LGIF Project Selection Methodology (DRAFT)

Section 1: Financing Measures

Financing Measures Description Criteria Project Budget Included Most recent financial history. Must include budgets / financial information for the past three years and three year Project Budget Not Included projections. Total Possible Points Applicant clearly demonstrates a secondary Demonstration of viable repayment source to support loan repayment source. award. Secondary source can be in the form of a debt Applicant does not have a secondary reserve, bank participation, a guarantee from a local entity, repayment source. or other collateral. Max Points

Project Budget

5 0 5
5 0

Repayment Structure (Loan Only)

Total Possible Points

Local Match

50% or greater 40-49.99% 30-39.99% Percentage of local matching funds being contributed to the 20-29.99% project. This may include in-kind contributions. 10-19.99% Less than 10%

Total Possible Points

5 5 4 3 2 1 0 5
Points

Section 2: Collaboration Measures

Collaborative Measures Description Criteria Applicant is not a county and has a population of less than 20,000 residents

5 5 3 3 5 5 1 5 5 0 5
Points

Population

Applicant is a county but has less than 235,000 Applicant's population falls within one of the listed categories Applicant is not a county but has a population as determined by the US Census Bureau. 20,001 or greater Applicant is a county with a population of 235,001 residents or more

Total Possible Points

Participating Entities Partnership Agreement(s) and Resolution of Support

Applicant has executed partnership agreements outlining all More than one applicant collaborative partners and participation agreements. Sole Single applicant applicants must provide a resolution of support from Total Possible Points governing entity. Executed Agreement(s) / Resolution Applicant identifies and partners with other entities. No Executed Agreement(s) / Resolution

Total Possible Points

Description 75% or greater 60 to 74.99% 50 to 60.99% 30 to 50.99 Less than 30% Criteria

Section 3: Innovation Measures

Innovation Measures

Expected Return

Applicant demonstrated an expected return in the project budget ranking in one of the following percentage categories.

Total Possible Points

Past Success

Yes Applicant has successfully implemented an efficiency, shared No service, coproduction or merger project in the past. Applicants proposal can be replicated by other local governments or scaled for the inclusion of other local governments. Can be replicated Cannot be replicated

Total Possible Points

Scalable / Replicable Proposal

Total Possible Points

Criteria Yes No

25 20 15 10 5 25 5 0 5 10 0 10
Points Assigned 5 0

Section 4: Supplementary Scoring

Supplementary Scoring Description The project implements a single recommendation from a performance audit or is informed by cost benchmarking.

Performance Audit Implementation / Cost Benchmarking Probability of Success

Total Possible Points

Applicant provides a documented need for the project and clearly outlines how the need will be fulfilled. Provided Not Provided

5
5 0

Total Possible Points

5
5 0

Economic Impact

Demonstrated Applicant demonstrates the project will a promote a business Not Demonstrated environment and will provide for community attraction. Yes

Total Possible Points

5
5 0

Response to Economic Demand

The project responds to current substantial changes in No economic demand for local or regional government services.

Total Possible Points

5
Points Assigned

Section 5: Council Measures

Council Measures Description Criteria

Council Preference

Council Ranking for Competitive Rounds

Total Possible Points Per Project Total Points Supplementary Scoring Criteria

10 80 20 100 As of 11/23/11