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Question Instructions <br />Applicant Information (pug" J of the application): Please till in all areas completely. The applicant is the <br />agency requesting funding. The contact name will be considered the leader of the project for the app1icant <br />agency. The contact should also be the individual who will present the project and will he available for <br />questions from the COG. <br />AppHc~nl Thresholds (page 1 of the application): Your projecll11ust meet each of these rcquir~ments to <br />be considered. Please check each box and include the necessary docllmentation with your application. If <br />your project does not meet all of the listed requirements and/or your application does not include the <br />necessary documentation to support your claims, it will not be considered for funding. <br />Project Budgel (page 2 ofth" application): The top line (Distressed County Funds Requested) is to list <br />how much tunding you are asking the COO to consider awarding your project. The columns to the right then <br />ask you to include the specific breakdovm as to how and in what phase or phases (if a construction project) <br />the money will be utilized. Please be as accurate as possible. <br />The following lines and columns are tor other funding sources you have secured or for which you have <br />applied. Again. please be as accurate as possible and fill in the final column for each signifying the status of <br />the lunding source (whether or not the funding has been secured). <br />The "Project Total" line is tlW the total cost of the project the application represents. The sum of all the <br />tunding sources lines should accurately add to the tigure listed here. Additionally, please also accurately <br />include the breakdown for phases listed to the right, again making sure the sums of the previous columns are <br />equal to the amount placed on each line. <br />Di tresSed Count ' funt! M~lt·cllin2. Ratiu (page 2 of ttie application): This line is to show ",'hat <br />percentage of the total project hudget the applicant is providing in local funding. For instance, if the total <br />project budget is $100,000 and the application is for $50,000 with combined other funding sources of <br />another $50,000 and thl: local funding source component is $20.000, the Ratio would be 20%. <br />A simple equation to answer this question from the Project Budget is : <br />(Local Government + Other (if a local funding source)) / Project Total = <br />Distressed County Fund Matching Ratio (converted to a pl:rcentage) <br />Projcc1 Narrative (·tarts on page 3 of the application): Please answer each question and sub-question <br />completely. Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. You may attach additional <br />inf()rmation necessary to answer the questions as needed. <br />Special Instructions: Please revicw the following instructions as listed below for specific <br />questions in the Project Narrative. <br />Quest ion 6: Please attach the pertinent sections orlhe agency's plans as listed with which the <br />application is consistent. <br />Qucst'ion 9: Please attach a copy of any feasibility or prcdevelopment studies. <br />Question II: You must include the key assumptions (if any) and their justilications, methodolog). <br />and calculations upon which your businesses created/retained estimate is based. Simply providing a <br />7