This document provides an overview of various grant programs for infrastructure projects including: 1) FEMA grants for flood mitigation and hazard removal projects. One example project used $430,000 in FEMA grants and $140,000 in local funds for a $570,000 drainage project. 2) USDA and NRCS grants for watershed protection that provide up to 90% funding. 3) Transportation grants like STP, TEDF, and TEP that provide millions for road, street, and downtown projects, typically requiring 20% local match. 4) MDOT local bridge program that provides 95% grants for bridge construction with regional collaboration required. 5) Parks and

1. Doing More with Less
Grant Programs & Success Stories
Jason Washler, P.E.
March 2012

2. Introduction
What’s changed?
• Grants have been around for
a long time
• In 2008, grants via the
Federal stimulus legislation
created Over-Stimulation for
Free Money

3. Introduction
Free money? Not so fast.
• Your Money to Begin with
• A Federal Credit Card Draw
Future for Grants
Leverage

4. Drainage & Flood
Mitigation

5. FEMA Grants
Program Overview
• Flood Mitigation Assistance
• Fix-up after floods
• Hazard Mitigation Post-
Disaster
• Remove hazards for new
floods
York Creek Overflow Detention
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation
• Remove hazards before
floods

6. FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant
York Creek Drain
• FEMA Grant: $430,000
• Local Match: $140,000
• Total: $570,000

7. USDA Watershed Protection Program
Program Overview
• Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Program
• Flood Damage Restoration
• 75% to 90% Grants
Ottawa County Drain

8. Roads & Streets

9. STP Small Urban Program
Program Overview
• Part of the Federal Surface
Transportation Program
• $375k available each year to
small urban communities
5,000 to 50,000
• 20% local match Dowling Street, Montague
• $8,946,000 in 2010

10. Transportation Economic Dev. Fund (TEDF)
Program Overview
• ACT 51 Communities
• Industry Development
• Traffic Congestion
• All Season Rural Roads
• Commercial Forests
• Rural Streets Harvey Street, Norton Shores
• Situation-driven
• Multi-Million $$ Awards
Possible

11. TEDF- Cat. F
Peach Street, Hart
• MDOT RTF Grant:
$267,000
• MEDC ICE Grant $260,000
• Local Match: $30,000
• Total: $557,000

12. Transportation Economic Dev. Fund (TEDF)
Winston Road, Rothbury
• TEDF Cat A: $1,020,000
• TEDF Cat D: $100,000
• STP Rural: $150,000
• Local Match: $27,000
• Total: $1,297,000
Sold Millings = $20,000
Local Match = $7,000!!!

13. Downtowns

14. Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP)
Greenville Streetscape
• TEP Grant: $973,000
• Small Urban Grant: $240,000
• DDA Revenue Bond: $4,750,000
• Total: $5,963,500

15. Coastal Management Program
Montague Downtown Parking
• CZM Grant: $40,000
• Private Donations: $42,000
• Total: $82,000

16. Mich. Economic Development Corp. (MEDC)
Program Overview
• Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG)
• Infrastructure Capacity
Enhancement (ICE) Grant to
$750k
• Downtown Infrastructure Downtown Galesburg
(DIG) Grant to $750k
• CAT Team

17. Bridges

18. MDOT Local Bridge Program
Program Overview
• 95% Grant for eligible costs
• Bridge & approach
construction only
• ROW, DE, & CE not eligible
• Regional Bridge Council, 3-
year plan
• Applications due June 1

19. MDOT Local Bridge Program
Prairie Street Bridge, Village
of Muir
• Local Bridge
Program $2,850,000
• ROW, DE, CE &
Construction Match $600,000

20. MDOT Local Bridge Program
Prairie Street Bridge, Village of Muir
• Funding Strategy
• Break it into manageable pieces.
• Regional collaboration.
• Grant/Loan Programs
• DNR Trust Fund
• DNR Recreation Passport Grants
• USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant
• MDOT Enhancement Grant, Historic Preservation
• MEDC ICE or DIG

21. MDOT Local Bridge Program
Prairie Street Bridge, Village of Muir
• Other Stakeholders
• Ionia County Board of Commissioners
• Ionia County Road Commission
• Lyons Township
• Ionia Public Schools
• Emergency Services
• Homeland Security

22. MDOT Local Bridge Program
Prairie Street Bridge, Village of Muir
• Local Share / Village of Muir
• Grassroots Fundraising
• Street Fund
• General Fund
• Special Assessment
• Dedicated Millage

23. Parks & Recreation

24. Mich. Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF)
Program Overview
• Recreation Plan required
• $300,000 maximum grants
• 25 % minimum match
• $100 MM in 2010
• Parks and recreation projects
• Urban areas a plus Cannon Trail
• Land acquisition
• Non-motorized trails
• April 1 Deadline
• Very competitive

