PUBLIC LAW 95-625—NOV. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 3541
GRANTS TO I M P L E M E N T PROGRAM
SEC. 1006. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide 70 per centum Grants. matching rehabilitation and innovative grants directly to eligible 16 USC 2505. general purpose local governments upon his approval of applications therefor by the chief executives of such governments. (1) At the discretion of such applicants, and if consistent with an Transference of approved application, rehabilitation and innovation grants may be grants. transferred in whole or in part to independent special purpose local governments, private nonprofit agencies or county or regional park authorities: Provided, That assisted recreation areas and facilities owned or managed by them offer recreation opportunities to the general population within the jurisdictional boundaries of an eligible applicant. (2) Payments may be made only for those rehabilitation or innova- Payments tive projects which have been approved by the Secretary. Such payments may be made from time to time in keeping with the rate of progress toward the satisfactory completion of a project, except that the Secretary may, when appropriate, make advance payments on approved rehabilitation and innovative projects in an amount not to exceed 20 per centum of the total project cost. (3) The Secretary may authorize modification of an approved project only when a grantee has adequately demonstrated that such modification is necessary because of circumstances not foreseeable at the time a project was proposed. (b) Innovation grants should be closely tied to goals, priorities, and Innovation implementation strategies expressed in local park and recreation grants. recovery action programs, with particular regard to the special considerations listed in section 1007(b)(2). LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO SYSTEM RECOVERY AND MAINTENANCE
SEC. 1007. (a) As a requirement for project approval, local govern- 16 USC 2506. ments applying for assistance under this title 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 Recovery action park and recreation recovery action programs which maximize coordi- programs. nation 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 title, 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 Five-year action Secretary, as a condition of eligibility, a five-year action program for programs for park and park and recreation recovery that satisfactorily demonstrate: (1) systematic identification of recovery objectives, priorities, recreation recovery. 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 title shall thereafter continue to be ade; quately maintained, protected, staffed, and supervised;
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