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(2) “Base funding level” means the levels found in the table in s. Adm 48.05 (1).
(3) “Comprehensive plan” means a plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.
(4) “Council” means the Wisconsin land council as defined in s. 15.107 (16), Stats.
Note: Section 15.107 (16), Stats., Wisconsin Land Council, was repealed in 2011 Wisconsin Act 257.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.
(5) “Department” means the department of administration.
(6) “Grantee” means an applicant that has been awarded a grant under a signed grant agreement with the department.
(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.
(8) “Grant period” means the period of time specified in s. Adm 48.09 (2).
(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.
(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.
(11) “Plan” and “planning effort” means a comprehensive plan as defined in s. 66.1001 (1) (a), Stats.
(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.
(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.
(14) “Planning grant priority list” means the department’s ranking of grant applications by the numeric order of the scores.
History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.03 Eligible activities.
(1) An applicant may apply to the department for a grant to develop a plan or plan update for any of the following activities:
(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.
(b) Development of the plan document including printing costs.
(c) Public participation and outreach activities including educational materials, citizen surveys, internet activities and newsletters.
(d) Development, purchase and documentation of data, maps and computerized information used within the plan or plan update as follows:
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.
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.
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).
(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).
(2) The following activities are ineligible for funding under this grant:
(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.
(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.
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. 
(c) Costs incurred by the applicant to prepare the grant application.
(d) Activities undertaken by applicants that have received a fully funded planning grant under s. Adm 48.05 within the previous ten years.
(e) Purchase of property or land.
History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.04 Grant application.
(1) The department shall make the planning grant manual available by September 1st of each year.
(2) All grant applications shall be completed on forms provided by the department and follow instructions according to the planning grant manual.
(3) All grant applications shall be approved by specific action of each governmental unit participating.
(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.
(5) Signed grant applications must be received by the department by November 1st.
(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).
History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.05 Planning grants.
(1) The department shall provide grants based on the population from the department’s official population estimates of the local governmental unit and the base funding level noted in the table below.
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(2) Subject to availability of funds, applicants shall be eligible for not less than 50% of the base funding level noted in sub. (1) except as provided in sub. (3).
(3) When an applicant’s cost for the comprehensive plan is less than the base funding level noted in sub. (1), the community shall be eligible for up to 75% of the actual plan costs not to exceed the eligible grant amount in sub. (2).
Example: A town’s population is 300. The town’s proposed cost of plan is $12,000. The town would be eligible for up to a $9,000 grant.
(4) When the population of the applicant is within 5% of the next higher population category, the applicant’s base funding level shall be the average of the 2 categories.
Example: A village’s population is 1,993. The eligible base funding level of the village is $25,000
(5) For a multi-jurisdictional plan, each local governmental unit participating within the application shall add together the base funding levels of each unit participating plus add an additional 10% incentive of the total base funding level for each city, village and town.
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(6) For a multi-jurisdictional plan where all towns within a county participate jointly under a county plan and are included within a single grant application, the maximum grant award shall also include a 10% incentive of the county base funding level.
Note: In s. Adm 48.05 (5), Example 2, if all towns in Holstein Co. participate, the maximum grant award increases by the additional $20,000 incentive (10% of $200,000 = $20,000).
(7) A grantee’s local match is the difference between the total cost for the comprehensive plan development and the grant provided under this chapter. A grantee’s local match may be financed in the annual budget, by in-kind services and through grants from other sources. Not more than 50% of the local match may be through federal grants.
(8) The grant may contain multiple state and federal funding sources. The department shall comply with the requirements and provisions of the funding sources and shall require grantees to comply with any requirements related to the funding sources. Requirements of these funding sources shall be outlined in the planning grant manual.
History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.06 Grant application scoring criteria. The grant application scoring criteria is based upon preferences in s. 16.965 (4), Stats., and shall be scored as follows:
(1) Thirty percent of the total points available shall be assigned to addressing the interests of overlapping or neighboring jurisdictions. Applications may be evaluated based on the applicant:
(a) Providing a list of participants anticipated within the development of a plan or plan update and addressing coordination efforts within the planning process with these participants.
(b) Identifying the process to review existing plans of these participants and identifying discrepancies between plans.
(c) Addressing consistency of plans, especially regarding border issues between jurisdictions.
(d) Addressing implementation efforts to minimize conflicts between jurisdictions.
(e) Including proposals for coordination within extraterritorial boundaries through intergovernmental cooperation techniques.
(f) Including proposals for cooperative agreements.
(g) Engaging in a multi-jurisdictional plan as defined in s. Adm 48.02 (10).
(2) Twenty-five percent of the total points available shall be assigned to providing a specific description of the means by which all of the local, comprehensive planning goals specified in s. 16.965 (4), Stats., will be achieved. Applications may be evaluated based on the applicant:
(a) Addressing each of the goals and discussing the specific elements within s. 66.1001, Stats., in which each of these goals will be addressed.
(b) Describing specific locational issues within the discussion of the goals such as population changes, transportation needs, environmental issues, housing issues and other planning issues.
(c) Describing the goals in a coherent and consistent manner between all goals.
(3) Twenty percent of the total points available shall be assigned to providing a description of the process to identify smart growth areas. Under s. 16.965, Stats., a smart growth area is an area that will enable the development and redevelopment of lands with existing infrastructure and municipal, state and utility services, where practicable, or that will encourage efficient development patterns that are both contiguous to existing development and at densities which have relatively low municipal, state governmental and utility costs. Applications may be evaluated based on the applicant:
(a) Identifying the planning process for identifying potential smart growth areas and the policy implications for implementing these areas.
(b) Describing the implementation of smart growth areas.
(c) Developing these areas cooperatively with adjacent and overlapping jurisdictions.
(d) Identifying demographic, social and economic changes within the past 10 years.
(4) Twelve percent of the total points available shall be assigned to including planning efforts, including subsequent updates and amendments, that include development of implementing ordinances, including ordinances pertaining to zoning, subdivisions and land division. Applications may be evaluated based on the applicant:
(a) Addressing the process of developing or updating ordinances and other implementation strategies that are consistent with the provisions of the plan or plan update.
(b) Identifying land use issues related to new, anticipated, or potential transportation facilities or improvements.
(c) Identifying innovative plan implementation techniques such as improved processes and coordination techniques among neighboring and overlapping jurisdictions, community design guidelines and other techniques.
(d) Describing the level of applicant’s zoning authority.
(5) One percent of the total points available shall be assigned to including planning efforts contemplated for completion within 30 months from the date the grant is awarded.
(6) Twelve percent of the total points available shall be assigned to including planning efforts that provide opportunities for public participation throughout the planning process. Applications may be evaluated based on the applicant:
(a) Identifying the process for determining and adopting public participation procedures and address all requirements found in s. 66.1001 (4) (a), Stats.
(b) Proposing creative and innovative public participation efforts.
(c) Providing a variety of opportunities for broad public participation throughout the planning process.
(d) Providing opportunities for neighboring and overlapping jurisdictions to participate.
History: CR 01-086: cr. Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02.
Adm 48.07 Grant application evaluation.
(1) The department shall evaluate and score applications based on the scoring under s. Adm 48.06.
(2) When developing the planning grant priority list, the department through a peer review process identified within the planning grant manual, shall rank all applications according to the applicant’s total score received.
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