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Nuts & Bolts: EPA Brownfields Grant Applications A TAB/KSU Partner

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RANKING CRITERIA SECTIONS • Community Need • Project Description & Feasibility of Success • Community Engagement & Partnerships • Project Benefits • Programmatic Capability & Past Performance • Each Criterion is made up of sub-criteria o Answer everything!! If something doesn’t apply, say so, but answer everything!! o Sub-criteria may be different per grant type and point totals may vary A TAB/KSU Partner

COMMUNITY NEED-BEGIN THE COMPELLING STORY This section sets the stage for the rest of the Proposal • Assume the reviewer knows nothing about where you’re located, who you are • Clearly Identify your Target Area and brownfield(s) you plan to tackle • Who is impacted by brownfields • How are they impacted

COMMUNITY NEED, CONTINUED • Demographics-respond with requested data o Provide and contrast your census-based demographic data as well as other data and information (such as per capita income, education deficits) o Connect the dots: Explain/expand upon statistics Clearly describe the social and economic situation of your target area and your (the applicant’s) financial constraints. Discuss public health impacts from cumulative sources and brownfields sites A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Demographic Information and Indicators of Need Center Coalmont Clay City Clay Co. State US Point Total Population ' 331 223 764 26,797 6,542,411 314,107,084 Percent Minority ' 0.9 0.4 0.0 2.4 19.8 37.2 Poverty rate ' 9.5 15.2 15.6 16.3 24.1 15.7 Bachelor's degree or higher ' 23.6% 18.7% 4.7% 12.9% 14.4% 14.2% Unemployment Rate 2 NA NA NA 5.0% 4.4% 5.0% Median household income ' 51,250 49,446 53,482 45,469 32,014 46,228 30.5% 24.2% 22.5% 22.9% 23.7% 23.0% Children (18 or younger) 1 Women of child-bearing 38.5% 38.8% 36.6% 38.8% 39.4% 47.9% Elderly (Over 65 years) 1 4.2% 13.6% 13.7% 16.6% 19.8% 15.9% Median Age 1 40.1 34.3 39.2 40.6 37.2 37.4 1 US Census, 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates; 2 Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016); NA – Data not available at that level; *Note – Data for Bowling Green was not available. A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Demographic Information and Indicators of Need Medford Focus Area 1 Central Point White Grants Pass Grants Pass Focus Area 2 State of Oregon Data Type United States Medford City Population 76,648 2,288 17,443 8,355 34,916 6,560 3,900,343 314,107,084 Unemployment Rate 5.7% 17% 8.2% 8.3% 6.7% 21% 5.6% 6.5% Poverty Rate 22.3% 61% 11.8% 18.8% 22.3% 48% 16.7% 15.6% Child Poverty 31.1% 74% 17.4% 15.9% 30.8% 57% 21.7% 21.6% % Minority Population 9.5% 47% 7.5% 12.7% 8.2% 22% 14.9% 26.2% Median Household $42,366 $28,488 $46,765 $47,119 $33,240 $37,012 $50,521 $53,482 Income < High School Education 12.5% 40% 14.0% 22.7% 11.0% 14% 10.5% 13.7% Land Area (sq. mi.) 25.73 0.59 3.9 1.87 10.87 2.02 95,988 3,531,905 As evidenced in the demographic table, the two focus areas have poverty rates 2-3 times the national average, and the median income in the Medford focus area is 33% less than the City’s and 44% less than Oregon’s . The Grants Pass focus area median income is not representative due to the presence of a few luxury homes occupied by high income households… Unfortunately, the consequences of these statistics are not contained to adults in the workforce. In 2015-16, 53% of Medford School District students and 63% of Grants Pass School District students qualified for free or reduced lunch. In 2014-15, the Medford school district had 1,206 students who were classified as A TAB/KSU Partner homeless .

