761—165.22(465B) Application.
	165.22(1) Submission. An eligible applicant shall complete and submit an application on a form and in the quantity prescribed by the department.
	a. 	An eligible applicant may submit more than one application in a funding cycle.
	b. 	Two or more eligible applicants may submit a joint application and are encouraged to do so when a project requires mutual action. A joint application shall designate a lead applicant to serve as the principal contact with the department.
	c. 	The application deadline shall be on the first day of the fiscal year for which funding has been provided to the program and any additional stated deadline as deemed necessary by the department to fully award program funding.
	d. 	Applications shall be received by the department or postmarked by the stated application deadline.
	165.22(2) Contents of application. Each application shall contain the following:
	a. 	The applicant’s name, mailing address and telephone number, and the contact person who will serve as liaison with the department.
	b. 	A project concept statement including a location map, a cross section and a sketch of the project intended to be constructed with program funds. The proposed project need not be designed before applying, but the concept must be reasonable from a transportation engineering standpoint and detailed enough to generate project cost estimates.
	c. 	An itemized cost estimate for the total project to be constructed showing for each item the cost and funding source. When a project is part of a larger multiphase project, the application shall differentiate the costs and scope of the proposed construction project from the costs and scope of the overall multiphase project.
	d. 	A time schedule for project completion. A time schedule adjustment may be approved by the department if the project involves unusually complex studies, extensive real estate negotiations, extensive analyses for environmental clearances, complex planning for associated developments, or another compelling reason.
	e. 	An adequate justification for the recreational trails project based on the project eligibility criteria in subrule 165.12(2) and the evaluation criteria in subrule 165.26(2).
	f. 	A formal resolution passed by the governing body of the responsible authority endorsing the application and the timeline for project completion provided therein. The resolution shall also state that the proposed trail project will be adequately maintained and made available for the intended public use for a minimum of 20 years after completion of the project.
	165.22(3) Funding requests. An applicant shall specify in the application the amount of grant funding requested from the recreational trails program and may offer a matching fund contribution larger than is required.
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