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Nuts & Bolts: EPA Brownfields Grant Applications

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RANKING CRITERIA SECTIONS

• Community Need
• Project Description &

Feasibility of Success

• Community Engagement &

Partnerships

• Project Benefits
• Programmatic Capability &

Past Performance

• Each Criterion is made up of sub-criteria
• Answer everything!! If something doesn’t apply, say so, but answer everything!!
• Sub-criteria may be different per grant type and point totals may vary

COMMUNITY NEED-BEGIN THE COMPELLING STORY

This section sets the stage for the rest of the Proposal

• Assume the reviewer knows nothing

about where you’re located, who you are

• Clearly Identify your Target Area and

brownfield(s) you plan to tackle

• Who is impacted by brownfields
• How are they impacted

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COMMUNITY NEED, CONTINUED

• Demographics-respond with requested data
• Provide and contrast your census-based demographic data as well as other

data and information (such as per capita income, education deficits)

• Connect the dots: Explain/expand upon statistics

Clearly describe the social and economic situation of your target area and your (the applicant’s) financial constraints. Discuss public health impacts from cumulative sources and brownfields sites

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Community Need: Demographic Information and Indicators of Need

Coalmont Center Point Clay City Clay Co. State US Total Population'

331 223 764 26,797 6,542,411 314,107,084

Percent Minority'

0.9 0.4 0.0 2.4 19.8 37.2

Poverty rate'

16.3 9.5 24.1 15.7 15.2 15.6

Bachelor's degree or higher'

4.7% 12.9% 14.4% 14.2% 23.6% 18.7%

Unemployment Rate2

NA NA NA 5.0% 4.4% 5.0%

Median household income'

45,469 51,250 32,014 46,228 49,446 53,482

Children (18 or younger) 1 30.5% 24.2% 22.5% 22.9% 23.7% 23.0% Women of child-bearing 47.9% 38.5% 38.8% 36.6% 38.8% 39.4% Elderly (Over 65 years)1 4.2% 16.6% 19.8% 15.9% 13.6% 13.7% Median Age1 40.1 34.3 39.2 40.6 37.2 37.4

1US Census, 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates; 2Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016); NA – Data not available at

that level; *Note – Data for Bowling Green was not available.

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Community Need: Demographic Information and Indicators of Need

Data Type

Medford

Medford Focus Area1 Central Point White City Grants Pass Grants Pass Focus Area2 State of Oregon United States

Population 76,648 2,288 17,443 8,355 34,916 6,560 3,900,343 314,107,084 Unemployment Rate 5.7% 17% 8.2% 8.3% 6.7% 21% 5.6% 6.5% Poverty Rate 22.3% 61% 11.8% 18.8% 22.3% 48% 16.7% 15.6% Child Poverty 31.1% 74% 17.4% 15.9% 30.8% 57% 21.7% 21.6% % Minority Population 9.5% 47% 7.5% 12.7% 8.2% 22% 14.9% 26.2% Median Household Income $42,366 $28,488 $46,765 $47,119 $33,240 $37,012 $50,521 $53,482 < High School Education 12.5% 40% 14.0% 22.7% 11.0% 14% 10.5% 13.7% Land Area (sq. mi.) 25.73 0.59 3.9 1.87 10.87 2.02 95,988 3,531,905

As evidenced in the demographic table, the two focus areas have poverty rates 2-3 times the national average, and the median income in the Medford focus area is 33% less than the City’s and 44% less than Oregon’s. The Grants Pass focus area median income is not representative due to the presence of a few luxury homes occupied by high income households… Unfortunately, the consequences of these statistics are not contained to adults in the workforce. In 2015-16, 53% of Medford School District students and 63% of Grants Pass School District students qualified for free or reduced lunch. In 2014-15, the Medford school district had 1,206 students who were classified as homeless.

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Community Need: Brownfields and Their Impacts

… targeted area is predominantly residential, and is riddled with former gasoline stations, many still contain USTs. Of upmost importance to the residents is a vacant lot, formerly a gasoline station, known to contain multiple USTs. The lot is located next to the Genealogical Society to the east, the post office to the south, and residential neighborhoods down gradient to the north and west…the County suspects some petroleum impacts are present.

Following the completion of I-5, many businesses closed or relocated to sites with easy I-5 access leaving brownfields… most evident in our focus area. Adjacent to and within this focus area are more than 30 former auto-related/gas station/dry cleaner parcels totaling more than 10 acres currently unoccupied and/or for sale/lease. Petroleum hydrocarbons and solvents likely have been released at these brownfields, which are located adjacent to focus area residences, exposing nearby residents to volatile contaminants via vapor intrusion into their homes.

