National Park Service

Description

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. Refer to Section 2. Grants.gov Posting Determination. ABSTRACT Grants.gov Opportunity Number Project Title Recipient Anticipated Federal Funding Non-Federal Cost Share Total Anticipated Award Amount Award Instrument Anticipated Period of Performance Legal Authority CFDA # and Title Single Source Justification Criteria National Park Service Point of Contact PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES STATEMENT OF PUBLIC PURPOSE Section 1. Project Summary Task Agreement Cooperative Agreement Grant Agreement Current as of 10/29/2018 $1,000,000 $332,097 $332,097 Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm Corridor Communities Association FY2019 Implementation of Kenai Mountain Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area Management Plan X Oct. 1, 2019 — Sept. 30,2022 54 U.S.C. § 101702(a) 15.939 National Heritage Area Federal Financial Assistance Patrick Lewis, 907-422-0543, patrick_lewis@nps.gov Legislative Intent Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (KMTA NHA) was created by Congress for the capacity to tell nationally important stories about our nation within the heritage area boundaries. The KMTA NHA focuses on encouraging preservation and conservation of the region’s nationally important story of Native Alaskans, Russians, miners and other settlers who traveled in, settled and developed the land within the northeastern Kenai Peninsula and other lands within the heritage area. This Task Agreement focuses on planning, administration, marketing, and preservation and conservation projects that occur during the period of performance of October 2019-September 2022 and are within the scope of the approved management plan for the KMTANHA and serve a public purpose under Public Law. No. 111-11. Management of the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area is fundamentally tied to public purpose. The Recipient’s management plan required by the Act includes a variety of approaches to conserve and interpret the heritage area for the public. These approaches include the promotion of resource conservation; development of interpretive themes; strengthening of partnerships within heritage area; and, encouragement of growth of a regional tourism and recreational economy. The management plan also includes a variety of action areas which may be undertaken to protect or promote the resources of the heritage area, including securing potential partnership funding sources. Furthermore, the plan includes an inventory of the resources contained in the heritage area which may be protected because of their natural, cultural, historic, recreational, or scenic significance for the public. This task agreement will fund community projects that directly support the objectives of the management plan. These projects greatly benefit local communities and the public who live or travel through the heritage area.

Who can apply

• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)

Contact

James T Cato <br/>Contract Specialist <br/>Phone 907-644-3302
james_cato@nps.gov