§ 2506. — Local commitments to system recovery and maintenance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC2506]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 45--URBAN PARK AND RECREATION RECOVERY PROGRAM
Sec. 2506. Local commitments to system recovery and maintenance
(a) Recovery action programs; preliminary action programs; five-year
recovery action programs; continuing planning process
As a requirement for project approval, local governments applying
for assistance under this chapter shall submit to the Secretary evidence
of their commitments to ongoing planning, rehabilitation, service,
operation, and maintenance programs for their park and recreation
systems. These commitments will be expressed in local park and
recreation recovery action programs which maximize coordination of all
community resources, including other federally supported urban
development and recreation programs. During an initial interim period to
be established by regulations under this chapter, this requirement may
be satisfied by local government submissions of preliminary action
programs which briefly define objectives, priorities, and implementation
strategies for overall system recovery and maintenance and commit the
applicant to a scheduled program development process. Following this
interim period, all local applicants shall submit to the Secretary, as a
condition of eligibility, a five-year action program for park and
recreation recovery that satisfactorily demonstrate:
(1) systematic identification of recovery objectives,
priorities, and implementation strategies;
(2) adequate planning for rehabilitation of specific recreation
areas and facilities, including projections of the cost of proposed
projects;
(3) capacity and commitment to assure that facilities provided
or improved under this chapter shall thereafter continue to be
adequately maintained, protected, staffed, and supervised;
(4) intention to maintain total local public outlays for park
and recreation purposes at levels at least equal to those in the
year preceding that in which grant assistance is sought beginning in
fiscal year 1980 except in any case where a reduction in park and
recreation outlays is proportionate to a reduction in overall
spending by the applicant; and
(5) the relationship of the park and recreation recovery program
to overall community development and urban revitalization efforts.
Where appropriate, the Secretary may encourage local governments to meet
action program requirements through a continuing planning process which
includes periodic improvements and updates in action program submissions
to eliminate identified gaps in program information and policy
development.
(b) Recovery action program special considerations
Action programs shall address, but are not limited to the following
considerations:
(1) Rehabilitation of existing recreational sites and
facilities, including general systemwide renovation; special
rehabilitation requirements for recreational sites and facilities in
areas of high population concentration and economic distress; and
restoration of outstanding or unique structures, landscaping, or
similar features in parks of historical or architectural
significance.
(2) Local commitments to innovative and cost-effective programs
and projects at the neighborhood level to augment recovery of park
and recreation systems, including but not limited to recycling of
abandoned schools and other public buildings for recreational
purposes; multiple use of operating educational and other public
buildings; purchase of recreation services on a contractual basis;
use of mobile facilities and recreational, cultural, and educational
programs or other innovative approaches to improving access for
neighborhood residents; integration of recovery program with
federally assisted projects to maximize recreational opportunities
through conversion of abandoned railroad and highway rights-of-way,
waterfront, and other redevelopment efforts and such other federally
assisted projects as may be appropriate; conversion of recreation
use of street space, derelict land, and other public lands not now
designated for neighborhood recreational use; and use of various
forms of compensated and uncompensated land regulation, tax
inducements, or other means to encourage the private sector to
provide neighborhood park and recreation facilities and programs.
The Secretary shall establish and publish in the Federal Register
requirements for preparation, submission, and updating of local park and
recreation recovery action programs. In order to be eligible to receive
``at-risk youth recreation grants'' a local government shall amend its
5-year action program to incorporate the goal of reducing crime and
juvenile delinquency and to provide a description of the implementation
strategies to achieve this goal. The plan shall also address how the
local government is coordinating its recreation programs with crime
prevention efforts of law enforcement, juvenile corrections, and youth
social service agencies.
(c) Recovery action program grants
The Secretary is authorized to provide up to 50 per centum matching
grants to eligible local applicants for program development and planning
specifically to meet the objectives of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 95-625, title X, Sec. 1007, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3541; Pub.
L. 103-322, title III, Sec. 31504, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1889.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322 inserted at end of concluding
provisions ``In order to be eligible to receive `at-risk youth
recreation grants' a local government shall amend its 5-year action
program to incorporate the goal of reducing crime and juvenile
delinquency and to provide a description of the implementation
strategies to achieve this goal. The plan shall also address how the
local government is coordinating its recreation programs with crime
prevention efforts of law enforcement, juvenile corrections, and youth
social service agencies.''
``Secretary'' Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub.
L. 95-625, set out as a note under section 2503 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2505, 2508, 2512 of this
title.
