Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1)
Eligibility. To be
eligible under the program, an applicant shall meet all of the following
requirements:
a. The applicant shall propose
to operate a regional sports authority district that is governed by a
board.
b. The board shall consist
of seven members named by the applicant, of whom at least three members shall
be city council members of any cities located in the proposed
district.
c. The board shall
propose, and be responsible for overseeing, a program of activities designed to
foster the active promotion of one or more nonprofessional sporting events in
the district during the fiscal year for which the applicant is applying for
funding.
d. The applicant shall
demonstrate an amount of local match equal to at least 50 percent of the amount
of grant funds to be received by the applicant under the program. The local
match shall be in the form of cash.
e. The applicant shall submit a completed
application including all of the information described in subrule
38.3(2).
f.The applicant shall
submit the application on or before the application deadline established in
subrule 38.3(3).
(2)
Application requirements. When submitting an application for
grant funds under the program, an applicant shall include all of the following
information:
a. The applicant's name, mailing
address, email address, telephone number, contact person, and federal employer
identification number.
b. A
detailed description of the nonprofessional sporting events the applicant
intends to actively promote using funds received under the program.
c. The date each proposed nonprofessional
sporting event will be held and the location at which the event will be
held.
d. Written documentation
establishing the amount and source of the required local cash match.
e. Names and contact information of the board
and an indication as to which of the board members are city council members as
required under this rule.
f.
Detailed information and projections sufficient to enable the authority to
accurately assess the economic impact of the nonprofessional sporting events
described in the application. Such information shall include the estimated
number of participants and the estimated number of spectators expected to
attend the event. If the applicant has previously held substantially similar
events, the information shall include actual attendance figures from past
events.
(3)
Deadlines. The authority will only consider applications
received on or before the applicable deadline. The deadline shall be 4:30 p.m.
on September 1 of each fiscal year unless the authority, at its sole
discretion, provides a different deadline for the submission of applications.
The authority may provide a different deadline for the program as a whole, but
the authority will not change the deadline at the request of any individual
applicant. The authority will develop an application process and post all
relevant application information, including deadline changes, on its Internet
site atwww.traveliowa.com.