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Community Need: Cumulative Public Health Impacts

• Sensitive populations, most especially very-low income households, children

under the age of 5, and female single-parent households, make up a significant proportion of the population in the City and target areas. This population is generally in housing that – in addition to being pre-1970 stock and subject to increased lead risk - is nearest to known and suspected brownfields in our community, such as gas and automobile service station sites and neighborhood dry cleaners, animal processing plants. The City is justifiably concerned that these sensitive populations are most at risk for exposure through direct contact with impacted media, ingestion of vapors and/or particles impacted with contaminants, and inhalation of compromised air from nearby industry and major highways. ..it is estimated that 79% of the housing units in Tract 603.01 and 67% of the housing in Tract 603.02 were built before 1970, elevating risk of our most vulnerable populations to health problems ranging from asthma to lead poisoning to cancers.

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Community Need: Cumulative Public Health Impacts

The AVCOG region has a high rate of chronic lower respiratory disease, asthma, and lung cancer…also considered a high density area in the state for elevated lead blood levels…with 2.4% of children screened have elevated blood levels compared to 0.5%

• statewide. The health statistics below are daunting… It is suspected that the historical

industrial centers have impacted the region’s health including sensitive populations consisting

• f pregnant women, youth, and the elderly.

Sensitive Populations Health Data – AVCOG Area Androscoggin County Franklin County Oxford County State National

Asthma Rates Among Children3 15.6% 12.9% 13.3% 13.5% 9.3%4 Chronic Lower Respiratory deaths per 100,0003 72.8% 70.4% 78.0% 59.8% 41.6%4 Lung Cancer/100,000 81.2 62.8 77.1 74.0 61.0* Brain and Other Nervous System1/100,000 15.5 9.4 18.6 15.6 6.4* Elevated blood lead levels in children2 5.4% 4.7% 6.5% 4.2% 2.5% Obesity (Adults)2 37.9% 29.0% 28.4% 28.9% 29.4%

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Community Need: Economic Effects of Brownfields

Our target communities are enduring severe economic distress. With the closure of numerous mines over the past 50 years, most of our businesses in the targeted areas and in the County were forced to shutter their doors. Many of our brownfields are located in the heart of these small communities. The combination of mine and business closings, decrease in tax base, and low incomes have resulted in a downward spiraling economic status of our communities, a significant decrease in quality of life, and an exponential increase in drug activity and use. According to the State Police, 2014 data, 163 clandestine methamphetamine labs were seized in Clay County from 2001-2013, compared to 116 seizures during the same time period in Marion County (home to the largest city in the State).

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Community Need: Economic Effects of Brownfields

The closure of White City Boise Cascade Sawmill is an excellent example

• f the lost opportunity cost associated with brownfields. At its peak, the

mill produced 50 million board feet of lumber annually, operating three shifts, and employing more than 200 workers. Over time, the mill went from three shifts to one, and closed in 2008. Annual wages for the 200+ jobs lost averaged $45,000, … state income tax rate in Oregon is 9%, meaning that $810,000 in annual income tax revenues were associated with these lost jobs…the facility paid $214,472 in annual property taxes. Today, the facility is used only for log storage, and in 2016, paid $42,565 in property taxes14. More than 15 lumber mills have closed in the Target Area over the last 25 years, so this tale of lost jobs and tax revenue has been told over and over again.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Here’s our plan, here is what we’re spending the money on, and where we can secure more funding to get to redevelopment

• Describe the tasks it will take to do the job
• Describe the timing of the implementation
• How does the project align with our community plans?
• Budget is outlined with only eligible tasks-make sure numbers add

up!

• Describe other sources of funding/resources that you have or may

be seeking to ensure completion of the project

Project Description and Feasibility of Success: Alignment with Revitalization Plans

The City has worked hard despite considerable economic challenges over the past two decades to maintain and improve City infrastructure, identify and pursue opportunities to retain and expand business and economic development, and to improve the City’s image as a viable destination to live, work, and visit. The City has approved both the Concord/Grand Avenue Gateway Streetscape and Redevelopment Plan (the Gateway Plan) as well as the Southview Hill Area Study (the Hill Study) to establish an actionable framework for both the Concord Exchange area and the Southview and Marie district, respectively. Altogether, these ongoing investments provide the foundation for continuing efforts to support revitalization, attract investment, and to provide a distinct identity to the City's most visible development areas.

