

Minor physical flood mitigation projects that reduce localized flooding problems and do not covered by other programs

Town must be in NFIP and have a Hazard Mitigation Plan

Administered by Office of Energy and Planning (NHOEP)

Letter of intent, then application; Deadline +/- January (was 1-12-07 for FY 07 funding)

For more info: Sandrine Thibault at OEP at 271-2155 or by email at [email protected]

Homeland Security State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP) funded from US

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Grant Program. Directed at improving capabilities and equipment of first responders Supports the implementation of the State Homeland Security Strategy

addressing identified planning, equipment, training, and exercise needs to support terrorism response, preparedness, and incident management

Eligible Projects (must support terrorism preparedness) Protection of critical infrastructure Regionalization of response and recovery capabilities Radio interoperability Incident Management & Hazmat response capabilities

Competitive Application Deadline: Nov. 2nd, 2007 Scored by State Homeland Security Grant Review Committee. Grant Outreach Sessions (Concord, Keene, Portsmouth, Littleton):

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.

For more information: Contact the Grants Management Unit at 271 -7663 www.nh.gov/safety/homeland/html

Homeland Security - continued2007 State Homeland Security Grant Program – $3,820,000 80% Local Share – $3,056,000

Fire/EMS Interoperability Initiative – $700,000 Hazmat Team Funding – $400,000 Training – $250,000 Exercises – $250,000 Critical Infrastructure Protection – $350,000 Local Bioterrorism Respiratory Health Coordinated with the Division of

Homeland Security and Emergency Management – $350,000 Competitive Applications – $756,000

Planning – $200,000 DHS Approved Investment Projects – $556,000

Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program 80% Local Share – $2,184,000

Critical Infrastructure Protection – $350,000 Training – $200,000 Exercises – $100,000

Competitive Fusion Center Applications (TBA) – $1,534,000

Transportation Funding

Transportation Enhancement (TE)

Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality

State Aid Bridge and Highway

Safe Routes to Schools

Scenic Byways

Transportation Funding Transportation Enhancement (TE)

$3.2M annual set-aside in Federal Aid program Eligible projects (there are others):

Bicycle & pedestrian facilities (but not preservation or maintenance of existing)

Scenic highway programs; landscaping Rehabilitation of historic structures related to transportation;

Preservation of abandon rail corridors others – see program info

Reimbursement program, not “grant” Competitive selection process administered by RPCs, selected by

State TE Advisory Committee Next ‘round’: Spring 2009; applications likely due August 2009 Most are municipally managed 80%-20% federal/local Contact: your RPC or Ram Maddali, Project Manager, NHDOT,

271-6581; [email protected]

Transportation Funding Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality

parallel program to TE; similar set-up $8.0M annual set-aside in Federal Aid program Eligible projects must produce air quality benefits in the “non-

attainment area” of NH (parts of Rockingham, Strafford and Hillsborough counties): Expanded or new transit services (capital & 3-year operating support) Ride share and vanpool projects Traffic management; signalization coordination/optimization; Travel demand management (employer trip reduction prog. etc.) Bicycle & pedestrian facilities others – see program info

Competitive selection process administered by RPCs, selected by State CMAQ Advisory Committee

Next ‘round’ announcement: Spring 2009; applications likely due August 2009

80%-20% federal/local Contact: Your RPC or Ram Maddali, Project Manager, NHDOT,

271-6581; [email protected]

Transportation Funding

State Aid Bridge and Highway

Contact: Nancy Mayville, NHDOT Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance; 271-1609; [email protected]

Safe Routes to Schools

Contact: John Corrigan, NHDOT Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance; 271-3344; [email protected]

Scenic Byways

Contact: Bill Watson, NHDOT Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance; 271-3344; [email protected]

Planning Grants REPP – Innovative Land Use Controls

NHDES/RPCs technical assistance for implementation

Contact your RPC or Eric Williams @ NHDES 271-2358; [email protected]

Housing & Conservation Planning Program Pilot program administered by OEP to provide planning grants for

assistance in planning for housing and conservation (SB-217)

Eligibility: municipalities only

4 grant stages: research, strategy; master plan update; implementation (zoning, regulations)

Two application rounds per year

Contact: Jennifer Czysz , Senior Planner, NHOEP; 271-2155, [email protected]

Inclusionary Zoning Assistance Program (IZIP) Direct technical assistance grants up to $10,000 to develop and adopt

inclusionary housing ordinances

Administered by NH Housing Finance Authority

Contact: Ben Frost, NH Housing Finance Authority; 310-9361, [email protected]

Planning Grants - continued Transportation Tech. Assistance

Local TA element of MPO/RPC regional transportation planning programs

At the discretion of RPC regarding

Focused on land use/transportation integration

Examples: NRPC iTRAC program; RPC matching planning grants

Transportation Corridor Studies (SPR) NHDOT funding innovative transportation planning grants

Administered via RPCs

Typically single or multi-town corridor studies

Typically 1-2 per RPC awarded every other year

CTAP Grants Assistance Program

CTAP Grants Assistance Program Year One Program

Intended to provide assistance to towns in identifying and applying for grant opportunities consistent with community goals

Elements:

Grants Workshop

Grants Resource Guide/Website

Grants consultation/grant writing

Grant writing assistance

Funds Available NOW

$1200 available per community

Funds unused after 2008 pooled for larger projects

May be used with discretionary grants

Contact: Cliff Sinnott, Rockingham Planning Commission; 778-0885; [email protected]