FUNDS FOR REDEVELOPINGBROWNFIELDS

May 13, 2015Anchorage AK

STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE BROWNFIELDSPROJECTS & PROGRAMS

• Community: Obtain community leadership support, convene stakeholders, address concerns, incorporate plans

• Technical: Collect & analyze good information• Regulatory: Coordinate with regulatory agencies;

develop assessment, legal & acquisition strategies• Financial: Obtain planning, site assessment &

remediation funds – loans & grants. Consider Federal & state programs for infrastructure & economic development.

Seed funding & assistance to local government & communities are available through various programs.

LEVERAGING MULTIPLE SOURCES

• Brownfields activities as a percentage of expenses• Successful projects usually take a long time• Don’t need all the money at once• Consider all sources:

• Public: other federal, state & local grants/loans, tax exempt and taxable bond financing, local levy funds

• Private: bank/other institution loans, investor’s equity, tax credits

• In-kind: staff salary/benefits, volunteer hours, equipment, building space

• Money attracts money; success breeds success

PLAN & PRIORITIZE

• Grant funding cycles• Funding agency priorities• Economic or community development needs

• Planning• Infrastructure• Redevelopment & jobs >>>>>

• Grant & development teams• Political & community support• Planning & zoning consistency• Entitlements & permits• Planning & construction schedule

˃ Commercial/industrial˃ Housing˃ Open space

FEDERAL FUNDING & TECHNICALASSISTANCE SOURCES

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)• Housing & Urban Development (HUD)• Department of Transportation (DOT)• Economic Development Administration (EDA)• Department of Agriculture• Department of Energy• Army Corps of Engineers• Who to contact?

• Formula grants/loans: Department of Commerce, AKDOT, planning/ economic development district, ARDORs

• Discretionary grants/loans: contact directly

EPA’S BROWNFIELD PROGRAM

1. Redevelopment Program

2. NOT Enforcement Program

3. Grants & Technical Assistance

Talk to EPA,ADEC & CCLR

earlyClear project

conceptDiverse project

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ELIGIBILITY

• Applicant• Governmental Entities• Tribes• Non-Profits (4 of 6 programs)

• Site• Privately or publicly held

property• Grant recipient cannot be

responsible for contamination• Private property owner can be

responsible for contamination

Targeted Brownfields Assessments

Area-Wide Planning

Assessment Grants

Cleanup Grants

Revolving Loan Fund

Grants

Job Training Grants

TARGETED BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT (TBA)

• Rolling Applications• Contractor Assistance• Easy First Step• Small scale• Petroleum or

Hazardous Substances sites

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Joseph Guy Community Center, Kwethluk

DBAC PROGRAM(AK PROGRAM SIMILAR TO TBA)

• Assistance for conducting environmental site assessments and cleanups at brownfield sites

• Service by DEC; not a grant program• Prioritization• Eligibility

• Applicant• Site

Native Village of Kwigillingok

DBAC & TBA CASE STUDIES:MCGRATH SITE CHARACTERIZATION

• McGrath Native Village Council was the successful applicant

• Site of destroyed community center• DEC removed a heating oil tank and associated

contaminated soil, and analyzed soil samples

• City of McGrath obtained CDBG and MNVC obtained ICDBG for new center; total cost of building over $2 million

KWIGILLINGOK HAZARDOUSBUILDING MATERIALS SURVEY

• Old Moravian Church • Native Village of

Kwigillingok wished to reuse the structure for youth activities, but had concerns about contamination

• DEC provided sampling for asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint, as well as recommendations for future use

KAKE SITE ASSESSMENT

• Former Keku Cannery• Organized Village of

Kake needed information about the building so that they could pursue assistance from other sources to stabilize the building

• DEC provided a Phase I site assessment, a hazard and risk evaluation, and a remediation cost estimate

CITY OF TOKSOOK BAY

• Requested an assessment of the “apron” area of airstrip

• Vacant, adjacent to AK National Guard Armory (in background)

• Also used to store snow machines and ATVs.

• No record of releases; confirm that the site was clean

• TBA results “negative”, so construction was able to place

JOSEPH GUY COMMUNITY CENTERKWETHLUK

• Building burned in 2004• Community wants to

rebuild, but is concerned over potential hazardous substances that may exist due to the fire

• EPA sampled the soil beneath the building and possibly some of the remaining materials on site.

• Using the TBA sampling data, ADEC was able to move forward with clean up activities

ASSESSMENT GRANTS

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Proposed Mini Mart ParkGeorgetown, King County

• Fall 2015 application• Community Wide

• $200K each for petroleum & hazardous substances

• Site Specific:• $200K-$350K

• Coalition• $600K

• Strategies for small &rural communities

CLEANUP GRANTS

• Fall 2015 application• $200K per site, up to $600K• 20% match• Fee Simple Ownership • Government or Nonprofit

16Ranier Court, SeattleBremerton

REVOLVING LOAN FUND

• Fall 2015 application– (Biannual)• $1Million• For cleanup subgrants & loans• Loan amount & interest returns to grantee• Strategies for small & rural communities

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SpokanePalouse Producers

AREA WIDE PLANNING• 2016 or 2017• $200,000 • Planning for Brownfields Redevelopment

Hillyard, Spokane (2015)Once a freight rail yard and included steam engine manufacturing, maintenance, and repair facilities, Hillyard was left to deteriorate. The goals of this project are to develop strategies to address legacy contamination and position the area for redevelopment.