25. Mich. Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF)
North Bank Trail, Spring
Lake & Crockery Townships
• MNRTF: $230,000
• MDOT TE: $390,000
• Local Fund Raising: $100,000
• Spring Lake Twp: $115,000
• Crockery Twp: $0!!!
• Total Project: $835,000

26. Mich. Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF)
Big Rapids Riverwalk
• MNRTF: $493,300
• Great Lakes
Fishery Trust*: $200,000
• Local Fund Raising: $250,000
• City Funds: $56,700
• Total Project: $1,000,000
*For river access

27. Mich. Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF)
Cannon Township Trail
• MNRTF Grant: $500,000
• Millage*: $501,000
• General Fund: $299,000
• Project: $1,300,000
*$167,000/year for 3 years

28. Mich. Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF)
Grand Island Park Land
Acquisition,
Plainfield Township
• MNRTF: $520,000
• Total: $520,000

29. Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP)
Program Overview
• Streetscapes
• Non-Motorized Trails
• Historic Transportation
Structures
• 20% Local Match Required
• Very competitive Beeline Trail
Saugatuck to Holland
• Applications accepted year-
round
• $1,500,000+ Possible

30. Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ)
Program Overview
• Air Quality Improvement
• Targets EPA Clean Air
Violations
• Pedestrians & Bikes
• Ride Sharing
• Public Transport Projects I-196 Pedestrian
Overpass, Holland
• Traffic Flow Improvements
• 20% Match

31. Safe Routes to School (SRTS)
Program Overview
• 100% Grant Funded Projects
• Schools Initiate Request
• Encourages walking,
bicycling
• Health improvements
• Air quality improvements

32. Safe Routes to School (SRTS)
Hillside Learning & Behavior Center, City of Allegan
• Grant: $370,000
• Project Included:
• 8’ sidewalk along M-222 & M-40
• Refuge islands with flashing beacons
• 6,000 feet of 5’ sidewalks in residential neighborhood
• Community outreach event

33. Coastal Management Program
Program Overview
• Coastal Public Access
• Restore Coastal Habitats
• Redevelop Coastal
Waterfronts
• $50,000 to $60,000 Available
Park Pavilion, Fruitport

34. Waterways Program
Program Overview
• Recreational Boating Focus
• Marinas
• Boat Launches
• 50% Match
• 5% Match Low-Income
Communities Ludington Municipal Marina

35. U.S. Department of Energy
Cannon Township
• Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) Program
• ARRA Grant for $76,000
• $76,000 local funds
• Energy Conservation
• Sidewalk between housing
and shopping
• 1.6 new jobs
• Carbon emission
reductions

36. Great Lakes Fishery Trust
Access-to-Fishing Grants
Whitehall-Montague Trail
Fishing Bridge
• Project: $131,000
• Great Lakes Fishery Trust
Grant: $100,000 for fishing
access to White River
• 244-ft-long bridge and
fishing platform

37. Water & Wastewater

38. State & Drinking Water Revolving Funds
Program Overview
• Loans only
• 2.5% over 20 years
• Project Plan
• Points ranking
• “Green Reserve” Projects
Muskegon County
20% Pump Station C
• Federal Wages
• ARRA allowed forgiveness up
to 40%; no more

39. Rural Development
Program Overview
• Sewer and Water Projects
• Pre-Planning Grants available
• 40-year Loans at 2.25% to 3.5%
• Some grants available, 1.5%
income
City of Scottville
• Community Facilities Loans,
Grants
• Fire & Rescue Vehicles
• Police Cars
• Public Buildings

40. Rural Development
Street & Water
Improvements, Village of Muir
• RD Grant: $1,140,000
• RD Loan: $380,000
To be paid off with
• MEDC ICE Grant: $220,000
• Local Match: $160,000

41. Job- and Poverty-Related
Grants

42. Economic Dev. Administration (EDA) Grants
Program Overview
• Jobs-Related
• Awarded to projects that:
• Create industrial or
commercial business
opportunities.
• Create long-term jobs.
HEDCOR Industrial Park
• Target low-income or
un/underemployed
workers.

43. Economic Dev. Administration (EDA) Grants
New Water Treatment
Plant, City of Allegan
• EDA Grant: $3,744,000
• DWRF Loan*: $6,245,000
• Total: $9,989,000
*With $2,498,000 loan
forgiveness from the American
Reinvestment & Recovery Act.

44. Other Funding Types

45. Agricultural Renaissance Zones
Hart WWTP
• Created Agricultural
Renaissance Zone
• Tax capture used to bond
$5,000,000 project
• One company doubled
production; another
relocated HQ from WA to
Hart

46. Taxes
Fargo WW Improvements
• 1% Sales Tax
• $240 million need over next
25 years
• Manageable rate increases
• Regional economic center

47. Grant-storm, anyone?
Jason Washler, P.E. • (616) 364-8491