§ 5005. Application Deficiencies and Appeals

(a) Open Application Process Application Deficiency. The Committee will review applications received during an Open Application Process to determine if the application is complete and an application with deficiencies will be deemed incomplete. CDLAC will provide the Applicant with written notification of an incomplete application and provide five (5) business days for the Applicant to cure the deficiencies. If deficiencies are not cured within the five (5) day period, the Application will be disqualified. This provision shall not apply during the Competitive Application Process.

(b) Competitive Application Process Application Deficiency.

(1) Determination of completeness, compliance with minimum requirements, the scoring of the application, and any application submission requirements pursuant to these regulations and the application form shall be based on the documents contained in the application as of the final filing deadline, except as provided in (2) below. Applications not meeting all application information and submission requirements shall be considered incomplete, and shall be disqualified from receiving an

Allocation during the cycle in which the application was determined incomplete. Disqualified applicants shall be notified in writing by the Committee of the basis for disqualification and may appeal the disqualification under subdivision.

(2) No additional documents pertaining to: minimum requirements; scoring categories; and any application submission requirements pursuant to these regulations and the application form shall be accepted after the application-filing deadline unless the Executive Director, at their sole discretion, determines that the deficiency is an application omission of either a document existing as of the application-filing deadline, or a document certifying to a condition existing at the time of the applicationfiling deadline. Any submission of additional documents, including as part of an appeal for an application disqualified under subdivision (c), shall include evidence demonstrating either the document existed as of the application-filing deadline, or the document certifies to a condition existing at the time of the application-filing deadline. It is within the Executive Director’s discretion to request any clarifying information or material regarding the additional document(s).