Security Improvement Grant Program
Guidelines
To help Coliseum Central Business
Improvement District (DISTRICT) business owners improve the physical security
of their buildings, the DISTRICT has begun a Security Improvement Grant
program. Eligible businesses, building owners and agencies may apply for
grant funding to make physical improvements to enhance the level of security
and safety of their businesses or public spaces. The program requires
that all proposals meet the following guidelines:
Using the recommendations received from a Security Survey or a CPTED
(Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Assessment by the Hampton
Police, applicants must complete an application form available at any
time from the DISTRICT. To request a Security Survey, Call Hampton Police
at 727-6574.
Applications must come from the owners of the property proposed to be
improved, or the applicant must submit evidence that the property owner
has given his/her permission for the improvements to be made.
Funds may only be used for security-related improvements to public or
private land situated near, beside or surrounding DISTRICT businesses.
Eligible projects include lighting enhancements, landscape or structural
enhancements designed to improve visibility, installation of security
alarms or security cameras, or any other physical improvement that will
improve and enhance the security and safety of the neighborhood. Items
that are not eligible for rant funding include monthly charges for surveillance
monitoring, DSL line, or any other item that is considered as maintenance
of the secruity improvement.
Applicants must submit to the DISTRICT for approval a plan for security
improvements containing a description and illustration of planned improvements
and an itemized budget, including design, installation and fabrication
costs.
Any grant funding must be matched by non-DISTRICT funding, and the share
of total cost accounted for by DISTRICT funding may not exceed 50% of
the total improvement costs.
Grant requests from government and nonprofit agencies may be approved
only if the proposed improvement project directly or indirectly improves
security in an area near to businesses within the DISTRICT.
Eligible projects must be located within the DISTRICT.
In reviewing such grant requests, the DISTRICT shall base its funding
decisions on the following guidelines:
1. The project should be well designed and must be based upon the results
of a CPTED Assessment or the results of a Security Survey.
2. The project should enhance the level of security of the subject building
or storefront and/or improve the level of security of the neighborhood.
3. The proposed project improvements should be consistent with the Coliseum
Central Business Improvement District Design Guidelines.
4. The project budget should be well planned, and evidence should be provided
that the 50% non-grant portion of the project budget is available.
5. The project must comply with the Hampton Municipal Code and any other
applicable government laws and regulations. temporary.
7. The project should result in a security-related enhancement of the
neighborhood that would not have occurred without the support of this
program.
8. The project should NOT result in security improvements which are unsightly
or which, in any way, reduce the physical attractiveness of the building
or site.
9. The project should not be so large in scope as to place an undue burden
on the Security Improvement Grant budget.
10. Both the Security Committee and the Board of Directors should endeavor
to avoid approving projects in such a manner as to focus an undue amount
of DISTRICT resources on an individual property owner, business, or area
in the DISTRICT.
Applications for grants should be submitted and approved prior to the project being completed.
Applications for grants may only be approved by the Board of Directors
of the DISTRICT. The Board of Directors will make a good faith effort
to give its approval or denial of such grant requests within 45 days of
receipt by the Board at a regular meeting of the Board.
If the DISTRICT finds itself in receipt of multiple applications for
grant funds in excess of the available budget, then the following procedure
will be used for selecting which project to fund :
For grant requests of $2,000 or less, the DISTRICT Board of Directors
will determine which of the applications best meet the first 8 funding
guidelines outlined above.
For grant requests of $2,001 or more, the DISTRICT Board of Directors
will determine which of the applications best meet the 10 funding guidelines
outlined above.
In order to be eligible for funding, an application must be for a grant
of $2,500 or less. Eligible businesses may only be awarded grant funding
one time in a given fiscal year.
Approved matching grants will be paid on a reimbursable basis upon submission
to Coliseum Central of evidence that the full amount of the invoice for
the subject improvement has been paid in full.
Grant applications will be reviewed by the District's Security Committee
and, if recommended by the committee, will be forwarded to the District's
Board of Directors for final approval. If the Security Improvement Grant
Program administrator determines that the proposed improvements could
be viewed as unattractive, or visually unpleasant, then it may also be
required that the subject grant application be reviewed by the District's
Physical Improvement Committee which may also forward a recommendation
regarding the proposed grant award to the Board of Directors.
For more information about the program
or to obtain an application form, contact the Coliseum Central Business
Improvement District offices at 2021 Cunningham Drive, Suite 101, Hampton,
VA 23666 - Attention: Jackie Gibson (757) 826-6351.
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