Scoring Process & Selection Criteria for TFRLCP Grants Council Adoption
"Explore the scoring process & selection criteria for granting Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program (TFRLCP) awards. Learn about the priorities, development of criteria, and the project review committee guiding the process." (490 characters)
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Consideration by Council Adoption of the Scoring Process for Evaluating and Awarding TFRLCP Grants Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program Council Meeting January 28, 2016
HB 1925, Section 84.010 The Council shall - give priority to applications that protect highly productive agricultural lands that are susceptible to development, including subdivision and fragmentation; and
HB 1925, Section 84.010 The Council shall - Adopt a scoring process to be used in evaluating applications that considers the following: maintenance of landscape and watershed integrity to conserve water and natural resources protection of habitats for native plant and animal species, including habitats for endangered, threatened, rare, or sensitive species potential for leveraging state money allocated to the program with additional public or private money proximity of the subject property to other protected lands the term of the proposed easement, whether perpetual or for a term of 30 years a resource management plan agreed to by both parties and approved by the Council
Selection Criteria Development TPWD assembled a Project Review Committee for the purpose of Developing selection criteria Ranking project applications Making project recommendations to the Council
Project Review Committee Tim Birdsong, Ecosystem/Habitat Assessment Chief, Inland Fisheries Division Justin Dreibelbis, Private Lands and Public Hunting Program Director, Wildlife Division Corky Kuhlmann, Land Conservation Program Senior Project Manager, Executive Office Jeff Raasch, Statewide Wetland Habitat Program Leader, Wildlife Division Ted Hollingsworth, Land Conservation Program Director, Executive Office
Proposed Selection Criteria Total possible score 100 Threat of development or other conversion to productive working lands (20) Value (20) Watershed value (20) Fish and wildlife value (20) Contribution to a conservation landscape (10) Terms of the conservation easement (10)
The staff recommends the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council adopt the following motion: The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council adopts the Scoring Criteria attached as Exhibit A and authorizes their use for all purposes related to the ranking of applications for the 2016 grant cycle.