Project Description and Feasibility of Success: Alignment with Revitalization Plans

Our Medford focus area is adjacent and north of an area with a high density of auto-related brownfields identified as an excellent candidate area for mixed use and transit-oriented development (TOD). TOD is a set of development strategies that encourages using public transit by creating an atmosphere that is safe, convenient, and easily accessible by foot, bicycle and transit. TOD also promotes neighborhood livability and increased use of public transit. A mix of residential, public, and commercial uses, and a diverse range of dense housing types and transportation options characterize TOD sites. By reducing reliance on single-occupant vehicles, TOD improves air quality by reducing the number of vehicle trips. Specific Medford planning goals that align with TOD include: 1) increasing the percentage of new dwelling units in mixed- use development and within transit-oriented districts in relation to total housing; and 2) increasing the percentage of new employment in mixed- use development and transit-oriented districts in comparison to total new employment.

Project Description: Budget

Program Tasks: Task 1: Programmatic Activities Task 2: Community Outreach & Inventory Prioritization Task 3: Phase I and Phase II ESAs Task 4: Cleanup and Reuse Planning Budget Hazardous Budget Personnel $1,000 $1,300 $3,000 $5,300 Travel $2,500 $200 $2,700 Supplies $1,000 $1,000 Contractual $5,000 $3,000 $115,000 $18,000 $141,000 Total (Haz.) $8,000 $5,000 $118,000 $18,000 $150,000 Petroleum Budget Personnel $1,000 $1,300 $3,000 $5,300 Travel $2,500 $200 $2,700 Supplies $1,000 $1,000 Contractual $5,000 $3,000 $115,000 $18,000 $141,000 Total (Petro.) $8,000 $5,000 $118,000 $18,000 $150,000 Total Budget $14,000 $2,600 $364,400 $36,000 $300,000

Project Description: Task Descriptions

The Commission will perform programmatic activities such as: management of project team activities, quarterly/final and ACRES reporting, annual financial and disadvantaged business enterprise reporting, and all other reporting requirements with EPA. The budget includes $10,000 for the QEC ($5,000 each grant), $2,000 for personnel, and $3,000 of additional in- kind services from the Commission and BSC for personnel time spent during meetings, reporting, and other cooperative agreement requirements.

Task 1 presents an opportunity for RVCOG to lead engagement with stakeholders and the community…We will convene at least two advisory committee meetings and one public engagement meeting to obtain information on community priorities. This information will then be used by our consultant in developing a quantitative scoring system to rank our list

• f brownfields. The Task 1 budget includes RVCOG personnel costs of $2,400 (40 hours @

$60/hr [includes personnel of $36/hr and fringe of $24/hr]) to assist with inventory

• ranking. The budget (for each grant) includes contractual services of $9,600 (96 hours @

$100/hr).

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• You have many partners in this grant project:
• Local/state/tribal environmental agency the implements the brownfields

program (OHIO EPA)

• Other relevant government agencies like your Health Department
• Workforce Development Partners
• WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR????

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Describe plan for involving affected community during the planning and implementation of your project AND how will you keep them engaged? How have you engaged the public in the past? What were successful approaches and methods? Describe community based organizations and their committed roles in planning and implementing the grant project

Community Engagement and Partnerships: Engaging the Community

In general, public engagement will be a core foundation of this brownfield assessment process and will be considered from start to finish... Mini-charrette workshops/focus groups will be scheduled to address the following objectives: (1) develop targeted input from community groups for comparing and contrasting qualitative brownfield site data; (2) engage the public at critical states such as site identification, vision, and solution brain-storming; (3) spread out engagements into shorter periods during evening hours to get maximum participation; (4) allow participants to see their ideas considered and integrated into the process; (5) and develop consensus and support on key site remediation issues and solutions.

Community involvement for the project was initiated more than a year ago as part of our unsuccessful FY2016 grant application. Our second public meeting for the project was held in Medford on November 3, 2016. The meeting was well attended by a wide variety of stakeholders and included a general program information presentation followed by Q&A that focused on how organizations and individuals can participate in the project. Attendees broadly and strongly indicated their support for the initiative, and their support is confirmed in the letters of support provided in Attachments B and C.

Community Engagement: Community Organizations and Role

• Our key project partners include the following entities, highlighted in bold:
• County Chamber of Commerce: The Chamber has committed to allow the BSC to present at the

monthly public meetings held at the local Clay County YMCA.

• County Fire Departments: The township fire departments will provide input on the status of identified

sites and potential sites

• County Health Department : Communicating public health issues associated with sites
• County Genealogical Society : pledged to help find a suitable reuse for adjacent brownfield.

Organization Description and Role

• St. Mary’s Health

Systems Nutrition Center (SMHC)

SMHC serves families, youth, adults, elders, and refugees of all ages and diverse backgrounds to promote community health through organizing, advocacy, and

• education. SMHC will provide community outreach, identify sensitive populations,

educate the public on health impacts and serve on steering committee.

