01- 670 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 1-3

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 670-7-1-3 - GRANT APPLICATION/GRANT AGREEMENTS

1. Grant Application-Agreements/Requests (application(s)) for development of new trails must be post-marked on or before November 1^st. Applications for grooming and annual trail maintenance must be post-marked on or before December 1^st. Applications must be submitted on forms provided by the Bureau and contain all the information required by these rules. An application signed by an authorized official(s) of the political subdivision and approved by the Bureau, constitutes a legally binding agreement between the State of Maine and the applicant.

2. Applications must include the following:

(1) The cost of administration of the project.

(2) The cost of the actual development of a new trail or improvements to existing trails, including related facilities, such as but not necessarily limited to the use of heavy equipment, the cutting of trees and/or the building of bridges.

(3) The cost of winter grooming of the trail, the plowing of parking areas, the erection of trail signs, brush cutting and sign maintenance.

(4) A U.S.G.S. topographical map or other commercially or GPS produced map of the proposed snowmobile trail project sufficient to enable the Bureau to determine the terrain and other natural features. The scale of the map must be one half inch to a mile or greater. The map must show the proposed trail, route, relationship with existing trails in surrounding areas and the number of trail miles for which the applicant seeks financial aid.

(5) If the request for financial assistance is strictly for winter grooming, routine maintenance, brush cutting or sign maintenance, the applicant must submit a list of landowners along with a letter/statement that all landowners over whose land the trail passes have been contacted and have granted permission. However, if the application is requesting financial assistance for development, bridge construction, or earthwork with equipment on an existing trail, the applicant must submit written permission from all landowners within the entire trail project area.

(6) A Project Description that includes a detailed description of work proposed to be done. The Project Description shall include plans for:

(a) the clearing of brush and debris from trail corridors;

(b) the grooming of the trail as needed, including a description of the equipment to be used. If the winter grooming phase of the project is to be contracted, the contract should specify the responsibilities of the contractor and the method of payment including the maximum amount. A copy of the contract must be submitted to the Bureau;

(c) the provision and maintenance of parking areas where adjacent to trails;

(d) the erection and maintenance of signs, posts and kiosks that are provided or approved by the Bureau and/or the land owner. These plans must comply with the Snowmobile Trail Signing Guidelines Brochure published by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Off-Road Vehicle Division;

(e) the provision of sanitary facilities, and warming huts as deemed necessary;

(f) the provision of trash receptacles and removal of trash;

(g) the removal of signs, posts and other related facilities after the season if removal is required by the landowners or by the Bureau; and

(h) the construction and maintenance of bridges, including the purchase of all necessary materials and the application for and securing of all necessary regulatory permits.

01- 670 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 1-3