Capital grants review committee

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The Nature in Neighborhoods capital grants review committee evaluates capital grant applications and makes award recommendations to the Metro Council.

Grant committee update

The deadline for the next grant review cycle is November 2009. Four new projects were awarded $1 million of funding in August 2009.
Find out more about the awardees

Grant review committee members

Todd Alsbury
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Mike Faha
GreenWorks PC
Carl Hosticka
Metro Council
Helena Huang
Robert Liberty
Metro Council
Curt Zonick
Metro
Sue Marshall
Confluence Consulting
Kendra Smith
Jeri Williams
City of Portland

Roles

Committee members shall participate as reviewers of applications that are received by Metro for their Nature in Neighborhoods capital grants program. The committee reviews and evaluates applications and performs site visits using criteria and guidance provided by Metro staff. Metro staff will present funding recommendations to the Metro Council based upon this reviews. The Metro Council makes all funding awards.

The initial grant review committee will participate in developing guidelines that further define the committee's role. These guidelines will include, but are not limited to, meeting rules, quorum requirements, communication and conflict of interest resolution. Members shall agree upon these guidelines to ensure an efficient process. The committee shall also pose policy questions to Metro Council should they arise.

Responsibilities

Committee members shall participate fully in application review and meetings. Key responsibilities are:

the thoughtful review, scoring and ranking of written applications
timely reporting for requested items (including, but not limited to, rankings, comments, agenda questions)
attendance and participation at committee meetings
recommending to the Metro Council those projects that best met the vision, goals, objectives and criteria of the Natural Areas Program for funding
making recommendations to Metro staff and Council on ways to strengthen the program.

All members will agree to fully disclose any conflict of interest and will recuse themselves from those discussions in which they have a conflict. Committee members shall not receive financial or any other type of benefit from their involvement on the grants review committee.

Metro staff will prepare and provide to the grants review committee a review packet that includes:

a copy of the initial Letters of Interest for all full proposals submitted
a copy of the completed applications and associated documents
staff comments, if any, regarding the application
ranking and evaluation materials
meeting agenda and notes
site visit schedule, if needed.

The Nature in Neighborhoods capital grants program is funded by Metro's natural areas bond measure, approved by voters in 2006.Learn more

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Capital Grants Program
503-797-1781
maryrosenavarro@oregonmetro.gov

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