Adm 93.03(20)(20) “Net mill rate” means the total of all property taxes levied by local governments against a given property for all purposes less general property tax relief payments divided by the estimated market value of taxable property in the municipality.

Adm 93.03(21)(21) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, city, village, town, county, or trustee, including a trustee in bankruptcy.

Adm 93.03 NoteNote: The definition of “program income,” including applicable exceptions, is too lengthy to be quoted in full here. A summary of the definition of the term “program income” is all gross income received by a unit of general local government, or a subrecipient of a unit of general local government, that was generated from the use of CDBG funds.

Adm 93.03(22)(22) “Public facilities economic development program” means the public facilities economic development program administered under subch. IV.

Adm 93.03(23)(23) “Public facilities plan” means a written plan for proposed project for which an eligible local government may seek funding under subch. VII.

Adm 93.03(25)(25) “Residential utility rate” means for areas served by public water and sanitary sewer service, the average annual household utility rate paid for water and sanitary sewer services determined by dividing the total gross annual residential water and sewer revenue collected for the preceding calendar year by the number of households, as reported by the latest U.S. census and updated periodically by the U.S. department of commerce.

Adm 93.03(26)(26) “Site redevelopment plan” means a plan adopted by a local government for the acquisition, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and future use of a blighted or brownfield site.

Adm 93.04Adm 93.04 National objectives. A project funded with CDBG funds under this chapter shall meet one or more national objectives as enumerated in and required by 24 CFR 570.

Adm 93.05Adm 93.05 Application materials and manual. The department shall prepare application materials and an application instruction manual, all of which may be updated as needed. The application materials shall set forth the application instructions and requirements for funding under the programs described in this chapter. The application instruction manual shall contain a scoring system to be utilized under s. Adm 93.09 (1) (a); amounts required as “minimal local financial participation” required under s. Adm 93.09 (1) (b); and the point systems related to distress indicators utilized under ss. Adm 93.10 to 93.13.

Adm 93.05 NoteNote: Application materials and the application instruction manual are available on request without charge from the Department of Administration, Division of Housing, P.O. Box 7970, Madison, WI 53707; phone (608) 266-7531; fax (608) 266-5381. Application materials and the application instruction manual may also be accessed from the Department of Administration webpage: http://doa.wi.gov/index.asp?locid=173.

Adm 93.06Adm 93.06 Distribution of funds.

Adm 93.06(1)(1) For each annual grant of CDBG funds the department receives from the federal government, the department shall establish distribution amounts. The department shall file an action plan with HUD each year, per HUD regulations. Funds may be distributed only in accordance with said plan or any amendments thereto that are accepted by HUD.

Adm 93.06(2)(2) Program income received by the department under this chapter shall be allocated for awards under any program administered under this chapter.

Adm 93.07Adm 93.07 Limits upon awards. The maximum amount of CDBG funds that may be awarded to any local government under the public facilities program, as specified under subch. II, in a 12-month period, shall be announced by the department in its application instruction manual.

Adm 93.07 HistoryHistory: EmR1309: emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-13; CR 13-069: cr. Register April 2014 No. 700, eff. 5-1-14; correction in numbering made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register April 2014 No. 700.

Adm 93.08Adm 93.08 Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the national objectives set forth in s. Adm 93.04 and 24 CFR 570.

Adm 93.09Adm 93.09 Public facilities program.

Adm 93.09(1)(a)(a) The department may award a grant to an eligible local government for a public facilities project based upon the department’s evaluation of all applications received from eligible local governments. The department’s evaluation shall be established based upon the scoring system set forth in its application instruction manual.

Adm 93.09(1)(b)(b) The minimum local financial participation as specified in the application instruction manual may be waived when the specific project has a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the safety, health, or welfare of the community, where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs or when the specific project is located in a distressed area.