1. Grant Preparation and Submission: a. Develop the grant application with necessary information and support provided by the Southern Georgia Regional Commission. b. Prepare and submit the grant application in accordance with the deadlines and requirements outlined in the published Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Upon successful award of grant funds, additional activities shall include: 2. Grant Administration: The consultant will assist the Southern Georgia Regional Commission with grant management and will be primarily responsible for implementing the grant project. 3. Property Identification and Inventory: The consultant will be asked to work with the Regional Commission to identify, develop, and refine a catalog of potential brownfield properties. Included in this work will be the development and implementation of a set of criteria to prioritize the identified properties for evaluation. 4. Site Characterization and Assessment Activities: As part of the work, the consultant will be asked to conduct Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) and Phase II ESAs, if applicable. Included in this task is the development of the following plans: a. Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), b. Site-specific Quality Assurance Project Plans (SS-QAPPs), c. Health and Safety Plans (HASP), and d. Site investigation reports. Documents are required to follow applicable state and industry standards including ASTM and All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) standards for property transactional work. 5. Community Involvement Assistance: The consultant will be asked to support the Regional Commission in public involvement and community outreach activities to ensure that the community concerns are considered and addressed in the assessment planning and execution process of the projects. The following activities may be included. a. Develop a community engagement plan that details a strategy for involving the community in brownfield activities b. Conduct public meetings and hearings to solicit community interest and provide educational information c. Facilitate a brownfield working group that will be tasked with reviewing and recommending sites to beassessed d. Develop and implement effective methods of communicating information about the brownfield program to the public (website, information sheets, mailings, etc.) e. Consult with prospective private landowners and developers to encourage participation in the program 6. Cleanup and Development Planning: The consultant will be asked to complete sitespecific cleanup and redevelopment planning documents, including Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA), site remediation work plans, conceptual redevelopment site plans, etc. In addition, the Consultant may be asked to conduct community visioning sessions, charrettes, and/or workshops to solicit input and generate redevelopment options regarding the redevelopment of specific properties. The Consultant may also assist in the negotiation of brownfields agreements with the state regulatory agency. 7. Other Brownfield-Related Duties: Other duties may be required for a successful program but have not been anticipated in this call forservices.
