Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP) Grants
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| STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS |
- Funds
available for cities or towns with a population of 7000 or
less
- Any city
or town with a population less than 1750 has higher
priority
- Rural water
districts with less than 525 non-pasture customers
- Cities or
towns who have a "relatively weaker fiscal capacity"
have priority
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| ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS |
- Counties
- Towns
and Municipalities
- Public works
authorities
- School districts
- Districts
formed under Title 82 of the State's statutes as follows: 1)
rural water districts, 2) water conservancy districts, 3) rural
sewage districts,
and 4) irrigation districts
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| ELIGIBLE PROJECTS |
- Sewer
line construction or repair and related storm or sanitary sewer
projects
- Water line
construction or repair
- Water treatment
- Water
acquisition
- Distribution
or recovery and related projects
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| PRIORITY
POINT PROCEDURE |
| The REAP Grant Priority Evaluation Policy
(maximum 110 points) is used to distribute REAP grant funds. Applications
that receive 40 or more points are placed on the REAP grant Priority
List. REAP Grants are then recommended for approval to the Board
when all other funding sources are secured and adequate REAP grant
funds are available for obligation. Points are determined using
the following criteria: |
- Population
(55 points)
- Water and
sewer rates (13 points maximum)
- Indebtedness
per customer (10 points maximum)
- Median household
income (10 points maximum)
- Applicant's
ability to finance the project (12 points maximum)
- Amount of
grant requested (points vary from -5 for over $140K,
to +5 for less than $20K. Maximum amount that can be
requested is $150K.)
- Previous
grant assistance (points vary from -8 for 1 prior grant to
-14 for 5 or more prior grants)
- Enforcement
order with a project construction start date on or before
June 30 of the Board’s current fiscal year for funding REAP grants (5
points maximum)
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| RESOURCES |
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