Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 61.26 - Administrative capability(b) The capability of an applicant to efficiently complete a project and then to adequately maintain and program its park and recreation system will be analyzed on a below average (1 point), average (3 points) or above average (5 points) basis. Factors which will be considered in this analysis are:(1) The quality of maintenance of the applicant's park system.(2) The quality and quantity of programming.(3) The overall administration of park and recreation services, including organization, financing and staffing.(4) Past administrative performance on previously funded projects using Federal or State assistance.(c) The Department reserves the right to assign a ranking of 0 points in this criterion, or eliminate the applicant from funding consideration altogether, based on the following factors:(1) An applicant's poor administrative performance on current grant projects.(2) Unresolved post-completion site inspection problems.(3) Poor maintenance of previously-funded facilities and areas.(4) Unresolved conversions or use problems related to previously-funded recreation and park facilities and areas.(d) If the applicant is to be eliminated from funding consideration based upon the factors in subsection (c), a notification of the potential for elimination shall have been recorded with the applicant in writing by the Department prior to the program announcement/open application period. Once a decision is made not to fund an applicant in a given year or funding cycle, the Department will reconsider the applicant's eligibility for funding in the next funding cycle, if the applicant in question documents and demonstrates an organized, concerted effort to correct the problems which led to the denial of funding. This section cited in 17 Pa. Code § 61.5 (relating to regional office review, rating and ranking of funding requests).