[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9956-9958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3952]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5500-FA-30]


Announcement of Funding Awards for the Sustainable Communities 
Regional Planning Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2011

AGENCY: Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a 
competition for funding under the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) Notice of 
Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Sustainable Communities Regional 
Planning Grant Program (Regional Grants). This announcement contains 
the consolidated names and addresses of this year's award recipients.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dwayne S. Marsh, Office of Sustainable 
Housing and Communities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410-4500, 
telephone (202) 402-6316. Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sustainable Communities Regional 
Planning Grant Program (Program) supports metropolitan and 
multijurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, 
economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure 
investments in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to consider the 
interdependent challenges of: (1) Economic competitiveness and 
revitalization; (2) social equity, inclusion, and access to 
opportunity; (3) energy use and climate change; and (4) public health 
and environmental impact. The Program places a priority on investing in 
partnerships, including nontraditional partnerships (e.g., arts and 
culture, recreation, public health, food systems, regional planning 
agencies and public education entities) that translate the Livability 
Principles (Section I.C.1) into strategies that direct long-term 
development and reinvestment, demonstrate a commitment to addressing 
issues of regional significance, use data to set and monitor progress 
toward performance goals, and engage stakeholders and

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residents in meaningful decision-making roles.
    Funding from this Program will support the development and 
implementation of Regional Plans for Sustainable Development (RPSD) 
that:
    a. Identify affordable housing, transportation, water 
infrastructure, economic development, land use planning, environmental 
conservation, energy system, open space, and other infrastructure 
priorities for the region;
    b. Clearly define a single, integrated plan for regional 
development that addresses potential population growth or decline over 
a minimum 20-year time frame, sets appropriate 3- to 5-year benchmark 
performance targets, and delineates strategies to meet established 
performance goals;
    c. Establish performance goals and measures that are, at a minimum, 
consistent with the Sustainability Partnership`s Livability Principles;
    d. Use geo-coded data sets and other metrics in developing, 
implementing, monitoring, and assessing the performance goals of 
various reinvestment scenarios;
    e. Provide detailed plans, maps, policies, and implementation 
strategies to be adopted by all participating jurisdictions over time 
to meet planning goals;
    f. Prioritize projects that facilitate the implementation of the 
regional plan and identify responsible implementing entities (public, 
nonprofit, or private) and funding sources;
    g. Show how the proposed plan will establish consistency with HUD, 
Department of Transportation (DOT), and Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) programs and policies, such as Consolidated Plans, Analysis of 
Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, Long Range Transportation Plans, 
Indian Housing Plans, and Asset Management Plans, including strategies 
to modify existing plans, where appropriate; and
    h. Engage residents and other stakeholders substantively and 
meaningfully in the development of the shared vision and its 
implementation early and throughout the process, including communities 
traditionally marginalized from such processes, while accommodating 
limited English speakers, persons with disabilities, and the elderly.
    The FY 2011 awards announced in this Notice were selected for 
funding in a competition posted on Grants.gov and HUD's Web site on 
July 25, 2011. Applications were scored and selected for funding based 
on the selection criteria in that NOFA. The amount appropriated in FY 
2011 to fund the Regional Grant Program was $70 million of which $2 
million has been reserved for capacity support grants distributed 
separately. This notice announces the allocation of $67 million for 
Sustainable Community Regional Planning Grants, of which not less than 
$17.5 million is awarded to regions with populations of less than 
500,000.
    In accordance with Section 102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the names, addresses, and 
amounts of the 29 awards made under the competition in Appendix A to 
this document.

    Dated:--December 22, 2011.
Shelley Poticha,
Director, Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities.

Appendix A

         Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program
        Grant Awards from FY 2011 Notice of Funding Availability
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 3 Rutgers        $5,000,000
 Plaza ASB III, 2nd Floor, New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey
 08901-8559.............................................
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, 181 Ellicott        2,000,000
 Street, Buffalo, NY: New York 14203-0032...............
State of Rhode Island, 1 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI:         1,934,961
 Rhode Island 02908-5872................................
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 101 Eighth             4,991,336
 Street, Oakland, CA: California 94607-4707.............
Denver Regional Council of Governments, 1290 Broadway,         4,500,000
 Suite 700, Denver, CO: Colorado 80203-5606.............
Opportunity Link, Inc., 2229 5th Avenue, P.O. Box 80,          1,500,000
 Havre, MT: Montana 59501-0080..........................
Centralina Council of Governments, 525 North Tryon             4,907,544
 Street, 12th Floor, Charlotte, NC: North Carolina 28202-
 0202...................................................
Nashua Regional Planning Commission, 9 Executive Park          3,369,648
 Drive, Suite 201, Merrimack, NH: New Hampshire 03054-
 4045...................................................
City of Henderson on behalf of the SNRPC, 240 Water St.,       3,488,000
 P.O. Box 95050, Henderson, NV: Nevada 89009-5050.......
Northwest Regional Planning Commission, 155 Lake Street,         480,000
 St. Albans, VT: Vermont 05478-2219.....................
East Arkansas Planning and Development District, P.O.          2,600,000
 Box 1403, 2905 King Street, Jonesboro, AR: Arkansas
 72403-1403.............................................
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, 309            2,400,000
 Cranes Roost Blvd., Suite 2000, Altamonte Springs, FL:
 Florida 32701-3422.....................................
Fremont County Idaho, 125 North Bridge Street, St.             1,500,000
 Anthony, ID: Idaho 834455004...........................
Rural Economic Area Partnership Investment Fund, Inc.,         1,500,000
 P.O. Box 2024, Minot, ND: North Dakota 58702-2024......
Do[ntilde]a Ana County, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Las Cruces,        2,000,000
 NM: New Mexico 80007-845...............................
Adirondack Gateway Council Inc., 42 Ridge Street, Glens          750,000
 Falls, NY: New York 12801-3610.........................
Cape Fear Council of Governments, 1480 Harbour Drive,          1,130,000
 Wilmington, NC: North Carolina 28401-7776..............
Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 1500 Whetstone Way,            3,503,677
 Suite 300, Baltimore, MD: Maryland 212304767...........
Shelby County Government, 160 North Main, Suite 850,           2,619,999
 Memphis, TN: Tennessee 38103-1812......................
Heart of Texas Council of Governments, 1514 South New            660,000
 Road, Waco, TX: Texas 76711-1316.......................
Regional Economic Area Partnership, 1845 Fairmount St.,        1,500,000
 Wichita, KS: Kansas 67260-0155.........................
Flint Hills Regional Council, Inc., 500 Huebner Road,          1,980,000
 Fort Riley, KS: Kansas 66442-7409......................
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, P.O. Box 506,         660,000
 Traverse City, MI: Michigan 49685-0506.................
Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, 913 W. Holmes         3,000,000
 Rd. Ste., 201, Lansing, MI: Michigan 48910-0411........
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency         2,045,000
 (MAPA), 2222 Cuming, Omaha, NE: Nebraska 68102-4328....
County of Erie, Erie County Courthouse, Room 111, 140          1,800,000
 West Sixth Street, Erie, PA: Pennsylvania 16501-1092...
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, 2158           3,400,000
 Ave. C, Bethlehem, PA: Pennsylvania 18017-2148.........
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, 128 King            540,000
 Farm Rd., Woodstock, VT: Vermont 05091-1052............
Metroplan, 501 W. Markham, Ste. B, Little Rock, AR:            1,400,000
 Arkansas 72201-1409....................................
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    Total...............................................      67,160,165
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