Rule-making notices
Notice of Hearings
Department of Administration
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss.
16.004 (1),
16.965 (5) and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., and interpreting ss.
16.965 (2), and
16.9651 (2), Stats., the Department of Administration will hold public hearings to consider the creation of ch.
Adm 48 of the Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the department's comprehensive planning and transportation planning grants to local governmental units.
Hearing Date, Time and Location
Date: September 13, 2001
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Location:
Brown County Central Library
Auditorium (Lower Level)
515 Pine Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
(Use Pine Street Entrance)
Date: September 13, 2001
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Marathon County Public Library
Wausau Room (3rd Floor)
300 1st Street
Wausau, WI 54403
Date: September 14, 2001
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Location:
Eau Claire County Courthouse
Room 2560 (2nd Floor)
721 Oxford Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Date: September 17, 2001
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Dept. of Administration State Office
Building
St. Croix Room (1st Floor)
101 W. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53701
Date: September 18, 2001
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location:
Waukesha County Administration Center
Room 255 (2nd Floor)
1320 Pewaukee Road
Waukesha, WI 53186
The hearing sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Interested persons are invited to present information at the hearing. People appearing may make an oral presentation but are also urged to submit facts, opinions and arguments in writing as well. Written comments from persons unable to attend the public hearing, or who wish to supplement testimony offered at the hearings should be directed to: Donna Sorenson, Department of Administration, P.O. Box 7864, Madison, WI 53707-7864. Written comments must be received by September 30, 2001, to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Administration:
The Wisconsin Land Council is attached to the Department of Administration. The Council is authorized to promulgate rules relating to the methodology of determining preferences in awarding grants.
The purpose of the code is to establish the procedures, methodology and evaluation criteria for planning grants to local governmental units. The proposed rule codifies the application, evaluation and award process used by the department and approved by the Wisconsin Land Council for the FY2001 comprehensive planning and transportation planning grant cycle.
The following are the major provisions proposed by the Department:
1. Specify the activities and costs eligible for grant funding, including consultant services, computer hardware, software and data acquisition and education, outreach and other activities related to development and adoption of a comprehensive plan. [Adm 48.03 (1)]
2. Establish annual grant application procedures and time frames. The department requires the planning grant manual, including all application materials and instructions, to be available by September 1, of each year. The grant application deadline is November 1. [Adm 48.04(1) & (5)]
3. Establish base funding levels based on population estimates of the local governmental unit. At a minimum, the department will fund 50% of the base funding level. [Adm 48.05 (1) & (2)]
4. Provide a financial incentive for local governmental units that incur comprehensive plan development costs below the unit's base funding level. The department may fund up to 75% of the actual plan cost when the cost is less than the base funding level. [Adm 48.05 (3)]
5. Provide a financial incentive for multi-jurisdictional plans when 2 or more local governmental units participate in the development of a single plan that covers the jurisdictions of those governmental units and where the plan is adopted separately by each unit. Funding for each city, village and town participating will be increased by 10% of their base funding level. [Adm 48.05 (5)]
6. Provide a financial incentive for multi-jurisdictional plans when all towns within a county participate jointly under a county plan. In addition to each town being eligible to receive an additional amount equal to 10% of the town base funding level, the county will also be eligible to receive an additional amount equal to 10% of the county base funding level. [Adm 48.05 (6)]
7. Prohibit the local governmental unit from using federal grants to fund more than 50% of the required local match. The required local match is the difference between the comprehensive plan cost and the grant provided by the department. [Adm 48.05 (7)]
8. Establish the scoring criteria for evaluating grant applications based on the preferences in s.
16.695(4), Stats. [Adm 48.06]
9. Establish the percentage of the total points assigned to each preference. [Adm 48.06]
10. Require the department to prepare the planning grant priority list based on the established scoring criteria and available funds. To comply with ss.
16.965 (4) &
16.9651 (2), the department will obtain approval from the Council and department of transportation before awarding comprehensive planning and transportation planning grants. [Adm 48.07 (3) & 48.08]
11. Establish the grant period for the local governmental unit to complete and submit the adopted plan to the department. The grant period will be 30 months, 36 months or 42 months based on population unless the local governmental unit committed to a shorter time in the grant application. Multi-jurisdictional plans will have an additional 6 months to complete the process. [Adm 48.09 (2)]
12. Specify that the department withhold 25% of the grant award until the grantee submits a copy of the adopted comprehensive plan to the department and the department verifies that the plan meets the provisions of s.
66.1001, Stats. If the project has not been completed, the department may seek repayment of previously distributed funds. [Adm 48.09 (4) & (8)]
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:
Pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., the rule herein is not expected to negatively impact on small businesses.
Text of Rule:
SECTION 1: Adm 48 is created to read.
Comprehensive Planning and Transportation Planning Grants Program