Community Need: Brownfields and Their Impacts … targeted area is predominantly residential, and is riddled with former gasoline stations, many still contain USTs. Of upmost importance to the residents is a vacant lot, formerly a gasoline station, known to contain multiple USTs. The lot is located next to the Genealogical Society to the east, the post office to the south, and residential neighborhoods down gradient to the north and west…the County suspects some petroleum impacts are present. Following the completion of I-5, many businesses closed or relocated to sites with easy I-5 access leaving brownfields… most evident in our focus area. Adjacent to and within this focus area are more than 30 former auto-related/gas station/dry cleaner parcels totaling more than 10 acres currently unoccupied and/or for sale/lease. Petroleum hydrocarbons and solvents likely have been released at these brownfields, which are located adjacent to focus area residences, exposing nearby residents to volatile contaminants via vapor intrusion into their homes. A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Cumulative Public Health Impacts • Sensitive populations, most especially very-low income households, children under the age of 5, and female single-parent households, make up a significant proportion of the population in the City and target areas. This population is generally in housing that – in addition to being pre-1970 stock and subject to increased lead risk - is nearest to known and suspected brownfields in our community, such as gas and automobile service station sites and neighborhood dry cleaners, animal processing plants. The City is justifiably concerned that these sensitive populations are most at risk for exposure through direct contact with impacted media, ingestion of vapors and/or particles impacted with contaminants, and inhalation of compromised air from nearby industry and major highways. ..it is estimated that 79% of the housing units in Tract 603.01 and 67% of the housing in Tract 603.02 were built before 1970, elevating risk of our most vulnerable populations to health problems ranging from asthma to lead poisoning to cancers . • A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Cumulative Public Health Impacts The AVCOG region has a high rate of chronic lower respiratory disease, asthma, and lung cancer…also considered a high density area in the state for elevated lead blood levels…with 2.4% of children screened have elevated blood levels compared to 0.5% statewide. The health statistics below are daunting… It is suspected that the historical industrial centers have impacted the region’s health including sensitive populations consisting of pregnant women, youth, and the elderly. Sensitive Populations Androscoggin Franklin Oxford State National Health Data – AVCOG Area County County County Asthma Rates Among Children 3 9.3% 4 15.6% 12.9% 13.3% 13.5% 41.6% 4 Chronic Lower Respiratory deaths per 72.8% 70.4% 78.0% 59.8% 100,000 3 Lung Cancer/100,000 81.2 62.8 77.1 74.0 61.0* Brain and Other Nervous System 1 /100,000 15.5 9.4 18.6 15.6 6.4* Elevated blood lead levels in children 2 5.4% 4.7% 6.5% 4.2% 2.5% Obesity (Adults) 2 37.9% 29.0% 28.4% 28.9% 29.4% A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Economic Effects of Brownfields Our target communities are enduring severe economic distress. With the closure of numerous mines over the past 50 years, most of our businesses in the targeted areas and in the County were forced to shutter their doors. Many of our brownfields are located in the heart of these small communities. The combination of mine and business closings, decrease in tax base, and low incomes have resulted in a downward spiraling economic status of our communities, a significant decrease in quality of life, and an exponential increase in drug activity and use. According to the State Police, 2014 data, 163 clandestine methamphetamine labs were seized in Clay County from 2001-2013, compared to 116 seizures during the same time period in Marion County (home to the largest city in the State). A TAB/KSU Partner

Community Need: Economic Effects of Brownfields The closure of White City Boise Cascade Sawmill is an excellent example of the lost opportunity cost associated with brownfields. At its peak, the mill produced 50 million board feet of lumber annually, operating three shifts, and employing more than 200 workers. Over time, the mill went from three shifts to one, and closed in 2008. Annual wages for the 200+ jobs lost averaged $45,000, … state income tax rate in Oregon is 9%, meaning that $810,000 in annual income tax revenues were associated with these lost jobs…the facility paid $214,472 in annual property taxes. Today, the facility is used only for log storage, and in 2016, paid $42,565 in property taxes 14 . More than 15 lumber mills have closed in the Target Area over the last 25 years, so this tale of lost jobs and tax revenue has been told over and over again. A TAB/KSU Partner

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Here’s our plan, here is what we’re spending the money on, and where we can secure more funding to get to redevelopment • Describe the tasks it will take to do the job • Describe the timing of the implementation • How does the project align with our community plans? • Budget is outlined with only eligible tasks-make sure numbers add up! • Describe other sources of funding/resources that you have or may be seeking to ensure completion of the project