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I I I I I I I I ! I I, I I I I I I I 6 Seventy-five percent of the projects in the Fully Developed Area, Area of Planned Urbanization, and Freestanding Growth Centers could have been funded with a 75 percent grant-25 percent local match and all of them could have been funded with a 50 percent grant-50 percent local match. Eighty-three percent of the projects in the Rural Area could have been funded with a 75 percent grant-25 percent local match and the same amount could have been funded with a 50 percent grant-50 percent local match. Staff recommends that the grant maximums set in FY '82 be used for FY '83. E. EXCEEDING GRANT MAXIMUM For FY '82 the Council recommended: "In any planning area, the grant maximum may be doubled if'all qualified projects in that area are funded prior to redistribution of unused funds to other planning areas." "That recognizing the need for flexibility in administering the 'grants~ State Planning Agency (now Dept. of Energy, Planning & Dev.) has the discretion of awarding approximately ten percent in excess of the grant maximum and that the State Planning Agency report annually to the Commission as to the impact of the grant maximum and limitations and exceptions noted." The first policy was not used since there were more applications than available funds. It is unlikely that there will be a year when grant funds will exceed applications. However, should such a situation arise, this is an appropriate way of distributing excess funds. The 10 percent discretion DEPD has is also an appropriate policy. Both recommendation should be applied in FY '82. DEPD will cogent on this issue at the February 1 Commiss ion meeting. F. NUMBER OF GRANTS PER CO~qMUNITY In FY '82 the Council recommended: - no limit on grants to communities in the Fully Developed Area~ limit of one grant per community in the Area of Planned Urbanization, Freestanding Growth Centers and Rural Area; an additional grant may be made to a community which receives a grant for a boat launch. If boat launch projects are given a top funding priority as recommended by the Water Access Task Force, these grant limitations are appropriate for FY '83.