Register April 2013 No. 688
Chapter Adm 48
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING GRANTS PROGRAM
Adm 48.01 Purpose and authority.
Adm 48.03 Eligible activities.
Adm 48.04 Grant application.
Adm 48.05 Planning grants.
Adm 48.06 Grant application scoring criteria.
Adm 48.07 Grant application evaluation.
Adm 48.09 Grant administration.
Adm 48.01 History
History: CR 01-086: cr.
Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02;
correction made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register July 2011 No. 667.
Adm 48.02
Adm 48.02 Definitions. In this chapter:
Adm 48.02(4)
(4) “Council" means the Wisconsin land council as defined in s.
15.107 (16), Stats.
Adm 48.02 Note
Note: Section 15.107(16), Stats., Wisconsin Land Council, was repealed in
2011 Wisconsin Act 257. Section 48.02 (4) will be modified accordingly in future rule-making by the Department.
Adm 48.02(5)
(5) “Department" means the department of administration.
Adm 48.02(6)
(6) “Grantee" means an applicant that has been awarded a grant under a signed grant agreement with the department.
Adm 48.02(7)
(7) “Grant agreement" or “agreement" means a contract signed by the local governmental unit to complete a comprehensive plan under s.
66.1001, Stats., and the department.
Adm 48.02(9)
(9) “In-kind services" means services rendered by the local governmental unit defined in s.
66.1001 (1) (b), Stats. Federal grant funds are not included as in-kind services.
Adm 48.02(10)
(10) “Multi-jurisdictional plan" means 2 or more local governmental units participating in the development of a single comprehensive plan that covers the jurisdictions of those local governmental units which is adopted separately by each unit under s.
66.1001, Stats. A county comprehensive plan is a multi-jurisdictional plan if the county and 2 or more local governmental units located in the county participate and adopt the plan.
Adm 48.02(12)
(12) “Plan update" means a revision to an existing county development plan under s.
59.69 (3), Stats., or to a master plan under ss.
62.23 (2) or
(3) or
66.0309 (8),
(9) or
(10), Stats., to comply with the comprehensive plan provisions of s.
66.1001, Stats. A plan update may include a revision to an existing comprehensive plan under s.
66.1001, Stats.
Adm 48.02(13)
(13) “Planning grant manual" means the document published annually by the department which includes the grant application, instructions, application and scoring timelines, detailed scoring, application review process, funding availability, and other pertinent information relating to the current grant cycle.
Adm 48.02(14)
(14) “Planning grant priority list" means the department's ranking of grant applications by the numeric order of the scores.
Adm 48.02 History
History: CR 01-086: cr.
Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.03(1)
(1) An applicant may apply to the department for a grant to develop a plan or plan update for any of the following activities:
Adm 48.03(1)(a)
(a) Services and activities included in ss.
16.965 (2) and
16.9651 (2), Stats., including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions, educational activities, and purchase of computerized planning data, planning software and hardware required to utilize planning data or software.
Adm 48.03(1)(b)
(b) Development of the plan document including printing costs.
Adm 48.03(1)(c)
(c) Public participation and outreach activities including educational materials, citizen surveys, internet activities and newsletters.
Adm 48.03(1)(d)
(d) Development, purchase and documentation of data, maps and computerized information used within the plan or plan update as follows:
Adm 48.03(1)(d)1.
1. Digital mapping and data development activities funded under this grant such as geographic information system development shall be consistent with applicable county land records modernization plans developed under s.
59.72 (3) (b), Stats.
Adm 48.03(1)(d)2.
2. Digital mapping and data development activities funded under this grant may not duplicate efforts funded through the Wisconsin land information program under s.
16.966, Stats.
Adm 48.03 Note
Note: Approved land records modernization plans and the planning grant manual can be obtained from the Comprehensive Planning Grant Program, Department of Administration, P.O. Box 8944, Madison, WI 53707 (telephone 608/267-3369).
Adm 48.03(1)(e)
(e) Other activities that the applicant deems necessary in the preparation of a plan or plan update except ineligible activities noted under
s. Adm 48.03 (2).
Adm 48.03(2)
(2) The following activities are ineligible for funding under this grant:
Adm 48.03(2)(a)
(a) Segmented activities not related to the development of a plan or plan update such as highway corridor plans, outdoor recreational plans and recreational trail plans.
Adm 48.03(2)(b)
(b) Planning activities and plan development costs incurred by the applicant prior to the council approving the grant priority list under
s. Adm 48.08.
Adm 48.03 Note
Note: Section 15.107 (16), Stats., Wisconsin Land Council, was repealed in
2011 Wisconsin Act 257. Pursuant to s. 16.9651 (2), Stats., “Prior to awarding a grant under this section, the department shall forward a detailed statement of the proposed expenditures to be made under the grant to the secretary of transportation and obtain his or her written approval of the proposed expenditures." Section 48.03 (2) (b) will be modified accordingly in future rule-making by the Department.
Adm 48.03(2)(c)
(c) Costs incurred by the applicant to prepare the grant application.
Adm 48.03(2)(d)
(d) Activities undertaken by applicants that have received a fully funded planning grant under
s. Adm 48.05 within the previous ten years.
Adm 48.03 History
History: CR 01-086: cr.
Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.04(1)
(1) The department shall make the planning grant manual available by September 1
st of each year.
Adm 48.04(2)
(2) All grant applications shall be completed on forms provided by the department and follow instructions according to the planning grant manual.
Adm 48.04(3)
(3) All grant applications shall be approved by specific action of each governmental unit participating.
Adm 48.04(4)
(4) The department shall review the submitted application for consistency with eligible activity requirements and may delete parts of the request for grant funding that do not reasonably relate to the development and adoption of a plan.
Adm 48.04(5)
(5) Signed grant applications must be received by the department by November 1
st.
Adm 48.04(6)
(6) The department shall make copies of submitted application materials available to the public after the planning grant priority list has been approved under
s. Adm 48.08 (1).
Adm 48.04 History
History: CR 01-086: cr.
Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
