Section 20 AAC 40.235 - Review of competitive grant applications(a) No later than 10 working days after the deadline for submission of an application for a competitive grant, the authority will provide copies of properly completed and timely applications to each interested planning board or other beneficiary-related agency, as appropriate, for comment. Any comment or ranking by an interested planning board or other beneficiary-related agency must be in writing and must be submitted to the authority no later than 20 working days after receipt of copies of the grant applications from the authority.(b) No later than 40 calendar days after the application submission deadline for a competitive grant, the authority staff shall review the applications and any comments on the applications or rankings received from a planning board or beneficiary-related agency under (a) of this section. As part of the review process, the authority staff may request an applicant to provide additional information in support of its application. In reviewing the applications, the authority staff shall consider the criteria set out in 20 AAC 40.240 and any additional qualifications or criteria set out in the grant notice issued under 20 AAC 40.225.(c) After reviewing the applications under (b) of this section, the authority staff shall make a recommendation to the board. At the next appropriate scheduled meeting, the board will make a decision on the award of grants and amount of each grant.(d) A decision of the board under (c) of this section will be to(1) approve the grant application recommended by the authority staff;(2) approve the grant application recommended by the authority staff, subject to acceptable revisions being made in the amount of the grant, the applicant's proposed grant project budget, or the proposed services or activities to be provided; or(3) disapprove the grant application recommended by the authority staff and(A) direct the authority staff to re-evaluate all applications and submit a new recommendation under (c) of this section; or(B) determine that the grant project is to be re-noticed under 20 AAC 40.225 for new applications or canceled.(e) If the board's decision is to approve the grant subject to revisions as described in (d)(2) of this section, the authority will negotiate with the applicant for necessary revisions in the applicant's proposed grant project budget or proposed services and activities.Eff. 10/24/2004, Register 172; am 5/11/2012, Register 202Authority:AS 37.14.045
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