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

• $200,000 – no match• Workforce Training• Govt. & Nonprofit• Environmental Technician • Health & Safety• Tailored training to market

demand• Hazardous Cleanup• Lead/Asbestos Abatement• Solar Installation, etc.• Landfill operator

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Alaska ForumZender Environmental

CASE STUDIES

RLF & Tax abatementHillsboro OR

EPA ARC & Foundations Vernonia OR

OTHER EPA RESOURCES

• Sustainable Communities

• Green Infrastructure• Green Building• Re-Powering

America’s Lands• HUD-DOT-EPA

Partnership

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSINGAND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Minville MansionsKnoxville TN

Waynesboro VADowntown Facade

Community Development Block Grants

Section 108 Loan GuaranteeIn the Fall • Choice Neighborhoods• Promise Zones• National Resource

Network (NRN)Maggie Gibson Plaza,

Portland OR

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

• With the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) & Memphis | Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency

• Identify potential long-term public & private improvements to promote an active, sustainable, safe and desirable Uptown West area

U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTADMINISTRATION (EDA)

• Grants to local government & non-profits in areas of severe economic distress• Attraction of private capital investment and to create higher-skill, higher-wage

jobs• Locally-developed, regionally-based economic initiatives that contribute to

economic growth & regional competitiveness, innovation & entrepreneurship.

Programs:• Infrastructure upgrades (Public

Works/Economic Adjustment)• Reuse of publicly owned buildings

(Public Works/Economic Adjustment)• Brownfield

Inventories/Redevelopment Plans (Planning)

• Site-specific market feasibility studies (Planning/Local Technical Assistance)

• Capitalization of Revolving Loan Funds (Economic Adjustment)

Dakine, Hood River OR

U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURERURAL DEVELOPMENT

• Community Facilities Loans & Grants• Health care, public safety, public

buildings, cultural & education, energy transmission/distribution; transportation

• Public entities – population <20,000

Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market New Kasigluk washeteria

• Water & Environmental Loans & Grants

• Water & Wastewater - new & replacement

• Public entities – population <10,000; municipalities, counties & special purpose districts, nonprofits & tribes

• Energy, Housing and Business Development

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION

• Formula grants – through state DOT or MPOs• DOT highway and transit construction programs

can support related revitalization• Discretionary funds: TIGER grants

• Fund ports, rail, planning, transit, roads, and bike/ped

NMTC: QUALIFIED AREAS & PROJECTS

UTUQQANAAT-INAAT(Elder Care Facility)

Maniilaq

Admiral Building, Kansas City MOREA, Sacramento CA

Triangle Biotech, Durham NC Dalton Bldg, Rock Hill SC Masonic Temple, Wyandotte MI

FOUNDATIONS - STRATEGIES

• Capital & planning grants• Understand how

foundation’s grants fit into applicant’s financing strategy

• Demonstrate how organization’s project will meet foundation’s objectives

• Best for jump-starting a project/program

• Demonstrate capacity and organization

Chief Son-i-Hat Whale HouseOrganized Village of Kasaan

GETTING STARTED ON YOUR GRANTPROPOSAL

• Read the Grant Guidelines carefully • Address Threshold Criteria ASAP

• Obtain State Letter• Consult with EPA R10 regarding eligibility• Plan any required reporting, noticing and meeting

• Use TABEZ www.ksutab.org or www.tabez.org• Not sure what EPA is looking for? Ask!• Have it reviewed – by non-authors and/or a TAB• Start organizing soon!

QUICK TIPS

• Address each section and subpart – leave no blanks• Repeat information as needed for each criteria• Follow the format requirements! (font, pages, margins, no

binders, no color or fold-out maps • Proposal should be “ready for copier”• Tell your Story – put your heart into it!• Have a Vision and convey it to the reviewer• Be Unique – not a “mass produced” proposal• Write “newspaper style” important points first! (no plot)• Do not assume reviewer understands your region or

community, history or “issues” (no local jargon)• Highlight Critical information & points

ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFULAPPLICATIONS

Roadmap to redevelopment & jobs• Connect your needs, impacts, project & benefits• Identify the sustainable aspects of your policies,

plans, and practices• Review the livability & sustainability principles --

Is your project is consistent with these goals?• Outputs & outcomes:

• Demonstrate that you can deliver• Leverage

SMALL, TRIBAL OR RURAL?• Capacity• Volume of work• Consider teaming

• Communitywide or Coalition• Lead Applicant – Borough? State? ARDOR?

• Examples• NEOEDD (OR)• SCEDD (CA)• Nye County (NV)• Brea (CA)

• Coleville (WA)• Gila River (AZ)• Nez Perce (ID)• Alaska Forum & Zender (AK)

WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS

• Fee-based or free assistance• Beware of conditions

• Questions to ask:• References

• Cities, states, CCLR• Sample RFP/RFQ from other communities

• Local?• Team?• How many written / how many successful?• How does their proposal fit with redevelopment

plans?• Outputs & outcomes? Define success

WORDS OF WISDOM

• Building a team• Patience,

Partnerships, Perseverance

• Planning early• Mix & match

financial and planning incentives

• Take Risks