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COMMISSIONER LUEDER: Okay. The reason I ask
that is like in the case of restoration where all the
funds aren't applied for, I remember an instance a
couple of years ago where over a million dollars went to
a project that scored in the low 30s, and so that
concerns me. I'm not against restoration in any way,
but I do like to see our money go towards projects that
are good projects that are going to get back the
restoration dollars that we put into it as far as
cost/benefit ratio. So that's my concern. And I'd like
to see some sort of investigation to see what it would
take to put a minimum score in there because I just
don't like to see our dollars thrown away on projects
that aren't that good a quality.
OHV STAFF FERNANDEZ: That's something we can
take a look at at our next regulatory review.
CHIEF JENKINS: And just for the record, when we
went to the no minimum-score criteria, it was because at
the time there were several grant categories where money
was being requested, people were falling below the
cut-off point of where we were scoring, and then the
money wasn't being distributed. And the question became
when you look at the applications, if you have a
qualifying application, in other words, if you're asking
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OHMVR COMMISSION MEETING April 5, 2011 MINUTES - APPROVED