Safe neighborhoods program review criteria and process (Repealed)

(a) The office of policy and management shall convene a review panel which shall review, score, and make funding recommendations to the secretary of the office of policy and management regarding all applications which were timely submitted and deemed to be complete. This program is competitive, and not all applicants are assured of funding. Each application shall be rated in the following categories: (1) public safety needs of the proposed safe neighborhoods project area; (2) adequacy of the plan to improve public safety in the safe neighborhoods project area; (3) community and city support for the project; and (4) ability to implement the project in a timely fashion. These ratings shall be combined into a total score, with categories 1 and 2 each weighted at 30% of the total score, and categories 3 and 4 weighted at 20%. In the event of tie scores, the application having the highest rating for category 1 shall be deemed to have the highest score. (b) Applications for the police overtime component shall specifically identify the neighborhoods and time periods in which project activities will take place. Applications for this component shall be rated solely upon the need for increased police presence in those areas and times, as demonstrated by the past incidence of the use of firearms in the commission of crimes. (c) The panel may recommend to the secretary a reduction or elimination of funding for any program component requested in an application to achieve a level of funding for each application which, in its discretion, it deems appropriate for the proposed project. (d) The secretary of the office of policy and management shall make the final decisions on the award of grant funds and the recommendations of state bond fund allocations under the safe neighborhoods program.