Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Outreach and technical services. The
office will provide outreach and technical services to assist project
applicants in preparing applications that are complete and which address the
commissioner's annual funding priorities. Applicants may contact the
appropriate representative of the office to schedule a pre-application
conference.
(b) Performance
timelines.
(1) The office and the project
sponsor will develop specific performance timelines for inclusion in the
project agreement that are feasible for the project sponsor and acceptable to
the office. Timelines will address the steps necessary to initiate, progress or
complete a project, including raising the project sponsor's match; submitting
appraisals, plans and specifications; obtaining permits or other approvals;
submitting documents necessary to verify compliance with article 15-A of the
Executive Law; or submitting interim and final project reports.
(2) Timelines must provide that a development
project will be initiated no later than six months after a project agreement is
executed and approved by the State Comptroller, and completed no later than two
years subsequent to such approval. Acquisitions are required to be completed
within one year of the State Comptroller's approval of the project agreement.
The office may vary these timelines when it is deemed appropriate for a
particular project.
(3) The office,
in its discretion, may cancel projects which do not adhere to mutually
established timelines. Sponsors of projects which are so cancelled may reapply
in the next appropriate funding cycle.
(c) Forms. Applications shall be made on
forms to be provided by the office. Forms may be obtained from the headquarters
of any of the office's 11 park regions or, for projects within the Catskill or
Adirondack Parks, the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(d) Application documentation. The
application shall include the following minimum documentation:
(1) general applicant information;
(2) a narrative description of the proposed
project, its expected public benefit, the applicant's commitment to maintaining
or operating the project and how the project conforms to the commissioner's
funding priority for the cycle in which the application is submitted;
(3) a budget detailing the total cost of the
project, and sources of the applicant's match;
(4) the agreement of any co-owner of the land
and of the holder of any mortgage or other lien on the project site to
subordinate that interest to assure compliance with the public benefit
agreement required by sections
431.10(b)(8),
432.4,
433.5
and
434.4
of this Title;
(5) anticipated
performance timelines for initiating and completing the project;
(6) for projects other than acquisitions,
either the deed to the property or documentation of the project sponsor's
interest in the project site as set forth in section
431.3
of this Part, together with an affidavit of title (if the applicant is a
not-for-profit corporation) or an opinion letter of counsel (if a
municipality);
(7) for projects
where the project sponsor is a municipality or a State agency, public authority
or public benefit corporation, environmental information including a
description of existing natural and cultural resources, an evaluation of the
project's environmental impact and documentation showing compliance with the
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA); for projects where the project
sponsor is a not-for-profit corporation, environmental information including a
description of existing natural and cultural resources, an evaluation of the
project's environmental impact and such other information as the office shall
require to make a final SEQRA determination;
(8) a copy of a resolution or other document
of the governing body of the project sponsor, or if the project sponsor is a
State agency, public authority or public benefit corporation, a letter from its
head, recommending the application to the commissioner and authorizing an
official of the project sponsor to execute documents necessary to the
project;
(9) program specific
information required by sections
432.2,
433.3
and
434.2
of this Title respectively; and
(10) such other information as may be
required by the commissioner in order to accommodate requirements arising from
annual program priorities.
(e) The complete application shall be
submitted to the appropriate regional park office of the office listed in
section
461.6 of this
Title. For projects within the Catskill or Adirondack Parks, the application
should be submitted to the Department of Environmental Conservation, Division
of Lands and Forests, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12233. Applications should be
submitted as early as possible but in no event later than the deadline
specified in the announcement and application for any given funding cycle.
Applications received after the specified deadline will not be
accepted.
