Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program
City of Tempe
Neighborhood Grant Allocation Summary
2012-2013 Neighborhood Grant
Application
Neighborhood Grant Workshop
Monday, January 30, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Tempe History Museum
809 E. Southern Avenue
2012 Neighborhood Grant PowerPoint Presentation
Funding
Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of the City’s Five Year Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) budget has been allocated for grant proposals of a
communitywide benefit.
The monies will be
distributed over a 3-year period with a maximum grant amount of $10,000.
Background
Tempe’s Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program was created as a means to
invest in resident-initiated projects designed to enhance the quality of life in
our neighborhoods. Applications are solicited on an annual basis. The
program was renamed the Maryanne Corder Neighborhood Grant Program by the City
Council in November 2004 in honor of the City’s first Neighborhood Program
Director.
Eligible
Applicants
1.
Neighborhood Associations in Tempe registered with the Neighborhood Services
Division
2.
Homeowners’ Associations in Tempe registered with the Neighborhood Services
Division
3.
Apartment communities that are fully certified in the City’s Crime Free
Multi-housing Program
Applicants are welcome to
coordinate efforts and submit a joint application that combines resources for
mutually beneficial projects of community benefit. For example, any combination
of neighborhood and homeowners’ associations and crime free multi-housing
communities can partner together on improvements that benefit all members of the
community, such as a traffic calming or park project.
Eligible &
Ineligible Projects
To be eligible for
funding, a project must be a capital improvement project that benefits the
entire neighborhood rather than just a few residents. Capital funds may
only cover project completion costs and CANNOT BE FOR MAINTENANCE OR
OPERATION costs these projects may impose. Projects must be a one-time
expenditure and be completed within one year from the date of the City Council's
approval. Projects that would fix a self-imposed code violation are also
ineligible.
Previous grant projects include, but are not limited to: energy conservation,
security lighting, traffic calming, landscape and beautification, park
improvements, signage and art projects. A complete list of previously funded
projects is available at
http://www.tempe.gov/neighborhoods/grantallocations.htm or by contacting the
Neighborhood Services Division.
Homeowners’ association requests may not be for maintenance projects covered in
the associations annual budgets such as entry gates, roofing repair, common
ground and pool maintenance, painting, road repair (for private streets) etc. --
these would NOT be funded.
Apartment community requests should be for enhancements only, NOT for regular
maintenance projects or for those required by law (i.e. pool fences).
Community
Involvement
A critical component
of any grant project is the community involvement and benefit. All residents of
the community must be notified of the opportunity to apply for a grant and
provided a chance to propose and comment on project ideas. Applicants should
carefully plan out and document how the community is going to be involved in the
selection of a project as well as the execution. Grant projects can provide an
opportunity for hands on involvement from residents, such as planting trees or
creating elements of an art project.
Guidelines:
The City’s
Neighborhood Service Team (NST) allocates the $10,000 grants referencing the
following guidelines:
1.
Improves health and safety of
residents
2.
Benefits a significant number
of residents and the City at large
3.
Addresses a known
neighborhood deficiency
4.
Complements other
neighborhood projects (private or City)
5.
Provides an environmental
benefit, such as water and/or energy conservation
6.
Enhances the aesthetics of
the neighborhood
7.
Accessible to all members of
the community
*Please note that a preference may be given to those associations that have not
previously received funds.
Contents
One application must be submitted per project. Materials will not be
returned.
The
application must be legible or typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper compiled and submitted
in the following order:
-
Application form (limit to four pages provided) including details of staff
contact if required
-
Bids for project work
- Minimum of two itemized bids, including appropriate permit fees and sales
tax
- The amount requested must match a bid amount.
-
Proof of notification (i.e. sample of newsletters or postcards sent out to
all residents)
-
Drawings and/or pictures describing the project - color is preferred
- Any
other background information
- Lighting projects must include lighting plans, light fixture schedules,
light fixture cut sheets and
proposed source of electrical feed.
- Landscape projects must include landscape plans, details and proposed
plant list.
- Wall, fence or gate projects require elevations, details and site plans.
Procedure for application:
Each neighborhood/homeowners’ association wishing to apply for funding should
send the
application form
to Neighborhood Services by Monday, May 16, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. Late or
incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Applications will be reviewed
by city staff representing all city departments and/or divisions. Staff will
make recommendations for funding to the City Council. The City Council will
review the recommendations during an Issue Review Session and formally vote on
the funding amounts at a formal City Council meeting. Grant applicants will be
notified of funding decisions in writing.
City of Tempe
Development Services Approved Plant Lists:
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