NCAC Project Ranking Procedures
Points Sub-committee Draft
1 March 2001

1. Projects must be qualified under the current guidelines no later than the cutoff date announced for each funding session.
2. Large and/or complex neighborhood improvement projects may be done in phases. County Staff will advise the NCAC and the concerned neighborhood whether a project requires planning funds. In such cases, planning funds will be treated as a stand-alone project for funding and will be subject to NCAC points rules. Each of the implementation phases will be awarded 5 additional points and treated as individual projects when they are presented to the NCAC for funding.
3. A Points Committee led by the Vice Chair, with membership including NCAC officers and other volunteer NCAC members, will prepare a draft of points assignments to be discussed by NCAC at the meeting prior to the funding session. The Deputy Vice Chair will act for the Vice Chair in the event the Vice Chair is not available.
4. A table of qualified projects will be presented by staff at the NCAC meeting prior to each funding session and the Points Committee will present its draft points assignments. This will permit questions about projects or issues to be raised and resolved and allow neighborhoods to appeal points committee assessments before the funding session. It will also give NCAC representatives a month to consider the total amount of all projects presented and the available funds.
5. Each neighborhood project will receive all the points allowable based on the point system worksheet.
6. At the funding session, neighborhoods may make brief presentations on qualified projects and the Points Committee will present the final points allocation per project. NCAC will then determine the cutoff point in that funding session. NCAC may make exceptions to the point system if NCAC representatives find it appropriate for a project.
7. Revisions of this point system are likely to be necessary over time. Between funding sessions, the standing Points Committee will formulate any recommended changes for approval by the NCAC.
8. This points system is a tool designed to provide guidance in prioritizing projects for the NCAC during its funding round deliberations.

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