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The Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program, funded through a grant from USEPA, provides loans and grants for the cleanup and subsequent redevelopment of brownfield properties.
For-Profit and Non-profit entities can apply for Brownfield RLF loans.
Only Non-profit entities can apply for Brownfield RLF grants.
The City of Toledo cannot be a grant or loan applicant/recipient.
Properties must be located in Lucas County.
Applicants currently under regulatory program compliance are not eligible for funding.
Applicants must demonstrate ability to repay the loan.
Eligible Expenses
Removing, mitigating, or preventing the release or threat of a release of hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product, or controlled substance into the environment.
Asbestos abatement.
Oversight of cleanup activities.
Excavation, consolidation or removal of contaminated soils.
Removal of source materials, including free product
Sampling related to implementation of a selected cleanup plan.
Installation of drainage controls.
Capping of contaminated soils.
Removal of drums, barrels, tanks, or other bulk containers that contain or may contain hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, including petroleum.
Site monitoring activities, including sampling and analysis that are reasonable and necessary during the cleanup process, including determination of the effectiveness of cleanup.
Ineligible Expenses
Pre-cleanup activities such as site assessment.
Addressing drinking water supplies.
Work required under existing permits.
Lead abatement.
Demolition, construction and development activities.
The maximum Brownfield RLF loan for a single project is $405,000 and the minimum is $25,000.
The maximum Brownfield RLF grant for a single project is $200,000 and the minimum is $25,000.
The interest rate of the loan will be set at below market rates and fixed for the life of the loan.
The terms of the loan can be variable and with Committee approval (max. 4 yr.).
Funding recipients must retain ownership of the site throughout the period of performance.
The Brownfield RLF grant will be disbursed on a reimbursement basis following the submittal, review and approval of eligible expenses per the grant agreement.
Loan and grant recipients must employ a Qualified Environmental Professional to verify that properties are being cleaned to an applicable standard.
All projects must follow the Voluntary Action Plan / Memorandum of Understanding process established by USEPA and Ohio EPA.
Toledo Municipal Code Section 187.12(d) requires public improvement contracts of $100,000 or greater, which is funded by the City of Toledo or other sources that do not exclude Project Labor Agreements (“PLA”), to enter into a PLA with the Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council (“NWOBTC”).
Selection Criteria
Projects with Economic Development impact (Job Creation and/or Retention)
Financial Feasibility: demonstrated cash flow sufficient to cover debt service.
Project Feasibility: the project must be realistic, based on market conditions.
Credit Worthiness of the borrower.
Understanding of the environmental conditions.
Nuisance abatement projects are not preferred.
Application Procedures
The applicant must submit a letter including any supporting documentation necessary to the City of Toledo’s Department of Economic and Business Development. If the funding request qualifies for program eligibility and financial feasibility, it will be submitted to the Department of Economic & Business Development Loan Review Committee for review and recommendation. The Loan Review Committee may reject any loan or grant application and the applicant will be provided with the reason for application rejection. Once the Loan Review Committee has approved a loan or grant application, a contract will be drafted. For loans, once all of the contract documents are executed (including signature by the Mayor), a check will be requested. For grants, project expenses are eligible once all of the contract documents are executed (including signature by the Mayor).
Applicants applying for a Brownfield RLF loan will be required to submit a business plan that will include but not be limited to the following information:
Three (3) years historical financial statements (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement)
Three (3) years projected financial statements.
One year (month-by-month) Cash Flow Statement
Personal financial statement (10% ownership or more)
By entering your initials here you certify this submission truthfully and accurately represents your application and is hereby submitted for review. Submission of this application does not, in any way, guarantee that your application will yield a favorable result.
Submission of this application also
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Applicant hereby certifies that the information I provided on this application is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge, under penalty of perjury.
Applicant will comply with all federal, state, and local guidelines related to and regarding the funds related to this program, and will cooperate fully in providing any documents needed pursuant to this program by any governing authority that requires same for verification, authentication or identification purposes or an otherwise reasonable purpose under law.
This agreement and related documents entered into in connection with this agreement are signed when an applicant's signature is delivered by initialing this document electronically and must be treated in all respects as having the same force and effect as original signatures.
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Application Questions
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Applicant Information
1. Company DBA Name:
2. Company Description:
3. NAICS Code: https://www.naics.com/search
4. Project Site Address:
Project Site Information
5. Current Project Site Status:
6. List all individuals with an ownership interest in the Project Site and indicate their percentage of ownership. e.g. Name 1 – x%, Name 2 - y%, etc.
7. Provide a detailed overview of your comprehensive redevelopment plans for the Project Site:
8. Project Construction Type:
Project Overview
9. Total Square Footage of Building Space to be Demolished:
10. Total Square Footage of Building Space to be Constructed:
11. Total Square Footage of Building Space to be Renovated:
12. Provide a detailed overview of the brownfield cleanup activities for which you are requesting funding:
13. Provide a detailed overview of your comprehensive redevelopment plans for the Project Site:
14. Intended Project Start Date:
15. Intended Project Completion Date:
Project Timeline
16. Total Capital Investment: Include the cost of brownfield cleanup activities, as well as any construction or other redevelopment activity costs.
17. Number of Full-Time Equivalent Jobs that will be created as a result of this project:
Project Impact
18. Total new annual payroll (exclusive of benefits) that will be created as a result of this project:
19. Applicant certifies the following by initialing:
Additional Information
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Please respond to the following questions and initial the grant agreement. The information is being gathered to meet reporting requirements of the Federal Community Development Block Grant program and the City of Toledo. Thank you for your participation. Upon completion, your grant funds will be issued.
"Chronically Homeless" definition for Question #6:
A “chronically homeless” individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than 90 days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility.
In order to meet the “chronically homeless” definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least 12 months, or on at least four separate occasions in the last 3 years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least 12 months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least 7 nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter, or in a safe haven.
Chronically homeless families are families with adult heads of household who meet the definition of a chronically homeless individual. If there is no adult in the family, the family would still be considered chronically homeless if a minor head of household meets all the criteria of a chronically homeless individual.
A chronically homeless family includes those whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been homeless.
