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Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission 2016 Marine Patrol Federal Financial Assistance Grant Program SECTION 3 -FY 2016 GRANT APPLICATION LOCAL FUNDING MATCH: MLE FUNDING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. a) 100% match requirement if agency receives $10,000 or less of VRF fees. b) 50% match requirement if agency receives more than $10,000 in VRF fees. c) State Parks feels the most successful RBS programs have support in their local communities. The clearest sign of support is the amount of funds budgeted by county commissioners or city councils for local RBS programs. State Parks is prioritizing its federal assistance grants for communities that have made RBS programs a priority by budgeting local dollars for their program. State Parks does not want to discourage or prevent a community that has made marine law enforcement a priority from receiving federal assistance grants, however State Parks 1) would like to increase the local commitment for funding boating safety and 2) is unable to fund local marine law enforcement programs by itself so it is prioritizing funding to those communities that can provide a local match. The documentation of local match should show what local funds have been budgeted for the agency's marine law enforcement program for 2016 -the same funds that when spent, would be reported in the vessel registration expenditure report. For the purposes of the financial assistance grants application, State Parks would accept an official budget document on agency letterhead, signed by the police chief or sheriff as evidence of the financial commitment made by the community and would suffice to meet the match requirement for the 2016 federal assistance grants. State Parks is only considering locally provided funds as match. Other grant funds or in-kind contributions would not meet these criteria. Describe the agency's match category (100% or 50%) and how those local matching funds will be used. Kittitas County falls in the 50% match of vessel registration fees category. Matching funds will be used to provide saleries and benefits for Marine Patrol deputies working on normal patrol time. For each shift where a deputy is working marine patrol funded by grant money, a matching deputy will be working as well funded through vessel registration fees .. BOATING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT P&R A-300 (REV. 12/2015) 17