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STAFF DISCUSSION: Project Description: ""3':f '?-) This grant round for San Francisco Bay access projects was un- dertaken to reinvigorate the Conservancy's involvement in funding access projects related to the Bay Trail. Neither the Conservancy's San Francisco Bay Program nor the Association of Bay Area Government's (ABAG) Bay Trail Project received funding from the state legislature last year, making it impera- tive that the Access Program provide funding to continue work on the San Francisco Bay Trail. Publicity for the grant round was done using the local govern- ment and special district mailing lists provided by ABAG. Postcards announcing the grant round were mailed to key con- tacts in each city, county, and special district in the nine Bay area counties, inviting them to call the Conservancy for an ap- plication. No~profit land trusts in the area also received the. postcard notices. (See Exhibit 1.) Approximately 50 grant applications were mailed out. (See Ex- hibit 2.) Fourteen submittals were received by the due date of March 15, and of those only one was from a nonprofit organi- zation. Those 14 submittals requested a total of $1,011,068. The Selection Process Staff fonned a review panel of two managers, Joan Cardellino and Nadine Hitchcock, the Access Program Manager and San Francisco Bay Program Manager, respectively, project manager Brenda Buxton, intern Adriana Sulak, and Janet McBride, di- rector of the San Francisco Bay Trail Project. Each panel mem- ber reviewed the proposals, and then met to evaluate them jointly. (Exhibit 3). The review panel looked for projects that would contribute to the completion of links in the Bay Trail, and which had a high likelihood of being completed within two years. Project appli- cants were required to submit evidence of local support, and to indicate the funding commitment from the project sponsor. . The panel also strove to achieve a geographic balance in the allocation of the grants. The geographic distribution by county is as follows: two projects in Marin, and one each in San Fran- cisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Solano, and Contra Costa. Of the five applications for projects that were rejected, three were in Marin County, one was in San Mateo County, and one was in Solano County. No applications were received from Napa or Sonoma Counties. It is worth noting that four of the grantees (Novato, Redwood City, Alameda, and Martinez) have ID-5 EXHIBIT B '" """'-.---""--T--"