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Review Process: <br />Kittitas County's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC)will review all complete applications. <br />Q.ualifying applicants will be provided the opportunity to present their projects to the LTAC and <br />answer questions.Capital project applications will be scored based on the information <br />provided by the applicant,ranked,and funding recommendations with supporting information <br />will be submitted to the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners.The ranking will determine, <br />generally,the order in which the applications will be considered for funding from the highest <br />being considered first to the lowest receiving the last consideration.However,all municipalities <br />which submit at least one qualifying application in a given year must receive funding <br />consideration before a second application from a municipality which has been recommended <br />for a funding award is considered.The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)has final <br />approval authority for the list of recommendations. <br />Prior to making a final decision,the BOCC will publicly deliberate on the recommendations <br />received from the LTAC.Applicants may also be requested to present their projects to the <br />BOCC and answer questions. <br />Scoring sheets utilized by the LTAC to rank applications for capital projects are included in this <br />packet for your reference and information.Applications which do not receive a minimum <br />score of at least 75 points,do not provide at least 50%matching funds,or do not follow the <br />submission instructions will not be considered for funding. <br />Application Definitions: <br />Below is a list of terms and phrases which have a specific meaning within this application.It <br />may be helpful for you to review these as you prepare responses so that a better understanding <br />of the reviewer's expectations may be obtained. <br />Capital Asset is any type of property that has a useful life longer than one year and is <br />valued at over $5,000.00. <br />Construction or "Hard"Costs are the direct contractor costs for labor,material, <br />equipment and services;contractor's overhead and profit,and other direct construction <br />costs.These costs do not include the compensation paid to architects,engineers,or <br />consultants,the cost of land,right-of-ways,or other similar costs. <br />Matching Funds is the amount of funding your organizations has secured and is <br />contributing to the project.This includes both direct and indirect support.Direct funds <br />can be in the form of cash funding from your organization or funding secured <br />elsewhere but dedicated to the project such as other grants,loans,donations,etc. <br />Indirect funding support includes in-kind support like labor,volunteer support,supplies, <br />and services which directly relate to the project or event,including those supplied by <br />your organization and others. <br />Municipality is an incorporated city,county,or town. <br />Real Property is fixed property,principally land and buildings.