R151-5-4. Grants to Providers -- Eligibility Criteria

(1) To be eligible to receive funds, the provider's program or resource shall primarily focus on: (a) the drafting, application, maintenance or explanation of land use laws, and regulations; or (b) land use dispute resolution; or (c) the drafting, application, creation, maintenance, or implementation of resources focused on land use education, technical support, or planning best practices; or (d) collaborative or partnership training and educational activities focused on assisting citizens and government agencies in understanding and complying with property rights laws. (2) Program training or resource applications shall be categorized as: (a) "direct land use training and education activities," which consist of live or prerecorded seminars, lectures, conference sessions, webinars, continuing or online education programs, video or audio productions, slide shows, or similar activity; or (b) "land use technical support resources," which consist of the drafting, updating, creating, or maintaining pamphlets, articles, templates, guidebooks, websites, apps, models, or other technical deliverables approved by the advisory board; or (c) "other," activities that the advisory board determines are supportive of land use training, education, or resource development. (3) An applicant must timely submit a complete application package to be considered for approval within the Land Use Fund program. A complete application package must include, at a minimum: (a) a fully completed and signed Land Use Training Fund Grant Application Form; (b) a comprehensive scope of work detailing the agenda or project deliverables being proposed; (c) a roster listing the proposed project team; (d) a timeline associated with the proposed activities; and (e) a line-item budget detailing the proposed expenditures. (4) All final deliverables associated with a land use-funded project shall be provided to the state for open and free use at the conclusion of the project's agreement period. This includes copies, files, or recordings of presentations, seminars, tools, resources, guidebooks, documents, marketing materials, and non-proprietary data. The state reserves the right to market, publish, unpublish, disclose, distribute, and otherwise use, in whole or in part, any reports, data, or other materials prepared by an applicant under an associated agreement in any form at any time as they see fit. (5) The following factors should be considered when determining whether to approve, approve with conditions, or deny a grant application: (a) timely submission of a complete application; (b) previous experience in providing training or resources; (c) how well the education or resource fits in with the land use education and training objectives of Subsection 13-43-203(1)(i)(i); (d) whether the training or resource addresses current Utah land use law, planning issues, and best practices; (e) the target audience; (f) the location or region of the state targeted by the education or resource; (g) cost estimates, including cost-per-attendee or cost-per-use estimates; (h) the expected number of students, hours of instruction, and the ratio of students per dollar spent, or the expected number of potential users of the resource; (i) if a training, the percentage of training costs paid for by the student; (j) any other considerations deemed important by the advisory board, the ombudsman, or the executive director; and (k) available funds.