Local Waterfront Revitalization Program

The NYS Department of State (Department or DOS) is soliciting applications through the New York State Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (EPF LWRP) from eligible villages, towns, cities located along New York’s coasts or designated inland waterways, or counties (with the written consent and acting on behalf of one or more eligible villages, towns, cities) to advance the preparation or implementation of strategies for community and waterfront revitalization through the following grant categories: • Preparing or Updating a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), including       Updating an LWRP to be More Resilient to Climate Risks• Preparing an LWRP Component, including a Watershed Management Plan• Implementing an LWRP or a completed LWRP Component New York State’s approach to managing waterfront areas recognizes that municipalities are in the best position to determine their own waterfront objectives and needs in a manner consistent with the goals and requirements of the Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act. Accordingly, the Department encourages waterfront communities to prepare and implement Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs (LWRPs) with financial and technical assistance provided through this grant program. See Section IV. Eligible Activities for more information on each grant categories. The Department encourages applications for projects which achieve more resilient waterfront communities. New York communities are increasingly vulnerable to more intense and frequent rain events, extreme heat, drought, and greater flooding and shoreline erosion caused by heavy rain, runoff, intense winds, and wave action which have been exacerbated by climate change. To help address these issues and improve community readiness to apply for construction funding through the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act and other funding sources, in this solicitation, the Department is prioritizing applications to prepare a planning or feasibility study and/or design for:• Projects that preserve, restore, and/or enhance natural landscapes that protect water quality and catalyze waterfront revitalization and projects that lead to the preservation or restoration of natural landscapes, such as forests, floodplains and wetlands, dunes, estuaries, marshes, riparian zones, riverine systems, and shellfish restoration. Projects may include:o Natural and nature-based shoreline stabilizationo Living shorelineso Vegetated bufferso Culvert rightsizingo Natural sediment transport restorationo Runoff reduction and/or reduction of watershed imperviousness and preservation of groundwater infiltration• Stormwater projects that address water quality and green infrastructure such as raingardens, bioretention areas, stormwater green streets, and porous pavement.• Projects to make public facilities, including parks, trails, blueway trails, etc. more resilient to potential severe weather and flooding impacts including water quality improvements.• Projects which mitigate barriers to diadromous species migration including but not limited to River Herring, American Eel and Brook Trout.Applications can include one planning project or one implementation project. The minimum State assistance request for EPF LWRP grant funding per grant application is $50,000 and the maximum State assistance request is $2 million. Applications requesting under $50,000 in EPF LWRP grant funding will be disqualified and will not be scored.• Planning projects may include preparation of an LWRP, LWRP Component or Watershed Management Plan.• Implementation projects may include feasibility, marketing, design, design/construction, and construction.• One implementation project may include construction of a variety of enhancements such as living shorelines, natural and nature-based features, green infrastructure, public docking, fishing access, trails and other amenities if they will all be constructed on the same site.• Applications may include multiple implementation projects in multiple locations only if the projects are similar in type/scope and clearly address a common critical issue identified in an LWRP, Watershed Management Plan, or relevant LWRP Component funded by the Department. For example, replacement of multiple undersized culverts within a watershed.• Only applications for projects that can be completed within five years will be considered.• Applicants may submit more than one grant application. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Total MWBE Participation Goals: 25% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 6% Due date:07/31/2024 4:00 PM Live Webinar May 22, 2024. Questions due June 17, 2024. Contract term: Five Years or less County(ies): All NYS counties Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Please see attached prior awards list.