Healthy Androscoggin (HA)

HA’s empower people to live healthy lifestyles and improve public health of the communities served through ongoing planning, community action, education, and

• advocacy. As a primary partner in a coalition of 14 government/ community partners

working to implement an integrated system to deliver housing intervention programs for Lewiston/Auburn residents living in inefficient, unhealthy and unsafe housing.

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PROJECT BENEFITS

• Here are the anticipated outcomes-how does my target area benefit

from redeveloping brownfields sites

• Describe welfare, environmental and public health benefits anticipated
• Benefits should be relative to challenges identified in the

Community Need section and your project proposed in the Project Description section

• Describe Economic and other Community Benefits--be specific and

provide quantitative estimates when possible

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Project Benefits: Economic and Community Benefits

Brownfield redevelopment will result in significant economic benefits to the City and its residents. The redevelopment will reduce their blighting influence on residential neighborhoods and support the City's efforts to revitalize its economy and increase employment

• pportunities. Removal and/or redevelopment of underutilized and

declining sites in the target areas will reduce the disproportionate negative impact of these sites on property values in their immediate vicinity and surrounding neighborhoods, encourage improved property maintenance and homeowner equity, and increase the City's tax base.

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Project Benefits: Economic and Community Benefits

In Auburn, the Spring St $8 million affordable housing redevelopment project will provide high quality new housing opportunities and spark the revitalization of a key corner of Auburn’s downtown, but also bolster the City’s tax base and create dozens of quality employment opportunities for area development and construction related businesses. The $5-7 million hotel development project in Rumford will put this property back on the tax roles and will create 25-35 permanent jobs in a community that has experienced layoffs at the paper mill and is located in Oxford County which has 18% lower median household income and 2% higher poverty rate than the state. “Lots to gardens” programs in Lewiston and Auburn trains a diverse crew of teenagers throughout the year; resulting in job-skills training in the field. Youths unique and powerful voices are heard within their community as they learn and explore kitchens, social justice workshops, agricultural lessons, and nationwide youth networks.

PROGRAMMATIC CAPABILITY & PAST PERFORMANCE

• We have the capacity to successfully manage the grant and produce

measurable results described in this application

• Describe how you will measure Environmental results
• Describe Past performance, Accomplishments, and Grant

Requirements

PROGRAMMATIC CAPABILITY & PAST PERFORMANCE

• We have the capacity to successfully manage the grant and produce

measurable results described in this application

• Describe how you will measure Environmental results
• Describe Past performance, Accomplishments, and Grant

Requirements

Programmatic Capability and Past Performance

Although XYZ has not yet received a Brownfields grant, the XYZO members and staff have extensive experience managing federal and non-federal assistance agreements. Since 2012, XYZ has leveraged more than $9.2 million in HUD, CDBG, DOT, US EDA and State grant funds.

Grant Source Grant Amount Project Summary US EDA $1,002,128 Public Works Infrastructure Grant US EPA $200,000 County Hazardous Substance Assessment Grant HCP $1,000,000 FY 2012 and 13 Water & Sanitary Sewer Program DSA $1,000,000 FY 2015 Roadwork Development Grant OHFA $500,000 Neighborhood Initiative Program Round 3

Programmatic Capability and Past Performance

City of Kerby Community Water System Design and Construction - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $1,000,000; Oregon Water/Wastewater Fund: $100,000; Rural Utilities Service Grant/Loan $2,137,550 = $3.238M: 1) Purpose and Accomplishments - received federal and state grant/loan funding to design and construct a new water system for unincorporated community of Kerby located in Josephine County, including 15,000 feet of subsidiary distribution lines, fire hydrants, and a booster pump station. Installation of the system was necessary as the existing water system could not meet drinking water standards as a result of septic system impacts. The project was completed in September 2010, providing clean water for more than 500 residents. Key RVCOG staff involved in the project included Pat Foley. 2) Compliance with Grant Requirements - All grant terms and conditions were met, and all grant work was completed on time and on budget. City of Gold Hill Water Intake Relocation – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $750,000; Business Oregon Special Public Works Fund (SPWF) $225,000; US Senate Version 2797 $540,000 = $1.515M: 1) Purpose and Accomplishments - RVCOG received federal and state grant funding to construct a new water intake and pumping station along the banks of the Rogue River and a raw water transmission line. The old intake was located on a canal that diverted water from the Rogue

• River. The canal caused Gold Hill to exceed its water rights allocation and presented a hazard to

migrating juvenile salmon, including Coho that have been listed as threatened under the endangered species act since 1997. The project was successfully completed in July 2007.

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Maggie Weiser TAB contact for EPA Regions 5 & 7 Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program Kansas State University mjweiser@ksu.edu (785) 532-0782 Beth Grigsby TAB Partner and point of contact for Ohio SME Indianapolis, Indiana grigsby@sme-use.com (317) 876-0200